{"id":1858,"date":"2018-01-31T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2018-01-31T14:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:26:27","slug":"tribute-rev-esther-rose-gamble-gardner-1931-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/tribute-rev-esther-rose-gamble-gardner-1931-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Rev. Esther Rose Gamble Gardner (1931-2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rev. Esther Rose Gamble Gardner, 86, of Burlington, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on the 30th<\/sup> of January 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Greenville, PA, on the 12th<\/sup> day of October 1931, she married Dr. James A. Gardner on September 11, 1954, who preceded her in death.<\/em><\/p>\n

A graduate of Holmes Bible College and Furman University in Greenville, SC, she served on the Mission Field of South Africa for 20 years [10 of those as an IPHC Career missionary] and as a faithful pastor\u2019s wife.<\/em><\/p>\n

Surviving are two sons: Bishop James T. Gardner (Stephanie) of Oklahoma City, OK; and Rev. Derrick V. Gardner (Martha) of Collierville, TN; and daughter Rosemary Gardner of Burlington; five grandchildren: Brandon (Miranda), Whitney (Phil), Addison (Lorena), Katie Beth, and Gabriella; and four great-grandchildren. She also had many nieces and nephews who considered her a mother figure.<\/em><\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held at Trinity Worship Center on Saturday, February 3rd<\/sup> at 11am. Pre-service visitation will be from 10am to 10:50am. Committal will take place privately.<\/em><\/p>\n

Memorials may be made to: Trinity Worship Center, IPHC World Missions Ministries, or Hospice of Alamance.<\/em><\/p>\n

World Missions Ministries extends our love and prayers to the family of Rev. Esther Gardner. Esther, alongside her late husband Dr. James A. Gardner, established a strong ministry foundation in South Africa, serving as missionaries for 20 years. In The Simultaneous Principle<\/em>, Dr. Rev. Frank Tunstall shares part of their story:<\/p>\n

At the end of their first year in Krugersdorp, Gardner felt definitely that the Lord was leading him to start a Pentecostal Holiness Church. The first service began March 17, 1958, and the \u201cWest Rand Times\u201d carried the announcement. The church was organized in August with 13 members. Jimmy and Esther Gardner were the first P.H. missionaries anywhere in the world to reach indigenous status; the Krugersdorp congregation was able to pay their full salary and expenses. Gardner retired as a missionary in July 1977.<\/em><\/p>\n

In his soon to be released book, A Collection of IPHC Missionary Short Stories, <\/em>Dr. Tunstall includes some specific details about Esther\u2019s ministry:<\/p>\n

Esther was especially gifted at playing both piano and organ. She was also a leader who organized a Woman\u2019s Auxiliary in the Krugersdorp Church and served as its president until 1975. The agenda of her meetings with the women included a devotional, business, fellowship, and the traditional South African \u201ctea time.\u201d They catered weddings and other events, sponsored bake sales, and tithed on all the proceeds to the conference Woman\u2019s Auxiliary treasury. She also served as president of Woman\u2019s Auxiliary for the Rand District. She came to be recognized as \u201cmother\u201d by ladies across the Rand.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rev. Esther Gardner leaves a legacy, carried forth by Bishop James T. Gardner, Executive Director of World Missions Ministries; Rev. Derrick V. Gardner, pastor of Compassion Church in Germantown, TN, and Rosemary Gardner, an active member of Trinity Worship Center in Burlington, N.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Marjorie Townes Hough y la familia del Reverendo Robert Hough que estuvo con el Se\u00f1or el s\u00e1bado 11 de noviembre de 2017. El Reverendo Hough fue misionero de carrera de IPHC en Cuba desde 1957 -1961 y en M\u00e9xico desde 1969-1974. Rev. Hough tambi\u00e9n sirvi\u00f3 al IPHC como el Superintendente de la Conferencia de Texas [Grace Bible Ministries] de 1975-1986. Rev. Hough fue el primer graduado de Southwestern Christian University en Oklahoma City, Oklahoma para convertirse en misionero. En 1957, los Houghs se mudaron a Cuba para su primera misi\u00f3n misionera. Aunque hubo disturbios pol\u00edticos, continu\u00f3 persiguiendo su ardiente deseo de predicar el evangelio al pueblo cubano. En 1959, el reverendo Hough se convirti\u00f3 en el superintendente de la Conferencia Cubana. En El Principio Simult\u00e1neo<\/em> , el Dr. Frank Tunstall recuerda un momento en que el Reverendo Hough fue arrestado en un puesto de control de Batista, y acusado de simpatizar con Castro, y fue rociado con diesel para ser incendiado. Pidi\u00f3 por su vida, pidiendo a los soldados que llamaran a otro puesto de control donde se lo conoc\u00eda. Despu\u00e9s de muchos intentos fallidos, una llamada final al otro punto de control result\u00f3 exitosa. Los soldados lo avalaron y fue liberado. En 1961, recibi\u00f3 una notificaci\u00f3n de que ten\u00eda 24 horas para conducir hasta la Base Naval de la Bah\u00eda de Guant\u00e1namo. Escap\u00f3 por poco de los soldados de Castro y se fue de Cuba. Cuarenta a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, el reverendo Hough se uni\u00f3 a un equipo de la Conferencia Heartland y regres\u00f3 a Cuba, donde pudo ver los frutos de su trabajo al saber que un beb\u00e9 que hab\u00eda dedicado durante su ministerio en Cuba estaba sirviendo ahora como el Superintendente de la Conferencia Cubana de IPHC. De acuerdo con el Dr. Frank Tunstall, \"Rev. Robert Hough fue el \u00faltimo misionero de IPHC en abandonar la Cuba comunista \". El Rev. Hough comenz\u00f3 su ministerio en M\u00e9xico en 1969. La Junta de Misiones Extranjeras nombr\u00f3 a Robert como Superintendente de Campo y Secretario Ejecutivo General para M\u00e9xico. Este t\u00edtulo le dio la supervisi\u00f3n de las dos conferencias en M\u00e9xico en ese momento: las conferencias del Nordeste y la Costa del Pac\u00edfico. En 1971, inici\u00f3 la cumbre del primer ministro en M\u00e9xico, llamada \"Fiesta Pentecostes\". El Rev. Hough dej\u00f3 M\u00e9xico en 1974 y fue nombrado Superintendente de la Conferencia IPHC de Texas en 1975. A lo largo de la vida del Reverendo Hough, sirvi\u00f3 a la IPHC y al reino de Dios con honor y valent\u00eda. Ser\u00e1 recordado como un hombre de gran pasi\u00f3n y amor para el pueblo de Dios. Las visitas del Rev. Hough [1-3: 00PM] y el servicio f\u00fanebre [3:00 PM] se llevar\u00e1n a cabo en Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church en Siler City, Carolina del Norte el jueves 16 de noviembre de 2017. \"World Missions Ministries est\u00e1 en deuda con Rev . Hough y su familia por su servicio de sacrificio al Reino y al IPHC como misioneros profesionales. Estoy seguro de que Robert una vez m\u00e1s experiment\u00f3 los frutos de su trabajo de primera mano cuando se encontr\u00f3 con hermanos y hermanas en el Se\u00f1or de Cuba y M\u00e9xico que lo precedieron en la muerte y ahora residen junto con \u00e9l en su hogar celestial. 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