Bro. James Allen, Pastor

MY TESTIMONY

I was converted in January 1959. In April of that year the Lord spoke to me in prayer, and told me I have not only called you to preach, but to pray for the sick. That was very strange for me since I was brought up in the Methodist Church and I had never seen this done. In the meanwhile, I had a brother pastoring in the Methodist Church and he helped me get to get a pastorate job in July of that year. In doing so I began praying and fasting a lot, and I became very hungry for the things of God. This went on until May of 1961, when I was introduced to Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and it became an instant Revelation to me and I believed. In June I came to a conference and stayed in some people's home who believed the message and the sister had the messages on The Seven Church Ages. She loaned them to me, and I borrowed a tape recorder to listen to them. Before I had hardly finished them, I was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. I stayed on in the Methodist Church for two more years preaching every thing I knew about the message. The Lord blessed me, and I stayed on two more years. In 1963 I went to the Branham Tabernacle and heard The Seven Seals preached by Bro. Branham. I knew then I had to get out of the Methodist Church when he quoted Revelation 18:4, saying, "Come out of her my people." God revealed to me it was my time to leave the Methodist Church.

I moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana the last of May, 1963 and went to the Branham Tabernacle till the death of the Prophet of the End Time. I believed his message with all my heart. If you believed the man it would change you. He was a little man, and he was good. I was glad for the time I got to be in his meetings there for three years. I learned a lot and I appreciate God letting me be there. Then In December 1965 when God took his servant off the scene, it left a lot of confusion among the people. People wanted to believe he was going to rise again and try to make God out of him, of which I could not accept.

In the spring of 1966 I started preaching in a man's house in Palmyra, Indiana. I had services there Sunday morning and also mid week, which kept me away from the Tabernacle most of the time. I started going occasionally to Faith Assembly in 1966 and 1967. Then in 1967 I closed the meetings down in Palmyra. I thought I would go back to the Branham Tabernacle, but I had a dream showing me they were worshiping Bro. Branham, three weeks before we went back. When we walked into the church that Sunday morning I saw my dream fulfilled. I knew we had to do something. Faith Assembly Church had a new building on Old Potters Lane and we started going there in July, 1967. I had heard all the name calling and so on about Bro. Raymond Jackson, so I went to the church with much skepticism, but I watched and looked and waited. It wasn't long till all my doubts were gone and I began to feel at ease.

The messenger to the age left us a great diagram, things like The Serpent Seed, The Seventy Weeks of Daniel, and many things that God has let his servant Bro. Jackson fill in. I believe in the man. God has not left us without a witness. God gave us a voice in Bro. Branham and he has left someone capable to carry it on in Bro. Jackson. We are at the end time, believe in man but worship God. He seeks such to worship him. You believe in your Pastor and in God's servants.

The Lord Bless You,

Brother James Allen

Bro. Bud Thompson, Assistant Pastor

MY TESTIMONY

I would first like to say that I am thankful to be a child of God. Without him I would have no testimony to give. His grace is sufficient, and his mercy is ever lasting. As a young boy I grew up in a good home with a brother, two sisters, and two wonderful parents. My mother took us to church, taught us to pray and trust in God. As I grew into my teenage years I just stopped going to church altogether. I had never really given my heart to God at all. At the age of 21 I met a young Christian girl named Patricia who later became my wife. It was through the Christian example that her and her family lived that made me realize there was something missing in my life. One day her youngest brother who was only 8 years old at the time came to me and asked me if I was a Christian. It was at that very moment God spoke to my heart and let me know that I was not a Christian. I looked at that young boy and had to tell him no I am not a Christian. From that time on God begin to bring me under conviction. I was a miserable creature until one day when I knelt down beside my bed and began to cry out to God for his Saving Grace. It was right then and there that God saved me and filled me with the HOLY GHOST. Being a young Christian I decided to join a denominational church and was baptized in the trinity manner. As I started to pray and study the bible the best way that I knew how, I began to see things in the bible that I wasn't being taught in the church where I was going. I started asking my pastor questions as well as other members of the church. Little did I realize that my questions only made some of them mad, and others afraid. I was only asking what certain scriptures meant, but they told me to leave those things alone because it would only cause trouble. I thought, why would the word of God bring fear, and cause trouble. My wife's parents introduced me to some of Bro. Branham's tapes. As I began to listen to those tapes, God started to answer some of my questions. As we listened to the tapes we kept hearing Bro. Branham mention the name Junie Jackson. My wife's parents and another dear sister, Sister Margie Crook finally found out who Bro. Jackson was and was able to get a sermon tape. As they shared that tape with me, I knew in my heart this was truly a man of God. I had heard many preachers quote from Bro. Branham's sermons. It seemed all they could do was quote what he said, but here was a man that was preaching from the bible. I was privileged to attend Faith Assembly Church for the first time in June of 1978. It was then that I was baptized in true Christian baptism. Bro. James Allen baptized me in the NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. We lived 123 miles from Faith Assembly and could not afford to make that long trip only 2 or 3 times a year. I felt I needed to go to church but just couldn't make that long trip. I would go to the local denominational churches, pull up in the drive way but just couldn't make myself go in because I knew they were not preaching all the truth. I finally decided that I would just stay home and serve God the best way I could. Brother and Sister, I had overlooked the scripture that says, forsake not the assembling of the brethren. God would not allow one of his children to sit at home and dry up. On December 1st, 1979, I went on a deer hunting trip. At about 9:00 a.m., my cousin who I was hunting with, slipped and fell causing his gun to discharge. The 12 gauge deer slug struck me in the calf of my right leg. Where the bullet entered my leg it made a hole about the size of a half dollar coin piece. Where it exited my leg it made a hole 3 1/2 inches wide and 6 1/4 inches long. I spent 21 days in the hospital and had 4 surgeries. I now knew what it was to be chastened of the Lord. He would not allow me to sit at home and just wither away. We found a church about 50 miles from where we lived that was associated with Bro. Branham's teachings. We began to have fellowship with them hoping this was God's will. As time went on we began to see that they were teaching things that were contrary to God's word. We began to pray that God would make a way for us to go to Faith Assembly on a regular basis. I called Bro. Jackson and asked him to help us pray that God would make a way for us to come. Within 2 weeks God provided the means for us to make the trip every week. We traveled 123 miles each way for 8 years. Brother and Sister, there is no distance too far to travel when you are hungry for truth. If you have a true desire to serve God he will make the way. Finally in December of 1986 the Lord made a way for us to move to this area. A precious brother in the church offered me a job in his business. We gave up our jobs, packed what we had and moved to this location. We have never looked back. Don't get me wrong, we were tested many times but we knew God had led us this way. I have sat under the ministry of Bro. Jackson, and Bro. Allen for many years now and I have to say these brothers have stood for truth and defended God's word with their lives. God has used these two brothers to teach me many precious truths from His word. My wife and I will be married 24 years in March 1998, and have one son, Jason 18 years old who gave his life to the Lord when he was 13 years old. He is serving God in a faithful way. Truly he has been a blessing to our home. Brother and Sister, I don't mean to brag, but it is a joy to see our young children serving God.

My wife and I have been privileged to travel to Norway, Canada, and many places here in the States to minister the word of God. It is the faithful support of Brother and Sister Jackson along with Faith Assembly Church that has allowed us to travel for the Lord. Time would fail me to tell all that God has done for me and my family. Please pray for my family and I that we will always seek to do God's perfect will.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!

Brother Bud, Sister Trisha, and Jason Thompson

Bro. Tim Reliford, Song Leader

MY TESTIMONY

Greetings in the Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I count it an honor to be able to share with you what the Lord has been doing in my life and how he has lead me through the years. My family started coming to Faith Assembly when I was about 5 years old, so I grew up here in the Church. The Lord began to deal with me at a young age, and at 13 the Lord saved me. I began playing the guitar and singing in church and began to lead the singing at the young peoples meetings that we had once a month. In 1981 I joined the U.S. Army Reserve, strangely enough, I felt the Lord leading me in this direction. While in the service the Lord started dealing with me, I had never been away from home and there was not a day I was not homesick. I missed going to church, so I tried to fill the void. I went to some of the Pentecostal Churches and other Denominational Churches that looked holiness. But Praise the Lord, nothing satisfied. I had heard the Truth and nothing else would do. I met my wife Melissa in December, 1984 and we married April, 1987, we have a son, Eythan, born April, 1991, whom you might have heard singing on some of the singing tapes. In the spring of 1993 I was privileged to be at the first barn meeting that was held on Bro. Jackson's farm and as God began to deal with our young people here in the barn meetings, he was dealing with a group in Norway, and in the summer convention of 1994, God poured out His Spirit in a measure I had never seen before. God began to use me in the song services, at first I didn't want to do it. I would go to service late and leave early so Bro. Allen wouldn't call on me, but a Brother said one day, if you have a calling and you run from it, you are wrong. So I accepted it and God began to bless. In the winter of 1996, my wife, son and I were able to go to South Africa to be in the meetings at Brother Deva Govender's Church. I realized the impact that the tapes and videos had on the Churches around the world. In the winter of 1997 we were invited to go to Mexico with Brother and Sister Jackson, and to see the impact the truth has had on people blessed my heart. I look forward with great joy, to what the Lord will do among the Bride of Christ in these coming days. May God bless you and keep you. Pray for us as we pray for you.