Discipleship Ministries Creates Pentecost Resources For All Ages
We are so excited to share these Pentecost resources with you! We believe that the message of Pentecost is vital to each and every one of our lives, regardless of our age. We've put together three resources (Kids, Students, and Adults) to equip you in sharing the message of Pentecost with your church. Let's embrace...
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Discipling our Children in the Way of Christ
Nothing is more important than discipling our children. Discipleship is the mission we have been entrusted with in the Great Commission and our children are our first priority in this endeavor. As we look at the example of Jesus we see that although all were invited to follow Jesus, only twelve men were invited to...
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What Daughters Wished Their Dads Knew About Them
There are a lot of different views and ways that families are built, especially today. Family can be defined in many ways. Looking at a father, this too, can seem blurred at times. For me, I had two dads—one biological and a stepfather who I considered very close. I lost my stepfather when I was...
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IPHC Student Ministries hosts first ever Zummit
Many leaders are already ZOOMING multiple times every week, meeting with senior leaders and supervisors, and trying to maintain discipling relationships with students and small group leaders. While the face time is great, everyone would prefer those meetings to be in person. What leaders need is insight, ideas, and inspiration for student ministry during a...
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IPHC Minister Celebrates 102nd Birthday
IPHC minister Rev. F.M. Spargo celebrates his 102nd birthday today. An ordained minister in the Cornerstone Conference, to our knowledge Rev. Spargo is the oldest living IPHC minister. His pastor, Dr. Danny Penny, from the Stanley Pentecostal Holiness Church, shares this tribute to Rev. Spargo. Rev. Spargo and Katherine were married April 27, 1940, and they...
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All Generations: Harold Presley
Not a Gap, But a Generation Bridge About 55 years ago, I learned the importance of relating to different age groups. I asked a man who was 25 years older than me, “How can I get Jesus in my heart?” at that time, I was in first grade. He led me into a relationship with...
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All Generations: The Shirey Family
Boomers. Generation X. Millennials. These words punctuate every arena of life and culture—in advertising, media, fashion, and ministry. Entire books have been published describing the generalities of these generational groups. We tend to categorize generational, cultural, economic, educational, racial, and other differences when discussing people. The demographic categories we use to describe groups of people...
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The Marathon of Life and Ministry
Written by Irvina Parker The main definition of the word ‘marathon’ is a long-distance race, which measures 26 miles and 385 years. The word ‘marathon’, for me, has always been tied to something more closely related to the binge watching of movies (although I really don’t do much of that either), or crafting (the more...
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Loving God and Loving People at 96
On September 26, 1943, I was born to Laddie and Beulah Thornton as Frances Ann. Over these 75 years I have been blessed by the example of their lives and the lessons they taught me. For over 30 years, they served as pastors in the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. My mother never saw herself as...
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Discipling our Children in the Way of Christ
Written by Dr. Michelle Anthony Nothing is more important than discipling our children. Discipleship is the mission we have been entrusted with in the Great Commission and our children are our first priority in this endeavor. As we look at the example of Jesus we see that although all were invited to follow Jesus, only...
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All Generations
Written by Holly Terry Reaching all generations together in the world that we currently live in seems to be a challenge. In my 35 years of serving in ministry, I have heard these famous words time and time again from our senior generation, “I have done my time and I am not sure what I...
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All Generations: Matthew & Femke Helland
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” ...
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All Generations Thoughts
Written by Stephen Jones I believe there were eleven pews on one side, twenty-two total. They were arranged in two sections with a center aisle and two narrow aisles along the outside walls. Stained-glass windows lined those white-washed block walls and each one was marked on the bottom with a small memorial marker. That...
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WHEN I USED TO BE YOUR AGE … GENERATIONAL CLASH
I remember hearing this phrase in my childhood all too often. I was told how things were done different back in the days – mostly trying to relate to my situation at the moment. Sometimes it was reminiscing, sometimes it was educational and informative, but for some odd reason I felt this phrase always had...
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Arise, Wake Up!
Written by Summer Sneed In Mark 5, we read the story of two people who had life-changing encounters with Jesus: a suffering woman and a sleeping girl. The woman’s life was difficult and full of misery. Her identity in her community and culture was defined by her deteriorating physical condition. This made her unclean...
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All Generations: Bob Cave
We do not have to look far for examples in God’s word of how the people of all ages had to work, play, and thrive together to accomplish their purposes in life. My wife, Carol, and I started in missions in our early forties, so we have now become part of the senior generation of...
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Passing the Flame
By Linda Morris Thomas “I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old … things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,...
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All Generations: Kevin & Summer Sneed
Summer and I left the USA to begin our work at East Africa Bible College when we were 25 and 23 years old. We knew we were young, but our youth was especially noticed by people in Kenya. One Sunday morning, soon after we arrived in the country, we were invited to speak in a...
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We Prayerfully Value All Generations
By Dr. A.D. Beacham, Jr. “For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:5 Psalm 100 is a perfect Scripture passage to reflect upon the fifth IPHC Core Value, “We Prayerfully Value All Generations.” A Psalm of Thanksgiving, it begins with a series of Hebrew...
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Gilgal - A Heritage Remembrance
By Melanie Atkinson Wayne One of my favorite messages I ever heard my daddy, Pastor Tony Atkinson, deliver was a message about Gilgal, the place where the Israelites built memorials of remembrance. I was young--middle-school aged, but I remember it like it was yesterday. He hauled big rocks to the front of the sanctuary...
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All Generations: Beulah Sturkie
An Interview on the Value of All Generations Who are you? Beulah Sturkie. How old are you? 85. What do you do on the mission field? The states have been my mission field and, for years, my calling has been to pray for people. After my husband passed, I felt God calling me to Emmanuel...
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Gator Wrestler to Church Planter
By Audra Williams Smith From a gator wrestler to church planter, this is the story of my grandparents and the IPHC since the early 1900s. Looking back at the generations before me, I can remember the stories of how they prayed and sought God’s plan and when God spoke, they moved. Their willingness to...
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All Generations: Joe & Maggie Delport
We prayerfully value all generations We have served as missionaries in various capacities over a span of thirty years. Looking back, we both realize that there has been quite a number of generational changes taking place at least every decade. From the time of typing newsletters with a typewriter to the current advanced technological era...
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4 Essentials For A Lasting Legacy
By Bishop Manuel Pate An inheritance is what we will leave to our children and family, but a legacy is what we will leave in them. It is our imprint upon their souls. My parents’ imprint on my soul runs deep. Lamar and Mary Alice Pate served together as IPHC missionaries in Zambia and...
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All Generations: Michael & Leslie Tignor
You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been. – Maya Angelou This well-known phrase rings true as we all consider the importance of generations working together. There is so much that younger generations can and must learn from those who laid the foundation before them. There is also...
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geNerations
Please read: Isaiah 46:3-4 (NLT/Amplified Bible) and use the following as devotional or study guide! R - E – S – P – E – C – T – when read as individual letters, doesn’t it make you want to break out singing Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit song? Respect – it is defined as a...
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Thinking Of The Next Generation
I grew up on a farm a few miles south of Lake City, South Carolina, and have only faint memories of my grandparents. Dad and Mom took us to church from my earliest childhood. We were poor but didn’t know it, and if anyone had told us we were poor, we would have been offended....
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All Generations: Brian Sawyer
Who can carry the torch? I am thankful for the fifth Core Value of the IPHC, “We Prayerfully Value All Generations.” It is because the IPHC values ALL Generations that believers like myself can work hand in hand with those who have gone before us, at the same time with those coming behind us. I...
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gEnerations
Investing In the Next Generation. Can a 120 year old care for a toddler? Does a 120 year old have the energy to impact and influence its community and its movement? Should we trust a 120 year old to foster and care for the next generation of leaders? These are some of the questions we...
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For this Child She Prayed
There was a story once told about a family who owned a vase. The vase was a family heirloom, passed from generation to generation for hundreds of years. To the parents who now owned this vase, it was priceless. One weekend, the parents were going to go out for the evening and the vase, which sat on a...
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Generations
Generational Stewardship For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalms 100:5 I am grateful for the invitation to provide an article highlighting our 2018 Theme “We Value All Generations”. I’m thrilled that IPHC is placing such great emphasis on Generations. As I pondered, prayed, and prepared for this...
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ALL
Earlier this month, EVUSA hosted what was dubbed the "EVUSA Leadership Gathering," in Oklahoma City. Conference Bishops, Evangelism Directors and other IPHC leaders from all over the nation were invited to participate. It was the first major opportunity of the year to let the American church hear from EVUSA and for vision for the next...
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