Written by: Femke Helland For two years, my husband, Matt, and I have been part of a team that visits the people who work in Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District. We tell them about God’s love for them—about hope.   We pray, we listen, and we offer practical help. Sometimes the young women want to... Read More

By Bishop Garry Bryant   The West Coast Hispanic Conference held their Quadrennial Conference August 11, 2018, in San Fernando, California. It was a joy to serve as the presiding officer and to participate in their full day of ministry, fellowship, and conference business. Bishop Adam Villarreal, the conference council, and ministry team provided a... Read More

Written by: W.A. Mills The East Coast Empowerment Men’s Conference is quickly approaching.  Men from across the eastern states will gather in Falcon, NC the weekend of September 14-15, 2018 for a time of inspirational worship and word that will “empower” us to be authentic men, who in the words of Robert Lewis “reject passivity,... Read More

Expansion, the National Hispanic Conference of the IPHC, is held every two years in different areas of the United States. This meeting brings leaders, pastors, churches, ministries, and workers together to strengthen the vision of the IPHC and equip leaders with strategies and tools to effectively reach the world with the gospel. EXPANSION--it was our... Read More

A principios de este año, “Pew Research” publicó sus fechas definitivas relacionadas con las cuatro generaciones principales que viven en los Estados Unidos (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/): Generación silenciosa: nacidos entre 1928-1945 (edades 73-90) Boomers: nacidos entre 1946-1964 (edades 54-72) Generación X: nacidos entre 1965-1980 (edades 38-53) Millennials: nacidos entre 1981-1996 (edades 22-37) Aunque no se menciona en... Read More

Earlier this year the Pew Research Center released their definitive dates related to the four major generations alive in the United States. These are: (1) the Silent Generation, born 1928-1945 (ages 73-90); (2) Boomers, born 1946-1964 (ages 54-72); (3) Generation X: born 1965-1980 (ages 38-53); and (4) Millennials: born 1981-1996 (ages 22-37). Though not named... Read More

Written by: Cody Phillips As we enter new seasons of life, God presents us with new growth opportunities. Often, we don’t seize these opportunities. We tend to stay in our comfort zone and rely on what we are used to and what we can control. Our fear is rooted in the unknown. We wonder, “What... Read More

38th School of Ministry Graduation In June 2018, our 38th School of Ministry (SOM) graduation was held at our flagship SOM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 9 graduates received Associate Degrees in Practical Theology from Advantage University. This brings our total number of SOM graduates to 539 since 2010! The Lord of the... Read More

JUST MADE IT IN Wow, what a trip. After leaving Mexico, we spent almost one month on the road returning to North Carolina. We had many meetings to attend before arriving, and yes, we are tired. However, after a few days of rest, we hit the ground running. UPDATE AND REPORTS - NORTHEAST CONFERENCE In... Read More

Written By: Dr. Michelle Anthony Nothing is more important than discipling our children. Discipleship is the mission we have been entrusted with in the Great Commission and our children are our first priority in this endeavor. As we look at the example of Jesus we see that although all were invited to follow Jesus, only... Read More

Written By: Kaleigh Bishop One of my favorite Biblical examples of intergenerational ministry comes from what we typically think of as, “The Christmas Story.” If we take the time to study this passage, we will see a powerful example of what can happen when generations work together in advancing the Kingdom of God. Luke chapter... Read More

Thank you for your love, prayers, and generous missionary support! Dear Family & Friends, Our new assignment will take us to the German region of BELGIUM, where we will be involved in evangelism and church planting. Jeannie will also continue outreach to women in the red light district just over the border in Aachen, Germany.... Read More

Summer and I left the USA to begin our work at East Africa Bible College when we were 25 and 23 years old. We knew we were young, but our youth was especially noticed by people in Kenya. One Sunday morning, soon after we arrived in the country, we were invited to speak in a... Read More

By Mégan Alba   Laurinburg, North Carolina, has the kind of statistics no town wants to share: it is the fourth most violent place in the state and has the highest unemployment and highest extreme child hunger rate in North Carolina. With no community center and few activities for children, gang activity has become rampant. But... Read More

By Dr. A.D. Beacham, Jr.   “For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:5   Psalm 100 is a perfect Scripture passage to reflect upon the fifth IPHC Core Value, “We Prayerfully Value All Generations.” A Psalm of Thanksgiving, it begins with a series of Hebrew... Read More

By Tommy McGhee   I traveled to Corsicana, Texas, Friday, July 13, 2018, to be a part of the Quadrennial Conference Session of the Grace Bible Ministries Conference. The special day was hosted by the Lifeline Fellowship Church, pastored by former Superintendent Rev. Ricky Walter. Bishop David Salazar had prepared a well-organized agenda for the session... Read More

IPHC Clergy Development is excited to announce a new resource for pastors and leaders featuring the personal journey of Bishop Ray and Alison Boggs. After losing both of their spouses, Ray and Alison experienced immense grief followed by the recovering grace of God that has brought to them together. This video documentary produced by IPHC... Read More

ARISE 2033 One "Arise 2033" goal is to believe God for 5,000 new congregations outside of the USA by the year of 2033. WE ARE BELIEVING GOD FOR 5,000 NEW CONGREGATIONS IN AFRICA ALONE. Let us pray together believing God for this huge increase. MALAWI Malawi is often called the Warm Heart of Africa for... Read More

Written By: Cody Phillips The last day of YouthQuest started off with a powerful Morning Session. The Well led the congregation in worship. This time was followed by a time of prayer led by Demetrius Miles, Administrative Director of ACTS2DAY Ministries and Director of Ethnic Ministries for Evangelism USA. Miles compelled us to pray over... Read More

Written By: Cody Phillips After a night full of thunderstorms, it was good to get back and hit the ground running. On Saturday morning, YouthQuest 2018 opened up with worship from The Well and guest speaker, Havilah Cunnington, from Bethel Church. Havilah gave a challenging message from 2 Samuel 11. She focused on "unpacking ideas"... Read More

By Tommy McGhee   The Alpha Conference held their 94th Annual Session and 13th Quadrennial Session on Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Anniston, Alabama. Pastor Jonathan Pate and the Life Worship Center Church served as host for the day. The business session was highlighted by Bishop Mike Gray’s State of the Conference Report. Bishop Gray reported that... Read More

By Tommy McGhee   It was my pleasure to serve as the presiding officer for the Passion Connection Conference Quadrennial Session, held near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31-June 2, 2018. Rev. Michael Smith served as the host for the day’s activities. Our opening session was held Friday morning with a time of worship and sharing... Read More

By Tommy McGhee   The 108th Annual Conference and 12th Quadrennial Session of the South Carolina Conference was held Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Lake City, South Carolina.  It was my privilege to serve the conference as their presiding officer. It is always a joy to work with Bishop Greg Amos, who always has a well-organized schedule and agenda. Enrollment... Read More

By Garry Bryant   It was my privilege to participate in the Ephesians 4 Network (E4N) Reset Camp Meeting, July 11–14 in London, Ohio. This is an annual event and involves a variety of options and ministry opportunities including evening celebration services, youth camp activities, and day training events. On Friday, July 13, Pastor Josh... Read More

Written By: Cody Phillips Throughout the day, YouthQuest seemed to have an on-going and unspoken theme of "Community". Kaleigh Bishop, SMAT Member, opened our first morning session by welcoming students to YouthQuest 2018. Bishop invited students into an exercise to develop community. She challenged each student to find another student they didn't know, or didn't... Read More

Written By: Cody Phillips Over 1000 people have registered and made their way to YouthQuest 2018. The event kicked off on Thursday, July 19th, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, KY. This morning registration opened with students dressed, prepped, and ready to perform. Students jumped right into Bible Quiz competition in the morning. They demonstrated... Read More

Reverend Lawrence Arnold Pfaff, 89, went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2018, in Greenville, South Carolina. He was preceded in passing by his parents, Walter Merle and Goldie Cooper Pfaff, his wife of 50 years, Lola Rankin Pfaff, and a sister, Ada Mae Walberg. He was born February 14, 1929, in Sugar... Read More

The Awakening is the global youth and college department of IPHC WMMD. It is our passion to serve young people and leaders across the globe as they pursue God’s call on their lives! Through resource development, training, internships, short-term mission trips, camps, conferences, events, worship, and more, The Awakening seeks to engage a generation that... Read More

Hope4Sudan’s mission is to bring hope to South Sudan by demonstrating God’s love through meeting the needs of its people. It establishes compounds with deep water wells, schools, medical clinics, and churches. Hope4Sudan also partners with People to People Ministries to provide feeding & child sponsorship programs. A new ministry called Compass reaches out to... Read More

An Interview on the Value of All Generations Who are you? Beulah Sturkie. How old are you? 85. What do you do on the mission field? The states have been my mission field and, for years, my calling has been to pray for people. After my husband passed, I felt God calling me to Emmanuel... Read More

The Awakening will officially launch a full-time, traditional internship on Emmanuel College’s campus in Franklin Springs, GA, in August 2018. As the global youth and young adult department of World Missions Ministries, The Awakening’s heartbeat is to serve and help equip this generation to change the world. Primarily based out of the IPHC Global Ministry... Read More

Dear Supporters, We want to share our hearts and vision for the Caribbean and West Indies. God has grown the nations that we currently serve (the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guyana). These countries are established in leadership and are expanding to impact, not only their own nations, but those around them as... Read More

Mary Ann Smith Morris, widow of Dr. Phillip Eugene Morris, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Hospice House, Hospice Care of the Piedmont. Born in Clinton, NC, she was a daughter of the late Archie and Mary Helen Pope Smith. Ann retired as a schoolteacher with Greenwood District 50 after twenty-eight years of... Read More

Supernatural determination! God has given grace and provision to accomplish fifteen years of Mission M25 having presence in Washington DC on Memorial Day for the Rolling Thunder. This event promotes healing for the veterans, primarily for the Vietnam Veteran by giving them a welcome home they never received, and to call our nation into accountability... Read More

Due to political unrest in Southern Ethiopia, over 50 churches have been burned. 10 IPHC churches were destroyed and many more face grave persecution. Thousands of our fellow IPHC believers have been forced from their homes. At this moment, 3 of our churches are being used to shelter those that have been displaced. Please pray... Read More

En agosto de 1996, el difunto Superintendente General B.E. Underwood convocó una asamblea solemne con el fin de confesarle al Señor siete pecados sistemáticos que formaban parte de nuestro pasado y presente: orgullo espiritual, prejuicio, espíritu controlador, racismo, dominación masculina, síndrome del hermano mayor, y avaricia. Cientos de líderes de la IPHC se reunieron en... Read More

On May 24, 2018, approximately 400 motorcycles and five trucks with trailers, rolled into the welcoming parking lot of Falcon’s Children Home! It was an amazing sight to behold, young people and adults manned USA flags and banners as the worn and weary riders pulled in (they had been on the road for eight days,... Read More

April 13-14, 2018 was an important weekend in which a group of Latino and African churches gathered together to celebrate the official launching of the ACROSS Conference, the newest IPHC conference. This remarkable accomplishment is the result of 18 years of pioneer missionary work that initially started with the planting of a Latino church in... Read More

“Un niño los guiará . . .con un poco de ayuda” Cerca del fin de semana de pascua Susan y yo recibimos un breve video de parte de nuestra nieta más joven, Lib de tres años, repitiendo las palabras de la historia de la traición, muerte y resurrección de Jesús. Mirando las imágenes en el... Read More

Hispanic Ministries of the IPHC (local churches and pastors) have never been exposed to a training or resources on the subject of revitalization. There have been small trainings taking place here and there at a local level, but not for the entire body of ministers! Beyond that, using one model/plan that can be beneficial to... Read More

I was honored to be with our New England District family for their annual conference in Augusta, Maine, with host District Director Jeff & Deb Tibbetts. It was my first time meeting this part of the ACTS2DAY family and there was an immediate connection, as I was embraced by such genuine love and exceptional hospitality.... Read More

Please read: Isaiah 46:3-4 (NLT/Amplified Bible) and use the following as devotional or study guide! R - E – S – P – E – C – T – when read as individual letters, doesn’t it make you want to break out singing Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit song? Respect – it is defined as a... Read More

YouthQuest 2016 was a whirlwind weekend filled with services, training, and of course, competition. The event kicked off on Thursday, July 21st with a full afternoon of Fine Arts at the Hilton, Daytona Beach Hotel. The evening service opened with a live performance from the YouthQuest Creative Team that included various creative elements including an original... Read More

This is a night to celebrate YOU!!! We encourage you to get creative with your best "Starry Night" theme! Come on out, and dress to impress! Add a little bling, a little flash, the sky is the limit! For ideas on how to dress, please visit our YQ Pinterest at; pinterest.com/iphcyouthquest Read More

Friday, July 22nd after the evening service in the Coquina Ballroom* *time and location subject to change Join us for a workshop on creative expression! We will have 4 different areas of creativity: Producers, Performers, Inventors, and Cultivators. These four groups represent a variety of different creative interests. Our hope is to provide you with... Read More

Alex Seeley Friday, July 22nd speaker twitter @alexseeley73 | instagram @alexseeley Alex Seeley is a passionate communicator and teacher of the Word.  Possessing a unique ability to reveal how the Word of God is applicable to our everyday lives, Alex shares openly about how the power of God has proven real in her own life. ... Read More

Embed from Getty Images Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2016, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador.  The largest devastation in Ecuador since 1949.  Hundreds of large buildings collapsed and thousands of people are reported missing.  The current death toll is over 250 and is expected to increase as rescue and relief efforts are underway.  Our IPHC... Read More

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    People to People Ministries is excited to welcome Teresa Brown to the WMMD team.  Teresa comes to us with over 15 years of children and missions experience.  She taught English as a second language to international college students attending Oklahoma City University, seeing many of them come to Christ.  While on staff with Scope Ministries... Read More

  #YQ2016 will be an amazing event. The team is working hard to plan and organize and we cannot WAIT to see everyone in Daytona Beach! This year we have made changes to several different aspects of YouthQuest. You can read over the full list of changes and updates below! If you have any questions... Read More

Through the Microbusinesses project, People to People aims to end extreme poverty among those in our IPHC international community.  A small amount of money is invested for individuals to develop their own business and enable them to become more self-sufficient and provide sustainable income for generations to come. People to People currently has two opportunities... Read More

*graphics and images c/o Kaleigh Bishop The road to creating the theme for YouthQuest 2016 was a long and winding one, with a diverse group of people contributing to the concept. The theme “Luminaries” is a direct reference to the 2016 Core Value Emphasis “We Prayerfully Value Holiness” and may surprise you with its origin.... Read More

There are millions of children all over the world who suffer from malnutrition which plays a key role in nearly half of all child deaths each year. People to People Ministries' Feed the Hungry program is currently working in over 20 locations around the world to provide aide for thousands of children on a weekly basis. During the upcoming season of... Read More