a letter from the director
When t
he Dead Come Al
i
ve
Why Bet
hes
da Communi
t
y?
I
n t
he Gos
pel of J
ohn vs 5:
25 s
ays
; “ I
t
ʼ
s ur
gent t
hat you get t
hi
s r
i
ght
: T
he t
i
me has ar
r
i
v
ed—I mean r
i
ght now!
—when
dead men and women wi
l
l hear t
he v
oi
c
e of t
he Son of God and, hear
i
ng, WI
L
L COME AL
I
VE. J
us
t as t
he Fat
her has
l
i
f
e i
n hi
ms
el
f
, he has c
onf
er
r
ed on t
he Son l
i
f
e i
n hi
ms
el
f
.
”
L
as
t week whi
l
e c
ook
i
ng s
upper I hear
d on t
he US NEWS t
hat Opi
oi
d us
e has k
i
l
l
ed mor
e t
han 33,
000 peopl
e i
n
2015 al
one.
Ov
er
dos
e deat
hs near
l
y equal t
he number of c
ar f
at
al
i
t
i
es
. Al
s
o t
he f
i
r
s
t t
i
me i
n our hi
s
t
or
y her
oi
n ov
er
dos
es al
one
s
ur
pas
s
ed gun homi
c
i
des
. I
t i
s r
eachi
ng epi
demi
c pr
opor
t
i
ons
. Ri
ght out
s
i
de our door
s t
he i
nt
er
s
t
at
es ar
e f
i
l
l
ed wi
t
h
t
r
af
f
i
ck
i
ng t
hi
s l
et
hal dr
ug. We need t
o r
eal
i
ze t
hat t
hi
s i
s
nʼ
t happeni
ng i
n s
ome dar
k al
l
eyway i
n s
hant
yt
owns
.
Addi
c
t
i
on has gone mai
ns
t
r
eam hi
t
t
i
ng ev
er
y s
mal
l t
own, bi
g c
i
t
i
es i
nc
l
udi
ng t
he s
oc
i
al el
i
t
e. We c
an t
r
y t
o bl
ame t
he
per
s
on, but i
n r
eal
i
t
y, t
hi
s wor
l
d c
anʼ
t handl
e t
hei
r hur
t
s
. T
he pr
i
s
on s
ys
t
ems ar
e f
ai
l
i
ng, and pr
es
c
r
i
bi
ng mor
e meds
s
i
mpl
y i
s
nʼ
t wor
k
i
ng.
T
her
e i
s anot
her way! Now, af
t
er t
en year
s r
unni
ng a r
es
t
or
at
i
on c
ent
er wor
k
i
ng wi
t
h women, I s
t
i
l
l f
i
nd mys
el
f
s
ear
chi
ng f
or mor
e ways t
o br
i
ng hope and r
ec
ov
er
y t
o anyone t
hat dar
k
ens t
he door
. T
he i
nt
ak
e r
eques
t
s nev
er s
t
op
and t
he back door t
o us
e agai
n nev
er c
l
os
es
. Onc
e a dr
ug us
er mys
el
f
, I l
ear
ned f
r
om per
s
onal exper
i
enc
e t
o nev
er
“l
eav
e t
he c
ommuni
t
y" or i
n my c
as
e, t
he k
i
ngdom of God. We c
an nev
er under
es
t
i
mat
e t
he power of r
edempt
i
on.
J
es
us s
t
i
l
l s
av
es
, bapt
i
zes and del
i
v
er
s
. J
es
us i
s s
t
i
l
l wal
k
i
ng t
he hal
l
s of i
ns
t
i
t
ut
i
ons and t
he al
l
eyways
.
T
he good news i
s t
he mes
s
age of God gi
v
es l
i
f
e wher
e t
he dead i
s
. Mat
t
hew Henr
y s
ays
, "
He i
s t
o hi
s c
r
eat
ur
es t
he
f
ount
ai
n of l
i
f
e, and al
l good; aut
hor of t
hei
r bei
ng and wel
l
-
bei
ng; t
he l
i
vi
ng God, and t
he God of al
l l
i
vi
ng. I
t i
s by
t
he v
oi
c
e of t
he Son of God t
hat s
oul
s ar
e r
ai
s
ed t
o s
pi
r
i
t
ual l
i
f
e; i
t i
s wr
ought by hi
s power
, and t
hat power i
s
c
onv
eyed and c
ommuni
c
at
ed by hi
s wor
d: T
he dead s
hal
l hear
, s
hal
l be made t
o hear
, t
o under
s
t
and, r
ec
ei
v
e, and
bel
i
ev
e.
”
T
he Bet
hes
da Communi
t
y exi
s
t
s t
o s
how f
or
t
h r
edempt
i
on t
o a f
al
l
en wor
l
d. T
he Bet
hes
da Communi
t
y wi
l
l us
e t
he
model J
es
us us
ed wi
t
h hi
s di
s
c
i
pl
es
. T
hey l
i
v
ed, pr
ayed, and at
e t
oget
her f
or t
hr
ee year
s
. T
hes
e t
wel
v
e men changed
t
he wor
l
d af
t
er t
he r
es
ur
r
ec
t
i
on, pr
eachi
ng, t
eachi
ng, and bapt
i
zi
ng i
n t
he name of J
es
us
. I
n Ac
t
s 2:
46, you hear
c
ommuni
t
y agai
n when we r
ead, “
And t
hey, c
ont
i
nui
ng dai
l
y wi
t
h one ac
c
or
d i
n t
he t
empl
e, and br
eak
i
ng br
ead f
r
om
hous
e t
o hous
e, di
d eat t
hei
r meat wi
t
h gl
adnes
s and s
i
ngl
enes
s of hear
t
”.
T
hi
s c
omi
ng J
une we ar
e l
aunchi
ng of
f our new Di
s
c
i
pl
es
hi
p T
r
ai
ni
ng School
. I
t wi
l
l c
ons
i
s
t
s of a one year pr
ogr
am
wher
e ages 18-
25 wi
l
l enr
ol
l f
or a s
mal
l f
ee and hav
e hands on t
r
ai
ni
ng l
ear
ni
ng mi
s
s
i
ons
, i
nner c
i
t
y ev
angel
i
s
m, and
at
t
end our Bet
hes
da School of Mi
ni
s
t
r
y
. T
hey c
an al
s
o el
ec
t t
o k
eep f
ur
t
her
i
ng t
hei
r c
ol
l
ege degr
ees whi
l
e l
i
vi
ng her
e.
T
he Campus wi
l
l pr
ovi
de a Chr
i
s
t
i
an at
mos
pher
e or s
af
e zone s
o t
o s
peak t
o s
t
udy, be di
s
c
i
pl
ed, and l
i
v
e a deeper
l
i
f
e. I
n Chr
i
s
t
e, i
t i
s our goal t
o r
ai
s
e $80,
000 t
o equi
p each 8 t
wo-
bedr
oom apar
t
ment wi
t
h f
ur
ni
t
ur
e, f
i
ni
s
h out t
he
apar
t
ment
s wi
t
h needed appl
i
anc
es
, pl
umbi
ng and el
ec
t
r
i
c
al wor
k. Pl
eas
e pr
ay f
or us as we i
mpac
t t
he next
gener
at
i
on!
Love,
Pastor Parris B ailey
Spr
i
ng 2017 { 5 }