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IPHC Distributes Aid to Port-Au-Prince Families

January 18, 2010


People to People Ministries \| ptp.iphc.org \| ptpinfo@iphc.org \| (405) 787.7110 x. 3212 IPHC Distributes Aid to Port-Au-Prince Families Matt Bennett and the IPHC’s initial response team arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday night. Communication with the team has been limited; however, they have reported that the damage to IPHC homes is extensive. Nevertheless, our members gathered for worship on Sunday morning. In the midst of their loss, they sang God’s praise. ^{The home of an IPHC family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.} The IPHC has a ministry compound in Port-au-Prince that consists of offices, classrooms, a church, a kitchen, and a small farm. The exterior security wall fell down, but the buildings are intact. The neighborhood surrounding the compound has been severely damaged, with almost all of the homes being destroyed. Dan Clowers, the overseas coordinator for Latin America, said that the damage in the neighborhood surrounding the compound was the most severe he witnessed in Port-au-Prince. IPHC families and people from the community who are now homeless are staying at the ministry complex. Monetary donations are urgently needed so food, water, medicine, and fuel can be purchased to aid these survivors. An airplane full of supplies is scheduled to arrive Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Nearly all of the IPHC families who live near the ministry complex have lost their homes. Most have lost family members. The director of Cabaret, one of People to People’s schools, was killed in the earthquake. ^{Homes surrounding the IPHC's compound were destroyed.} Fortunately, the assessment team and the IPHC’s leadership in Haiti have not heard of any People to People children who were killed in the quake. Bishop Abraham Armonon and Wilner Orvil were also not injured. Due to the damage to the IPHC’s compound and the unsafe travel conditions, the IPHC is not planning to send another team to Port-au-Prince immediately. The compound will first need to be repaired, establishing a safe place for future teams to stay. Meanwhile, medical teams may soon minister to displaced persons who have gathered at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The main road from Santo Domingo, DR to the border has been closed, however, so teams can not be sent until a way to enter Haiti has been identified. Once safe housing and transportation can be arranged, the IPHC will send several teams to Haiti over the next year. Churches are encouraged to contact People to People Ministries for more information as the situation develops. Please continue to pray for Haiti: Pray that essential supplies will reach people struggling to survive. Pray for those who are sick, injured, or without food and water. Ask God to comfort every Haitian who has lost a family member. Finally, please be a part of the answer to your prayers by giving generously to People to People’s disaster relief fund. No part of donations to this special fund will be used for the ministry’s administrative costs; 100% of donations will reach Haiti. Please send all contributions to: People to People Ministries P.O. Box 12609 Oklahoma City, OK 73157 Earmarked: Haiti Disaster Relief #15 Or contact ptpinfo@iphc.org or 1-888-474-2966 x. 3212 We have attached a flier so you can share this information. Thank you for your prayers and generosity.

Evangelist Oral Roberts Dies at Age 91

December 15, 2009

Bishop Carpenter's Statement on Oral Roberts’ Passing

The InternationalPentecostalHolinessChurch is deeply saddened by the death of Evangelist Oral Roberts. He was of the best-known and most influential Pentecostal leaders of the 20^th century.

Oral Roberts had a tremendous impact on the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. In the early years of his ministry, he was an ordained IPHC minister and pastored several IPHC churches. He also contributed greatly to the establishment and early growth of Southwestern Christian University. Oral always dreamed big, and he pushed the IPHC to dream big with him.

His ministry had a personal impact on me when I was a new convert. I had been a Christian for only a year when I had the opportunity to work at one of his healing tent revivals. I remember seeing a woman walk to the stage with a goiter so large that I could no longer see her neck. Rev. Roberts laid his hand on her and began to ask God for her healing. As he prayed, her goiter disappeared. I watched as her neck returned to a normal size and she was completely healed before my eyes. That service greatly impacted my Christian walk. I thought, “If that’s what God can do, I want that type of Holy Spirit power!”

Oral Roberts’ legacy is not in the school he built or the revivals he held, but in the millions of lives he touched with his message of salvation and healing. While I am deeply saddened by his death, I rejoice in knowing that he is reunited with his wife Evelyn and worshipping at the feet of his Savior.

I pray that God will use Oral Roberts’ life and legacy to inspire believers around the world to live a life of faith, always expecting, as Oral would say, that “Something GOOD is going to happen to you today!”