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Shield of Faith July, August, September 2014 (USPS 494-280)

Volume 61, Issue 7-8-9

United Christian Church and Ministerial Assoc.

Don Warren

Conference Host

H. Richard Hall

Founder

Amelia Lucile Hall

Co-founder/President Emeritus

Kenny Dunn Hans Hess Margie Poteat Pat Hayes John Autry Jerry Barnard Larry Nix Keith Nix

June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3

Steve Logan Mike Chapman Charles Poteat Jim Angle Mitch Rhoden Dallas Vines Fred Stapleton Toro Townley

June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4

Everything is ready for Campmeeting 2014, so I have a little time to meditate on what’s been happening here at the

local church in Cleveland these last few months. After much prayer and consideration on both sides we have great

news! Brother Charles and Sister Margie (Minton) Poteat have returned to the pastorate at United Christian Church!

Our services here in Cleveland have been like a picture of what I think it might be like in heaven. The seats are

filled with Holy Ghost-filled men and women of God who have a mind to work. Such talent, I haven’t seen in one place

in a long time! The unsaved are being drawn in and are getting saved and filled with the Holy Ghost! There is such a

feeling of peace and happiness. It reminds me of a little song I learned as a child, “If we all pull together . . . How hap-

py we’ll be!”

I’ve been working on the field with the UCCMA Revival Team. Bro. Keith Nix, Bro. Pat Hayes and Bro. Leonard

Hodge have been preaching with the team. I appreciate the unwavering assistance of General Secretary Paulette Hilton

and Bro. Justin Hodge who accompany the team as well. As Bro. Keith says, “God is up to something big!” We are see-

ing people stirred by the Word and by the Spirit. It is such a blessing to be a part of this team.

I never thought as a little boy in Asheville, North Carolina that I would be given the honor of working with a world

-wide ministry like UCCMA. I remember getting my first little guitar and playing every chance I could get—learning

new chords and listening to the radio to learn new songs. I went to church often. I had given my heart to the Lord, but I

have to admit the main reason I went to church was because they let me play my guitar! The churches weren’t big, the

pews weren’t packed, but the people weren’t wary of letting a little boy play on their platform. I didn’t know that peo-

ple were talking about me and my guitar.

God’s destiny for me stepped in one day. One of those people who had heard about my guitar-playing just hap-

pened to be walking along with Evangelist H. Richard Hall. Brother Hall said, “I need a guitar player for my tent reviv-

als!” At that exact moment, I walked into their view. The young man said, “There’s a boy who is a great guitar player!”

Now I didn’t look like a great guitar player. I looked like a little boy who had just skipped school to go to the movies.

But, thank God, Brother Hall didn’t look through carnal eyes, He looked at me through God’s eyes! He saw his new

guitar player! He asked if I knew about the big revival tent. I knew about it. Everybody in town knew about the huge

tent he had erected. Then he said the words that changed by life forever, “Would you like to go with us and play in my

services?” I said, “I’ll have to ask my Momma!”

I can promise you it wasn’t easy to get my mother to let me leave our home and go off with a preacher. But, every-

thing fell into place as she finally released me to go.

From that day to this, God has directed my steps. I pray I will always look at people through the eyes of God and

see their potential to be a world-changer! This is exactly why UCCMA reaches for the young through Youth Ablaze

and supports missionaries who emphasize a ministry to young folk. I encourage you to bring your students and teens to

this Campmeeting! This could be their year of destiny! I encourage everyone to come to

the Minister’s Conference in August! It’s not just for preachers!

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We go on to new and greater

horizons—to a more excellent way;

to a clear and vibrant sound of fresh

and exuberant victory.

Every day we transcend the un-

known, revel in revelations of the

Spirit.

God is prescient; He knows all fu-

ture things. God foreknows, but He

does not predetermine. He foreknows

one’s determination or will before it is

made by the individual.

If we declare that God exists, then

we must declare that He has fore-

knowledge of even the finite happen-

ings of the future.

God does not have to reason or

think. His knowledge or intelligence

sees and grasps in one divine act.

God has complete and absolute

knowledge of substance or things be-

fore they are formed, shaped or exist.

God does not change, He is

(continuously) the same—past, present

and future. He is immutable from ever-

lasting to everlasting.

Any good, righteousness or virtue

found in anyone is a reflection emanat-

ing from God.

The glory of man and his institu-

tions are (temporal) for a season and

will pass away forever. The glory of

God is supernatural, eternal, and with-

out end.

God is more than omnipresent

(present in all existing things).

God is in all space, time and eterni-

ty, but He is not held by it.

The immensity of God is hard for a

human mind to comprehend.

God is present and exists in those

things that have not come into being.

God’s plans and laws are un-

changeable and irrevocable and He has

a diversity of ordained, chosen and

elected to execute and fulfill His divine

orders.

Only in God is there total perfec-

tion, authority and power.

God alone delegates what He

will to whom He will.

God does not need assistance

from nature, heaven or earth to fulfill

His Word.

He alone is Master; the

total Master, ruler and archi-

tect of all things.

Without doubt, all good

that man does is that which

has been delegated to him by

God.

God could operate His great uni-

verse without the assistance of man.

Man certainly cannot, in any

way, get along without God. Human-

ity must have the assistance of divin-

ity.

Man sees, hears, thinks and acts

in the smallest degree.

In a full life of three score and

ten (70 years), man touches little of

the universe in knowledge or power.

God has the total view, the com-

plete perspective from Alpha to

Omega, comprehensive, providential,

allness.

Anyone can see what God has

willed in the natural order.

Let us search for His will in the

supernatural order.

This will be a spiritual manifes-

tation without the assistance of the

natural.

Let us go on into perfection!

We cannot and will not be bound

by the echoes of the sounds of yester-

year.

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Any good, righteousness or virtue found in anyone

is a reflection emanating from God.

Then we return with the fruit of

divine knowledge.

We dare to explore the spiritual

unknown.

We wait to be carried away in

the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.

Those of the Holy Ghost anoint-

ing and baptism will understand.

We build up our most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Ghost.

Only those who have received

this great outpouring can pray in the

Holy Ghost.

God remains God alone, by

Himself. However, He will abide

with you through the Word made

flesh, the blood of Jesus for Atone-

ment, the Resurrection and when He,

the Comforter, is come He will testi-

fy of Jesus.

God communicates His good-

ness to man through the Spirit.

This being true, it follows then,

those that have the baptism of the

Holy Ghost have direct communica-

tion with God.

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home for an offering of $12, please call or

write us today: 423.472.7271 or UCCMA,

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Bicycling was my sport. Having rid-

den competitively, racing in local rac-es in my younger years, cycling con-

tinued to be great exercise and a

wonderful stress relief for a guy with a

definite Type A personality. With all the challenges ministry can bring, cy-

cling was part of my regular routine …

until Saturday, February 8, 1997.

Sixty degrees was an unseasona-ble temperature for the month of Feb-

ruary. I had to start training early in

the year for the annual MS fundraiser

which was a close to 100-mile ride. On that sunny, warm Saturday after-

noon two friends and I descended the

hill just past my driveway to begin

what was supposed to be a 20-mile training ride. At the bottom of the hill

our ride was cut short. Within seconds

of that descent I experienced the

worst bicycling accident imaginable. My neighbor’s dog had chased the

first cyclist, so he yelled and the dog

went back. I thought the dog would

stay away because he disappeared

from sight … but then out of nowhere, he jumped off a bank right in front of

me. I remember hitting the dog, then

sailing over the handlebars. but I don’t

remember landing. My head hit the pavement so hard I lost conscious-

ness.

What followed was nothing short of

a nightmare. As I lay silent in a pool of blood my friends acted quickly calling

911. I was in and out of conscious-

ness, strapped to a gurney, rushed

into an ambulance, and whisked off to Athens Regional Medical Center. The

emergency room doctor told my family

they were not equipped to handle a

head trauma of such severity so I was

quickly transferred to Erlanger

Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Once there, I was admitted

into ICU and diagnosed as hav-

ing a serious concussion with two dangerous brain bleeds.

The brain injury was so severe my

left leg was paralyzed. I was also

diagnosed as having multiple frac-tures in my face (cheek, nose, jaw-

bone; in addition, I had double vision

caused by orbital blowouts).

My friends brought my helmet to the hospital. When the neurosur-

geon saw it he told my family I would

not have survived had I not worn it.

The Lord touched me that week, ministering to me both physically

and spiritually, and when the swell-

ing in my face went down the plastic

surgeons made an appointment for me to see them in two weeks. The

therapy people fitted me

with a leg brace, gave me

a cane, gave me the num-ber of my local physical

therapist and wished me

luck. The next day I was

dismissed. It had been only one week since the

nightmare began.

After a few days at home, I began to feel an intense

pain in my right lung. It

became so severe that I

could hardly breathe, so I was rushed to the ER again where

they treated me for pneumonia, but

something strange happened. Two

days later it was gone! Something else, more deadly than pneumonia

was going on in my body.

It was only when we started thera-

py that I realized how severe my injuries where. One evening while

my paralyzed leg was being mas-

saged, I began to experience what I

thought was a massive heart attack. I lost consciousness, stopped

breathing, and had no pulse. I had to

be resuscitated twice before arriving

at the hospital. I knew I was dying yet there was a supernatural peace

flooding my spirit. While uncon-

scious I sensed I was freefalling,

then suddenly I was surrounded by

the Spirit of the Lord. I remember

magnifying God, sensing His pres-ence. Then I slowly regained con-

sciousness.

After arriving at Athens Regional, I

was again rushed to Erlanger and admitted to ICU. When I opened my

eyes I heard a couple of interns ask-

ing my doctor how I could be alive

after what I experienced. You see I didn’t have a heart attack all and the

week before it wasn’t pneumonia that

caused the severe pain in my lung.

The doctor informed me that during the leg massage I had passed three

major blood clots from my paralyzed

leg through my heart into my lungs.

One intern whispered, “You can’t do that and live can you?”

The pulmonary doctor instructed

me not to move while they rushed me

into surgery—they could not risk me passing another blood clot. They in-

stalled a “Vena Cava Greenfield Filter”

to catch any more deadly clots.

I spent another week in ICU and was released to go home, much

weaker, but optimistic. Even in my

weakness I knew I was getting better

because I could get around ever so slowly with a leg brace and cane.

The week before Easter, I began to

have complications. My leg swelled immensely and the pain was almost

unbearable. Back to Erlanger I went

and was diagnosed as having “The

Mother of all Clots.” Two ultrasounds revealed a blood clot that reached

from the groin area to the ankle. The

cardiovascular surgeon seemed per-

plexed, saying that he had never seen a clot of such magnitude. He even

talked of amputation .

Overwhelmed emotionally, I began

to tremble when he laid those ultra-sound readouts in my lap.

They then took me back to my

room and the waiting began. As I sat

and stared at the wall, memories of my life flooded my mind. I had been in

Testimony of

Rev. Danny Roberson


I spent three weeks in ICU, but

now it was time for more miracles. The plastic surgeons came to con-

firm my appointment and check on

my progress. When they saw my

face they said “You can forget that appointment, your face looks great.”

You could see they were amazed at

what the Lord had done. If you could

have seen my face in the beginning you would also be amazed. The

Lord was laying the foundation for

the greatest miracle yet.

When I was released this time, I was weak and physically worn out.

Right before I was dismissed a

young doctor came into my room

and sat at the foot of my bed. She told what I could expect in the com-

ing months and years. “Danny, you

will learn to cope with the issues that

have changed in your life. You will probably not be able to sing profes-

sionally or preach because of the

damage the blood clots caused. You

will have diminished lung capacity which will also hinder any kind of

extensive exercise or competitive

sports. You will learn to walk with the

cane and use the brace.” While lying there in that hospital

bed hearing the impossibilities of my

condition, I felt a bubbling inside. It

was a prophetic knowing that it’s not going to end like this. Something

inside my spirit said, “No! God’s

greater than my situation.”

It was so good to get home and settle in. Sitting in my favorite chair

by the fireplace, I thought of the

goodness of God and all He had

brought me through. After two days, I began to call on the Lord. While

hobbling through the house on

crutches, dragging my paralyzed leg,

I stopped in the living room and said

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“Lord touch me, heal me, all I want is

to please you. You are a miracle worker. I know you can do this.”

Immediately I felt strength being

poured into my body. I looked down

and tried to move my toe AND IT MOVED! Then my foot moved and for

the first time in weeks I could feel my

leg. I started crying and I couldn’t

stop. The presence of the Lord was so strong in that room—I realized He

was there with me. In 15 seconds, I

experienced a complete healing.

I scheduled an appointment with the neurosurgeon. When he and two

other doctors examine me they were

amazed. He said I was eight months

ahead of schedule in the healing of my brain. When they finished, they

took me off all medicine. No more

Dilantin (anti-seizure that I was sup-

posed to take for six months) and no more Coumadin (a blood thinner I

was supposed to be on for a year).

I knew I had experienced a super-

natural miracle, but I took the medi-cine until that visit because I wanted

the doctor’s diagnosis to testify of my

healing.

Every doctor—pulmonologist, neu-rologist, and plastic surgeon—told me

they were amazed that I was alive,

much less completely well. Not only did my God heal me but He caused

the doctors themselves to give me a

clean bill of health.

The next week the Chattanooga Times Free-Press called. One of their

reporters had heard my story while in

ICU working on an article. They want-

ed an interview. First they would need to confirm the accuracy of what

they heard, then they wanted to inter-

view me and get my take.

The newspaper ran the first half of my story the next Saturday. The next

week they ran the second half and

the response was heart warming.

God used this miracle to give hope to people who have little hope.

During this season of my life I was

almost obsessed with finding an-

swers as to why this happened. Now when I stand restored 100% and give

my testimony, I can see hope arise in

the hearts of the hearers. Not just for

physical issues, but hope for their life. I praise the Lord with all that is within

me for His compassion and faithful-

ness. Just believe and He will be

there for you.

ministry since age 19. As part of a

Christian singing group I traveled and sang for years. We were blessed by

God with people being saved in every

concert. We sang on nationwide TV

and were able to do concerts at major colleges around the country. At one

point we were invited to open some

crusades for Nicky Cruz former gang

leader and the main character of “The Cross and the Switchblade.“ We were

blessed to see hundreds of young

people delivered from drugs, saved

and filled with the Holy Spirit. All I had known for most of my life

was ministry, but now I was in this

strange place hearing the worst news

yet. Deep, dark depression set in and I cried out to God. “Father, I don’t

belong here, what happened?”

“Please help me.” I was always an

eternal optimist but now I realized what people who are severely de-

pressed go through. My compassion

for anyone who suffers depression

has grown. As I waited to be taken into surgery

an African-American nurse with the

sweetness of a loving grandmother

came to once again take some blood. She noticed the distress in my face

and she shut the door behind her.

She asked me what was going on in my situation and I told her what the

doctors had said. This sweet nurse

with the countenance of an angel laid

both hands on me and began to pray under a heavy anointing.

Suddenly the Lord began to calm

my fears. I stopped shaking and felt a

peace that passes understanding. The door opened and an orderly took

me to surgery. For over three hours I

lay in excruciating pain as the sur-

geon probed my veins with a cathe-ter. When it was finally over I asked

him if he had success. He told me the

clot was not as extensive as they

thought. It was a small but deadly clot behind my knee, but how could two

ultrasound readouts that showed one

massive clot be wrong?

I don’t believe they were. I believe the anointing of the Holy Ghost came

upon one of His saints (who’s name I

still do not know) and she boldly

prayed a prayer of faith over me. When she shut the door and began to

pray I felt something supernatural

happen. That’s when the ultra sound

readouts were altered.


lamb and will speak as a dragon. He

will practice all the powers of the first

beast and will perform miracles bring-

ing fire down from heaven in sight of

the first beast and will tell the people

on the earth to make an image to the

first beast who had a deadly wound

and lived.

The second beast will have power

to cause the image to talk and the im-

age will speak and all who will not

worship the image will be killed.

This second beast will cause a

mark to be placed in the forehead or in

the right hand of all, both small and

great, rich and poor, free and bond.

You cannot buy or sell unless you

have the mark, the name of the beast

or the number of his name in your

forehead or your right hand. The num-

ber of the beast is the number of a

man—666.

All who take the mark of the beast

will be doomed forever—tormented

with fire and brimstone in the presence

I want to express this in the simple

way the Lord impressed it to me.

There shall be a beast rise up out of

the sea having seven heads and 10

horns—in the Scriptures we read the

seven heads are seven mountains and

the 10 horns are 10 kings. That is the

beastly kingdom.

The red dragon—that old devil,

Satan—will give his power of authority

to the first beast He will speak great

things and blasphemies; and power will

be given unto him to continue 42

months. He will have a deadly wound

will live because it was healed.

He will blaspheme against God, his

name, and his tabernacle, and them that

dwell in heaven. He will make war with

the saints, and to overcome them: He

will have power over all kindreds, and

tongues, and nations and all will wor-

ship him except the ones whose name is

written in the Book of Life.

The second beast will rise out of

the earth and will have two horns like a

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of the holy angels, and in the presence

of the Lamb: and the smoke of their

torment will ascend up forevermore.

They will have no rest day or night,.

Now those who take the mark of

beast will have a noisome and grievous

sore come on them to torment them and

they will blaspheme God. Again, I say:

Be sure you do not take the mark of the

beast or you will be doomed forever.

God will take care of His people.

He took care of the children of Israel in

the wilderness and sent manna down

from heaven for 40 years. Jesus is a

Mighty God. All power in heaven and

earth was given unto Jesus—in heaven,

in earth, under earth, in the lightning

and thunder—all power. What a mighty

God!

Make plans to attend the Camp-

meeting June 26 thru July 5 and also

the Ministers Conference on August 24

thru 30. These meetings are going to be

powerful—don’t miss them. I hope to

see you here.

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United Christian Church & Min-

isterial Association (UCCMA) in

Cleveland, Tennessee was estab-

lished and set in order with local,

state and federal government require-

ments in 1956, by President and Ex-

ecutive Administrator H. Richard

Hall and a Board of Directors. IT IS

A FAITH-BASED MINISTRY TO-

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Like the mighty tree that it has be-

come, with fruitful branches stretch-

ing throughout the world, one of the

branches is Associate Churches.

UCCMA grants the benefit of

501©(3) tax exemption to the pastors

who desire to use it. If a man or

woman is ordained through

UCCMA and has an established

church in a definite location with a

church body and regular scheduled

weekly services, you qualify for this

Group Tax Exemption service.

To come under the full coverage

shelter of UCCMA’s Charter, you

would apply for the coverage by con-

tacting UCCMA’s ASSOCIATE

CHURCH DEPARTMENT (423-

479-4277 or 423-472-7271). We will

explain the service to you and send

you a complete packet of information

concerning “Becoming an Associate

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Tax Exemption for churches.

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WHEN ACCEPTED/APPROVED

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Donors may deduct contributions

they make to you.

Bequests, legacies, devises, trans-

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ministry use are deductible for

Federal estate and gift tax pur-

poses.

You are not required to file Fed-

eral income tax returns as long

as tax exempt status is main-

tained.

You are not required to file

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The theme Scripture for this

ministerial association, when estab-

lished and set in order was and is,

“GO YE INTO ALL THE

WORLD, AND PREACH THE

GOSPEL TO EVERY CREA-

TURE. HE THAT BELIEVETH

AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE

SAVED: BUT HE THAT BE-

LIEVETH NOT SHALL BE

DAMNED” (Mark 16:15-16).

The vision of UCCMA, as given

to Brother & Sister Hall, and is now

under the leadership of Don Warren,

president, and Board of Directors, is

to:

Call the Saved, Called &

Anointed of the Lord together,

from every race, creed, culture,

nationality and financial status

and unite them into the fellow-

ship of the Body of Christ.

Ordain, by the anointing of oil

and the laying on of hands, and

set forth, the Apostles, Prophets,

Evangelist, Pastors and Teach-

ers into God’s harvest field.

Anoint and set forth, those who

respect, honor and submit to the

“Gifts of the Spirit” according

to 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 by

serving the people with these

Gifts.

In order to have a successful min-

istry with God and man, it is neces-

sary to walk in the integrity of “The

Fruit of the Spirit” found in Galatians

5:22-23, adhering to the Biblical in-

structions of Galatians 5:24-26.

Please read this Shield of Faith

and renew your memory or become

acquainted with the ministerial ser-

vices offered by this association.

Brother Hall has gone to be with the

Lord but Sister Amelia Hall and Pres-

ident Don Warren and the Board of

Directors remain to carry out the

original vision. The Lord has placed a

staff of workers with the ministerial

association world-wide who are hon-

ored to carry on the legacy of such a

great anointing and ministry.

Areas of ministry are:

Minister’s application to be li-

censed/ordained into the minis-

try.

Bible Correspondence Course

(General Bible Knowledge) – a

full indepth study of the Word

(Old & New Testament) – written

by qualified men and women of

God. Study at your own pace –

graduation ceremony each year is

part of the Annual Campmeeting.

Media ministry – television (see

schedule on page 13) and internet

(http://www.ustream.tv/channel/

uccma).

Associate churches

Shield of Faith publication

Campmeetings and special evan-

gelistic services by different

evangelists

Cleveland United Christian

Church

Revival CDs and DVDs, (Brother

Hall & others), books, Bibles and

Bible Study resources.

Youth Ablaze – International

Youth Director Keith Nix, con-

ducts an annual life-changing

youth camp for young people.

Training seminars are conducted

throughout the year.

United Christian Academy


AUGUST 24—30 WILL BE

AN AWAKENING TIME IN

CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE as

the anointed of the Lord assemble

from around the world for an Inter-

national Minister’s Conference!

The Called, Chosen and Elected

of the Lord will come together,

combining their giftings, callings

and abilities” to equip and prepare

vessels of the Lord for the next

phase of God’s harvest! JESUS IS

COMING – NIGHT IS FALLING

AND THE WORK IS NOT DONE!

We must run to the assembly

ground, one of which is UCCMA,

2200 PEERLESS RD. CLEVE-

LAND, TN, and prepare for battle.

“Come and let us reason together

saith the Lord.”

The night that Jesus told us

about when no man can work, is

upon us. Sickness and disease is

rampant in the land, discourage-

ment, confusion, loneliness and fear

are creating destructive havoc in

multitudes, especially our young

people. Governments are getting

more cunning, controlling and cor-

rupt around the world. False teach-

ings and religious orders (the kind

that Jesus said would deceive the

very elect if possible) are rising up.

The beasts of Ezekiel, Daniel and

Revelation are taking on their iden-

tity as they move into their political

(A Beka curriculum) – preschool

through 10th grade. Summer

Care and After School Care is

available. Ramona Kim is the

School Administrator and Janice

Owenby is Director of the Pre-

school. This school holds an out-

standing rating in our communi-

ty and church.

Prayerline. We will pray for you,

and with you, until God moves.

Information on any or all of

these outreaches are available

(absolutely free) upon request; by

phone, e-mail, website or corre-

spondence.

As you read this information,

you can see that UCCMA is an es-

tablished ministry (1956), very ac-

tive and productive for the End-Time

harvest. The President and Board of

Directors carefully evaluate and pray

about how to most effectively minis-

ter to the needs of God’s people. Our

number one priority is preaching the

Gospel to every person and nation,

winning the lost, healing the sick,

setting the captive free, and love thy

neighbor as thyself.

Borrowing a familiar quote from

the Bible which Brother Hall used

frequently and successfully – “Also I

heard the voice of the Lord saying,

whom shall I send, and who will go

for us? Then said I, here am I; send

me” (Isaiah 6:8).

We will go! Will you please

help us by sending your prayer re-

quest and an offering today! Thank

you in advance. I know we can de-

pend on you!

United Christian Church &

Ministerial Association PO Box 700

Cleveland, TN 37364

You may give online at

ww.uccma.net.

You may give my debit/credit

card by phone by calling

423-472-7271 or 479-4277.

positions. Souls are crying, men are

dying – we must win the lost at any

cost! OUR WORK IS CUT OUT

FOR US!

THE ANOINTED MEN AND

WOMEN OF GOD are at their

post of duty waiting for the WORD

OF GOD to lead us into the full-

ness of our prophetic destination.

The Holy Ghost is calling us togeth-

er in unity for the purpose of taking

this anointed ministry to the next

level. DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

COME AND JOIN US! START

MAKING PLANS NOW TO AT-

TEND EACH SERVICE. WE

NEED YOU! THE LOST AND

HURTING NEED YOU!

MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD –

ladies and gentlemen, from around

the world – it seems I can hear Broth-

er Hall calling to us from yesteryear

through one of his theme songs:

“Harvest time, It’s harvest time. The

grain is falling. The Savior’s call-

ing.O, do not wait. It’s growing late.

Behold, the fields are white, it’s har-

vest time.”

TWO SERVICES DAILY (10

AM & 7 PM) – Two speakers in

the AM services; Speakers will be

listed later. A FULL COURSE

MEAL WILL BE SERVED AF-

TER THE MORNING SERVICE

– A TIME OF SHARING & FEL-

LOWSHIP!

Like the mighty tree . . . UCCMA


tian unity, and evan-

gelistic strategy. At

night I preach in area

churches. Something

I have eaten has

made me sick, but keep

preaching anyway, as

Bro. Hall taught me to do.

October, 2013—Yola, Nigeria—We fly a local plane from Abuja to

Yola, a predominantly Muslim city in

northeast Adamawa State, to join

Bishop Makanto for a conference

at his great church there. Again,

pastors arrive by the hundreds to

attend. Many of them are former

Muslims, now preaching the Gospel

of Jesus Christ.

Both Yola and Abuja have suf-

fered recent Boko Haram attacks

against Christian groups. Our peo-

ple have posted billboards around

Yola advertising our conference,

and a photograph of my smiling face

is prominent on them. Our confer-

ence, my apprehensions notwith-

standing, is a success, drawing

around 500 attendees.

December, 2013—Libreville, Ga-

bon—Rev. Kevin Kellough of Gas-tonia, North Carolina joins me to fly

Turkish Airlines into Istanbul. From

there we travel to Libreville, Gabon.

It is a small French speaking coun-

try in southern West Africa between

Cameroun and the Congo Republic.

We arrive just after midnight, and

September, 2013—Abuja, Nige-

ria—I am traveling with Rev. Michael

Omotoso, a Yoruba speaker from

Ibadan, Nigeria, who now pastors a

church in Bowie, MD. Accompanying

us is Stephen Potter, a young man

from our church in Staunton, VA. Af-

ter 20 flight hours through London we

arrive at night in Nigeria’s capitol city.

Rev. Favour Peters, national coordi-nator of the chaplaincy for the Nigeri-

an army, waits for us outside the air-

port. For a week we are to speak day

and night at a conference of Nigerian

pastors.

Security for our conference is on

high alert. For two years the militant

Muslim jihadist group known as Boko

Haram has been committing terrorist

acts around the country. They assas-

sinate officials, bomb public places

and events, and car-bomb churches.

They are angered because Nigeria is

now led by its first elected Christian

president and because Christianity is

now the majority religion in the na-

tion. They demand a revised consti-

tution granting Islamic law to guide

the judicial system of the northern

states.

Despite this, our conference is

attended by over 300 men and wom-

en from many regions of the country.

I teach daily on leadership principles

from the Scriptures and preside over

lengthy question-and-answer ses-

sions involving church growth, Chris-

Pat with Bishop Mankato and

Michael Omotoso in Nigeria

Stephen Potter preaching in Yola, Nigeria

are met by Pastor Celestin En-

gonga and a delegation from his church. We are fed stewed porcupine

meat with fruit and bread. Brother

Kevin finds it delicious, and I com-

ment that he must be a good mission-

ary…but I later learn that Brother

Kevin will eat anything. We preach for

five days to about two hundred peo-

ple there, and lay plans to begin a

UCCMA Bible college in Libreville.

February, 2014—Nairobi, Kenya—My plane is delayed in Washington

by a snowstorm, and I wait two days

at the Dulles airport waiting for an

announcement to fly. At last a seat is

available to take me through Zurich,

Switzerland and on to Nairobi in East

Africa. Bishop Joseck Tsuma and

his son are waiting for me at the air-

port, and take me for a welcome

night’s rest at their apartment. I am

given the son’s bed, and he sleeps

on the floor.

We begin the delayed conference

in the morning. It is attended by about

250 UCCMA pastors who arrive by

bus from all over Kenya. It is good to

see old friends again. I haven’t been

in Kenya for a few years, and I enjoy

Pat with Bishop Makanto and delegation.


hearing the reports of their ministries.

Bishop Tsuma feeds them and finds

sleeping quarters for them through-

out the week-long meeting. The ser-

vices are in the daytime only, due to

a night-time travel ban and curfew

imposed by the government following

recent political unrest.

April, 2014—Abuja, Nigeria—I trav-

el alone to Abuja again, this time

through Germany, to join Bishop

Napoleon Obayojie at his great

Easter conference. Thirteen church-

es from around Nigeria and other

West African nations gather for the

all-day-and-all-night meetings that go

on for about a week. I am the

“featured” speaker, but I also enjoy

hearing sermons from many other

talented Nigerian preachers, and

spirited music from some of the best

choral and dance groups in Africa.

Two days before my arrival,

Boko Haram terrorists have exploded

a car bomb at the Abuja bus termi-

nal, killing over 70 people and

wounding many others. Again, my

picture is posted on billboards an-

nouncing the conference. I say noth-

ing about it this time, but I wish they

wouldn’t do that. Bishop Napoleon

has careful security screening for

every person entering the compound,

and the conference is guarded by

military and police personnel.

Continued on Page 13.

Pat with Bishop Obayojie and group in Abuja Nigeria

Pat in Africa garb.

Abuja, Nigeria

Pat with Bishop Tsuma and pastors in Nairobi, Kenya

May, 2014—Accra, Ghana—As

this issue of The Shield of Faith

goes to the presses, I am traveling

again to Africa (after having just

returned five days ago from Nige-

ria), this time to join Rev. Samuel

Ayamba in Ghana, West Africa. We

plan to spend two weeks traveling to

five or six areas of the country, hav-

ing conferences with local UCCMA

pastors in Cape Coast, Ashaiman-

Tema, Kofuridua, and elsewhere. I

love beautiful Ghana and its sweet

people, and I look forward to the

wonderful schedule of meetings

there.

Brother Hall first sent me to Afri-

ca in 1979, and I stayed there for

several months, learning how to

communicate into their cultures and

how to present the Gospel among

them. He told me to win souls, to

unite pastors, and to strengthen the

churches. I have followed his direc-

tives for 35 years. We now have

thousands of African ministers joined

to UCCMA. All of them live in difficult

conditions, and proceed patiently

winning their countrymen to the Lord.

I and others from our offices continue

to go as often as we can to help and

encourage them in their work. De-

spite hardships and much violent

opposition, the Gospel moves for-

ward in Africa in a way unprecedent-

ed in history. It is the land of bright-

burning revival and spiritual explo-

sion. Your support helps us to contin-

ue our part in this great move of the

Spirit.

Come to the UCCMA World-

Wide Campmeeting/Convention

(June 26-July 5) in Cleveland, TN

and the International Ministers

Conference (August 24-30) in

Cleveland, TN, and meet many of

our African ministers and others from

around the globe who will travel to

join us here. They want to meet you.

You will taste and experience the


two High School/Elementary gradu-

ations. In each service and gradua-

tion the Lord blessed in powerful

ways of salvation, healing, deliver-

ance, and encouragement. Many

were filled with the Holy Ghost. Let

me share just a few highlights.

As Bro. Mitch Rhoden was

preaching at a church in a mall, a

man walked up, stood in the back

and listened. Then it was as if a

light from heaven shone down on

him. Bro. Mitch asked him to come

up front and he did. Bro. Mitch

asked him, “Are you a Christian?”

He replied, “No.” As Bro. Mitch

lead him in the sinner’s prayer, he

began to cry and shake all over. The

man (Sonny) fell on his knees and

surrendered to the Lord. Then Bro.

Mitch made a general call for salva-

tion and many responded. To God

be the glory!

During another altar call, Bro.

Mitch asked for people with deaf

ears to come for healing. A lady

came forward who said her left ear

was deaf; but Bro. Mitch whispered

in her “deaf” ear and she was an-

swering him back. She must have

been healed while walking to the

altar and hadn’t even realized it!

Praise the Lord!

In another service, one young

lady was weeping in the altar. Bro.

Mitch and Sis. Sandra prayed with

her, not knowing what the situation

was. She was the last one praying in

the altar, so Sis. Sandra prayed with

her a while longer. Tears were

streaming down her face and had

puddled on the floor. Her skirt was

soaked from tears as well. After the

service one of the

Pastors told us the

day before she had

decided to leave the

Bible College be-

The Philippine islands are an ar-

chipelago of over 7,000 islands lying

about 500 mi (805 km) off the south-

east coast of Asia. The population

(2011) is 103,775,002.

Pastor Mitch and Sandra Rhode

just returned from a mission trip to

the Philippines. The Rhoden family

is a ministry-minded family planting

a church and establishing a Christian

school in Macclenny, Florida, as

well as going into the mission fields

as often as possible.

The Rhodens give this report on

their most recent missions trip: We

thank the Lord for another wonder-

ful, blessed mission trip to the Philip-

pines (March 20-April 5, 2014). We

were able to minister at a Men’s

Prayer Breakfast, a Women’s Inter-

cessors Prayer Group, a Ministers/

Workers Conference, two churches,

two Bible College graduations, and

cause her mother had been shot. The

Lord ministered to this young lady

with such a special inward, heart

healing that after the service she de-

cided to stay at the Bible College.

What an awesome God we serve!

Special thanks to host pastors,

Donald and Celia Soriano.

God bless UCCMA for being a

part of what the Lord is doing in the

Philippines.

We hope to see you in the Camp-

meeting June 26-July 5 and Minis-

ter’s Conference August 24-30.

Pastors Mitchell and Sandra Rhoden

Priscilla Rhoden has been to 11 differ-

ent countries and a total of 20 different

Missions trips. She is presently serving

on an extended Missions trip in

Germany. Follow Priscilla on Twitter:

@pmrhoden Mitch preaching in the Philippines.

Mitch praying for precious Filipino.

Mitch & Sandra with Sis. Andrea Pastor

Soriano’s Ex. Director of the orphanage

who graduated with her Masters degree

and Bro. Ian from Australia.


Our hearts cry out for this generation. We must win the lost at

any cost.

The financial load is on me. I really do carry a heavy load.

Your offerings and gifts you place in our hands are used in this

ministry.

We are in a battle for this end-time generation. Our burdens are

heavy, the sacrifice untold and the cost is great. We dare not and

we cannot fail now. The trust of God and the hopes of millions are

upon us. We cannot afford to hold back anything in this great chal-

lenge. We must sacrifice, give, work, preach and pray. We must

give our time, our strength and our abilities.

We need the prayerful consideration and financial assistance of

hundreds of our friends. I ask you to stand with us and support this

ministry of God.

Trust God with what you have, and He will trust you with what

He has. He certainly has more to give than you. If you give to God

and to God’s work, God will definitely give to you.

Will you help us get the work done for God?

Please write us a letter and let us know you are with us in

reaching the lost.

Trust us with your tithes and offerings that will be used for the

glory of God.

We need your help. We cannot carry this load by ourselves. I

know after you pray about this you will do as the Lord leads you.

If you cannot send an offering, please call or write today and

let us know you are standing with us in prayer.

Brother Don Warren,

UCCMA

PO Box 700

Cleveland, TN 37364-0700

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Have you ever noticed this small phrase in

Acts 4:23? The writer describes that after

being arrested and threatened Peter and John,

“…went to their own company, and reported

all…” It makes sense doesn’t it? It was a time

of transition in their lives filled with both the

thrill of breakthrough [a miracle and a harvest

of souls] and the chill of adversity. What did

they do? They immediately sought out their

companions, their friends and shared with

them all that had happened.

The “company” immediately went to pray-

er after hearing the report. In their prayer they

asked God to grant a fresh boldness to Peter

and John by increasing His healing power

and signs and wonders through them. They

prayed together and believed for God to do

greater things among them as they preached

His word and declared His Name!

God was so pleased with this company of

friends as they prayed that His glory mani-

fested so powerfully among them, the very

house they prayed in was “shaken.” And the

Scripture says they “were all filled with the

Holy Ghost…” As a result, they all

were emboldened in their witness of

Jesus Christ to their generation! [See

Acts 4:16-33]

This is what Campmeeting 2014 is

about! It is time for us to gather with

“our own company” from all over the

world. We will share with one another,

worship with one another, pray for each

other, and believe together for God to

shake the place and fill us afresh with

His precious Holy Spirit! This year our

Friday night service will be a night of

Ordination with a special emphasis on

the “laying on of hands” and “anointing

with oil.” I encourage every minister to

come expecting fresh anointing to be

released in your life and ministry!

Make plans now to be part of this

year’s meeting! Your children and

grandchildren will be blessed greatly

by our specialized ministry for them

during the meetings!

And don’t forget Pastors and parents

to get your young people to this year’s

Youth Ablaze camp. Last year young people literally saw the “cloud of His

presence” and I believe this year will be

far more impacting! Our theme is Rise

Up and we are going to do just that!

There is still time and room for you to

get them to Signal Mountain for a life

altering experience with God! It is go-

ing to be powerful!

If you plan to participate

in the 2014 UCBI Gradua-

tion, you must let our of-

fice know before June 1.


I’m very thankful for the Last Days

Word of the Lord. Joel said, “I will pour

out my spirit upon all flesh; and your

sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams, your

young men shall see visions” (2:28). All

age groups are covered. Right now,

where we are, we need a vision.

Proverbs 29: 18 says, “Where there is

no vision, the people perish: but he that

keepeth the law, happy is he.”

Today, I’d like to talk to you about

four things: We visualize, we energize,

we mobilize and we finalize.

Whatever age you are, we must always

have a vision. We can always dream of

dreams in the past. But, God is a God of

the future. He is always in the now. To-

day is the day of salvation. This is the day

the Lord hath made. NOW faith is. Real-

ly God is the same yesterday, today and

forever. He is capable of doing anything

at any time and we just thank Him for

that.

I’d like to encourage you—whatever

age group you are—know you are here on

the earth by divine appointment. God

wants you to renew your vision, renew

your strength and renew your vitality to

mount up with wings as eagles—to al-

ways have something set before you.

Jesus endured His suffering for the joy

that was set before Him (Heb. 12:2). Paul

said, “I press toward the mark for the

prize of the high calling of God in Christ

Jesus” (Ph. 3:14).

1. We must have a vision.

2. We must have the energy for the

vision. We have to energize by the Pow-

er of the Spirit. “Not by might, nor by

power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of

hosts” (Zech. 4:6). When the Spirit came,

they were in one mind,

one place and one accord.

Suddenly something hap-

pened! So you, even as

you read this article, if

you’re open to the Holy

Spirit, God will energize

you. He will give you a

vision. He will renew

your strength and He will

lead, guide and direct

you.

3. We must have the ability to mo-

bilize. “Behold, how good and how

pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to-

gether in unity!” (Ps. 133:1). God wants

us to mobilize. Prefer one another in

love. Realize we are in a body and in

this body the head is Christ. Upon the

earth we are His body. We’re His hands

and feet. “How beautiful upon the

mountains are the feet of him that bring-

eth good tidings, that pub-

lisheth peace; that bringeth

good tidings of good, that pub-

lisheth salvation” (Is. 52:7).

How beautiful are the feet that were

nailed to the Cross for you and me. God

expects us to shod ourselves with the

full armor of God so that we will be able

to withstand all the fiery darts of the

enemy. So as you visualize and you

energize and mobilize, then the Lord

wants us to finalize.

4. We must finalize. He wants you

to start thinking right. In Philippians

4:8, we read, “Finally, brethren, whatso-

ever things are true, whatsoever things

are honest, whatsoever things are just,

whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever

things are lovely, whatsoever things are

of good report; if there be any virtue,

and if there be any praise, think on these

things.” Out of the abundance of the

heart man believeth and out of the abun-

dance of the heart man speaks. He wants

our hearts to be pure and clean before

Him. “The heart is deceitful above all

things, and desperately wicked: who can

know it?” (Jere. 17:9). God knows our

hearts. He knows our motives. He

knows our downsittings. He knows our

uprisings. He are fearfully and wonder-

fully made. We are workmanship of His

hand. Before we were formed in our

mother’s womb—He knew us—when the

seed was planted. At birth the completion

was there. You couldn’t see the fingers,

you couldn’t see the nose, you couldn’t

see the ears, but they were there in the

seed. God knows the end from the begin-

ning and the beginning from the end. He

is alpha and omega, the beginning and the

end, the first and the last.

I encourage you to renew your faith by

visualizing, energizing, mobilizing and

finalizing. Know that the Lord has a great

work for you to do. They are not ran-

dom—the steps of a good man are or-

dered by the Lord. The Lord knows all

things. He is directing your life. I believe

you were instructed to read this article so

you could hear the Word of the Lord

which is eternal—world without end. The

Word of the Lord is forever settled in

heaven, and I pray in the Name of Jesus

that you will hear the Word of the Lord

and begin to hear what He is saying—

what the Spirit is saying to the church. I

pray you will arise and shine for the Glo-

ry of God will be upon you Renew and

refresh in Jesus Name.

We must be a doer of what we are

hearing then it will be a benefit to us.

I invite you wholeheartedly to the 2014

UCCMA Campmeeting, June 26-July 5.

Make a special endeavor to come this

year. I believe it is going to be one of the

greatest. I also invite to come to the Min-

isters Conference Sis. Margie and I are

hosting on August 24—30. I know you’ll

be blessed.

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CAMPMEETING 2014


2200 Peerless Road

June 26 thru July 5, Thurs.—Sat.

10 DAYS! (10 AM and 7:30 PM)

CLEVELAND TENNESSEE

STANDING ROCK ASSEMBLY OF GOD

July 18-19, Friday-Saturday

4160 County Road 278 ( Roanoke, AL )

STANDING ROCK, ALABAMA

FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE

116 Obie Greene Road

July 25-26, Friday-Saturday

FERGUSON, NORTH CAROINA

FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER

1013 W Charlotte Avenue, Off Hwy. 27

August 8-9, Friday-Saturday

MOUNT HOLLY, NORTH CAROLINA

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

18 Reynolds Road

August 22-23 , Friday-Saturday

SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA

UCCMA MINISTERS CONFERENCE


2200 Peerless Road

August 24 – 30, Sun.—Sat.

(10 AM and 7 PM)

CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

CORNERSTONE COVENANT CHURCH

3015 Heffner Place (behind Burger King)

September 5-6 Friday-Saturday

HUDSON, NORTH CAROLINA

REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST MINISTRIES

110 3rd Street SE

September 26-27 Friday-Saturday

HILDEBRAND, NORTH CAROLINA

U NITED CH R IST IAN CHU RCH 2200 Peerless Rd NW—Cleveland, TN, USA

2014 CAMPMEETING JUNE 26-JULY 5

Two Services Daily: 10 AM and 7 PM

Hosted by

Don Warren and Pastors

Charles & Margie Poteat

Documents

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