I rejoice in the awesome work that the Holy Spirit accomplished in the midst of the precious body of Christ, at Faith Baptist Church in Laurel, Maryland. This city is a bedroom community of Washington D.C. This wonderful body of believers is an extremely diverse group! There are brothers and sisters from 10 different nations, which are actively involved in this local church. The conference was wonderfully attended by the church; but also, by the Holy Spirit, as He powerfully applied His truths to our lives. Dr. Paul Mathenia, the pastor of Faith Baptist Church, gives us his thoughts concerning the conference. “As a pastor for the last 39 years, I can confidently say that I have never hosted a more profitable seminar than “Christ-Centered Evangelism”! It was truly a great blessing to hear these teachings on Biblical Evangelism presented so clearly, confidently and compassionately. Bro. Ed, your love for the Savior and for souls is obvious to all who had the privilege of hearing you. It can be sadly amazing, that many of man’s ideas have distracted us from the truths of the Bible, when it comes to personal and even corporate evangelism. What a blessing to learn how to do ‘God’s work; God’s way; for God’s glory’! Many of our people confessed that they had misunderstood, how to do the work of evangelism in a manner that magnifies Jesus. God is using you to reveal how we need to return to His command to make disciples; and not just get decisions! I must also personally confess that the Holy Spirit allowed me to see many things that I was shocked that I had not noticed before. By the Lord’s grace, I believe that this teaching will greatly improve my personal witnessing, in both its passion and its practice. I want to encourage any pastors or organizations to prayerfully consider hosting this ‘Christ-Centered Evangelism’ seminar. One thing is clear; this seminar will help you to bring your evangelistic efforts into line with your biblical theology. I praise God for this ‘life-changing’ conference.”

I had the joy of preaching the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ at a Correctional Facility in SC. The place was packed with prisoners, who voluntarily attended the service. Then on Sunday morning, it was a precious blessing to preach at Brookleigh Baptist Church in Gastonia, NC. However, Hurricane Isaac caused us to temporarily postpone the Evangelistic crusade that was scheduled to take place at Industrial Electroplating Corporation in Gastonia. After Sunday services, I learned that Mobile was in the projected “bull’s eye” of the oncoming storm. Upon hearing that news, we knew that I needed to return home to be with my family. We have rescheduled the evangelistic meeting for November. Thankfully, the storm did not hit Mobile, , we only experienced a tremendous amount of rain.