All Discussions Tagged 'Beaumont' - Black Preaching Network2024-03-29T02:12:09Zhttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/group/tellthemfellowship/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Beaumont&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhy Start A New Organization? Why A New Fellowship? Why Tell Them Outreach?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2011-01-04:916966:Topic:18316512011-01-04T00:56:16.693ZBishop August Francishttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/PastorAugustFrancis
<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">There are so many organizations that are available and so many fellowship groups, what is the reason for there to be another? Let's discuss
that very thing.</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"> …</p>
<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">There are so many organizations that are available and so many fellowship
groups, what is the reason for there to be another? Let's discuss<br />
that very thing.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">During my time pastoring a church in New Orleans, Louisiana (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i>early
1970's</i></font>), I was faced with a dilemma. I was a pastor, in a<br />
certain denomination, in my state and we were growing rapidly. I<br />
began to receive calls from churches, in other states, who heard of<br />
what the Lord was doing and wanted to know if we could help. We<br />
prayed and the Lord did not give the answer I wanted, so we went to<br />
help.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">These were extremely difficult times for me. The attacks were so great
that I said, “I would never do this kind of thing again”.<br />
Needless to say, nothing really worked after that. I was out of the<br />
will of the Lord but kept trying to convince myself that I was<br />
correct. When I prayed, I would get an answer according to what “I”<br />
wanted (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i><b>Ezekiel 14:1-5</b></i></font>).<br />
I was hard headed.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">The Lord gave me opportunity after opportunity over the years. Then in
the 1980's, He showed me what I did not want to see. I saw ministers<br />
and ministries destroyed and new Christians end up “shipwrecked”<br />
by the viciousness that was taking place.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">In my personal life, I went to seek the counsel of another minister and
he used what I asked him to pray with me about as an instrument to<br />
try to destroy me. Then, I began to understand. Ministers did not<br />
have any true Bible protection. The Bible makes provision, but the<br />
“so called church world” was being used as a way to attempt<br />
destroy the Body of Christ.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">In the 1990's and the first decade of 2000, it was the time to
disqualify people due to their educational background, the size of<br />
their bank account and the size of their congregation. I saw people<br />
discouraged because they were told they had no anointing. One memo<br />
was sent from a leader of a ministry network that said, “...the<br />
choir director of a large church has more anointing than the pastor<br />
of a small church”. This was horrible, coming from the daughter of<br />
a pastor who had pioneered many small ministries.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">Finally, the Lord had gotten through this thick skull. Something had to be
done. But still, I wanted someone else to do it. For years, I had<br />
pioneered churches, trained ministers, taught in Bible College, on<br />
the board of accrediting agencies, doing the work of the Apostle.<br />
But, this job, I did not want. To form an Apostolic organization, to<br />
build a fellowship of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors,<br />
Ministers and Churches, ordain ministers, begin a School of Ministry,<br />
revive the School of the Prophets, help to pioneer more churches and<br />
strengthen ministries...more work than I wanted. But, my answer<br />
could be only one, “...here am I, send me” (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i><b>Isaiah<br />
6:7-8</b></i></font>).</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">Tell Them Outreach Fellowship and Network lives to help those who have
been rejected, ridiculed, left alone, and outcast. We desire to see<br />
pastors and ministers have access to the things that they thought<br />
were only available to the larger and affluent churches. We exists<br />
to see you grow and develop so that you may help to grow and develop<br />
others.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">I personally desire to stand with you so that when problems come your
way, you have have someone to speak to, who will pray with you, see<br />
you restored (<i>if need be</i>), and it never goes beyond our<br />
private conversation. That is why...<b>Tell Them Outreach Fellowship<br />
and Network</b>!</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3"><font color="#FFFFFF">You may contact us at (214) 923-9782 or <a href="mailto:tellthem@ymail.com">tellthem@ymail.com</a>,
for more information.</font></font></font></font></p>