Praise, praise, praise

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Don't forsake the key person to win our whole city....

Brian Berger
Manchester, NH
Brian_Berger@juno.com

On Sat, 25 Jan 1997 09:46:12 EST acts2.38@JUNO.COM (Chris D Sterrett)
writes:
>Instead of writing praise report in the header like always, I had
>to get a little creative(Praise, praise, praise is a song off the
>live at azusa with Carlton Pearson)...
>I was talking to my girlfriend the other night and she was telling
>me how things were going in her church.  Her pastor, Bro Chaudion,
>was visiting his dry cleaner a few weeks ago, and invited him to 
>church.
>The man accepted and came.  Afterwards they talked and the man said 
>he would be back.  Sure enough he came the next Sunday.  The pastor
>and the dry cleaner went out to eat the other night and began 
>discussing things.
>The guy wanted to know how to become a member of the church.  He went
>on to say that he wanted to know EVERYTHING about it, even how to 
>dress,
>because he knew in his heart that the church had the truth!  Bro 
>Chaudion set
>up some days to discuss it further.  As the guy started to tell about 
>his past,
>Bro Chaudion found that he was a past youth pastor of a big name 
>preacher
>that preaches on TV.  The guy was a youth pastor of over 600 youth!  
>Well,
>Bro Chaudion told him the plans of building a new church soon to 
>accomidate over 500 people.  The guy looked at him and told him he had
>better plan on a bigger church because he was going to bring in a lot 
>of
>people!  This guy owns a lot of dry-cleaners througout where he lives 
>and
>has told everybody that works at them that if they had troubles in 
>their lives,
>to go and visit Bro Chaudions church because he knows the truth and 
>the
>church is full of the spirit!  
>Now for the really neat part of all this....
>At the beginning of the year, there was a tongues and interpretations
>at Bro Chaudions church.  What was said was, (paraphrased) there
>would  be standing room only in the church before the end of the year!
> When I heard about this man and his eagerness to bring in people,
>I could not help but think back to what was said at the beginning of 
>the year.
>
>God is Great!  I see more than just Bro Chaudions church growing,
>I see the whole Apostolic movement encompassing this whole
>earth in 97!  Revival is going to explode forth new souls and everyone
>is going to know the truth about the one true God!  We are in the 
>endtimes
>and God is pouring out his spirit on those that believe!
>
>Chris Sterrett                    Apostolic Bible Church
>sterrett@juno.com               acts2.38@juno.com
>