Vacationing with the church in Louisiana

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If ever a little lower down in the State of Louisiana, visit our Church.  First
Pentecostal Of Denham Springs.  I think you will agree, there is the same thing
going on ...Praise God.  The Pentecostals of Alexandria are powerful.   I think
they are a fore runner of great churches in La..  My wife and I went there about
25 yrs ago.  We were amazed to see that it was different from the Oneness UP
Churches we were used to.  I remember that Sunday Morning, yes I said a Sunday
morning, the Holy Ghost moved so powerfully.  Sister Vesta Mangun was teaching
the class, and she said this, "Saints Of God, worship the Lord in Tongues".
Why, we had never heard such.   We were talked that you nearly had to knocked
out cold, before you could talk in tongues.  "Don't get too wild, or people will
think we are "free"or "latter rain" pentecostals.  During those years, our
churches had become so cold!!   Times were good, and people thought too much on
how much we could gain, materially.    Even the camp meetings had become just
gathering places.  Praise God leaders have come in that teaches the old ways and
to worship.
We are taught to worship and praise God!!!  That is what it takes to please
God.   If we don't not praise Him, someone else will.  Even the rocks, if the
need be.

Come visit us at the First Pentecostal Church of Denham Springs!!!!  We have
been in a constant revival for more years than I can remember.  People are
constantly being added to the Church of God.  Thank the Lord, our Pastor and
his wife got the vision to worship and praise God!!!   Fasting, Prayer, and
WORSHIP, get the job done.  Programs are good, but that is not how to get the
job done.
Oh yes, sometimes we even dance, leap, run in the Holy Ghost.  Some of the
neighboring UPC folks say we are a little wild
But their  churches are the same size they were 20 years ago.

In Jesus Name,
Robert D. Taylor

G Turner wrote:

> Greetings all:
>
> As some of you know, we spent several days of vacation with the Pentecostals
> of Alexandria, Louisiana this past weekend.  We made the 1,025 mile trip in
> one day, and had a day to get situated there in Alexandria before it was
> time for the church meetings on Sunday….what better thing to do on vacation?
> :)
>
> Sunday morning found me on a “walk” in the 7am hour.  Some call it  “prayer
> walking”.  And in the proper context, can be quite powerful!  This
> particular walk seemed to be focused on “Lord, what are you saying here?”,
> and a general opening to the work of the Holy Ghost.
>
> Upon entering the church’s building, we met an usher and his wife.   For
> those of you out there who have greeters at your church meetings, it’s such
> an incredibly important thing for first time visitors.   Quite simply, find
> the people among you with the gift of hospitality and put them to work
> welcoming people to your church family.   “Hospitality” is not one of of the
> charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit specified by name, but there are people
> the Lord seems to have “made to order” for this kind of work….Buddy and Gale
> were such people gifted for that work last week.
>
> The Sunday morning and evening meetings (aka services) went well.   We
> managed to arrive early Sunday evening, and I took our 4 year old into the
> prayer room.  Glory!  There must have been over 70 men in there with Anthony
> Mangun, all revved up to about 110mph, and ready to hit the meeting running.
> They spilled out into the meeting at 6pm on fire and ready to worship!  I
> knew several of the charismatic praise and worship songs used in the
> meeting.  (As the Deer, et. al.)  Anthony preached a holiness sermon so
> hard, that his eyeballs nearly popped out!  I went forward during the
> ministry time at the conclusion of the meeting,  and found the praying “in
> concert” (everyone praying simultaneously,  out loud, as in a choir) to be
> wonderful.  We are practicing that in our Saturday morning prayer meeting
> here in Ohio now.
>
> While I stood near the front during ministry time, I noted the water
> baptisms taking place up front and center.  I asked our greeter, Buddy,  if
> I could get my 4 year old up close to see the water baptisms taking place;
> we ended up backstage, up close and personal to witness several water
> baptisms in the name of the Lord.   It was the first time our 4 year old had
> seen such a thing;  he told us upon leaving the building that night that he
> wanted to be baptized too!
>
> Earlier that day I met a black guy in Ryans Steak House in Alexandria.
> According to the newspaper headlines and Anthony Mangun’s comments last
> Sunday, the City of Alexandria is currently beset with racial tensions.
> This of course, was part of the topic of our conversation, until it turned
> to praise and worship and the Pentecostal’s there in Alexandria.  The guy we
> met at Ryans does praise and worship at a nearby Baptist (????) church and
> he agreed to meet us with the Pentecostals there in Alexandria;  we never
> did see him that evening,  but who knows what the rest of the story on that
> contact is…
>
> We were back among the church here in Ohio this morning, pounding away at a
> song they have done in Alexandria :  “The name of the Lord is, a strong
> tower…..Jesus is the Name of the Lord…”    And I was asked this morning if I
> brought anything back with me;  yes indeed, much indeed.   We value the Name
> of the Lord Jesus;  we were reminded of the centrality of His Name and
> Person;  we were reminded of the value of real Bible holiness/repentance;
> we were reminded of the value of flow in our praise and worship;  we were
> reminded of how important it is to press into the Lord when gathering
> together;  and we were reminded of the Lord’s housecleaning / renewal
> operations in the church at Van Wert and our part in that too.    Glory to
> His Name!  Where to next, Lord?
>
> Still Praising Him!
> Glenn Turner
> Ohio