{"id":4206,"date":"2019-09-16T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T19:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2019-09-16T14:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T19:39:17","slug":"alpha-conference-annual-conference-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2019\/09\/16\/alpha-conference-annual-conference-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Conference Annual Conference Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored by the invitation of Presiding Bishop Doug Beacham to preside over the 95<sup>th<\/sup>Annual Session of the Alpha Conference. This was a very special privilege for me, as I am blessed to have served within this fine conference for 41 years as a credentialed minister.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harvest Christian Center in Cantonment, Florida, hosted the conference events on June 29, 2019, which included the 2019 Alpha Summer Celebration (camp meeting) on June 27-28. Rev. William (Lisa) Strickland is the senior pastor. The church\u2019s hospitality was outstanding, and the congregation served the conference gatherings with distinction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Terry Tramel preached and ministered during the Summer Celebration. His messages were timely, superbly communicated, and well received by those in attendance. Many gathered around the altars each evening for prayer and ministry in the presence of the Lord. It was moving to witness Dr. Tramel\u2019s anointed ministry and observe the people\u2019s response to the word of God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The annual conference session convened on June 29, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. with 120 people in attendance. After a word of greeting and opening prayer, I introduced Rev. Derek Lewis to lead the congregation in worship. The beautiful worship unto the Lord prepared the conference ministers, church delegates, and special guests to receive Holy Communion, which I was privileged to officiate. The Spirit of the Lord moved sweetly and graciously as we received the Sacrament together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was my honor to recognize the following special guests:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brenda Phillips, chief financial officer, IPHC Ministries<\/li>\n<li>Terry Tramel, director of Global Outreach &amp; Leadership Development, IPHC World Missions Ministries<\/li>\n<li>Brian James, vice president for Development, Emmanuel College<\/li>\n<li>Derek (Megan) Zellers, dean of Men, Holmes Bible College<\/li>\n<li>John (Ginger) Wheeler, chief operations officer, Falcon Children\u2019s Home<\/li>\n<li>Bishop Tim (Carissa) Lamb, conference superintendent, LifePoint Ministries Conference<\/li>\n<li>Leta Dantzler, retired IPHC Missionary &amp; Alpha Conference minister<\/li>\n<li>Winston &amp; Marie Hollingsworth, retired IPHC Missionaries &amp; Alpha Conference ministers<\/li>\n<li>Rick (Tammy) Fountain, former IPHC National Church Planting director and assistant director of EVUSA Ministries (serving within Alpha as the CRM Director)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The IPHC Sixth Core Value emphasis, \u201cWe Prayerfully Value Justice,\u201d was presented in video and devotional format. The scriptural passage from Micah 6:8 and focused remarks certainly resonated within the conference body.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I presented the State of the Conference Report. Below are a few highlights:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emphasis on Arise 2033, the IPHC missional directive, including the Church Revitalization &amp; Multiplication training ongoing in the Conference<\/li>\n<li>The vision to double the number of churches and ministers in the conference by 2033<\/li>\n<li>2018 spiritual experiences included 1,071 salvations\/rededications, 215 water baptisms, 185 sanctification experiences and 129 Holy Spirit baptisms. Praise Jesus!<\/li>\n<li>At the end of 2018 Alpha reported 49 member churches<\/li>\n<li>As of June 29, 2019 Alpha had 143 ministers<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation for the faithful giving\/stewardship in 2018<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation for the Alpha Leadership Team &amp; staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three ministers received Faithful Service Awards: Rickey Brewington (41 years), James Peacock (40 years) and Ronny Jennings (21 years of service + 79 years of age equaled 100 years). In addition, 19 churches\/pastors received church growth awards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friendship Pentecostal Holiness Church was presented with the Alpha Centennial Award for 104 years of faithful and dedicated ministry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two people received Minister\u2019s License: Brandon Blair and Carissa Blair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following people were ordained: Joshua Mays, Sandy Rodgers, Devin Stover, and Derek Zellers. The Ordination Service was very special. The prayers and the laying on of hands were filled with prophetic anointing and unction from the Holy Spirit over each of the ordinands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May the Lord continue to bless the Alpha Conference to be a Place of Hope and People of Promise, to reach the lost, connect people, disciple believers, develop leaders, multiply churches, and reach our full kingdom potential for the glory of God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3728,"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":[618,841,842,844,830,58,843],"class_list":{"0":"post-4206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-618","9":"tag-alpha-conference-annual-conference-report","10":"tag-bishop-mike-gray","11":"tag-cantonment","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-iphc","14":"tag-june-27-28","15":"entry"},"title_es":"Conferencia Alfa Informe Anual de la Conferencia","content_es":"Me honr\u00f3 la invitaci\u00f3n del Obispo Presidente Doug Beacham para presidir la <sup>95.\u00aa<\/sup> Sesi\u00f3n Anual de la Conferencia Alfa. Este fue un privilegio muy especial para m\u00ed, ya que tengo la suerte de haber servido en esta excelente conferencia durante 41 a\u00f1os como ministro acreditado. El Centro Cristiano Harvest en Cantonment, Florida, organiz\u00f3 los eventos de la conferencia el 29 de junio de 2019, que incluy\u00f3 la Celebraci\u00f3n de Verano Alpha 2019 (reuni\u00f3n de campamento) del 27 al 28 de junio. El Reverendo William (Lisa) Strickland es el pastor principal. La hospitalidad de la iglesia fue sobresaliente, y la congregaci\u00f3n sirvi\u00f3 a las reuniones de la conferencia con distinci\u00f3n. El Dr. Terry Tramel predic\u00f3 y ministr\u00f3 durante la celebraci\u00f3n de verano. Sus mensajes fueron oportunos, excelentemente comunicados y bien recibidos por los asistentes. Muchos se reunieron alrededor de los altares cada noche para orar y ministrar en la presencia del Se\u00f1or. Fue conmovedor presenciar el ministerio ungido del Dr. Tramel y observar la respuesta de la gente a la palabra de Dios. La sesi\u00f3n anual de la conferencia se convoc\u00f3 el 29 de junio de 2019 a las 9:00 a.m. y asistieron 120 personas. Despu\u00e9s de una palabra de saludo y oraci\u00f3n de apertura, present\u00e9 al reverendo Derek Lewis para dirigir a la congregaci\u00f3n en la adoraci\u00f3n. La hermosa adoraci\u00f3n al Se\u00f1or prepar\u00f3 a los ministros de la conferencia, delegados de la iglesia e invitados especiales para recibir la Sagrada Comuni\u00f3n, que tuve el privilegio de oficiar. El Esp\u00edritu del Se\u00f1or se movi\u00f3 dulce y graciosamente cuando recibimos el Sacramento juntos. Fue un honor reconocer a los siguientes invitados especiales: <ul><li> Brenda Phillips, directora financiera, Ministerios IPHC <\/li><li> Terry Tramel, director de Global Outreach &amp; Leadership Development, IPHC World Missions Ministries <\/li><li> Brian James, vicepresidente de desarrollo, Emmanuel College <\/li><li> Derek (Megan) Zellers, decano de hombres, Holmes Bible College <\/li><li> John (Ginger) Wheeler, director de operaciones, Falcon Children&#39;s Home <\/li><li> Obispo Tim (Carissa) Lamb, superintendente de la conferencia, LifePoint Ministries Conference <\/li><li> Leta Dantzler, ministra retirada de la Conferencia Misionera y Alfa de IPHC <\/li><li> Winston y Marie Hollingsworth, misioneros retirados de IPHC y ministros de la Conferencia Alfa <\/li><li> Rick (Tammy) Fountain, ex director de Plantaci\u00f3n de Iglesias Nacionales de IPHC y subdirector de los Ministerios EVUSA (sirviendo dentro de Alpha como Director de CRM) <\/li><\/ul> El \u00e9nfasis del sexto valor b\u00e1sico de IPHC, &quot;Valoramos la justicia con oraci\u00f3n&quot;, se present\u00f3 en video y en formato devocional. El pasaje de las Escrituras de Miqueas 6: 8 y los comentarios centrados ciertamente resonaron dentro del cuerpo de la conferencia. Present\u00e9 el informe del estado de la conferencia. A continuaci\u00f3n hay algunos puntos destacados: <ul><li> \u00c9nfasis en Arise 2033, la directiva misional de IPHC, incluida la capacitaci\u00f3n de Revitalizaci\u00f3n y Multiplicaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia en curso en la Conferencia <\/li><li> La visi\u00f3n de duplicar el n\u00famero de iglesias y ministros en la conferencia para 2033 <\/li><li> Las experiencias espirituales de 2018 incluyeron 1,071 salvaciones \/ rededicaciones, 215 bautismos en agua, 185 experiencias de santificaci\u00f3n y 129 bautismos del Esp\u00edritu Santo. \u00a1Alabado sea el Se\u00f1or! <\/li><li> A finales de 2018, Alpha report\u00f3 49 iglesias miembros <\/li><li> Al 29 de junio de 2019, Alpha ten\u00eda 143 ministros. <\/li><li> Apreciaci\u00f3n por los fieles donaciones \/ mayordom\u00eda en 2018 <\/li><li> Apreciaci\u00f3n por el equipo de liderazgo Alpha y el personal <\/li><\/ul> Tres ministros recibieron los Premios al Servicio Fiel: Rickey Brewington (41 a\u00f1os), James Peacock (40 a\u00f1os) y Ronny Jennings (21 a\u00f1os de servicio + 79 a\u00f1os equivalen a 100 a\u00f1os). Adem\u00e1s, 19 iglesias \/ pastores recibieron premios de crecimiento de la iglesia. La Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal de Amistad recibi\u00f3 el Premio Alfa Centenario por 104 a\u00f1os de ministerio fiel y dedicado. Dos personas recibieron la licencia de ministro: Brandon Blair y Carissa Blair. Las siguientes personas fueron ordenadas: Joshua Mays, Sandy Rodgers, Devin Stover y Derek Zellers. El servicio de ordenaci\u00f3n fue muy especial. Las oraciones y la imposici\u00f3n de manos se llenaron de unci\u00f3n prof\u00e9tica y unci\u00f3n del Esp\u00edritu Santo sobre cada uno de los ordenandos. \u00a1Que el Se\u00f1or contin\u00fae bendiciendo la Conferencia Alfa para que sea un Lugar de Esperanza y Gente Prometida, para alcanzar a los perdidos, conectar a las personas, discipular a los creyentes, desarrollar l\u00edderes, multiplicar iglesias y alcanzar nuestro potencial de reino completo para la gloria de Dios!","author_name":"Mike Gray","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Annual-Conference-Report.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-15Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}