“It’s About Honor, Not Balance” “And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen… Click To Read More "Joshua B. Carson – It’s About Honor, Not Balance"
Opinions – Bereavement Counseling
Stanley Jones Philadelphia MS As funeral directors, we were taught not to show emotions. As a pastor, though, you can’t help but feel emotions. The saints are your children,… Click To Read More "Opinions – Bereavement Counseling"
Hope On The Horizon South Flint Tabernacle is a dynamic, Spirit-filled church that is undergirded by prayer and the Word of God. Its purpose is to win and mentor disciples… Click To Read More "Feature – Hope On The Horizon – Jason McGhee"
Did You Know…? Chad A. Parker, MSSW, LMSW, LPC Executive Vice President Tupelo Children’s Mansion For nearly 68 years, Tupelo Children’s Mansion has been providing hope and healing to… Click To Read More "Did You Know…? – Tupelo Children’s Mansion"
Missionary Matthew Buckland, a 2001 graduate of Indiana Bible College (IBC), faces some unusual challenges in directing his own Bible college program in the Central European Czech Republic. Take, for… Click To Read More "Foreign Missions Spotlight – Matthew Buckland"
Plainly Speaking – Rhythm
Rhythm : Patterns, Progress, and Productivity Interviewed by Gregg Stone Bro. Wilson, briefly tell us about yourself and your ministry. I have served in pastoral ministry for over thirty years,… Click To Read More "Plainly Speaking – Rhythm"
Apostolic Calendar
The Family Of God The Bible talks about something very emphatically, and that is the fact that we are a family. If we look in Matthew, the 5th and 6th… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Church Today – Jason Gallion"
I have contemplated this portion of Scripture for a bit over the years. What are your thoughts on it? The way it reads is pretty direct. It may seem a… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Theology – Bobby Killmon"
A Contract with God I am a firm believer in the importance of guest follow-up ministries. As I have oft said: 100% of your new converts come from your guests.… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Church Growth – Timothy Massengale"
Spiritual Growth carol@carolclemans.org Will you allow your selfishness to destroy your salvation? In my counseling nationwide, my heart breaks when an individual chooses a selfish desire to rule the… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Spiritual Growth – Carol Clemans"
Columnist Forum – Vickie Hodges
LIFE-Living In Freedom EVERYDAY-(Part 4) We have finally reached the fourth phase/stage of our emotional healing journey. This stage has the most unique characteristics. It is a time of… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Vickie Hodges"
Columnist Forum – Daniel Sirstad
Needy People People don’t like being needy or being considered needy. Many shy away from those they think are needy. As we reflect on this idea of needy people, it… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Daniel Sirstad"
Do you need to amend your 2020 return? Congress amended the tax code in March to exempt $10,200 ($20,400 for a couple) of unemployment from taxable income (only for those… Click To Read More "Columnist Archives – Accounting And Tax"
World News
That’s Outrageous Christian Politician Faces Six Years in Prison for Tweeting Bible Verses on Marriage, Sexuality A Christian member of the Finnish Parliament is facing six years imprisonment for allegedly… Click To Read More "World News"
Guest Pulpit: Forward-Cortt Chavis Transcribed by Angela Repetto Exodus 14:10-15 “And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them;… Click To Read More "Guest Pulpit – Forward – Cortt Chavis"
Feature – Vision, Mission, Action
Calvary Apostolic Church Vision, Mission, Action By Linda Schreckenberg “The mission field, reaching and transforming the people of the world, is the focus of my ministry,” said Pastor Don Haymon… Click To Read More "Feature – Vision, Mission, Action"
APOSTOLIC POWER Apostolic power, Spirit, & miracles of today, compared to Pentecost of the early 1900s By Linda Schreckenberg Rev. Kevin Blake, Bay City, TX. God’s power to perform has not… Click To Read More "Opinions – Apostolic Power: Has It Diminished In Modern Times?"
A Pocket Of Rocks – Joshua B. Carson
A Pocket of Rocks President Joshua B. Carson “And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, …” (1 Sam 17:40).… Click To Read More "A Pocket Of Rocks – Joshua B. Carson"
Inseparable Preached by Mike Lagle Transcribed By Charles Li Romans 8 – 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,… Click To Read More "Guest Pulpit – Michael Lagle – Inseparable"
Bro. Aaron Arrowood currently serves as the Assistant Pastor at The Tabernacle in Seymour, IN. He also pastors a daughter work of The Tabernacle in Westport, IN. Bro. Arrowood is… Click To Read More "Plainly Speaking – The Key To Effective And Impactful Youth Events"
The Blessed Prayer of a Child By Susan Thomas “My moment of calling to children’s ministry was very special to me,” states Bro. Kevin Merriman. “I was one of the… Click To Read More "Apostolic Ministry – The Blessed Prayer Of A Child"
A Heart For Boston Todd and Anne Baumann pastored in Southern Minnesota for seventeen years. About four years ago the family took a trip to the east coast. They flew into… Click To Read More "Apostolic Ministry – A Heart For Boston"
Rev. Jason Gallion served as the Dean of Students/Campus Pastor from August of 2010 to 2021. In the Fall of 2020, he accepted the role of Executive Vice President under… Click To Read More "Insights on Apostolic Leadership – Jason Gallion"
World News – Social and Legal Trends
Supreme Court Sides With Christian Student Barred From Preaching on GA State Campus A former student at a Georgia college prohibited from preaching on campus can seek compensation, the U.S.… Click To Read More "World News – Social and Legal Trends"
World News – News In Brief
News In Brief A new California bill, AB 655, was introduced in February by Democratic Assemblyman Ash Kalra as the “California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act.” The text of the bill… Click To Read More "World News – News In Brief"
World News – Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Employee Warns Trans-Identifying Kids Are Being Claimed as “Cash Cows” A Planned Parenthood employee is speaking out against the organization’s practices of dispensing cross-sex hormones to trans-identifying teenagers,… Click To Read More "World News – Planned Parenthood"
World News – That’s Outrageous
Congressional Rep. Proclaims God’s Will Of “No Concern” during Equality Act Debate During last Thursday’s House Debate over the Equality Act, Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York asserted that… Click To Read More "World News – That’s Outrageous"
Here Come the Stimulus Checks delano@dsacpainc.com Last month the latest COVID relief package was signed into law. For those that qualified, most have already received the stimulus check by now… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Accounting and Tax – Delano Sherley"
To Be Known by God dsirstad@dministries.com We live in a world exploding with information. People trip over themselves to gain knowledge, whether it is accurate or not. But knowing does… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Relationships 201 – Daniel Sirstad"
Spiritual Growth and Emotional Well-Being VickieHodgesSharingLIFE@gmail.com LIFE-Living In Freedom EVERYDAY (Part 3) We have arrived at the halfway point of our emotional healing journey. The first two steps of this… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Identity and Scripture – Vickie Hodges"
Confidential Counseling for Pastor/Family! carol@carolclemans.org Families in ministry are just as human as the people sitting on the church pews. In my twenty-eight years of counseling, pastors and wives have… Click To Read More "Columnist Forum – Spiritual Growth – Carol Clemans"
Home Bible Study Success By Tim Massengale Is the Home Bible Study (HBS) ministry still a viable evangelism method? Most would respond yes. It has been highly successful since its… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Church Growth – Home Bible Study Success"
How do I deal with claims that phrases like “God of gods” and “Lord of lords” in Deut. 10:17 show that ancient Israel didn’t believe in absolute monotheism? To interpret… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Theology – Bobby Killmon"
God Turns the Willing into Warriors There are times in our lives when God begins to call us to things that we absolutely feel unqualified to do. In those circumstances,… Click To Read More "Answer Forum – Jason Gallion – God Turns The Willing Into Warriors"
Apostolic Calendar
Rev. Nathanael Turner – Missionary To Estonia By Samantha Braden Nathanael Turner is a 2001 graduate of Indiana Bible College (IBC). He also holds a B.A. Degree from Indiana University.… Click To Read More "News You can Use – Foreign Missions Spotlight"
Let Me Run Chad A. Parker, MSSW, LMSW, LPC Executive Vice President Tupelo Children’s Mansion The children at Tupelo Children’s Mansion know all too well the struggles that life can… Click To Read More "Tupelo Children’s Mansion – Let Me run"
Feature – The Church Triumphant
The Church Triumphant Transcribed by: Gregg Stone Pastor and First Lady Siscoe Honor God, Love People, Transform the World. This is… Click To Read More "Feature – The Church Triumphant"
South Carolina House Passes Heartbeat Bill That Would Ban Most Abortions In The State A new pro-life bill that would ban most abortions in the state of South Carolina once… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – World News – Legal Trends"
Over 20,000 Sing One Million Moms Petition Over American Girl Doll With Same-Sex Storyline More than 20,000 have signed an online petition with the Christian group One Million Moms asking for… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – World News – Social Trends"
News In Brief A leading archbishop is calling on President Joe Biden to stop defining himself as a “devout Catholic” because of his endorsement of abortion, The Christian Post reports. In… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – World News – News In Brief"
Issue 31-4 – World News – Arkansas
New Arkansas Law Says Gov’t Can’t Close Churches Unless Everything Else Is Closed, Too A bill that limits the governor’s power to close churches and that broadens religious liberty protections… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – World News – Arkansas"
Children’s rights activist blasts judge’s decision allowing gay throuple to be named as legal parents of 2 kids By Brandon Showalter, Christian Post Reporter FOLLOW A Children’s rights activist decried a California… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – World News – That’s Outrageous"
Issue 31-4 – Apostolic Calendar
Cities Worth Saving Scott Sistrunk St. Louis, MO Bro. Sistrunk, tell us a little about yourself and your ministry. I’m from Mississippi. I graduated from Jackson College of Ministry and… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Plainly Speaking – Cities Worth Saving"
4 Ways To Make Your Church Digitally Friendly By Author Unknown Make Your Church Digitally Friendly Digitally friendly means the process of welcoming people to your church before they ever… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – News You Can Use – 4 Ways To Make Your Church Digitally friendly"
Personally or Purse-onally Chad A. Parker, MSSW, LMSW, LPC Executive Vice President Tupelo Children’s Mansion One of the greatest men I have ever known, and one who has made a… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Tupelo Children’s Mansion – Personally or Purse-onally"
Matt Perdue New Castle IN The single greatest method that works for my wife and I is our day-to-day interaction with every person we have in “our world.” Two years… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Opinions – John L. Fonzer – Our Most Successful Ministries For Winning Souls"
Delano Sherley Local income taxes Many cities impose a local income tax that is based upon where a person either lives or works. How these taxes are calculated varies from… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Columnist Forum – Delano Sherley – Local Income Taxes"
Issue 31-4 – Smiles And Humor
Apostolic Moral Purity “I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;” (1 Timothy 2:8). Paul gives men three requirements to be a… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Columnist Forum – Daniel Sirstad – Apostolic Moral Purity"
Spiritual Growth and Emotional Well-Being VickieHodgesSharingLIFE@gmail.com LIFE-Living In Freedom EVERYDAY (Part 2) In last month’s column, we found ourselves entering into an emotional healing journey as we faced or… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Columnist Forum – Vickie Hodges – LIFE"
Relational Growth carol@carolclemans.org Do your thoughts paralyze your potential in life? Carol Clemans God, our great Creator, knows the power of words because His Word tells us that life and… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Columnist forum – Spiritual Growth – Carol Clemans"
Apostolic Archives International Inc By Susan Thomas The Apostolic Archives International Inc. is a historical repository and research center for 20th century Pentecostal history. Founded in 1999, two additional ministries… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 Apostolic News – Apostolic Archives International"
Loss Of A Child By Susan Thomas Bro Steve Wilson of Potts Camp, MS. was only one-year old when his Dad, Bro. J. Frank Wilson moved to Potts Camp to… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Apostolic News – Loss Of A Child"
Who Paints the Masterpiece? Heralded as a masterpiece of classicism in the world of art, The School of Athens, painted by Rafael, is widely known and admired. This… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Who Paints The Masterpiece? – Joshua B. Carson"
Christ, Corona, And the Cross Rev. Stan Gleason But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Guest Pulpit- Stan Gleason"
bkillmon@go2ibc.com How do you answer claims that the book of Acts cannot be trusted as real history like we would understand it today? By Bobby Killmon I had that… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Answer Forum – Bobby Killmon – How Do You Answer Claims That The Book Of Acts Cannot Be Trusted As Real History Like We Would Understand Today?"
Church Today Jason Gallion igallion@go2ibc.com His Masterpiece Creatio Ex Nihilo is a Latin phrase meaning “created out of nothing.” It is most often used when describing God as… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4 – Answer Forum – Jason Gallion – His Masterpiece"
Faith Goal Setting Only Works When You Do It By Tim Massengale Someone far more successful than I once said, “people seldom have trouble reaching goals, they only have… Click To Read More "Issue 31-4- Faith Goal Setting Only Works When You Do It"
Smiles and Humor
Apostolic Tabernacle Where God is Real By Linda Schreckenberg The vision of Apostolic Tabernacle began back in 1955, by its founder, the late Rev. William Paul Yandris, affectionately known… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Feature – Apostolic Tabernacle – Where God is Real"
A Harp Without Hands
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;…”(Ecc 9:10). A Harp Without Hands For some length of time I just stood looking at the guitar next… Click To Read More "A Harp Without Hands"
A Burden For The Children By Susan Thomas “Anytime anyone gets the Holy Ghost, my heart overflows with joy. To know that God is working with me to… Click To Read More "31-3 – Apostolic News – A Burden For The Children"
Greeting Card Ministry By Susan Thomas Greeting cards are one of the most welcomed and popular forms of communication today. Greeting cards are a personal expression, a tool for communication,… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Apostolic News – Greeting Card Ministry"
2021 Trends A recent article listed the following trends emerging in 2021: many in ministry will move from full-time to bi-vocational status. There will be more baby boomers than children… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Columnist Forum – Delano Sherley – 2021 Trends"
VickieHodgesSharingLIFE@gmail.com LIFE-Living In Freedom EVERYDAY (Part 1) Most every human being will experience life’s hurt, pain, trauma, and abuse within their lifespan. Life’s unpleasant experiences have a way… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Identity and Scripture – Vickie Hodges – Guilt, Shame, and Worthlessness"
Spiritual Growth carol@carolclemans.org Are you hungry for God’s wisdom? Carol Clemans I love reading the Proverb of the day. The… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Columnist Forum – Spiritual Growth – Carol Clemans – God’s Wisdom"
How do we show terms like “Father” and “son of man” cannot be used as “proofs” of a plurality of persons in the godhead? The biggest problem is seeing how… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Answer Forum – Theology – Bobby Killmon"
31-3 Smiles and Humor
I love you too! Within most relationships, one person is the primary initiator, and the other is the responder. For example, in the area of affection, one spouse says,… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Columnist Forum – Daniel Sirstad – I Love You Too!"
31-3 – IBC Today – #IBCCONNECT2021
A Day in the Life of TCM… Chad A. Parker, MSSW, LMSW, LPC Executive Vice President Tupelo Children’s Mansion “I want to make sure that I’m not misunderstanding,” the… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – A Day In The Life of Tupelo Children’s Mansion"
Church Today Jason Gallion igallion@go2ibc.com We Are Family We call each other brother and sister. In doing so we remind ourselves of this central truth; we are sons… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3- Answer Forum – Jason Gallion – We Are Family"
Church growth must be intentional. By the same token, new convert retention must be intentional as well. Without a well-organized discipleship plan, must churches will only keep 10-20% of their… Click To Read More "Issue 31-3 – Church Growth Must Be Intentional"
