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A Tribute to Benita Honaker

December 29th, 2025

Benita Honaker (1936-2025) Benita Honaker (Brothers), age 89, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 20, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Benita was born on December 12, 1936, in West Frankfort, Illinois. She was the daughter of Benjamin “Benny” Brothers and Helen Brothers (Clouser) of Zigler, Illinois, where she grew up...

West Newsletter: December 2025

December 19th, 2025

Merry Christmas from Malaysia! Thank you for your faithful prayers and support. Time is flying, and we are having fun, but we would be helpless without the faithfulness of God, the love of Christ, and the sanctifying work of the Spirit! Filipino Fellowship and Answered Prayer (Sept. - Oct.) I was in Manila all day...

Meyer Newsletter: December 2025

December 15th, 2025

My heart is full of thanksgiving! Let’s prepare gifts this season to make a way for the gospel and prepare to receive nations as our inheritance. WMM's Bishop Talmadge and Mrs. Stephanie Gardner being honored at the 2025 Global Assembly. I want to thank IPHC WMM for the care, love, and support they have shown...

Yates Silva Newsletter: December 2025

December 12th, 2025

Feliz Navidad, and a Happy New Year from Argentina! This past year has been filled with mission trips, Bible classes, sermon preparation, children’s ministry, small groups, and outreaches. Above all, it has been a year of seeing God’s faithfulness on display. He continues to amaze us with who He is and what He can do...

How Can a Classical Pentecostal Church Reach a Contemporary World? Lessons from the Past

December 4th, 2025 Dr. Jonathan Altman

NCIPHC Heritage Lectures | October 18, 2025 Jonathan Altman serves as the Lead Pastor of Saint Paul Church in Greenville, NC, and as the Assistant Conference Superintendent of the North Carolina Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He’s a graduate of Campbell University (B.B.A. and M.Div.), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Fuller Theological...

Clara Faye Leggett 1941-2025

December 3rd, 2025 Shirley G. Spencer

Clara Faye Watts Leggett, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and faithful servant of Christ, entered her eternal reward on November 29, 2025, at the age of 83. Born on December 3, 1941, in Saint Pauls, North Carolina, Ms. Faye, as she became known to so many friends, was the daughter of Herbert and Josephine Watts,...

Healthy Church Plants Spotlighted

December 1st, 2025

Thriving churches often begin small, and, generally, are the result of a calling from God bathed in prayer and perseverance. More often than not, these church plants struggle financially for a season then begin to flourish under the leadership of strong and committed laborers God has set in place. Jesus gave His followings clear directions...

Williams Newsletter: November 2025

November 29th, 2025

GREETINGS! This year was filled with blessings and joy. We are thankful for each of you as you have played a part in this ministry through your prayers and faithful support. In Nepal, 2025 brought witness to an increase in salvations and baptisms, and several new churches joined our IPHC network. Financial blessings were also...

Bamba Newsletter: November 2025

November 26th, 2025

Greetings from Japan! As the year comes to a close, we reflect on all that God has done throughout the year. We are so thankful for the wonderful gift of your partnership with us. Your constant prayers and support have been a tremendous source of encouragement to us each day! The lives of countless Japanese...

Bicket Newsletter: November 2025

November 24th, 2025

Getting Settled: The Blockout Zone Much like a spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, missionary families often experience a “blackout” period during the first couple of months on the field, where communication is lost or limited due to the intense work of adjusting (or, in our case, re-adjusting) to the new culture. Praise God, this term’s...

Lifting the World

November 24th, 2025 Shirley G. Spencer

We sat together in a local restaurant, reminiscing, laughing, and interrupting one another’s story with our own. September 3, 1975, was a historic day for all three of us—Bishop A. D. Beacham, Kathy Larsen, and I—though for different reasons and from different perspectives. Kathy’s involvement in the event seemed much more dramatic than ours. She...

Clowers Newsletter: November 2025

November 21st, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas from the Clowers! Keep a Lookout Soon, we will be posting videos showing the ins and outs of the new ELI Project building. If you are not following our mission’s Facebook Page, please let us know; we would love to connect with you there. If you are not...

The Messiah’s Gifts (Part 2) Ephesians 4:11-16

November 20th, 2025

The Messiah’s gifts to His church find their origin and strength in the victory described in Ephesians 4:7-10.[1] Ephesians 4:1-6 described the spiritual maturity expected of those who receive any spiritual gift, including those named in 4:11.[2] Paul began Ephesians 4:11 by affirming that “He himself,” that is, Jesus the Messiah, “gave some” to be...

Seventh IPHC Global Assembly

November 18th, 2025

Three hundred and twenty-two delegates from around the globe gathered recently in Kusadasi, Turkey for the 2025 Global Assembly of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. On Wednesday, November 5th the delegates met in the conference room of the KoruMar Ephesus Resort to worship Jesus Christ, listen to inspiring national reports, and pray. The morning of...

Bishop Newsletter: November 2025

November 10th, 2025

Abigail and Frong handing out tracts in the city. This year has been a year full of exciting adventures, new memories, and ministry projects for the Lord. Since getting married in February, my husband, Frong, and I have dedicated our efforts to tract ministry. We have begun developing and distributing our own tracts to the...

Remembering for the Future

October 24th, 2025 Shirley G. Spencer

Construction was completed in 1911, and the three-story building on the hill west of Bethany, Oklahoma, stood ready for occupancy. Ironically, a historic meeting took place that same year in a tiny, one-room, octagon-shaped structure more than 1200 miles away. Leaders of the Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Fire Baptized Holiness Church convened in Falcon,...

The Messiah’s Gifts to His Church (Part 1) - Ephesians 4:7-10

October 22nd, 2025

The theme of unity runs through the Apostle Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. Chapter One of the letter described God’s plan of uniting lost humanity to Himself through the victory of His Son Jesus. Ephesians 2 continued the unity theme by showing that the death of Jesus accomplished the divine goal of creating...

IPHC Families Impacted by Tennessee Explosion

October 14th, 2025

A deadly explosion occurred last Friday, October 10, at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant near McEwen, Tennessee. Among the 16 people killed were adherents of the IPHC. We are grateful for the support and care of IPHC pastors to the families of all who were killed. Bishop Jamie Grisham of the Tennessee Valley Conference, and...

Ephesians 4:4-6 - Seven Ones Fo(u)r All

October 9th, 2025

Having established in Ephesians 4:1-3 the foundations of how followers of Jesus live in unity, the Apostle Paul revealed the basis for that unity in God’s nature and actions in our behalf.[1] Seven times in verses 4-6 Paul used the Greek numeral, heis, one, to emphasize this unity: There is one body and one Spirit,...

National Pastor's Zoom

October 9th, 2025

You will not want to miss this! Join me and learn from Pastor Mike Burnette. His passion is contagious and you will be blessed. Notice start time - 7:30pmEST - Tuesday, Nov. 4th. Clergy Development National Zoom with Mike Burnette Time: Nov 4, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84040757271...

Live Worthy of the Call - Ephesians 4:1-3

September 30th, 2025

As in Ephesians 3:1, Paul began his thoughts in Ephesians 4:1 with a reminder that he was “the prisoner of the Lord.”[1] His comments in Ephesians 4-6 focus more on what we might call “practical Christianity.” We must remember they are based on Paul’s theological/doxological insights in chapters 1-3. The closing doxology of Ephesians 3:16-21...

Women Who Preach: An IPHC Anthology

September 10th, 2025

Dr. Kristen Welch, Director of Archives and Research, Rev. Keisha Gordon, Department Chair for Religious Studies at Southwestern Christian University, and Rev. Kristen Sanders, Pastor of Small Groups Ministries for Living Hope Church, have been collecting sermons and texts by women preachers in IPHC for a new anthology called Women Who Preach. Dr. Welch began...

A Legacy of Hope: New Book from Siblings Carol and Albert Gray

September 4th, 2025

IPHC has long been a supporter of the Bethany Children's Health Center in Bethany, Oklahoma. The BCHC has seen many changes through the years, and in the last four decades, it has seen tremendous growth under the caring, influential hands of siblings Carol and Albert Gray. These two have written a tremendous book detailing the...

God Is Within Her: Jada, Jenny, and Mayce

September 2nd, 2025

"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.” - Psalm 46:5 Jada Ragan, Jenny Luckey, and Mayce Nowlen graduated from Baker County High School in Glen St. Mary, Florida, this past May. These three beautiful young women have grown close over the last four years, sharing a...

Gary Burd - A Lifelong Pioneer

August 7th, 2025

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Discovering a New Destiny

August 4th, 2025

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Remembering: Rev. William Noyel “Bill” Jones

July 9th, 2025

IPHC mourns the passing of Rev. William Noyel “Bill” Jones, former Superintendent of the Georgia Conference (now known as LifePoint Ministries). Presiding Bishop A.D. Beacham, Jr. shared: “Rev. Bill Jones served Jesus and the IPHC with distinction. I had the joyful honor of working closely with him in the Georgia Conference and serving with him...

Freedom in Christ: A Call to National & Spiritual Awakening

June 27th, 2025

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State of Urgency: Engaging the Privileges and the Responsibilities of our Freedom

June 26th, 2025

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Military Chaplains: Why They Serve, For the Freedom

June 25th, 2025

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Video Links for National Pastors Conference

June 25th, 2025

Did you miss the National Pastors Conference? Or maybe you heard something and can't quite remember it exactly? Here is your chance . . . National Pastors Conference Videos You will find many of the presenters including Pastor Mike Dodson, Pastor Bill Rose, Merle Gilley, Pastor Jared Fabec and more in this NPC Showcase. The night...

A Lesson on the Sermon on the Mount

April 23rd, 2025

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24 Family Devotion Today friends we are going to read a real life, true story from the Bible in Matthew 7. Today, we’re going to hear a parable. A parable...

A dedicated servant leader, Chaplain (COL) Jerry L. Jones, US Army Retired

April 10th, 2025

HGM Church Plants: Celebrating 2024

April 10th, 2025 Jessi Lowe

2024 was an incredible year of church planting for the IPHC, with 18 launches across the United States and Puerto Rico, a 50% increase from the previous year. These newly launched churches hit the ground running and saw a remarkable number of salvations: 389. Praise the Lord for these souls! Dr. Trey Jones, Director of...

Loving God through Worship

March 14th, 2025

The Bible might well be described as a “Book of Worship.” From Genesis to Revelation, the reader is introduced to the Creator, Deliverer, Redeemer, Eternal King, the only One Who is truly worthy of our deepest devotion and worship. Indeed, as we read the Scriptures with “worship eyes,” it is likely that we will see...

Thrive Church: Implementing HGM's Principle-Based Strategies

March 12th, 2025

Finding Rest in a Busy World

March 7th, 2025

Finding Rest in a Busy World: A Reflection on Mark 6 We live in a culture that glorifies busyness, often teetering on the brink of burnout. As Christians, our activity is often mission-focused, yet we can struggle to prioritize the very thing that replenishes us: rest. In Mark 6, we see Jesus modeling the importance...

Love in Chaos

February 28th, 2025

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8 Finding God's Unfailing Love in the Midst of Chaos: A Reflection on Psalm 143:8 Psalm 143:8, a verse that often graces inspirational...

Prayers Answered in the Acts2Day's Harvest District

February 27th, 2025 Bishop Garry Bryant

Welcoming All

February 21st, 2025

Welcoming All: The Power of Inclusion in Children's Ministry Everyone’s journey is different. For the Nixon family, it's a journey marked by the unwavering support and acceptance of their church community. Jamie and Tabitha Nixon have three children, each with their own unique story. However, it's Selah's experience that highlights the profound impact a welcoming...

Chaplains of Hope Equips Future Trainers to Serve the Hispanic Community

February 13th, 2025

Women's Ministries Monthly Newsletter- February 2025

February 5th, 2025

Women's Ministries Monthly Newsletter- January 2025

January 14th, 2025

Tidings of Comfort and Joy for the Holiday Season

December 24th, 2024

Most holiday songs are filled with joy, laughter, and expectations of warm memories being made with family and friends. But are you familiar with these lines? “And when those blue snowflakes start falling That's when those blue memories start calling. You'll be doing all right, With your Christmas of white But I'll have a blue,...

Dangers of Young Men

December 23rd, 2024

Dangers of Young Men Before I get into the dangers young men face, let me tell you this: “IPHC Discipleship Ministries now has unlimited access to RightNow Media—the world’s largest streaming library of Bible study videos.” This is available to you for free! More on this later. In the process of researching these resources for...

Disaster Relief: Myanmar

January 8th, 2024

Disaster Relief: Myanmar - People to People Ministries Myanmar - On Sunday, January 7 th , the Kanan village in Myanmar suffered an unexpected air strike which killed 17 civilians and wounded around 20 people. Out of the 17 killed, there were 9 child casualties, including a sixteen-year-old boy who attended the IPHC church plant...

Disaster Relief: Morocco

September 11th, 2023

Disaster Relief: Morocco - People to People Ministries Morocco –On Friday, September 8, a deathly earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, classified as "strong", shook Morocco; the strongest quake to hit the area in nearly a century. News outlets have reported that there were around 2500 deaths due to the natural disaster, and first responders...

Disaster Relief: Turkey Earthquake Update

February 23rd, 2023

Disaster Relief: Turkey Earthquake Update Praise in the Midst of Storm Matthew 9:36 “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.” - People to People Ministries; Letter from Turkey National Leader Pastor Ismail Serinken TURKEY - After the devastating...

Disaster Relief: Turkey Earthquake

February 8th, 2023

Disaster Relief: Turkey Earthquake IPHC FAMILY IN TURKEY NEED OUR HELP -People to People Ministries TURKEY – On Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, an initial earthquake at magnitude 7.8 with up to 13 aftershocks reaching between 5-7.5 in magnitude shook Turkey. Hours later, a second earthquake at magnitude 7.5 shook the country again. As Turkey faces...

Afghanistan Relief Fund

August 26th, 2021

As you are certainly aware, the situation in Afghanistan is devastating. The world watches, comments, and pleads for governments to respond. Yet, our Church is positioned to ACT on behalf of the people. Bishop Asher Mansha of IPHC Pakistan is a leader of great influence. The IPHC is strong in Pakistan. In 2020, our collective...