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South Haven Church of
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"Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst after His righteousness, for they shall be filled"
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The South
Haven, Michigan people were hungry and thirsty for His righteousness, and
were filled and refilled. As people were
obedient, the Holy Spirit forgave, reclaimed and sanctified many. The
attendance grew with every service and so did the excitement and
anticipation of what God was doing.
"Revival means to change and refocus
us from where we are to a place closer to God. Revivals charge up ones
prayer and devotional life. It is all about obedience, finding new light and
doing what He wants."
Pastor Scott Hollebrands
South Haven, Michigan
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Norwin Church of the
Nazarene -
Pittsburgh, PA |
The Revival Bulletin
Inserts sent to the church prior to revival were helpful in
directing the church to think and center our attention on revival. |
Based on persistent prayer and
attention given to preparing the church for revival, there was a positive
response of people seeking God’s intervention in their lives at the altars.
The music ministry directed by Rev.
Duane Smith throughout the revival supported the emphasis of each sermon and
prepared minds and hearts for the holiness messages that were biblically
based, relevant, clearly from God and presented in such a way to help each
listener understand and reflect upon their own spiritual situation. Rev.
Smith’s sensitivity and obedience to following the Lord was the key in
directing people toward renewal and revival.
Dr. Veora L. Tressler
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Rev.
and Mrs. Smith
What a blessing you both
were to our church. I wanted to tell you how the Lord used you to help
us prepare our hearts for revival with your heart searching worship
inserts prior to your coming.
I thank the Lord for His
anointing upon both of you and for your faithfulness, Rev. Smith, to
allow the Holy Spirit to work through you in preaching the word with
diligence. I appreciated so much your anointed singing and preaching.
We need to see the genuine! We’ve seen too much that isn’t real. We
need to hear this type of message. I know many hearts were stirred, as
was mine.
I thank the Lord for
searching my soul and the deeper cleansing I experienced in the
meetings. The Holy Spirit continues to cleanse my heart as I read God’s
word and listen to your tapes.
I am lifting you up to the
Lord, praying He will bless you and use you everywhere you go, as He did
here at the Norwin Church of the Nazarene.
In Christ's love,
Rose Wright
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United Community
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"United Community Church
of the Nazarene has always realized that the positive results of a revival
experience are well worth the investment of time and funds. The Spirit of
the Lord especially blessed our recent meeting with Rev. Duane Smith by
blessing both the music and the preaching. We all realized his ministry was
led of the Lord and was most relevant, timely and spiritually enriching. The
Lord truly met with us."
Rev. Darwin Pressler
Plainfield, IN
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Lafayette Church of
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We have just completed our second Revival with Rev. Duane and Ruth
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We enjoyed so much the
fellowship, straight preaching and experienced a wonderful revival with more
than 50 people testifying to definite spiritual help. Scheduled Revivals
still produce eternal results when saturated with intercessory pray. For
over two years several of us have met at the church three evenings a week,
(not including the Wednesday or Sunday services) praying specifically with
prayer lists. It is still true "The effectual, fervent prayer of righteous
men (and women), still avails much" (James 5:16). We recommend highly
Evangelist Rev. Duane Smith for your revival.
Rev. David McCracken,
Lexington, KY
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Augusta First Church of the Nazarene - Augusta, GA
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The Augusta, GA revival was really special
not only for the adults, but teens and youth as well. There was over 30
youth in all the services and some had never been in a church or knew what
being born again meant. God spoke to their hearts and they were obedient.
Every service the altars and front pews were over flowing with souls finding
Christ forgiveness. A few highlights are: A 14 year old girl had a child and
was expecting another, but was gloriously saved. A teenage boy made
restitution for stealing a lady's purse and using her credit card. Pastor
Larry Sneed said, "We had a wonderful revival meeting."
Augusta First Church of the Nazarene
"It was a great honor to work with Evangelist Duane Smith and his wife,
Ruth. I assure you they are servants of the Lord who are dedicated to the
ministry of evangelism. It has been 20 years since we were in revival
together, but I found them both still with a heart to serve God and fully
committed to the message of holiness. Here at Augusta First Church of the
Nazarene our altars were full each service. God used him to speak to the
hearts of our children and youth as well as our adults."
Pastor Larry Sneed
Augusta First Nazarene
Augusta, GA
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Macon Trinity Church
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I am thankful for the
revival services and the doctrinal messages that were delivered under Divine
inspiration by Evangelist Duane Smith here at Macon, Georgia. It encouraged
me to hear the Word defined and they had a definite effect on the
spirituality of the congregation as well. The seed has been sown and will
grow and develop in the days ahead. I pray also that God will permit us to
work with the Smiths again.
Rev. Robert L.
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Graceway Church of the Nazarene,
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and Ruth Smith are clearly called into evangelism by God. Duane’s
music and messages are anointed by God and led by His Spirit. Ruth is
such a prayer warrior! I have heard testimony after testimony from
persons who attended who have had true revival of their souls and are
now on fire for God. A pastor needs a pastor, too, and I have also
been revived during these meetings. GraceWay was just organized as a
church at the end of 2005. This was the first revival meeting we have
had, but, Lord willing, it won’t be the last with our new family
members, Duane and Ruth!
Pastor
David Smith
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Victory Hills Church of the Nazarene - Kansas City, Kansas |
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"On Sunday morning of our Revival with
Evangelist Duane Smith, he delivered his sermon "A Phone Call from God." It
was anointed by the Holy Spirit who used it like a biopsy for our spiritual
souls. The Holy Spirit went down and pulled a sample from every layer. Where
disease was found, I felt that the blessed Holy Spirit performed a special
spiritual surgery for us. Praise God for that biopsy; through it we found
healing!
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Church of the Nazarene,
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The
church "has experienced God and His grace through the ministry of
Evangelist Duane Smith. We have enjoyed sharing the outpouring of
God's amazing love for each one of us with our neighbors and
neighboring churches. God's mighty presence was felt and acknowledged
with many seeking continued direction and correction for their lives.
Inspiring messages of faith, trust and God's love filled our hearts
and our eyes with tears, as we accepted God's grace. The message
through song was strong and alive. The Ironton church has been on the
verge of a mighty breakthrough and through this revival, the strength,
faith, and obedience of God's people, we look forward to the continued
blessings of the Master. We desire only to be in His firm and Holy
grip, surrendering to and serving only Him. To God Be the Glory."
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First Church of the Nazarene - Morrilton, AR |
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God met with us in a special way in
Morrilton, AR. There were many needs and much healing received among the
people. Some were backslidden and reclaimed while others consecrated their
lives to God and were entirely sanctified. All were encouraged and we
rejoice with them.
First Church of the Nazarene
Morrilton, AR
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First Church of the
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recently had Evangelist Duane Smith for revival at Hendersonville
First Church of the Nazarene. My response was, every church desiring
the truth should hear these messages of full salvation and heart
holiness! They were preached with unction and without apology."
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Lakeview
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Rev. Duane Smith is an innovative presenter
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his preaching reached people of every age
at the foundational level of their lives. The listeners were given tools
with which to apply the Gospel in classrooms, boardrooms, and homes. His
preaching piques the interest of the listeners. Duane is an anointed
evangelist.
Rev. Lindell Watson
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Church
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"It
has been four weeks since you left and I and the congregation are
still feeling the effects of your ministry. As you know many came
forward to pray after each service, but I was especially interested in
about four individuals and their families. These families seem to be
doing much better and everyone seems to be more enthusiastic toward
God and each other. I will be looking forward to when you and Ruth
will be back again in 2008."
Richard A. Moore, Sr. Pastor
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Wilmington
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In upstate NY in the beautiful
Adirondack mountains you can look off of Whiteface Mountain in one direction
and see Lake Placid, in the other direction is the Wilmington
Interdenominational Holiness Camp.
For the past 101 years people
have been coming together from the surrounding area to attend Wednesday
through two Sundays of camp meeting. It was our privilege to be their
Evangelist and Song Evangelist and to see the altars used in every service
as sinners were forgiven, backsliders reclaimed and believers sanctified.
The fields are ripe for harvest
and what a blessing to help make a difference in the lives of people across
the country. To the glory of God.
Rev. Duane Smith
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Wilmington
Interdenominational
Holiness
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Special Recommendation
"I very highly recommend the ministry
of Rev Duane Smith for any service you may be
considering, revival, camp meeting or special
services. His ministry is very effective and far
reaching. Our grandchildren, even at ages eight and
five were very taken by his genuineness and ability
to cross over the age differences. His music
ministry is one of the best. We had a very
successful camp meeting and I recommend them very
highly."
Rev Ken Mihill
Vice President
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Jackson
First
Church of the Nazarene - Jackson. OH |
Evangelist Duane
Smith and his wife Ruth are truly anointed servants of God. They just
closed the third revival campaign at the Jackson, Ohio First Church of
the Nazarene in nine years that I have served as senior pastor at the
Jackson church. The revival services which ended April 3, 2005 yielded
much fruit that will continue to reproduce itself in the years to come.
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The Holy Spirit
moved over one hundred people to respond to altars of prayer in the five
services of this revival services.Duane is an
excellent communicator who brings the message of Holiness to a level of
understanding in which people hear in their hearts and then accept Holiness
as a daily life style. Not only does his preaching speak to the people, but
the message through his talent of singing broadcast the message of Christ in
an effective manner. Ruth, complements their ministry with her bright
Christian smile and attitude.
I recommend every pastor to consider bringing this Anointed team to their
church for a time of spiritual renewal.
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Warner
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Our
revival with Rev. Duane Smith was very effective in improving the
spiritual health of our church. Duane's ministry of singing and
preaching is clearly anointed. He enjoys being with the people,
and the people, in turn, enjoy him.
God
uses his personality, his humor, his genuine love for people, and his
excellent preaching and singing ministry to kindle revival in churches
wherever he goes.
He
is a favorite of our people here in Warner Robins. We have used him 4
times over a span of 15 years, and the church always experiences true
revival under his ministry. I recommend him to anyone who desires a
God-called, fully committed evangelist. It is a blessing to have his wife
Ruth at his side, and to sense her love for God and desire for revival as
well.
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own soul is always refreshed by spending time with Duane and sitting under
his ministry.
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Griffin First
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"We had a good
revival at Griffin, GA with souls finding help at the altar in every
service. We prayed with one man who said he could not hold back the tears
during the one of the special songs. He was the first one at the altar when
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Ottumwa, Iowa First Church of the Nazarene
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Tiffany, Bob,
Pamela Morrill and Ruth, Duane Smith |
"This
meeting had been saturated in 24 hour round the clock prayer for several
weeks.
The
revival meeting with Duane Smith was highly successful, especially from the
aspect of strong holiness messages. Evangelist Smith’s music ministry was
most inspirational.
Attendance was strong, with one
of the best Sunday A.M. attendances in the last 8 – 10 years. The
altar and front pews were full on at least 2 occasions with many finding
glorious victory. Several sought heart holiness and experienced the
second blessing, two of which were career age youth, who attend the local
Junior college.
A unique thing occurred on the
weekend . . ."
(Click
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"It was
our privilege to have such wonderful ministers at IHA Camp this year.
God blessed us through the music and the Word all week long. Brother Duane
& Sister Ruth Smith were blessings to us in ministry and in fellowship." |
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Belle Church of
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"God still gives
revivals to local churches. Duane Smith was greatly used
by God as he sang and preached with the anointing of the Spirit
in the revival. Many needs were met, confessions made &
forgiveness experienced. |
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to see what God can do when people give all God. God will
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Ephrata Church of
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It was our
privilege to be the evangelist/song evangelist for the gracious people in
Ephrata, PA. The people were open and obedient as remarkable manifestations
of the presence of the Spirit were witnessed. The pastor Dr. B. W. Hambrick
said, "It was just
what they needed at this time in the life of the church." |
I shall never
forget one of many testimonies. A lady shared that at the altar she finally
found the peace and deliverance of hatred. After 28 years and 7 counselors, God's
transform-
ation brought healing to her heart and mind in an instant.
Because one of the Sunday morning revival services was televised, at least
three new families attended the revival. We praise the Lord for all the
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Albertville First
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We had a
Spirit-filled revival at Albertville, AL First Church and as a result of
Evangelist Duane Smith's anointed singing and preaching of God's Holy
Word! Our church is greatly encouraged, has renewed its vision and raised
its faith for the future! - David L. Wofford, Interim Pastor
May God continue to bless Duane and Ruth for their faithful ministry with
many souls and churches revived to do God's complete will.
David L. Wofford, Interim
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