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talent bell entries. She serves as agelevel
editor of Pre-K & K Sunday
school curriculum for One Accord
Resources, on the IPHC General
Ministers’ Wives Fellowship Board, and
as MWF director in the New Horizons
Ministries Conference.
Michelle has been married for
24 years to Bishop Randell O. Drake,
superintendent of New Horizons
Ministries. Bishop Drake serves as
central zone representative on the
General Executive Board and as a
member of the Southwestern Christian
University Board of Regents.
The Drakes have two sons, Taylor
(16) and Evan (14).
in the United States last year, the
government reported on November 17.
The largest increase in the
number of out-of-wedlock births was
among those age 25 to 29. The number
of births to unmarried teens dropped
and accounted for just 24 percent of
unwed births, down from 50 percent
in 1970.
Many of the women in the 25-29
age group are living with partners.
Contraceptive use among that age
group has fallen, indicating that many
of the pregnancies might have been
intentional.
There were 1,470,152 babies
born to single women in 2004, 35.7
percent of all births in the country, the
National Center for Heath Statistics
FUTURE EXPERIENCES
MARCH 2007
• 2 – First Friday Fast, a day of Fasting
and Prayer for the Nation and the IPHC
• 2-3 – CEM Day of Training at the North
Carolina Conference RDC
• 4 – World Missions Ministries’ FAITH
COMMITMENT SUNDAY
• 5-11 – Women’s Ministries Week
• 8-10 – EVUSA will host an Antioch
Encounter in Atlanta, GA.
• 6 – Women’s Ministries Day of Prayer
• 11 – WOMEN’S MINISTRIES DAY and
Offering
• 18 – HONOR RETIRED MINISTERS
DAY
• 26-30 – National Church Planter’s
School, Atlanta, GA
• 31 – Men’s Ministries Resurrection
Breakfast
APRIL 2007
Americans United Reports
Churches for “Violations”
(NCHS) said. That was up from
1,415,995 a year earlier.
Births to older women continued
•
•
1 – Palm Sunday and CEM National
Youth and Children’s Workers
Appreciation Day
6 – First Friday Fast, a day of Fasting
to increase, Brady Hamilton of NCHS
pointed out, reflecting choices these
women are making in terms of careers
•
and Prayer for the Nation and the IPHC
8 – EASTER and CHURCH
EDUCATION MINISTRIES GENERAL
OFFERING
and having families. The birth rate
• 12-14 – National Coalition of Men’s
of women age 35 to 39 increased 4
percent from 2003 to 2004. It was up 3
Ministries Spring Conference, Liberty,
MO, and EVUSA Antioch Encounter,
Cincinnati, OH
percent for women age 40 to 44, and 9 • 15-20 – INE Leadership Institute,
percent for women 45 to 49 years old.
There was a total of 4,115,590 births in
•
Oklahoma City, OK
27-28 – CEM Day of Training in the
Pacific Western Conference
the country in 2004, up from 4,089,950 For more information on any of these events/
in 2003. —EPA, 11/23/06
opportunities, go to www.iphc.org online.
Americans United for Separation
of Church and State (AU)
has turned in four churches to the
Internal Revenue Service for what it
calls “electioneering violations.” Rob
Boston, spokesman for AU, said the
message to pastors wanting to address
issues during election season is: “Be
extremely cautious.”
The IRS has not indicated whether
it will investigate churches. AU is
asking the IRS to investigate churches
in Maryland, Iowa, and Arkansas.
How is it getting the information?
“The case in Arkansas came to our
attention from residents in the area
who sent the material to us,” Boston
said. “When we get those, we simply
put the material together, make the
best case we can to the IRS, send
it off, and say, ‘This may be worth
looking into.’”
-- Evangelical Press Association, 11/16/06
Births to Unwed
Mothers Reach Record High
Nearly 1.5 million babies, a record,
were born to unmarried women
18 IPHC Experience | February 2007
• … there is but one living and eternal God, of
unlimited power, wisdom, and goodness.
• … that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of
the Father, took the nature of mankind in
the womb of the virgin Mary.
• … that Christ arose from the dead and
ascended into heaven, where He remains
until the time He will return to judge all
people.
• … the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father
and the Son and is of one substance with
them in majesty and glory.
• … the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of
God.
• … eternal life with God in heaven is the reward
of the righteous, and eternal banishment
from the presence of the Lord and
unending torture in hell are the wages of
those who reject Him.
• … Jesus Christ shed His blood for the
cancellation of our past sins, the restoration
We Believe
of all sinners who repent, and salvation
from sin and sinning.
• … justification before God is by faith alone.
• … Jesus Christ shed His blood for the
cleansing of the believer from all sin and its
pollution.
• … sanctification by faith in Christ is an instant
work of grace followed by a lifelong process
of spiritual growth after conversion.
• … the Pentecostal baptism of the Holy Ghost
is available through faith with the initial
evidence of speaking with other tongues as
the Spirit speaks through us.
• … divine healing was made available through
Christ’s death on the Cross.
• … in the imminent second coming of Jesus
Christ.
• … it is the responsibility of every believer
to obey Christ’s command to spread His
message of love and deliverance to every
nation.
An unabridged version of the IPHC Articles of Faith is available at www.iphc.org.