{"id":4078,"date":"2019-07-08T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2019-07-08T19:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T00:18:10","slug":"iphc-churches-experience-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2019\/07\/08\/iphc-churches-experience-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"IPHC Churches Experience Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UnGRINCHED Christmas; Compassion \u2013 OKC<\/p><\/div>\n

As the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) seeks to accomplish the goals of Arise 2033<\/a>, churches are catching the vision, implementing new strategies, experiencing growth, and impacting their communities.<\/p>\n

Pastor Navil Vaughan in Westville, Oklahoma, grew up as a pastor\u2019s kid in the Westville P.H. Church and assumed the pastorate in 2008. Although regular attendance hovered around 140 in a town of 1,500, he felt God wanted to do something more.<\/p>\n

When the church celebrated its centennial in 2016, it received a prophetic word about changing its name. After much prayer, the congregation took the bold move to rename the 100-year-old church to Westville Impact Church. According to Pastor Vaughan, the new name helped bring a renewed focus and identity to the church.<\/p>\n

During this time, the church also began to experience a powerful move of God. A wife of one of the church leaders received instantaneous healing from a rare, life-threatening disease. This powerful testimony catapulted the church into a revival with miraculous healings and transformed lives. Another young lady received salvation and deliverance from drug addiction. She is now leading Hope for Today, a support group for people who are recovering from addiction.<\/p>\n

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Baby Dedication at Compassion – Hartwell<\/p><\/div>\n

With a rekindled passion, the church began to embrace its new identity and impact its community which sits in one of the poorest counties in the state. Whether through providing meals for local school children in the summer or cleaning city streets, the church is constantly looking for ways to share Christ\u2019s love. As Pastor Vaughan puts it, \u201cWhen we lift Him up, He draws people.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January 2019 Impact Church launched a second campus in neighboring Stilwell, Oklahoma. On Easter Sunday, 141 people were in attendance in Stilwell, and 250 in Westville. Pastor Vaughn attributes this growth to prayer, being intentional, and staying open to the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

Impact Church now partners with Evangelism USA\u2019s Church Multiplication and Revitalization Ministry led by Josh Hannah. With a strong emphasis on three \u201cwaves\u201d during Easter, Fall, and Christmas, the multiplication strategies encourage churches to develop an annual content calendar which focuses on recruiting volunteers, appointing leaders, increasing finances, and improving the guest connection rate. According to Pastor Josh, we often ask God to bring people supernaturally, but we must also do our part to be ready to receive new guests.<\/p>\n

Utilizing these principles, Compassion Church \u2013 Hartwell (formerly Hartwell P.H. Church) increased its average attendance by 200% since 2017. Pastor Rick Womack attributes this growth to a streamlined vision and focused ministry team. He says, \u201cWe want to be a welcoming place. We want everyone to know \u2018There is room at the table.\u2019\u201d As a bi-vocational pastor, Rick feels his part-time job helps keep him in touch with broken humanity and his local community.<\/p>\n

Pastor Bill Rose of The First Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, says, \u201cThe Church Revitalization Model has made us more attractional and made it easier for us to connect guests. We have been able to build better teams and increase the assimilation or connection rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The First Church has also focused on increasing its footprint in the community by partnering with local social workers and the federal McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance<\/a> program, which helps provide education for homeless children. Through this partnership, the church provides after-school reading assistance for at-risk children and hosts bi-annual breakfasts to connect with social workers and listen to the needs of the community.<\/p>\n

As this relationship developed, Pastor Rose discovered that over 70 children in the county were sleeping on the floor. In response to this need, The First Church launched \u201cSweet Dreams\u201d, a program to provide beds for children in Wayne County. In the first year, they received enough donations to provide a bed for every child, and Sweet Dreams continues to provide beds as the need arises.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2018, River of Life in Oklahoma City transitioned to Compassion – OKC and has experienced a 40% increase in average attendance. According to Pastor Jeff Patterson, the Church Multiplication connections ministry and the \u201cwaves\u201d or evangelistic emphases have been key to the church\u2019s growth. Families who have recently moved into the area are attending service, and the church family has a renewed passion for the lost and their community.<\/p>\n

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Christmas at Compassion \u2013 OKC<\/p><\/div>\n

In a rural Oklahoma town, Pastor Sean McKinney has a renewed expectancy for a move of God. In 2008, Pastor McKinney felt God calling him back to his hometown of Stratford, Oklahoma, to pastor the Stratford P. H. Church. For nine years, he poured into the life of the church and community \u201cdoing what we knew to do,\u201d but he felt he had hit a brick wall and was looking for a change.<\/p>\n

When Pastor McKinney was introduced to the Church Multiplication model, things began to change. As the church implemented the multiplication principles, new people started attending church, and new believers were baptized. Compassion – Stratford is now holding two services on Sunday and averaging 250 in attendance.<\/p>\n

Pastor McKinney shares his excitement, \u201cWe have more people involved than we ever have. We feel we are developing a blueprint for something that can be multiplied in other places, in other counties.\u201d Compassion \u2013 Stratford wants to focus on planting churches in other rural areas and raising up leaders to reach the goals of Arise 2033<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the IPHC moves forward to have a presence in 75% of the counties in the U.S., to plant churches among immigrant populations, and to focus on house churches in major cities, we must be open to new ideas and the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

For more information about Arise 2033<\/a> or the Church Multiplication model, contact Evangelism USA at (405) 792-7146 or evusainfo@iphc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4082,"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":[618,775,777,776,58,220,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-4078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-618","9":"tag-arise-2033","10":"tag-church-multiplication","11":"tag-compassion","12":"tag-iphc","13":"tag-janese-bennett","14":"tag-july","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Crecimiento de la experiencia de las iglesias IPHC","content_es":"A medida que la IPHC busca lograr los objetivos de Arise 2033<\/a> , las iglesias est\u00e1n captando la visi\u00f3n, implementando nuevas estrategias, experimentando crecimiento e impactando a sus comunidades. El pastor Navil Vaughan en Westville, Oklahoma, creci\u00f3 como un ni\u00f1o de pastor en la iglesia de Westville PH y asumi\u00f3 el pastorado en 2008. Aunque la asistencia regular rondaba los 140 en una ciudad de 1,500 habitantes, sinti\u00f3 que Dios quer\u00eda hacer algo m\u00e1s. Cuando la iglesia celebr\u00f3 su centenario en 2016, recibi\u00f3 una palabra prof\u00e9tica sobre cambiar su nombre. Despu\u00e9s de mucha oraci\u00f3n, la congregaci\u00f3n tom\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n audaz de cambiar el nombre de la iglesia de 100 a\u00f1os a la Iglesia de Impacto de Westville. Seg\u00fan el pastor Vaughan, el nuevo nombre ayud\u00f3 a traer un enfoque renovado e identidad a la iglesia. Durante este tiempo, la iglesia tambi\u00e9n comenz\u00f3 a experimentar un poderoso movimiento de Dios. La esposa de uno de los l\u00edderes de la iglesia recibi\u00f3 una curaci\u00f3n instant\u00e1nea de una enfermedad rara y potencialmente mortal. Este poderoso testimonio catapult\u00f3 a la iglesia a un avivamiento con curaciones milagrosas y vidas transformadas. Otra jovencita recibi\u00f3 salvaci\u00f3n y liberaci\u00f3n de la adicci\u00f3n a las drogas. Ahora lidera Hope for Today, un grupo de apoyo para personas que se est\u00e1n recuperando de la adicci\u00f3n. Con una pasi\u00f3n reavivada, la iglesia comenz\u00f3 a abrazar su nueva identidad e impactar a su comunidad, que se encuentra en uno de los condados m\u00e1s pobres del estado. Ya sea a trav\u00e9s del suministro de comidas para los ni\u00f1os de la escuela local en el verano o la limpieza de las calles de la ciudad, la iglesia est\u00e1 constantemente buscando formas de compartir el amor de Cristo. Como lo expres\u00f3 el pastor Vaughan, \"Cuando lo levantamos, \u00c9l atrae a la gente\". En enero de 2019, Impact Church lanz\u00f3 un segundo campus en la vecina Stilwell, Oklahoma. El domingo de Pascua, 141 personas asistieron a Stilwell y 250 en Westville. El pastor Vaughn atribuye este crecimiento a la oraci\u00f3n, al ser intencional y a permanecer abierto al Esp\u00edritu Santo. Impact Church ahora se asocia con el Ministerio de Revitalizaci\u00f3n y Multiplicaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia de Evangelism USA, dirigido por Josh Hannah. Con un fuerte \u00e9nfasis en tres \"olas\" durante la Pascua, el oto\u00f1o y la Navidad, las estrategias de multiplicaci\u00f3n alientan a las iglesias a desarrollar un calendario de contenido anual que se centra en reclutar voluntarios, nombrar l\u00edderes, aumentar las finanzas y mejorar la tasa de conexi\u00f3n de los invitados. Seg\u00fan el pastor Josh, a menudo le pedimos a Dios que traiga personas sobrenaturalmente, pero tambi\u00e9n debemos hacer nuestra parte para estar listos para recibir nuevos hu\u00e9spedes. Utilizando estos principios, Compassion Church - Hartwell (anteriormente Hartwell PH Church) aument\u00f3 su asistencia promedio en un 200% desde 2017. El pastor Rick Womack atribuye este crecimiento a una visi\u00f3n optimizada y un equipo de ministerio enfocado. \u00c9l dice: \"Queremos ser un lugar acogedor. Queremos que todos sepan 'Hay espacio en la mesa' \u201d. Como pastor bi-vocacional, Rick siente que su trabajo de medio tiempo lo ayuda a mantenerse en contacto con la humanidad rota y su comunidad local. El pastor Bill Rose, de The First Church en Goldsboro, Carolina del Norte, dice: \u201cEl modelo de revitalizaci\u00f3n de la iglesia nos ha hecho m\u00e1s atractivos y nos ha facilitado la conexi\u00f3n con los invitados. Hemos podido formar mejores equipos y aumentar la asimilaci\u00f3n o la tasa de conexi\u00f3n \u201d. La Primera Iglesia tambi\u00e9n se ha enfocado en aumentar su presencia en la comunidad al asociarse con trabajadores sociales locales y el programa federal de asistencia para personas sin hogar McKinney Vento<\/a> , que ayuda a proporcionar educaci\u00f3n para ni\u00f1os de la calle. A trav\u00e9s de esta asociaci\u00f3n, la iglesia proporciona asistencia de lectura despu\u00e9s de la escuela para ni\u00f1os en riesgo y ofrece desayunos bianuales para conectarse con los trabajadores sociales y escuchar las necesidades de la comunidad. A medida que se desarrollaba esta relaci\u00f3n, el pastor Rose descubri\u00f3 que m\u00e1s de 70 ni\u00f1os en el condado dorm\u00edan en el piso. En respuesta a esta necesidad, The First Church lanz\u00f3 \"Sweet Dreams\", un programa para proporcionar camas para ni\u00f1os en el condado de Wayne. En el primer a\u00f1o, recibieron suficientes donaciones para proporcionar una cama para cada ni\u00f1o, y Sweet Dreams contin\u00faa proporcionando camas a medida que surge la necesidad. En el verano de 2018, River of Life en Oklahoma City pas\u00f3 a Compassion - OKC y experiment\u00f3 un aumento del 40% en la asistencia promedio. Seg\u00fan el pastor Jeff Patterson, el ministerio de conexiones de la Multiplicaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia y las \"olas\" o los \u00e9nfasis evangel\u00edsticos han sido clave para el crecimiento de la iglesia. Las familias que se han mudado recientemente al \u00e1rea est\u00e1n asistiendo al servicio, y la familia de la iglesia tiene una pasi\u00f3n renovada por los perdidos y su comunidad. En un pueblo rural de Oklahoma, el pastor Sean McKinney tiene una expectativa renovada de un movimiento de Dios. En 2008, el pastor McKinney sinti\u00f3 que Dios lo llamaba de regreso a su ciudad natal de Stratford, Oklahoma, para pastorear la iglesia de Stratford PH Church. Durante nueve a\u00f1os, se volc\u00f3 en la vida de la iglesia y la comunidad \"haciendo lo que sab\u00edamos hacer\", pero sinti\u00f3 que hab\u00eda golpeado una pared de ladrillos y estaba buscando un cambio. Cuando el pastor McKinney fue introducido al modelo de multiplicaci\u00f3n de la iglesia, las cosas empezaron a cambiar. Cuando la iglesia implement\u00f3 los principios de multiplicaci\u00f3n, nuevas personas comenzaron a asistir a la iglesia y se bautizaron nuevos creyentes. Compasi\u00f3n: Stratford ahora tiene dos servicios el domingo y un promedio de 250 en asistencia. El pastor McKinney comparte su entusiasmo: \u201cTenemos m\u00e1s personas involucradas que nunca. Creemos que estamos desarrollando un plan para algo que se puede multiplicar en otros lugares, en otros condados \u201d. Compasi\u00f3n: Stratford quiere enfocarse en plantar iglesias en otras \u00e1reas rurales y en levantar l\u00edderes para alcanzar las metas de Arise 2033<\/a> . A medida que la IPHC avanza para tener presencia en el 75% de los condados de los EE. UU., Para plantar iglesias entre las poblaciones de inmigrantes y para centrarse en las iglesias en casas de las principales ciudades, debemos estar abiertos a nuevas ideas y al poder del Esp\u00edritu Santo. . 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