Conference notes...

The 2007 General Conference in Tampa, FL will be long remembered for huge decisions and great preaching.  We accepted the proposal to form the Southern California District, we granted ministers and church the permission to advertise on television and Bro. Haney rolled out the Global Imapact initiative.  (I was also asked to serve a third term on the Executive Board as the Executive Presbyter from the Eastern Zone.)  Brothers Haney, Jerry Dean, Mark Johnston, Sam Emory, Tom Foster and Jack Cunningham all preached superbly and with great anointing.  Few conferences have had such a momentous effect on our fellowship.  The music was out of this world.  The violinist from California and the saxophonist from Texas were truly remarkable.  The services flowed seamlessly. 

I was the recipient of a marvelous book review and promo by Cleveland Becton to the entire body of ministers who attended the business session. It paid off handsomely.  The clerks at the Pentecostal Publishing House display said it was the best seller of the conference, selling nearly 450 copies.  It may not have been the best book there, but I definitely had the best book reviewer!

It was great to see all of our friends over the past 40 years at the conference.  We always have a fabulous time there, and this time was especially good because of MaKinzie Manning Jordan.  I have to tell you that Kinzie was the talk of the conference.  Her name was mentioned in a number of the ladies meetings and whenever we had her, we were constantly stopped by people who wanted to ogle her.  Perfect strangers stopped us and took photos of her.  It was fun.

The conference time went by in a whiz.  I hit the ground running with a Board of Publication meeting on Monday, as soon as I arrived at the hotel from the airport.  I didn’t stop until Sunday evening at midnight.  I was so tired when I got home that I haven’t felt like writing this little piece until Friday morning.