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This issue of The Cross is a little differ-ent in some respects in that we are highlighting the founder of Chris-

tian Life College (affectionately known to past generations as WABC). The man Clyde J. Haney was a man who loved the foothills and mountains, cattle and cow-boying, but who was willing to leave it all behind for the call of God that was on his life. He served his generation well, doing what he could for the Kingdom of God.

He has long since passed on, but his work and labor of love are still with us today. We have also just returned from a won-derful trip to Israel and have included a report on our travels, along with several other events connected to the ministry in Stockton. We hope that you will be inspired and blessed as you read through this publication.

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CONTENTS

DOES ISRAEL HAVE A FUTURE? | 4This article examines Romans 11:25-32 as a basis to understand why Israel's promises have not been forgotten.

HOLY GHOST CRUSADE | 8Christian Life Center Holy Ghost Crusade with Rev. Jack Cunningham

THE MINISTRY AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH | 12Reaching the world for the cause of Christ

WHAT IS IN YOUR LIBRARY | 14New technology meets ancient text

HOLY LAND PROPHECYTOUR | 15Journey through the Land of God

A MAN WITH A DREAM | 22The story of Clyde J. Haney and the dream of Western Apostolic Bible College/Christian Life College.

CHRISTIAN LIFE COLLEGE | 28Alumni and current student events

SUMMER OF SERVICE | 35Over 30 Christian Life College students have prepared themselves to minister throughout North America this summer.

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L ATELY, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT deal of discussion about the end-times and the return of Christ. This

is actually very apostolic. The early church was born in the anticipation of Jesus return-ing, but also with the warning of a judg-ment and tribulation that was coming upon the entire world. Nearly every book of the New Testament has some reference to one or more of these end-time events, and Jesus often spoke of things to come.

The discussion in many apostolic circles today has centered around the question: “How and when will this happen?” Most of our elders taught and believed that a rapture would take place before the tribulation, leaving the Jews to have an opportunity to see Christ. These were men who had lived through the war, who had ex-perienced a world on the brink of destruc-tion. They saw the horror of the holocaust and experienced the amazing story of the restoration of the nation of Israel as it unfolded. While their eschatology was still in formation, their perspective of the world was significant. They saw a clear signal that the church was in the end-times and that God was at work in the land of Israel, bringing back to life a nation that had been all but extinct. As such, Clyde J. Haney, the founder of Christian Life College, was a strong advocate for the pre-tribulation rapture of the church and the final restora-tion of the Israel.

However, in the last few years, some have begun to question these beliefs. Moreover, there has been an increasing ac-ceptance and a return to the belief that the church has replaced Israel and its promises, leaving Israel’s only end-time restoration through the now existing Gentile-church. This is what has been called Replacement Theology. Replacement Theology teaches that all the promises of Israel from the Old

Testament are now the ownership of the church. Another variant believes Jesus him-self becomes the true Israel, and through him, the church replaces Israel in the promises of God.1 Replacement theologians acknowledge that spiritual Israel includes both believing Jews and Gentiles, but, aside from a small number of Jewish converts to Christianity, ethnic Israel itself is ignored by God. To accomplish this theology, one must spiritualize a great deal, including the land of Israel, Jerusalem, and even the temple. Old Testament prophecies about Israel’s final restoration become analogies and types rather than literal people and places.

Replacement Theology is not new. Augustine (354-430AD) significantly ad-vanced the notion after the fourth century. There had been a general sense of frustra-tion over the persistence of the Jewish people to remain, even though God had abandoned them. The Jews were, after all,

under judgment. For Augustine, the Jews represented Esau and the church was the true spiritual Israel.2 However, Augustine opposed their persecution. He proposed, instead, a tolerance of the Jews. He gave the church a reason for the continued existence of this “cursed people.” God permitted them to exist to show the church his judgment: “Do not kill them, otherwise my people will forget...”3

Calvin, influenced by Augustine, would establish Reformed theology, which has tended to view the Bible as a single cove-nant.4 Today, some of the strongest church-centered anti-zionist voices have come out of the Reformed Church. Under Reformed Theology, ethnic Israel is left with no escha-tological significance. On the other hand, Puritan thinkers and later dispensational theologians, who emerged out of Dallas Theological Seminary, would challenge this view.5 They posited that there was distinc-tion between Israel and the church.

DOES ISRAEL HAVE A FUTURE?This article examines Romans 11:25-32 as a basis to understand why Israel’s promises have not been forgotten.

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By WILLIAM E. RIDDELL

Dispensationalism gained popular ground through the printing of the Scofield Bible, but gathered appeal in evangelical America after the holocaust and restoration of na-tional Israel.

There are many good reasons why Replacement Theology is wrong, but the primary reason, I believe, is that Paul plainly taught on this very issue in Romans 11:25-32. These verses, arguably, present some of the most important teachings about the future of Israel. As a result, they are also the subject of much debate. Specifi-cally verse 26, “And so all Israel shall be saved” remains at the center of the debate. What did Paul mean by “all Israel”? For Replacement Theologians, “Israel” cannot mean the national Israel, but it must mean spiritual “Jews and Gentiles” who are in the church. Some theologians have read verse 26 to mean Israel as a large conversion of Jewish people at the end-time.6 The major-ity dispensationalist position is that “all Israel” means that an end-time ethnic Israel will be restored to the land, temple, and finally to God in an event that will come after the church age.

Below, I will briefly show why I think that Paul meant this passage in Romans 11 in its plainest sense. “All Israel shall be saved” should be read as ethnic Israel. This interpretation is borne out not only exegeti-cally, but also quite demonstrably in the present-day nation of Israel. The historical and persistent witness of a Jewish Israel over thousands of years is an unrelenting evidence and unceasing voice that God is not yet finished with the Jews. While the cultures and religions that have surrounded Israel have all disappeared—with the no-table exception of Christianity—Israel itself remains.

Engaging the TextFor I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blind-ness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob... Romans 11:25-26

In Romans 11:25-26, Paul is concerned and does not want the brethren to be uninformed or “big-headed” about their position. Paul is addressing the Gentiles,

for this verse picks up from verse 24 where Paul has compared the Gentiles to wild olive branches that have been grafted into the true olive tree. They need to be aware of a mystery. The mystery was that a “blind-ness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.” Israel’s “blindness” is partial or temporary. Blind-ness can also be translated “hardening,” but it is all for the sake of the Gentiles. They are saved so that “all Israel will be saved.” Paul explains this logic later, but it develops out of the partial hardening (partial meaning not all Jews and not forever) and the timing of “until the fullness of the Gentiles.”

Paul defends his idea by quoting the book of Isaiah to show that there is a desti-ny that Jews will be saved. God will remove the “ungodliness from Jacob” and “will take away their sins.” This is an end-time event, after the fullness of the Gentiles. The Greek expression translated “until,” as in “until the fullness of the Gentiles” bares this reading out.7 It is often used to mean a final point of no return, and it occurs in several other verses, such as in the closing of the door of Noah (Luke 17:27) or the coming of Christ (Revelation 2:25).8 So there are clear eschatological overtones here. If we are referring to a future event (whether near or far), we cannot mean those who are already saved (already happened). Further, this end-time event are for those who are “hardened,” for he is talking about the “par-tial hardening” that has happened to Israel. This “Israel” cannot be “spiritual Israel,” but can only mean those who have rejected the truth, the very ones who he is anguishing about in 9:1 and 10:1. This establishes Paul’s main idea so far— that there is a partial hardening/blindness on Israel until the end of the Gentile period.

“And so that,” or “and in this way,” or “and thus” all of Israel shall be saved. This expression, “and so that” is frequently used to imply a manner and result. In this case, the manner/method is “a partial harden-ing until the end of the Gentiles” and the result is “all of Israel shall be saved.” We see a similar usage in Acts 27:44, where Paul was stranded in a shipwreck. Men floated on planks and pieces of ship and “in this way” they were all brought to shore. In other words, a “partial blindness” has happened to Israel so that or in this way all of Israel might be saved. The reason this is going to happen is because of Old Testa-ment promises regarding Jacob. But more

than that, the astounding conclusion that Paul is about to reveal is that the saving of the Gentiles is not for their sake, but for the sake of the Jews!—that all of Israel might be saved.

Many have argued that Paul’s use of “Israel” in this verse means spiritual Israel. They say that Paul really means the remnant of saved Jews and Gentiles. It is true that Paul frequently speaks of spiritual Israel, but in this case, the most obvious reading of “all Israel shall be saved” (11:26a) is that he must be thinking about hardened or blinded Israel (11:25b), which is ethnic Israel. First, verse 25 is speaking about an end-time event that is centered in his discussion about the hardened Jews, who are his kinsmen. Second, this is what he is calling the “mystery.” This mystery is a different sort than the mystery of the Christ and the church, which was a mystery to the Jews. This is now a mystery to the Gentiles. Paul’s main idea, at this point, is that this mystery is that the hardening of Israel will be lifted after the fullness of the Gentiles. Paul grounds this idea in a quotation of the scriptures found in Isaiah 59:20-21 and 27:9. If Israel is only spiritual or elect Israel, why apply Isaiah’s salvation to an already saved group? It must be ethnic Israel who has rejected the gospel. The entire point, going all the back to Romans 9:1, has been about hardened Israel. This is further clari-fied in the verses to follow:

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the elec-tion, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Romans 11:28-29.

In these verses, Paul expands his main idea. Israel is the enemy of the gospel. These are “enemies” for your sakes, but are still beloved for the sake of their fathers. In other words, these are the enemies of the gospel so you Gentiles can be saved, but even so, they are still beloved of God. Paul seems to be saying that you Gentiles have the opportunity to be saved, as long as these hardened Jews reject Jesus. But watch out, Gentiles, don’t get a big head. They are beloved of God--even though they are lost! Even though they are enemies of the gos-pel, they are an elect group, a chosen group.

Who are these Jews? How can they be lost and beloved of God? How can they be branches cut off but still be holy (Romans


11:16). Paul cries out for them and would give up his own salvation if that were pos-sible (Romans 9:3). They clearly have a special place in Paul’s heart. More impor-tantly, they are “beloved of God” (11:28) — even though they have rejected Jesus. Their heritage is outside of the Gentile-gospel-era, both before and after it. Paul seems to be saying that this church-age is a special dispensation. These Jews are the enemies of the Gospel. Therefore, the salvation that he is talking about cannot happen in context of the normal gospel, that is, during the times of the Gentiles. This means he is talking about a salvation event that happens

after the church-age, when this “fullness of the Gentiles” is finished. In other words, God will return his attention back to Israel as a nation.

The Jews are special because of their heritage, because God chose them, and because the gifts and calling of YHWH/God are irrevocable. Their ungodliness will be banished and YHWH/God will take away their sins. In other words, the promise to these “enemies of the gospel” has noth-ing to do with their righteousness or their performance. Likewise, when Israel entered the promise land, God told them it was not because of their righteousness (Deuterono-my 9:5). It has never been about the Jews as a righteous people, only as a chosen people. This leads to the next verses where Paul shows how God orchestrates the salvation opportunity for the whole world because of the Jews—in order to save the Jews. Now he explains this strange mystery:

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath con-

cluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Romans 11:30-32.

In verses 30-32, Paul makes an astound-ing comparison of the mercy that the Gentiles are receiving (which they did not deserve) to the mercy that these undeserv-ing Jews will receive. The Gentiles have received mercy because of Jewish disobedi-ence or “through their unbelief…” (11:30). In other words, the Gentiles received mercy, even though they were not the chosen people. But Paul writes that it is because of the disobedience of the Jews. It was always God’s plan to bless the nations (Gentiles) through the seed of Abraham. When the Jews rejected Jesus, this plan still went forth. Yet in verse 31, Paul writes to the Gentiles that it is now “through your mercy” or because of your mercy that the Jews will be saved. Just the opposite of what is presently going on during the church-age! The Jewish nation is in the center of Paul’s thoughts in these verses.

It is intriguing to consider that Paul has inverted his salvation reasoning and concluded “…that because of the mercy shown to you (Gentiles in spiritual Israel) they (disobedient Israel) also now be shown mercy” (Romans 11:31). In other words, be-cause Jews were disobedient, you Gentiles were shown mercy in your disobedience. Now because you have been shown mercy in your disobedience, the Jews can now be shown mercy in their disobedience. The fallen Jews will now be given the same grace — even in their disobedience, just as the Gentiles received mercy in their disobedi-ence.

This leads Paul to the conclusion that all are disobedient. “God hath concluded them all in unbelief.” The Greek term for “concluded” is also translated as “shut up” or imprisoned. It is related to the term found in Luke 5:6 that means to be caught or captured as in a fishing net. God has “netted up” or imprisoned/concluded dis-obedience in the end so that he may show mercy to “all.” The “mystery” now expands so it is that the falling of the Jews has led to the saving of the Gentiles, because it is ulti-mately for the Jews' sake that this has hap-pened. Yet, it is not just the Jews, because the will and purpose of God is to ultimately conclude all in unbelief.

Paul finishes his strange logic in an all inclusive “that all might be shown mercy.” This is clearly consistent in a restatement of his idea in a final all inclusive “and so

all of Israel shall be saved” — all at differ-ent times: the Gentiles and believing Jews during the times of the Gentiles, and the hardened Jews after the Gentile church has been removed or disengaged. All finally be-comes “all.” Not all individuals, but all who finally turn to Christ in this grand plan.

In contrast, those who see no future for Israel argue that reading Israel as “hard-ened” or ethnic Israel is exegetically out of step with the previous verses. How could Paul not believe that his kinsmen were forever lost? If Paul were talking about un-saved Israel in “all of Israel shall be saved,” then praying for them in 9:1 and 10:1 would be mere formalities.8 In other words, why would Paul pray for his lost brothers if his lost brothers would be saved anyway? Using this reasoning, why would Paul pray for Israel if he knows is that it is already lost? Paul knows that some Jews will be saved, but the severity of 9:1-3 leaves little room to believe that this is a prayer for an already-saved remnant whom God will continue to slowly grow. Moreover, Paul's eschatologi-cal scope of these verses does not suggest that he is only concerned about some of his fellow brethren. Indeed, Paul prays twice for them (showing the significance of his desire). In 11:26, Paul is writing about the ultimate fate of Israel, which is an answer to this prayer. These chapters represent a sort of a “drama” as Paul plays out three actors of the Jew, the Gentile/Elect and the Law of God upon the stage of his mind.10 Here Paul argues each position, not only with himself as he takes the side of a believ-ing Jew who still holds out hope for the Jews, but also with a Gentile, who thinks that they have “replaced” the Jews. Notice that Paul mentions restoration three times in Romans 11 so that “how much more” Israel’s restoration would help the world than their fall.11 These lead up the Paul’s final eschatological statement that all Israel will be saved.

“Until the fullness” implies that there is a fixed number of Gentiles that will be saved and when that number is reached, Israel’s hardening ends.12 Paul does not tell us how this actually happens. However, the hardening of the majority of Israel will not be lifted until after the full number of Gentiles are saved.13 God’s attention is now upon the Jews, but the final result is that both Jew and Gentile will have opportunity. Paul says in 11:32, “God has imprisoned (concluded) all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all.” The “imprisonment


of disobedience” is broadly applied to both groups. This helps us see that the very loss of the Jews into disobedience becomes the route through which they are saved.

Replacement Theologians who do not see a future for Israel will say that salvation/restoration of the Jews has already happened in the resurrection of Jesus.14 Their main argument is that separate future for Israel suggests that one can be saved outside of the Gospel, which is what 11:25-32 seems to be implying. This is a legitimate con-cern. Dispensationalism sees a break in time when the “fullness of the Gentiles” is complete and God begins to focus upon the Jews. I think that Romans 11:25-32 supports such a view. However, Paul never implies that the Jews will find salvation through the old Torah message. There is not another gospel. The Torah—which Paul has made very clear—has been replaced by the work of Christ. This does not mean that they will lose their identity as Jews, but that they will see “the one in whom they have pierced” (Zechariah 12:10). This is Jesus, the God of their Shema. There is no scriptural basis for a separate Torah-fulfilled salvation-road for ethnic Jews, but only through Christ. When Paul said, “all of Israel shall be saved,” he meant ethnic Israel, but by 11:23 “that he might have mercy upon all...” Paul has stretched this promise of end-time salva-tion to include all who call upon the name of Jesus in an amazing conclusion of the promises of God.

A Cursed or Blessed Nation?Over the centuries, the Jews have been

looked upon as under a curse because they crucified Jesus. Some have argued that Paul himself wrote-off the Jews as cursed in 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16; he charges them with the death of Christ and concludes that “the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost...” Yet, Paul’s hermeneutic is not constrained by modernistic assumptions. His use of words is always contextual in meaning. Paul’s so-called contradiction in Romans 11:26 and 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 (which implies that Israel is lost) reflects the specific incidents he was writing about. It can be explained in the coherence of timing.15 Paul was indeed angry enough to describe certain Jews in this way, but this does not imply that God had no more mercy for the Jews. In the story of the prodigal son, the father viewed his son as dead even though he was technically alive (Luke 15:24), so that the Eastern meaning

of “dead” or even “lost” is not necessarily how the West thinks. After Paul wrote this, he was still “relentlessly pro-Judaic” and continued to make the Jewish synagogues his first efforts.16 For Paul, it was always “...to the Jew first...” (Romans 1:16).

Romans 11:25-32 illustrates that Israel, even in its greatest disobedience, is still “beloved of God.” How can the Gentile church view such a people as cursed? Yet, we are often taught that the Jews are under a curse because the blood of Jesus is on them. When the Jews called for the cruci-fixion of Jesus, they cried, “Let his blood be upon us and upon our children” (Matthew 27:25). This verse has been the source of justification for untold persecution and anti-Semitism. It is fascinating to consider how this cry has prophetic overtones. It is the blood of Jesus that cleanses from sin. This is the atonement. At the very least, we are all guilty of the blood of Christ, but it is also in the blood that we find redemption, and this becomes a cry that ultimately ties the Jews back to Jesus, so that they “look upon whom they have pierced.”

What we cannot say is that Jews today have a different salvation road. As a nation, Israel may be blinded, but as individuals, their salvation opportunity is only through Christ. Our role has not changed. For Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, it was his bur-den throughout his life to show the mystery of Christ to the Jews. We can do no less.

[This article is an excerpt from a larger paper submitted to Western Seminary, which is available at prophetictimes.org.] ■

1 See G.K. Beale, A New Testament Biblical Theology2 Augustine, “Psalm 47, Commentary on the Psalms, retrieved http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf108.ii.XLVII.html3 Barry Horner, Future Israel (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2007), 4.4 Douglas J. Moo, The NIV Application Commentary: Romans (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000), 385.5 Ibid, 385.6 Douglas J. Moo, The Epistle to the Romans: New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996), 726. See also Thomas R. Schreiner.7 Thomas R. Schreiner, Romans: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1998), 617-18.8 Also eschatologically implied in 1 Cor 11:26; 1 Cor 15:25; Gal 3:199 Wright, 673.10 Moo/NICNT 712.11 Ibid, 711-714.12 Moo/NIV, 377.13 Schreiner, 618.14 Ibid, 615.15 Ibid, 623.16 Horner, 254.

William E. Riddell, Ph.D., is an associate pastor at Christian Life Center. He is also

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T HE DATE HAD BEEN SET LONG AGO. Now it was time for action. Prayers were offered daily. Times of fasting and consecration were undertaken. Invitation

cards were spread throughout the community. A large bill-board heralded the event. Bible studies were taught. Friends, family, and neighbors were invited. Faith was released towards a God who is faithful and full of mercy. A city in need waited with anticipation.

The 2014 Stockton Holy Ghost Crusade took place on Sun-day, March 16. The result was a day filled with God’s marvel-ous blessings. The service started with Spirit-filled worship as the church set the stage for the miraculous to take place. Bro. Jack Cunningham stepped to the pulpit and began to operate in the gift of faith as he gave witness to the reality of God’s Spirit at work today. The word of the Lord both inspired and prepared us for what was about to happen.

As Bro. Cunningham gave the altar call, dozens and dozens of visitors came forward. Their desire was strong and faith was high. After some simple instructions and a genuine prayer of repentance, we were ready. As Bro. Cunningham directed, we began to worship God together as our altar work-ers began praying with our guests. In a matter of moments, the reports began to fill the altar of men, women and young people receiving the Holy Ghost as they began to speak with other tongues. Tears streamed down faces, shouts of victory rose to heaven and joy filled the sanctuary. By the time we ended our services that Sunday, 234 souls had been filled the Holy Ghost!

In preparation for the Crusade, four baptismal tanks were set up to handle the great number of new converts. It was a sight to see all four tanks in use as our ministers obeyed the command of Scripture to baptize in the only saving name, the name of Jesus Christ. Altogether, 95 souls were baptized in that precious name.

One special testimony regards two young women, Jessica and Angela. Jessica was a backslider who had walked away from God in her teen years. Angela had never been in church and did not know much about God. For the past seven years, they had been together in a relationship, even raising Angela’s son together as a couple. Day by day, Jessica became more miserable in this lifestyle and knew that she needed to get right with God. On March 9, her mother and brother met her for lunch and spoke to her about her soul and the importance of living for God if she wanted to make it to heaven. Though she didn’t want to hear it, Jessica knew they were right but didn’t know how to get out of the situation with Angela.

Unknown to Jessica, God had been working on Angela too. That very night, she approached Jessica to say how they were both not happy on the inside and that things needed to change. To Jessica’s amazement, she then stated that she wanted to start going to church. Now Jessica could not deny that God was reaching for her.

Exactly one week later was the Holy Ghost Crusade. In that service, both Jessica and Angela repented before God and came to the altar for a life-changing experience. Jessica received a powerful renewing of the Holy Ghost as she once again spoke in other tongues. Angela also received the Holy

Ghost and was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Having left their past lifestyle behind, they are both growing in the Lord as they continue to be discipled at Christian Life Center.

Another testimony regards a lady named Shui King Chan. Shui is from China and speaks Cantonese. Back in 1974, when she was a young mother, the bus ministry of CLC knocked on her door and invited her and her husband to attend our church. Separated by a severe language barrier and not want-ing to let go of her native traditions, she declined the offer. However, she did send her two sons on the bus without her. As a teenager, her oldest son Dakin gave his life completely to God. This brought a measure of strife and confusion to the Chan home and Shui and her husband would tease young Dakin for his strange faith. However, Dakin remained faithful to God and continued to let his light shine for his family.

Several years later, Dakin married a young lady from CLC named Christy, and together they continued to reach for Da-kin’s family to come to God. At the 2013 Holy Ghost Crusade, Dakin’s younger sister Hedy received the Holy Ghost. God was hearing Dakin and Christy’s prayers, but Shui still remained distant from the truth of the gospel.

Later in 2013, Shui was diagnosed with cancer and became very scared. At the same time, a friend of hers was also diag-nosed with the same kind of cancer. Within two weeks they both had the same surgery. Dakin, Christy, and Hedy prayed with Shui as she faced this ordeal. Her friend’s condition quickly spiraled downward while Shui’s condition improved.

Shui came to the 2014 Holy Ghost Crusade with her children. When the invitation came, she stepped to the altar to pray as Hedy prayed with her. Suddenly, to her own great surprise, she began to speak in other tongues! Shui then de-cided to be baptized in the name of Jesus in this service. Her family watched with great joy (and great surprise) since they knew she was also making the decision to walk away from Buddhism and ancestral worship. Though it had taken many years, and with a great language barrier to overcome, God’s grace still reached Shui as she experienced the New Testa-ment new-birth. Later, Shui told how she had felt God when she was in the hospital, and she knew that He had healed her. The One who had been her healer had now become her Savior.

In 1 Corinthians 3:6, Paul stated, “I have planted, Apol-los watered; but God gave the increase.” Paul and Apollos did what they could do, and then God did what only He can do – give the increase. For our 2014 Holy Ghost Crusade, we did what we could do: invite, share, teach and pray. After our ef-forts were done, God did what only He could do as He poured out His Spirit in such a marvelous way. Our hope is that this harvest will not be contained in one church, but that every church in our fellowship will experience the reality of the promise found in the second chapter of the Book of Acts:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh.

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N OT long ago my seventeen-year-old daughter and I stopped at McDonald's to grab something to eat. When we walked in, I noticed that there was an odor permeating the air, but

I could not decipher where it was coming from. As I waited in line to order our food, I saw many customers turning around or looking over their shoulders and, through whispered breaths, pointing to a lone stooped-shouldered figure sitting in the corner eating by himself. Some who were eating in the restaurant went and asked for a to-go box because the smell was so horrendous.

He was nothing to look at. As a matter of fact, he was a terrible site to behold and was far from being desirable. The stench and smell that I encountered upon entering the building was actually coming from this one man. He was approximately sixty to sixty-five-years-old. His hair was grey, greasy, matted, and hung down to meet his equally long and matted beard. I noticed his lips were chapped white and bleeding severely from living on the street. His face had the deep furrow marks of sin, and his eyes looked as if they were hollow holes set in an expressionless face. His clothes were soiled and beyond cleaning, and no one dared to go near him.

My daughter and I sat down to eat our food, and it just so hap-pened that her seat was pointed in his direction. I noticed that she was unusually quiet. I looked up at her, and her expression said volumes to me. While she was eating her hamburger, I saw tears stream down her cheeks and run into the corners of her mouth as she stared in his direction. I reached across the table, grabbed her hand and asked if she was okay. I shall never forget the look she gave me as she tried to keep her cries muffled in a public place. With hurt beyond words, she looked at me and said, “Daddy it’s not right how they are treating him. It’s just not right.” I watched

as she put her hamburger down, placed her head in her hands, and softly wept. At that moment the Lord spoke to my spirit and said, “She cries for him as I do.” How many have passed him by because of how he looks? How many have let him sit alone because of how he smells? Yet this little girl who does not even know him loves him like I love him. After a while Michaela looked at me and said, “Daddy can we get him some more food? He didn’t have much to eat, just a hamburger and a cup of water.”

“Sure,” I said as I reached in my pocket to give her some money in which to buy another meal. When she returned with the meal, she placed it in front of him and with a surprised expression.

He said, “Is that for me?" To which she replied, “Yes, sir. It is.” With hands that had not

been clean in quite some time, he took her hands and kissed them and thanked her. Jesus said in Mathew 25:40, “In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." While this is a verse concerning the treatment of the Jewish people during the tribulation, the principles of Christ are clearly pointed out for us as Christians to follow during the age of the church.

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself the question, what does it mean to be a soul-winning church? What does this church look like? How does it function? A soul-winning church deals with the entire body. It marries both the physical needs as well as the spiritual needs together to be able to minister to the entire person. Many times Jesus sat down to a meal with individuals to bring about a greater spiritual truth, as in the feeding of the 5,000 or at the last supper. It is difficult at times to try to minister to spiritual needs of people, when pangs of hunger are wracking their bodies.

THE MINISTRY AND MISSION OF THE CHURCHBy RICHARD BISHOP

CLC Student Misa Vidrio


On the other hand, we must be careful as not to become unbal-anced in our desire to take care of their physical needs so much that we forget all about the eternal soul of the man, or we become nothing more than another social entity. The ultimate goal of the church is to make disciples.

What then does it mean to be a soul-winning church? To fully answer this question, we must first ask ourselves two questions. First, what is the mission of the church and second what is the ministry of the church? In other words, why do we exist and what is it we do or offer as a church? The mission of the church, or its existence, is to be a spiritual force that occupies the earth. It is a spiritual body of spirit-filled believers that does warfare in the spir-it. It is literally the Spirit of God living in and among born-again believers as we experience a life-changing encounter (the baptism of the Holy Ghost) with this living God, with the express purpose of sharing what God has done in our lives with others. Secondly, if we are not careful, we can make the ministry of the church our mission. The ministry of the church is what the church has to of-fer our community, such as specific ministries within the church: worship, education, special programs, and services rendered to our communities. Both of these are needed to make up what is known as a missional church.

Here at Christian Life College, the students are introduced to a variety of ways in which to reach their world for Jesus through a course entitled Dynamics of Soul Winning. In this course they are introduced to the importance and urgency of reaching the lost for Jesus before the rapture of the church. They are taught the dynam-ics and the theology of soul winning, biblical principles of personal evangelism, evangelism styles, how to evangelize the different gen-erational and cultural groups that are in our world today, as well as

teaching an effective home Bible study that brings results. But it is not just the classroom instruction that they receive.

They are also given the opportunity of taking what they have learned and putting it into practice. Every year Christian Life Cen-ter has a Holy Ghost crusade where hundreds of people receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The student body of CLC is very instru-mental in this crusade. They are placed on different teams where they go throughout the city knocking on doors, doing park services, holding children’s meetings, and having services in nursing homes, inviting people to the house of the Lord. They are also instrumental in helping with the baptismal ministry as well as teaching Bible studies to new converts.

Our goal at Christian Life College is not only to teach the stu-dents the mechanics of homiletics or how to play an instrument, or even start a Christian school, but ultimately to teach them to use all that they have learned to reach the world for the cause of Christ. Jesus promised, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” It is our responsibility to follow Jesus. It is His responsibility to make us fishers of men. We have a ringing command from the Lord to share the gospel with men and women who are lost without Him. Indeed, they are hungry for the good news, and we as Christians have in our possession the greatest news ever announced. Our love for God and His love for us compels us to obey Him as He leads us into the sharing opportunities of each new day. As you walk in fellowship with the Lord, and God brings someone in your path that day, always consider it a divine appointment. Always be ready to share your faith. It could well be that God has led that person to you because you know the good news and that person needs to hear it. ■Richard Bishop is the Executive Vice President of Christian Life College.

CLC StudentsAldo Barragan (left), Arik Stoops (right)


W HAT IF SOMEONE FOUND your personal library two thou-sand years after you died? What

would they find? What would the content be? What subjects would they determine you were most interested in? As you ponder this question, consider the books sitting on your shelves, your e-reader, or the maga-zines on your nightstand. Would they deter-mine that you were a Pentecostal Christian who loved and studied the Word of God on a daily basis?

What if you could read someone else’s library from 2,000 years ago? Today you can do just that. In 1946-47, the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidently discovered by some young Bedouins while herding goats (or sheep) next to the Dead Sea, or what is locally known as the ‘Salt Sea.’1 Many con-sider this to be the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century. “According to a long-standing hypothesis, the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden in the Qumran caves about 40 years after the crucifixion of Je-sus.”2 The Scrolls include the “oldest known manuscripts of the Jewish Bible in Hebrew and Aramaic.”3 As of today, archaeologists have found some complete copies and frag-ments of every book of our Old Testament except for the book of Esther.4

One of the most important things we can learn from the Dead Sea Scrolls is that these Scrolls uphold the inerrancy of our Scriptures. Regarding the Scrolls, Thames & Hudson writes:

“The Scrolls also allow us to see how well the scribes who preserved these biblical texts for us did their job. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls our oldest version of the Bible’s Hebrew text was the Aleppo Codex (A.D. 935), which was only 1,000 years old. As old as that may seem, it was still more than 1,000 years removed from the originals from which the Bible was copied and passed on. How could we be sure that the transmission of this text over that thousand-year period the scribes had

not made mistakes that now appear in our Bible translation? But the biblical text in the Scrolls closed this thousand-year gap and let us compare the Hebrew text behind our translations with those, in some cases, only a generation from

the originals. This comparison revealed-amazingly-almost identical wording! So from our new knowledge of the text based on the Scrolls, we can approach our own Bible translations with greater confidence.”5

God has ensured His Word would stand the test of time. Even the fact that most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew—the oldest known language still in use today—is an example of God preserving His Word for eternity. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:34). The Jewish scribes have meticulously and reverently copied the original text for thousands of years, even to this very day. It could also be said that the way the New Testament was written and preserved came out of this same tradition, considering the New Testament authors were also Jewish and would have followed

the Jewish traditions of handling the sacred text.

The Essens once owned the Scrolls at Qumran. This community copied, studied, and wrote commentaries on the Scriptures. "We do not know what, if any, is the link

between Qumran and the manuscripts caves; who occupied the settlement and why the scrolls were left where, and as, they were.”7 However the library of scrolls does tell us what this Jewish community read and studied.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are currently being housed in a special vault at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Until recently only a select few scholars could view the Scrolls themselves. In a partnership with Google, the Israel Museum has begun digitizing the scrolls and placing them online. This has given anyone in the world the abil-ity to read the 2,000-year-old docu-ments from almost anywhere. You can read the text in the original Hebrew language or in an English translation and search by chapter and verse. This is a powerful combination of ancient

Scripture and technology coming together for the benefit of all.

What is in your library? What if Google digitized it and made it public to the world? Would you be proud of its content? Would you want your closest friends, family, and everyone else you know to access it? What we read and study tells a lot about us. We must be careful what we allow into our minds. Let us renew our commitment to study the Bible with confidence that it is the true, living Word of God. As Timothy 2:15-16 says, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” ■

WHAT IS IN YOURLIBRARY?

Tim D. Miller is an associate pastor at Christian Life Center. He is also an

instructor at Christian Life College.By TIM D. MILLER

1 The Complete World of The Dead Sea Scrolls, 62 Ibid, 63 Ibid, 2064 The Stones Cry Out, 2785 Ibid, 2816 The Complete World of The Dead Sea Scrolls7 Ibid, 207

View the Digital Dead Sea Scrolls online at http://dss.collections.imj.org.il

O N March 22 of this year, 94 men and women joined together to journey to Israel for the Holy Land Prophecy Conference Tour conducted by Christian Life Ministry.

They came from all over North America, men and women with one main purpose in mind – to witness firsthand the fulfillment of Bible prophecy as God prepares Israel for its future.

A special feature of this trip was the presence of 15 Christian Life College students. As part of their studies, every theology student at Christian Life College is given the opportunity to make this trip in either their junior or senior year of college. The goal is for these young men and women of God to begin their ministries already possessing that special understanding of biblical culture that can only come from traveling to the Holy Land.

An intriguing facet of the Holy Land is how many archeologi-cal discoveries and artifacts are found in close proximity to one another. An example of this is found in what archaeologists call a Tel, which is a mound that has multiple levels or layers of civiliza-tion. As a result, some of the sites that are visited have multiple stories that take a traveler on a narrated journey through its history. One such site is the ancient city of Beit She’an, which has a long and interesting past. Pharaoh Thutmose III conquered it in the 15th century B.C. After this, the Philistines took control of it in ap-proximately 1,000 B.C. It was here where the Philistines hung the dead body of king Saul upon the wall after defeating Israel in battle. During the Hellenistic period, it was an important city of influence

as it found itself included in the ten-city confederation known as Decapolis. No doubt Jesus ministered in Beit She’an, as the Bible records him journeying to Decapolis with his disciples. When one tours this site, it’s as if he or she has stepped into a time machine with stops at the various passages in Scripture that bear witness to the historical record.

For this trip, there were certain sites that stood out as “land-marks” due their connection with defining moments of Israel’s present existence and its fulfillment of prophecy. One of these sites was Israel’s Independence Hall in Tel Aviv. On May 14th, 1948, David Ben Gurion declared the establishment of an independent Jewish state. To many, Israel should have never been reborn, but in God’s providence and timing it was predestined to once again be-come a nation. From that day of re-birth in 1948 until today, there is once again a Jewish state that occupies its promised homeland as it once did under the ancient kings of Israel. This one location can be pointed to as the official starting place of the fulfillment of the vision of Ezekiel 37. While Jewish migration to Palestine was happening prior to 1948, it was on this day and in this place where the world was informed that the nation of Israel had been reestab-lished.

The group was able to visit several other sites that were instru-mental in supporting Ben Gurion’s declaration of Israeli Statehood. Prior to its independence, the land area of Palestine was under British control. As a result, the British government had confiscated


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Church of the BeatitudesSea of Galilee


all Jewish weapons and ammunition. To prepare for independence, the Jews constructed a secret bullet factory under the Ayalon In-stitute. This allowed them to manufacture bullets under the noses of British authorities and thus have sufficient ammunition for its fledgling army once statehood was declared. Immediately following Ben Gurion’s declaration, the countries surrounding Israel began a full-fledged military attack against the Jews. The front-line battle-field of the Yad Mordechai kibbutz spared Tel Aviv from falling into Arab hands. It was here where the brave young people of this communal farm laid their lives on the line to stop the advance of the marching Egyptian army.

The group also visited Mount Bental in the Golan Heights, which overlooks the Valley of Tears. It was here where the sec-ond largest tank battle in the world took place as 175 Israeli tanks defeated 1,500 Russian-made Syrian army tanks in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. To recount the details of this battle, it is as if one is reading a story straight from the Bible.

From Israel’s vulnerable infancy as it emerged from the ashes of the holocaust, to its current condition as a strong and thriving nation, through all the unjust wars and terrorist attacks that have been thrust against it, God has preserved this tiny country from the evil plans of its enemies. He has enabled the Jewish people to survive against all odds in order to fulfill the ancient writings of the prophets. Truly, Israel stands as a testament to the sure fulfillment of the prophetic statements of Scripture.

The main theme of the tour emphasized biblical prophesy in re-gard to Israel’s rebirth leading to the culmination of Christ’s return at Armageddon. However, the group also took time to focus on the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. By studying the histori-cal background of His day, one is able to understand the conditions that existed during the time of His earthly ministry and the birth of the New Testament church.

In addition to the tour, a series of conference meetings were held as the members of the group joined together for prayer and instruction based on the biblical sights that were being toured. The first service took place in Tiberius with the intent of beginning the trip with a great spiritual emphasis. What took place in this service was dramatically life changing as a spirit of prayer swept over the group. For well over an hour they prayed with such intensity that several of the hotel workers chose to stay and watch rather than go back to their duties. An Israeli woman named Cari had been assigned to work as a support for the tour. From that moment on, she never missed another service. In the last two services of the conference, she even translated for other Jewish people who could

feel the power of God and wanted to understand what was being spoken by Pastor Lopez and Pastor Haney.

In that first service in Tiberius, a tongues and interpretation went forth confirming the work of the Holy Ghost that was hap-pening among the tour members. God had designed this trip to be a defining moment in the lives of 94 hungry souls who joined to-gether on a quest to know Him and understand His purpose for Is-rael. One lady received the Holy Ghost with others being renewed in the Spirit. There were several group members who had been previously baptized in the titles “Father-Son-Holy Ghost.” In this service, they received a revelation of their need to be rebaptized in Jesus’ Name, which later took place in the Sea of Galilee. In the atmosphere of this great move of the Spirit, Pastor Haney delivered a powerful message based on the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) and what it means to the Oneness people of today. The members of the tour left this meeting challenged by the knowledge of this truth and encouraged that God believed in them enough to invest His doctrine in their lives.

The next two services took place in the holy city of Jerusalem, with the first service being blessed with the ministry of Pastor Eli Lopez. He gave us the history of Israel’s deportation from its land and the past times of subjugation under the heavy hand of Gentile nations. He also showed us how those alive today are privileged to see a partial fulfillment of Ezekiel 37, witnessed by the fact that there is a nation called Israel whose government is Jewish and whose flag is the Star of David. This service concluded with a time of intense prayer, with a special focus given to the young ministers who were present, especially those from Christian Life College. The Spirit of God moved upon these young people in a tremendous way as the Lord did a great work in their lives.

On the final Sunday of the tour, the members of the group gath-ered for the last conference service, which began with a wonderful time of worship and singing. Pastor Haney, drawing from his vast store of historical and biblical knowledge, delivered a message highlighting Israel’s place in Bible prophecy. As he taught, it be-came increasingly clear that God is in no way through with Israel, but rather has prepared a very special future for the Jewish people, which will continually unfold in God’s prophetic timing. He also brought forth the great hope of the church – the imminent rapture of the church. Several of the ministers who were present com-mented about how it was so encouraging to hear these doctrines re-affirmed again, especially since so many Christians in recent years have turned aside from these biblical truths. The strong teaching of Pastor Haney gave great hope and a clear understanding of the “Times of the Gentiles.”

This trip was also a great time of bonding where friendships were made that will last a lifetime. There is something special about eating together, riding buses together, praying together, laughing together, all the while visiting sites that take one back to the ministries of the prophets and of Jesus Christ. The Jewish people have a saying that has become engrained in their culture: Next year in Jerusalem. This phrase hearkens back to days of exile when the Jews longed to return again to their promised land. For those who were a part of this tour, there is also a longing to return back to this special land. May it be also for all of us: Next year in Jerusalem. ■

-The Cross Staff

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Capernaum

Western Wall

The Garden Tomb

Yad Mordechai

Dome of the Rock, Temple MountJerusalem, Israel


CLC StudentsTop row: Morgan Ellis, Michael Overton, Dylon Hover, Chris Llamas, Misa VidrioMiddle row: Johanna Gardborn, Calah Rhodes, Janay Ortega, Miquel Hanks, Alba Aguilar, Katelynn Mills, Yvette Gonzalez, Eliezer LopezBottom row: JS Sable, Ishmael Bruno, James Kotvas

I was elated to receive an invitation to go on a journey that would change my life like I could not imagine. A pilgrimage that would bring to life all the Biblical stories from my childhood and further illuminate my college studies. From the moment of touch down, feelings of prophetic purpose overwhelmed

me. I looked forward to bring to life all the Biblical words and pictures. I felt that each day of touring would transform ill-defined, vague depictions of Biblical loca-tions into colorful, vivid images. My trip offered the transformation and so much more.

Mark 4:35-41 is the account of Jesus Christ being awaked by His disciples in the midst of a storm on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus spoke the words “Peace, be still,” and it was so. The opportunity to experience the same peace brought by the Holy Spirit on that Scriptural day was a moment for rejoicing as I sailed on the those waters. I was reminded that my God is so eternally faithful that uncontrollable situations will always cease when He commands. This promise is truly intertwined in all of Israel.

The Western Wall is truly a house of prayer for the one, true, living God where a people who cling to the hope of their coming Savior gather for devout, daily prayer. I found myself along side them folding my scrap of paper with a scribbled prayer feeling the comfort of the Holy Ghost knowing the children of Israel are God’s cho-sen, but I am part of His bride. I remembered I am His temple, and that He lives in me. All of a sudden, that scribbled spiritual wish list didn't mean anything any more. My time at the sacred location became about Him, and how He saved me. The experience will forever remain in my heart as I aim to replicate the extraordi-nary commitment of these Jews who gather at the wall in my daily Christian walk.

As I prepare to enter my final year of Bible college, I feel better equipped to launch into the harvest field as I carry the priceless tool of visiting the Holy Land. A pilgrimage that gave me a first hand perspective of where my Sunday school lessons transpired and where my Bible college teachings about prophetic events will be executed.

It seems so strange to be homesick for a place only visited once. I have been to Israel in my earthly body and I hope to again, but soon I will be there along side my Jesus during His triumphant return.

-Ishmael BrunoEin Gedi

My experience in Israel was life changing. The Bible is a part of me now in ways it simply couldn't be before. It is alive

not only in my heart, but in my mind's eye as well. Praying at the Wailing Wall was like walking into the throne room of God. Service on the Sea of Galilee was like none other, and communion at the Garden Tomb was both sobering and exhilarating. Seeing the idolatrous altars built at Tel Dan was like walk-ing in history. Entering Jerusalem was a moment I won't forget. However, the best part was the spiritual impact the trip had on not only me and the group, but on our guides. They saw a face of Oneness Apostolics they had never seen before, and they felt God in a way they had never before. It was such a privilege to be a part in that.

-Calah Rhodes

It was a dream to be able to step foot on a land where Biblical events actually came to pass. Firstly, God knows how to make me happy; only

He could provide the way for me to be part of the trip. Secondly, He knew that it would strengthen my Bibli-cal knowledge and bring clarity on many geographi-cal aspects. I've always had an interest in the Jewish culture because they are the people of God. The Bible is their history, and through them it will bring un-derstanding of what God is going to do in the future. Jesus was birthed from this culture, and this trip gave me a perspective of the life of Jesus as a Jew. This trip was worth attending as it was not just any ordinary tourist vacation, but a preview of what is going to take place in Jerusalem when Jesus comes back to take His city.

-JS Sable

Going to Israel was one of the most life alter-ing experiences. It opened my eyes to many different things, and made me more appre-

ciative of the things that the Lord has blessed me and my family with. There are two sites that impacted me greatly as we traveled through the Holy Land¬the Sea of Galilee and the Wailing Wall. When the group got onto the boat on the Sea of Galilee and started singing worship songs, the presence of God was just so sweet and sincere. In that moment, I was reminded how powerful and miraculous He is. As I prayed at the Wailing Wall, I had never felt God as strong as I did there. It was as though He stood right next to me, and showed me who He really is; that these are His pre-cious, chosen people. I’m grateful for the opportunity to go on this trip, and will cherish every memory.

-Miquel Hanks

Beth Shean

Hezekiah's Tunnel

The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun



Clyde Joseph Haney was born on May 14, 1912, over one hundred and two years ago, the same year that Woodrow Wilson was elected president. It was the year that motorized movie cameras re-placed the hand-crank cameras, although silent movies would continue to be made for several more years. It was also the year that the states of New Mexico and Arizona were admitted to the Union.

That same year, the RMS Titanic sank on her first voyage crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and the Sanderson Train Robbery took place when an ex-member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Ben Kilpatrick, held up the Southern Pacific train near Sanderson, Tex-as. It was a time when horses and wagons were still being used in America and could be seen on the roads beside a relatively new invention called the automobile, the Model-T Ford having appeared only four years ear-lier. Just one year earlier, in 1911, men like Ronald Reagan and Roy Rogers were born who would make their mark on the world, and the American cowboy was still very much alive in the hearts and minds of the American people.

The nation was growing, and new in-ventions were being developed in greater numbers than ever before in human history, and these were changing humanity’s way of life more than any other time in history. And while America was in changing times, God was not silent; He was working in the world on a grand scale. There was a real

and powerful visitation of God’s Spirit that was happening in a little place in southern California called the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, which had begun in 1906. This great out-pouring was spreading like a wild forest fire that no one had the power to stop. People from around the world were receiving this wonderful gift of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost as well as many healing miracles.

Back in Stockton, California, Clyde’s par-ents, Levi and Sophia Haney, who had been attending a Free Methodist church, had now joined a mission called the Peniel Mission. The leadership of the mission sent Harry Morse, one of the younger ministers, down south to investigate this new phenomenon that was happening at Azusa Street. They ex-pected him to bring back a negative report, but, instead, when he returned, his report was that this new thing was real and that it was from God, and that they all needed this tongue-talking experience. This caused quite a stir and a division among the mis-sion members. The majority rejected Harry

Morse’s report resulting in their asking him to leave the mission. When he left, Levi and Sophia Haney also left with him and started services seeking God for the Holy Ghost. On March 14, 1908, Sophie turned twenty-nine, and for her birthday God filled her with the gift of the Holy Ghost. As far as we know, she was the first person in Stockton to receive this gift that was being poured out around the world. This was going to have a dramatic effect on the life of Clyde J. Haney in his future.

It is kind of hard for a generation re-moved by a hundred plus years to actually comprehend those days. But this was a gen-eration that came to build something and leave something behind that would make a difference for others after they were gone. It was not about building a legacy or a great name for themselves, as so often seen today, but, for the most part, these elders who have crossed on over before us were completely dedicated to Jesus Christ, and they made great sacrifices to reach a world with this Apostolic truth. They were truly the builders

A Man with a DreamBy Nathaniel K. Haney


of America, one of the greatest generations that has ever lived.

Those in the church also built something that was eternal giving all they had in blood, sweat, and tears to the extent of life itself to reach the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Life in general was hard for most Americans, yet the excitement at the possi-bilities that life afforded them made up for the lack of things. As Christians, God was doing a great work among them, and what they lacked in material possessions only helped them to focus on spiritual things.

There was a growing anticipation in the church world that they were the generation that would see the Rapture, and that God was in the process of sending great revival around the world. This era of time would lead to many fond memories. They had a much greater innocence then than we seem to have today, and history would look back and record those years as the golden years of America.

By the time Clyde turned eleven years old, Harry Morse had left Stockton leaving Levi Haney, who was also a minister, to lead the great revival that God was bringing to the city of Stockton. Levi was a talented man who could play many instruments and sing and preach, but he also had a special min-istry of deliverance in casting demons out of people. My grandfather Clyde told of an experience he saw at about the age of twelve that he never forgot. His father Levi cast a demon out of a woman which then went into his hand that caused it to swell up to

about five times its normal size. He calmly pointed his finger at it and commanded it to come out in the Name of Jesus and leave the building, which it did, and, when it left, it rattled the closed window that it passed through.

Some of those kinds of experiences are hard to explain, but they were very real in early Pentecost, and they are happening in many overseas meetings to this day. Levi was able, by God’s help, to bring together many other churches in prayer and fasting with many miracles and deliverances following, as well as people being filled with the Holy Ghost. It would seem that nothing could stop what God was doing, but Satan laid a trap for Levi Haney. Three years later, he fell into immoral sin leaving his wife for another woman.

This dramatically changed Clyde’s life and view of Christianity; he could not un-derstand how a man so powerfully used of God could fall into sin and just walk away from such a wonderful experience and life with God. This caused Clyde to put bound-aries in his own life when he finally became a minister. But at that time, he became very bitter toward God and the church. This caused him to turn toward the world, and eventually he headed back to his mother’s family ranch that he loved so much where he eventually became the ranch foreman.

He loved working with cattle and liv-ing the life of a cowboy. He began to ride in rodeos and often on Saturdays went to the movies, and in the evenings attended par-

ties and dances. He told my father Kenneth that one day when they were rounding up the cattle, one of the cows busted through some brush on the side of a mountain where they discovered a cave. Clyde and one of the other cowboys went in and found it to be a hide-out of the outlaws that used to roam this countryside. There were some beds, blankets, saddles, a small hearth to cook on, some foodstuff and rusted cans, and an old gun or two. Because they were in the middle of the round-up season working from sun-up to sun-down, they did not have time to further explore this cave as most of us today would like to have done, but they had every intention of returning in a couple of months when the round-up and the cattle drive was over. However, they were so busy with ranch work that it was several months later before they made it back to the bare range to look for the cave. They could never find it again although they looked for it on several occa-sions. It wasn’t very much longer after this that Clyde left the ranch and entered the ministry; he never had the time to look for that cave again.

During his time as a cowboy, he became a drinker. On one occasion he consumed some poisonous whisky that would have killed him had he not surrendered his life to God. His healing was miraculous from the moment he committed his future to the Lord. God instantly healed him. It was at this juncture of his life’s road that his pursuit of God and the ministry began.

Shortly after God had healed him, he


met Faith Olive Gray, and on July 7, 1934, they were married and became in insepa-rable team. Two years later they moved to Oakland, California, so Clyde could attend a Bible training school for one year to better prepare himself for the call of God. It was on July 18, 1937, that Kenneth Franklyn Haney was born to his proud parents Clyde and Ol-ive Haney.

In 1938, Clyde got a job building roads in the foothills near the ranch he used to man-age. He built a trailer with his own hands and moved his family to the foothills to be with him during this time. He also became the pastor of a small community church in the nearby gold mining town called Paloma, California.

Many of the people in the area knew him when he was unsaved, and they were very impressed with the sincerity and change that God had made in his life. Since it was the only church in the community, all Chris-tian faiths attended – the Baptists, Method-ists, Presbyterians, and Catholics – and any other believers living in the areas. During this time, God gave them a mighty outpour-ing of His Spirit filling many of them with the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

On June 27, 1941, at a district conference in Visalia, California, Clyde Haney was or-dained a minister. Shortly after this, Clyde moved to Pasadena, California, where he built and pastored a church until 1946. Lat-er in that year, the church in Stockton con-tacted him asking him to become the pastor of the First Pentecostal Church. He felt this was the will of God and resigned the church in Pasadena moving to Stockton to become their new pastor.

He was a student of the Word of God and a builder of men, and while he was never asked to preach at a Gen-eral Conference, he carried a very strong anointing when he stepped to the pulpit to teach or preach. It was this same anoint-ing that the saints and college students felt week after week that built a solid work in Stock-ton that still stands today.

In the early days of his pas-toring this church, it suffered two splits; one was over the teaching of church government and financ-es, and the second came when he began to introduce the teachings of holiness and separation from the world. While both these splits were major setbacks for the church and very painful for everyone involved,

Clyde Haney stood strong, never wavering, knowing that everyone who stayed would be solid saints that would prove to be invalu-able in building the true church in the years to come.

When my father, Kenneth, was older, Clyde told him something that helped him and has helped me also. He said, “Every builder uses scaffolding to build a wall, but when the wall is finished, the builder removes the scaffolding. So it is that God uses people to build something, and when the building is finished, if there is any scaf-folding, He removes them because they are no longer needed. If the scaffolding is not removed, they become a hin-drance to the rest of the build-ing project of the church.” My grandfather believed God had sent certain people to help with that stage of building the church, but in time it would be God who removed them so the true church could clearly be seen as the light of the city.

My father told me at one point that my grandfather Clyde took his public stance for holiness while he was the Bible teacher at the California camp meeting. God had been dealing with him about holiness for quite some time, when one day he watched as one of the prominent ministers went swimming with several women from the camp, which used to be called mixed bathing. He was deeply disturbed by this knowing where it could lead to since his own father had committed adultery by not having proper boundaries in his life.

He spent the entire night in prayer and

studying, and when he stepped into the pul-pit that next day, the Lord heavily anointed him as he started teaching on holiness. From that day forward, he never looked back; he knew that if the church was going to be what it should be, it was going to have to be a holy

people separated unto the Lord. From that day forward, he has been recognized as a holiness teacher by many and the man who brought the holiness message to the western district of the church.

Clyde lived in a time when many wild and sensational doctrines were being taught, and that the context of Scripture was often ignored, misunderstood, or misinterpreted by many. Because of this, he wrote several tracts, one on the Oneness of God and an-other on baptism in the Name of Jesus. He also realized that something had to be done about teaching the pure Word of God, so it was at that point in time God began to place

a heavy burden on him to start a Bible col-lege that would impart sound doctrine to the next generation. He felt this was impor-tant so that doctrines taught would be con-sistent with Scripture and would endure the test of time.

One Sunday he stepped to the pulpit and told the church of his burden and dream, explaining to them that he knew God had called him to start a Bible college. The church was very much in support of Clyde

Haney’s dream and burden to fulfill this call of God. It was in 1949 that the Pentecostal Bible School was opened in the base-ment of 1700 E. Harding Street, Stockton. This was called the class of the 49ers. After two years, the decision was made to temporarily close the Bible school. Shortly thereafter, Bro. Willie Renison approached my grandfather asking him to

look at a piece of property he had found on which to build the new Bible school. On Oc-tober 1953, Western Apostolic Bible College opened its doors offering a three-year theol-ogy degree.

My father was a graduate of that first

First WABC building

First class of '49


class, and in 1957 he accepted an offer to become the assistant pastor to his father for $10.00 a week. Kenneth F. Haney was a soul-winner, and with his father they were a per-fect fit for the work in Stockton. Three years later, my father and mother, Joy McDonald, were married on October 14, 1961. Together they embarked on a fifty-year journey of ministry that has had a tremendous impact on the world that can still be felt today even after his death of almost three years ago.

Kenneth was just as dedicated as his father and spent their honeymoon at the Kansas City, Missouri, Gen-eral Conference of the UPCI running the Bible school booth. In time, he proved to be a man with a passion for evangelism driven to reach the city. My grandfather, who loved both the church and the college, and had such a burden for training young men and women, was able, with Kenneth helping with the church, to have the opportunity to focus more time to the school to pour into the students spiritually and doctrinally as the next generation of ministry. Clyde Haney poured out his heart and life for over twenty years into a God-dream Western Apostolic Bible College, building several buildings to accommodate the vision he had for both school and church.

When he left this world in 1971 on a hunting trip when the 4x4 vehicle he was riding in somehow slid off the road into a ravine, the angel of God carried him away from this Earth to his home in heaven. But as the Scripture states, their works do follow them. The man Clyde Joseph Haney com-pleted his course and finished his call when God took him home so he could rest from his labors. This was the close of the ministry of the Man of the Hills that Served in the

Valley. And while he was young by our stan-dards at 59 years of age, he had lived a very hard and intense life pouring out all the en-ergy and vitality God had given him into the work of God to build the Lord’s Kingdom, which caused him to become quite tired and weary inside.

My father told me that shortly before he left Stockton to be the youth president of the UPCI, he had tried to get his father to buy another piece of property on which to build a new church and college. He replied,

saying, “Kenny, I’m too tired; if it’s going to be done, it will have to be by you and the younger generation.” He never built another building, but his dream for the next stage of life was to be able to retire, travel, and minister in the churches of the graduates of WABC who would become pastors and who could not afford to bring in an evangelist or Bible teacher, helping them with little or no pay to build their churches. But this was not to be.

To put this into perspective, churches back in the days of my grandfather could not get loans; they paid as they went along. So Clyde Haney and the men of the church began building with adobe walls, but these

had to be replaced with block walls because they leaned too much. The workers did the best they could considering what they had to work with, and when it came time to build the dormitories for the college, the only way they could afford to do it was to dismantle old army barracks pulling the nails out of each 2x4 so they could be reused. Clyde was physically involved in each building project. Along with his duties as pastor and college president, he had to carry the load of over-seeing the raising of the money to pay for all

these projects. Thank God for a dedi-cated church family who stood by his side helping him reach the fulfillment of these dreams for God’s Kingdom.

He had to study, pray, and prepare his lessons to teach and preach, then lead the outreach, knock on doors, and do visitation, this along with a host of other duties often required of pastors and Bible college presidents. This kind of load has a way of taking several years off a man’s life, and any-one that knew him, knew that he held nothing back, giving all he had. So by the time he was 59, he had spent all to

see the kingdom of God go forward. What a price that he and others of his

generation had to pay to build and grow the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the death of my grandfather, the board of the First Pentecostal Church contacted my father at UPCI headquarters with the news, and they also asked him to return to Stockton to be-come their pastor.

This was one of the toughest decisions my father had to make in his life, as he had other dreams and needed some time to pray and find peace in his soul considering this invitation. He knew that retuning to Stock-ton, California, would be for a lifetime and not just a few years. After wrestling in


prayer and with his own spirit, he finally found the will of God in accepting the pas-torate of the church in Stockton. It was not easy since the church needed healing from their recent loss, but he did the best he could while realizing that one of the cures for the church’s hurting heart was to launch them into an outreach that would cover the city. The great saints of the First Church accept-ed the challenge and began to evangelize the city. It was at that time that he started the Landmark preaching conference that is now over forty-one years old.

One of the difficulties that Kenneth Haney had was to balance the work between the church and the college. In the early days there were some challenges, as there is with any relatively new thing, but he persevered until the momentum brought a fresh excite-ment that rested on the ministry in Stock-ton. Under my grandfather when the college was incorporated, a requirement was put in the by-laws to guard against any future dis-senters who might try to destroy his work and the sacrifice his generation had invested into building the college. This stated that if the college leaders ever wanted to change doctrinal or spiritual directions, the college had to be shut down. This was to ensure that the college would stay the original course. In the by-laws and articles of faith, the college was firmly established as being Pre-millen-nium, Pre-tribulation, Oneness, Holiness, and that the New Birth consisted of repen-tance, the infilling of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, and being baptized in water in Jesus Name for the remission of sins. These core doc-trines had to remain in place for Western Apostolic Bible College, and later Christian Life College, to continue to operate.

At times it was difficult to find men with a correct view of Eschatology who were will-ing or capable to commit as instructors at the

college to carry on Clyde J. Haney’s teach-ings and vision. However, God honored my grandfather and father through the years by sending men who were both pre-millenni-um and pre-tribulation who instilled these wonderful truths into the students in carry-ing on the dream of its founder.

The college continued to produce gradu-ates that loved and embraced these truths throughout my father’s time in Stockton. This meant that from time to time a teacher had to be dismissed because he chose to change the prescribed course. This was al-

ways hard on my father because he loved people and never wanted to hurt anyone. But he loved truth more, and his obligation to the students was to make sure they re-ceived sound doctrine at any cost.

At the General Conference of the UPCI in 2001, he was elected the General Superintendent, and on January 1, 2002, he took that po-sition leaving Stockton after spend-ing most of his life in the work of God there.

The college then had some new challenges that always seem

to come with the departure of a long-time leader. In this case, some of the staff decided to change their ways and beliefs. However, God helped us, and after much prayer and with some of the staff leaving, this allowed the college to focus back on the purpose that Clyde J. Haney had founded it for. God has now given the college one of the great-est staffs that it has ever had, men that Clyde Haney would be proud of, and men that Kenneth Haney was and would still be proud of who are carrying on the work of a 65-year-old dream that God gave to a cow-boy many years ago.

One of the last things my father told me before his passing concerning the ministry in Stockton was that it was a dream team. He felt that spiritually and doctrinally the school was as strong as it had been since the days of his father.

Since the opening of the college, it has been known by three different names. First it was the Pentecostal Bible School, 1949-1950, then it became Western Apostolic Bible College from 1953-1980, and when the church name was changed from the First Pentecostal Church to Christian Life Center, the college also changed it’s name to Chris-tian Life College. While the names have changed, the college has not. It is still com-mitted to its founder’s dream where his spir-

it lives on through each graduating class that goes out into the world to do something for God. Over the last six years, Christian Life College has become known as a place where men and women can come and train in a doctrinally safe and spiritual environment in preparation for the ministry. Our desire is that every graduate would return home and give at least one full year of service back to their home churches while their pastors and parents could be involved in their future plans for ministry.

As the president of Christian Life Col-lege, it is my commitment to hold fast to the faith that was once delivered to the college no matter the cost, and not to be influenced by the changes that we see in the world of Christianity. We do not present a buffet of doctrines and ask the students to choose the ones they like, as some are doing in following the patterns of the denominational world. We have only one message that we continu-ally instill into the students beginning with Deuteronomy 6:4-5 that states there is only one God. We still teach that without repen-tance a person will perish, and that the New Birth consists of repentance, water baptism in Jesus Name, and the baptism of the Spirit (Holy Ghost infilling), which can only be entered into by obeying Acts 2:38. Holiness is a way of life that is commanded by God without which no man shall see Him.

We make no apologies that our teachers believe that the Bible is God’s word and the final authority on all matters of life giving this generation absolutes to live and die by. It is both infallible and inerrant having been preserved by God for each generation. As a school, we are dispensationalist and hold to the teachings of pre-millennium and pre-tribulation in regard to the Rapture of the Church. Students are encouraged to be part of all the outreaches and soul winning en-deavors that the ministry provides, and that their most valuable asset as a Christian is a personal relationship with Jesus that is fa-cilitated by their daily prayer life. We may seem a little old fashioned to some, but for us it is simply Christianity. We are a sixty-five-year-old school with a two thousand-year-old belief system that was taught by our Lord Jesus Christ and His holy Apostles.

Come, join us, and be part of the great work that God is doing in Stockton, Califor-nia, in the student body of one of the finest Bible colleges in America. ■

Nathaniel K. Haney is Senior Pastor at Christian Life Center. He is also President

of Christian Life College.

Clyde J. Haney teaching prophecy

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PROPHETICAL RESEARCHBY CLYDE J. HANEY

THE MAN OF THE HILLS−SERVED IN THE VALLEYBY OLIVE HANEY

THE MAN WITH A VISIONBY JOY HANEY

1957

Kenneth Haney teaching class1961

So when do you use a bible college education? The quick answer?...TODAY.TODAY...while speaking at a district event I leaned on the knowledge of

God's Word imparted to me at Christian Life College. TODAY...I exchanged text messages with dear ministry friends I have known for

25 years. I met them at Christian Life College.TODAY...I "rejoice in the wife of my youth". "Where did you meet" you ask? Chris-

tian Life College. I drove onto the campus of CLC in the fall of 1988, fresh from a youth camp altar

experience which had changed my career and post-high school academic direction. I indelibly felt a call to ministry and those first few formative days on Cherokee Road and West Lane in Stockton imprinted God's confirming hand on me. I heard chal-lenging teaching, experienced passionate worship and was introduced to the super-natural power of God as "normative" for the New Testament church.

Without question one of the greatest benefits to a Christian Life College educa-tion is the network of friends that you carry with you the rest of your life. You'll "compare notes" as you face the challenges of ministry in your specific field. You'll participate in each other's weddings. You'll preach for one another. You'll rejoice at the natural birth (and Holy Ghost birth!) of each other's children. What a treasure!

Enrolling in Christian Life College signals something to God:"I'm putting You first. I'm seeking You. You can have my life. I'm Yours."When does it make sense to apply and begin your Christian Life College ministry

adventure? TODAY.

I was born into the church on August 31st, 1980 and preached my first sermon six months lat-er, after God so powerfully confirmed His call

on my life to preach. Truth be told, I’d like to forget that first sermon. Unfortunately, it was recorded on cassette and still lurks in the shadows of a file whose location I will not disclose. Tonight, I’m sit-ting in my church office in Chicago contemplating how to word my gratitude to CLC and the men and women, who in the mid 1980’s, invested countless hours of their time and energy into my life and ministry. I’m grateful for my Pastor, William “Bill” Sciscoe, who seeing in me what I couldn’t see, sent me there to fine tune not just the Apostolic anoint-ing that came with the mantle he put over me, but my ministry as a whole. The class of '87 has since marched down the aisle, B.A. degrees in one hand, and, in my case, my bride to be in the other. Yes, I acquired a wealth of knowledge, experience and intense spiritual formation plus; I found my soul mate and partner in ministry (The wife-thing was not part of my plan, but it’s not a bad place to find the right person). It’s been over 27 years since that day and I’ve never looked back with a single regret.

Christian Life College came to be known to us

as the “school of the prophets”. I was immersed in a high concentration of vision, passion and solid theology. CLC taught me the power of vision and helped me to find my “true north” in God’s plan. Prayer and fasting was taught as a way of life there and the ambiance provided by both the church and college’s practicum ministries birthed in us a hunger for God like nothing else. We were chal-lenged not just to be students of The Word, but also to walk in the Spirit and to apply it all with hands on training in the process. I remember how on numerous occasions a particular class, ie: Epis-tology or Missions or Systematic Theology would end up in a powerful prayer meeting. Chapel ser-vices were dynamic and life changing. The friend-ships that were forged there have been lifelong, and what we were equipped with during those years still continues to play a vital role in our min-istry today. I’m honored to have been under the leadership of Bishop Kenneth Haney and his staff.

Today, I’m proud to have one of my sons at-tending CLC, and I’m already seeing the impact they are having in his life. It’s an investment I would make over and over again as a father, Pas-tor, and church planter.

Alumni Voices

+Tim GaddyCabot, Arkansas

CLC - Class of '92


+Ric GonzalezChicago, IllinoisCLC - Class of '87

»Senior PortraitCLC Yearbook

Senior PortraitCLC Yearbook

CLC’s Legacy

I am...an alumnus of Christian Life College

Christian Life College has been a tremendous blessing in both my life and my wife, Panui’s, life. It was the place and setting where God chose for our two paths of life to meet. Since

then we have been married for twenty-seven wonderful years. We have been blessed of the Lord with three wonderful and beautiful girls who love the Lord. Out of our three daughters, two of them have also attended Christian Life College.

Together Panui and I both enjoy sharing the wonderful blessings of the Lord to all our family, friends and neighbors of all that He has done. We truly can relate to David’s quote in Psalms 66:16 – Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

After Bible College my wife and I returned to my home in Wash-ington State and attended my home church where we worked to-gether under my pastor’s ministry for seventeen years (Pastor Frank R. LaCrosse & his wife Jean LaCrosse) who are two wonderful Chris-tian people. It has been twenty-six years now for us being in the ministry. We served as youth pastor and associate pastors, Sunday school teachers and many other outreach ministries. It has been a joy serving the Lord.

In November of 2004 the Lord brought us to Maui, Hawaii, where my wife Panui was born and raised. (It was from Maui that she went off to Christian Life College.) It was at this time in our lives that we felt God’s timing for us to move to Maui and start planting the seed of His gospel message to reach the many lost souls here on the island.

One thing my wife and I are very grateful for in attending Chris-tian Life College is how it has truly opened our eyes and shown us how serious and passionate God is about winning the lost. Looking back in time, it seems as though every class and every instructor had this passion at heart. We have adopted that same passion of heart in our ministry today. It is an overwhelming joy every time a soul is added to the church. God has been so faithful and kind to allow our ministry to see how graceful His hand is at reaching the lost and al-lowing our ministry to grow. This humbling experience encourages us to want to do more for His kingdom. Our desire is to give more for His name sake and to honor that lovely name of Jesus.

+Greg ShepardMaui, Hawaii

CLC - Class of '87

Thank You CLC

Senior PortraitCLC Yearbook

Pastor Greg & Panui Shepard

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Once a year Christian Life College opens its doors and allows prospective students to see firsthand what it is like to be a student at CLC. We call it the Xperience. During this five-day event, prospective students are able

to experience the college for themselves. They live in the dorms; they share meals with faculty and current students; they participate in chapel services and Student Body Prayer; they get a glimpse of the academic life as they sit in classes; and they participate in the great social life.

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“Student Body Prayer showed what this school is centered on. No music, nobody leading. It was just the sound of young people getting ahold of God.”

“The unity of the student body makes it very easy and natural for people to be-come open and feel the friendliness of the school. At Xperience you see the student body excited for the visitors which makes you feel welcomed. This makes way for friendships to be created.”

“Xperience changed my perspective of Bible college. It allowed me to see what Bible college is really all about.”



Commencement Ceremony 2014


DURING THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY for insti-tutions of higher learning, a keynote speaker traditionally delivers a commencement address aimed at charging the

graduates to take their degrees and help make the world a better place as they leave their alma mater. The commencement service of Christian Life College is no exception to this tradition. However, unlike most other institutions, keynote speakers at Christian Life College center an address that focuses on spreading the gospel that will change the eternal destiny of an individual’s soul. It is an address that motivates the graduates to use the knowledge and ex-perience gained at CLC as a launching pad for their ministry which was the vision of our founder, Clyde J. Haney.

The commencement address delivered this year by Rev. EliLopez, CLC’s Director of Ministries, gave such motivation. How-ever, it also gave graduates the opportunity to remember the land-marks placed in their lives by the lessons taught by their instruc-tors, messages heard during chapel and church services, and from their personal prayer and devotional times. Rev. Eli Lopez took the occasion to remind the graduates of these 8 landmarks they have placed in their lives while at CLC: standing on the infallible word of God; knowing the one true God by developing a consistent

prayer life; fulfilling their true purpose of a relationship with Him; fulfilling their mission of spreading the gospel; preaching the new birth message of repentance, water baptism in Jesus name, and infilling of the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues; living a holy, separated life; being ready for the rapture, and staying humble. The graduates of 2014 were given the weighted respon-sibility of keeping these 8 landmarks to serve as boundaries that God can use to develop and sustain their ministries. Although Rev. Lopez was speaking directly to the graduates, the greater message can be applied to the life of every Christian working to save the lost with the message of Christ.

In a time when it is becoming easier to move boundaries or completely discard landmarks in the name of growing a church, there must be a people willing to keep the sacred landmarks that define the boundaries of their ministry; landmarks passed on by their elders. By living within the boundaries of the 8 landmarks outlined by Rev. Lopez, authentic apostolic ministries can mature which, in turn, will produce the authentic apostolic growth sought by so many churches. ■

-Israel Rodriguez

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+Johanna GardbornEnskededalen, Sweden

Class of '14

+Michael OvertonLaurel, MDClass of '14

There are over 30 young men and women, from Christian Life College, that have pre-pared themselves to serve and minister throughout North America, this summer.

If you are interested in having an SOS tour come to your church or camp, simply give us a call so we can add you to our 2014 schedule. As many other pastors and leaders have discovered, the students of CLC will be a blessing as they serve the needs of God’s kingdom. Any door you can help open for ministry will be greatly appreciated and will add to the “real-world ministry education” found at Christian Life College.

For more information about this program or other internship opportunities, please contact the college office at (209) 476-7840 or send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Christian Life College SOS tour groups will be visiting multiple cities/churches/camps in over 30 states

Anchorage AK Ventura CA Topeka KS Irving TX

Fairbanks AK Denver CO Wichita KS Lufkin TX

Cabot AR Cooper City FL Alexandria LA McKinney TX

Phoenix AZ Covington GA Arnold MD Palestine TX

Bell Gardens CA Stone Mountain GA Crisfield MD Plano TX

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Citrus Heights CA Kailua HI Grand Rapids MI Clearfield UT

Corona CA Maui HI Monroe MI Ogden UT

Fremont CA Pukalani HI Bloomington MN Salt Lake City UT

Hollister CA Wahiawa HI Grove Heights MN Fort Defiance VA

Lompoc CA De Moines IA St. Louis MO Bremerton WA

Lemoore CA Ogden IA North Platte NE Burien WA

Modesto CA Onowa IA Tohatchi NM Everett WA

Monrovia CA Boise ID Las Vegas NV Kennewick WA

Norwalk CA Addison IL Corning NY Lacey WA

Oakland CA Aurora IL Johnson City NY Lynnwood WA

Ontario CA Bartlett IL Dublin OH Olympia WA

Pacoima CA Bolingbrook IL Catoosa OK Pasco WA

Perris CA Brookfield IL Collinsville OK Port Orchard WA

Reseda CA Cary IL Mustang OK Redmond WA

Roseville CA Chicago IL Tulsa OK Richland WA

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Santa Cruz CA Rolling Meadows IL Turner OR Hudson WI

Santa Maria CA Springfield IL Arlington TX Monroe WI

Stockton CA Wapella IL Dallas TX Shawano WI

Sunnyvale CA West Chicago IL Eagle Pass TX Casper WY

Tracy CA Hobart IN Fort Worth TX

Tulare CA Indianapolis IN Fresno TX

Van Nuys CA McPherson KS Houston TX

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