Barbara: "Is your husband good at fixing things around the house?"

​Jennifer: "Well, I hate to complain, but since he fixed the clock, the cuckoo backs out and asks, "What time is it?"

Special Invitation

Author: D. Chris Thompson

It is with special joy that I issue this special invitation to attend the activities on Holmes’ campus on September 30th and October 1st. It will be a great time for Holmes Bible College and the College Family.

​The College Trustees will meet on Thursday, September 30th at 1:00 p.m.
 
The Vision4Education meeting will be on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m., September 30th. Lady representatives of the Women’s Ministry of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church will be present to give gifts to the College. Whitney Davis, IPHC Women's Ministries Director will be present. This is the formerly known Feast of Ingathering.

My Primary Doctor's Exam of My Skin

Author: Hugh H. Morgan

What I thought was the Shingles was not that at all. My primary physician had me to come to her office to check it out. What looked like
the shingles to others who saw me, and what I thought was shingles turned out to be a rash caused from harsh soap and deodorant that I
had been using. She recommended Dove soap and deodorant. So, I had to make a change, and I did.

I still have some spots on my face and head. I hope they will soon go away.

Several people have written me to find out about my son, Greg.

I thought he was adjusting to the transitional home. However, that is not the case. Greg continues to stay in bed and not face reality.
The goal is for him to take responsibility for his choices and actions. He has fallen out of bed and injured his shoulder. The man who is
in charge of the home called an ambulance and got him to a hospital near the home. He was there for overnight. The x-rays did not reveal 
any broken bones. He is required to wear a sling to protect the arm and shoulder.

As I sought God for Greg's well-being, healing, and health, I was led to turn him over to God.  I will soon be 89 and I do not have the 
wherewithal to provide for the care he needs. My doctor has advised me not to let him come home at this time. After a lot of thought, reading
the Bible daily, and praying I have let Greg know as well as his doctors and professional staff members that he cannot come home.

When you pray for Greg ask God to speak to his heart and mind. Pray that Greg will be able to discern it is God speaking to him. He needs
to read the Bible and get the Word of God in him. We know from Scripture that the Word of God is powerful and cuts right through to the bone
marrow. The Word of God tells us that He knows all about Greg, nothing is hid from His eyes, and he will give an accounting to God for his thoughts, actions,
and attitudes.

Some tell me I have exercised tough love. Whatever it may be called, I want to obey God and honor Him in my relationship with Greg.

There have been a few to ask me, "What would Melvine think and say about it?" My answer is Melvine has gone to heaven. I cannot talk with her. I know she loved Greg and would tend to protect him. It could be that I have protected and provided for Greg all of his life when I should have backed off. I cannot change the past. I want to live for God and His Kingdom and do His will.  I desire that my mind will be illumined to the truth and obey God's Word to me in this matter as well as other concerns.

I still grieve or mourn over the death of Melvine although I know she is in heaven and is no longer suffering. She died in the faith, i. e., in Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and Lord of her life. She loved Jesus, loved to read and study the Bible, pray, and going to church. Before her illness she led the Tuesday morning Ladies Bible study and prayer group at our church in Athens. Prior to her death when she was not oriented to the day of the week or the time, she would ask repeatedly, "Is today, Sunday? I want to go to church." She desired to worship with others she knew and loved.

​That is my report to you. 

I need your continued prayers. Thank you for praying.

Are You Looking for a Christmas song for Advent?

Rebecca J. Peck has written "Jesus, Child of Wonder." She is a gifted and talented songwriter.

I have listened to it. If you are a pastor or minister of music/worship leader you may want to listen to see if this anthem is for your choir and church.

You may Click Here on this hyperlink I have prepared for you to listen to this song and read the lyrics.

It is published by PeckMusic Publishing Company.

The PHC in South Africa elects its first woman as Conference Superintendent (Bishop)

Author: Bishop Talmadge Gardner
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Bishop Joel Dibetsoe, National Overseer of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in South Africa, sent me the following update a few days ago. I share this historic and exciting news with you as it merits celebrating!
“I have just returned from Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal, where we held an elective conference and subdivided it into three. The Spirit of the Lord was great, and all went well.
One of the conferences elected Dr. Thandi Ngema as the Bishop [Conference Superintendent]. I must say that her election is a groundbreaking milestone for our church as I believe that she is the first woman bishop in our church in Africa.
We thank God for this development as it is helping the church against patriarchal stereotypes. The church has been subtly disregarding the important role played by our women. I am seeing this as breaking and shattering the stereotypes that have plagued us for so long.
Actually, in every conference where we have had elections this year, we’ve elected women to serve as one or two or three of the portfolio holders. Five conferences in South Africa have women Assistant Bishops [Assistant Conference Superintendents]. This is indeed great news for us!!!”
We congratulate and honor Bishop Ngema. She is a wonderful lady and a gifted spiritual leader. A brief bio for Bishop Ngema is below:
Dr. Bishop Thandi Ngema was born in KwaZulu-Natal and now lives in ESikhawini. She attended the University of Zululand, earning two degrees, and then received her master’s degree in education at the University of Orange Free State. Dr. Ngema then obtained her doctorate at the University of Zululand.
She has been a high school teacher, a college lecturer, an ABET coordinator, a coach at PILO, and is currently a lecturer at the University of Zululand.
Bishop Ngema is an ordained minister and a pastor’s wife in the Pentecostal Holiness Church. She serves as a marriage officer and a Commissioner of Oaths. She is also a principal at Miracle Bible Training Centre and the Women’s Ministry Director in KwaZulu-Natal and the Pentecostal Holiness Church in South Africa.
Dr. Bishop Thandi Ngema is married to Bishop Themba Ngema, and they have three children: Nomonde, Thembelihle, and Lindelwe and one grandchild, Zuko.

The World Missions Ministries 2020 Statistical Report shows that South Africa has 357 churches and a membership of 28,827.

​We are grateful for the visionary and anointed leadership of Bishop Joel Dibetsoe, National Overseer of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in South Africa.

​​Bishop J. Talmadge Gardner
Executive Director of World Missions Ministries

Instead of Fighting About COVID, Let's Mourn for Its Victims

Author: J. Lee Grady

Some people deny that this pandemic is real. I have friends who died from it.

Last month I attended the funeral of a true Christian hero, Beatríz López. She was a brave evangelist and church-planter who preached the gospel in her native Cuba in spite of opposition from the government. She became the first woman to serve as a bishop in her denomination, the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Beatríz was only 58. She died in a Florida hospital on Aug. 18 after battling COVID for more than two weeks. Her two sons, ages 25 and 36, are still in mourning — along with multiple congregations in Cuba who miss their beloved spiritual mother.

This week another pastor I know, Vaughn Allen Clark from Dublin, Georgia, died after fighting the virus. And a few months ago, I lost two other friends to COVID — Moisés Gonzalez and Claudia Cupido, both pastors in Mexico.

As of this week, more than 4.7 million people have died from COVID. An estimated 676,000 of those have been in the United States. Yet from the beginning of this pandemic, I've listened to Christians argue about the virus from every angle:

- Some believe the virus was cooked up in a Chinese lab as a biological weapon;


- Some say health experts are exaggerating the numbers;

- Some say the virus is a hoax and that it's really not deadly;

- Some believe the COVID vaccine is a sinister plot to kill us all.

I usually keep my mouth shut when people share their conspiracy theories and political views. None of us really know what is behind the curtain. I certainly don't trust all the "experts" because: 1) they don't agree with each other, and 2) the "science" of this virus is not conclusive.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 seems to have a mind of its own as it morphs into different strains. And while some people have little reaction to it (my 93-year-old mother got it and had no symptoms), other people get very sick and die after they are infected, even if they wore masks and stayed in isolation.

What bothers me most is when people deny the virus is real. Maybe they don't know anyone who got sick? I do. I've seen families, as well as churches, devastated by the loss the pandemic has caused.

Consider the Church of God in Christ, one of the largest African-American denominations in this country. The numbers of COGIC leaders who have died since March 2020 is beyond astounding. Those deaths include Bishop Phillip A. Brooks (who was second in command in the church), Michigan bishops Robert E. Smith Sr. and Robert L. Harris and countless other pastors. Observers wonder how COGIC will navigate its future with so many of its leaders gone.

The same is true all over the world. In countries such as Malawi, India or the Philippines, huge numbers of ministry leaders died from COVID, even when their churches were in quarantine. In January of this year, evangelist Stephen Lungu succumbed to the disease at age 79; he was known as "the Billy Graham of Africa."

In Nepal, where Christianity is a minority faith, 130 pastors had died of COVID by July 2021. One Nepali leader told Christianity Today in June: "In the month of May, pastors were dying almost every day. I have never seen something like that."

My plea is that we would show some kindness, especially to the families of loved ones who died from the virus. If someone you know was a casualty of this disease, now is not the time to share your opinions about mask mandates, antibodies, vaccines, Dr. Fauci or the greedy motives of pharmaceutical companies.

Nor is it the time to ask, "Were they vaccinated?" Instead, offer your heartfelt condolences. Say a kind word. Share the family's pain instead of causing more pain with your insensitivity.

The world is experiencing a global tragedy. Thankfully this is not as bad as the Black Death or the Spanish Flu. But millions of people in 2020 and 2021 have buried parents, children, spouses, brothers, sisters, friends and pastors.

Ratna Sajja, pastor of Messiah Fellowship in Vijaywada, India, says it has been difficult to watch so many Christians die of COVID during the past 20 months. "We are grieving for the countless believers and pastors who have lost their lives," Sajja says. "I believe COVID has tested the commitment of our faith."

We must trust the Lord in the midst of this crisis. We have been stressed out because of ventilators, fevers, inflamed lungs, quarantines, socially distanced funerals and endless political arguments. Yet we have also been reminded that there is an eternity on the other side of this broken, disease-filled world.

Let's embrace this moment, even though we don't understand it. While we mourn the deaths of our brothers and sisters in Christ, let's hold on to faith, knowing that God can cause all things — even a pandemic — to work together for our good.

[J. Lee Grady was editor of Charisma for 11 years before he launched into full-time ministry in 2010. Today he directs The Mordecai Project, a Christian charitable organization that is taking the healing of Jesus to women and girls who suffer abuse and cultural oppression. Author of several books including 10 Lies the Church Tells Women, he has just released his newest book, Set My Heart on Fire, from Charisma House. You can follow him on Twitter at @LeeGrady or go to his website, themordecaiproject.org.

J. Lee Grady is an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with credentials in the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

J. Lee Grady is a friend of mine and he has granted me permission to publish his articles in Hugh's News.]             

​With God, You’re a Majority

Author: Anne Graham Lotz

"He Who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6, NKJV).

God is looking for a few good men and women. Men and women who are willing

to go against the current of popular opinion,

to hold firm convictions in a world where “anything goes,”

to speak the truth when it is not politically correct,

to walk with God when everyone else is running away from Him.

God is looking for those who believe

that what He says is more important than what anyone else says,

that what He thinks is more important than what anyone else thinks,

that what He wants is more important than what anyone else wants.

that His will is more important than their own.

God is looking for another Noah. Another Meshach. Another Shadrach. Another Abednego. One person with God is not alone but a majority!

Blessings,

Anne Graham Lotz

Copyright © 2021 Anne Graham Lotz (AnGeL Ministries) Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved www.annegrahamlotz.org.

​President's Prayer Group

Author: Ron White

"I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning" (2 John 1:5, NLT).

Pray for Christ-centered love that heals divisiveness and broken relationships. Pray for the church to love first so that it spreads to all the world. 

Pray every Wednesday to be led by the Holy Spirit into all wisdom and unity and in love for one another and for the lost.

Pray daily for the eradication of the corona virus on our campus, in our nation, and around the world, and pray for safe and effective operations for Emmanuel College this semeste
Thank you for praying.

Ron White, Ed.D.
President
Emmanuel College
181 Spring Street
Franklin Springs, GA 30639
706-245-2803

Hebrews 4:12-13
12 For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to Whom we must give account.
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Hebrews 4:12-13
12 For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.
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Hebrews 4:12-13
12 For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are. 13 He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from Him to Whom we must explain all that we have done. 
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Hebrews 4:12-13
12 God means what He says. What He says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. 13 Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it — no matter what. 
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

A father walks into the market followed by his ten-year-old son. The kid is spinning a 25-cent piece in the air and catching it between his teeth. As they walk through the market someone bumps into the boy at just the wrong moment and the coin goes straight into his mouth and lodges in his throat. He immediately starts choking and going blue in the face and Dad starts panicking, shouting and screaming for help.

​A middle-aged, fairly unremarkable man in a gray suit is sitting at a coffee bar in the market reading his newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion he looks up, puts his coffee cup down on the saucer, neatly folds his newspaper and places it on the counter. He gets up from his seat and makes his unhurried way across the market. Reaching the boy (who is still standing, but only just) the man takes hold of the kid and squeezes gently but firmly. After a few seconds the boy coughs up the quarter, which the man catches in his free hand.

The man then walks back to his seat in the coffee bar without saying a word.

As soon as he is sure that his son was fine, the father rushes over to the man and starts effusively thanking him.

The man looks embarrassed and brushes off the thanks.

As he's about to leave, the father asks one last question. "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before - it was fantastic - what are you, a surgeon or something like that?"

"No" the man replies, "I work for the IRS, getting people to cough it up is my business."

When God Says It's Enough

​A Message by Dr. James O. Davis

We are about to read some of the most sobering verses in the Bible. In Acts 12:20-23, we read, “Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. On an appointed day, Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, ‘The voice of a god, and not of a man!’ Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.”​

The date was August 1, 44 A.D., five months after Peter’s escape from prison. Josephus explains that Herod donned a robe woven with threads of silver. Coming into the amphitheater early in the morning, he stood so that the rising sun would reflect off his body. The spectacle was overpowering for the audience. However, leaving nothing to chance, Herod had planted sycophants throughout the audience. When he appeared, they began to shout that he was a god. Josephus affirms that they were shouting out that he was a god, adding that they also shouted, “Be thou merciful to us; for although we have hitherto reverenced thee only as a man, yet shall we henceforth own thee as superior to mortal nature.” This serves as independent confirmation of Doctor Luke’s observation that the crowd was shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man (Acts 12:22).

What was Herod’s sin? The answer depends upon whether we mean in addition to murder, theft and assault against the faithful; Herod was guilty of all these sins—and much more. Nevertheless, the final sin for which God said, “Enough!” was his failure to give God the glory due His Holy Name. The New American Standard Bible states that Herod “did not give God the glory.” Greek text can be translated Luke’s words as, “he had usurped the honor due to God.” 

[The Rev. Dr. James O. Davis is the Founder/President of the Global Church Network and Cochair / Global Networking. He sends me his monthly newsletter. My life has been informed, inspired, and encouraged by his timely messages.]

I'll Be a Sustainer Contributor to Holmes Bible College

Author: Hugh H. Morgan, Editor

When I was a child growing up in the Pentecostal Holiness Church I remember singing a song, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." It may be that some of you sang it too as a child learning about Jesus. Here are the lyrics:

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam,
To shine for Him each day
In every way try to please Him,
At home, at school, at play.

It occurred to me that Jesus would have us consider prayerfully and with faith becoming a Sustainer Contributor to Holmes Bible College. 

You and I can help sustain the college by our financial gift.

I have committed to praying for Holmes Bible College and to giving as God supplies the means. I have given to Holmes Bible College as a Sustainer for this year. I can renew that in 2020 as the Lord directs me to give. I can testify that God did supply the means for me to give to be a Sustainer Contributor to Holmes Bible College.

​In President D. Chris Thompson's recent newsletter he wrote the following appeal:

Special Challenge
Holmes moves forward by faith! The College has been a faith institution for 124 years. She still is! We now have over 130 sustainers – 4 more last month. I rejoice and praise the Lord for these! They pray for the College and give at least $1200 per year – the cost of one day’s operation.

To be a sustainer you receive and accept the challenge by praying for Holmes Bible College and giving at least $1200 per year. You can do that by faith in God to provide the means for you to give $1200. That is the cost of one day's financial operation for the college.

God will bless you as you plant your seed of financial blessing for Holmes Bible College.

In a time of famine, "Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him." (Gen 26:12, NIV). Reaping a hundredfold harvest is a good thing when the weather and soil are favorable, but it is a miracle when it happens in a time of famine.

Allow God to speak to you and then do what He tells you to give. The Apostle Paul wrote this statement about God's provision: But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19, KJV).

Paul wrote this powerful statement about prayer and what God can and will do as we exercise our faith in Him and His promises, "20 Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen" (Ephesians 3:20, 21, NIV).

Jesus said this about giving and receiving (the spiritual law of reciprocity) written in Luke 6:38, "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you" (NKJV).

You may contact President D. Chris Thompson here:

Holmes Bible College
Attn.: President D. Chris Thompson
4901 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29617
(864) 246 3566

Here is the Scripture recorded in Luke's Gospel about what Jesus said in the synagogue in Nazareth, His hometown:

Luke 4:16-21

16 He came to Nazareth where He had been reared. As He always did on the Sabbath, He went to the meeting place (the synagogue). When He stood up to read, 17 He was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written,

18 God's Spirit is on Me;
He's chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor,
Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and
recovery of sight to the blind,
To set the burdened and battered free,
19 to announce, "This is God's year to act!"

20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the place was on Him, intent. 21 Then He started in, "You've just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place."
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Just a reminder to everyone regarding the Town of Falcon Community Prayer Walk to be held on Saturday morning, Sept. 25, 2021 at the J. O. Humphries Memorial Park in Falcon NC beginning at 8:45 AM at the flag pole and concluding at 12:00 noon.   We hope you will attend and help us pray for our surrounding communities, our  local, state, and national government , our military, our police and fire departments, our churches and pastors, our schools, our children and teachers, our medical workers especially during this covid pandemic, all our leaders.  

 2 Chronicles 7:14: "If my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."   Oh how we need to pray !!!  Thank you for coming and supporting our prayer team and those who have assisted with this special event.  Hope to see a good group on Saturday.

A special thanks to Mayor Cliff Turpin and the Town of Falcon Commissioners, Supt. Joey Leggett of Falcon Children's Home, Antioch Church Pastor Mark Fuss and Kristy and  Jeffrey Shirley, youth pastor  and Pastor Casey Strickland and wife Rachel of Culbreth Memorial Church, and all those who are participating as leaders in our prayer walk.  Thanks so much.

Mrs. Janet Lucas
PO Box 80
Falcon NC 28342
910 980 1391
910 624 6419 cell

​Dr. James Dobson's Power-Packed Interview With Mark Levin

Those who promote Marxist ideology are trying to take down our country using propaganda, pressure tactics, and violence. And they’re succeeding!

Dr. James Dobson is especially concerned with the infiltration of Marxism in our schools. He insists that now is the time to take a stand against it: “We've got to fight for the kids, and if we don't, we've lost not only the kids, we’ve lost everything.”

In a power-packed two-part interview, Dr. Dobson asks TV and radio host Mark Levin what parents can do now to safeguard their children. The two men share details in a dynamic conversation on how we can avoid losing our freedoms, defend our liberty, and save our great nation.

Please listen to both of these IMPORTANT and valuable Family Talk broadcasts right now. Our children need all of us to engage in this battle!

Listen Now!

40 Days for Life Starts Fall Campaign in Over 1,000 Cities Starting Sept. 22

Please Click Here on this hyperlink I have prepared for you.

Volunteers to Pray and Fast 24/7 Outside Abortion Facilities

BRYAN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2021 – Amidst national angst and protests related to abortion, specifically concerning the Texas heartbeat bill, 40 Days for Life, a national pro-life organization, will launch its Fall campaign Sept. 22 to Oct. 31, 2021. During this 40-day period, volunteers in more than 1,000 cities across the country will pray, fast and participate in peaceful vigils to end abortion.

“With the changing abortion landscape, as well as things happening legislatively in the states and nationally in the Supreme Court, there has never been a greater time for this coordinated pro-life movement in our nation,” said Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life president and CEO. “Great strides are being made to end abortion, and we know these peaceful vigils make a difference.”

During the 40-day  campaign, volunteers pray, fast and participate in community outreach and 24-hour vigils. The goal is three-fold: to empower pregnant women to choose life for their babies, to inspire abortion workers to step away from their industries and to work toward closing abortion facilities in our country and around the world. Approximately 25% of 40 Days for Life leaders are women who previously  had abortions and now want to empower women to choose life.

With the full force of the most extreme pro-abortion government in U.S. history bearing down on abortion-vulnerable moms and babies, your prayers are more critical than ever.

Get fired up to save lives this September 22 - October 31 by watching our brand-new promotional video for the upcoming 40 Days for Life campaign.

Find your location and sign up to pray at 40daysforlife.com/location. 

Shawn Carney, President/CEO

In addition to co-founding 40 Days for Life, Shawn is one of the most sought-after pro-life speakers, addressing audiences coast-to-coast and internationally. He has executive produced award-winning pro-life documentaries. Shawn co-authored the #1 top-rated Christian book: 40 Days for Life: Discover What God Has Done ... Imagine What He Can Do and also wrote The Beginning of the End of Abortion.

Missionary Care Assistant Kathryn Shepard has served the IPHC World Missions department for seven years. We are so grateful for her dedication and loyalty to our missionaries and ministry. As Kathryn transitions out, we have a new opening in the World Missions department. Please read the job description and submit resumes here.

Please Click Here on this hyperlink I have prepared for you.

[Editor's Comment: I will personally miss my communications with Kathryn Shepard. Her resourcefulness, attention to details, and ability to communicate with accurate and rapid speed have been outstanding. She has raised the bar to a high level. I pray that God will give the right person who can seize the opportunity to serve and continue the high level of administration Kathryn has provided for seven years to World Missions Ministries.]

​First Woman Bishop PHC South Africa

Elects its First Woman Conference Superintendent, Dr. Thandi Ngema.

This announcement is published in the most recent Encourage news from the IPHC.

This brief announcement did not tell us who she is, her background, and her doctor's degree. I am sure that news will be forth-coming, along with a photo of Dr. Thandi Ngema.

​The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn the decades-old abortion protections established under Roe v. Wade.

You may Click Here on this hyperlink I have prepared for you to read this account of the news at the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court released a statement Monday saying that it will hear arguments Dec. 1 in a landmark case from Mississippi that could overturn the decades-old law. The case tests whether all state laws that ban pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional, many media outlets are reporting.

You are encouraged to pray for God's Will to be accomplished in this matter that can save the lives of millions of children yet to be born.

[Permission is granted to Hugh's News from Charisma Media to publish this article with acknowledgment.]

​A Tribute to Mabel Mangrum Wood
(1922-2021)

Author: Bishop Talmadge Gardner

Mabel Mangrum Wood

November 21, 1922 – September 9, 2021

Mabel Mangrum Wood, 98, of Franklin Springs, GA, passed away on September 9, 2021. Born November 21, 1922, near Floyd County, VA, she was the daughter of D.C. and Pearl Dehart Mangrum. She was a member of the Franklin Springs Pentecostal Holiness Church. With her late husband, Rev. Roy Wilson Wood, she served as a missionary in South Africa from 1953-1961. Along with Rev. Wood, Mabel is also preceded in death by her daughters Elizabeth Boykin and Paulette Abbott.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Baxter and Thressa Wood; grandchildren, Laressa (Calum) Mackenzie of Fort Myers, FL; Laurel (Jonathan) Murrow of Farmington, GA; Paul “Bo” (Mary) Boykin, Jr. of Ila, GA; Tyler (Randi) Boykin of Bishop, GA; and Andrea Walker of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; great-grandchildren - Austin, Alex, and Jake Hendry; Madeleine, Ella, and Sophie Murrow; Glenn and Gus Boykin; Bo and Molly Boykin; and Kesh and Kiran Fellenz; and a great-great-grandson - Grayson; and many other family members and friends.

Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in the Appalachian Conference Cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.

The Wood family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford, Virginia. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com

The Woods at Victoria Falls

The IPHC World Missions family extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Mabel Mangrum Wood. To Baxter and Thressa Wood and your respective families, we say, "Be strong and courageous; the Lord your God is with you."

Mabel Wood married her late husband, Roy Wood, at Holmes College of the Bible. The Woods were commissioned to serve as Career Missionaries in South Africa by the Foreign Missions Board in January 1953.  They arrived in South Africa along with Career Missionaries, Rev. and Mrs. Jettie Parker in September of that same year.  

The Woods were stationed in Pretoria and assumed the pastorate at the Pretoria “white” church. They served there for eight years until 1961, building many churches. In 1960, Mabel, being a ‘skilled seamstress' made the graduation caps and gowns for the first graduating Bible School class in Southern Africa.

Following their service in South Africa, the Woods returned to America where ‘Roy became the first field-representative for World Missions, and served in the administrations of W. H. Turner, J. Floyd Williams, B. E. Underwood, and R. L. Rex. The Woods retired in 1975’.   

Eternity will one day reveal the Kingdom impact that missionaries, like Mabel Mangrum Wood, have made. 

On behalf of IPHC’s World Missions family,

​Listening with Eyes on God’s Word

​Author: Anne Graham Lotz

"They received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true" (Acts 17:11, NIV).

Following the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, His disciples fanned out all over the known world, telling people they could now be reconciled with God through faith in Jesus Christ. How were the religious faithful to know if this was true? How could they discern the true Shepherd’s voice?

A fascinating glimpse is given to us when the apostle Paul, who had started heated debates and even riots in practically every synagogue and city where he preached the Gospel, slipped into the little town of Berea. As was his custom, he went straight to the synagogue in order to share the wonderful good news that the Messiah had come. This time when he preached, “they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”

We will recognize our Shepherd’s voice when we listen with our eyes on the pages of our Bibles.

Blessings,

Anne Graham Lotz

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