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From
Andrew
Wommack's Ministry Website:
Andrew's Ministry
History
It Began March 23, 1968
 Andrew
was raised in a Christian home and was born
again at the early age of eight. He avoided
the rebellious phase often associated with
adolescents and teens and went in the opposite
direction, becoming a modern-day Pharisee.
Andrew
believed that by his own righteousness and
good works, he could develop his relationship
with the Lord.
Then,
on a Saturday night in 1968, everything
changed. Andrew had an encounter with God
that changed his life forever. For him it
was like looking into a mirror and seeing
his reflection clearly for the first time.
What did he see? He saw the reflection of
a hypocrite, much like the Pharisees that
Jesus rebuked. He realized he had fallen
into the bondage of legalism. He began confessing
his self-righteousness, expecting the wrath
of God to fall, but instead of wrath, God’s
presence flooded him with love. Now he understood
that he had been trying to earn God’s love
by good works and religious performance.
He said, “God’s love consumed me. When I
was at my worst, God’s love was the strongest.”
Andrew has never been the same since.
Andrew’s
encounter with God motivated him to make
another life-changing decision. He decided
to leave college to follow God’s leading
in his life, even though he knew he would
lose his student deferment. Subsequently,
he was drafted into the army and shipped
to Vietnam, where he served as a chaplain’s
assistant.
As
difficult and dangerous as things were on
the front lines, this became a time that
God used to ground Andrew in His Word and
begin establishing the course of his life.
 Upon
his return, Andrew submitted to the call
of God, a call to be a teacher of His Word.
He and Jamie were married in 1972, and together
they began teaching Bible studies. Over
the next six years, they would pastor three
small churches and complete their family
with two sons, Joshua and Peter.
In 1976, Andrew broadcast his first Gospel
Truth radio program on a little country-and-western
station in Childress, Texas. With the exception
of a few months, he has been broadcasting
the program ever since. Today he is heard
on over fifty radio stations across the
country, with a potential listening audience
ranging in the millions.
 Andrew
and Jamie moved their ministry to Colorado
Springs in 1980 and continued to see God’s
blessing as they followed the call to teach.
By
now, the vision was becoming quite clear:
to teach the truth of the Gospel to the
body of Christ throughout America and the
world with special emphasis on God’s unconditional
love and the balance between grace and faith.
They were fulfilling that vision by traveling
to speaking engagements, producing radio
broadcasts, and distributing audio cassette
tapes, millions of which were provided at
no cost to those who could not afford them.
But God had more.
God
began speaking to Andrew about 2 Timothy
2:2. In that scripture Paul told Timothy
to take the things that he had learned and
commit them to faithful men who would be
able to teach others. Andrew knew God wanted
him to do the same. In 1994 a cornerstone
of the ministry was laid in place with the
dedication of Charis Bible College —a college
committed to equipping the saints for ministry
by providing sound biblical teaching and
practical “on-the-job” training. CBC now
has extension colleges in other cities and
countries as well as In-Church Bible Schools.
| "I
was tired, burned out, and defeated
from trying to measure up to everyone’s
ideas about God. Defeat seemed to become
my companion. A friend introduced me
to your TV ministry . . . I could scarcely
believe a TV preacher was saying the
radical statements you dared to voice!
I cannot thank you adequately for daring
to preach the true GOOD NEWS, regardless
of what the religious world says." —C.
C., Franklin, North Carolina |
The
newest outreach came in January of 2000,
when Andrew broadcast the first Gospel Truth
television program on the INSP Network.
Response to the message was tremendous,
and since then, the DayStar Network and
the Church Channel in the U.S., the God
Channel of Europe Network, and several individual
television stations have been added. The
potential audience worldwide now exceeds
380 million people.
The
ministry continues to expand as God provides
more opportunities and resources to take
the nearly-too-good-to-be-true message of
God’s unconditional love and grace to the
world.
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