As I travel about the country and conduct meetings in…

As I travel about the country and conduct meetings in the various churches, including the CoG, I find that many ministers in the Pentecostal churches miss so much of our total reliance upon the Holy Ghost. All the Church Growth programs, the “How To’s”, and “What’s Wrong With Our Churches” seminars fail to understand the tremendous need of the Church for the presence and manifestation of the power of the Holy Ghost. CoG minister, Rev. R. J. Varnell makes a powerful statement that is so relevant in today’s church world in his sermon entitled, “THE HOLY SPIRIT AS OUR COMFORTER.” Regarding the Holy Ghost, Rev. Varnell says, “WITH HIS ABIDING PRESENCE, CHURCHES GROW. WITHOUT IT, THEY DIE.” There is much to be learned from those CoG ministers who have gone before us.