General Council has some totally cool side benefits, one of which is seeing family and friends. Paula and I were blessed to hang out with her cousin, Pastor Dennis Gipson and his lovely bride, Delma. Dennis is the Senior Pastor of a tremendous congregation, New Hope Church, in Winterhaven, Florida. Rheatte, my sister, attended General …
Our Fine Arts Festival participants in “Human Video Performance” earned a superior rating for their 2009 presentation. I assure you that they performed excellently. From my perspective, it was the finest presentation they have ever done. Both the Junior High group and the Senior High group were off the charts fantastic.
Well known NFL Coach, Tony Dungy, talked with a group of Assemblies of God ministers and delegates at the Discipleship Luncheon. Tony presented a powerful message urging each one to live an uncommon life. Common may be popular and attractive but uncommon is right and respected. After Coach Dungy’s talk, I had the joy of …
Beth Grant was elected as the first Assemblies of God (USA) female Executive Presbyter. Beth will represent all AoG women at the executive board level and will bring to their decision making processes a woman’s perspective, a missionary background, an evangelists passion, and a life long Assemblies of God experience. May God abundantly bless Sister …
The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Burkina Faso, Pastor Pawentaore, surprised us by being at General Council in Orlando, Florida. Pastor Pawentaore was crossing the road in front of our car when I took this photograph. He is an amazing Jesus follower. God blessed us beyond measure when he introduced us to …
WOW! WOW! WOW! This evening’s leadership conference was invigorating, inspiring, motivational, insightful, powerful………I could go on and on. Glorious. Travis Cottrell’s rendition of worship selections blessed my heart. Anyone who can capture a tiny bit of the power of Jesus resurrection is my hero. Mark Batterson opened leadership insights from the life of Moses. If …