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Record Week for Salvation Reports

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Today’s Pentecostal Evangel received an all-time high 85 salvation reports from readers during the week of Sept. 8-12. The record response pushed the number of conversions reported to the Evangel this year to 1,721.
Should the current pace continue, TPE will surpass the previous high of 2,231 salvation coupons submitted during 2007. Since the Evangel began regularly carrying a response form in 1997, […]

Dennis Skillicorn Update: A Temporary Reprieve

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Midlife Musings readers who have taken an interest in Dennis Skillicorn’s case will want to know that he won’t be executed on Wednesday after all. He has been granted at least a 30-day extension.

Visiting Death Row

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Dennis Skillicorn knows he will die a week from today. He is praying that God will be glorified. See Midlife Musings.

Key Bearers Reaches 7.3 Million Evangels

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Thanks to a tremendous pace in donations this year, the Key Bearers ministry has surpassed the 7.3 million mark in the number of Today’s Pentecostal Evangels provided to the incarcerated since 1996. Giving for 2008 could easily surpass the record of nearly $177,800 received last year.
The donations to the Key Bearers program reflect the concern by […]

Salvation Reports Climb with Key Bearer Donations

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As donations to the Key Bearers ministry reach record levels, so do the number of incarcerated men and women committing their lives to Jesus Christ. By the end of June, 615 inmates reported making salvation decisions during the first six months of 2008.
More than 5,200 prisoners have mailed salvation response forms to the offices of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel […]

Key Bearers Reaches 7 Million Milestone

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

It took nearly 3 years for the first 1 million copies of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel to be provided to the incarcerated through the Key Bearers program that was created in 1996. Thanks to generous and loyal supporters, the ministry now sponsors more than 730,000 Evangels on an annual basis.
Donations received during April pushed the total number of underwritten […]

Faith Behind Bars

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I like going to prison to interview Christian inmates. The time inside the walls never fails to lift my spirits. I come away heartened by the faith of men who are living disciplined spiritual lives.

A Purposeful Delay

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Often when we are inconvenienced with unexpected waits, at airports or elsewhere, God has a plan in mind, if we’re not too bent out of shape to listen. See Midlife Musings.