The Alabama Messenger March/April 2019

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March/April 2019 Volume 33/Number 2

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THE 104 ALABAMA DISTRICT COUNCIL APRIL 22-24, 2019 KNOLLWOOD ASSEMBLY OF GOD, MOBILE

KEN DRAUGHON Alabama District Superintendent

DOUG CLAY

General Superintendent

LARRY HENDERSON World Missionary

MIKE ALLARD

Lead Pastor Crossroads Fellowship

For more information, please visit www.adcag.org or contact the Superintendent’s Office at trussell@adcag.org

Rev. Ken Draughon ALABAMA DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ds@adcag.org This Alabama AG Fellowship is over one hundred years old and it is alive and well. According to the American Family Association Journal, our national fellowship has grown over 460% since 1960 while mainline denominations have decreased from 25-80% over the same period. The heartbeat of this fellowship is missions, missions in the local church community and to the ends of the earth. The stronger the church is at home, the stronger its impact will be around the world.

We still embrace the first-century mandate in Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” We pair this mandate with the words of Jesus in Acts 1:8, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

We must remember Jerusalem (our home) as we fulfill the Great Commission. I believe in world missions to my core, but I also understand that a church can’t please the Lord if it flies over its mission field to get to the mission field. Along with reaching the unreached peoples in foreign lands, we must reach our Jerusalem. In order to build a strong world missions’ emphasis, we have to be determined to build strong local churches in Alabama. Weak and sickly mothers rarely give birth to new babies.

We must plant new churches across Alabama, and if we are to do that effectively, we must develop strong and healthy local churches that can birth these new works. The best way to establish strong AG churches in Alabama is to create strong, healthy leaders in our churches.

The Lord has pressed upon my spirit that we are to create an environment for healthy leaders and healthy churches in Alabama. We are equipping leaders in our district to lead a process for developing an Alabama Healthy Church Network. We are also investing in Young Leaders creating a network of amazing young visionaries who are hungry to lead the charge reaching the communities of Alabama with the Good News. Another initiative that I’m excited about is our First Time Pastor’s Cohort bringing pastors who are pastoring for the first time together to sit at the table with seasoned pastors and pour into their lives the “nuts and bolts” of ministry. They can also get coaching from pastoral veterans. We also plan to create Pastor Care Network to accomplish the first “E” of our “3 Es” in our Mission statement which is to Encourage all of our ministers.

I love this fellowship! At our age of over 100, we are celebrating all that the Lord has done for us.

It’s like the song, “Look what the Lord has done....” We embrace all that the untold thousands have accomplished in Alabama these 105 years and focus on all the Lord is going to do for us in the days, weeks, months and years ahead (unless the trumpet sounds). We salute the soldiers of the cross over the past decades and posture ourselves to recruit, train, equip and send the soldiers of today and tomorrow. We are praying and forging ahead in several other areas that we will be sharing soon. This Alabama AG family is a great family and we’re glad you are a part of it. Our best days are ahead of us!

MINDS ON FIRE! God intends for our minds to be on fire with His Word and His Holy Spirit. In the Old Testament, Hebrew has no unique term for “mind.”

The Hebrews used one word to mean “mind,” “soul,” and “heart,” the single seat of one’s intellectual, spiritual, and emotional life. There was no differentiation. The idea that a person’s will, intellect, emotions, and spirit operate from different places is both unbiblical and physiologically untrue. This is not a matter of opinion. It is simply a biblical and biological fact. Our mind is the seat and source of all of these things.

Biblically, our heart-and-mind is the place of thinking (Gen 6:5), memory MICHAEL D. SHARP, D.MIN. (Deut 4:9), intellect (Gen 17:17), meditation (Ps 19:14), decisions (2 Sam DISTRICT SECRETARY-TREASURER 7:3), judgment (1 Kings 3:9), understanding (Prov 8:5), and much more. msharp@adcag.org All hyper-speculative, uber-spiritual attempts to divide our hearts-andminds may sound profound and revelatory but have no foundation in Scripture.

Greek does have separate words for heart (kardia) and mind (nous).

Nevertheless, the New Testament still uses heart to describe the place of reasoning (Rom 2:14f), knowledge (2 Cor 4:6), thought (Heb 4:12), decisions (Matt 5:28), ideas (12:34), and so on. Here again we see no differentiation between heart-and-mind. You may have heard people try to distinguish between “head” knowledge and “heart” knowledge as if the head were somehow evil. But, everywhere in Scripture the words for “head” are always associated with respect, priority, leadership, even the source of life (Isa 1:6, Jdg 10:18, Rev 4:4, Acts 18:1f, 1 Cor 11:2f, Eph 4:15f, and more). Paul exalted wise thinking as a way to be Christlike (1 Cor 14:20). The head is that part of the body associated with Christ himself!

The frequently misquoted phrase “knowledge puffs up but love builds up” is targeting not knowledge itself, but the sin of pride that some Corinthians were committing. Some in that church were proud of spiritual gifts, others were proud of how much they knew, and none of the proud people were walking in love! Paul corrected both groups for their pride and lack of love, but he never put down spiritual gifts or knowledge. Fools hate knowledge (Prov 1:22).

Wise people want to listen and learn (Prov 1:5). Peter and Paul told us to increase in knowledge (2 Pet 2:1, Phil 1:9).

Discernment and spiritual warfare require knowledge (Prov 15:4, 2 Cor 10:5). Throughout the Bible God exalts the mind, teaching, knowledge, and understanding. The last words of Jesus and Paul were commands to teach, meaning to systematically, carefully instruct disciples in the correctly understood Word of God and Gospel of Jesus.

Whenever anyone seeks to degrade thinking, meditating, learning, evaluating, any of the rational processes necessary for understanding God’s Word and discerning truth from error they are doing a dangerous thing. Whenever anyone seeks to exalt feeling, emoting, intuiting, any of the non-rational processes at the expense of the mind, they are doing a dangerous thing. God and His Word never separate the mind from the heart. God’s appeal is always come, let us reason together; search the scriptures to see if these things be so; teach, be taught, learn, think, be renewed in your mind. God always exalts the life of the mind. It is in our mind-and-heart that we bear the image of God. Indeed, the ultimate expressions of God’s revelation of Himself to humanity were in Jesus and in the written word. God chose properly defined and understood words to carry the truth about Himself, life, sin, salvation, eternity, even about Jesus Christ. Miracles, images, even Jesus himself had to be explained and understood through words!

And, that truth, those words, are understood through thought, through the mind-and-heart. If you denigrate mind and thought, intellect and education, will and formation, you oppose God and His Word. From the understanding of the Gospel, the submission of the will, the repentance of the heart (repentance = meta-noia, change of mind), and belief unto salvation flows joy unspeakable. Good and godly emotion depends on, flows from, a godly mind that has been renewed through God’s Word and Spirit. Friends let us agree with God. Let us be people formed by God’s Word. Let us love learning that we may know God better and love others more. Let us have minds on fire!

334-279-7172 Ext. 4

CE DIRECTOR: VINT NORRIS

vnorris@adcag.org www.adcag.org

JBQ DATES

CAMP APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 20TH

2018 Top 10 Sunday School Givers The Crossing Faith A/G Weatherly Road A/G Weeks Memorial Harper's Joy A/G Kingwood A/G First A/G, Montgomery Lusk A/G Shady Grove A/G Life Church, Rainbow City

$800.00 $718.47 $623.04 $619.00 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 $511.50 $489.50 $450.00

2018 Top 10 BGMC Givers Clearwater A/G $27,162.41 Orchard A/G $23,040.17 First A/G, Ozark $16,833.26 Lomax A/G $15,800.00 First A/G, Phenix City $14,020.00 First A/G, Jackson $7,216.66 New Home A/G $7,040.00 First A/G, Montgomery $5,906.04 Thompson Chapel $5,318.39 Life Church, Rainbow City $4,137.42

Thank you for your faithfulness in giving!

UPCOMING ROYAL RANGER DATES National RR Leadership Conference - Dayton, OH - March 14-16 Alabama RR Pow Wow - Camp Lone Eagle - April 26-28 Alabama JR. Leadership Academy - Camp Lone Eagle - June 18-22 Alabama RR Leadership Conference - Camp Springville - Oct 4-5 National RR Week - Oct 6-12

The boys and leaders had so much fun this past month at the Mountain Bike Camp! Keep an eye out for next year's RR Frontier Adventure!

Whit Sasser

ALABAMA DISTRICT MISSIONS & MEN’S MINISTRIES DISTRICT DIRECTOR

DAVID STRAHAN

email: dstrahan@adcag.org

us & world missions

church planting & development

men’s ministry

lftl

104th Alabama District Council Missions Banquet Monday, April 22, 2019

Guest Speaker:

Larry Henderson AGWM Missionary Vienna, Austria

Banquet begins at 5:00 PM (Tickets are $20)

LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE! ALL Tickets will be First Come/First Serve Only 400 seats will be available for the 2019 Missions Banquet, Register Early Contact the District Office to reserve your tickets now for our Missions Banquet!

Join us for our Upcoming District Missions Service Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 9:00 am.

Our Special Guest is Rev. Mike Allard, Lead Pastor, Crossroads Fellowship, Houston, TX

Thank you Alabama!

You gave $306,258.38 to LFTL in 2018!

We placed 7th in the Nation!

Stateside Missions Trip Smoky Mountain Dream Center

Thank you for all those who attended our recent CP&D B a n q u e t To u r. We a r e grateful for the support as we look forward to the future of church planting in Alabama. If you have not turned in your 2019 faith promise, please do so.

MISSIONARIES Keith & Alicia Hall

TEAM LEADER Bobby Formby

CP&D Top 25 Giving 2018

DATES May 19-24, 2019

COST $350 per man

Montgomery First AG

$38,000

LIMITED SPACE!! ONLY 20 SPOTS AVAILABLE

Dothan First AG

$30,000

Deposit Due: $100 by March 13th to reserve spot

Robertsdale First AG

$17,240

Balance Due: May 1st

Phenix City First AG

$16,500

Lake City AG

$10,000

Please send all payments to the Alabama District Office, ATTN: Men’s Ministries

5919 Carmichael Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 FOR MORE INFORMATION Please call 334-279-7172 ext 5 or email ssowers@adcag.org

Mark Your Calendars NOW! Men’s Encounter 2019 September 12-14th Springville Camp & Conference Center

Guest Speaker: Rev. Wilfredo “Choco” De Jesus

Ashland First AG

$9,094

Clanton First AG

$8,500

Centerpointe AG

$7,200

Harper’s Joy AG

$6,500

Marvin Chapel AG

$6,300

Calvary AG-Decatur

$6,000

Tuscaloosa First AG

$5,000

Evangel Church

$4,800

Moffett Road AG

$4,400

River of Life Worship

$4,000

Florala First AG

$4,000

Weatherly Road AG

$4,000

Trinity AG-Red Bay

$3,600

Creola AG

$3,589

Fountain of Life Church

$3,500

Faith Temple AG

$3,250

Calvary Temple, Anniston

$3,000

Appleton AG

$2,900

Butler First AG

$2,700

Range AG

$2,609

Alabama Women’s Ministries Director: Cyndi Draughon

for every woman...

GCWC 2019 RECAP

Thank you to so many of you for joining us at the Gulf Coast Women’s Conference. God truly met with us. Christian Life, The Island Church has a wonderful team. Pastor Fred Franks, thank you for allowing us the opportunity to hold our conference at your church.

Rese Moore and Crystal Crosby both brought powerful words of encouragement.

Kingwood Church, as always, did an incredible job leading us into His presence with worship. GCWC 2020 planning is already underway. Susanne Cox and Crystal Crosby will be our guest speakers. Mark your calendars now for February 20-22.

GCWC: WOMEN IN MINISTRY

District Council

LADIES LUNCHEON Tuesday, April 23rd

11:30 AM

Knollwood Church Gym

$20 Per ticket

Guest Speaker:

Deanna Shrodes

Life Rally & Girls Night Out

Alabama Girls Ministries

Coordinator: Kristi Norris

her heart... her world... His purpose

Alabama Youth Ministries ALABAMAYOUTHMINISTRIES.COM

DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTOR: STEVEN

A. MASON

EMAIL: DYDSEC@ADCAG.ORG

JAN-FEB 2019

YOUTH GROUP

OFFERINGS JACKSON FIRST- $100 MONTGOMERY FIRST- $100 DOTHAN FIRST- $51 EVANGEL, MONTGOMERY.- $50 MOFFETT ROAD, MOBILE- $50 ROBERTSDALE FIRST- $30 SUMITON FIRST- $30 RISEN LIFE, COLUMBIANA- $20 TUSCALOOSA FIRST- $20 FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, SARALAND- $10

DEEPER WKND RECAP Our twenty-second annual Discipleship Weekend was held at Springville Camp and Conference Center the weekend of January 18-20, 2019. This year was a great success with attendance of approximately 530 students and leaders from across the state.

Our speaker, Joseph Kellogg, lead youth pastor at Oaks Fellowship in Waxahachie, Texas did an outstanding job teaching our students, and challenging our youth leaders throughout the weekend. His infectious spirit and communication style connected with the audience in a profound way. In addition, Southeastern Worship led us in praise and worship and did a wonderful job of ministering to our camp and bringing us into God’s presence with music.

The 23 small group sessions, led by our youth leaders across the state, gave our students several opportunities for intensive bible study. Leo Colon from Praise Family Church in Mobile taught the leaders small group session and brought much insightful information to them. We also commissioned Campus Missionaries from schools all over the state.

Special thanks to Jimmy Watson, who organized all of our student small groups, and to all the Deeper staff for their assistance throughout the weekend. We received many positive reports from both students and leaders on the tremendous impact this weekend has had on their lives, and look forward to hearing testimonies from our Alabama students.

Alabama Youth Ministries is pleased to invite Lead Pastors, Youth Pastors, & Spouses who gave $1,000 or more in 2018 Friday, March 22, 2019 at 6:30 PM at the R.S.A. Activities Center 201 Dexter Avenue - Downtown Montgomery RSVP Information:

Please confirm your attendance with Shannon Whittington, Administrative Assistant to Steve Mason at dydsec@adcag.org or334.279.7172, ext. 3 by March 8, 2019 (Please include students who personally gave over $1000 in 2018 and Men’s Shirt Sizes)

LAKE CITY, GUNTERSVILLE- $10

YOUR GIVING IN 2018 HELPED MAKE THE ALABAMA DISTRICT 2 ND IN THE NATION IN STL GIVING Congratulations to Dothan First9th in the nation g Montgomery First14th in the nation

Alabama goal for 2019:

$800,000

Help make this dream become a reality!

Our missionaries are counting on us.

speed the light 2018 GRAND CLUB CHURCHES

DIAMOND AWARD CHURCHES ($25,000+)

HONOR AWARD CHURCHES ($2,499-$1,000)

Dothan First Assembly of God Montgomery First Assembly of God Phenix City First Assembly of God Jackson First Assembly of God Ozark First Assembly of God Vincent Revival Center

Bethel Worship Center, Wetumpka Shady Grove, Samson Coleman, Frisco City Orchard Assembly of God, Semmes Pinedale, Clanton Hanceville Assembly of God Sulligent First Assembly of God Empire Assembly of God New Beginnings, Warrior Lifechurch Birmingham Faith Christian Center, Ozark Fellowship Temple, Northport Sylacauga First Assembly of God Greenville First Assembly of God Holloway Tabernacle, Coffee Springs Agape Assembly of God, Eclectic New Life Assembly of God, Athens Taylor Assembly of God, Dothan Needham Assembly of God Mount Vernon Assembly of God, Elba Liberty Assembly of God, Millport El Bethel, New Brockton Safe Harbor Outreach Center, Prattville Ashford First Assembly of God Cedar Springs Assembly of God, Leeds Harvest Time, Eight Mile Evangel Church, Montgomery Liberty Hill Assembly of God, Florala Centenary Assembly of God, Luverne Enterprise First Assembly of God Pleasant Grove First Assembly of God Sunshine Assembly of God, Clanton Faith Assembly of God, Enterprise The River Church, Eufaula Cornerstone Assembly of God, Jasper Freedom Assembly of God, Jasper Metro Worship Center, Mobile Wooten Chapel, New Brockton Samson First Assembly of God Satsuma First Assembly of God

$63,801.52 $59,160.06 $36,000.00 $29,625.47 $27,500.00 $25,000.00

PLATINUM AWARD CHURCHES ($10,000-$24,999) Newton First Assembly of God Lomax Assembly of God, Clanton Hartselle First Assembly of God City Church of Mobile Clanton First Assembly of God Island Church, Orange Beach

$15,480.00 $15,000.00 $14,600.00 $14,156.64 $10,700.00 $10,108.00

GOLD AWARD CHURCHES ($5,000-$9,999) Bethel Assembly of God, Ariton Life Church, Rainbow City Tuscaloosa First Assembly of God Florence First Assembly of God Sumiton First Assembly of God Geneva First Assembly of God Fountain of Life, Saraland Moffett Road, Mobile Calvary Temple, Saraland Robertsdale First Assembly of God Lake City, Guntersville CenterPointe, Mobile Calvary Temple, Anniston Harper's Joy, Dothan Clearwater, Wagarville Crossroads, Albertville Temple Assembly of God, Clanton Georgetown, Wilmer

$9,918.67 $9,783.31 $9,494.00 $9,014.32 $8,242.00 $8,200.00 $8,086.05 $8,016.28 $8,000.00 $6,755.25 $5,703.20 $5,689.76 $5,679.52 $5,500.00 $5,500.00 $5,203.24 $5,057.00 $5,000.00

SILVER AWARD CHURCHES ($2,500-$4,999) Ashland First Assembly of God $4,895.00 Haw Hill, Brundidge $4,746.51 East Brewton First Assembly of God $4,698.20 Appleton Assembly of God, Brewton $4,045.03 Range Assembly of God, Repton $4,008.50 Garywood, Hueytown $3,840.16 Fellowship Church, Oxford $3,538.83 Chancellor Assembly of God $3,446.00 Bethel Grace, Jasper $3,361.00 Marvin Chapel, Coffee Springs $3,300.00 Thompson Chapel, Jemison $3,263.91 Church of His Presence, Daphne $3,062.00 Legacy Church, Gadsden $3,058.30 Piney Grove, Samson $3,000.00 Tanner-Williams, Wilmer $2,875.46 Piney Grove, Newton $2,800.00 Eufaula First Assembly of God $2,700.00 Madison Assembly of God $2,693.76 Excel Assembly of God $2,509.00 Bay Minette First Assembly of God $2,500.00 New Haven, Brundidge $2,500.00 Butler First Assembly of God $2,500.00 The Crossing, McCalla $2,500.00

$2,295.62 $2,289.00 $2,115.58 $2,057.18 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,975.00 $1,920.00 $1,899.00 $1,870.38 $1,800.00 $1,716.00 $1,715.40 $1,520.00 $1,507.48 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,351.50 $1,328.00 $1,323.48 $1,278.33 $1,202.31 $1,200.00 $1,150.00 $1,100.00 $1,080.62 $1,050.00 $1,050.00 $1,045.00 $1,041.06 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00

SPEED THE LIGHT

grand club ch urches CELEBRATING

ALSOM 2019 Class Schedule Class Date

Level 1 Courses (Certified) THE 142 Assemblies of God History, Missions, and Governance

Level 2 Courses (Licensed) THE 211 Intro to Theology: A Pentecostal Perspective

Level 3 Courses (Ordained) THE 311 Prayer and Worship

February 2 February 2 February 16

BIB 114 Christ in the Synoptic Gospels

BIB 212 New Testament Survey

BIB 318 The Pentateuch

March 2 March 2 March 16

THE 114 Introduction to Pentecostal Doctrine

BIB 214 Old Testament Survey

BIB 313 The Corinthian Correspondence

April 13 April 13 April 27

BIB 115 Acts: The Work of the Holy Spirit

BIB 215 Romans: Justification by Faith

BIB 322 The Poetic Books

May 11 May 11 May 25

BIB 117 Prison Epistles

MIN 223 Introduction to Homiletics

MIN 325 Preaching in the Contemporary World

August 10 August 10 August 17

BIB 121 Introduction to Hermeneutics

THE 245 Eschatology

MIN 327 Church Administration, Finance and Law

September 7 September 7 September 7

MIN 123 The Local Church in Evangelism

MIN 251 Effective Leadership

MIN 381 Pastoral Ministry

October 5 October 5 October 12

MIN 181 Relationships and Ethics in Ministry

MIN 281 Conflict Management for Church Leaders

November 2 November 2 November 9

MIN 171 A Spirit Empowered Church

MIN 261 Introduction to AG Missions

No Class Period for Ministerial Internships (MI)

MIN 191 Beginning MI

MIN 291 Intermediate MI

January 5 January 5 January 12

MIN 391 Advanced MI

(Black denotes North Campus – Mt Olive) (Blue denotes Southeast Campus – Newton) (Red denotes Southwest Campus – Evergreen) You may contact the office of the ALSOM Director and District Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Michael D. Sharp, for more information at 334-279-7172 # 8, or msharp@adcag.org.

A Registration Form may be found on the ALSOM page at www.adcag.org

BOOK REVIEWS: PREACHING CHRIST FROM THE WHOLE BIBLE It is some)mes difficult to know how to correctly preach Christ from the whole Bible. Knowing how the whole Bible fits and flows together in becoming Chris)an Scripture is essen)al. The two best books of the past twenty years on these subjects are reviewed here. They are by two outstanding scholars and preachers and were twice on required textbook lists in my doctoral program seminars. These books are used in colleges and seminaries worldwide, and are the best you can buy on preaching Christ from the whole Bible. (And, they make great gi1s for pastors!)

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary HermeneuHcal Method, Sidney Greidanus, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999, 373 pages.

Award-winning author Sidney Greidanus is emeritus professor of preaching at Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He organizes this book in a logical, sequen)al manner. He first examines both the necessity of preaching Christ and the necessity of preaching from the Old Testament. He explains the unique nature of the Old and how to correctly understand its rela)onship to the New. The history of preaching Christ from the Old Testament is then summarized, beginning with the ancient church and concluding in the 20th century.

Greidanus next explains the New Testament’s principles for interpre)ng the Old. He describes the legi)mate ways leading from the Old Testament to Christ, including the ways of redemp)ve-historical progression, promise-fulfillment, typology, and longitudinal themes. The author proceeds to examine each one of these in detail from the scriptures. This chapter, en)tled “The Christocentric Method,” is a powerfully enlightening explana)on of how the Old Testament flows into the New, and is fulfilled in Christ. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book!

The two final chapters take you step by step through the process of building a Christ-centered sermon from Old Testament texts, even providing examples of how to do it.

This book is the number one text on preaching Christ from the Old Testament. Its clear and simple style makes its great truths accessible to any reader. It corrects errors we some>mes fall into and provides outstanding insight into properly handling God’s Word. I recommend this wonderful book without reserva)on. It should be used regularly by any serious preacher.

Preaching the Whole Bible as ChrisHan Scripture: The ApplicaHon of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching, Graeme Goldsworthy, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000, 272 pages.

Graeme Goldsworthy is lecturer emeritus in Old Testament, biblical theology, and hermeneu)cs at Moore Theological College, Sidney, Australia. This book was honored by Preaching magazine as Book of the Year for 2000. Goldsworthy organized his book with two large sec)ons. In the first he deals at length with such basic ques)ons as “What is the Bible?, What is Biblical Theology?, What Kind of Unity Does the Bible Have?, What is the Structure of Biblical Revela)on?, and Can I Preach a Chris)an Sermon Without Men)oning Jesus?”

Having laid this founda)on, in the second sec)on the author begins by examining the progressive revela)on of God and Christ in the Bible’s theological historical epochs, and how it all )es together. Goldsworthy then describes how to correctly see and preach Christ from Old Testament Historical Narra)ve, the Law, the Prophets, the Wisdom Literature, and the Psalms. He next does the same with Apocalyp)c literature, the Gospels, Acts, and the Epistles. Goldsworthy concludes by explaining the nature of a holis)c, redemp)ve-historical, Christ-centered biblical theology, and how to preach faithfully from this essen>al Chris)an perspec)ve.

This work is the preeminent text on applying biblical theology to preaching. In a day when much preaching is superficial, man-centered, focused on self-help, and filled with clichés and cheerleading, Goldsworthy’s work is a powerful blast of Christ-centered, Bible-based Truth. It is bracing, it is right, and it should be used by every sincere preacher of God’s Word.

Michael D. Sharp, D.Min. District Secretary-Treasurer ALSOM Director

Alabama District Council April 22-24, 2019

Schedule of Events MONDAY, APRIL 22 2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Registration Begins Missions Practice with Missionaries Missions Banquet with Rev. Larry Henderson Opening Service with Superintendent Ken Draughon -Honoring Hall of Faith Recipients

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 9:00 a.m.

11:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Missions Service with Rev. Mike Allard Ladies Luncheon/Lunch Break Business Session Service with Rev. Doug Clay

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 9:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Service with Rev. Doug Clay -Memorial Service & Communion Lunch Break Ordination Candidates & Spouses arrive for pictures Presbytery arrives for Ordination meeting Ordination Service with Rev. Doug Clay

Alabama District Council Hotel Information Hampton Inn & Suites Mobile Cut-Off Date: 3/22/19 525 Providence Park Drive Mobile, AL 36695 Phone 251-776-5866

$101 + tax

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Homewood Suites by Hilton Cut-Off Date: 3/21/19 530 Providence Park Drive East Mobile, AL 36695 (251) 634-8664

$109 + tax

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Hilton Garden Inn - West Mobile Cut-Off Date: 3/22/19 828 West I-65 Service Rd. South Mobile, AL 36609 Phone: (251) 544-6000

$114 + tax

GROUP NAME: ALABAMA DISTRICT COUNCIL

Springhill Suites Cut-Off Date: 3/31/19 3655 Springhill Memorial Drive Mobile, Al. 36608 Phone: (251) 544-6000

$94 + tax

GROUP NAME: ALABAMA DISTRICT COUNCIL

SUPERINTENDENT’S

INVITATIONAL - APRIL 22 // 8:00 AM -

$75 PER

PERSON 4 MAN SCRAMBLE VINT NORRIS

steven a. mason

Christian Education Director

District Youth Director

ROBERT TRENT JONES - MAGNOLIA GROVE 7001 Magnolia Grove Pkwy, Mobile, AL 36618

LUNCH PROVIDED ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT YOUTH AND CHILDREN DISTRICT PROJECTS

Goal: $25,000

CALL VINT NORRIS AT 334-279-7172, EXT. 4 FOR MORE INFORMATION REGISTER BY EMAILING KNORRIS@ADCAG.ORG

DATA CHANGES

ALABAMA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

TRANSFERRED OUT: ALAN CHOUEST (O) JERIS HILL (O) JOSH HOBBS (O) RODNEY SHIPMAN (L)

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

DISTRICT MISSIONS/ MEN’S DIRECTOR

Kenneth Draughon District Superintendent

David Strahan

John A. Loper, Jr. Assistant Superintendent

MINISTERIAL UPGRADE: DANIEL EVERHART (CM) CHARLES HAMMONDS (CM) ERIC CHAD KEETON (CM) CANDACE B. PARDUE (CM) CHARITY PERRY (CM) BRYAN K. RAY (CM) OSLYN M. RODRIGUEZ (CM) SUSAN G. STRAHAN (CM) ADAM D. SULLIVAN (CM) CODY TYLER WRIGHT (CM)

Michael D. Sharp District Secretary-Treasurer

GENERAL PRESBYTERS Kenneth Draughon Murray Kelley George Sawyer

BRANDY CULVER (L) PHILIP CULVER (L) BRANDON R. DAVIS (L) WILLIAM CARL GREENE (L) SYDNIE P. HOLLIMAN (L) RANDALL KIMBRELL (L) TREVER D. PRICE (L) STEVEN C. SANDERS (L) CLAYTON P. SMITH (L) STEPHEN P. TODD (L)

DISTRICT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR

Vint Norris DISTRICT YOUTH MINISTRIES DIRECTOR

Steven Mason DISTRICT WOMEN’S MINISTRIES DIRECTOR

Cynthia Draughon

NEW CHURCH OPENINGS:

PASTORAL CHANGES:

FELLOWSHIP CHURCH JEREMIE HARRISON, PASTOR JACKSONVILLE, AL

LEGACY CHURCH CHAD OWENS, PASTOR GADSDEN, AL

FOUR CORNERS CHURCH JOEL SIMS, PASTOR HUNTSVILLE, AL

VINE CHURCH NATHAN HEADLEY, PASTOR TRUSSVILLE, AL

EVANGEL AG, MT. OLIVE JONATHAN LANKFORD, PASTOR CORNERSTONE, MOBILE W. GLEN BYRON, PASTOR

For more information on upcoming events visit the Alabama District Council of the Assemblies of God website at: www.adcag.org

Sectional Committee Members Section Andalusia Anniston Baldwin Co Birmingham Cullman Demopolis Dothan Enterprise Mobile Monroeville Montgomery Phenix City Sylacauga Tennessee Valley Tuscaloosa

Presbyter George L Arnett Marty Phillips Michael Lynn David Wooten Michael Joyner Scottie Fulcher Eddie Littlefield James F Smith Sr. Jerry Jenkins Jeff Scurlock Randy Reid Barry Danner Keith Jones David Kelley Charles Lenn

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Assistant Presbyter Lane Simmons Joe Simmons Ferron Smith Clark White Steven Moore Kevin Lewis Thomas Harrison Dwight Johnson David Edwards Russ McDonald Greg Kelley Tony Willis Michael Waldrop ( Vacant ) Chad Payne

Secretary Ray Bundy Jeremie Harrison Judd Sessions Tommy Conner Jack Thorn Jeff Walters Tommy Giddens Scott Crooms John White Chuck Morris Jim Ingram Boyd Cochran Seth Jones Jason Parnell Darryl Ballew

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Reverend James E. Irby Rev. James Edward Irby, 91, of Needham passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019. A service was held Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 11 A.M. at Needham Assembly of God with Rev. Jimmy Moore, Rev. Jimmy Butts and Rev. Tim Cleveland officiating. A graveside service followed in the Brightwater Cemetery.

Rev. Irby was an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God. He pastored several churches which included Magnolia Assembly of God in Grove Hill, AL; Brewton First Assembly of God in Brewton, AL; Midway Assembly of God in St. Stephens, AL; Frisco City Assembly of God in Frisco City, AL; and Needham Assembly of God in Needham, AL. He is survived by his wife, Vernell Manley Irby, and two sons, Wiley and Kenneth.

Reverend Bertie Lee Schultz Bertie Lee Schultz Goodwin, 99, of Grove Hill, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. She was born September 29, 1919, to W.A. and Lucy West Schultz. An ordained minister with the Assembly of God Church, she had pastored churches in Castleberry and St. Stephens. She had been active in her own home church, Magnolia Assembly of God in Grove Hill where she taught Sunday School for many years. She has been employed as a seamstress and in her later years, she worked as an elder caregiver.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin Goodwin; daughter, Rachel Ann Wright; and siblings, William Sidney Schultz, D.C. Schultz, Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Schultz, Margie Schultz Wimberly, Marie Schultz Moore, Irene Schultz Kinman, Alma Schultz Sims, W.A. Schultz, Jr., Douglas Edward Schultz, Gloria Schultz and Winnie Ree Schultz Ross.

She is survived by her brother, Horace (Lorraine) Schultz; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one great, great-grandchild; numerous nieces nephews, church family, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Magnolia Assembly of God Church in Grove Hill with the Revs. Billy Cardwell and Jonathan Hudson officiating. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery with Lathan Funeral Home directing.

Pallbearers will be Timothy Bates, Mathew W. Benefield, John Michael Henderson, Harold Moore, Tommy Schultz, Corey West and Jeffrey West.

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