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SAINT REST BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS 5TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY

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We, the members of Saint Rest Baptist Church cordially invite you to the 5th Pastoral Appreciation Services for Pastor Torrey N. Collins. The services will be held on Sunday, September 8, Sunday, September 15, and September 22, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. We are extremely excited, and looking forward to this glorious occasion. The theme for this occasion is: “We Have this Treasure

in an Earthen Vessel.” (2 Corinthians 4:7). On Sunday, September 8th at 3:30 p.m., the keynote speaker will be Dr. Albert Nicholas, of Pilgrim Baptist Church; On Sunday, September 15th at 3:30 p.m., the keynote speaker will be Pastor Nathaniel of New Revelation Baptist Church. On Sunday, September 22nd at 3:30 p.m., the keynote speaker will be Pastor Henry Lyons of New Salem B. C. located in Tampa, Florida. Come and join us for these services to celebrate and encourage Rev. Collins as his pastoral journey continues. The services will take place at Saint Rest Baptist Church, located at 709 W. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044. Should you need further information, please call us at 323.752.6464 or 323.752.6179.

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GREATER EBENEZER 31st LOVE & APPRECIATION SERVICE FOR DR. SOLOMON L. & SIS. ISABELLE DRAKE There will be jubilant celebration all day long honoring The Solomon L. Drake family. Our chosen theme for this celebration: “OUR PASTOR, WHO HAS ACCEPTED HIS CHARGE.” (2ND Timothy 4:1-5; Acts 20:42). All services during the Sundays set aside for us to recognize our Pastor will give each Ministry of the church an opportunity to acknowledge and thank God for the leadership that Pastor has given for our growth and development, and give appreciation to Pastor for 31 years of loving service to our congregation and community. September 15th our special guest at the 4:00pm will be Pastor Terry Brown and the Liberty Baptist church family. September 22nd has been designated Family and Homecoming Day.

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Rev. Harold M. Pittman will be our afternoon Preacher. Rev. Pittman serves as Director of our Music Ministry and is well known for his musical and singing abilities, but God has endowed him with His Word and in that same fashion as he uses his gifts of music, he gives voice to the gospel of Jesus Christ with power and clarity. We are excited about these two days of special tribute

to our pastoral family where we will come together on one accord to praise and thank God for our gift “The Solomon L. Drake family” and express our heartfelt appreciation and love to them for their love and steadfastness to God and to the people of God. On behalf of the Greater Ebenezer church family, we are delighted to extend an invitation to the community to join in the celebration on September 15th & 22nd at: 8:00am, 9:30am Church School, 10:45am and 4:00pm services. Greater Ebenezer is located at 5300 South Denker Avenue Los Angeles, CA. For additional information call the church office @ 323-7594996. Deacon Errol Brown & Deaconess Theda Brown, Co-Chairpersons. 2013 Love & Appreciation Services.

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Missionary Baptist Church invite you to fellowship with us as we honor our Pastor, Rev. J.R. Christopher, for his 1st Annual Appreciation Service here at the Star. This is the time of the year that we set aside time to show appreciation to our Pastor’s dedicated service. The theme for this year is “A Man of God, Appointed, Anointed, and Approved by God”, Psalms 37:23-25. This year’s services begin on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 7:30 p. m. Guest Churches for Friday evening service will be Bright

Star M.B.C., Pastor Castlin; St. Reed M.B.C., Pastor C. R. Jones; Beacon Light B.C., Pastor Stan Richards. Pastor C. R. Jones will bring the evening’s message. The culminating service will be on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Guest Churches for Sunday’s service will be Faithful Service M.B.C., Pastor D.L. Goree; New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church, Pastor Harrington McFrazier; Strangers Rest M.B.C., Pastor Walter Williams. Pastor Harrington McFrazier will bring

the afternoon’s message. We praise God for Pastor Christopher’s dedication to his calling as Pastor and pray that God continues to bless his Ministry. Greater Brighter Star M.B.C. is located at 10701 S. Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90061. You may reach the Church at (323) 754-0205. Sis. Pam Taylor, Church Secretary, Rev. Jerry Christopher, Pastor.

BETHEL SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM BEGINS FALL QUARTER

PASTOR REGINALD POPE

Monday, September 23rd marks the beginning of the fall quarter of Evangelism at

Bethel M. B. C., classes begin at 7:29 p.m. each Monday night. The Bethel School of Evangelism is in its 30th year. Our school doors have been open each quarter since our first class in 1983. The school is supported by prayer and freewill offerings. You can begin registering now by leaving your contact information at 323-566-5286 or by e-mail to rapope2@aol.com. Classes offered this semester are Evangelism 101 thru 106-C, which are designed to equip the believer for sharing the biblical truths in all situations; preparation

with prayer, without which no movement can properly function; equipping teens for presenting to peers and children classes designed to introduce them to basic beliefs of the family of faith. There is a class for every member of the family. Matthew 28:18-20 that says, “And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatso-

ever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Fall registration will continue through October 7th. All classes are facilitated by dedicated and certified facilitators. First time classes include Evangelism 101, Introduction to Principles of Evangelism facilitated by Pastor Reginald Pope and Minister Mike Jones; Prayer Class with Brother Columbus Wallace; Youth Classes with Deacon Shannon Jackson and Sisters Tiearea Robinson, Continued On Page 15 BETHEL SCHOOL .....

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Shut-In - HEALING & DELIVERANCE SERVICE SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 WITH APOSTLE RONALD C. HILL, SR.

APOSTLE RONALD C. HILL. SR.

Compton, CA May 28, 2013 - Apostle Hill, the first African-American staffed

Chaplin to work for the Union Rescue Mission and national and internationally requested speaker and instructor, headed a multi-million dollar state-ofthe-art building project that now houses the Love and Unity Christian Fellowship family. Apostle Hill is also the host of National television Broadcast “Food for Your Soul with Apostle Ronald C. Hill” which airs on TBN’s, The Church Channel on Tuesdays at 5:30 PM PST and Fridays at 3:30 PM PST. Food for your Soul is also on local Compton Access Wednesdays and Thursdays @

4pm, also on Fridays @ 6pm. Starting with only 5 members, the church now ministers to a membership of 3500+. Consecrated as an Apostle in December 2010, Pastor Hill is the overseer of a fellowship of churches and ministerial alliance nationally incorporated as Kingdom Harvest Christian Alliance. “We are expecting a great move of the Holy Ghost at the Healing and Deliverance Service September 2013” says spokesperson. As in Apostle Hill’s, God inspired fashion, a season of 3 Days and Nights of Fasting and Praying will begin

at bedtime Tuesday evening, September 24 and end Friday night after prayer on Friday, September 27. Apostle Hill and congregants will move into the church after MidWeek Service on Wednesday, September 25 through Friday night. Seasons of prayer will continue 24 hours a day until Friday night and the doors will be open to the public. The Healing and Deliverance Service will convene on Sunday, September 29th at 6:30pm. Apostle will be laying hands on all the sick, demon possessed, bound and financially

stricken. He will also be praying with those to receive the real baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Love and Unity Christian Fellowship, is located at 1840 S. Wilmington Avenue; Compton, CA 90220. (One block north of the 91 Freeway) For more information please call 310.604.5900 or review www.loveandunity. org . Contact: Angela C. Hill, Public . Relations/Events; 310 604-5900x111. info@khcaonline.org;www.khcaonline.org.

Mt. Olive 2nd Missionary Baptist Church Celebrating 21 Years of Dedicated Service

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! God has blessed the Mt. Olive 2nd MBC church to announce the 21st celebration of our Pastor Rev. Dr. E. Winford Bell and Family, for serving the community for 21 years, and we come together to just say “thank you”. There is a saying that goes “time flies when you are having fun”. It seems as though it was yesterday that Pastor Bell preached his first sermon at Mt. Olive 2nd ‘Can Any Good Thing Come Out of WattsCome and See”. Well, they came and they saw. So we the officers and members of the Mt. Olive 2nd MBC invite each and every one of you to come and see what God has done. There have been some good times and there have been some bad times, but thanks be to God all the good times outweighed the bad. Celebrating with us on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 3:30PM will be the Renewed Life Church, Rev. Joshua Sims, Pastor; and First Holy Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Terry Nelson, Pastor; and, St. Matthews Baptist Church,

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Rev. Greene, Pastor. Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 3:30PM, our guests churches are Greater New St. Matthew Baptist Church, Rev. Lovester Adams, Pastor; Greater Philippians Baptist Church, Rev. William Florence Jr., Pastor; Pilgrim Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Albert Nicholas Pastor. The Church of Greater Love Rev. Darryl Moore, Pastor. On Friday October 4, 2013 at 7:00PM we will be having an appreciation Musical featuring some of the greatest soloists and choirs in the Los Angeles area, “come and see”. The celebration will close out on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 3:30PM with New Philadelphia Baptist Church, Elder Eugene Bryant, Pastor; New Bethel Baptist Church, Rev. M a r - Continued On Page 5 vis Da- MT. OLIVE 2nd ........

METROPOLITAN CELEBRATES PASTOR & LADY ELTON & CHARLE’ JOHNSON “A Leader Vigorously Working for God and the Enhancement of God’s People” James 2:4

The Metropolitan Baptist Church Family proudly and humbly invites you to come and bless God with us for the promising work of this young, visionary leader, as we celebrate our 4th Pastoral Anniversary. SUNDAY, SEPT. 15TH @ 3:30 - Overseer Jawane Hilton (speaker) & City on the Hill, Pastor Tyron Robinson (Worship Leader) & Kingdom Builders, and Pastor Henry & Co-Pastor Alicia Pigee & Monrovia Word Center; THURSDAY, SEPT. 19TH @ 7:30 - Pastor Xavier Thompson (Speaker) & Southern Missionary B.C., Pastor Chez Lister, Sr. (Worship Leader) & Friendly Will B.C., Pas-

tor Darryl Labatt & Greater Metropolitan B.C., and Pastor Rodney Howard & Israel B.C.; FRIDAY, SEPT. 20TH @ 7:30 -Pastor Shep Crawford (Speaker) & Experience Christian Ministries, Pastor Alden Darby (Worship Leader) & Moving Into Perfection Church, Dr. Albert Nicholas & Pilgrim B.C., Dr. William Turner & New Revelation B.C., and Dr. Susie Jones & Yahweh House of Prayer; SUNDAY, SEPT. 22ND @ 3:30 -Pastor George Hurtt (Speaker) & Mt. Sinai B.C., Pastor Kevin Stafford (Worship Leader) & Zion Baptist Evangelistic Temple (ZBET), Pastor Anthony Smith & Jericho B.C.,

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and Pastor Melvin King & Divine Deliverance Ministries. Also Join us SATURDAY, SEPT. 21ST @ 5:00 for our PASTOR & WIFE’S PRAISE PARTY! Hosted by, The one and only Aundrae Russell of KJLH, will usher you into an evening of worship, praise, song, and dance! Invited to Minister through dance are: GLAD II, Divine Praise Dancers, and Chosen II Conquer. Soulfully ministering in song will be GLACC, Tony Jones & the L.A. Young Adult Chapter of GMWA, and L.A. Inner City Mass Choir, & many more. Please join us for the celebration; 4200 S. Hooper Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011.

Holy Chapel M.B.C. Ushers’ Annual Day Praise God from whom all blessings flow! We the Ushers and First Aid Unit of Holy Chapel M.B.C. will be celebrating our Annual Day, Sunday, Sep-

tember 22, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. The theme for this occasion is: “The Lord Ordered Steps of a Good Soldier” - Psalm 37:23. We are excited and all revved

up for this joyous occasion. If you miss this, you will truly miss a blessing. Bring a friend! Tell a friend! We are located at 1016 E. Rosecrans Avenue on

the corner of Aprilia and Rose- Sister Geraldine Winkfield, crans in the city of Compton. President - First Aid Unit. Sister Joan Green, President Rev. George L. Thomas, Pastor. - Board #1, Sister Cheryl McCall, President - Board #2, and

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ONE FAITH FELLOWSHIP’S NUGGETS FOR THE SOUL YOUR HEAVEN OR HELL? THE answer to the question if this present world is “Your Heaven or Hell?” is determined by if one has submitted his or her life to the Lord God. For those persons who have chosen NOT TO submit their free-will choice to receive God’s offer of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ; they have chosen this present world as their “Heaven”. Yes, this present world that is full of sin, heart-ache and pain, sickness and hopelessness and definitely governed by the horror of Satan and all of the evil experiences he brings;

is the best experience for the rejecter of Jesus’ offer of salvation. This present world will be the most pleasant experience for those who will not accept Jesus’ death, burial and Resurrection which is the only way to experience the promise of God’s Heaven for eternity. For individuals who insist on living according to their desires and decisions and choosing to ignore God’s desire and direction, will reap the only possible outcome that can be; torment forever in the flames of the Lake of Fire. This means

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eternal separation from God and the eternal torture of Hell. Therefore, while this present world is horrible and plagued

with the rule of Satan; it is only going to get worse for the non-follower of Jesus Christ. However, thank you Jesus that this truth is totally opposite for those persons who have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and who are living daily in submission to His Lordship. For us, this present world will be our only experience of Hell. As Sons and Daughters of God, we have the “Blood-Guarantee” that we can look forward to a TOTALLY DIFFERENT HEAVENLY EXPERIENCE! Through fellowship with Daddy-God, we experience a taste of Heaven right here in the

midst of this Hell-Hole; which motivates us to continue to live for the Lord to experience the fullness of Heaven. We can look forward to spending eternity with the Lord; in a prepared place for a prepared people. Followers of the Lord God can look forward to living eternally without the presence and influence of Satan and sin, sickness and pain and the horror of this present world. Tears, death, nor any type of sorrow will be the description of our eternal Heavenly experience. The promise of Heaven Continued On Page 14 YOUR HEAVEN OR.......

PARK WINSDOR BAPTIST CHURCH CLEBRATES 103RD CHURCH ANNIVERSARY AND HOMECOMIING

PASTOR TERRELL TAYLOR

DR. TONY L. BOOKER

DR. KENNETH LEE GATES

WHW MINISTRIES PRESENTS “24th ANNUAL METHODS OF EXPOSITORY PREACHING AND TEACHING CONFERENCE” October 7-11, 2013 The Hilton Los Angeles Airport WHW Ministries will host its annual Methods of Expository Preaching and Teaching Conference at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport 5711 Century Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045 on October 7 – 11, 2013. The Conference focuses on providing the necessary tools for pastors, ministers and laypersons so that they can effectively teach the Word of God. The Conference was born from a vision shared by three strong men of God: Dr. R.A. Williams, Late Dr. Larry Harris, and Dr. George Waddles. These men saw a need in the Christian community: a method of expository study that could be utilized by ministers and laypersons alike in a manner that would enable

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anyone to be able to share the Gospel with the saved and unsaved alike. From their combined collaboration and effort, The “Methods of Expository Preaching and Teaching” was born. The WHW Ministries Conference offers some of the

most dynamic and learned Christian Scholars of our time. Among the Biblical Scholars scheduled to present the Word this year are the following: Dr. A. Louis Patterson of Houston, Texas; Dr. Frank Ray of Memphis, Tennessee; Dr. H. Wayne House; and Dr. Bill Mounce, courtesy of Faith Seminary, Tacoma Washington. In addition to a wide variety of classes and seminars, Conference participants will also have the opportunity to participate in Class Seminars that will assist them in developing their evangelical and teaching skills. New to the Conference this year will be seminars geared to Continued On Page 13 WHW .........

Rev. Terrell Taylor and the members of the Park Windsor Baptist Church are inviting you and all former members to return home and join us for our 103rd Church Anniversary and Homecoming Celebration. Our celebration begins on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 11:00 am to 4:00 pm with a Family Fun Day. The theme is “A Growing Church Committed to God”, Acts 2:42-47. On Sunday, September 29, 2013,

we have two dynamic speakers who are coming home to deliver the Word of God. Our speaker for the 8:00 am and 11:00 am services will be our former Youth Minister and Interim Pastor, Dr. Kenneth Gates. At the 4:00 pm service, our own son of the Park, Dr. Tony L. Booker of the Lakeview Terrace American Baptist Continued On Page 5

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MESSIAH M.B.C. CELEBRATES MEN’S DAY

DEACON ARTHUR SIMMONS SR.

The Men, Pastor Perry J Jones, and members will celebrate Annual Men’s Sunday September 22, 2013. Final plans have been completed and the chosen theme is “Steadfast Men working for the Lord”. 1 Cor. 15:58.The speaker for the event is Rev Ira Lynn. The chairman is Deacon

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Arthur L. Simmons Sr. Please feel welcome to join us Sunday Morning during 10:30 service. We look forward to seeing you. Please come early to get a good seat. Dr Maureen Malone, reporting, Deacon Arthur L. Simmons Sr. Chairman, Rev Perry J. Jones, Senior Pastor.

True Friendship M.B.C. The Voices Annual Day Musical

Greetings in the name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! The Voices of True Friendship will present their “Annual Day Musical” Sunday September 22, 2013 at 3:30 p.m.; our theme: Continued On Page 7 “Sharing the Songs of SalvaTRUE FRIENDSHIP.... tion”, Colossians 3: 16-17. We

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THE MIGHTY MEN OF MACEDONIA MALE CHORUS PRESENTS MEN IN PRAISE Oh how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” Psalm 133:1

On Sunday, September 22, 2013, at 5 PM, The Mighty Men of Macedonia Male Chorus will lift their voices in praise to the Lord in a fellowship musical. There will be a host of other male choirs and choruses joining with the Mighty Men of Macedonia in lifting up Je-

sus in glorious songs of praise: New Mount Pleasant B.C., Rev. Milton Merriweather, Pastor; Citizens of Zion M.B.C., Rev Bobby Newman, Pastor; New Mount Calvary B.C., Rev. Sonja Dawson, Pastor; Park Windsor B.C., Rev. Terrell Taylor, Pastor; Second Baptist

Church, Dr. William Epps, Pastor; First A.M.E. Church of Pasadena ; Grant A.M.E. Rev. Vernon Burroughs , Pastor; North Long Beach Christian Fellowship, Rev. Walter Carter, Pastor; Second Baptist Church Santa Ana, Rev. Ivan Pitts, Pastor. You are cordially

invited to be a part of this dynamic musical worship experience at the Macedonia Baptist Church where Rev. Shane B. Scott is the pastor. The admission is free. Macedonia is located at 1751 E. 114th Street in Los Angeles. The Mighty Men of Macedonia Male Cho-

rus is under the leadership of Gerald Malone, director and Jacque Malone, organist. For additional information you may contact Larry King, choir president or the church office at (323) 569-9561. Please come out and be blessed.

VOS CELEBRATES 21 YEARS OF MUSIC MINISTRY On behalf of the Voices of Sinai at Greater Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church #2, in the City of Compton, California, a joyful invitation is extended to you, our Brothers and Sisters in Christ, to join us on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. as our fabulous and anointed Choir celebrates 21 years of lifting up the Name of Jesus in

praise. The theme is “Trusting in God no Matter What” (Job 1:8). Along with the Voices will be Guest Soloist Jermaine Murray, with the spoken Word brought by Reverend Danyette Jones-Hewitt of Balance is Our Goal Ministries, where the Pastor is the Reverend Matthew Wheaton, Jr. The celebration culminates at 3:30 p.m. with Guest Soloist Arleta

Hicks, Guest Group, Anointed Voices of Praise (AVOP); Guest Choirs, Lily of the Valley Church, Pastor Gary Parks and World Outreach Christian Center where the Reverend Joel Benjamin, Sr. is the Pastor and Guest Dancers, Cartoons in Action. If you want to be blessed, do not miss sharing this spirit filled day by joining us in the edification and glori-

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vis, Pastor; and St. Andrews Baptist Church, Bishop Alex Toussaint, Pastor. We would be honored to have you join us during this time of celebration. St. John 1:45.46: Philip found Nathanael and said to

him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophet wrote “Jesus of Nazareth”, the son of Joseph”. 46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

We invite you to “come and see”. Mt. Olive 2nd Missionary Baptist Church 9401 S. Zamora Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90002 (323) 563-0618. Rev. Dr. E. Winford Bell, Pastor. Rev. Mose Tyler, reporting.

TRUE WAY MISSIONARY B.C. CELEBRATES ANNUAL WOMEN’S DAY The True Way Missionary Baptist Church greets you in the mighty and matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The women’s ministry of the True Way Missionary Baptist Church (Sisters Soaring In Christ) extends a loving invitation to the community and all of our churches to join us in this celebration Sunday September 22nd 2013 at 3:30 p.m. Our theme for the service is “Christian Women of God Checking their Attitude at the Door” Colossians 3:5-14; Romans 6:4; Philippians 1:27. Our Special Guest will be the Anointed, Gifted, and Talented First Lady Sandra Williams of the Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, Reverend Keith Williams, Pastor. This favored woman of God is known for working with churches and other non-profit groups to help Train, Equip, Affirm, and Motivate and Mentor (T. E. A. M. M.) women for positions of leadership. As a member of the California Southern Baptist Convention WMU/Women’s Ministry, she

has served in various positions for over nineteen years. For the last seven years she has been an instructor for the CSBC Fast Track Leadership Development team. Sandra has a passion for learning and believes that there is nothing more “fierce” than an educated woman with passion, knowledge and the gifts to influence others “for such a time as this”. Sandra has a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies with emphasis in Sociology and multiple certificates in the areas of Women’s Programs and Services, Conflict Resolution, Parenting, Next Level Life Coaching. She also has a Designated Teacher’s Credentials in Education, social science, public affairs and performing arts. She attended Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA, where she completed classes in Educational Leadership. Sandra has been a Pastor’s wife for 23 years, and since August 2011, is serving with her husband Keith B. Williams at their

home church, Evening Star Missionary Baptist Church here in Los Angeles, CA. She has a love and kinship to Pastor’s / Minister’s Wives. Sandra and her husband teach seminars and workshops “Partners in Ministry,” that are designed to encourage and strengthen ministry leadership. They have been married for thirty-two years with four grown children and four grandchildren. The women of True Way are very excited and anticipate being Spiritually Elevated, Renewed in our minds Romans12:2, and being blessed with the presence of the Holy Spirit. We are expecting to be in the praise of his glory, according to our created purpose. Please set aside this date and time in your calendar and join us for a transforming evening. May God continue to bless and keep you until we assemble together. True Way M.B.C is located at 9122 S. San Pedro St. Los Angeles, CA 90003. Rev. Donald L. Wilson, Pastor visit us online at www.twmbc.org

fication of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through songs. We are located at 12317 South Wilmington Avenue, Compton, CA 90222, telephone (310) 631-0261.Our dynamic and gregarious Pastor/Teacher, the Reverend Kalvin E. Cres-

sel, Sr. may even rap a little something for you, so please come out and join in this explosion of praise. Mother Sandra Taylor, Public Relations and Deaconess Yolanda Denine Holmes, Choir President.

VICTORY MONTHLY EVENTS

The New Voices of Victory 4th Annual Musical will be held September 22, 2013 at 3:00pm Theme: Love & Prayer - Psalms 92:14 Guest : Dr. Rodena Preston & GMWA, Rev. Ira & Babara Lynn event taking place at Victory 4802 S. McKinley Ave. The General Mission will celebrate Annual Mission Day on September 29, 2013 at 9:00am & 3:00pm. Our guests for the afternoon will be Rev. Terry Brown & the Liberty B.C. The Watkins Cafe will be open for lunch, event taking place at Victory. Continued From Page 4 PARK WINDSOR .......

Church will speak. We hope you will join us as we come together to praise the Lord in spirit and in truth. The Park Windsor Baptist Church is located at 1842 W. 108th Street

in Los Angeles, on the corner of 108th Street and Manhattan Place. Rev. Terrell Taylor is our Pastor. For more information, please contact our church office at (323)756-3966 or our website at www.parkwindsorbaptistchurch.com .

MOTHER’S BOARD PROGRAM AT ST. JOHN M.B.C. Rev. David Tolliver is proud to announce that the Annual Mother’s Board Program is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, 2013 at 3:30 P.M. This is an Annual Affair which Rev. David Tolliver sponsors to honor the Mother’s Board of the St. John Baptist Church. This is one program that you should not miss. There will be singing and other events to make this event you surely don’t want to

miss. So make plans now with your family, friends, and loved ones to attend this wonderful program. Don’t miss this event or you will miss a treat! Rev. James A. Brooks is the proud Pastor of the St. John Baptist Church which is located at 936 W. 49th Street, Los Angeles CA (between Hoover and Vermont). This has been your star reporter, James E. Moffitt, Sr. Rev. James A. Brooks, Pastor.

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GOD SCATTERS THE NATIONS Bible Background • GENESIS 11; 5:1-2 Printed Text • GENESIS 11:1-9 Devotional Reading • 2 CHRONICLES 34:22-28

AIM for Change

By the end of the lesson, we will: DISCUSS the misguided theology of the plan to build the tower of Babel; humbly ACKNOWLEDGE futile attempts to be like God; and IDENTIFY personal “towers of Babel” that we attempt to construct today.

Keep In Mind:

“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city” (Genesis 11:8).

Focal verses:

Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. KJV

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 -Bible Study Guide 5 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

DISCUSS THE MEANING 1. Why didn’t God choose another intervention to stop the people from building the tower? Why do you think He chose to give them different languages? 2. What do you think about God using the very thing the people were afraid of as His judgment (i.e., v. 4 records that they were afraid of being scattered)? LESSONS IN OUR SOCIETY What the tower of Babel’s builders did not realize is that they had already made a name for themselves. They’d turned Babel into a very prosperous place. But they wanted something grander—a stairway to heaven. If the United States does nothing else, our country is already great, but no, we’re striving to become greater. To date, our national debt is more than $15.5 trillion. What else will result from our aspirations to legendary greatness? MAKE IT HAPPEN Are you overstepping your bounds, living beyond your means, or taking matters into your own hands? If so, your challenge this week is to get help. Find a credit counseling agency to deal with your finances, a pastor or advisor to help you trust God again, or a therapist to help you learn how to be content. FOLLOW THE SPIRIT What God wants me to do: REMEMBER YOUR THOUGHTS Special insights I have learned: MORE LIGHT ON TEXT Genesis 11:1-9 While most are familiar from childhood with the story of the tower of Babel, one wonders whether most could articulate exactly why God was displeased with the tower’s construction and chose to intervene as He did. In this portion of Scripture, God’s big-picture thinking and His faithful, unchanging nature are juxtaposed against a faithless people’s vain imaginations and plans. This is a classic story of man’s plans for God coming into sharp conflict with God’s plans for man. The previous chapter of Genesis contains a genealogy of Noah’s descendants after the Flood. The problem, which soon became apparent, was that sin also survived the Flood. 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. The first verse is a key background statement setting up the coming events. Unfortunately, there is no way to know what language (Heb. saphah, sa-FA) was once universal. Scholars agree that the ancient “land of Babylonia,” also known as Chaldea, is in southern Mesopotamia; most versions call it Shinar (see 10:10, 14:1, 9). Some think it significant that the author of Genesis noted an eastward movement, which they see as having a dark similarity with Adam and Eve heading east out of the Garden of Eden (3:24) and Cain moving east of Eden after killing Abel (4:16). 3 And they said one to an-

other, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Tourists in Israel are often told a legend that once an angel was carrying a huge load of stones overhead, but the bag broke and the stones littered the nation, where they remain to this day. Unlike the plethora of stones available in Palestine, however, stones in the new region were rare, so the travelers learned local construction methods. John Walton writes, “This combination of baked brick and bitamen mastic made for waterproof buildings as sturdy as stone” (The NIV Application Commentary, 372).The towers in Mesopotamia, called ziggurats, would have differed from those in Israel, which were mostly defensive watchtowers. Among the thirty or so ruins of ziggurats that archaeologists have found in the region, all share similar features. They tended to resemble pyramids, were usually dedicated to deities, had outer ramps or stairs leading to the peak, ranged in size from sixty to 200 feet per side, and were considered sacred places reserved for the gods. The idea was to make it easy for the gods to visit humans, via the convenient

IN FOCUS John hated the school district where he lived, it appears to be another long genealogical but the community was affordable. The prob- account of names and places. But Genesis lem was the crime rate at the high school his 10 sets the stage for the rest of the book’s daughter, Lauren, just started was higher than chapters. It shows us how God repopulated its graduation rate. The schools on the South the earth, tells us who the main characters Side were better. They had more resources are and the roles they’ll play, and unfolds and better books, and their students were not God’s plan for all people of the world. In “wanded” or patted down by security before our lesson text, we see how God carried the Gospel to all the world by scattering a football games. John could not bear to hear any more of the bold group of people. IN DEPTH stories Lauren told when she came home. After praying for a month with no change, John 1. The People Exalt Themselves decided to take matters into his own hands. He (Genesis 11:1-4) found a nice, small house for himself and his What peace there must have been! Afdaughter. There, Lauren would be able to at- ter the Flood, all was in unison. With one tend Southside High. It didn’t matter that the language, one would think it’d be easier rent was double what he paid on the West Side; to care for and love one another. Perhaps John could not afford to jeopardize Lauren’s the place where the people lived grew to academic success. When his rental application be too small for them, so they agreed to was turned down because of poor credit, John split up. The text records that some jourcried. Didn’t God care about his child’s needs? neyed from the east and found a tract of John realized the answer to that question when, land in a country called Shinar. With the Continued On Page 7 a month later, he heard the news of a pipe bomb Tigris and Euphrates flowing through it, SUNDAY SCHOOL .... explosion at Southside High School that fatally there was much clay and slime. In Babel, injured two students. the country’s capital, the people used brick Daily Bible Readings Sometimes God has to confuse us to protect to build up the city so that it became a us. In today’s lesson, we learn that a failed great place of wealth. Its city walls were MONDAY attempt at something can be God’s sovereign thick, and some of its private homes had Dark Counsel grace at work. as many as twenty-six rooms and several Lacking Knowledge courtyards. Babel is noted for its developTHE PEOPLE, PLACES AND TIMES (Job 38:1-7) Brickmaking. Buildings in the ancient world ments of medicine, mythology, linguistics, mathematics, and astronomy. No wonder were constructed using bricks made of clay or TUESDAY a claylike mixture of mud and straw. Scholars they thought they could build a tower to Limited Knowledge suggest that there were likely two ways of heaven! and Influence 2. The Lord Brings Down the People making bricks. One way—the easiest—was to pack clay into a mold and let it dry in the sun. (vv. 5-9) (Job 38:12-18) The Hebrews probably used this method in Who better than God knows the power Egypt and later in the Promised Land. But the of oneness and creating something from WEDNESDAY Babylonian method was more advanced—they an image? When He saw the people operThe Expanse beyond used kilns to make their bricks harder and more ating under the same principles but with Human Control durable. Their bricks were also larger and flat- misguided motives, He had to intervene. (Job 38:28-38) ter, so they could support more weight. It was He confused their language so they could probably the Babylonians’ ancestors who built not understand each other then He scatTHURSDAY the tower of Babel. tered them to different parts of the earth. Overshadowed by Shinar. Its name means “country of two riv- God is a righteous and omnipotent judge God’s Greatness ers,” as it was a tract of land between the Tigris who thwarted this attempt at grandiosity, (Job 40:6-14) and Euphrates Rivers. It is reported that Shinar but He also used it for a greater good. was a plain country where brick was used for After the world had been destroyed by the FRIDAY stone and slime for mortar. The country was Flood, only Noah’s family remained. After The Wrath of the Lord later called Chaldea. Babel (Babylon) was its a while, as the population began to grow, (2 Chronicles 34:14-21) they not only stayed in one geographic capital. Tower of Babel. Only mentioned once in the location, but they also began to think too SATURDAY Bible, this tower was built of brick and slime. It much of themselves. We do not know if is reported that it had the shape of a pyramid all the people would have stayed on that A Humble and and was built in seven receding stages. The one spot, but it is interesting to consider Penitent Heart first, second, and third stories were twenty-six whether the rest of the world might have (2 Chronicles 34:22-28) feet high, and the other four were sixteen feet. been uninhabited if their efforts had been Scholars assert that there may have been a successful. But the Lord saw this group of SUNDAY fifteen-foot ark or tabernacle on the seventh bold people who built a city, and He scatHuman Achievement tered them so that eventually the earth story, nearly covering it. The entire height of the without God tower, with a three-foot platform (to support its was repopulated. (Genesis 11:1-9) SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES weight and height), would have been 160 feet, but without the platform, 157 feet. 1. What did the people say to one NOTE: RTP will always print Daily another (Genesis 11:3-4)? BACKGROUND Bible Readings when the lesson has them available. If unavailable we 2. How did God respond to their work Genesis 9 closes the curtain on Noah’s life, letwill not print them ting us know he lived 350 years after the Flood. (vv. 7-8)? One may be tempted to skip over Genesis 10, as RAISE THE PRAISE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS * 23670 HAWTHORNE BLVD #100 * TORRANCE, CA 90505 1-888-290-7277 NEWS@RAISETHEPRAISENEWS.NET

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stairway, and bless and interact with them. Just making bricks and building a city, and even building towers, were neither evil nor uncommon practices. The problem—and offense to God—was in the motivation and purpose. The people wanted to 1) reach into the sky, and 2) become famous or, as other versions word it, make a name for themselves. Ironically, albeit infamously, they succeeded in both endeavors. 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. As much or more can be gained from studying God’s reaction than the people’s actions. Similar to God judging the world harshly via the Flood because of systemic unbridled evil in the world (6:5), so it seems that the events at hand represented a more serious heart of evil than at first meets the eye. William LaSor writes, “Whether the descendants of Seth have become corrupt or something demonic has entered the world, the point is that a new level has been reached in the rampant

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spread of evil” (Old Testament Survey, 82). LaSor notes that just as cancer doctors attack the disease with the strongest treatment possible, so God sweepingly judged sin at the Fall, and He intended to wipe out sin with the Flood, pushing the restart button on humanity with Noah. With plans in full motion to erect the tower, God saw the people’s hearts and recognized a familiar saturation of evil. In short, man was in rebellion mode again, even if the narrative is not sufficiently specific. Enough blanks can be filled in by God’s comprehensive response.Walton observes that the fact people did not want to scatter would not have been such a terrible thing. Even today, families continually lament that they are so spread out from one another. The whole problem was with the ziggurat, which was the ultimate symbol of Babylonian religion. As mankind subdued the earth, his error was to begin to subdue the gods, to humanize them. In Walton’s words, “with the development of urbanization people began to envision their gods in human terms” (The NIV Application Commentary, 377). In other words, they not only tried to bring their gods down to earth, they also tried to make them into their own image. As Walton notes, the sin here “went beyond mere idolatry; it degraded the nature of God by portraying him as having [human] needs” (Ibid.).Thus, we must trust that God’s response was appropriate for the level and extent of the willful, idolatrous, cancerous ignorance in the

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people’s hearts. “This will only lead to unmitigated disaster,” was His judgment, and He put a swift and irreversible end to it. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Some commentators say that God scattered the people because His original plan was for mankind to spread out over the earth (1:28), and they rebelled against the master plan. God filling the earth, however, was to be through reproduction, not simply forcing them to spread out, which would not increase population. The people scattering was the natural, inevitable result of them no longer being able to communicate. The name of the tower, Babel meant confusion or mixing, and it was also the source of the word “Babylon” (e.g., Genesis 10:10; 2 Kings 17:24, 20:14; Micah 4:10), which was the metropolis of Babylonia, the whole of which was often referred to as Babylon (e.g., Psalm 87:4, 137:1; Isaiah 14:4). In Ezra 5:13 (KJV), King Cyrus of Persia was referred to as “king of Babylon,” and the same for the Persian king Artaxerxes in Nehemiah 13:6. The ruins of Babylon today are found near Al Hillah, Iraq, about fifty-five miles south of Baghdad. God does not condemn building cities or towers, but He does condemn spiritually fatal thinking that obstinately insists on humanizing God and refusing to recognize Him as the one,

NEWS@RAISETHEPRAISENEWS.NET eternal, sovereign, supreme God. Man’s plan without God is to take matters into his own hands, to make his own master plan, to create his own name and fortune, and worst of all, to create his own humanized gods. Everything is up to man; he is responsible for the entire universe. Tired of waiting on God, he forfeits God’s blessing and grabs what he can grab and does what he can do under his own finite

power. God’s plan for man, in contrast, is to trust Him, to let Him take care of humanity and the universe, to follow His plan, to let Him lead and guide, and to let Him work out His plan for His people who are called by His great name. Sources: Blue Letter Bible. BlueLetterBible.org. http://www. blueletterbible.org/ (accessed July 2, 2012). Henry, Matthew. Matthew

Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible. Genesis 11. http://www. biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/ (accessed July 25-27, 2012). LaSor, William Sanford, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic William Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. 81-86. Sailhamer, John H. “Genesis.” The Expositor’s Bible Commentary with the New International Version: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Vol. 2. Edited by Frank E. Gaebelein. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1985. 102-105. Smith, William. Smith’s Bible Dictionary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2000. 26-27, 7172, 622. Walton, John H. Genesis. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001. 371378. Word in Life Study Bible (NKJV). Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993. 30.

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BISHOP ANTHONY BENJAMIN SR. SR. BISHOP HENRY J. COX Founder Sunday School .................................................................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................................................................11:00 A.M. Prayer Service (Tu................................................................ 6:00 P.M. Bible Study (Tues.) ...............................................................7:00 P.M. Praise Dance (Wed.) ........................................................... 7:00 P.M. Choir Rehearsal (Sat.) ......................................................... 1:30 P.M.

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YOUR ORDER OF SERVICE....... 9:00 A.M. YOUR ORDER OF SERVICE..... 10:45 A.M. YOUR ORDER OF SERVICE...... 7:30 P.M.

MT. TABOR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

2040 W. Jefferson Blvd., - Los Angeles, CA 90018 Phone: (323) 735-0044 Fax: (323) 735-0219 E-Mail: Trinitybaptistc@sbcglobal.net WebSite: Trinitybaptistchurchla.org

REV. ALVIN TUNSTILL, JR., PASTOR

Sunday Worship Service ......................... 7:30 & 10:30 A.M. Church School ....................................................... 9:00 A.M. Broadcast (KJLH) - 102.3) .................................. 9:00 A.M. Prayer & Bible Study (Wed.).............. 12:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M.

JESUS IS THE ANSWER C.F. CHURCH 750 Alondra Blvd Carson, CA 90746 Phone: (310) 515-7209

DR. R. STANLEY HAYWOOD, PASTOR Sunday School .................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ............... 10:00 A.M. Bible Study..(Wednesday)..... 7:00P.M.

YOUR CHURCH NAME

6614 SOUTH WESTERN AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA 90047

PHONE: (323) 753-3189 PASTOR (323) 753-3180

YOUR PASTOR’S NAME

Early Worship ....................................................... 8:00 A.M. Sunday School ..................................................... 9:40 A.M. Morning Worship ................................................. 11:00 A.M. Communion Service (1st Sun.) ............................. 5:00 P.M. Mid-Week Prayer Mtg. (Wed.) ............................... 7:00 P.M.

MT. ZION MISSIONARY B.C. 1300 EAST 50TH STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90011 PHONE: (323) 235-2103 REV. EDWARD V. HILL II, PASTOR Consecration ....................................................... 9:45 A.M. Sunday School ...................................................10:00 A.M. Morning Worship ............................................... 11:45 A.M. Prayer (Wed.) ......................................... Noon & 6:30 P.M. Prayer/Bible Study (Wed.) .................................... 7:00 P.M

PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY Missionary Baptist Church 3600 West Imperial Hwy. Inglewood, CA 90303

Phone: (323) 751-0502 www.theoneandonlywaymin.org - Website

TRUE FRIENDSHIP MISSIONARY B.C. 7901 South Van Ness Avenue Inglewood, CA 90305 Ph: (323) 750-7304 Fx. (323) 565-2894 REV. JAMES A. PERKINS, PASTOR Morning Worship ..... 8:00 A.M./10:45 A.M. Bible Adventure Hour ............... 9:30 A.M. Prayer & Praise/Bible Study (Tues.) 7:P.M. Youth Ministry (Wed.) ................ 6:30 P.M. Prayer & Praise/Bible Study (Thur.) 12 Noon

Long Beach CHRIST SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 1471 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. Long Beach, CA 90813 Phone: (562) 599-3421 www.csbclb.org REV.WELTON PLEASANT II, PASTOR Sunday School ........................8:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................... 9:40 A.M. Midweek Prayer (Wed.) ........ 7:00 P.M.

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Inglewood

Dr. Herman C. Avery Jr., Ph.D, Pastor Sunday School .....................10:00 A.M. Morning Worship ................. 11:30 A.M. Wed. Prayer/Bible Study ........ 7:00P.M. 7010 S. Denver Ave., L.A.)

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THE LIBERTY CHURCH 14725 South Gramercy Place Gardena, CA 90249 CHURCH: (310) 715-8400 Email Address: libertytabmin@sbcglobal.net

Worship Services ........9:30 & 11:30 A.M. Word Power/Bible Study (Wed.) 6:30 P.M. “I Care Ministry” (Sat.) .......... 9:45 A.M.

Dr. Michael Fisher Pastor

SERVICE TIMES: Sunday Worship ....Main Sanctuary.... 9:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Evening Worship (Sun)....Main Sanctuary................. 6:00 P.M. Bible Study (Wed.) Little Zion Campus 12:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M.

Gardena

ELDER DAVID CROSS, PASTOR

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

Dr. W. Jerome Fisher Senior Pastor

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ORDER OF SERVICE....... 9:00 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE..... 10:45 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE...... 7:30 P.M.

GREATER MT. SINAI M.B.C. #2

“A Church Bible-Based, ChristCentered & Spirit Led” 12317 S. Wilmington Ave. Compt., CA 90222 Phone: (310) 631-0261 REV. KALVIN E. CRESSEL, SR., PASTOR/TEACHER Bible Institue (Sun.) ............. 9:15 A.M. Morning Worship ............... 10:45 A.M. Mission (Tues.) ................. 10:30 A.M. Teachers Mtg. (Tues.) ......... 6:30 P.M. Bible Study/Discipleship (Wed)7:00 P.M.

UNITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 16133 S. Atlantic Ave., Compton, CA 90221 Office: (310) 604-0234 unitychristianfellowship@yahoo.com website: www.unitycf.org BISHOP JOHNNY R. WITHERS, JR., SENIOR PASTOR/TEACHER Sunday Morning Worship ................................9:30 A.M. Teaching Empowerment Night (Tuesday) 7:00 P.M.

“A Full Gospel B.C. Fellowship Affiliate”

GOSPEL MEMORIAL C.O.G.I.C.

1480 Atlantic Ave., L.B., CA 90813 Phone: (562) 599-7389 BISHOP JOE L. EALY, PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 11:00 A.M. Evening Worship ................... 6:30 P.M. Wednesday Night Prayer ..... 7:00 P.M. Pastoral Teaching (Wed) ...... 7:30 P.M.

YOUR CHURCH NAME

Your Church Address Your Church Phone Number Your Church Email YOUR PASTOR’S NAME

ORDER OF SERVICE....... 9:00 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE..... 10:45 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE...... 7:30 P.M.

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

1160 New York St. Long Beach, CA 90813 Ph. (562) 599-3509; Fx (562) 591-7314 REV. COLEMAN L HART, PASTOR Sunday School ......................... 8:45 A.M. Morning Worship .................... 10:30 A.M. Sun. Discipleship Training ........ 5:00 P.M. Mon. Night Men’s Bible Study .. 7:00 P.M. Tuesday (Mission) WMU .......... 6:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth Family Night 6:00 P.M. Wed. Night (Mid-Week) Prayer 7:00 P.M.

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los angeles BIBLE FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

6915 S. Broadway Ave Phone: (323) 751-3532 (323) 751-7331 REV. DeSHAY L. WARD, SR PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 11:15 A.M. Prayer & Praise.. (Tues)..... 12:00 P.M. Choir Rehearsal ..(Thurs)..... 4:00 P.M. Bible Class ...(Thurs)............ 7:15 P.M.

AVENUE CHRISTIAN LOVE B.C. 7516 S. Central Ave., L.A., CA 90001 PHONE: (323) 587-1586 REV. HAROLD H. LEE, PASTOR

Early Morning Worship (Sun.). 8:00 A.M. Sunday School ........................ 9:15 A.M. Mid-Morning Worship ........... 11:00 A.M. Afternoon Service ................... 4:00 P.M. Mid-Week Bible Study (Wed.) .7:00 P.M. Prayer (Saturday) .................... 8:00 A.M.

BETHEL M.B.C. OF SOUTH L.A.

10905 S. Compt., Ave., L.A., CA 90059 Phone: (323) 566-5286/Fax: 566-3224 REGINALD POPE, DP.TH., PASTOR Worship ........... 8:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Sun. School & Bible Train. .... 9:30 A.M. Evangelism/Prayer (Mon.) ..... 7:29 P.M. Prayer/Bible (Wed.) 11:30 AM/6:30 P.M. Radio KTYM-1460 AM ( Fri.).. 8:30 P.M. www.BethelSouthLA.org

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7301 So. Avalon, L.A., CA 90003 Phone/Fax: (323) 759-8087 REV. RAYMOND A. DENNIS, PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ............... 10:30 A.M. Mission Mtg. (Wed.) ........ 12:00 Noon Bible Study/Prayer Mtg. (W) 7:00 P.M.

GRACE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH

7017 Gramercy Place, LA Ca Phone: (323) 971-8192 Fax: (323) 750-5106 MIQUAIL BROADOUS, SENIOR PASTOR/TEACHER Sunday School ........................ 9:00A.M. Morning Worship .................. 10:00 A.M. Intercessory Prayer..(Wed.)..... 6:30 P.M. Wednesday Worship. (Wed).... 7:00 P.M.

GREATER MT. HERMON M.B.C.

2302 West 132nd St., L.A., CA 90059 Ph: 310-635-1958 FAX: 310-635-1938 REV. A.R. BILLINGLY Organizer/Builder REV. KENNETH A. HALL, PASTOR Sunday School ...................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ................. 10:45 A.M. Evening Worship .................... 6:00 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer (Wed) 12 Noon/7:30 P.M.

CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHRCH

7623 8th Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90043 Phone: (323) 751-1121 Fax: (323)751-1122

REV. A.T. WILLIAMS SR. ORGANIZER REV. RODERIC BELL, PASTOR Sunday School ............................... 9:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship .............. 11:00 A.M. Bible Study/Prayer Mtg... (Thurs) .... 6:00 PM.

EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH

4901 S. Avalon Blvd. L.A. Ca 90011

Ph: (323) 232-0398 Fx: (323) 232-7183 Email; ebc4901@sbcglobal.net

DR. KENNETH E. LITTLE, PASTOR Intercessory Prayer.............. 8:30 A.M. Sunday School ..................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship..................11:00 A.M.

Night Service . (2d & 4th Sun.) 7:00 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer/Bible Study (Wed) .7:00 P.M.

FAITH AND HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH 344 West Florence Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90003 PHONE: (323) 753-6445 E-mail: faithhopecommunity@att.net REV. LA VELLE M. GATES SENIOR PASTOR

Sunday School ...................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship .................. 11:00 A.M. Discipleship Ministry (Tues.) ... 7:00 P.M. Get In Shape Ministry (Wed.) ... 7:00 P.M.

FIRST BETHANY M.B.C 507 W. 49TH Street Los Angeles, CA 90037 PHONE: (323) 232-4421 REV. GREGORY D. McClain PASTOR Sunday School ...................... 9:15 A.M. Morning Worship .................. 10:30 A.M. Communion Serv. (1st Sun)....10:30 A.M Bible Study (Wed.) ................. 6:00 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer (Wed.) .............. 700 P.M.

FRIENDLY FRIENDSHIP B.C.

10101 S. Avalon Blvd., L.A., CA 90003 Phone: (323) 756-4088 REV. LAMONTE KING, PASTOR Early Worship ........................ 8:00 A.M. Sunday School ...................... 9:05 A.M. Morning Worship ................. 10:30 A.M. Monday Bible Study ............... 7:00 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer (Wed.) ....... 12:00 NOON Mdwk. Pray/Bible Study (Wed) ... 7:P.M.

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GREATER MT. OLIVE B.C.

659 West Colden Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90044 Office: (323) 755-3201 REV. C. LAMAR SIMMONS PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 8:00 A.M. Morning Worship .................. 9:00 A.M. Prayer Meeting (Tues.) .......... 7:00 P.M.

GREATER NEW LIGHT B.C.

1154 E. 92nd Street Los Angeles, Ca 90002 Ph: (323) 567-1993 Fx: (323) 567-1407 E-mail: PastorPDRoss@aol.com DR. PATRICK D. ROSS, PASTOR Sunday School ...................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship Service ......11:00 A.M. Prayer....(Wed)........................7:00 P.M. Bible Study...(Wed)..................7:30 P.M. Prayer ....(Wed & (Fri)...9:00-10:00 A.M.

GREATER NEW UNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

9719 S. Avalon Blvd., L.A., CA 90003 Phone: (323) 757-5094; FAX: (323) 757-1080 E-Mail: gnubc@att.net REV. RANDY ALLISON, JR. PASTOR

Sunday School ....................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ..................10:45 A.M. Children’s Church ................ 10:45 A.M.

Midweek Prayer/Bible Study (Wed.) ...7:00 P.M.

LOVE LIFTED ME M.B.C.

6501 Crenshaw Blvd - L.A., CA 90043 Ph: (323) 778-5438 Fx:(323) 778-0574 PASTOR DR. S.S. SHIGG ORGANIZER/PASTOR Sunday School .......................9:00 A.M. Worship Service ................. 11:00 A.M. Prayer/Bible Study ................ 6:30 P.M. Silent Revival (1st Sat).. 2:00-2:15 P.M.

MOUNT ISRAEL M.B.C.

230 W. 103rd Street, L.A., CA 90003 (323) 757-3090; Fx: (310) 532-8498 Email; jessiewalker@ca.rr.com DR. JESSE L. WALKER, PASTOR Sunday School ........................ 9:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship ..... 11:00 A.M. Midwk. Worship Serv/Prayer Mtg 7:P.M. B.T.U. (Sunday)......................10:15 A.M. Choir Rehearsal (Friday.) ...... 7:00 P.M.

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH 5200 South Central Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90011 PHONE: (323) 232-4326

REV. LARRY D. HOOKS II, Pastor Sunday School ........................ 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................... 11:00 A.M. (1ST Sunday - Communion Service 8:00 A.M.) Prayer Service (Thurs.) ........... 7:00 P.M.

NEW PROVIDENCE M.B.C.

10200 South Normandie Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90044 Phone: (323) 754-3779

Sunday School ..................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 10:45 A.M. Prayer/Bible Study (Wed.) .... 6:30 P.M. Choir Rehearsal (Thurs.) ...... 7:00 P.M.

ONE FAITH FELLOWSHIP P.O. BOX 56641, LA, CA 90056 E-MAIL: OneFaith2007@aol.com www.onefaithfellowship.org Phone: (323) 481-6724 Dr. Tonya Lewis, Founder/President 1st Saturday - Fellowships Celebration of Youths - March Celebration of Adults - August

PILGRIM’S HOPE BIBLE CHURCH 7016 S. Compton Ave, L.A. Ca 90001 Phone: (323) 581-7672 Fx: (323) 581-6466 Email: phbc7016@att.net

JOE L. SMITH JR., PASTOR / TEACHER Sundays Early Morning Worship ..............9:45 A.M. Word-Up Bible Study .2nd & 4th ..8:30 A.M. Children’s Church ................... 9:30 A.M. Mid Week Bible Study .............12:00 P.M.

HOLY MISSION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1614 East 41st Street Los Angeles, CA 90011 PHONE: (940) 442-2972 Noah W. Payne, Pastor Rev. Reginal Payne, Asst. Pastor

Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Prayer Service (Tues) 7:00 P.M. Choir Rehearsal (Thurs) 7:00 P.M.

HOLY ROCK MISSIONARY B.C.

11009 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90061 Phone: (323) 779-0583 REV. LEHMAN JOHNSON, PASTOR Sunday Morning Worshi .... 8:00 A.M. Sunday School ................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ............... 11:00 A.M. Prayer/Intercessory (Tues.) .. 7:00 P.M. Prayer/Mid-day (Fri.) ... 12:00 NOON

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los angeles PARK WINDSOR BAPTIST CHURCH Park Windsor B.C. is a Church of “Inclusion, Not Exclusion” 1842 W. 108th Street, L.A. Ca 90047 Phone: (323) 756-3966 F: (323) 756-3969

REV. TERRELL TAYLOR - PASTOR

Morning Worship Service ..8:00 & .11:00 A.M. Sunday School ...........................9:30 AM Noon Bible Study...Wed............... 12:00 PM Prayer Meeting/Bible Study Wed... 7:00 PM

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SOUTHERN MISSIONARY B.C.

“One Church For All Generations” 4678 West Adams Blvd, L.A. CA 90016 (323) 731-2703 Email: smbcla@gmail.com XAVIER L. THOMPSON, PASTOR/TEACHER Sunday School ................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ...............10:30 A.M. Bible Study (Wed.) ............. 6:45 P.M.

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1812 E. 110th St. - L.A., CA 90059 Phone: (323) 566-5315 Res.(310) 635-2827 Fx: (323) 566-2349 DR. MILTON MARSHALL, SR., PASTOR Sunday School .................... 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 11:00 A.M. Prayer Mtg./Bible Study (Tue.) 5:00 P.M. UBU Club (Ages 13-19) 4th Wed. 6: P.M.

SOUTHWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH

PLEASANT VIEW M.B.C. 7524 S. Compton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90001

Ph: (323) 581-9900 Email Address: pvmbc54@yahoo.com REV. MICHAEL WHITE - PASTOR Sunday School ............9:15 - 10:30 A.M. Morning Worship Service ........11:00 A.M. Wednesday Night Prayer...........7:00 P.M. Wednesday Night Bible Study....7:30 P.M.

REDEEMER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

1631 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: (323) 732-4124 REV. CURTIS MONROE, JR., PASTOR Sunday School ......................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship .................... 11:00 A.M. Mdwk Prayer/Bible Study (Wed) 7:30 P.M.

12121 S. Avalon Blvd. L.A. Ca 90061 Phone: (323) 755-9541 PASTOR DONALD ROBERSON ROY L. ROBERSON, PASTOR EMERITUS Sunday School ................ 9:25 A.M. Morning Worship ........... 11:00 A.M. Bible Study (Wed.) .......... 7:00 P.M.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH 4155 McKinley Ave., L.A., CA 90011 PH: (213) 233-3289; FX: (323) 233-9356 E-Mail: Tabernacle_bc@yahoo.com PASTOR LESTER MOSLEY 8:00 A.M. ........ Early Morning Worship (1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday) 9:30 A.M. ....... Sunday Church School 11:00 A.M. ................ Worship Service 7:30 P.M. (Wed.) Mid-Week BibleStudy & Prayer Service

TABERNACLE OF FAITH B.C.

11328 S. Central Ave., L.A., CA 90059 Phone: (323) 569-4162

ROCK OF FAITH M.B.C.

www.tabernacleoffaithbaptistchurch.com

5151 South Normandie Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90037 Off.: (323) 296-5840 / 751-2658 REV. E. A. TAYLOR, FOUNDER Rev. William G. Davis, Jr., Pastor Sunday School ..................... 9:05 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 10:15 A.M. Afternoon Worship ............... 3:30 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer (Wed.) ............ 7:00 P.M.

REV., DR. R. M. LEFFALL, PASTOR Sunday School .................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 11:00 A.M. Evening Worship .................. 7:00 P.M. Bible Study (Mon.) ................ 7:00 P.M. School of Prayer (Wed.) 11A.M. & 7PM

936 W. 49th Street Los Angeles, CA 90037 Phone (323) 752-0855 stjohnbc@att.net REV. JAMES A. BROOKS PASTOR Sunday School......................9:30 A.M. Morning Worship...................10:45 A.M. Prayer/Bible Study..... (Wed)....6:00 P.M.

ST. REED BAPTIST CHURCH

656 East 79th Street - L.A., CA 90001 Ph: (323) 752-7807; Fx. (323) 758-8529 E-mail: StReed@sbcglobal.net REV. C.R. JONES, PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................. 11:00 A.M. Bible Study (Wed.) .............. 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service (Wed.) .......... 6:30 P.M. B.T.U. ..................................... 5:30 P.M. Teacher’s Mtg. (Thurs.) ......... 5:30 P.M.

ST. REST MISSIONARY B.C.

709 W. Manchester - L.A., CA 90044 Phone: (323) 752-6179 REV. TORREY COLLINS, PASTOR Sunday School ................... 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ............... 10:45 A.M. Evening Worship ................. 3:30 P.M. *Bible Study (Tues.) ............. 7:00 P.M. *Bible Study (Wed.) ........... 11:00 A.M. Choir Rehearsals (Wed. & Fri.) 7: P.M.

1210 East 41st St., L.A., CA 90011 Ph.: (323) 232-2694 FAX: (323) 231-3592 REV. J. LAWRENCE GULLEY, PASTOR Sunday School ......................... 9:15 A.M. Morning Worship .................... 10:50 A.M. B.T.U. ........................................ 5:45 P.M. Evening Worship ...................... 6:45 P.M. Mdwk. Prayer (Wed.) ............... 6:30 P.M. Bible Class ................................ 7:00 P.M.

TRAVELER’S REST M.B.C.

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1417 East Florence Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90001 Phone: (323) 582-7797 E-mail: travelersrest@sbcglobal.net

Morning Worship .........8:00 A.M. Church School .......... 9:30 A.M. Worship Service........ 11:00 A.M.

Ph: (323) 581-7711 (323) 296-1338 REV. L.L. LEWIS, PASTOR/TEACHER

Sunday School ...................... 9:30 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship..... 11:00 A.M. Prayer /Bible ............12:30 & 6:30 P.M. Men Ministry Sat before 1st . 10:00 A.M. Women’s Ministry...4th Sat ...11:00 A.M.

WELCOME MISSIONARY B.C.

8615 South Central Avenue Los Angeles, Calif. 90002 www.Welcomebaptistla.org Ph: (323) 582-5813; FAX: (323) 582-4587 REV. J. W. BROWN, PASTOR Morning Worship .................... 8:00 A.M. Church School ..................... 10:00 A.M. Communion Served (Every 1st Sun.) Mid-Week Prayer (Wed.) .. 12:00 NOON Mid-Week Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 P.M.

(The Historical) WELLER STREET M.B.C.

129 S. Gless Street Los Angeles, CA 90033 Phone: (323) 261-0949 REV. K. W. TULLOSS, PASTOR Sunday School ..................... 8:00 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship ..... 9:00 A.M. Sunday Evening Worship........6:00 P.M. Bible Study (Tues).................. 5:00 P.M.

10400 S. San Pedro Street, L.A. Calif. 90003

“Family of Purpose” CHURCH Phone: (888) 294-5545 www.FOPLive.com

REV. FREDERICK E. HOWARD Senior Pastor/Teacher Editor/Publisher Sunday School ...................Sunday....................... 9:30 A.M. Worship Celebration...........Sunday..................... 10:45 A.M. Mdwk. Prayer ......................Wednesday................ 7:00 P.M. Choir Rehearsals................Thursday.....................7:00 P.M. LIVE BROADCAST * SUNDAY 11:00 AM FOPLivel.com

BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH 1454 E. 100th St., L.A., CA 90062 CHURCH: (323) 564-0691

www.BeulahBaptistLa.org TRUE EVER FAITHFUL B.C.

11167 S. Main Street, L.A., CA 90061 P: (323) 755-1134 F: (323) 755-1133 REV. K.L. BURRUS, JR., PASTOR Sunday School .................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship................ 11:00 A.M. Mission Circle...(Tues)......... 6:00 P.M. Pastor’s Bible Study.(Tues).. 7:00 P.M. (Except 1st Tues) Prayer & Teachers Mtg (Wed).6:00 P.M.

REV. ROBERT L. TAYLOR PASTOR

Sunday School .....................................................9:00 A.M. Morning Worship ............................................... 10:00 A.M. Bible Study (Wednesday) .................................... 7:00 P.M.

YOUR CHURCH NAME TRUE WAY MISSIONARY B.C.

SOUTHERN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTHEAST L.A. 1149 E. 68th St. L.A. CA 90001

1521 East 111th St., L.A., CA 90059 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 61218 Los Angeles, CA 90061-0218 Phone: (323) 569-8819 REV. W. CHARLES HARRIS, II, PASTOR Sunday School ...................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship .................. 10:50 A.M. Program/Vesper Hour ............. 4:00 P.M. Prayer/Bible Study (Wed.) ...... 7:00 P.M.

SOUTHSIDE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH

ST. JOHN M.B.C.

VILLAGE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

9122 S. San Pedro St., L.A., CA 90003 Phone: (323) 755-4087 REV. DONALD L. WILSON, PASTOR Early Morning Worship ......... 8:00 A.M. Sunday School ................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ................ 10:30 A.M. Prayer Meeting / Mission Bible Study Wednesday ............. 6:00 P.M. Sun. School Teachers Mtg. (Wed) 7P.M.

Your Church Address Your Church Phone Number Your Church Email YOUR PASTOR’S NAME ORDER OF SERVICE....... 9:00 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE..... 10:45 A.M. ORDER OF SERVICE...... 7:30 P.M.

Matthew 28:18-20 Says to Go Ye Therefore into ALL Nations.

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JASON TROY LEWIS

David, a 2-year old with leukemia, was taken by his mother, Deborah, to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, to see Dr. John Truman who specializes in treating children with cancer and various blood diseases. Dr. Truman’s prognosis was devastating: “He has a 50-50 chance.” The countless clinic visits, the blood tests, the intravenous drugs, the fear and pain--the mother’s ordeal can be almost as bad as the child’s because she must stand by, unable to bear the pain herself.

David never cried in the waiting room, and although his friends in the clinic had to hurt him and stick needles in him, he hustled in ahead of his mother with a smile, sure of the welcome he always got. When he was three, David had to have a spinal tap--a painful procedure at any age. It was explained to him that, because he was sick, Dr. Truman had to do something to make him better. “If it hurts, remember it’s because he loves you,” Deborah said. The procedure was horrendous. It took three nurses to hold David still, while he yelled and sobbed and struggled. When it was almost over, the tiny boy, soaked in sweat and tears, looked up at the doctor and gasped, “Thank you, Dr. Tooman, for my hurting.” The Apostle Paul resolves in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, “...I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” Understand friends that God is at work in our lives in-spite of the various pains we endure. Article by: Jason Troy Lewis, Executive Pastor, The Redeemer Church of Los Angeles 1631 W. Adams Blvd, L.A., CA 90007 www.facebook.com/jasontroylewis www.jasontroylewis.blogspot. com www.instagram.com/jasontroylewis

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creating and maintaining ministries geared toward community outreach, and strategies in maintaining ministries in adverse economic climates. Other highlights of the Conference include the “Lunch & Learn” series, which will be held on Tuesday 12:15 PM at the cost of $15.00 each. The session will be led by a panel of distinguished clergy, and will cover a wide range of topics. Some of the highlights are as follows: Golf fellowship at 8:00AM Tee Off at Coyote Hills Golf Course 1440 East Bastanchury Road, Fullerton, CA 92835 at the cost of $150.00. On Monday evening October 7, 2013, at 7:00 PM WHW Ministries will host a Night Service with Rev. Cedric Cheatham of Fort Wayne, Indiana. On Thursday October 10, 2013 WHW Ministries will host “Presidents Night”, featuring WHW Ministries’ President, Dr. R.A.

Travelers Rest M.B.C. The Pastoral search committee is accepting resumes for a Pastor. If you are an ordained Baptist Minister please submit your resume with photo. Attention; pulpit committee c/o Sis. Mary McCarthy. 1417 East Florence Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90001. Church PH (323) 582-7797 ** Chairperson @ (323) 759-6031 Williams as the speaker for the evening. On Friday, October 11, 2013, WHW Ministries will host its annual commencement ceremonies for the 2013 graduates of Faith Seminary. Faith Seminary is a fully accredited University which offers baccalaureate and graduate degrees in Christian Studies, Divinity and Theology. The University has partnered with WHW Ministries to offer a comprehensive curriculum in Christian studies for WHW Conference members. The cost for all classes and learning materials is $295.00 until October 1, 2013 and On-Site registration will be $320.00. Lodging is available at the Hotel at a special rate for WHW Ministries participants. If you are looking to expand your growth in Biblical study, you cannot afford to miss this conference. From the first day, you will realize, as many others have, that your life, ministry and walk with God will never be the same. For more information or to register please visit our website www.whwministries.com or call toll free 888-949-2378.

Wants to inform you that the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Los Angeles Will NOT be in Session For the full month Of Sepetember. We will reconvene on OCTOBER 7, 2013 @ 11:00 am You are welcome to watch our Archived Services Streaming Live at www.BMCLive.com

Measure of a Man

Inspired by Mark 10: 43-45 Dedicated to Rudy Johnson It’s not in the value of his checkbook Or in his philosophical outlook Neither in his ownership of land God’s measure of a man Not in his possessions or his titles His diplomas, his awards, his engraved idols Nor in his politics, his notable past Donating large sums is not the task God’s measure of a man is his servitude Life storms does not render him unglued He endures narrow roads and dangerous curves To answer the call of the God he serves His sees life from the view of a hill On his appointed journey to do God’s will He sees beyond the scope of the average man His vision to serve gives him the upper hand He forges onward beyond his physical pain He rises from his bed with a song to sing Loves his family and does them no wrong God has heard him pray all night long He must be measured by God’s scale A seven foot tape is to no avail Thus God’s measure of a man Is not measured by the height he stands

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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. – Galatians 5:16-18

byANDREA Andrea ANDREWS Andrews When God created us in His own image His creation included His emotional characteristics. We know from Gen-

esis to Revelation that God is full of emotion – love, compassion, joy, laughter, anger, patience, mercy, wrath, forgiveness, tears etc. When He said, “Let us create man in our own image”, that meant that humankind [male & female] would be a direct reflection of His true nature. His original creation experienced deep fracture in the Garden of Eden

and has subsequently suffered grave consequences especially for those within His family [believers]. Instead of such emotion being bridled and contained by the “self control” we are to exhibit, we battle daily with our flesh to submit to the Spirit of God; whether it be the argument we had before we left the house, that inconsiderate driver we yelled at during

our commute or the auxiliary board member we cussed out after church on Sunday – God is not pleased. Nor is He pleased when we withhold compassion, mercy, patience and love. God adorned us with the “gift” of emotion in order that we “fully” experience this journey and so that we are always intimately connected to Him. He did not give us these

characteristics in order that they RULE over us. The only Ruler over our lives must be The Lord God. Once we make Him LORD over our lives, our flesh becomes second nature and what was once our primary nature [self gratification] falls away. Peace, Love & Blessings – Mrs. Garcia www.theprocesschristiancounseling.com

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

7 Keys To An Effective Ministry (Part 1) A Leadership Lifter by, Rick Warren

DR. JOYCE HARRELL

Rick Warren states, “Every Christian needs a ministry and a mission. You need a ministry to believers and a mission to unbelievers.” Rev. Warren goes on to state that , “regardless to where “God uses you or how God uses you, there has

to be seven functions in order to have God’s blessings on it.” Number 1, an effective ministry is based on God’s grace. We must realize that we don’t deserve to be in ministry. We don’t deserve to be a Christian, much less be in the ministry. We don’t deserve forgiveness, much less to be able to be used by God. Grace is the fact that God knows every stupid mistake I’ll make in the ministry and yet He has chosen me anyway. Just because you’re serving the Lord, doesn’t mean that you’re not going to make any mistakes. You will. Just because you are a minister of

God doesn’t mean you are perfect. You’re not. I’m not. None of us are. We are all Becomers. We are all on the road. While we are growing, we’re giving. While we’re growing, we’re serving. Number 2, an effective ministry is not only based on God’s grace, it’s built on God’s Word. The Bible is the guidebook for ministry. Not anything else. We need to get acquainted with 1 and 2 Timothy and the book of Titus. You, as someone who’s involved in ministry in your church, need to be very familiar with these books because they’re written to people in the ministry. They

are guidelines for service. Acts 20:32 “I give to you the word of grace which is able to build you up.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness that the man or woman of God may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work.” Phillips translation: “That we may have the comprehensive equipment to serve God.” Number 3, the third mark of a ministry that God really blesses is it’s done for God’s glory. It’s not built to promote a personality. Humil-

ity is being honest about your weaknesses and recognizing that your strengths are gifts from God. You should be able to say with confidence, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” It does not mean you’ve got it all together. You’re never going to have it all together until you get to heaven. But you need to be able to say, “Follow me as I follow Christ because my heart is in this direction. That’s where my heart is. That’s where I want to go. That’s where I want to be. I’m not perfect but that’s where I want to be.” Dr. Joyce’s contact information is, Joyce-harrell@sbcglobal.net

lives and will to Him to fulfill the purpose and assignments which He has for our lives! We can’t allow ourselves to be tricked by the deceitful tricks of Satan! We must remember that He who faithfully endures to the end shall be saved. This means that we can’t pretend to follow Jesus or to follow Him from afar and not be fully committed to Him. Daddy

God sent His Son, and His Precious Son gave His life so that this place will be our ONLY experience of Hell. The Holy Spirit desires to lead and guide us into all truth and righteousness. We must make up minds to continue to believe in, live for and serve Jesus so that this present world won’t be our experience of “Heaven”. Then, and only then, will we

be able to know FOR A FACT that this current world is our sample of hell and that we are on our way to experience our Heaven! God bless!! Enable One Faith Fellowship to publicly honor special people in your life and/or be a vendor at our 10th Celebration on Nov. 16, 2013!-Join us for our 1st Sat. Fellowship, October 5, 2013, 1:15 p.m. at the U S Bank

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as described in Revelation, the 21stchapter gives us hope and faith that if we just hold on a little longer; that we will be able to experience its reality. So, our present focus and agenda must be to make sure we stay in right relationship with the Lord! We must continue to seek and obey Him! We must continue to yield our

HOW DARE YOU, GOD? (PART IX)

LADY DR. PHELENCIA A. WHITE

“And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wick-

ed.” - Exodus 9:27“I have sinned THIS TIME”, says Pharaoh. MOMENTARY CONVICTION in an EMOTIONALLY DISTRESSING SITUATION like an ALTAR CALL at a FUNERAL. Where do the EMOTIONALLY STIRRED SOULS GO after we do a HEAD COUNT to IMPRESS ourselves and then go to the REPAST? Who KNOWS? Better yet DOES ANYONE CARE? Pharaoh’s HEART was STILL WICKED! (Jer. 17:9-10) The WICKED ENJOY doing WICKEDNESS. (Ps. 10) A young GIRL on T.V. was on the phone talking to

her girlfriend about CAUSING TROUBLE and said, “I JUST LOVE A SCANDAL!” preparing to launch one against a WOMAN. Girl. Woman. Got it! Good! The person on the phone tried to tell her NOT TO DO IT. JEZEBEL was a CUTE, HOT MESSY MESS and had to test her SKILLS ultimately becoming a FINANCIAL LIABILITY for the PRODUCERS so SHE HAD TO GO. (Prov. 12:1-8; Rev. 2:18-29) She LOVED LIVING her LIFE for the LOVE of the MESS and it COST HER DEARLY! MANY SAVED FOLKS like the SAME THING! (Prov. 6:16-19)

Would a truly CONVERTED, BORN AGAIN, NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST like doing things like this? (2 Cor. 5:17) NO! But those who do them are LIARS just like their DEVIL DADDY! (Prov. 11:1921) “Entreat the LORD…that there be no more mighty thundering and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.” was Pharaoh’s request and promise. (Ex. 9:28; Joel 2:12-32) Moses’ response, “As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD…” (Ex. 9:28) Moses was in a CURSED LAND and went to PRAY in

the PLACE where His God DWELLED! (Ex. 9:24-26; 2 Chron. 7:14; 2 Cor. 6:14-18; 1 John 1; Rev. 18) He prayed. The plague STOPPED! (Ex. 9:33) Was Pharaoh a CHANGED MAN? NO! Just because people LOOK and TALK LIKE they are CHANGED does not MEAN THEY ARE CHANGED! We let ANYTHING with a CHRISTIAN LABEL into GOD’S HOUSE as long as it DOESN’T AFFECT OUR PERSONAL AGENDAS. We Continued On Page 15 HOW DARE YOU ...

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Joyce Howard, Hattie Marshall; and Teen Class with Sister Bertha Sweet. Other Facilitators are as follow: E-102, Scripture Comprehension for Witnessing with Sisters Juanita Pope and Melverna Brown; E-103, Scripture Memorization and Role Play with Sisters Dixie Brown and Cassandra Jones; E-104, Conversational Witnessing as You Go with Sisters Irma Bowman and

Tara Aldridge; E-105, Responding to Cults and False Doctrines with Sister Brenda Hawkins; E-106A, How to be a People Helper with Sisters Brenda Wood and Helen Moore; E-106B, Personal State for Witnessing with Deacon Eddie Sweet and Minister McKinley Moore; E-106C, God’s Power for Helping Hurting People with Ministers Alvin Stafford, Quentin McKinney and Sister Jenell Ross. The bible says, “and the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, The same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” II Timothy 2:2 Wednesdays, starting October 2nd at 6:30 pm., Bible Book-by-Book facilitated by Pastor Pope. Come out and search the Word. Get Fired Up!!! Bethel is located at 10905 South Compton Avenue, Los Angeles. Reginald Pope, Pastor/President Brenda Hawkins, Dean Doris Turner and Dixie Brown, Evangelism Coordinators B. Sweet, Reporter.

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HOW DARE YOU ...

will THROW GOD’S ANOINTED OUT of GOD’S HOUSE to let the HOMIES INSIDE! GOD’S HOUSE IS NOT A PERSONAL CLUB HOUSE! Then we EXPECT GOD to FINANCE OUR MESS because we THROW HIS NAME ON IT! NO! GOD is FINANCING the mother who is MAKING SANDWICHES in her KITCHEN to feed the HOMELESS from her pocket. The brother or sister who is COLLECTING CLOTHES for those IN NEED WITH A PURE HEART and not trying to BUILD A WARDROBE off of the donations. GOD is FINANCING those who ARE COMMITTED to GOING into the STREETS to COMPEL men, women, boys and girls to present their BODIES to HIM as LIVING SACRIFICES, HOLY, and ACCEPTABLE which is their REASONABLE SERVICE. (Rom. 12:1-2) GOD is FINANCING MINISTRIES designed to PLEASE HIM and not PLEASE MAN. Those who MIGHT NEVER RECEIVE A DIME because THEY AREN’T on the CHURCHES A-LIST, but are on GOD’S BLACKLIST…despised and rejected of men, looking JUST LIKE JESUS committed to BUILDING the KINGDOM. (Is. 53) These are those who PRAISE GOD for the $1.00 in the TITHE and OFFERING plate after they’ve SPENT $1,000 to do God’s work EXPECTING NOTHING believing GOD for EVERYTHING because HE IS JEHOVAH JIREH! Yes, God is STILL WORKING behind the scenes for His people, His Glory and His Honor. (Rev. 4:11) Hold on Moses! Hold on! God is NOT THROUGH with you YET! (Ex. 10:1-2) … Until Next Time… PART 10…May God’s Best Be Yours…In His Continued Service, Lady Dr. Phelencia A. White, Executive Spiritual Director * Girlfriends In Christ International, Inc. * www.GirlfriendsInChrist.org * Telephone: (323) 750-4GIC (4442) * Email: info@GirlfriendsInChrist.org

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