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Barton Newsletter: September 2024

September 10th, 2024

Greetings from the Bartons in the Philippines! The Lord has continued to open doors for us over the past year. Remy was re-elected to the Central Luzon Conference (CLC) board during the elections held last November 2023. She was also re-appointed as the conference representative to the National Board in the Philippines. In addition to...

West Newsletter: September 2024

September 9th, 2024

DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY Thank you for your continued prayers and support! While Spring seemed to pass very slowly (in the aftermath of the car accident), these past few Summer months have absolutely flown by as we have begun to recover and attempt to combine extensive therapy and doctor visits with increased travel and ministry....

Harden Newsletter: September 2024

September 9th, 2024

ONE YEAR IN JAPAN! We can’t believe it! We’ve been in Japan for one whole year! Thank you to everyone who prays for us, supports us, and encourages us. We absolutely could not be here without you. We are amazed to say that we have people supporting and encouraging us in over seven different states....

Wanda Myers: Another Work of Grace

September 9th, 2024

Pastor Wanda Myers has lived as a single career woman and as a working mother. She has thrived in male-dominated workplaces, both secular and religious. Myers has done it all with humility, confidence, and a quiet spirit. And for almost nine years, she has faithfully led a congregation in Waynesboro, Virginia. Myers was born in...

Bishop Newsletter: August 2024

August 28th, 2024

Greetings from Thailand! Updates: 1. We received new students in our English Class! Our class continues to grow. 2. We also have grown in our children’s church on Sundays. We are all so excited! 3. I have begun working with an afterschool English class on Thursdays at a local school! We have 40 children attending....

Pastor Care Initiative Update: Just in Time for Pastor Appreciation Month

August 26th, 2024

Pastor Care Initiative (PCI) and Clergy Development are excited to launch the grant application process before Pastor Appreciation Month, which takes place in October. PCI field representatives will be available at IPHC events throughout the United States to help pastors apply for "Now" and "Later" grants. The “Now” grants will meet any immediate needs that...

Javier and Stephanie Romero: Financial Freedom Brings Freedom to Minister

August 26th, 2024

The Romeros’ connection began, seemingly, of happenstance. Although they were both born in Puerto Rico, it would be many years before they met in Deltona, Florida. Javier moved to the United States of America at the age of ten, while Stephanie didn’t move until she was 25. Their story began when a young woman named...

God's Secret Weapon

August 22nd, 2024

Hellands Newsletter: August 2024

August 21st, 2024

HELLANDS IN HOLLAND “We have never seen so many divine healings in such a short amount of time as when you were here with your team in Romania. It was as if we experienced an explosion of God’s love and activity which our leaders and churches are still talking about today. We hope to continue...

The Peace Speaker

August 14th, 2024

The Peace Speaker Have you ever been sound asleep, resting and relaxing, and suddenly, you hear a noise that startles you? Your heart begins to beat fast, and that anxious feeling comes over you instantly. Your sleep is interrupted, and your peace has been disturbed. This is a terrible feeling. I often think of the...

CALLING ALL IPHC CHURCHES! We Need You

August 14th, 2024

The Archives and Research Center is offering your church a unique opportunity to be a significant part of IPHC history—today! Over the past year, Dr. Kristen Welch and Rev. Cherie McDade have been working tirelessly in our Archives and Research Center to scan and catalog every piece of IPHC’s visual and audio history. Amid this...

Our Refuge: Revitalizing a Church at Virginia Tech

August 13th, 2024

At 68, Rick Sizemore envisioned this season of life being filled with travel and writing. However, the Lord had different plans. Sizemore is a businessman, a real estate developer, and owner of a multi-functional wilderness resort. He is also a writer, publishing multiple books on any number of subjects relating to theology and the Bible,...

Bamba Newsletter: July 2024

August 6th, 2024

Greetings from Japan! Summer in Japan is filled with many traditional festivals devoted to local gods. Each town and city has a local shrine dedicated to one of their gods. During the summer, the residents carry a small shrine on their shoulders throughout the city streets. Many children and young people look forward to following...

2024 Chaplains Ministries Conference

August 1st, 2024

The International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) places high value on the critical role of military and institutional chaplains. Through its Evangelism USA department, the church is committed to supporting these dedicated individuals in their vital ministry. Under the leadership of Colonel (Ret.) Jerry Jones, Chaplains Ministries plays a pivotal role in providing resources and encouragement...

Updates from Ukraine

July 24th, 2024

*Update 07/24/2024 Ukraine Update By Bill Schwartz; Regional Director of Central / Eastern Europe We have continued to support our Ukrainian Church as they work to serve the most challenging regions that have been devastated by war. Recently, Humanitarian Aid Director, Dima Loiuk, reported, "Russia's war against Ukraine continues, and every day we live under...

Pastor Care Initiative: Caring for Our Pastors Financially

July 24th, 2024

Clergy Development is thrilled to announce that IPHC has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment to fund the Pastor Care Initiative. Lilly Endowment made the grant through its National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. IPHC’s Pastor Care Initiative is poised to help meet the immediate and future financial needs...

Wooten Newsletter: July 2024

July 24th, 2024

The Wooten's Window Greetings to everyone from a cool, July morning here in Nairobi. In Kenya, we are in our winter, so our days are getting cooler. Not quite cold, but very cool temperatures. I am writing to you from a small Café sipping on a very nice coffee and thinking about how good God...

The Falcon Camp Meeting: Celebrating the 125th Gathering

July 19th, 2024 Jessie Lowe

The 125th Gathering of the Falcon Camp Meeting will take place this year from Sunday, August 4th, through Wednesday, August 7th. The first Falcon Camp Meeting, held in 1900, was the very first camp meeting for the IPHC. The Sunday evening opening service will have a World Missions emphasis, plus a message from Presiding Bishop...

Awaken Church: Church Planting on the JSU Campus

July 16th, 2024

Sometimes, an adventure involves traveling up and down the Amazon River, sharing the love of Christ, and encountering animals, diseases, and any number of unknowns along the way. Other times, an adventure involves starting a church from nothing, in an old bookstore, beside a bustling college campus. The Duncans have had both of these adventures...

Israel & the Church: A Divine Connection - An Event in Garner, North Carolina

July 11th, 2024 Jessi Lowe

The IPHC ministry in Israel, Living Israel, is bringing a timely event, “Israel & the Church: A Divine Connection,” to The Capital PH Church in Garner, North Carolina on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Come and be challenged as you hear “God’s Heart towards Israel and the Role of the Church in the times we now...

Board Newsletter: July 2024

July 10th, 2024

Churches Multiply in North India With a population of 1.4 billion, India is the largest country in the world. Of that vast number, only 2% are Christian. The ruling BJP party openly promotes Hinduism and seeks to limit the freedom and influence of other religions. Christians are often met with hostility and sometimes become the...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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