Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Here & There Column 8-21-12


Tent Revival Evangelism Is Alive & Well

  As if taking a page out of the history books and adding crescendo from the traditional Gospel song "Give Me That Old-Time Religion, Tent Gospel Revival and evangelism returned to Sullivan County during the weekend of Aug. 3-Aug. 5 at Liberty Lighthouse Ministries.
  Church Pastors Rich and Cathy Ienuso recently opened their new church location at 5 Triangle Road opposite Albert's Restaurant and the three-day revival featured 17-year veteran Evangelist Pastor Joseph Chamberlin.
  Rev. Chamberlin in addition to his evangelism crusades has been in the ministry 32 years, 15 years as a church pastor and presently serving as Pastor of the Little Falls, NY 1st Assembly Of God Church.
  This 5th generation pastor comes from a family where his father was a pastor and he presently has three brothers serving as pastors.
  Rev. Chamberlin noted he was called to be an evangelist at the age of 10 , pastor-ed his first church at the age of 22 and previously traveled to some 250 evangelistic services a year. Now at the age of 52 he preaches these type of services about once a month.
  Formerly the head of church evangelism for the New York State Assembly Of God Church  the pastor is married and his family consists of three daughters. 
  Parishioners at the Liberty Aug. 4-6 Tent Meetings heard Pastor Chamberlin urge them to "choose what victory you want to live," and that "fear doesn't have to dominate you because there is no opponent that can't be conquered." 
  "When God gives you a job to do there is victory and things will turn around," Chamberlin said. 
  "God is still on the throng, never curse God, look at yourself, what ever the severity of your situation is it can be restored because Jesus said I can do more in an instant then anyone else," Chambelin urged.
   The weekend services heard this evangelist speak about what soldiers and military personnel are faced with when they return home, the tragic shootings that have taken place recently, the severe changes in weather the past several years and "that its all part of God telling us to get our act together." 
  "Nothing is so ruined that it can't be restored and Jesus could come again soon to do just this," Chamberlin added.


                     
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Evangelist Joseph Chamberlin preaching at the Liberty Lighhouse Ministries Gospel Tent Meetings Aug. 3-5.

                                                                 


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