{"id":1419,"date":"2017-07-20T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2017-07-19T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:50:47","slug":"2017-ephesians-4-network-annual-conference-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2017\/07\/20\/2017-ephesians-4-network-annual-conference-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Ephesians 4 Network Annual Conference Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Bishop J. Talmadge Gardner<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was honored to serve\u00a0Bishop Brad &amp; Susan Reynolds\u00a0and the members of the\u00a0Ephesians 4 Network (E4N)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>as their presiding officer,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on Saturday, July 15, 2017.\u00a0 This was E4N\u2019s 16th annual conference gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The conference convened\u00a0on the campgrounds of the International Pentecostal Church of Christ (IPCC), in London, Ohio\u2014about a 45-minute drive from Columbus, Ohio, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes.\u00a0 Bishop Reynolds established a relationship with their former general superintendent, Bishop Clyde Hughes, several years ago, that has resulted in a fruitful ministry partnership.\u00a0 Bishop Hughes has attended several IPHC General Conferences through the years as a Fraternal Guest and was a strong supporter of Bishop Leggett when he served as chairman of the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) and Pentecostal World Conference (PWC). General Superintendent Shannon and Stephanie Truelove currently lead the IPCC.<\/p>\n<p>Preceding the Conference session, E4N celebrated its annual camp meeting from July 12-14.\u00a0 The camp meeting started with a Family Fun Night on Wednesday, July 12<sup>th<\/sup> that featured the JJ Weeks Band. I was privileged to host a World Missions Ministries Global Outreach Rally and meal for E4N.\u00a0 It was a beneficial opportunity.\u00a0 And then\u00a0on Thursday evening, Pastor Ryan Dotson preached. Pastor Dotson pastors\u00a0Lighthouse World Outreach Center in Winchester, Kentucky.\u00a0 He is a good preacher and exceptionally personable.\u00a0 FARO, a worship team from one of E4N\u2019s Hispanic churches, lead our corporate worship. On Friday, July 14, Dr. Christopher Bowen provided training for E4N pastors.\u00a0Dr. Bowen is the founder of Living Faith International Ministries in\u00a0Forest Park, Georgia.\u00a0 Dr. Bowen has written 11 books and his newest release is entitled, \u201cBeyond Five Star Quality.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0That evening, Mark Sarver, senior pastor of Church on the Rock in Berea, Kentucky, preached the concluding camp meeting service. A special time of prayer was held around the altar following his message.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Reynolds began his report by honoring the members of E4N\u2019s Administrative Council and his family.\u00a0 In conferences that cannot afford the services of an administrative team, the Administrative Council and family members play a vital role in serving and carrying the load.\u00a0 Bishop Reynolds noted the outstanding service of Rev. Butch Deer, E4N\u2019s Discipleship Ministries Director, and Rev. Gene Kennett, Conference Missions Director.\u00a0 Bishop Reynolds also celebrated the success of the conference\u2019s local schools of ministry and their impact.\u00a0 These schools of ministry are starting to produce an internal stream of ministerial candidates, as evidenced by the large number of people approved for the Local Church Minster\u2019s Certificate (the highest number in the history of the conference).\u00a0 E4N is also a very diverse conference and Bishop Reynolds challenged attendees to embrace and celebrate their diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Clergy credentials were issued as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em>Ordination (3)<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Severo Medina<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Jesus Salas<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Keith Coen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Minister&#8217;s License (2<\/em>) &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Martha Reyes<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Olga Gonzalez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Local Church Minister\u2019s Certificate (26)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Brenda Baker<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Clarissa Baker<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Terry Baker, Sr.<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Dorothy Cooley<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Judith Crosby<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Jose Espinoza<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Monica Hernandez<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Cynthia Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Rev. David Medina Mata<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Ana Medina<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Miriam Medina<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Javier Mendez<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Marisol Martinez de Mendez<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Jose Morales<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Nadia Morales<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Valerie Ramirez<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Gerson Reyes<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Keren Reyes<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Antonio Romero<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Maria Leonarda Romero<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Adriana Salas<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Sonia Sanchez<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Willie Scott<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Sonia Weber<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Tyson Weber<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Brian Zamora<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was an honor as the presiding officer to recognize the following conference attendees and guests:<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rev. Mike Brewer, former conference superintendent of the Great Lakes Conference &amp; General Board of Administration member. The churches in the former Great Lakes Conference played an integral role in the formation of E4N in 2001.\u00a0 I have always admired Rev. Brewer for his spiritual sensitivity and vision in giving up his leadership role as conference superintendent to lead the Great Lakes Conference in becoming part of birthing something much larger than themselves.<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rev. Rob Clegg, member of the 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0General Conference Bylaws Committee<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rev. Gene Kennett, WMMD Conference Missions Director<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rev. Butch Deer, Conference Discipleship Ministries Director<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presiding Bishop Moses and Dora Kumar, general superintendent of the PHC in South India. Bishop Kumar and his wife were accompanied by their daughter, Donna, and son-in-law, Tracy, who currently live in Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0 I was privileged to be able to introduce Bishop Kumar and invited him to greet the conference (which was the first US conference he has been able to attend).\u00a0 As he came to the podium the conference honored this humble man of God with a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>E4N is very intentional about networking and recruiting like-minded non-denominational churches and pastors.\u00a0 They are also prioritizing planting new churches and revitalizing existing churches.\u00a0 The addition that they are experiencing through the growth and multiplication of their local churches and schools of ministry is providing a more balanced growth trajectory, which has Bishop Reynolds very optimistic about their future.<\/p>\n<p>I honor Bishop Reynolds and his family for their service to the Lord and the IPHC in E4N. E4N covers an expansive geography with churches in eight states\u2014Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.\u00a0 What tremendous Kingdom potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[313,330,87,394,125,94],"class_list":{"0":"post-1419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-313","9":"tag-annual-conference","10":"tag-conference-report","11":"tag-ephesians-4-network","12":"tag-july","13":"tag-recap","14":"entry"},"title_es":"2017 Informe de la Conferencia Anual de New Horizons Ministries","content_es":"<strong>Por el Dr. AD Beacham, Jr.<\/strong> La sesi\u00f3n anual de los Ministerios de Nuevos Horizontes se llev\u00f3 a cabo en SpiritLife IPHC (anteriormente Templo Evangel\u00edstico) en Tulsa, Oklahoma. La conferencia se hab\u00eda reunido durante varias noches de servicios que condujeron a la sesi\u00f3n anual. Pude asistir al culto de adoraci\u00f3n del viernes por la noche y todos \u00e9ramos bendecidos por la predicaci\u00f3n ungida del reverendo Steve Ely. El Obispo Drake y el Dr. Beacham reconocieron la presencia de los ex superintendentes de la conferencia Jim Eby y Dell Hunnicutt. Tambi\u00e9n reconocimos al ex superintendente asistente de conferencia y miembro de GBA, Dan Beller, y al actual miembro del Consejo Mundial de Misiones, Charles Craig. El Sr. Johnny Upton estuvo presente representando el Fondo de Pr\u00e9stamo de Extensi\u00f3n de IPHC. La conferencia anual fue muy concurrida con varios cientos de personas presentes. La sesi\u00f3n comenz\u00f3 con la presentaci\u00f3n por parte de la presidencia del v\u00eddeo de la Conferencia General y observaciones sobre la Conferencia General. Despu\u00e9s de eso, se mostr\u00f3 el video de valor b\u00e1sico sobre el Reino de Cristo y el Dr. Beacham habl\u00f3 sobre el \u00e9nfasis de IPHC 2017 en el Reino de Dios. El obispo Randell Drake dio entonces un informe inspirador de la excelente condici\u00f3n de la conferencia. El obispo Drake es actualmente el superintendente m\u00e1s antiguo de Estados Unidos, con quince a\u00f1os de servicio. Su experiencia y sabidur\u00eda son una gran bendici\u00f3n para la conferencia y la iglesia en general. El Obispo Drake reconoci\u00f3 a numerosos l\u00edderes en la conferencia, incluyendo el trabajo especial de la Sra. Doris Craig. Durante muchos a\u00f1os la hermana Craig ha enviado tarjetas de cumplea\u00f1os a los ministerios superiores de NHM y su trabajo de amor es muy apreciado. La conferencia tiene actualmente 77 congregaciones, tres congregaciones sat\u00e9lite y m\u00e1s de 9000 miembros en Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri y Kansas. Desde la conferencia anual de 2016, se han agregado tres nuevas congregaciones a la conferencia: Wichita, Kansas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Y Rogers, Arkansas. Hay 13 l\u00edderes certificados de Din\u00e1mica de Plantaci\u00f3n de Iglesias Internacional que est\u00e1n sirviendo la conferencia. En su informe personal, el Obispo Drake inform\u00f3 a los delegados de su servicio en la 28 <sup>\u00aa<\/sup> Comisi\u00f3n de Estatutos de la Conferencia General, y su reciente cargo como Presidente interino de la Junta de Regentes de la Universidad Cristiana del Suroeste. \u00c9l comparti\u00f3 su coraz\u00f3n relacionado con el tema de la conferencia de \"GO &amp; TELL!\" Est\u00e1 claro que el evangelismo y la plantaci\u00f3n de iglesias son prioridades altas para el obispo y la conferencia. El obispo Drake cerr\u00f3 su informe compartiendo su verso de vida, \"Conf\u00eda en el Se\u00f1or con todo tu coraz\u00f3n. No te apoyes en tu propia comprensi\u00f3n. Recon\u00f3celo en todos sus caminos y \u00c9l dirigir\u00e1 su camino \"(Proverbios 3: 5, 6). Despu\u00e9s de su informe, el obispo Drake reconoci\u00f3 al Dr. Phil Sallee, director de la conferencia Escuela de Ministerio. 15 hombres y mujeres fueron reconocidos por el Dr. Sallee por completar el programa de SOM. Me animaron particularmente a ver tantas mujeres y hombres m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes prepar\u00e1ndose para el servicio cristiano. El Rev. Norman Wilkie ley\u00f3 el informe del Comit\u00e9 Examinador, que fue aceptado por los delegados. Catorce fueron reconocidos por haber recibido la certificaci\u00f3n del ministro de la iglesia local. Cinco fueron presentadas licencia ministerial: Sylena Gayle Carga Sasha Miana LeBlanc As David Patterson Nathan Loel Perry Richard Lee Pugh (restablecido como un ministro licenciado). Catorce recibieron la ordenaci\u00f3n: Catrina Lynn Bicket Jason Matthew Bicket (Los Bickets se est\u00e1n preparando para el ministerio entre los pueblos de habla rusa en el Medio Oriente y servir\u00e1n con los Ministerios Mundiales de las Misiones de IPHC) Deanna Ann Brewer Jason Charles Cochran Larry Drew Domerese Jr. Ashlie Lynee Drake (Esposa de Rev. Taylor Drake y nuera de Bishop y Drake) Garrison Rocky Dean Gregory Lee Elis Jones Rick Glenn Madr\u00f3n Philip Sean McKinney Christopher Lee Mathis Darryl Wayne Patrick Preston Doran Smith Gregorio Aaron Hatchett (traslado de la Iglesia De Dios) Se dieron numerosos premios ministeriales. Las congregaciones siguientes tuvieron un aumento de por lo menos el 10% en la membres\u00eda de la iglesia en el a\u00f1o anterior: Ada El R\u00edo, Centro de Adoraci\u00f3n Victoria Cabool, Claremore Praise Fellowship, Durant Abundante Vida Texoma, Fairview IPHC, Fayetteville No Limits Fellowship, Jay Community Chapel, Kansas Ciudad Iglesia Vida Abundante, Kiowa Alabanza Fellowship, Moffett Full Gospel, South Coffeyville Capilla Emmanuel, Stratford LifePoint Iglesia, Tulsa El Enlace, Wewoka Nueva Vida. Hubo veinte iglesias con un aumento de al menos el 10% en los cultos de adoraci\u00f3n del domingo por la ma\u00f1ana durante el a\u00f1o pasado: Ada Calvary, Ada El R\u00edo, Braggs Emmanuel Adoraci\u00f3n Familiar, Cahool Victory Worship Center, Claremore Praise Fellowship, Cromwell IPHC, Fairview IPHC, Fayetteville Sin L\u00edmites, Kingston Faith Harvest, Mill Creek IPHC, Muskogee Vida Nueva, Centro Petrolero IPHC, Russellville El Puente, Iglesia de la Cosecha de Sand Springs, Siloam Springs Faith Alive, South Coffeyville Capilla de Emmanuel, Stigler River of Life, Iglesia del impacto de Westville, vida nueva de Wewoka. Un punto culminante de la conferencia fue la presentaci\u00f3n de varios premios de servicio. Los premios de bronce de 10 a\u00f1os fueron otorgados a Steve Allen, Mona Fulks y Jay Jones. Un premio de plata de 20 a\u00f1os fue otorgado a Wesley Berry. Los premios de 50 a\u00f1os de oro fueron otorgados a Bob Cartwright, Jim Eby, DJ Weatherford y Ruby York. 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