My church cannot save me and your church cannot save you. This is because no church died for us. No pope, no bishop, no pastor, no evangelist can save us, because none of them died for us. But here is the name of the one who did die for us. It is JESUS! JESUS! JESUS! Only Jesus saves!

In 1972 I moved to Montgomery to become the pastor of Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church.  That same year Gary Burton, 11 years younger than I, came to Montgomery to become pastor of the Pintlala Baptist Church.  Gary was still a seminary student in New Orleans.  Pintlala Baptist was only 10 years old. This year Gary Burton is celebrating his 40th anniversary as the pastor of Pintlala.  He has given remarkable leadership in this “country church.”  It has continued to grow and be...

April 8th, 2012 Dear Mission Partners, Today I spoke to a man with an amazing story.  He attended our first crusade in Sierra Leone in 1991 accidently.  He came from a Muslim family, but he was not religious.  In fact he was a drug addict, an alcoholic and a fornicator.  He had no exposure to Christianity and had never heard the Gospel, but he was a football fan.  He used to come to the national stadium quite often to watch his favorite team play and one night, when he saw that a huge crowd...