THE CALVARY CRIER NEWSLETTER

   I am so sorry I have not written for so long.  Time has a way of slipping by and it seems that a person cannot get everything done he sets out to do.  I know that I am not the only one with this problem.
   The busy time of the year is coming up.  May 18-21, I will be at the First Baptist Church in Park Rapids, MN, for a soul winning conference, and then the next week I'll be in New York, from the last Sunday in May until the second week in July for 7 meetings.  From New York I will be traveling to South Dakota and Montana to finish July.
   August and a couple of weeks in September are open if you could use me.  October is full with meetings in Ohio, Missouri, and Oklahoma.  I do have some open dates in November and December.  Please contact me if I can be of any help to you and your church.

GOD'S CAR:

   Last year Pastor Alex Raducz and the Bible Baptist Church in Horseheads, NY, gave me a '93 Buick Roadmaster station wagon.  Praise God!  But that alone did make it God's car.  It was the way the car has been used.  This car has been dedicated to the Lord, to be used for His honor and glory.  This car has for a year now transported me to all of my meetings from New York to Oklahoma without any problems, and the gas mileage has not been too bad.  There have been souls saved along the way, and lives changed by the preaching of God's word.  When I am home this car is used to get kids to church.  Plus, our church in Ottumwa, Iowa, had a Youth Alive revival, and that old Buick was used to get 7 teenagers to church every night.  Almost every one of them made some sort of decision during the week, and 3 were saved!  Now, that's what makes it God's car.  I believe that the folks in Horseheads will share in the rewards for the use of God's car.
   How many of you have a car that only takes you to church?  Why not fill it with people you have invited and worked on all week to go to church?  Make your car God's car!
   We have had some really good meetings this year:
New Testament Baptist, Spirit Lake, IA;
Good Shepherd Baptist/Fellowship Baptist College, Mooresville, IN;
Calvary Baptist, Batavia, IA;
Norfolk Baptist, Norfolk, NE;
Bethel Baptist, Grand Island, NE;
Walnut Street Baptist, Lebanon, IN;
Antrim Faith Baptist, Waynesboro, PA;
Lighthouse Baptist, Stanwood, IA.

Praise God for these meetings and the decisions that were made!
    Keep us in your prayers.  As gas keeps going higher the cost of traveling is getting to be a major concern.  God is certainly able to keep the tank full and the car on the road.

Pray with us:
1. Meetings
2. Souls saved
3. Revival in the churches
4. Traveling mercies
5. Finances
6. Our health 
   Thank you!  God bless! 

  This is the September/October letter, but I'm
writing it in November, so I want to wish all of you a
very blessed Thanksgiving.
   Can you believe we are almost through 2007?  This
year has taken us from South Dakota to Florida, and
many points in between.  We have had some really
tremendous meetings and many have made life changing
decisions.  Praise the Lord!!!

ROAD REPORT:
September 2: I was with Pastor Shane Mallard, Emmanuel
Baptist Church, Dexter, MO, for Sunday School and the
morning service.  The Lord blessed and many were at
the altar.
Sunday evening I was with Pastor Elmo Parker, Victory
Baptist Church, Piedmont, MO.  The Holy Spirit worked
in this service and many responded.  Praise God!
September 17: I spoke in the Ottumwa Christian School
chapel services.  Four youngsters responded to the
message and were saved!
September 23-28: It was revival time at the Calvary
Baptist Church, Pastor Tom Shipley, Batavia, IA.  This
was a blessed week.  A lady in her 70's got the
assurance of her salvation.  Pastor Shipley asked me
to extend the meeting to Sunday, September 30, which
we did, and God continued to work!
October 7-10: I was with the Grace Baptist Church,
Pastor Steve Darrow, Deltona, FL.  The weather was
hot, and the services were blessed!  Many prayers
ascended to the Lord from the altar.  Praise the Lord!
October 14: New Life Baptist Church in Colfax, IA, is
a small struggling church, without a pastor.  The
numbers have dwindled down to about 8.  My pastor,
Randy Miller, called me and asked if I could fill the
pulpit on this Sunday.  The need is great in these
small communities.  There are not many willing to go
to these smaller churches and fight the good fight.
October 21: We were with our good friends at the
Rochester Baptist Church, Pastor Don Noonan,
Rochester, MN.  It's always a pleasure being with
them, and God always does a special work there.  The
altar was full after both services.
October 28: The last Sunday was spent in our home
church, Ottumwa Baptist Temple, Pastor Randy Miller,
Ottumwa, IA.  I had the privilege of speaking in all
of the services, and many responded.  Praise God!

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Our nation.  It seems all of the elections are
critical.  We are headed down the road of socialism,
and our freedoms are at stake.  God's people need to
pray and vote!  Will you?
2. The Calvary Crier as he travels and speaks.  I NEED
your prayers!!!
3. Small churches on the verge of closing their doors.
 New Life Baptist Church, Colfax, IA, and many others.
4. My wife, Connie.  She has several health issues.
5. My family.
6. Our finances. (We have some medical bills; plus the
expenses of the road; our normal everyday living
expenses.)
7. Salvation of souls in the meetings.
8. REVIVAL!!!
Thank you!

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY:
On the first Sunday in October, we celebrated our
fourth anniversary in the field of evangelism.  There
were those who said we wouldn't last; there were those
who discouraged us in the way; there were those who
wouldn't give us a chance; but God has blessed, and we
have averaged 45 meetings a year for the first four
years.
THANK YOU goes out to those who did give us a chance,
and to those who did encourage us, and to those who
support us, and to those who have had us back multiple
times.  Praise God for you!  Pray for us as we
continue on the road in the days ahead.

LAST DAYS:
   It certainly is the last days, and we are living in
the Laodicean period in church history.  Many churches
have become centers of entertainment; where more
socializing goes on then sermonizing.  Churches are
havens of comfort rather than hospitals for the
spiritually depraved.  Our need is for a heaven-sent
Holy Ghost revival, but this is not likely to happen
when God's people refuse to pray, and refuse to listen
to God's admonitions.  Revival will not come to our
churches when evangelists are considered a bother
rather than a Brother.  Evangelists blow in; blow up;
and blow out.  (At least that's what I have heard.) 
Yet, the Lord tells us in His word they are a gift to
the church, and the office of the evangelist has not
been removed.  So God's plan is to use the men He has
called to perpetuate the work of the evangelist,
publish the word of God, and prevail against the wiles
of the Devil.
   Activity is not the standard by which you judge
your need for revival.  You might be busy
soul-winning, teaching, attending church services and
working, but you can become cold and indifferent. 
Lord, send a revival!

Keep living for Jesus, 
Bro. Cliff Bennett

Bro. Cliff Bennett