{"id":4377,"date":"2019-12-05T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:47:01","slug":"bishop-leon-stewart-celebrates-90th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2019\/12\/05\/bishop-leon-stewart-celebrates-90th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Leon Stewart Celebrates 90th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4379\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4379\" class=\"wp-image-4379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/Leon-Stewart-e1575643614584.jpg\" alt=\"Bishop Leon O. Stewart\" width=\"200\" height=\"245\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Leon O. Stewart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bishop Leon Stewart, the 11th General Superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, was born on December 5, 1929, in Pineville, Florida. Today, the IPHC family honors him and wishes him a happy 90th birthday!<\/p>\n<p>A son of a Pentecostal Holiness minister, Bishop Stewart came to know the Lord in 1947 and quickly accepted the call to ministry. He was ordained in the Alabama Conference (Alpha Conference) in 1952. While attending Holmes Bible College in Greenville, South Carolina, he met Donna Dooley and they were married in September of the same year. The Stewarts pastored several churches in the Alabama Conference and also served as Christian Education director and conference superintendent.<\/p>\n<p>In 1969, Bishop Stewart began his service to the IPHC at the General level as assistant general superintendent, director of Evangelism, and vice chariman before he was elected general superintendent in 1981. Under his leadership, the denomination launched the Target 2000 church growth initiative and began prayer meetings which led to the launching of the IPHC\u2019s prayer initiative, World Intercession Network (WIN). After retirement, Bishop Stewart moved back to Alabama with \u201cMiss Donna.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presiding Bishop Doug Beacham shares, \u201cI am thankful that the Lord gave us Bishop Stewart as a leader, preacher, and writer in the IPHC. Several times a year I have the joy of speaking with him, and I\u2019m always encouraged. Susan and I pray that he will have a wonderful 90th birthday celebration and that the Lord will give him many more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can join us in wishing Bishop Stewart a happy birthday by sending cards to Bishop Leon O. Stewart, 1112 Fridge Drive, Atmore, AL 36502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4378,"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":[108,904,903],"class_list":{"0":"post-4377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"tag-bishop-doug-beacham","9":"tag-bishop-leon-stewart","10":"tag-happy-birthday","11":"entry"},"title_es":"El obispo Leon Stewart celebra su 90 cumplea\u00f1os.","content_es":"El obispo Leon Stewart, el und\u00e9cimo superintendente general de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal, naci\u00f3 el 5 de diciembre de 1929 en Pineville, Florida. \u00a1Hoy, la familia IPHC lo honra y le desea un feliz cumplea\u00f1os n\u00famero 90! Hijo de un ministro de santidad pentecostal, el obispo Stewart lleg\u00f3 a conocer al Se\u00f1or en 1947 y r\u00e1pidamente acept\u00f3 el llamado al ministerio. Fue ordenado en la Conferencia de Alabama (Conferencia Alpha) en 1952. Mientras asist\u00eda al Holmes Bible College en Greenville, Carolina del Sur, conoci\u00f3 a Donna Dooley y se casaron en septiembre del mismo a\u00f1o. Los Stewart pastorearon varias iglesias en la Conferencia de Alabama y tambi\u00e9n se desempe\u00f1aron como director de Educaci\u00f3n Cristiana y superintendente de la conferencia. En 1969, el obispo Stewart comenz\u00f3 su servicio en el IPHC a nivel general como superintendente general asistente, director de evangelismo y vice-chariman antes de ser elegido superintendente general en 1981. Bajo su liderazgo, la denominaci\u00f3n lanz\u00f3 la iniciativa de crecimiento de la iglesia Target 2000 y comenz\u00f3 reuniones de oraci\u00f3n que llevaron al lanzamiento de la iniciativa de oraci\u00f3n de IPHC, World Intercesion Network (WIN). El Obispo Presidente Doug Beacham comparte: \u201cEstoy agradecido de que el Se\u00f1or nos haya dado al Obispo Stewart como l\u00edder, predicador y escritor en el IPHC. Varias veces al a\u00f1o tengo la alegr\u00eda de hablar con \u00e9l, y siempre estoy animado. \u00a1Susan y yo rezamos para que tenga una maravillosa celebraci\u00f3n del 90 cumplea\u00f1os y que el Se\u00f1or le d\u00e9 muchos m\u00e1s! \u201dDespu\u00e9s de jubilarse, el obispo Stewart regres\u00f3 a Alabama con\u201c Miss Donna \u201d. Puede unirse a nosotros para desearle un feliz cumplea\u00f1os al obispo Stewart. enviando tarjetas al obispo Leon O. 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