“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 KJV
New Year’s Celebrations at Heritage: Over the New Year’s weekend, a refreshing spirit of unity flowed over the grounds, impacting the hearts of hundreds of Christians who came out to the celebrations. From the excitement of the New Year’s Conference hosted by MorningStar Ministries, to the beautiful peace-filled Candlelight Communion Service held in the Upper Room, the overwhelming presence of God was so evident that it felt a little like PTL’s glory days.
MorningStar New Year's Conference
As Christians from all walks of life genuinely reached out to each other, the Holy Spirit infused the atmosphere. For whatever reason, these particular New Year’s services caused a few people to deem the weekend as a tangible sign that God is moving on the grounds in a powerful way – with more to come.
There have been countless prophecies said over Heritage USA during the past twenty-five years foretelling of a full-circle restoration, triggering a revival that will spread throughout the country. As church goers on the grounds witness miracles of revived and restored lives, they are encouraged to keep praying for a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit. If the many ministries on the grounds would wholeheartedly make an effort to fulfill God’s will of coming into one accord, we may very well realize a “great awakening” and the fulfillment of all the prophetic words spoken over this land.
Upper Room Candlelight Service
A heartwarming example of the effect the Spirit of God had on people during the weekend came from the compelling testimony of Bobby Riedel, who vacationed at Heritage USA as a boy. He wrote the following message after attending the New Year’s Conference at MorningStar and going to the Upper Room’s services. His experience says it all.
Below is Bobby Riedel’s post from the Upper Room’s facebook page:
“I have waited all my life to get into the Upper Room. As a kid going to PTL on vacation with my family, I always knew it was there, and all my relatives went…but at that age, all I wanted to do was go to the water park, the Recreation Village, or some other part of that wonderful place. I was serious about my faith as a boy, but I just never made time for the Upper Room…Man o man…what a mistake…everything happened and it was closed…I would visit the grounds over the years, and it was still closed, but I would always walk around it, pray, and visit the gravesite of Mr. Sara (I knew the family).
This past week, I finally got into the Upper Room…a dream come true. I always heard of the powerful stories: lives changed, healings, words spoken, people restored…Guess what? It hit me too the very first day I went in…Tears fell down my face, the Holy Spirit was so thick, and I am so proud to say that instead of being in NYC Times Square for New Years, I was at the Upper Room praying in the New Year and taking communion! The following day, a couple of people I was with came with me to the night service run by Pastor Randy Hill. Same spirit was in that place, and some of the gifts that the Lord has given me began to go into operation at my seat and with those I was with…Well, for those of you that were there, you saw what happened, and this is just the beginning.
We saw history that night at the Upper Room and I am so happy so many of you were there. I cannot wait till I come back, and I pray blessings on all of you on this page and that attend regularly. Thank you to all of you who have prayed, sowed, and laid down your lives…From the gardener to the prayer team…the worship ministry…those ministers who preached there, and to the MILLIONS of PTL partners…Thank you.”
On the 12th, the Upper Room Chapel started a weekly discipleship training class lead by Rev. Jason Goodnight, who is the “former director of the 24/7 Prayer Center of Charlotte and for several years has been ministering in the area of discipleship.” Each Thursday night starting at 6:30 p.m. Rev Goodnight will be teaching on discipleship; there will also be a time of worship and interactive ministry. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
To stay current with the happenings at the Upper Room, check out their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62147692320/
Live streaming of the 6:30 p.m. Upper Room Sunday Praise & Worship service can be seen at: www.upperroomchapel.com.
For anyone new to our website, the following is a listing of most of the ministries that are currently on the grounds:
1. Renovatus Community Church, pastored by Jonathan Martin, gathers on Sundays at 11 a.m. in the former PTL TV Studio. For further information, check out their website at: http://www.renovatuscommunity.com.
2. Antioch International Church, pastored by Peter Wyns, is located in the industrial section just over the railroad tracks at 8180 Regent Parkway. www.lifeatantioch.org.
3. All Nations Church, pastored by Bonnie and Mahesh Chavda, is located at the former Fort Hope on Hammond Road. http://chavdaministries.org.
4. Fresh Fire USA, Evangelist Todd Bentley’s ministry office is located inside the Heritage Grand Hotel. www.freshfireusa.com.
5. World Outreach Center & Community Church – directed by John and Joanne Cava is located at PTL’s former Welcome Center near the old entrance to Heritage. Information about this ministry can be found on their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/worldoutreachcenter .
6. Randy Hill Ministries – pastored by Randy Hill, who is part of The Broadcast Group, holds Sunday night “Praise and Worship” services in the Upper Room. www.randyhillministries.org.
7. The Upper Room Chapel is owned and operated by Mr. Russell James. The chapel is open for prayer on Saturday and Sunday. A Sunday night “live streamed” Praise & Worship service begins at 6:30 pm. For more information, check out their website at: www.upperroomchapel.com, or keep current with the happenings at the Upper Room on their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/62147692320/.
8. The Barn Auditorium (Heritage Village Church) – As The Broadcast Group continues to refurbish the Barn Auditorium; the progress can be viewed on their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thebroadcastgroup?ref=ts. The workers and volunteers have done an exceptional job of restoring this historic landmark during the past year. Hopefully, they will soon announce when the Barn will officially open.
9. MorningStar Ministries/Heritage International Ministries “HIM” is located in the Heritage Grand Hotel. For more information on this multi-faceted ministry, check out their website at: www.morningstarministries.org.
10. The Jubilee Life Center Church of Charlotte N.C. – pastored by Bishop Charles Gibson is currently leasing the old Wagon Wheel Restaurant and former PTL Campground Registration Offices. For more information, check out their website at: www.hgjubilee.org
The following sites are related to Heritage USA and the PTL ministry:
Tour of Heritage USA is available at Ben Martin’s unique website:
www.heritage-usa.org. Experience a nostalgic walk down Memory Lane of the former Heritage USA grounds. You will be delighted with the inventive details Ben Martin has included in this interesting and colorful site showing what the PTL Ministry looked like back in the day.
Main Street at Heritage
The Heritage USA Museum is located off Main Street inside the Heritage Grand Hotel. This excellent project was started by Ben Martin and Clint Rogers a few years ago, and it continues to expand. Donors, including Pastor Jim Bakker, have given some of their personal possessions to the museum. Someday they hope to have a larger facility to house everything they are collecting that will show the history of the entire PTL Ministry.
Remembering PTL & Heritage USA, operated by Todd Barwick, is a good way to communicate with those interested in PTL’s past, present and future. http://www.facebook.com/PTL.Heritage. Todd also oversees the PTL Heritage USA group on Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeritageUSA/
The PTL Tape Vault is filled with short videos from the original PTL Shows. This popular facebook account can be accessed at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PTL- Tape- Vault /82965166609
Everything Heritage USA is another nostalgic PTL website that is being created by Jason Babcock of Jamestown, New York and can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/never4getheritageusa
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During the month, on the Jim Bakker Show, Pastor Jim continued to warn people of where we are on God’s timetable.
In one of his writings for the New Year titled, 2012 Arrives Amid Great Confusion, he stated his belief that if we turn back to God as a nation, we could “stay the hand of God and His righteous judgment of this nation, and lessen the misery of the consequences of our rebellion…” He goes on to say:
“At this time, however, the prophetic clock is still ticking away and the events preceding the Second Coming of Jesus will happen (are happening), just as it says and is foretold in Matthew 24, Luke 21, countless other Old and New Testament passages, and especially in the Revelation.
We are not going to change the prophetic unfolding of End Time events, but we can change what judgments are meted out and we have a choice how God deals with us individually and as a nation, based upon our responses to His warnings.
The economies and the governments of this nation and the world are falling apart, natural disasters are at an all-time high, and the whole of humanity is ready to plunge right into the doomsdays scenario that is presented in the Book of Revelation. Food could disappear off grocery shelves in a matter of hours. Electricity and gasoline may be completely unavailable. The world is on the brink of World War III. Iran and Israel are poised to unleash weapons of mass destruction at each other, not to mention the U.S., Russia, China, and others.
THE STAGE IS NOW SET for the arrival of the antichrist. We are on the very threshold of more calamity than the world has ever seen before.”
Read entire commentary at: www.jimbakkershow.com and click on “Jim’s Blog.”
The Barn Auditorium (Heritage Village Church): Look what God has done! God Bless The Broadcast Group (www.thebroadcastgroup.com) as they continue putting the finishing touches in the Barn, which is now inhabitable.
Picture by The Broadcast Group
The Towers:
WBTV 3 TV News of Charlotte did a report about the ongoing Towers’ situation Below is the entire article (updated January 4th):
Money and legal battles have clouded the future of what neighbors call an eyesore.
However, those same residents around the tower say they may have found a loop hole in the system, and filed a petition on a little known county ordinance hoping the law will finally get something done.
Eric Kinsinger has called everyone from the county to the state house to try and get something done about the old PTL tower that looms over his neighborhood in Fort Mill.
“They have not done anything with the tower at all,” said Kinsinger.
When he thought all hope was lost, he found a county ordinance about unfit dwellings, dangerous structures or nuisances.
“It’s defiantly a nuisance,” said Kinsinger.
In short the ordinance reads unfit dwellings are unlawful if found in dilapidation, or unsafe to residents of the county.
“There are many things that it states that fits this building exactly,” said Kinsinger.
And he may be right. Back in June of this year people were caught trespassing in the tower. The sheriff’s report even called the building “dilapidated.”
At that time WBTV’s Trent Faris spoke with the Director of Safety at MorningStar Ministries who owns the tower he even said about the building was “A very dangerous environment.”
The county ordinance was written in 2002. MoriningStar took over the building in 2004 with plans to repair it and sell the apartments. So since the building is technically a dwelling it falls under the regulations of the ordinance.
The ordinance goes on to state if the owner can’t repair the property the county can take over and demolish it.
In 2010 the York County Council gave MorningStar a deadline to find the funding to fix the place up.
In June of that year the county found MorningStar in default of the agreement.
Since then the county and MorningStar have been going back and forth in legal battles. Kinsinger says the law is clear, and he’s contacted attorneys about it.
“They said they have to do something based on the way this Ordinance is written and if they don’t we can sue York County and we’re prepared to do so if we have to,” said Kinsinger.
Now that the petition is filed-the county must research and act within 30 days.
York County manager Jim Baker told WBTV the county has set a date of January 30th to discuss the future of the tower with MorningStar and a mediator, and if an agreement can’t be reached the county can take MorningStar to court.
However, Baker went on to say if that happens it could take even longer before the tower’s future is decided.
Article can be found at: The Towers
On the 30th – York County issued a press release as follows:
YORK COUNTY – MORNINGSTAR MEDIATION
York, SC – After further mediated discussions between representatives of MorningStar Ministries and York County, it was agreed that MorningStar Ministries will prepare a presentation for the York County Council meeting on March 5, 2012.
This presentation will detail a MorningStar proposal to improve and secure the existing building facade and the surrounding parking lot and demonstrate a financial commitment to make these immediate improvements. MorningStar will also propose a series of future commitment dates to complete overall building design, obtain full financing, commence and complete the building construction.
York County has committed to seriously and objectively consider the MorningStar proposal and determine by no later than the Council Meeting on Marth 19th 2012, whether this proposal is an acceptable resolution of the County’s concerns.
Should the proposal be found acceptable, it would become the template for an amended Development Agreement for completing the tower(s). If the Council rejects the MorningStar proposal, mediation will have ended in an impasse and both parties will be free to pursue any legal actions they feel appropriate to resolve their dispute. http://rockhill.wbtv.com/news/news/70982-york-county-morningstar-reach-agreement-now
Signs of the Times:
The Bible tells us in II Chronicles 7:14 that through repentance, humbling ourselves and turning from our wicked ways, God will forgive His people’s sin and heal their land. If we understood that America’s moral and financial problems, which are now arguably beyond human remedy, were caused by our country turning its back on God, we could as a nation and individually, humbly turn back to the Lord. In these unprecedented times when the world is seemingly out of control, the love of many has waxed cold and sin continues ratcheting upward, America has the ability to seek God’s forgiveness and spare our country from judgment.
Recently, on the Jim Bakker Show, Pastor Jim’s guest was Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, author of the current #1 best selling Christian book THE HARBINGER. (http://www.christianbook.com.) This “mind blowing” story explores the ancient mystery that holds the secret of America’s future.
Pastor Jim and Rabbi Cahn spent several hours going over startling revelations the Rabbi learned from the Old Testament about the meaning of the September 11th 2001 attacks on America. Over the past several years, Rabbi Cahn has exhaustively researched the biblical implications of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City from the ancient warnings that are found in the Book of Isaiah.
After Rabbi Cahn made appearances on the Jim Bakker Show, Sid Roth’s program, It’s Supernatural and had his book featured in Charisma Magazine, THE HARBINGER’s astonishing message quickly became the #1 best selling Christian book in America.
Click below link to read Jim Bakker’s article about Rabbi Cahn’s new book: Rabbi Cahn
On one of Sid Roth’s programs It’s Supernatural, he did an in-depth interview with Rabbi Cahn on the message of THE HARBINGER: The entire TV program can be seen below:
Another informative message by Rabbi Cahn on THE HARBINGER is below:
On Friday the 13th,
S&P Cuts Ratings on France, Italy, Other European Countries
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the debt of nine European countries, including France and Austria, two large economies which until recently were thought to be strong…
S&P lowered by one notch the long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and by two notches ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
The ratings firm affirmed long-term ratings on Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Each of the countries has been removed from S&P’s Credit Watch, where they were placed with “negative implications” in December. Full Article can be read at: S & P Ratings
During the month, our national debt ceiling was raised from $15.2 to $16.4 trillion. Presently, we are going into debt at the rate of $3 million per minute. Click on the following link to watch how fast America’s debt is rising: http://www.usdebtclock.org/
It is also being reported that America’s unemployment at 8.5 percent is more like 16.5 percent after factoring in people who quit looking for work or are underemployed.
On the 23rd, Unseasonal tornadoes and storms ravaged the South and Midwest;
Click on the following link to see video of the storm damage: Storms
On the 24th, the strongest radiation storm on the sun since 2005 caused a rare warning from the U.S. Weather Officials saying the people on earth would not be affected, but our satellite communication systems could be interrupted. As another rare precaution some polar flights were expected to be rerouted.
The following pictures from NASA and US satellites capture the massive explosion on the sun: Sun Storm
Romans 12:2 says: “Do not change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.”
We would like to take this opportunity to say “Thank you” for your patience as we continue updating our website. God Bless Graphic Designer Nancy G. Daniel for giving of her time and talents to make our Time Line possible.
For excellent Web and Print Design Nancy can be contacted at: www.nancyg.org.
Thank you for visiting our website,
Rick & Chris (from the grounds of Heritage USA)
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