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Evangel’s Appeal and Message Prove to be Timeless
By Ron Kopczick | June 12, 2009
Two weeks after receiving a salvation coupon from a Texas inmate who had recently read a Sept. 30, 2001, copy of the Pentecostal Evangel, the publication was sent a report from a man in West Memphis, Ark., testifying he had committed his life to Jesus Christ with the assistance of the Nov. 19, 2000, issue.
The fact there are those coming to salvation through the ministry of Evangels nearly a decade old doesn’t surprise Pastor Rob Durham of Grand Parkway Church in Porter, Texas, a northern suburb of Houston.
“God’s word tells us it will go out and not return void,” says Durham, whose church provided the Sept. 2001 Evangel that ended up changing a life in a Lubbock correctional facility. “Through the printed page, the Evangel builds faith and gives testimony to what God can do in readers’ lives.”
Since January 1997, more than 22,300 individuals have made Jesus their Savior with the assistance of the Evangel. In 2007 the publication received a record 2,231 salvation reports. That total was surpassed when 2,346 testimonials were submitted last year. Nearly 60 percent of the conversions reported to the Evangel come from the incarcerated.
“We encourage our people to carry the Evangels out of the church and pass them along,” adds the 60-year-old Durham, who has pastored Grand Parkway for 30 years. “The Evangel may have changed over the years, but the message has stayed the same.”
Topics: Pentecostal Evangel, prison, church, evangelism, Uncategorized |
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