World Missions & Evangelism, Inc.

Last Sunday afternoon I visited for the last time on earth with a special Friend.  Bill Crowell was one of the finest men I have ever known.  His family, wife Betty, daughter Jeannie, and son Garland have been close friends of myself and my family for over 30 years.  Garland is one of my best friends and serves as a board member of World Missions and Evangelism, Inc.  Last August, Betty, Bill's wife of over 60 years went home to be with the Lord, and as I visited with Bill last Sunday I knew that it would not be long before he joined her in the prescence of the Lord.  We talked about the things of God and we had communion together.  Our prayers are with this precious family during this time.  We want to honor Bill's memory with this special post.  Following is the obituary for Bill. Billy Frazier Crowell of Nashville, TN, formerly of Benton, KY, passed away peacefully with family at his side on March 28, 2013 to be with his heavenly father. ...

Let me start by saying that I am a Pentecostal/Charismatic Christian by experience.  I believe in the present day work of the Holy Spirit....I don't believe that the supernatural power of God or the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit ended when the Apostles died.  I was saved and experienced the filling of the Holy Spirit when I was 6 years old (44 years ago!).  I am praying in the Spirit (speaking in tongues!) as I write this. I have my Bachelor's degree from Lee University (Classical Pentecostal) and my Master's degree from Oral Roberts University (Charismatic). I'm a fourteen carat, gold plated Charismatic! I believe that God has blessed His whole Church Universal with the outpouring of His Spirit that comprised the "Waves of the Holy Spirit" that occurred in the 20th Century.   The body of Christ is much bigger than these movements, but the whole body has benefited from the emphasis on the Person and Present Day Work of the Spirit of God.  From A...

I just returned from El Salvador where WME conducted its first Church Planting Movement training event.  This training is a direct result of the work in next door Honduras where Beto's groups and churches have been multiplying so greatly.  The training was very near San Salvador and although it was one of our smaller trainings (about 15 people took the training) it represented leaders from 6 different denominations.  I must say that in terms of questions and discussions and a sense that these leaders were really grappling with the issues, it was one of the best trainings I have personally seen.   The first day of the training these leaders were hearing the beginning of the details of how CPM works and you could see that these were thinkers who were seriously analyzing what the team was saying.  On the second day in the first session we sensed that "something happened"!  There was a breakthrough as faces began to light up and the comments showed that there...