FIRST FELLOWSHIP - Greater Bible Way Temple, Montgomery

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Volume 2, Issue 2
Greater Bible Way Temple
Of the Apostolic Faith
first fellowship
Greater Bible Way Temple (GBWT) of the Apostolic Faith experienced its first fellowship on
March 29, 2014 as part of the Apostolic Faith
Fellowship Intl. (AFFI), Inc. Celebrating with us
was guest speaker, Elder Maurice Hudson, Pastor of True Vine Holiness Tabernacle located in
Gautier, MS along with his family and fellow
saints.
Elder Hudson would have served as Pastor of
True Vine Holiness Tabernacle for eight years
and will be celebrating his anniversary in June.
May 2014
Sunday Morning
Christian Education
9:45
a.m.
Sunday Morning
Inside this issue:
Worship Service
11:00
a.m.
Tuesday
Inside
Story Class
Prayer/Bible
From left to right: Elder M. Hudson, Bishop T. Johnson, and
Pastor R. Jackson
It was a high time in Jesus at the temple as we
celebrated the union of fellowship and brotherly love.
6:30
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Inside
Story
Wednesday
College
Students
Inside Story Devotion
8:002
p.m.2
InsideThursday
Story
Leadership Meeting
Inside Story
Mon.,Story
Wed., & Fri.
Inside
Noonday Prayer
Inside Story
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Montgomery, AL 36108
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“That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us: and indeed our fellowship is with
the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
Special Points of
Interest:
I John 1:3
Photos by : Nikki Scott

First Fellowship
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Remembering the
Fathers
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A Tribute to Mothers

Vacation Bible
School
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Congrats to the
Graduates
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GREATER BIBLE WAY
NEWSLETTER
One Lord, one faith, one baptism
Remember, the Church is the Mother of us all!
“And of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.” Ps. 87:5
El-yon is Hebrew for the “Most High”, and Jesus said, “Upon this rock I will build my church.” Jesus is El-yon the Highest!
Happy Mother’s Day!
If Christian ministers really believe Christian doctrine is only an intellectual game for theologians --- and that
it has no bearing upon human life, it is no wonder that their congregations are ignorant, bored and bewildered.
The immense value of church history --- and the history of doctrine, is the dimension of historical depth that
it gives to one’s understands of the faith, and the balance it brings to one’s judgments. Some avoid doctrine. They
say that it brings contention and broken fellowship, and as a result they do not study or discuss Bible doctrines.
However, the Bible is completely filled with doctrines, so one cannot read or teach anything from it without promoting a doctrine. The very word doctrine means, a teaching. We are commanded to “take heed” and “to continue in doctrine” (1 Timothy 4:16).
Bishop Howard Collier, 1939 ~2014
Pastored & founded the Church of Jesus, Piqua, OH
Due to the mystification of many, the question is asked over and over again, “Why is it that there are so
many different denominations among Christian worshippers: all of them profess to be worshipping the same Lord,
yet they are all divergent from one another.”
Now there are some that are seriously concerned about the
situation, wherein they have advocated such remedies as incorporating
all Protestant denominations into one giant merger. I am afraid that
“I am sure that this writer did not come out
would not be the answer dear one ---- that would not be the prescripof the Roman Catholic Church”
tion for the ill. It is the lives of the people who make up the congregation that counts with God; and if that giant merger were effected, the
ills would still be with us. You would still have the Protestant group, the
Roman Catholic belief, and the Greek Orthodox Church. It isn’t always good to use names, but sometimes it is absolutely necessary to be specific. You would have those three major groups and the chasm between them would
be impossible to bridge.
The Roman Catholic Church offers this prescription: “Let all the Protestants return and be absorbed by the
Roman Catholic Church, for all of the Protestants came out of Rome to begin with.” However that is not true. I am
sure that this writer did not come out of the Roman Catholic Church, and there are scores who never set foot inside
a Catholic house of worship. And as to who came out of what, please remember that all the Christian organizations upon the face of the earth originated from Jerusalem. They all came from THE CHURCH that was set up by
Jesus Christ on the Day of Pentecost----Rome did not become the capital of religious worship until two or three hundred years later! Therefore, the very center of Christian worship was at Jerusalem and it remained there until Titus
destroyed Jerusalem. So, a merger would not be the cure.
Bishop Karl F. Smith, 1892-1972
Pastored the Church of Christ& founder of Aenon Bible College, Columbus, OH
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2
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Honoring the mothers
Blessed is the womb
Of the mother of many sons;
Fruit of various vintage,
Living to provide a great lineage.
From the oldest to the youngest
They stand out as the best;
Infants, totally dependent on her at one time;
Grow up to show a mother’s work done fine.
Men of honor, full of God’s glory
Shining examples of faith and love;
Taught at “Big Mama’s knee
Lives as tributes, bountiful blessing we see
Author: Sis. Atlene Belser Coker, 2002
“Youth fades, love droops
the leaves of friendship falls,
A mother’s secret love
outlives them all…”
GREATER BIBLE WAY NEWSLETTER
BISHOP-ELECT TIMOTHY O. JOHNSON, PASTOR
3410 Old Selma Road
Montgomery, AL 36108
Phone: (334) 517-9755
Congrats Graduates and Achievers!
~
Adams, Glenn; graduate of Mckee Middle School.
Johnson, Johnathan; graduate of Carver High School.
“One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism”. Eph. 4:5
Johnson, Katie; graduate of Alabama State University
with a Bachelor of Science .
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Ministerial license with AFFI awarded to the following:
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Greater Bible way Vacation Bible School
It is thattime again! Let’s get
geared up
up and prepared for the
It is almost here! Let’s get geared
With Praise Break 2014, partici2014 VBS at Greater Bible Way
pants will:
and prepared for the 2014 Temple.
VBS at
Greater Bible Way Temple.
 Hear how people in the Bible
Under the leadership of Sis.
praise break!
God has brought us a mighty
long Logan, it is surehad
Jonella
to be a
way, and it is always good to
praise
 to
Celebrate
success
and a blessing
all chil- the faith of leaders,
the Lord. There are points indren
worship
past
and present!
attending.
where a testimony, a song, or a ser Break,
Give praise
for the “right now”
The theme is “A Praise
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mon is just so good
works of God!
Radical Servant!
that it calls for a “praise break!”
 Have community fun in Jesus
Under the leadership of Sis. Jonella
Christ!
Logan, and the direction of Pastor
Timothy O. Johnson, VBS is sure to be
a success and a blessing to all that
attend.
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