High Impact Stories Archive

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    Our Ministry Finds a New Home in the Hills of Tennessee

    Are you open? I mean, are you open to God’s plans for your life? Are you yielded to His leadership and are you willing to hear Him and follow even if it means change? I’m not going to pretend that “living a surrendered life” is...

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    Update: Revival Conference – Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, Indianapolis, IN

    Revival Conference at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, Indianapolis, IN Each week the youth we minister to receive a “dosage” of the truth of God’s word. During the week of May 24 we had a revival conference at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center...

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    Fort Bluff Camp: June 14-18, 2010

    Pray for our ministry as we partner with Fort Bluff Camp during the week of June 14-18, 2010. My family and I will be ministering at the camp during the week in beautiful Dayton, TN. Visit the camp website here: http://www.fbc-naca.org/

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  • Let Us Rise Up and Build: Revival Conference

    Let Us Rise Up and Build: Revival Conference

    Pray for our special revival conference held this week, May 24-28, 2010 at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center in Indianapolis, IN.

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    Chaplain Bag – Donate

    The Chaplain’s Bag is a new resource we are seeking to place in the hands of every teenager touched by our ministry. There are approximately 2000 teenagers that are detained every 12 months at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center. As they are released, the...

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  • DETAINED: A Message For Troubled Youth

    DETAINED: A Message For Troubled Youth

    I am currently working on a book project titled “DETAINED: A Message For Troubled Youth.” My desire is to bring a message of hope to the hearts and minds of troubled youth who have found themselves at the “bottom” of life’s circumstances. Having spent the...

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  • The Caring Center – Hunger Project

    The Caring Center – Hunger Project

    The staff at the Caring Center in Lebanon, IN has asked our ministry to partner with them on a temporary project over the past few weeks. The project is part of an initiative to address the needs of families who have landed in poverty and specifically...

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  • He said, “I Need You To Remember My Name.”

    He said, “I Need You To Remember My Name.”

    On Monday night, April 12, during our “Man Up” Bible study 6 teenage boys accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior! I was asked to bring the Bible study in to a different unit from what was scheduled. This Bible study is something I started...

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  • Parent/Teen Conference – First Baptist Church of Glen Este,

    Parent/Teen Conference – First Baptist Church of Glen Este,

    PARENT/TEEN CONFERENCE – First Baptist Church of Glen Este, OH (Cincinnati). The weekend of April 9-10 I was speaking at the Parent/Teen Conference at First Baptist Church of Glen Este, OH (Cincinnati). It’s great to be here again with my good friend Bob Johnson who...

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  • Reaching 1 Out of 100 (This Time God Surprised Me) The Daniel Ferguson Story

    Reaching 1 Out of 100 (This Time God Surprised Me) The Daniel Ferguson Story

    The teenage boys I minister to each week are open and teachable. Well… most of them are. If I told you there are times when I deal with a hard case I really don’t think you would be surprised. A couple Monday nights ago I...

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  • High Impact Teens Takes Part In Wisconsin State Youth Conference

    High Impact Teens Takes Part In Wisconsin State Youth Conference

    On Saturday, February, 27, 2010, Calvary Baptist Church hosted the Wisconsin State Youth Conference. I was privileged to be a part of this youth event as a keynote speaker along with Randy Tanis as the other keynote speaker. Randy is a great friend a youth...

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  • Help. Here’s How

    Help. Here’s How

    Our ministry to troubled youth touches approximately 130 teens each month. 90% of these young men are “fatherless” and many of them have not heard the message of the gospel. I have met several who have never heard of a man named “Adam” or a...

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  • Forgiveness. Meet Don Cox One Of Our Youth Mentors

    Forgiveness. Meet Don Cox One Of Our Youth Mentors

    I met Don Cox this past year and have grown to have great appreciation for him as a friend. I wanted to share his story with you. It’s a story of forgiveness… but this time it was Don who needed to be forgiven. Don is...

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  • How It Feels To Be Fatherless

    How It Feels To Be Fatherless

    Last December *Anthony’s story was almost too much for me to take. I have heard a lot of stories from teens in 20+ years of ministry but this story left me stunned and speechless. He walked out of the room and up to his cell...

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  • What Is Your DTE? Are You Running On Empty?

    What Is Your DTE? Are You Running On Empty?

    A few years ago I was in a hurry to get to the church for a youth activity and feeling a little crunched for time. My vehicle had a computer that tells you miles per gallon, length of trip and DTE. My gas gauge was...

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