The War Updates

I first met Pastor Nathan Thomas and Pastor Ian Lewandowski at Leon Valley Baptist Church in San Antonio, TX when I did The War there back in 2014. Now, they are working together as Senior Pastor and Youth Pastor, respectively, at Temple Baptist Church in North Fort Myers, FL. We had a great week! When we arrived, I found out … Read More

What an encouraging week in Ocala! Last time our ministry was here, the Lord taught our team key lessons in prayer and dependence. This year, God did it again! As we began the week, the Lord burdened my heart to speak in the Wednesday evening service from 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 on God’s Comfort, His divine help in distresses—not the usual … Read More

Pastor Ken Burkett has pastored Greenville Bible Church for over 20 years and has hosted almost every War evangelist who has led The War—Jim Van Gelderen, Frank Bailey, Billy Ingram, and now Bobby Bosler. Though it has been a decade since The War has been to Greenville, MS, the people were no strangers to the ministry. Many of them had … Read More

Last week was a week full of battles, breakthroughs, and answered prayers! Four years ago, God redirected us to Liberty Baptist Church through a cancelled meeting. When we arrived, there were plenty of challenges, but God worked in ways beyond what we could have imagined. A young man named Michael was one of many who was saved that week, and … Read More

Pastor Mike Ascher and Mark Taylor are very familiar with The War. Mike Ascher had traveled as a college student at BJ; Mark Taylor had hosted The War numerous times throughout the years. Our burden for this final week of the tour was to finish strong. Praise the Lord, that’s exactly what He enabled us to do. On Wednesday evening, I … Read More

Pastor Billy Ingram led The War for five years in the mid-2000’s, during which he brought the team to my home church when I was a teenager. God used that week to significantly impact my life in many ways. We have kept in contact and worked together in varying capacities over the years since. When the Lord opened the door … Read More

I have been anticipating doing The War for Pastor Frank Bailey for a long time. Pastor Bailey is no stranger to The War—in fact, he knows more about it than I do! He led the team under Bob Jones University for 10 years and therefore has a wealth of experience and stories from which I wanted to glean wisdom and insight. After … Read More

Pastor Rick Odum and Bryant Griffits are two men who greatly desire to see lasting fruit at Hardison Baptist Church. Their burden and willingness to sacrifice and to work hard were an encouragement to our team while we were there. God has been graciously teaching our team how to pray. We would meet together every day and spend an extended time … Read More

Two years ago, The War came to Smyrna, a northwest suburb of Atlanta, for the first time ever. Pastor Johnston and Pastor Huggins were encouraged by the responsiveness of the teens in the community and God’s blessing on the meeting. This time, we all were anticipating God doing a work—and He did, but not without quite a battle. Our challenges … Read More

We are so thankful that God opened the door for our team to come and minister with Memorial Baptist Church just outside of Bellevue, FL! Pastor Michael West and his assistant pastor, Tim Farley, have a real heart for teens and God blessed faith abundantly where it was found! The Lord had been preparing our hearts by steadily increasing our desire … Read More