Sunday, August 19, 2007

A Date with Destiny Jackson 2007 – Recap


I am sitting at home on Sunday afternoon and thanking God for the blessing that was A Date with Destiny Jackson 2007. One day the temperature soared to an all time record high 106 degrees! When the breaker kicked off in one our meetings and the air conditioning stopped flowing, I thought I was preaching in an old fashioned outdoor tent revival rather than the comfort of a Marriott convention hall. What a great time we experienced together.

I am thankful for the fellowship. Fellowship is a word we throw around too loosely as believers. But the times we spent renewing relationships, encouraging one another and simply catching up with what has been going on in each others lives always makes for one of the highlights of these meetings. My only regret is that we have so little time to genuinely spend talking one on one with each other. I hope we have more opportunities soon.

I am thankful for the worship. Jon Bunn did an excellent job of leading us each session with exuberant praise and meaningful worship of our Lord. I am thankful for the worship team of volunteers who sacrificially invested their time and played their instruments and sang from the hearts.

I am thankful for the preaching from God’s Word – It truly is only God’s unchanging Word that changes our lives. Pastor Scott Camp spoke to us from his heart and demonstrated his gifting as an Evangelist to speak clearly, simply and boldly to us to know what the will of the Lord is for our life. I remember most his simple statement about how so many believers today refuse to come under any pastoral leadership and yet wonder why God does not bless them. Two great messages were delivered from this gifted servant of God.

Dr. Jack Taylor blessed us by allowing his beautiful wife Frieda to bless us in her native German tongue as well as encourage us with some insightful words. Dr. Taylor preached twice. Every time he speaks God opens another window of heaven and gives me more light on the kingdom of God. His classic statement made with a countenance of exasperation was, “He is the creator of it all and the modern church is obsessed with making Him RELEVANT to His own universe, what is wrong with us?” I am thankful to have such a spiritual father in my life.

I spoke three times. I spoke on how God can give you a personal date with destiny from Moses’ experience with God at the burning bush. I taught Friday morning on the evidences of experiencing the fullness of the Spirit. Friday night I spoke about how to make your God-given dream a reality from Habakkuk 2.

All of the conference messages are available on CD in a conference package. They will be available through the store on my web site in the next few days.

To all of those who made this event possible by providing sound equipment, organizing the details, managing the book table and every thing else, I am thankful for you today. Look for an announcement coming soon about a new conference scheduled in Texas.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

A Date with Destiny Jackson 2007 – Dr. Jack Taylor

I am thrilled that Dr. Jack Taylor will be with us for our Date with Destiny Conference in Jackson, Mississippi on August 16-17. There are only a few people who have had as much influence on my ministry as Jack Taylor. For years he mentored me through his teaching and his books. We became friends when he came to the church I pastored in Jackson, MS for a Bible Conference. We called it a Bible Conference but it actually became a revival. In that meeting we experienced the beginning of a spiritual awakening that would touch us for over five years. During that time thousands were added to the kingdom as we ministered under an open heaven. It all began with the ministry of Dr. Jack Taylor.

I find myself quoting him often in my messages. He was the one who taught me to allow God to perform an “offendectomy” on me. He was the one who prayed sincerely for me to “be protected from my own anointing!” He was the man who prayed for me and I was healed of a heart related health problem. Jack Taylor has a large influence on me and many others. I am looking forward to hearing him again this week.

All of the conference information can be found at www.BarryClingan.org

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Date with Destiny Jackson 2007 – Pastor Scott Camp

We are privileged to have as a special guest at our Date with Destiny Conference this week, August 16-17, Pastor Scott Camp. Scott currently serves as the Senior Pastor of the Fellowship of Joy in Arlington, Texas. This is a church he founded several years ago and now is quickly approaching over a thousand each week in attendance. This is the third church that he has led that has grown rapidly. Scott is pastor with very strong evangelistic gifts. He is much in demand around the country as a revival and evangelistic crusade leader. God blesses him with many conversions at each of his meetings.

The greatest thing about Scott Camp to me personally, is simply the fact, that he is my friend. Scott and I regularly meet on Fridays for lunch and share a relationship of accountability. He speaks into my life and on more than one occasion God has used his counsel to help me make important decisions. I must also say that Scott Camp is one of the best preachers of the Gospel I know. I listen to all of his messages and I heard him preach one of the greatest sermons I have ever heard on the Blood of Jesus Christ. I promise you will be blessed to hear and get to know this great man of God.

All of the details of the Date with Destiny conference are available at http://www.barryclingan.org/

Tomorrow: An introduction to the incomparable evangelist, Jack Taylor.

Monday, August 06, 2007

A Date with Destiny Jackson 07

We are one week away from A Date with Destiny in Jackson, Mississippi. We will be meeting at the Marriott Harvey Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Jackson. The proposed schedule is:

Thursday Night August 16
7:00 p.m. Scott Camp and Barry Clingan

Friday Morning August 17
9:00 a.m. Scott Camp, Barry Clingan and Jack Taylor

Friday Night August 17
7:00 p.m. Jack Taylor and Barry Clingan

Of course, except for the starting times, we will be sensitive to the Spirit’s direction about everything else. In the next few days I will write an entry about our special guests and other information as we lead up to the conference.

I have learned through the years that there is a direct correlation between the enemy’s attacks leading up to a ministry event and the level of spiritual power and breakthrough the meeting will experience. I am confident and full of expectation that this will truly be a date with destiny for everyone that attends. Get ready for real spiritual renewal!

Go to www.BarryClingan.org for all the information. You can view a copy of the brochure and you can register as well.

More soon!.