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Chris Maxwell: Living Life to the Fullest Everyday

July 2nd, 2024

Chris Maxwell has joy in his voice, peace permeates his words, and encouragement flows easily in every moment. Maxwell has had every reason to live in fear, anger, or pessimism, but he has elected, every day, to choose life. Life in his family. Life in his friendships. Life in his job. Life in his words....

Butler Newsletter: June 2024

June 26th, 2024

1 Year in Thailand I'm coming up on a year of being in Thailand. It's difficult to believe it's only been a year here. With all the changes I've experienced, it feels like it's been much more than a year. Yet, at the same time, because it's taken such a long time to settle in...

Gonzales Newsletter: June 2024

June 24th, 2024

Dear Partners and Friends, Greetings in the precious name of Jesus! We are overwhelmed with joy to see the amazing grace and power of God continuously flowing amidst the ministry work in Thailand. Your faithfulness in serving the Lord with us has significantly affected the fruitfulness in carrying out the Great Commission. People are getting...

Disaster Relief Overseas

June 19th, 2024

Disaster Relief Overseas - World Missions Ministries Communications Office Our international brothers and sisters are in need. Over the last month, People to People Ministries (PTP), the humanitarian arm of IPHC World Missions Ministries (WMM), has become aware of various disasters affecting different countries around the world. Burundi: In Burundi, severe flooding has caused hundreds...

Mother-Daughter Church Planting Success: Nine Years Later

June 17th, 2024

Pastors Brandon and Christy Hay have been on an adventure for the past nine years: planting and growing Life Church in Claypool Hill, VA. The Hays have known each other for almost as long as they can remember and attended school together from the elementary years all the way through high school. They both came...

Updates from Ukraine

June 11th, 2024

*Update 06/11/2024 Ukraine Update By Bill Schwartz; Regional Director of Central / Eastern Europe The war in Ukraine is approaching the two-and-half-year mark. For many, this is hard to believe. For others, the war in Ukraine is almost forgotten. However, the reality is that communities are devastated and continue to experience more devastation. Families have...

A Treasured Coin

June 11th, 2024

Since I got home from this year's RFTW, I've been thinking about the experiences of this year's trip. This coin always seems to come back up as one of my most treasured experiences from this year. Our Senior Chaplain gifted me with this coin. I say gifted because I can't think of anything I did...

Wooten Newsletter: June 2024

June 10th, 2024

Hello wonderful friends and family, Firstly, I pray that this update finds you well! Secondly, let me apologize for how long it has taken for me to send this update. Things have been busy, but I am excited to share with you all the Lord has been doing and all He has allowed me to...

What About June?

June 4th, 2024

When I was young the month of June was when many men and women said their marriage vows. Now, June has a different focus in the media, the marketplace, and educational circles. This is a good opportunity to remind the IPHC global family of the denomination’s stance regarding human sexuality. You can read our stance...

The Post-Abortive Life: From Secrets and Shame to Forgiveness and Freedom

June 3rd, 2024

At a church conference in 2015, about an hour away from her home, Pam Irizarry’s past and future collided. Irizarry had spent a good portion of her adult years hiding a long-held secret and denying to herself that she felt any guilt or shame. At her current stage of life, married to her husband, Eli,...

A Tribute to Linda Sigmon Queen (1942 - 2024)

May 29th, 2024

Linda Sigmon Queen (1942 - 2024) Linda Sigmon Queen, age 81, of Mt. Holly passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at Riverside Medical Center in Virginia. Born November 17, 1942, in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Hollis and Pauline Painter Sigmon. She served as a pastor’s wife and missionary for many...

OKC Thunder Playoffs: Terrance Wilson Has Some Serious Camera Skills

May 28th, 2024 Jessi Lowe

Terrance Wilson, who currently works as the Creative Specialist for the IPHC’s General Superintendent’s Office, was close to graduating from Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when he realized that he needed one more class to complete his Worship Arts degree. This new class would require him to pick up a camera, and this...

West Newsletter: May 2024

May 23rd, 2024

Dear Friends and Family Thank you for your faithful prayers and support. These past few months have been both busy and full of unfortunate surprises. The following are a few specifics. Grateful to be Alive Upon returning to Peru in December, we dove back into local church ministry in Lima, as well as teaching and...

Crook Newsletter: May 2024

May 22nd, 2024

Dear Supporters, OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND The IPHC’s challenge “to be a Place of Hope and a People of Promise (Isaiah 54:2,3)” inspires us to envision places, people, and opportunities today and tomorrow that require us to be what Christ has called and empowered us to be. In that statement, “TO BE” stretches our perspective of what...

Rivers of Fire: Revival in the Amazon

May 20th, 2024

Rivers of Fire: Revival in the Amazon - World Missions Ministries Communications Office On Monday, May 13, 2024, a barge filled with 347 young people, pastors, and leaders began the journey down the Amazon River with a united goal to know the person of Jesus and make Him known throughout the Amazon. The barge, also...

Jason and Leslie White: Called to Serve Close to Home

May 20th, 2024

Jason and Leslie White have known each other for many years. The first time he remembers seeing her, Leslie was dating the older brother of one of his childhood best friends, and it would be several years from that point before they would be interested in each other as anything more than friends. In January...

Launch into PLACE: New System for Connection

May 17th, 2024

PLACE is launching soon! PLACE is a tool that will simplify and streamline connection between ministers, leaders, and missionaries within the IPHC. PLACE will serve two purposes: First, it will help the IPHC to identify men and women who feel called into ministry. It’s extremely important that these future ministers do not fall through the...

Honoring Reverend Joel McGraw

May 10th, 2024

Honoring Reverend Joel McGraw: (February 26, 1937- May 6, 2024) Reverend Joel McGraw, an outstanding and influential pastor within the IPHC, received his heavenly reward in his homegoing on May 6, 2024 at the age of 87. McGraw attended Birmingham Southern, Samford College, and Emmanuel College, eventually earning a Master’s Degree in Ministry from...

Run For the Wall 2024

May 9th, 2024

On May 14, 2024, Mission M25 rolls out of Ontario, California, to serve Run For the Wall (RFTW) for the 19th time and head to Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day to honor our true national heroes. For 17 years, Mission M25 has carried hydration, crossing the USA for the riders who travel on two...

Chaplains of Hope Trainings Report

May 9th, 2024

On Saturday, April 27th, the Chaplains of Hope training in Ontario, California, was electric—this is the best way we know how to report it! Two conferences were represented: Acts2Day and Golden West. We had nine churches: four IPHC and five independent ministries. The two church planters from Indonesia are working with Acts2Day Ministries. Pastors Johannes...

Adventures of Sayler: How a Children’s Book Can Help Us See People More Clearly

May 6th, 2024

Sayler Stevens is sunshine in a little body. From her white-blond hair to the smile that sparkles with joy, she is an extraordinary little girl who radiates light. Sayler can’t help but dance, her very favorite thing to do. When she feels the beat, she just has to move! Once you spend some time with...

844-MINPRAY: Toll Free Prayer Hotline for Ministers and Their Families

May 1st, 2024

The IPHC is committed to caring for ministers and their families to the best of our abilities. One of the many ways we provide that care is through prayer. With this in mind, Clergy Development and the ARISE IN PRAYER Team are launching a prayer hotline for ministers and their families on May 1, 2024....

Pastors Patrick and Judy Haskins: Reaching the ‘Down and Outers’ in Fort Wayne, Indiana

April 22nd, 2024

There’s a little white church in Fort Wayne, Indiana that has a storied past and an exciting future. Pastors Patrick and Judy Haskins have been leading Light of Life Faith Center for 14 years, seven of which have been in their current location on Hanna Street. Located in the Northeastern corner of Indiana, Fort Wayne...

NW Latin Annual Conference

April 18th, 2024 Bishop Bill Terry

I was honored to preside over the 2024 NW Latin Annual Conference on Saturday, April 13th at the Christian Reformed Church in Sunnyside, Washington. There were over 350 in attendance for the conference session and the evening worship service. The annual conference was called to order promptly at 1:30 p.m. Bishop Bill Terry recognized theconference...

Chaplains of Hope (COH)

April 11th, 2024

Princeton, North Carolina - On April 5-6, 2024, 31 individuals hungry to reach the community outside their churches joined Bishop Garry Bryant of EVUSA, Gary Burd, National Director of Mission M25, Craig Lawlis, Pastor of Christian Heritage Church in Amarillo, TX, Gene Henderson, Pastor at Ebenezer PHC in Columbia, SC and Mark Richardson, Pastor at...

YouthQuest Pivots in 2024

April 11th, 2024

Have you ever felt the nervous excitement and anticipation for an idea you’d never tried before? Do you know that feeling? That uncertain, but hopeful possibility that a new and fresh approach might be exactly what you were looking for? If so, then you might understand how we feel about YouthQuest 2024. This summer, from...

Dave and Debby Johnson: A Christ and Community-Focused Couple

April 10th, 2024

Oklahoma couple, Dave and Debby Johnson, have served the Lord in Paul’s Valley at the same Pentecostal Holiness Church since the early 1980s. Neither had a strong belief when growing up. Dave grew up Roman Catholic, attended church mostly to check out the girls, and adamantly believed God was not real. Debby grew up in...

A Look at Summer Camp: Getting Ready for 2024

April 10th, 2024 Jessi Lowe

Summer camp is an institution. A rite of passage. For the young people of the IPHC, it’s a sacred time of growth, renewal, and an opportunity to have a fresh encounter with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Teens and children from across the U.S. look forward to this special week and anticipate a good...

Virtual Event for Women: Fostering Connections Locally and Around the Country

April 8th, 2024 Jessi Lowe

The fifth annual Virtual Event for Women, hosted by IPHC’s Women’s Ministries, took place on March 10, 2024. The event originated out of necessity in 2020, when the world stopped for Covid-19 and all events were canceled. Whitney Davis, Director of Women’s Ministries for the IPHC, and her team were already planning an event for...

The Importance of Gender Specific Ministries

April 4th, 2024

My ten-year-old climbed into the car with a scowl. Her usual, bubbly demeanor was overshadowed by frustration. She met my “How was your day?” with a big sigh, and it didn’t take long for her to describe how much “easier” life would be without “loud, bossy, gross boys.” As she talked, I couldn’t help but...

Blessed Trip to Nigeria

March 28th, 2024

Recently, I was in three cities in Nigeria with IPHC Nigerian leadership and IPHC missionary leaders. I was joined in Lagos by IPHC World Missions Ministries Regional Director Ernest Turner and IPHC missionary David Riley, both of whom live in Senegal, West Africa. Joining us was Bishop Samuel Akpan, General Superintendent of IPHC Nigeria. ...

Things I’ve Learned While Leading Worship in a Local Church

March 28th, 2024

Having been a worship leader in a local church for several years, I have come to learn several things about myself and my role as a worship leader. The following points are largely practical (and perhaps self-evident to some). But I hope that somewhere in these thoughts there will be a kernel of encouragement, if...

The NICL with Dr. Mark Rutland: Looking Back on an Opportunity to Grow and Learn

March 26th, 2024 Jessi Lowe

An amazing opportunity for our IPHC Pastors and their staff took place just recently: Three sessions of Dr. Mark Rutland’s NICL (The National Institute for Christian Leadership). Offered at no cost, thanks to the IPHC’s General Superintendent’s Office and Clergy Development Department, pastors were able to attend and bring up to three staff members. There...

Jubilee Celebration: 50th Anniversary of the Wing Kwong College

March 13th, 2024

The Wing Kwong College in Hong Kong marked a milestone event recently with a Jubilee Celebration: the 50th anniversary of the opening of the school in 1973. The whole event was anchored by the phrase “Shine with Grace. Stride in Glory,” and they most certainly did. Utilizing talented singers, handbell choir members, rhythmic dancers, speakers,...

IPHC NAVY CHAPLAIN JAMIL KHAN PROMOTED TO LT COMMANDER

February 7th, 2024

I met Jamil Khan at Maranatha Pentecostal Holiness when he and his mother started attending the church when he was 11 years old. At 16 years old he either wanted to be a pastor, military chaplain, or missionary. At the time he felt he was supposed to pastor and decided to attend Emmanuel College. When I...

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...

The Gathering: Singing with the Saints

January 4th, 2024

Welcome!! We are thrilled to host The Gathering: Singing With the Saints, a worship experience for senior adults hosted by IPHC Discipleship Ministries. The Gathering will take place in Falcon, NC, March 15-16, 2024. This experience was created with our senior saints in mind. Amid an ever-changing world full of “the next new thing,” we...

Women’s Gathering: ATTENDEE Response

December 7th, 2023

Women’s Gathering: ATTENDEE Response No one can share the impact the Women’s Leadership Gathering has had better than an attendee. Rachael Ward (Cornerstone Conference) is the Campus Events Coordinator for Emmanuel University. When she and her husband, Trés, are not traveling with Emmanuel Singers, they minister in churches across the denomination, and most recently, Rachael...

Church Hurt

November 22nd, 2023

Natalie Runion and 'Church Hurt' “Never tell God you’ll never do something because He’ll have you never nevering like you’ve nevered before,” Natalie joked when discussing her Raised to Stay journey. Natalie Runion, guest speaker at the 2023 Women’s Leadership Gathering in Black Mountain, NC, is a wife, mother, pastor, and author of Raised to...

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

November 9th, 2023

I hate to admit it but, everyone procrastinates at some point. Whether it's a chore around the house (dishes, laundry, kids cleaning their rooms, etc.) or a project at work, we all procrastinate. Procrastination comes from a Latin word that literally means, “do it tomorrow.” We put off the things we should do now until...

Intentional Discipleship

November 3rd, 2023

Royal Rangers and Men’s Ministries is pleased to announce that we are once again hosting our Bridging Our Ministries event January 19-21, 2024, at the Redland PHC in Advance, NC. The theme for this year’s event is “24/7 Men – Being Intentional in 2024”. We hope that you will plan to be a part of...

Lasting Impact

November 2nd, 2023

Lasting Impact: Natalie Runion’s Inspiration for the Women of IPHC Many women were positively impacted in September while attending the Women’s Ministries Women’s Leadership Gathering in North Carolina. It was an honor to have Natalie Runion, pastor, mother, wife, and author of Raised to Stay as the guest speaker. Natalie’s messages throughout the weekend were...

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: Pakistan

August 30th, 2023

Disaster Relief: Pakistan - People to People Ministries PAKISTAN – On Wednesday, Aug. 16, reports were received that two IPHC churches in Pakistan had been broken into, looted, and burned as a result of mob attacks happening within the country. According to Pakistan's IPHC (registered in the country as Christ Holiness Church) National Leader Asher...

Ping pong buddies

August 23rd, 2023 J. Lee Grady

Chaplain (COL) Chad Bellamy. U.S. Air Force My first assignment as a military chaplain took me to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. I was so new to the military that I could not tell what planes were in the air and what all the rank insignia meant. My highest goal at first was to...

Disaster Relief: Pakistan

August 17th, 2023

Mission M25 serving Run For The Wall (RFTW)

July 19th, 2023

What an incredible story produced by our efforts to represent Jesus and the church to the nation’s true heroes, our veterans, if they served in peacetime or war. Our effort this year was built around Luke 10:19, treading upon the serpents that are killing individuals, families, churches, and our nation. We all stood and stomped...

Avanza y Multiplica

July 12th, 2023

Avanza y Multiplica es un concepto organizado por los Ministerios Hispanos de la IPHC con un diseño de avance para centrarse en el llamado, el liderazgo, el crecimiento de la iglesia y la plantación de nuevas congregaciones entre la comunidad hispana de la IPHC. Como parte de la visión Arise 2033, consideramos que Avanza y...

Avanza y Multiplica (English)

July 12th, 2023

Avanza y Multiplica (Advance and Multiply) is a concept organized by the Hispanic Ministries of the IPHC with a forward-thinking design to focus on the calling, leadership, church growth, and planting new congregations among the IPHC Hispanic community. As part of the Arise 2033 vision, we consider Avanza y Multiplica a resource that drives the...

IPHC Pakistan Church Seeks Freedom for Abducted Pastor

May 8th, 2023

IPHC Pakistan Church Seeks Freedom for Abducted Pastor - People to People Ministries PAKISTAN – People to People, on behalf of Christ Holiness Church’s (IPHC Pakistan) National Leader, the Rev. Asher Mansa, requests aid to free Pastor Shamoun Boota, a local church pastor who was recently abducted by a neighboring Muslim landlord on the account...

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...

PTP Newsletter - June Newsletter

July 6th, 2021

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