Pastor Joe L. Buckner with the National Community Church (NCC) has always met people where they were in their walk with God. He seems to have been born into the role he now fills. His family were deeply involved in the church and from the age 12 he too was ministry. He has a degree […]

In 2020, 214 new U.S. Assemblies of God churches were planted. Church Multiplication Director Jeffery Portmann credits a training program that emphasizes the need for an online presence. In the year of COVID-19, this presence proved to be useful. However, he also feels that the churches need to evolve from online engagements to in person… too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »

Special education teaching assistant Jason B. Litton turned to TikTok to learn his students’ lingo. Jason and his wife, Patience (a licensed Assemblies of God minister) started a TikTok channel that grew to nearly a million followers. By September 2020, TikTok had become Jason’s full-time job. More recently Jason was identified as a Black TikTok

This winter was full of pain caused by Covid. Our church struggled through long, winter months, like much of the society. Shannon Rust, our chaplain, went through a horrifying experience of being a patient taken down by the virus. Dealing with being sent from one hospital to another, while his health rapidly deteriorated, he felt… too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »

A man named Floyd Miles Jr. lived in Harlem and became a heroin addict in the 1940s. He would meet a woman and give birth to two children. The mother would later die to addiction and the father would spend years battling addiction while the grandmother would care for the children. Floyd III was a… too short for excerpt, but Read More anyway »