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City You Live In: (Add closest Major City in Parentheses): Lawrenceville

State You Live In:: VIRGINIA VA

Church Status:: Associate Minister

Church Name:: Refuge Temple Church

College Attended (optional):: W.L.Bonner College OF Theology

About Me: (Ministry Info, Hobbies, Fav. Music etc.): I am a God Fearing man, I came to the Lord, years ago after being addicited to crack cocaine. My wife had been in church for years and after we got into a argument she left to go and see her pastor. Well once i realize that she was gone i went after her. And this is were my life began to change.I have always knew that God existed but i was looking for satisifaction in all the wrong ways, actually drugs was my family curse. Then one day i asked him(GOD) if this Holy Ghost is real he has got to prove it to me. I started praying everyday in my closet i had read a scripture that said if you go into your secret closet he will answer you so i took the word just as i read it and i began to run after the Lord. One day i had went to church with my wife, the only way she would agree to work on our marriage is if i started coming to church with her. But everytime we left church I would go and get a beer or a hit of cocaine. One day I was hanging out with the boys and my wife tells me she was praying for God to reveal his self to me. Everyone in the room was high but the drugs did not touch me. I asked my friends what was wrong with this stuff they told me it was the best they had every had I just could not figure it out. I tried to get drink and nothing touched me anymore, I was wondering what was wrong with me. And God told me you wanted me to prove myself to you I am showing you how ,i got all power in my hands. One saturaday night in a youth service I received the Holy Ghost and I have been running ever since. I now enjoy things i use to do like hunting, fixing cars, going fishing. Life is enjoyable now and I am growing in the Lord. I was a Deacon for about 1 year, then a Minister and now a Elder next move is a church.

Favorite Preachers:: Bishop W.L. Bonner, and Bishop Noel Jones

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At 7:52am on June 30, 2010, William J. Bass said…: This is pastor William J. Bass, senior pastor of Praise Covenant Christian Center in Springfield, VA. Please ck out our all new 24/7 online gospel radio station called Praise 2 Go Radio you may log on at www.praise2go.com
After you ck it out, please e-mail me bk at ptriplec@aol.com with your thoughts and or comments. Be Blessed

At 7:54am on August 17, 2009, Bishop R.G.Mallory said…: I love the Testimony Brother; very simular to my own; It took prison for me though God got my attention and Im here to stay. Keep the faith the best is yet to come.

At 9:15pm on March 15, 2009, Ricardo Miller Ministries said…

At 1:04am on February 21, 2009, William said…: New Music/New Artist/All Positive
Hello To All My Brothers and Sisters Around The World.
My purpose in life is to impact upon the spiritual, social, and economic conditions that impinge upon the human family in this point of our history. If not addressed, we will raise up a generation with no morals, no respect for self or others. I’m sure that many of you can bear witness to this truth. Our youth will face a greater rate of incarceration, poverty, teen-age pregnancy, etc. If mankind is to be blessed it must work to bless the entire human family. Division creates strife; strife creates hatred and envy, which in turn creates hostility which beds with aggression and violence. Check out our profile page at http://www.positivecommunique.com We’re looking for an opportunity to minister socially or spiritually from a musical perspective in your country, state or city, run a parenting work shop, speak to middle and high school students, or resolve conflict in your school system Check out the video performances of Papa Howard on this great Black Preaching Network. He’s performing Sam Cooke, The William Brothers, and The Canton Spirituals and doing Tim McGraw all live. I’ve also added three selections from the finished new CD.
The music on our last CD which made it to no. 7 on WXOK in Baton Rouge, 17 on KOKY in Little Rock, and no. 12 in Wilmington Delaware. It is traditional and contemporary gospel with some old Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, and Otis Redding brought up to date addressing social issues. If you like what we are trying to do and the music you hear, tell your family and friends about us. It would even be a greater blessing if you would share our sites with them and support our efforts. One prominent DJ along with numerous individuals said that I should have something out and that I sound a lot like Sam Cooke; so I prayed and tried God by introducing us to the public with the current CD. As a test very view pieces were pressed up with no distribution out side of Detroit, CD Baby, I-Tunes etc. I see that God is with us and I believe that upon going to all three sites, you will be too. On the current CD is, Elder William T. Howard (Brother Bill), William T. Howard Jr., Kenya Howard-Bell (Wife of NBA star Charlie Bell), Krystal Howard (Poetress Extraordinary), Phillip Charles (Nephew), and Destiny Johnson (Grand Daughter).
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Its-All-Positive dedicated to real positive solutions for today’s problems. If you have children at the middle or high school level, they need to listen along with you to our broadcast dated Oct 25th, November 1st 15, 22, and 29th. December 13th, 08 was how to turn our cities and public schools in a direction of positivism. Jan 31th a message for every sister.
Thanking you in advance for your support
I Do This Because I Care
God Bless