{"id":3572,"date":"2020-03-06T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2020-03-06T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:40:53","slug":"a-tribute-to-charlene-helen-west-1930-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/a-tribute-to-charlene-helen-west-1930-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Charlene Helen West (1930 \u2013 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charlene Helen West<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 13, 1930 \u2013 March 4, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlene Helen West was born the third daughter of the Rev. Charles Henry and Bertha Lena North.\u00a0 In making her the namesake of her father, without realizing it, they were naming her as the one upon whom the mantle of a long line of ministry would fall.\u00a0 She was married to the Rev. Russel B. West in 1950 and from this union were born four children:\u00a0 Paul, Kathryn known as Kathy, Joseph, and Philip.\u00a0 In 1960 the Lord called Charlene to preach, and she and Russel formed a successful ministry team to advance the work of the Lord in various churches.\u00a0 The Lord saw fit to promote Russel to his heavenly reward on January 7, 1969 while pastoring in Bakersfield, California.\u00a0 Since Charlene had studied university Spanish, Russel, just before his home-going, had volunteered her services to chaperone a Youth in Action Team to Costa Rica.\u00a0 Although her activities were greatly changed, the church board felt she should accept this invitation as it was something her husband had wanted her to do.<\/p>\n

It was after this trip that the Lord renewed a vision He had given her in 1960, where she had seen herself going south through Mexico, Central America, and on to South America.\u00a0 She volunteered her services to the World Missions Department of the IPHC, and began a career of service which lasted 22 years in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, and other parts of Latin America as a team teacher for advanced ministerial training.\u00a0 She was privileged to see the development of outstanding national leadership during this time and decided to return to the United States.\u00a0 She was immediately offered a position with the Evangelism Department to become the first director of Hispanic and Intercultural Ministries of the denomination.\u00a0 She held this position for seven years, when God again changed her work ministry schedule.<\/p>\n

She was at the General Conference with the elements of communion in her hands, when God spoke clearly:\u00a0 I am changing your job.<\/em>\u00a0 She waited on the Lord to give her the information she needed about her next assignment, and one day it came:\u00a0 to establish a Hispanic church that would train ministers to be church planters.\u00a0 She began Centro de Celebration and pastored it for 13 years.\u00a0 By this time, she was past 81 years old and decided she needed to let someone younger take the reins of this very wonderful church.\u00a0 After retiring from the pastoral work, the Lord anointed her to write, and she has 15 published books, some in English and some in Spanish.\u00a0 As she continued to teach and train through her books, her great joy was to see her disciples catch the vision she has projected to plant churches and extend God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n

While ministry goals have been important to Charlene, she had counted her own children as the most precious gifts God has given her.\u00a0 In her old age, they have stood by, taking care of the home, making her joyful with flowers, dinners out, very special cards, etc.\u00a0 She leaves her son Paul and his wife, Kay, her daughter Kathy and her husband, Gary Petty, and her sons, Joseph and Philip. She also leaves her grandchildren, their spouses, and her great grandchildren.\u00a0 Dear to her are her sisters: Evelyn Thurmond and Betty Cramp, as well as a host of other relatives and so many wonderful Christian friends.\u00a0 As she says \u201cgoodbye\u201d to you today, her desire is that each one of you will meet her just inside the eastern gate when you, too, will finish life\u2019s journey to embark on one that has no end.<\/p>\n

Funeral Services in English will be held at 10am, and in Spanish at 1pm on Saturday March 14th<\/sup>, 2020 at Centro De Celebracion Church located at 4725 NW 10th<\/sup> Street in Oklahoma City, OK.<\/p>\n

The burial will be held at noon on Monday, March 16, 2020 at Longwood Cemetery located in Ponca City, OK.<\/p>\n

Statement: World Missions Ministries<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On behalf of the World Missions family of the IPHC, we honor and remember, with gratitude, the life and ministry legacy of Charlene Helen West. We give thanks to God for her service as a revered and cherished missionary and minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Rev. West was ordained as a career missionary by the World Missions Board in 1969. She served in Costa Rica from 1969 to 1977 and in Venezuela from 1978 to 1991: a total of twenty-two years. Her impact as a mentor and church planter still bears fruit today.\u00a0\u00a0She is, without a doubt, one of the most beloved and effective missionaries that the IPHC has ever had serving on the field.<\/strong>\u00a0I constantly meet men and women who consider Charlene to be their spiritual mother.<\/p>\n

I was privileged to serve with Charlene in Evangelism USA when she served the General Church as the first director of Hispanic and Intercultural Ministries. She was a natural for this assignment. I also watched as she transitioned out of that role and back into the pastorate.\u00a0\u00a0Charlene was one of the most effective church planters and ministry leaders that I have personally known in my lifetime!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul, Kathy, Joseph, and Philip, you have a wonderful heritage.\u00a0 Know that you have been and will continue to be in the thoughts and prayers of your missionary family.\u00a0 Scripture pronounces a blessing on those who mourn.\u00a0 May that special anointing be extended to you as you mourn the earthly departure of your dear mother.<\/p>\n

We are born, we live, we die. But, we also know that we are held in the hand of God, who knows no time and is eternal. We also know that nothing, not even death, will separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.<\/p>\n

\u2018The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bishop Talmadge Gardner<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Executive Director of World Missions Ministries<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> <\/h2>

7 de octubre de 1937 - 21 de agosto de 2019<\/strong> <\/h2>

Virginia Louise (Wall) Parisi, de 81 a\u00f1os, de Jamestown fue a su casa para estar con el Se\u00f1or el mi\u00e9rcoles 21 de agosto de 2019 en Hospice Home of High Point. Virginia naci\u00f3 el 7 de octubre de 1937, en el condado de Forsyth, en el fallecido Henry y Evelyn Wall. Fue miembro de la Primera Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal de Winston-Salem. <\/p>

Virginia fue precedida en la muerte por sus padres y hermano, Thomas Allen Wall, Sr. Sus familiares sobrevivientes incluyen a su "novia" y devoto esposo de 21 a\u00f1os, Dennis, sus tres sobrinos, cuatro sobrinos nietos, tres sobrinas nietas y una sobrina sobrina Amaba profundamente a cada uno de ellos y los consideraba sus propios hijos. <\/p>

Virginia era conocida por su familia y amigos como "Ginny". Ginny asisti\u00f3 al Seminario Teol\u00f3gico Holmes, en Greenville, SC, y al Colegio Emmanuel, en Franklin Springs, GA. De 1963 a 1965, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como misionera para el IPHC en Sud\u00e1frica Mientras estuvo all\u00ed, Ginny trabaj\u00f3 con Joe y Elsie Arthur, entre muchos otros. Su ministerio contin\u00faa a trav\u00e9s de las relaciones de toda la vida y el apoyo continuo de los misioneros que trabajan en \u00c1frica hoy. <\/p>

Un servicio de Celebration of Life se llevar\u00e1 a cabo a las 2:00 PM el s\u00e1bado 24 de agosto de 2019 en la Capilla Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek en Winston-Salem, NC. Tim Wall y el reverendo Joe Arthur estar\u00e1n oficiando. La familia recibir\u00e1 amigos una hora antes del servicio, as\u00ed como la noche anterior de 6:00 PM a 8:00 PM en la funeraria. El entierro seguir\u00e1 inmediatamente el servicio el s\u00e1bado en el cementerio de Woodland. <\/p>

En lugar de flores, se pueden hacer donaciones conmemorativas a los Ministerios de Misiones Mundiales, Proyecto # 11007P, PO Box 270420, Oklahoma City, OK 73137. <\/p>

Las contribuciones en l\u00ednea se pueden hacer en https:\/\/give.iphc.org\/missions\/235815<\/a> . Si lo prefiere, tambi\u00e9n puede llamar al 888-474-2966. Por favor, consulte el Proyecto # 11007P; Iglesia de Port Elizabeth, Sud\u00e1frica. <\/p>

"Se\u00f1ora. Virginia Wall Parisi se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como Misionera Profesional en los Ministerios de Misiones Mundiales de IPHC durante tres a\u00f1os. Nunca podremos determinar completamente [este lado del cielo] el impacto total del ministerio de uno. S\u00e9 que las mujeres que sirvieron en nuestras estaciones remotas de misi\u00f3n en \u00c1frica, como la Misi\u00f3n Nzhelele, brindaron un servicio notable en \u00e1reas excepcionalmente primitivas y peligrosas. <\/p>

La Sra. Parisi aparentemente nunca olvid\u00f3 su tiempo en \u00c1frica, ya que se convirti\u00f3 en una fiel defensora de algunos de los misioneros que sirven all\u00ed. <\/p>

Que la paz y la comodidad del Esp\u00edritu Santo sostengan a su familia mientras caminan por este valle \u201d. <\/p>

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