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I visited a revently started up home missions church not more
than 15 minutes from my home Sunday.  It is called Faith Apostolic
Lighthouse.  Bro Wilkens, the pastor, converted a old house into
a church and went witnessing through what I believe to be a very
hard to reach town.  Sunday when I visited there was a total of
15 people there.  His previous totals were around 5 and 6.
Most of this was due to my friend and I visiting , 2 brothers
visiting from Bro Bullocks church in Speedway, and a couple
visiting from Plainfield.  
	The service had no musicians but one accoustic guitarist
who played his best.  We sang maybe only two songs and then for
the rest of the service, there was testimonies and I what seemed
like to me 4 different sermons!  Bro Wilkens preached a powerful
message titled "are you a nicodemous?"  You must be born
of the water and spirit.  When you are born of the spirit,
the Holy Ghost is "inside" you.  He stated that many times
people can be totally annointed with the Holy Ghost but it
is only on the outside and not on the inside.  
	he then used a awesome analogy of a rocking chair.
He said that many saints are in a rocking chair at church.
Satan is rocking th echair for them.  As long as they worship
God but only have the spirit on the outside and not on the inside,
the devil won't really mind because he knows he still has this person.
What will happen if this person doesnt change is that satan will
eventually rock them to sleep.  Once you fall to sleep, satan will
do his job.  
	Please pray for this church.  I plan on visiting more
to it since his services are in between my churches.  Pray
that it will grow and his ministry will take over Avon, IN.

C.Sterrett
sterrett@juno.com