Crooked Creek Baptist Church, Athens GA

March 8th, 2010

What a church and what a meeting!  This church has had a special place in mine and Christy’s life and ministry.  How we love and appreciate them dearly.

This was our third Sunday to Sunday meeting we have had with Pastor Tom Miles and the great people of Crooked Creek.  Our first meeting was a true church wide revival and Crooked Creek has not been the same since. 

This too was a good meeting with great responses from the people that has allowed them to go further down the road of revival.  Sermons from this particular meeting can be found at http://www.crookedcreekbaptistchurch.org/February2010RevivalSermons.html

Here is a testimony from the meeting:

Associate Pastor Matt Davis:
We just closed out a great week of revival services with Brother Ingram and
are grateful for the Lord’s working in our midst.  This meeting had been
bathed in much prayer and God did not disappoint!  From our perspective the
meeting wasn’t as much about Brother Billy preaching to lost people (though
some were present and one profession of faith was made) but about God’s
people, starting with the leadership, fulfilling God’s desire for “truth in
the inward parts” (Psalm 51:6) so that we could be brought back to normal
Christianity.  I believe we witnessed that from the top down!  Serious
business was conducted between saints and their God every night and the
altars were always full.  There were several extended testimony times and it
was clear that many people either took “exchanged life” truth to heart for
the first time or realized that they had drifted back into flesh dependence.
Many people claimed the complete and total victory that we have in Christ.

As mentioned above there was not a focus on the lost as much as in past
revival meetings.  We didn’t even have a friend day!  The Pastor felt that
every Sunday would become friend day once the saints were fully revived –
something we are anxiously looking forward to this first Sunday after the
conclusion of the meeting. We believe that God is only starting the mighty
movement of His Spirit in this area and are grateful that He used Brother
Billy to teach, preach, and remind us of the great revival truths of
Scripture.

A Day with Dr. Phil Kidd

January 31st, 2010

We visited Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Danielsville GA, pastored by our good friend, Douglas Duncan.  We visited however to see Evangelist Phil Kidd who was preaching all day. 

Christy and I are very greatful to Dr. Kidd and his preaching.  It was under his preaching that my wife got right with the Lord as a college student and surrendered to the Lord.  Had it not been for Dr. Kidd’s preaching, Christy and I most likely would have never met and gotten married.  I am thankful for a lovely wife that loves the Lord and hard preaching.  I am thankful also for Dr. Phil Kidd!2009 015

Loganville, GA

January 24th, 2010

Calvary Baptist Church, Loganville GA, Pastor Les Powell.

This was our first meeting with the people of Calvary Baptist Church. What a blessing they were to us. I feel that Pastor and Mrs. Powell are going to be life long friends! The people were so responsive to truth and the preaching of the Word.

Unfortunately, Christy and I both got sick on Tuesday of the meeting and seemingly got worse as the days progressed. Christy was really struggling with a high fever for five straight days and unable to eat anything for three days. I preached each night with about a 100 degree temperature. After the meeting concluded we went to the doctor to discover that we had gotten the H1N1.

The Pastor and the people were very understanding. We had some of the best chicken noodle soup provided us (from the Helms) which helped tremendously.

We are scheduled to return and look forward to going back …healthier.

Zion Hill Baptist Church, Cleveland GA

January 17th, 2010

Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cleveland Ga is not only one of our supporting churches but is also pastored by Christy’s uncle, Terry Poole.

The Lord led me to preach in the morning service on Three Ways

Nassau, Bahamas

January 4th, 2010

This was our third trip to the Bahamas for revival meetings.  This year, we had a week of meetings in the Christian High School, preaching to almost 500 teenagers each day for five days.  We were with Pastor Howard Mills who pastors Baptist Bible Church and Brother Issacs who is the Principal of Nassau Christian School.  These men love God and Bible preaching. 

Praise the Lord for nearly 50 teens who trusted Christ as their personal Saviour and several hundred that also responded to call to absolute surrender!

Thanksgiving

December 1st, 2009

Thanksgiving was spent with my side of the family in SC and Christy’s side in GA. Giving thanks, fellowshipping, eating, hunting and relaxing with family was a tremendous blessing!

Kingwood, WV

October 30th, 2009

This was our first meeting with Pastor Cumberland and a good week. Pastor and Mrs. Cumberland are some of the finest people with a spirit of serving and excellence. Christy and I refreshed and encouraged with the ministry of the Cumberlands. We felt that we made friends for life! We are looking forward to returning September 2010.

Furgus Tunnell Update

October 30th, 2009

Brother Tunnell is a great pastor friend who is also a great reminder to keep the Ministry Updates available. Thank you!

Chesapeake, VA

October 18th, 2009

It was a great privilege to get acquainted with a new church, Temple Baptist Church in Chesapeake VA but reacquainted with old friends, Pastor and Mrs. Jim Rushing Jr.

Our meeting this past October was our third meeting with the Rushings but our first with him in his new ministry and his first Revival meeting in his new ministry also.  The Lord truly blessed!  Our opening Sunday morning service was attended with a packed house.  Six adults walked the aisle for salvation.  One gentleman was 74 years of age.  Not only did he get saved, but along with other new converts, he continued to attend the meetings and pursue baptism and Church membership.  Praise the Lord!  The nightly attendance continued to increase even surpassing Sunday night’s total.  The Assistant Pastor stated that this was the highest attended Revival meeting by 20% of any meeting during his twenty year tenure there as the assistant.  Every night the altar was full and the people were so very responsive to Bible truth.  We also had a music man and his family, the Robertson family with us.  It created a helpful dynamic that seemed to boost the meetings and encourage the people.  This provided a “Revival Choir” where the people could get involved.  It was a blessing.

Scottsville, VA

October 11th, 2009

This was our third meeting at Calvary Baptist Church.  We saw about five people saved on one of the Gospel nights.  The primary emphasis of the week was basic discipleship truths for the Church, which is normal Christianity.  The Pastor commented that this may have been the best attended meeting of any they have had.  The Pastor asked along with some of the men, about scheduling a two week Revival meeting.