Founder’s History – Part 5

Back then I had a young man, Evangelist Vincent Turpin, he was like a son, he worked in the ministry also. We are carrying on the message about how that God took me into setting up churches. We were there in Evergreen, Alabama; I got a call from my son, telling me his mom had passed away. We were setting up the tent, but we took off and I went back toPalatka,Floridawhere we were living. My wife passed away and God brought me through it. I began to go into revivals in different churches and I began to take more time in the churches that God told me to set up, because we was being obedient to what God said. I tried to be in the churches at least 3 to 4 nights through out the month. And God was adding to the churches and during that time was when God spoke to me, now is the time to get a charter so the church will be known throughout the United States and through the state of Georgia. So I went to a lawyer who drew up the papers and all. We got a charter and this is how the church became established right here inThomaston, Georgia and other cities and states. God sent people to our revivals and we had different churches to come to the Thomaston,Georgiaarea church here. God sent in preachers that were known and God moved in a tremendous way, Hallelujah but you have got to be willing to do what God says if you want to increase in what God is in you. Praise God, so we set up the church and God sent us people from all over the state ofGeorgiajust about. And we just had a revival night after night in letting Jesus deliver and set free. Hallelujah. The purpose was in getting the word out, the gospel out. The lord let people know that we were real and it wasn’t a play game and it wasn’t the time to have fun.

It was a time to give God that time Hallelujah! And during that time, God moved in a mighty way. And during that time in 1988, my wife had passed away in 1986, I was in a situation because I was use to having a wife, Hallelujah, and responsibility. I had young women trying to seduce me several different times, different ones in different cities but I had to stand for Jesus and I had to be patient and I asked God, I said “God I need me a wife, the one you want me to have lord” he spoke to me,” I’ve given you a wife”. Hallelujah! And I said, “…well, Lord if you will let me know who it is, I’ll give you the praise and the honor.” Well at that time, black and white women were trying to have something to do with me. But my mind was on Jesus, and I was in Jesus, my work was doing what God said to do. And therefore the Lord spoke to me. He said “I have given you a wife; she is neither white nor black.” I said, “Lord who is she?” Jesus said, “I established her with you many years back to travel with you as a musician and co-worker, and he said she is a Cherokee Indian and he said this will be your wife.” I said, “Lord whatever that you want me to do, and how ever you want to do I except it.” First I told her that God said she was to be my wife, she was amazed and said “no not me Prophet Martin, I don’t feel worthy to be your wife.” I heard the voice of God speak to her, Jesus said, “I made you worthy just say yes to Prophet Martin”, and she said, “Prophet Martin but I don’t love you as a wife, but I love you in the lord as a shepherd over my soul with the love of Jesus.” And I heard God speak to her and say, “I made you worthy”. She said yes to Jesus and me. She said that Jesus will have to put a love in me for a husband and Jesus did just that.

 So the Lord spoke to me to tell the people that I had asked Evangelist Willie Lee Graham Jordan to be my wife. And she was so amazed and so surprised because we traveled together and she didn’t look at me as being her husband or anything but as a shepherd over her soul. But God had a way of bringing it together. On the 24th day of September 1988, we were married in the Thomaston, Georgia church at 4 o’clock in the evening. Jesus was standing beside Pastor/ Prophet Frank Watkins as he performed the ceremony. Even in our marriage as we had Apostle Tony Weaver give my future bride away. God moved in an anointed way, it wasn’t an ordinary wedding but it was carried out the way Jesus wanted it carried out, for he put his approval over us as he held his hands over us and then turned his hands over and his anointing flowed through us and in us, Hallelujah! Thank  you Jesus. We just appreciated Pastor/Prophet Frank Watkins fromGainesville, Florida and Apostle Tony Weaver fromAtlanta, Georgia our spiritual son. But we wanted to go and get our life started together. My wife is a great part of the ministry. We minister together and walk in the spiritual anointed realm of Jesus and do what Jesus says to do. We pray together and we seek the face of God. We speak the word as God gives them to us. Hallelujah! So we are just obeying what God says. I don’t care what people think or what people say, Hallelujah, as long as we know, that we know that who we are in Jesus because he is in our lives, our health, and our strength.