The Journey

“Our children will define the future, which makes them our most significant and enduring legacy. After all, God never told his followers to take over the world through force or intelligence. He simply told us to have children and then raise them to honor God in all they do.” – George Barna, Transforming Children into [...]

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Carlton Clark is a God-called Evangelist with 15 years preaching experience throughout the United Pentecostal Church fellowship. He preaches both nationally and internationally. I am honored that he [...]

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Direct Connect Ministries is the outreach endeavors of United Pentecostal Church.
This ministry has been led by Art Lavenant in the past. He has done a tremendous [...]

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Well, after my friend Pastor David preached here yesterday I was looking on their photo gallery and thought I recognized that preacher.

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I am posting this a little late because the photos were not up, but now that Sabrina will be handling this for me the pictures will stay current. [...]

We had a great weekend.  The services were power-packed. 
In the early service, I taught on the subject of FOCUS using Numbers 13:30 as my text.  We looked at the difference between the spineless spies and the ones who FOCUS-ed through faith on the promises of God.  The best part of the entire service came [...]

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We had a powerful weekend. We have kicked off our use of Keynote and projector in regular services yesterday.
I preached Sunday morning on the subject of [...]

I read this quote earlier and it spawned a myriad of thoughts, “a church is NOT effective when the pastor ministers to the people–but rather when the body ministers to the body.”
There is an old mindset that only ministry that comes from the platform is true ministry.  However, I would like to take a moment [...]

Joni Evans is the Senior Vice President for William Morris Agency and she tells this story in Fast Company;
“I worked at the Writer magazine. It was a sweatshop, filled with young Radcliffe women working for barely any pay. We would write other people’s articles for them and not get credit. The magazine did a poetry [...]

“Humans crave predictability,” says Howard H. Stevenson, a professor of entrepreneurial studies at Harvard Business School.  But the interesting thing is that passion for God thrives in the midst of chaos and change.  I know that this is hard for some to handle but a careful study of the Bible will reveal to you that [...]