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Living in God’s Best

Expanding a Legacy—Charis Bible Studies

Meet the Instructor

Beth Landt

Student Spotlight

Appointment with Destiny

From the Desk of Andrew Wommack

Last Chance

And More

Gospel Truthgt Andrew Wommack Ministries Fall/Winter 2016

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Dear Partners and Friends,

What a year it has been! This has certainly been a year of growth and change…and politics. But God is on the throne, and we are seated right next to Him.

In this magazine, you’ll find teaching from my newest book, Living in God’s Best, which will be released in early 2017. If you’re tired of just hearing about others prospering in life, you’ll definitely want to read this article. It will encourage you and spur you on to set your sights higher.

We’re really proud of our Charis Bible College graduates. We have featured one of our graduates-turned-pastor, Rick McFarland, in our Student Spotlight section. You don’t want to miss that. And we can’t have great graduates without great instructors. Read about Beth Landt and her work as the dean of women at Charis. Also, learn more about Charis Bible Studies and our Grace Partnership in this issue.

Don’t miss our Healing Journey article about Julieann Hartman and our testimonies section. Reading these will boost your faith and help you receive your own miracle and then walk in God’s best.

Thank you for your continued support of this ministry. As we seek to live in God’s best and not settle for less, there’s no telling how far we’ll go.

God bless you,

A Messagefrom

Andrew &Jamie

Volume X | Number 2

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Gospel Truthgt Fall/Winter 2016

PublisherAndrew Wommack Ministries, Inc.

Publications ManagerGreg Troup

EditorsDavid Moore IIJill Smith

WritersAndrew WommackAria FischerJessica GiaimoCitlalli Macy

Eileen QuinnJill SmithRoxanne Troup

Editorial AssistantsMelissa RoartyAria FischerEileen QuinnKelsie WardellSylvia Wells

Graphic DesignersSatoshi YamamotoKris Storey

PhotographersSatoshi Yamamoto Pages: 10, 12, & 26

All Bible references are from the King James Version unless otherwise noted.GospelTruth® is published by Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.© 2016 Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved.

Healing JourneyFree from Fear and Fibromyalgia 6

Living in God’s Best 10

Meet the InstructorBeth Landt 14

Expanding a Legacy—Charis Bible Studies 16

Last Chance 20

Partnership: Relaying the Message 22

Living Devotional We Are a Royal Priesthood 25

Student SpotlightAppointment with Destiny 26

The People Behind the Pen 30

The Message Changes Everything...and Here’s the Fruit 32

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“I can’t remember a time [when] I was not afraid,” Julieann Hartman recalled. “My father was an alcoholic [and] a medicinal drug addict; we never knew how he was going to come home.” Then one night, her father snapped. “Mom had made a special dinner for him. He didn’t like it and started yelling. He picked up the table and threw it against the wall.”

He then grabbed a knife. When the children saw him press it against their mother’s throat, they screamed, “Please don’t…don’t do that…don’t kill her!” A moment later, their father disappeared into a back room of the house, and Julieann’s mother took that opportunity to gather their things and leave.

The courage Julieann’s mother displayed that day removed her family from physical danger, but the fear and anxiety Julieann experienced followed her into adulthood. Despite her success as a fitness instructor and the joy of starting her own family, she constantly battled the ghosts of her past. It seemed like nothing could dispel the cloud of fear that colored her daily interactions—not exercise or the fast-paced lifestyle she and her husband, a Hollywood producer, kept.

“I tried so hard to rid myself of anxiety and fear. I kept a job, classes, dancing…. I worked out until two in the morning so I wouldn’t have time to be afraid,” Julieann said. “I just kept running. The older I got, the faster I ran.” It wasn’t uncommon for Julieann to work out five or six hours every day, at least until the pain started.

“There was so much pain in my body, and it came from nowhere,” Julieann said. “It started in my back, my legs, my hands…it felt like I had the flu 24/7.” Doctors diagnosed Julieann with fibromyalgia, an incurable disease that causes widespread muscle pain, extreme

Free from Fear and Fibromyalgia

Healing Journey

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and sounds of Hollywood, Andrew didn’t seem to offer anything to hold her interest. Yet something compelled her to keep listening.

“This man came on [television], but he was so boring. I was just sitting there with the remote in my hand, ready to turn [the program] off. I don’t know what his teaching was [about], but I heard him say [he’d ministered to] a man who had Parkinson’s. Andrew told [the man], ‘Just tell your hand to stop shaking.’ So, the man did, and the shaking stopped. That caught me.”

Julieann stopped what she was doing, went to her computer, and started researching everything she could find about Andrew. “I went online thinking, Who is this man? What is he about?” And what she found changed everything.

“I watched her devour every Andrew episode,” Butch said. “She downloaded everything she could get.” For two weeks, Julieann didn’t leave her house. She simply sat at her kitchen table, saturating herself in God’s Word. “I thought, This is it! I canceled all my appointments and just listened [to Andrew’s teachings] from the time I took my kids to school until I had to pick them up.”

Through teachings like God Wants You Well and You’ve Already Got It!, Julieann discovered that God wasn’t holding out on her. Soon, she was learning how to walk in her authority as a believer in Christ. “I started walking through my hallways, speaking my healing. I’d say, ‘[Body], in the name of Jesus, stop being numb. Numbness, you are dead. Get out of my body now, in the name of Jesus.’ I’d say, ‘Pain, get out of my body. Brain, you are perfect; function the way you were made.’”

Julieann didn’t care what had been spoken over her or what labels the doctors had given; she rebuked each of them in the name of Jesus and commanded her body to come back to life. “I just kept doing that over and over. Then I’d go back to the scriptures Andrew had walked me through.”

fatigue, and mood swings. Julieann could no longer exercise. She couldn’t control her emotions. She struggled to be present in her children’s lives. “Shortly after she stopped [exercising], I noticed a huge change,” her husband, Butch, shared. “Despair is a word I would use [to describe it].”

“It was a difficult period in my life,” Julieann recounted. “In the mornings, [Butch] would leave me crying with my head in my hands. And he’d come home to me in the same position. I felt so sick. My [greatest] hope was to just make it through another day.”

“We were church-going people,” Butch said. “We knew that Christ promised healing, but it just wasn’t coming.” At one point, Julieann became so low, she verbally released her husband from their marriage covenant. “She told me I should leave. Had I not had Christ in my life, I probably would have.”

But Butch knew that only perfect love could cast out fear (1 John 4:18), so he was determined to show that type of love to his wife. Whatever Julieann needed to do, wherever she needed to go, Butch was ready to make it happen. And for three years, Julieann filled her planner with doctor’s appointments, prayer meetings, and trips to the pharmacy looking for a cure for her pain. But no matter what new drug they tried or what specialist they went to see, nothing seemed to help.

“I kept asking God, ‘Why are You not healing me? What am I doing wrong? I don’t understand,’” Julieann said. Nearly $300,000 in medical bills later, Julieann was still not getting better. “We’d done everything,” Butch attested.

But God was just getting started.

“I was home a lot,” Julieann said. “And I would constantly leave the television on, playing every ministry possible.” Then one day, she accidently tuned in to the Gospel Truth program with Andrew Wommack. For a woman accustomed to the lights

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its principles to his career. “The Hollywood industry is an industry [where] everyone wants you to fail,” Butch explained. “And when you don’t, they wonder what it is that makes you succeed.”

And Butch is succeeding. With several shows currently airing on major networks and hundreds of additional ideas percolating in his mind, he has started his own network of children’s programming, called the Noog Network. “It’s a safe place for kids, filled with cartoons, silly games, and news that’s safe and entertaining,” he said.

“What we want to do is to give the money that comes from the Noog Network into the dorms and whatever else Andrew [wants to do],” Julieann said. “We’re so on board with his vision.”

“It’s exciting to think that when you’re a partner [with Andrew], everything this ministry accomplishes goes [into] your heavenly account,” Butch said.

“Those doctors cost a lot of money,” Julieann said, “but Andrew’s teaching was free!”

Thank you, partners, for making this story possible! If you are not a partner and would like to find out how you can become one, go to our website: www .awmi.net/give or call our Helpline: 719-635-1111.

Soon the difference was undeniable: “One day, I realized she wasn’t complaining about her knees,” Butch said. “I [noticed] she was crying a lot less. Then I’d see a smile, hear a laugh. I hadn’t heard a laugh in years. It was the most amazing thing.”

But Julieann’s healing was much more than just physical. “Fibromyalgia doesn’t just come on you,” she said. “It comes from years of fear and emotional abuse.” After years of learning to not trust her earthly father, she had to relearn to trust her heavenly Father. “My healing was progressive, but only because I made it so. I wasn’t just healing on the outside; I was learning who I was in Christ. That was the missing link.”

Finding that missing link has not only opened up a pain-free future for Julieann, but it has also stirred her entire family to pursue all that God has for them. They started the Hartman House, a nonprofit organization that builds homes and provides food, education, and spiritual growth in poverty-stricken areas all over the world. They also hold weekly Bible studies in Los Angeles, sharing Andrew’s message with their community and encouraging those around them to apply Christ’s atonement to every area of their lives. But that’s not all.

The first time the Hartmans heard Andrew’s Don’t Limit God teaching, Butch decided to start applying

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I’m going to tell you something that might surprise you: You can’t receive God’s best by accident. God’s best is not like winning the lottery. Yes, the Word says that God’s blessing will overtake you (Deut. 28:2), but I guarantee that there needs to be something intentional on your part if it’s going to come to pass.

Many Christians are praying for God’s blessings but aren’t receiving them. Their cups aren’t overflowing, and their barns aren’t filled with plenty. When faced with their lack, they tend to blame God. But the truth is, God wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed. It’s not His fault you aren’t receiving His best; He’s already done His part. You need to do yours. God has given me a revelation that I know will help you receive what He has for you.

If I offered you five dollars or one hundred dollars, without a doubt, you’d pick the hundred. You’d probably say, “Cash, please.” But when God is the one offering, many Christians—whether knowingly or unknowingly—settle for less than God’s best. Why is that?

Here God is, wanting to bless people with health and abundance, and yet most Christians live below His desire. He has blessed us exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, but it’s according to the power that works in us (Eph. 3:20). We need to close the gap between what we’re experiencing and what God has promised us. We need to arm ourselves with wisdom and revelation so that we can position ourselves to receive God’s best.

Living in God’s Best

You might be thinking, I’m not doing so bad. I just need a miracle to pay this bill, or to get this healing, or to solve this problem. But guess what? A miracle is not God’s best for you! In order to go from miracle to miracle, you have to go from crisis to crisis. Because God loves you, He will give you a miracle so you can get through the crisis. But He has a better way.

Don’t misunderstand me: Miracles are great—we should expect to have miracles in our lives all the time—but God doesn’t want us to live from miracle to miracle. We should be thankful for God’s miracles, but they are just manna for today. God wants to take us into the Promised Land, where His blessing is. We could say, “Well, at least I’m doing better than that person,” but we need to stop comparing ourselves among ourselves (2 Cor. 10:12). Even if we have a degree of comfort in our lives, God has more. Praise God!

You really need to prepare your heart to receive God’s best. It’s a process, and it starts with an attitude that says, “God, I don’t want to live like this anymore. I don’t want to see your promises from far away. I know that you have more for me, and I want to receive and live in Your promises!”

Gideon is a good example of a person who wasn’t afraid to say that he didn’t have God’s best. The Israelites were oppressed by the Midianites. While Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress in order to hide from Israel’s enemies, an angel appeared unto him and said, “The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour” (Judg. 6:12). Gideon’s

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Him. It empowered them to prosper, to rule, to be productive, and to enjoy eternity with Him. The good news is, God wants the same for you!

If you’ve been going from miracle to miracle, you need to understand the principles of how to receive God’s best so you don’t have to struggle anymore. Satan doesn’t want you to get this revelation, because he knows nothing will stop you if you do. And then, truly, the blessing will overtake you.

Even if you have heard me teach this before, I believe that God will give you a fresh revelation. This teaching will really answer some questions and help you overcome obstacles that may have been hindering you for a long time.

I have much more teaching on this subject that will be available soon. I know these truths will change your life, if you let them. My new book, Living in God’s Best, will be released in early 2017. I pray that you receive revelation knowledge from the Holy Spirit as you read it.

Also take a look at the Promise Package we’re offering this month. This set of six books and one mini-book will activate your faith to stand on His promises and receive all that He has for you. To get this package, and for more teaching and other free resources, visit our website: www.awmi.net or call our Helpline: 719-635-1111.

response was basically, “If I’m a mighty man of valor, where are all the mighty works that our fathers told us about?” In other words, he was saying that he was sick and tired of living a substandard life. He wanted God’s best, and the angel responded by saying in essence, “Go in your might, and God’ll be with you.” The angel commended and rewarded Gideon for the kind of attitude he had, and God surely gave him the victory.

You might be wondering, How do I change? There is a lot I can say about this, but I’m going to give you a few keys:

1) Change the way you think, and don’t settle for less than God’s best! You need to understand that receiving God’s best is not getting God to do something. Don’t sit there begging God to do what He’s already done. Instead, ask Him to help you understand what He has already given you.

2) You also need to understand the difference between a blessing and a miracle. A miracle supersedes natural law for a temporary period of time. To get a miracle, you need a crisis. Do you know Christians who receive miracle after miracle but struggle with lack all the time? That doesn’t have to be you.

3) Living in the blessing supersedes a miracle. The Bible talks a lot more about blessings than miracles. Paul even wrote about how we go from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18). God doesn’t want you to live by miracles. He wants you to live in the blessing, so it’s important to understand what the blessing is. Many Christians might have a vague idea about what it is, but they really couldn’t tell you. In a nutshell, it’s the favor of God spoken over you and learning to walk that out. And think about this: When the Lord declares His blessing over you, nothing can stop it!

A miracle is just enough to get you by. It will never be true abundance. In the beginning, when God created Adam and Eve, He blessed them (Gen. 1:22). This blessing empowered them to live like

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With a heart bent toward counsel, Beth focuses on binding the brokenhearted and setting the captives free. This compassion was built into her years earlier while she attended Charis.

As the youngest of six siblings and the only girl, Beth was raised a fifth-generation native Coloradan. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder but discovered through earning a degree in psychology that the world doesn’t know how to mend broken hearts quite like the Holy Spirit. “A lot of the things they teach you in school don’t work,” Beth said.

Beth was raised in a denominational church but didn’t receive a solid biblical foundation. When she was seventeen years old, one of her brothers testified to them about his experience with Jesus. He asked if she and her mom would go to a Full

Beth Landt’s nickname at Charis Bible College Colorado is “liquid love.” Everyone who meets her can testify of her supernatural kindness and compassion. As dean of women, she tells her students, “Put your seatbelt on and hold on tight because this is going to be an amazing ride.” Her life verse, Isaiah 61:1, marks her life and ministry:

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.

Beth Landt

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compassion that’s been built in you. The Lord says, ‘This is of Me. This is not of you.’ Just like Jesus, as the compassion flows, healings and miracles will follow.” He continued to say that he saw Beth teaching in rooms just like the ones at Charis.

All of those prophetic words Andrew spoke over Beth came to pass.

After graduating in 2008, Beth became registrar of the school. Two years later, she was also given the role of dean of women. All she has ever wanted to do was help people, and this position allows her to offer Spirit-led counsel. Beth stands beside Barry Bennett, the dean of students, and makes administrative and policy decisions, creates the student handbook, enforces the decisions and handbook, speaks at orientation, and more. But that’s just part of it.

She also teaches Biblical Ethics and Morals with Greg Mohr and Barry Bennett, as well as the Rest in Him course. “Our heart is just getting the Word of God to the students and having them whole and healthy,” Beth said. But her main focus is laboring to rest. “Labor is to get out of our own strength and allow God to work through us.”

“All my life, all I’ve ever wanted to do was help people,” Beth mentioned. “Since I’ve been a student at Charis and [now] as dean of women, the Holy Spirit has given me such beautiful revelation of Holy Spirit tools to bind the brokenhearted and set the captives free.”

Come to Charis and experience the freedom that only comes from allowing the Word to change you. To find out more information on Charis, go online to www.CharisBibleCollege.org.

Gospel Pentecostal church. They went, and as the pastor talked about being born again, it wasn’t long before she was up at that altar. But not until her forties did she hear Andrew Wommack and the grace message for the first time.

Beth, her husband, and her daughter went to a Vineyard church, and while in that church, she received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. When she discovered Andrew, his message came alive in her. “I know that my jaw was just dropping,” Beth recalled. She wondered why no one had taught her this before. “The Sovereignty of God” cut Beth to the core. She had been taught that God acts independently of her actions, but Andrew’s teaching opened her eyes to the true way God relates to man—with grace and love. Spirit, Soul & Body also explained many things for her that she wasn’t able to put together on her own. The freedom she gained from these two teachings only whetted her appetite for more.

One day while she was listening to Andrew, he started talking about his college, and Beth felt God tugging on her heart to attend. They quickly made plans to move to Castle Rock, Colorado, to be closer to the local school. She started at Charis in September 2006.

Beth described the training at Charis as being like a firehose of information and revelation. “I was tearful all those years, and at the end of my internship, I was wondering what the point of all those tears [was],” Beth said. “There was such an intensity about it.” So, she asked God this question: “Lord, is this You, or is this just me?” At the end of her Third Year, Andrew came and prophesied over her with her Third-Year intern group of about fifty people.

When Andrew laid his hands on her, he said, “Beth, there’s one thing I know for sure, and that’s the

Meet the Instructor

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Expanding a Legacy—Charis Bible Studies

“We are not in competition with any church that is preaching the true Gospel, but there are a lot of churches that aren’t. There are people starving, and this can be a way for them to get their needs met.” – Andrew Wommack

The number of ministries that come out of Charis Bible College continues to grow as more and more students understand their God-given destinies and potential. One such ministry is Charis Bible Studies. Birthed at Charis in just the last few years, this program has already spread across the nation. One of our Andrew Wommack Ministries writers, Jessica Giaimo, sat down with the Charis Bible Studies coordinator, Roger Williams, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the story of this incredible ministry.

Jessica Giaimo: How did Charis Bible Studies begin?

Roger Williams: Charis Bible Studies began as a Third-Year Ministry School project by one of our Third-Year students as a way to take the message of grace and faith that Andrew teaches to his viewers, listeners, and partners in a more personal way. It is a fine example of the types of ministries that are being birthed by graduates who find and then focus on their calling by taking the additional step of attending a Charis Third-Year track.

JG: How is this program being used?

RW: As the premier alumni benefit developed for Charis graduates, Charis Bible Studies helps to facilitate them into ministry immediately upon graduation. Whether they plan to go into full-time

ministry or not, it gives them an avenue to minister the Gospel of grace and faith with those who are hungry [to hear].

Charis Bible Studies is [also] being used to spread the Gospel in a more personal way. We are reaching out into communities, giving people an opportunity to get the Gospel down in their hearts…while also giving those that attend an opportunity to fellowship with believers of like faith.

JG: Why do you feel this program is important?

RW: The Charis Bible Studies program is important because of the lives that it is touching and will touch in the future. The people who attend our studies don’t feel like they are out on an island by themselves with only a television or computer screen to tie them in with the ministry. They are being impacted face-to-face. They get to ask their questions and then get them answered by a Charis graduate. They get to interact with the other members of the study and form friendships and relationships with those who are also being touched by the Gospel. The program is [also] important to our alumni because it gives them a practical way to launch their [ministries] the same way that Andrew launched his, [face-to-face] with a Bible study.

JG: What is the main purpose behind Charis Bible Studies?

RW: To touch lives and to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ through a ministry program specifically…to be led by Charis alumni.

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been] missing from their lives. We recently had a coordinator at a Charis extension [campus], who also is a Charis Bible Study group leader, tell of an attendee at her study [who] enrolled in her [campus] because they wanted more than one hour a week of the teaching. That same attendee also brought a friend to her study [who] has [also] decided to enroll in the [campus].

JG: What are the projections and goals for the future of the program?

RW: Our projection is that by the end of 2016, we will have at least 300 Charis Bible Studies in neighborhoods across the U.S. Our goal for Charis Bible Studies is to expand…to countries outside of the U.S., [starting] this year with Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. We have requests from all over the U.S. and internationally from people who would like to attend a study but don’t have one available in their area. So, we are working hard to achieve our goal of helping our alumni make studies available online in a format that will allow people to attend via computer or telephone. This would enable attendees to hear the teaching, ask questions, and interact with the [group leader], until a physical study becomes available in their area.

Another goal is [to] develop a program that will integrate Charis Bible Studies into the second-year curriculum at Charis. This program will help Charis students, including extension [campuses] and international students, become knowledgeable and experienced in leading a Charis Bible Study prior to graduation. It will instill confidence in their ability to lead a study or to start a ministry of their own once they graduate. An added benefit will be that second- and third-year students can start an online study to minister to and build their support base back home in order to be able to start a physical Bible study, or even plant a church, when they return.

Check out www.CharisBibleStudies.net and find a Charis Bible Study group in your area today!

JG: How does this program tie into Andrew and his teachings?

RW: Charis Bible Studies are taught from one of Andrew’s seventeen study guides. The study guides are based on Andrew’s books. Each study guide has one of his books in its entirety divided into lessons. Each chapter is one lesson and includes the chapter from the book, the outline of that chapter, discipleship questions designed to probe the understanding of what was taught, and all of the scriptures that were used in that lesson.

JG: Who is eligible to start a Charis Bible Study, and what is that process like?

RW: Only second-year Charis Bible College graduates (alumni) are eligible to start a Charis Bible Study. Those starting these studies have been taught the Gospel of grace and faith by Andrew and our Charis Bible College instructors. We make the process for an alumnus to become a group leader as simple as possible. An application must be completed online at www.CharisBibleStudies.net. We ask for three references or recommendations, one of [which] must be from a Charis or AWMI staff member, or the applicant’s pastor. Once the recommendations are reviewed and approved, we send the applicant our handbook [of] guidelines for conducting a Charis Bible Study. Once the handbook is signed and the applicant passes the test on the handbook, they are approved to post and start their study.

JG: What has been the fruit so far since it began?

RW: As of this moment, we have 179 Bible studies across the U.S. We have testimonies from group leaders on how these studies are not only touching the lives of the attendees, but they are also reaping benefits in their own lives.

Attendees of the studies are being discipled, building relationships, being prayed for, and getting the fellowship with like-minded believers that [had

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Imagine sitting for four hours a day with like-minded believers, and you’re all being discipled in the message of God’s unconditional love and grace. Imagine growing in intimacy with the Lord while discovering His plan for your life.

Two decades ago, the Lord led Andrew to start Charis Bible College. He had you in mind. Imagine giving God two years of your life and how that will impact eternity. Go to www.charisbiblecollege.org/apply-to-charis to download your application packet today!

Imagine.

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Are you looking for other like-minded believers with whom to go deeper in the Word? Charis Bible Studies is for you! These small groups are led by Charis alumni who are dedicated to discipleship. Through Charis Bible Studies, you can come together with other Christians in your area to study the Word and Andrew’s teachings.

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The Charis Experience: Imagine Your Transformation

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We are approaching our last chance to get our Charis Bible College Colorado auditorium finished and occupied by the summer of 2017.

At our present rate of spending ($750,000 per month), we will not be able to occupy The Auditorium until the spring of 2018. There is a minimum of seven months’ work to be done at full production before we can move in, but that would take an expenditure of $1,572,000 per month to accomplish. That is an increase of $822,000 per month over what we’ve averaged.

So, I’m just apprising you of the situation and asking one last time if you would consider helping us make our summer 2017 goal.

You are one of 285,000 whom we mail to monthly. We don’t communicate with those who have not been active in the last twelve months, so you have recently responded to our ministry. Only 34,000 of you are monthly partners. That leaves 251,000 people with the opportunity to sign up and be a part of finishing the Charis auditorium by the summer of 2017!

All it would take to meet our move-in goal of August 2017 is a gift of $3 per month from these 251,000 people or a one-time gift of $25 from each

LAST CHANCE

From the Desk of Andrew Wommack

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one. That is so easy! I believe everyone could have 10-cents-a-day faith.

And what would you receive for your participation? Of course, you would be blessed by the Lord a hundredfold in this life (Mark 10:30), but you would also be helping us change the lives of people like Bill and Jane Smith (not their real names).

Bill was in the military and worked alongside U.S. Special Forces in Iraq that provided security for dignitaries. He joined our security team while attending Charis. Jane came with many physical ailments that had basically sidelined her and clouded the couple’s future. But after attending classes for a short time, Jane was totally healed just by sitting under God’s Word.

They have now graduated and are in the Middle East learning Arabic and beginning a ministry to Muslims. They are making a difference in this world, as are the more than 6,000 graduates of Charis who are scattered all over the world, fulfilling God’s purposes for their lives.

I don’t believe I can overstate how important the ministry of Charis is. The answers to the world’s problems aren’t going to come through politics. The only answer for the sick condition of people’s hearts is the life-transforming power of the Gospel. I know that the Lord has supernaturally raised up Charis to promote the true Gospel throughout the United States and around the world. It’s already happening.

I recently returned from an around-the-world trip. I ministered in England, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. Everywhere I went, I saw the impact our graduates are already making. In Jakarta, an average of 2,000 people attended each service, primarily because Charis graduates and a publisher had distributed over 70,000 of my books translated into the local

languages. It was awesome! I had nothing to do with that. Our graduates did this on their own. That’s the kind of difference they are making all over the world.

But to reach farther and deeper, we need this building. We currently have 781 students at our Colorado campus. We have over seventy campuses worldwide with more coming online, but our Woodland Park, Colorado, campus is where all the teachings are recorded and the syllabi and administration originate. We are bursting at the seams.

The projected enrollment for September 2017 will stretch us to the max in our current facilities. Although we will do everything possible to accommodate anyone who wants to come, I do not believe the Lord will send us people if we can’t give them a quality experience. Our new auditorium will allow us to grow to 3,000 or 4,000 students at our main campus.

So, I would like to ask you one last time to prayerfully consider helping us get this accomplished. Even if you are currently a monthly partner, you might be able to give an extra one-time gift of $25 or increase your partnership by $3 per month. That would be awesome!

Together we are going to get this done. I believe the Lord will touch enough hearts to help us finish this by next summer.

Thanks for being a part of changing the world.

P.S. To become a Grace Partner, to increase your partnership, or to give a special gift, please visit www .awmi.net/give or call the Helpline: 719-635-1111.

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The Christian life is often compared to a race: a race that requires endurance (Heb. 12:1, New King James Version), one that promises a crown (2 Tim. 4:7-8), and one that has a prize (Phil. 3:14). Here at Andrew Wommack Ministries, as we spread the Gospel from person to person, our effort is like a relay race. On this team, the baton is the nearly-too-good-to-be-true Gospel of Jesus. A person must receive from another and learn to hand it off effectively so that we can all help Andrew fulfill his mission to take the Gospel both far and deep.

The interesting thing about a relay team is that it either wins together or loses together. Here at AWM, we intend to win, and to do that, we need strong runners to effectively carry the Gospel for their leg of the race. Recently, a new partner relations manager was added to this team. Eileen Quinn, a writer for AWM, had the chance to interview Bryan Nutman, AWM’s partner and minister relations manager, and find out how he is helping Andrew relay the message to our partners and associated ministers.

Eileen Quinn: Hi, Bryan. Thanks for your time today.

Bryan Nutman: My pleasure. Thank you for asking me.

EQ: So, what does it mean that you are the manager of partner and minister relations?

BN: Well, I manage both partner and pastoral relations here at the ministry, along with an amazing team of dedicated individuals who all love Jesus! Our team also supports Association of Related

Ministries International (ARMI) on the ground in Colorado Springs, headed up by Dr. Barry Burns, executive director of ARMI.

EQ: In a nutshell, can you give us your partner relations vision?

BN: Well, my view is that Andrew’s message has to be transmitted in a way to further impact partners’ lives so they can transform the lives of others around them. Through practical and marketing initiatives, we are trying to communicate more effectively the heart of God, but also that partnership is very much a two-way street.

EQ: What do you mean that partnership is a two-way street?

BN: I think a lot of partners really want to give just because of how their lives have been changed by the message. So, they want to partner with Andrew because they want to make it available to others. To partner with Andrew’s ministry is to receive part of his reward of the kingdom of heaven as he impacts people. People are eternal.

EQ: I like that a lot. People are eternal, so the investment is eternal?

BN: Oh, yes. On a personal level, when I’ve seen Andrew through all these years, I’ve never seen such a humble and godly man who just speaks truth. He models what he’s teaching. I partner with him for no other reason than I can trust and believe that he holds God’s heart.

Partnership: Relaying the Message An Interview with Bryan Nutman

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EQ: So, one kind of partner is a person who gives because the message has changed their lives and they want to plant seeds and sow it into others. Are there other kinds of partners?

BN: Yes, I think there are partners who want to feel that through communication with the ministry, they can become more involved with us. They seek out a greater connection with what we are doing and how we are doing it.

EQ: You mean by being sent the magazine?

BN: Not just [by being sent the magazine]. To me, partner engagement is also determined by what someone would like to receive back from the ministry. Some may want to be included on emails, in mailing lists, or [in] product partnerships and teachings of the month. Others don’t need that level of connection. They just want to give because of Andrew and the message he is taking to the nations.

Others like to know what’s going on in the ministry and how we’re changing lives. How many students do we have? How many countries are we in? What is happening in specific countries? They feel that everything has an impact on how we invest their gifts and donations in the kingdom of God.

EQ: What about Charis Bible Studies? What’s its role in how it relates to partners?

BN: We have built some great synergies with Charis Bible Studies; we do see this as a true, future

connection point with the ministry for Andrew’s partners and further afield.

We have a lot of partners who don’t have grace-and-faith-filled churches. And so again, they have a tendency to listen to a lot of Andrew’s teachings, but they don’t have the physical connection point of like-minded believers at local churches. So, Charis Bible Studies was put into effect to allow alumni to set up Bible studies all over the U.S. To have an actual alumnus running the study who has the heart and message of Andrew is all part of Andrew’s legacy.

EQ: I can see that Charis Bible Studies goes along with your vision that people are the forefront of the message.

BN: Yes, we want to pour back into partners for how much they continually pour into us.

EQ: In a practical way, some of the ways you give back are through monthly outbound calls to partners, and then [do] you meet some partners at GTSs and partner receptions?

BN: Correct, and we launched our first, exclusive partner gatherings in conjunction with the Charis campus in Jacksonville, Florida. We had over 100 people in attendance. We had food, worship, great teaching, and fellowship. The personal ministry time was awesome!

The guest speakers spoke about various subjects that God’s given them to speak to these specific partners. We know from the response of our partners that they were truly blessed by this personal connection time with like-minded believers.

EQ: Will you be doing these at other Charis campuses as well?

BN: We will definitely do more regional partner gatherings as we now see how much this impacted the partners who came.

Bryan NutmanPartner and Minister Relations Manager

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regional events where Andrew does not have to be present but they are still based on his heart and teaching, we are reflecting Andrew’s apostolic kingdom mindset.

EQ: In other words, you see that Andrew wants to have an apostolic kingdom influence and so you are bringing that to bear on partner relations?

BN: Yes, I like to think that with my incredible team and my background in business, the Lord has given me certain skills to help further fulfill Andrew’s God-given vision for the future. I’m super excited, because as we touch more partners, they will, in turn, touch more lives.

Here at AWM, our partners are the reason there is a message. Thank you, partners, for all that you do!

If you would like to find out how you can become a partner and help Andrew take the Gospel farther and deeper, go to our website: www.awmi.net /give or call our Helpline: 719-635-1111.

EQ: Wow, that’s a very multidimensional approach.

BN: Yes, as they sow into us, we also sow back into them. And in turn, they can sow back into others and change their environment and the lives of others around them…. This is a kingdom principle.

EQ: In essence, this will create a “Charis Experience” in the regional areas.

BN: Yes, we want to help our partners develop new grace connections to last a lifetime. It’s a way of connecting them in local areas to other partners so they can build each other up.

We think it’s vital to make it more regionalized so partners don’t have to travel miles and miles to connect. We do still want them to travel to a GTS to see Andrew, but even there, we will have students from the local Charis campus who can minster to the partners.

Let me add this here: Andrew’s heart is to disciple and raise up other leaders and ministers who can do the work of the ministry. So, by having these

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Also, Living Commentary owners have free access to the Online Living Commentary. This “mobile-friendly” website lets you read Andrew’s Bible commentary on any device with a web browser. It’s a great way to read Andrew’s notes on the go or from a computer that doesn’t have the WORDsearch Bible software installed on it.

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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

1 Peter 2:9

New Testament believers are in a category all their own. They truly are God’s chosen people.

The word “generation” here was translated from the Greek word genos, and this Greek word means “kin” (Strong’s Concordance). It was translated “race” in the Amplified Bible, Weymouth’s New Testament, Today’s English Version, Darby’s Translation, Young’s Literal Translation, New Revised Standard Version, English Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, and the American Standard Version. It is specifying a race or nation of people and not just a generation as we use the word today.

In the Old Testament, there were kings with physical authority and there were priests with spiritual authority. But the NT saints have both. We are a royal priesthood (Rev. 1:6 and 5:10).

All believers combined—i.e., the body of Christ—comprise a holy nation. We should feel a greater affinity with our holy nation than with the physical nation of our birth.

The word “peculiar” used here in 1 Peter 2:9 does not mean strange or weird as we often use it today. It is speaking of the body of Christ as being a purchased people. The Amplified Bible renders this as “[God’s] own purchased, special people.” The American Standard Version says, “A people for God’s own possession.” The New International Version says, “A people belonging to God.” See Deuteronomy 14:2, 26:18-19; and Titus 2:14.

It is the calling of every member in the body of Christ to glorify God before others (Matt. 5:16).

The Lord told Moses and the children of Israel that if they would keep His covenant, they would be a peculiar treasure, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation (Ex. 19:5-6). They refused this offer (Ex. 20:18-21). But that’s exactly what Peter said we have become.

Explore more of your heritage as a NT believer. Let my Living Commentary software program help you: www.awmi.net/store/living-commentary.

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Students come to Charis Bible College for an appointment with destiny—and then prepare to live it. One case in point is Third-Year Ministry School graduate Rick McFarland. He came to Charis Colorado as a first-year student in 2011, and by the end of 2015, he was appointed dean of education.

Rick’s journey is not the average student story. Like the biblical story of Joseph, dramatic circumstances shaped his journey. When situations seemed impossible to overcome, those very situations became the steppingstones that God used to direct Rick to where he was meant to be.

When Rick was three years old, his mother died while giving birth to his sister. He can only guess that his biological dad didn’t feel like he could raise six children alone. As the siblings were being split up, he and one of his brothers were put into the same foster home. While there, their foster mother died in a car crash. After that, like Joseph, circumstances separated Rick from his other siblings.

When he was six years old, he was placed with a family in Guymon, Oklahoma. Rick recalled how he was watching television when suddenly there was a gas explosion. He was pulled out of the house uninjured, but his foster mom was badly burned. She died a few weeks later. Rick was moved around yet again. It wasn’t until he was eight years old that he met the adoptive parents who would be the folks with whom he would spend the majority of his upbringing. Although he had a turbulent start to his childhood, his adoptive parents cared for and educated him. At the age of twelve, he accepted Jesus into his life, but it wasn’t until he was a junior in college that he felt a pull to go to church on his own accord.

Upon graduating from Oklahoma State University, Rick enrolled in Rhema Bible Training College, from where he graduated with his first Bible degree. After graduation, God led him to a church in Tulsa, where he would spend the next twenty years. There, through its training college, he obtained his second Bible degree. Although he already had a bachelor’s degree in marketing, Rick worked in the church as a janitor to support himself.

Appointment with Destiny

Student Spotlight

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Rick’s faithfulness resulted in his being promoted into other various staff positions. While working as a singles’ pastor, he met and later married his wife, Joann. He remained in Tulsa until the school closed and he was laid off. After a year of unemployment, he began delivering pizzas until the Lord called him to Charis in 2011. Again, like Joseph, it seemed like he was starting at the bottom again. Yet a life filled with change taught him how to begin at the bottom and trust God to raise him up.

After the couple attended a Summer Family Bible Conference, they made plans to begin school in the fall of the same year because, since that initial visit to Charis, Rick believed he would teach there someday. Although he started out working part-time at Charis grading tests for Distance Education—having been over Christian education at his last full-time job—Rick knew God was at work. God had brought Rick to Charis Colorado to connect him with his future.

Mentors like Greg Mohr, one of Rick’s instructors at Charis, had the heart to give Rick a platform as the gifted teacher that he was. God also favored him

by making him class speaker of Charis’s Third-Year Ministry School graduation. “God was positioning me again as we were going through Charis,” Rick said. “It was a solid foundation for Joann too. Charis was the setting that I needed.”

Rick’s ministry project, River Rock Church, was chosen as a Third-Year ministry project, and it has birthed the church that he and Joann now pastor in Colorado Springs. “For me, Charis was a transformative process,” Rick said. “It gave me connections to people who recognized the gifts in me.”

Near the end of Rick’s third year at Charis, Greg Mohr approached him about helping start a new third-year elective, Biblical Studies. Greg told him they needed someone who could teach line-upon-line. He and others on staff had read his commentaries online and were impressed. Rick was referred to as “another Barry Bennett.” When then-director Gary Luecke was promoted, Greg Mohr was asked to be director of Charis Colorado. This, in turn, resulted in Rick becoming the dean of education at the end of 2015.

This is quite a ways from where he began just four years earlier as a first-year student. “As dean of education,” said Rick, “I want students to know that where you came from doesn’t matter. Charis is a place where students come for an appointment with destiny.”

Do you feel like a Joseph? Charis’s mission statement is to “equip faithful men and women for the work of the ministry by teaching spiritual truths, imparting biblical knowledge, providing practical ministry opportunities, and grounding them in the message of God’s unconditional love and grace.” Forget about where you came from. The question you should be asking is, “Where do I want to go?” Come to Charis and get grounded in the Word for your calling today.

Rick (left) and his wife, Joann (right), ministering at River Rock Church

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I went to Campus Days just to find out what Charis was all about. They had a lot of fun things going on, and I got to meet some of the students. I knew I was going to go, but it took another year before I started. Now that I’m a student, it’s amazing to look back and see how much we believe the same. I’m not the only person who believes this way! It’s awesome to see the quality of my instructors as well. They actually meditate on the Word and hear from God. They’re not talking “hype,” but they’re really sharing revelation that’s changing my life.

M.K., First-Year student – Oklahoma

I was in my first year of college and really confused. I didn’t want to study what I had chosen, but I didn’t know what else to do. I prayed, “Lord, what am I doing here?” I decided to go to Campus Days, and as soon as I walked in, I was like, “Yep, this is where I’m supposed to be.” I knew I needed to be there. Without Charis I wouldn’t have what I have in my life today. During a mission trip after I graduated, I received an inner healing that prepared me for what waited for me when I came back. I met my fiancé, and we will be getting married in a few months!

K.W., Second-Year graduate – Michigan

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Andrew’s vision to take the Gospel message as far and as deep as possible is no small task. In fact, it takes an entire ministry of over five hundred employees scattered in several different departments. One of these is the Andrew Wommack Ministries Publications Department, the people responsible for the creation and quality of all written and printed materials that find their way into your hands. This powerful unit of only twelve employees have talents and experiences as different as the stories that brought them here.

“I was on staff at Youth with a Mission for twenty-eight years,” recalled designer Kris Storey. “I spent ten years in Thailand and the remaining years in Colorado Springs. After I left YWAM, I was praying about what to do next, saw this job listed on the AWM website, applied, and was hired.”

“As a first-year student at Charis, I heard the Lord say that I should go and volunteer in Publications,” said content assistant Eileen Quinn. “The publications coordinator at the time found out I had been a writing and literature professor before coming here. She brought the content supervisor down to meet me. He invited me to take a grammar/proofing test, and not long afterward, he asked me to come on board.”

“There are three main areas of Publications,” explained manager Greg Troup. “Designers, writer/editors, and proofreaders. So, when a job comes in, it will go to the writers to create the text. Then it will go to the designers, who give it the look you’ll see on the shelf. The information is then sent to proofreading, making sure all the things most people wouldn’t pick up on are consistent with our brand image.”

The People Behind the Pen

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“I love working in this department,” said content assistant Aria Fischer. “I was concerned I’d have to work a secular job after college, writing content that compromised my conscience just to make a living, but God protected me.”

It is a great responsibility and takes a team of devoted people who understand both the honor and the necessity to believe what they are communicating about Andrew’s teaching. Eileen further explained, “Whether I am writing about one of Andrew’s teachings or whether I am promoting the Charis Experience, readers sense the conviction that comes from the truth I’ve received.”

The Publications Department proofreaders are an essential part of spreading the message of God’s grace that Andrew has been given. They know how important it is for Andrew’s written products to be clear and simple and correct. Proofreader Sylvia Wells explained, “As long as people continue to read, it will be vastly important for Andrew’s written products to communicate his message effectively, clearly, and with simplicity.”

“Helping Andrew have a voice in Spanish is part of my calling,” Spanish translator Citlalli Macy shared. “I was born in Mexico. I believe it’s very important that authors like Andrew translate their materials so that people in other countries can receive the benefits of the message God has given them.”

Translating Andrew’s materials is not taken lightly, as countless lives around the world depend on receiving the Gospel truth through Andrew. It’s the message that changes everything. So, no matter what language Andrew’s work is translated into, it must be accurate. Citlalli explained, “Accuracy is very important. We are not translating a Pepsi ad. We are translating a holy message.”

Accuracy does not end with translations. Aria shared a similar challenge when capturing another

person’s voice in English, especially one as unique and beloved as Andrew’s: “Writing is judged more harshly than the spoken word. Printed text lasts forever and can be interpreted positively or negatively, sometimes depending on the reader’s mood or bias. The background of this team makes it safer for us to effectively convey Andrew’s heart; one person may catch what the other wouldn’t consider.”

“Learning Andrew’s voice takes time and also a diligence to respect the transcripts that we work from,” Eileen said. “[I]t’s Andrew’s message, not mine. I’m just crafting articles, letters, emails, or blogs to carry that message to our friends and partners.”

After all the interviews, research, editing, writing, and rewriting, the AWM Publications Department does not go home thinking about deadlines, comma rules, or their countless trips to the coffeemaker. Their day ends knowing that they are truly making an impact in this world for the Gospel. “It’s an honor to work for this ministry at any capacity,” shared Aria. “I feel so blessed to support a ministry that isn’t ashamed to speak up for the Word and put action to those convictions.”

As Andrew continues to preach the Gospel, our Publications Department will be there to share it in written form, but they could not do this without the help of our friends and partners. Because of you, our Publications Department is able to maximize the power of Andrew’s teachings around the world. So, the next time you pick up a book or newsletter, lead a small group through a study guide, or open up an email from Andrew, remember the team that you have enabled to spread the Gospel throughout the world.

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Hello, Andrew! I just have to tell you about my truly supernatural testimony that has come

as direct result of your teaching. I had been a “Christian” since I was seven years old, but let

me tell you, I had absolutely no clue what true Christianity was. I grew up in an extremely

legalist household. I was taught that Christ is the first step but that asking Him to forgive me

was all up to me living righteously and earning the love and blessing of the Lord. Because

of this, I had spent twenty-eight out of twenty-eight years in complete and utter darkness. I

got drunk and high for the first time when I was thirteen years old and then spent the next

fifteen years in total bondage, committing every sin under the sun! I began to truly search

for the Lord in 2009, following a near-fatal accident that was 100 percent a result of my

lifestyle. I spent the next five years in turmoil, not having the strength to leave behind my

former life in my own power. I had the false belief that no matter how hard I tried and how

much berating I endured from modern Pharisees regarding my lifestyle choices, I would

never come to know the love, power, and blessing of the Lord. I came across your program

two years ago and have since been watching five days a week. I only recently began ordering

your materials and now truly understand the Gospel of Christ.

As a result, the Lord began to reveal to me the correct way to live by faith. I was bewildered

because my lifestyle had not changed, but I was still seeing the goodness of God operating in

my life. However, I was still not truly born again. In April, I saw the lowest point in my life.

The depression had gotten so bad and Satan had such a stronghold on me that I considered

ending it all to meet Jesus. But then God supernaturally revealed Himself to me and saved

my life. I became a born-again believer for the very first time. The Spirit of the Lord

overcame me like a tidal wave and washed me squeaky clean. I am happy to report that I

was instantly healed of all my addictions and physical afflictions that came as a consequence

of my sinful life and the demons I had invited in. It was truly a miracle. It is no longer I

who live, but Christ who lives through me. I have been made well and strong. Thank you,

Andrew, and to God be the glory forever!

A. B. Oklahoma

The Message Changes Everything… and Here’s the Fruit!

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I am a born-again Christian and was introduced to you from

the start of my walk with Jesus. I never missed watching you

on God TV. I married the person I was in love with, but he

was not a believer. My life got very miserable after marriage, and

he finally left me when I was one month pregnant. Things became

very difficult, and I wanted to abort the child, as I did not know if my husband

would come back. That day during prayer, I read the verse that says the fruit of the womb is a

gift from God [Ps. 127:3]. After that, I continued the pregnancy with only my church’s support.

I used to call your Helpline whenever I felt low and wanted to hurt myself. I became a regular

caller at Andrew Wommack Ministries and used to ask prayer ministers to believe with me.

All that I wanted was for my husband to come back. I believed and asked the ministers from

AWM to believe with me. My husband sent me a divorce notice, but I still believed. I delivered

a baby boy, and even then, my husband did not come. I continued to believe, and my prayers

were answered! My husband is back, and the three of us now live happily. Thanks a ton for your

wonderful teachings and phone ministers who believed and prayed with me whenever I called.

D. A. India

Has God changed your life through AWM? Tell us your story! Go to guestbook.awmi.net. Also, check out www.awmi.net/testimonies to read other stories of people whose lives were changed because of the seed you’ve sown into this ministry.

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Psalm 34:8

Please know that these stories are just a sampling of what your support makes possible. If you need prayer, call us Monday through Friday at 719-635-1111.

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Phoenix, ArizonaJanuary 5-7, 2017

Special Speaker: Dr. Bill Winston

Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa9495 West Coyotes Boulevard

Glendale AZ 85305

Riverside, CaliforniaFebruary 9-11, 2017

Riverside Convention Center3637 Fifth Street

Riverside CA 92501

Washington, D.C.March 16-18, 2017Hylton Memorial Chapel

14640 Potomac Mills RoadWoodbridge VA 22192

Chicago, IllinoisAugust 3-5, 2017

The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center70 Yorktown Shopping Center

Lombard, IL 60148

For more information, go to our website: www.awmi.net or call the AWM Helpline: 719-635-1111.

Hearts Transformed • Minds Renewed • Lives Changed

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Upcoming Events

For more information about Andrew’s events, check our website: www.awmi.net/events.

Andrew’s Other EventsBethel Christian Center | Riverside, CA | February 8, 2017Grace & Faith Conference | Telford, UK | May 26-29, 2017Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center’s International Pastors & Ministers Conference | Sayreville, NJ | July 17-20, 2017Life Changers International Church | Chicago, IL | August 6, 2017Life Changers International Church | Hoffman Estates, IL | August 6, 2017

For more information, go to our website: www.awmi.net or call the AWM Helpline: 719-635-1111.

April 7-8, 2017, Colorado Springs, COTo find out more, go to www.GodWithUsMusical.com

January 26-28, 2017, Woodland Park, CORegistration: $55 | www.CharisMensAdvance.comFeaturing Jeremy Pearsons and sportscaster James Brown

April 20-22, 2017, Woodland Park, CORegistration: www.CampusDays.org

July 3-7, 2017, Woodland Park, COTo find out more, go to www.awmi.net/events

June 14-16, 2017, Woodland Park, COTo find out more, go to www.awmi.net/events

August 15-18, 2017, Woodland Park, COTo find out more, go to www.awmi.net/events

2017CAMPUSDAYS

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ANDREWWOMMACK MINISTRIES

PO Box 3333, Colorado Springs CO 80934-3333www.awmi.net

Item Code: 519

DVD Item Code: 3013-D $25

Now available on DVD Norwegian producers Elizabeth and Robert Muren bring a modern twist to their passion play, God with Us. This breathtaking biblical musical recounts the last days of the life of Peter after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

To order, go to www.awmi.net, or call our Helpline: 719-635-1111.

An Original Stage Production by Elizabeth and Robert Muren