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An Outreach
Missions And Faith Ministry 
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The First Church Of The Gospel Ministry grew out of the original church founded by the loving missionary heart, unselfish work, dedication and the glorious seeds planted by Dr. Irving O. Tarbox who was the founder of the Church Of Gospel Ministry. Dr. Tarbox was born on December the 14th 1907 in Lynn, Massachusetts and began a missionary evangelistic ministry at the age of 19 in 1926 after being led to the foot of the cross and ordained by one of the greatest women evangelist in American history Aimee Semple McPherson. Sister Aimee spoke a great prophecy over his life and young Irving soon began The Church Of Gospel Ministry that became a glorious and far reaching work the seeds of which brought much fruit for the Kingdom of God during his more than 73 years as it's founder, leader and Bishop. Dr. Tarbox worked as an independent missionary evangelist and missionary among the poor in California, the lepers of Mexico and many other mission fields of the world providing food, clothing, medical care, bibles and the message of the cross to untold thousands of poor people and through his national outreach program gained the support and help of other men and women who felt called to the mission fields and the missionary work of the cross.
Aimee Semple McPherson
(1890 -1944)Aimee Semple McPherson's success as an evangelist-pastor was her strong anointing of the Holy Spirit and her irresistible call to the ministry of soul winning. According to church historian, Vinson Synan, "She holds a prominent rank among all religious leaders in the twentieth century and may well be the most important ordained woman minister in the history of Christianity."She founded Angelus Temple in Los Angeles in 1923 and it became widely known for her illustrated and dramatized Sunday night sermons. Was this not a resort to sensationalism? Some made such accusations. But Aimee McPherson believed that the life-giving message of the Gospel would be made more understandable with a more durable impact if it was rendered visible, as well as, audible. Her work and the glorious seeds she planted in the lives of others is still bearing a great harvest and much fruit today and the Four Square Gospel Churches of which she founded has spread to over 60 nations of the world.
This beloved woman of the Gospel who like most of us was not a perfect servant and of course she became the victim of many untruths thrust at her by the pew sitting churches in nearly every denomination in America but her great vision and work is living proof beyond measure that God does indeed call women to the ministry and anoints them with special gifts for the work of our Lords Kingdom and we as a living vine from the loving seeds Aimee planted in our beloved founder and we have always ordained and fielded great women of the Gospel and have done so without reservation for more than eight glorious decades. For many decades we as a church suffered many slings and arrows thrust upon us by many in the body of Christ because we held firm to our commitment to the ordaining of women who had a call on their lives for the ministry of our precious Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus, but we always had in our hearts the seeds planted so lovingly there by Aimee Semple McPherson and we were the first church in the world to ordain women simply on the strength of their call to the ministry of Jesus Christ! Thank You Jesus!Our Beloved Founder Dr. Tarbox worked with and ordained God called men and women into the church as ministers of the gospel simply on the strength of their testimony and the call that God had on their lives. The missions of the church grew rapidly and many helped to expand and carry on his work from the vision centered missionary church and missions board he founded so long ago. During more than 73 years of his glorious ministry and in the period of time that he led the valiant little Christ centered church and its missions he ordained many thousands of God called men and women to the mission fields all over the world. His dedication and support for the orphans of Baja and the poor in Tijuana are additional accomplishments for which he gave a full measure of his devotion and unselfish love.
Dr Tarbox was a great man of God and his faithful, dedicated missionary zeal and loving spirit still burns brightly in the work of this ministry and it is with grateful hearts that we continue to build upon the examples, love and foundations of his work as we follow in his loving evangelistic and missionary footsteps. His long life and dedication to missionary evangelism is proof positive that the work and seeds of faith we plant in the lives of others will continue to bear much fruit long after we are gone on to be with our Lord. We love, honor and hold in the highest esteem and regard our founding father who gave so much love and dedication to the cross of Christ. His historic work was in it's day far reaching, his life was spent in service to the cross of Christ and his ministry was one of spirit filled greatness for the furtherance of the gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world and an untold multitude have been added to the Kingdom of God because of his lifetime dedication and love for the work of the cross on the mission fields of the world. Dr. Tarbox in his final working years worked briefly and helped to establish The Church Of Salvation Ministry but it as well disbanded and many of the Ministers in that Church as well as the Church Of Gospel Ministry and it's ministers have been welcomed into the new church and many of the ministers ordained in them have since became members in the New Church organizational structure under Dr. Davy's love and wonderful leadership.
The beloved founder of the Church Of Gospel Ministry passed from this life and through the gates of heaven on March the 9th 2007. He was one of the most beloved men of God who planted great seeds of Missionary Evangelism into the lives of many hundreds he ordained over the course of his 73 years of ministry and then disbanded the Church of Gospel Ministry but with his love and encouragement Dr. Davy Ray Kendrick became the founder of the new Church nearly two decades ago and re- formed it as... "The First Church Of The Gospel Ministry!"
God Has Given Us A New Vision For This Worldwide Outreach Missions
Church And God Has Risen An Anointed Visionary Leader In
Humanitarian Missions, Evangelism And It's Global
Outreach Ministry!
Dr. Davy Ray Kendrick
Senior Bishop Of The Church And Chairman Of The Mission Board!
God Has Raised Up A Great Soldier Of The Cross And A Mighty
Messenger From Among The Common People Of America
To Lead This Historic Church On To Far Greater
Victories For The Cross Of Christ On The
Mission Fields Of The World!
~*~*~*~*~Our beloved Bishop Dr. Davy now carries on the glorious far reaching work of this dedicated historic outreach mission church and it 's world missions that were inspired by the spiritual seeds so loving planted by its founder. Dr. Davy was ordained in 1976 at Pensacola, Florida by Dr. Tarbox and now carries on the far reaching work of this worldwide outreach missions Church and ministry. With our beloved founders blessings, prayers and encouragement and nearly two decades of work Dr. Davy has faithfully continued his far reaching worldwide program to build on the historic work of the original Church and many years ago during his wonderful, spirit led and heartfelt re-organizational period added the word "First" to the church's name thereby formulating the church's original foundational name under the vision God has given him for this independent and ever expanding outreach ministry that is now reaching into nearly every nation of the world as he continues to develop hundreds of respected men and women of the cross all over the globe every year.
The essence and loving spirit of the original church has been preserved into a new church that has become one of the most productive Christ centered outreach mission churches in the world. Every minister in this beloved church owe much of their success in ministry to our beloved Bishop's wonderful leadership as he loves everyone with the heart and mind of Christ and continues to field new ministers and raise new local church bodies all over the globe.
Our Church Missions Center Operations And Other Information!
The First Church Of The Gospel Ministry is a non-profit worldwide outreach missions church professionally organized under the laws of the United States of America and section 501 (c) (3) and other US codes and was originally founded at the foot of the cross in 1926, it's history is well documented and the Church is respected and in good standing in every state of the union and on the mission fields of the world where it has served with honor and distinction for over eight glorious decades.
Beautiful Wayne County And Wooster One Of America's Greatest Communities Of Christian Faith!
Our worldwide operational missions center and it's outreach mission operations were located in Wayne County with it's many historic and beautiful landmark buildings and is home to one of the largest cottage industry communities in the nation with many hundreds of craft, woodworking and other home based creative business people and a wonderful community of faith that is rich in Church history and filled with wonderful Christian people of all faiths, cultures and backgrounds. Wayne and adjoining Holmes county is home to one of the largest populations of the beloved Amish and Mennonite peoples and their beautiful small rural farming communities that dot the rolling hills of this beautiful area where these beloved people of God live, flourish and worship.
The beloved Amish peoples build no church buildings but just like Jesus and the early church they meet in their homes and one can often see a hundred buggies beside a large Amish home as these wonderful people of God meet to worship and hear the word of God spoken by their beloved brothers and the leaders of their peaceful communities.
The First Church Of The Gospel Ministry has a long history of not building church buildings but building up the body of Christ by it's evangelistic outreach and the fielding of evangelistic men and women of the cross for the mission fields of the world. Our original founder Dr. Irving O. Tarbox never built a home church building but built several large facilities for orphans.Wooster is the Home of Wooster College where students from all over the globe come to get a
quality education at one of the most beautiful campus facilities in the Nation!
Our Expanded World Missions Center Now Located In Nashville Ohio!
Dr. Davy and the global missions center operations have conducted it's worldwide outreach ministry for nearly two decades from Wayne County and the ministry recently expanded it's operational center to include a first class recording and broadcasting studio and a new music performance center that it is now finished in the beautiful Village of Nashville Ohio
Visitors to our missions center offices are welcome to visit but must arrange the visit by appointment 9am To 5pm Monday thru Friday Eastern Standard Time.
We are indeed thankful and proud to be have been part of the wonderful community of Wooster and for the opportunity to be of service in faith to every person in this diversified and Historic Christian Community as we reach out to all the world from our new headquarters in Holmes county and new home community of Nashville Ohio for the cause of Christ on the mission fields of the world! We thank Wayne County and the great city of Wooster for it's hospitality and the wonderful and safe community it provides where families and small business people can flourish and grow in a diversified culture and a great community of good people!
Like our beloved founder and many other evangelists our world mission center operations facilities also serve as Dr. Davy's pastoral headquarters. Dr. Davy as the Bishop of the Church is the Pastor, Shepherd, Spiritual Leader and Mentor to all of our ministers and missionaries around the world and works closely with the ministers from this operational mission center. The demand on Dr. Davy’s time as an evangelist and the Bishop of this worldwide outreach missions church does not permit him to pastor a local congregational church but as our Bishop he is the Pastor to all of the ministers in this beloved outreach missions church and is loved and respected by the members of our professional independent clergy all over the world. Dr. Davy's headquarters offices are now located at the recording and broadcast production center known throughout the world as...... Studio 421/ The studio and missions center were moved to Nashville Ohio and into an expanded operational church building located in Holmes County.
The ever expanding outreach operations of the mission center includes a radio production programming, recording , broadcasting and a 32 track fully equipped professional music studio. A new television programming sound stage setting is planned for the future when the ministry completes the build out of the new IBMA performance center which will house a worldwide TV broadcasting operational center for the production of the Ministries "VOICE OF THE GLOBE!" a planned weekly program which will feature Dr. Davy and many of our beloved ministers and missionaries from all over the world with music performance segments and other field operations and crusade programs. Local ministers from all churches in Holmes County and the surrounding areas are always welcome to appear on our current radio programming. Several radio programs are now in pre-production and programming stages for our new broadcasting operations. All of our ministers are invited to take part in our broadcasting operations since each is a beloved member and a partner in this very special Jesus ministry that is reaching into all the world with the message of the cross. Many of our ministers and pastors have music ministries within their personal ministries and Dr.Davy and the missions center maintains a BMI music publishing company and the Midway Music & Recording studios as well as several professionally connected record label operations for use by our ministers of music and others.
A Bondservants Vows Of Faith!........Dr. Davy Has Very Few Earthy Possessions!
Dr. Davy having taken the Bishops vows of faith serves as our beloved Bishop and the spiritual leader of this glorious worldwide outreach missions Church and he nor his beloved wife Cathy receive any income or salary from the Church but they serve as the living loving Bondservants of Jesus Christ our Lord and as such Dr. Davy owns no property of any kind and has very few worldly possessions. " It is enough to be blessed of God says Dr. Davy and to be just the loving and faithful Bondservant of Jesus and to serve him with love, faith and dedication and from that service he supplies all my needs!
Dr. Davy Serves As The Senior Bishop Of The Church, directs Bible education, evangelism and world missions. Under his spirit led leadership he has set the work of the church's mission center among one of the most progressive and hard working missionary outreach mission churches in the world by developing new outreach mission programs, spirit filled and valuable educational materials, missionary tools, and developing new ministers that are reaching into over 173 nations to help bring in a harvest of souls upon the mission fields all over the globe!..... See Dr. Davy's BioPioneering Outreach Leadership Into The 21st Century
With the advent of the worldwide web the First Church Of The Gospel Ministry is growing into the 21st century and is a pioneering leader in world missionary and outreach ministries thanks to a servant's heart and the vision God has given us for the spreading of the Gospel on the world's mission fields. We welcome you to this ministry and encourage you to be a doer of the word and not a hearer only. If you are looking for a place to serve the Lord and become part of one of the most productive far reaching and spirit filled new testament outreach churches in the world we have a place for you to use your heart and hands. The ministry and Dr. Davy have been featured in news articles and other newspaper front page featured stories and is loved and respected by people of faith not only in our regional home operational area but all over the world!
Broadcasting By Digital, AM - FM & By Short ~ Wave Into All The World!
This dedicated outreach ministry will broadcast over it's own worldwide Victory Network VBN.Q .radio station and has for over 4 years broadcasted on the wide band Destiny network out of Canada that sends the VBN.Q. digital radio signal into over 200 nations of the world when the station is on the air and new programming is in the development stages for a new season of broadcasting and in the near future the ministry will stream it's broadcasts direct to the Victory Network website and anyone with a sound card can hear and be blessed by the new programming. The mission center maintains it's own recording studio and is in the production stages of weekly programming for shortwave broadcasting over worldwide WJIE Louisville, WWRB, and WWCR Nashville with 100 thousand watts of power, 4 transmitters and on 10 short wave frequencies. The ministry is moving into broadcasting special outreach programming "VOICE OF THE GLOBE!"over other short wave stations and a number AM & FM stations like WNQM Nashville -WITA Knoxville and WVOG New Orleans and is working on a developing a new television broadcasting ministry outreach sequence with Wooster being the home of it's broadcasting operations that at some point in time will reach out to USA and Foreign cable networks as well as satellite and other worldwide Christian network broadcasting operations.
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Our Statement Of Beliefs!1. We believe and know that God exists and is pleased with all who draw near by faith. We worship the one and only holy and loving God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit eternally. God has created all things visible and invisible, has brought salvation and new life to humanity through Jesus Christ, and continues to sustain the church and all things until the end of the age.
2. We believe in Jesus Christ, the Word of God become flesh. He is the Savior of the world, who has delivered us from the dominion of sin and reconciled us to God by his death on the cross. He was declared to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead. He is the head of the church, the exalted Lord, the Lamb who was slain, coming again to reign with God in glory.
3. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the eternal Spirit of God, who dwelled in Jesus Christ, who empowers the church, who is the source of our life in Christ, and who is poured out on those who believe as God's guarantee of redemption.
4. We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God through the Holy Spirit for instruction in salvation and all training in righteousness. We accept the Scriptures as the Word of God and as the fully reliable and trustworthy standard for Christian faith and life. Led by the Holy Spirit in the church, we interpret Scripture in harmony with our Lord Jesus Christ.
5. We believe that God has created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them, and that God preserves and renews forever what he has made. All creation has its source outside itself and belongs to God the Creator. God is good and provides all that is needed for life.
6. We believe that God has created human beings in his divine image. God formed them from the dust of the earth and gave them a special dignity among all the works of his creation. Human beings have been made for a loving relationship with God, to live in peace with each other, and to take care of the rest of creation.
7. We confess that, beginning with Adam and Eve, humanity has disobeyed God, given way to the tempter, and chosen to sin. All have fallen short of the Creator's intent, have marred the image of God in which they were created, disrupted order in the world, and limited their love for others. Because of sin, humanity has been given over to the enslaving powers of evil and death and only through the shed blood of Christ Jesus upon the Cross of Calvary can man be redeemed and receive salvation which is only by faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
8. We believe that, through Jesus Christ, God offers salvation from sin and a new way of life. We receive God's salvation when we repent and accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. In Christ, we are reconciled with God and brought into the reconciling community. We place our faith in God that, by the same power that raised Christ from the dead, we may be saved from sin to follow Christ and to know the fullness of salvation.
9. We believe that the church is the assembly of those who have accepted God's offer of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. It is the new community of disciples sent into the world to proclaim the reign of God and to provide a witness of the church's glorious hope. It is the new society established and sustained by the Holy Spirit.
10. We believe that the mission of the church is to proclaim and to be a sign of the kingdom of God. Christ has commissioned the church to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them, and teaching them to observe all things he has commanded.
11. We believe that the baptism of believers in the immersion of water is a sign of their cleansing from sin. Baptism is also a pledge before the church of their covenant with God to walk in the way of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Believers are baptized into Christ and his body by the Spirit, water, and his blood that was shed on the cross at Calvary.
12. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a sign by which the church thankfully remembers the new covenant which Jesus established by his death. In this communion meal, the church renews its covenant with God and with each other and participates in the life and death of Jesus Christ, until he comes.
13. We believe that in the washing of the feet of his disciples, Jesus calls us to serve one another in love. Thus, we acknowledge our frequent need of cleansing, renew our willingness to let go of pride and worldly power, and offer our lives in humble service and sacrificial love to our Lord and Saviour, Christ Jesus.
14. We believe that ministry is a continuation of the work of Christ, who gives gifts through the Holy Spirit to all believers and empowers them for service in the church and in the world. We believe that God calls particular persons in the church to specific leadership ministries and offices. All who minister are accountable to God, the Lord Jesus and to a loving and trustworthy stewardship and proper biblical accountability ethics of and to their brothers and sisters in Christ in a body of believers in which they are ordained as ministers and are called to serve faithfully as the servants of Jesus Christ and to account in a loving and forthright manner to those of whom they serve and fellowship with.
15. We believe that the church of Jesus Christ is one body with many members, ordered in such a way that, through the one Spirit, believers may be built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.16. We believe that Jesus Christ calls us to discipleship, to take up the cross and follow him. Through the gift of God's saving grace, we are empowered to be disciples of Jesus, filled with his Spirit, following his teachings and his path through suffering to new life. As we are faithful to his way, we become conformed to Christ and separated from the evil in the world.
17. We believe that to be a disciple of Jesus is to know life in the Spirit. As the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ takes shape in us, we grow in the image of Christ and in our relationship with God. The Holy Spirit is active in individual and in communal worship, leading us deeper into the experience with the Lord Jesus and our Heavenly Father.
18. We believe that God intends human life to begin in families and to be blessed through families. Even more, God desires all people to become part of the church, God's family. As single and married members of the church family give and receive nurture and healing, families can grow toward the wholeness that God intends. We are called to chastity and to loving faithfulness in marriage.
19. We commit ourselves to tell the truth in all things and to honor God with the taking of vows of faith and giving cheerfully to the work of the cross and the ministry of the church on the world mission fields.
20. We believe that everything belongs to God, who calls the church to live in faithful stewardship of all that God has entrusted to us, and to participate in the work of the cross and to rest our faith on the finished work of Christ and the promises of God.
21. We believe that peace is the will of God. God created the world in peace, and God's peace is most fully revealed in Jesus Christ, who is our peace and the peace of the whole world. Led by the Holy Spirit, we follow Christ in the way of peace, doing justice, bringing reconciliation, and practicing non-violence, even in the face of violence and warfare.
22. We believe that the church is God's Holy Nation, called to give full allegiance to Christ, its head and to witness to every nation, government, and society about God's saving grace.
23. We place our faith, hope and assurances in the reign of God and his fulfillment in the day when Christ will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. He will gather his church, which is already living under the reign of God. We await God's final victory, the end of this present age of struggle, the resurrection of the dead, and a new heaven and a new earth. There the people of God will reign with Christ in justice, righteousness, and peace forever and ever.
Spiritual Objectives
1. Complete commitment to the authority of God's word and God's will.
2. Knowledge of Biblical standards and principles for Christ like living and the yielding to the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible which is the living word of God.
3. Cultivation of the habits of obedience, prayer, bible study and Christian fellowship as helpful and necessary means of growth in the Christian's relationship with Christ.
4. Appreciation for the privilege and acceptance of the responsibility to share the Lord Jesus Christ with those around us, as well as, throughout the world.
5. Through the teaching of the Holy Spirit gain knowledge and wisdom of the nature, mission and ministry of the church and understanding God's plan and method of world evangelism.
6. Awareness of God's calling of one's natural and supernaturally bestowed gifts and abilities.
7. The spiritual development of natural and supernatural gifts through the study of the living word of God and of the principals of preaching, teaching, counseling and outreach.
Missions
1. The preaching and spreading of the Gospel among all peoples of the earth.
2. To Respond as the Lord commands us to be God's Love In Action as a doer of the word and not hearers only.3. To ordain, empower and field Independent God called ministers of the Gospel and missionaries for the World Mission Fields.
4.To grant Independent Church Charters for the founding of local Churches.
YOU CAN BE A SUCCESS IN MINISTRY! WE HAVE A PROVEN PLAN OF SUCCESS FOR ANY MAN OR WOMAN WITH A CALL ON THIER LIVES FOR THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND WITH THAT PLAN ANYONE CAN FIND SUCCESS IN MINISTRY! Wanted Dedicated Christians! "Who are not for sale; Who are honest, sound-true to the heart's core; Who condemn wrong in friend or foe; in themselves as well as others: Whose consciences are steady as a needle to the pole; Who will stand for the right if the heavens totter and the earth reels; Who can tell the truth and stand by it;Who will neither flag nor flinch; Who can have courage without whistling for it,and joy without shouting to bring it; Who have the current of everlasting life running deep, still and strong, Who know their message and tell it, know their duty and do it, know their place and fill it, who are not too lazy to work and sow into the the store-house of God for the work of his Kingdom so they may be blessed of God for their giving and who are willing to eat what they have been blessed with and use what they have paid for!" ~Dr. Davy
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