Testimonies of people who have been impacted by the ministry of
Charles Carrin
Dear Mr. Carrin,
My
husband Richard and I
totally enjoyed the
Word, Sprit, Power,
Conference in Columbia,
S.C. We had prayed that
we would not leave this
Conference until all the
work the Lord wanted to
do in us would be
accomplished, no matter
what that was. As I
walked up to the
ministry line I made it
to the end–or so I
thought–when the Lord
poured out His blessing
and I found myself on
the floor. I felt like a
brilliant white light
was bathing my head,
like I had on a warm
skull camp. I mention
this because the
anointing was so focused
on my head. While on the
floor I felt my left hip
move. It kind of shifted
within my body. It was a
mostunusual feeling
because my physical body
did not move. I had
suffered severe leg
cramps earlier in the
day but didn’t know why.
All the pain and
discomfort I felt in my
back and legs was gone.
Unknown to me Richard
had also approached you
to pray for his neck
which he had injured.
You called for a couple
of men to watch what God
was going to do and then
commanded his hips and
spine to align. I was a
good 35 feet away on the
floor and could not hear
you. Now here is our
miracle! At the same
moment you commanded his
back to be aligned my
back and hips also came
into alignment. Richard
verified the time when
we compared our stories.
The scripture the Holy
Spirit brought to my
remembrance was “the two
shall become one flesh”.
While his one flesh was
being healed, so was my
“one flesh”. What a
wonderful anniversary
present from the
Lord!–to come to the
knowledge of the truth
in the area of our
marriage with a
revelation of just how
"one" we can become. And
you were part of this!
Thank you for your
obedience. — Patti Bage
The July Newsletter
subject, Occult
Messages: A Call For
Help brought much
response. As an example,
the following letter
came to us from a
third-party:
"Dear Melody, Thank you
so much for sending this
Newsletter from Charles
Carrin. I have not read
anything like this in
such a long time or even
been around deliverance
ministry. The last time
I remember being exposed
to something like it was
probably the heaviest
experience I ever had.
It was several years ago
when Charles was
ministering at New
Beginnings Christian
Fellowship in
Hendersonville. He was
walking around the
sanctuary praying and
evidently recognized the
girl behind me in the
right corner had a
demon. He took authority
over it and ... I
watched as her eyes got
big and stuck out of her
head and her jaw and
face stuck out as she
hissed and spit like a
snake. She then spoke in
the voice of a man just
like the exorcist movie.
I had seen people wobble
on the floor and shake
and scream but never
anything like that ...
"After reading this
e-mail, it was like
looking at a world I
haven't seen in a
while–although I believe
in and practice
spiritual warfare. That
is an everyday part of
the Christian life. But
I don't normally get
that close to the dark
side anymore ... This
e-mail has sparked
something in me though.
We have to rise up and
become the army of God
not just fighting the
enemy for our own
selves, in religion and
in the church, but over
the souls Satan takes
prisoner. The devil has
to be exposed in these
last days for what he
is. But in truth in
these last days is when
the greatest deception
of all will come. But we
must snatch as many
souls out of the fire as
we can. This is the day
the Lord is looking for
a great Harvest and we
are His hands and feet
and His instruments in
the earth." Blessings,
Bob T.
Terri Morrow, a
youthful, Spirit-filled
believer, and I met when
she attended one of my
meetings in Franklin,
North Carolina, and
received a fresh
impacting from the Lord.
I immediately recognized
both the intensity of
her anointing and
determination of her
commitment to the Holy
Spirit. God is moving
her world-wide. She
writes:
Dear Charles,
I had no idea what the
Holy Spirit was up to
but He made it very
plain that I was to go
to Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
in the South Pacific
--and to go alone. I had
no contacts, no plans,
no schedule, nothing;
just a few paperback New
Testaments--the knowing
that I was being led,
and that His purpose
would be accomplished. I
prayed for favor and it
was poured out on me. I
unexpectedly found
myself as an honored
guest at the yearly
culture competition
seated with a Sister
that I later learned was
the principal of the
Catholic school and
Mother Superior. We
enjoyed each other’s
company very much, had
dinner together before I
left, and talked about
ecstacy in the Lord. I
discovered that she is a
personal friend of the
President of Kiribas.
I was welcomed into the
wonderful Seventh Day
Adventist Church, given
liberty to minister to
the young adults,
testify in their church,
and taken to the prison
with them to minister
there as well. You must
understand that I had
never been in the
Catholic or Adventist
denomination in my life!
I was given freedom to
go into the hospital
daily and pray for the
sick. One of the ladies
that worked where I
stayed was healed in her
ear. One lady came to my
room every evening just
to get a touch from Holy
Spirit.
I totally flung myself
on God and He didn't
miss! Please pray for me
as I begin making plans
to return with a small
team, taking much needed
medical supplies and
Bibles. But mostly pray
that Christmas Island as
well as all of the
Pacific Islands rejoice
in the glory of the
Lord! One of His, Terri
The Greatest Man in
History ...
Jesus had no servants,
yet they called Him
Master.
Had no degree, yet they
called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet
they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet
kings feared Him.
He won no military
battles, yet He
conquered the world.
He committed no crime,
yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb,
yet He lives today.
I feel honored to serve
such a Leader who loves
us!
Dear Pastor Charles,
Your newsletter always
encourages and excites
me. If you ever return
to Herrnhut Church on
St. Thomas island and go
back to those dungeons,
please let me go along!
Bless you. — The Rev.
Ronald Dent Kuykendall,
Pastor/Rector, Saint
Andrew's Episcopal
Missionary Church,
Gainesville, Florida.
Dear Ron,
By all means! Plan to go
to St. Thomas! Several
years ago my wife and I
were on a cruise to the
Virgin Islands and met a
large group of
Christians from
California. I introduced
myself to them, wanted
to tell them about the
special history of St.
Thomas where we were
heading. When I realized
their attitude of
superiority excluded
anything I might say. I
respected their choice
and left them alone.
Later, one of their
members, a young black
girl became acquainted
with me and my wife and
we took her with us to
old Herrnhut Church. She
was
thrilled--speechless--at
the unexpected
historical-treasure she
saw. Being black, the
history spoke to her in
a special way. In fact,
that visit to the church
proved to be the
grand-climax of her
cruise. I have often
thought about that group
of young
Christians---they were
minutes from a wonderful
touch with the past but
missed it because of
self-centeredness and
ego. Pride is too costly
for Christians to pay.
Chas
Other Recent Testimonies
AN AMAZING TESTIMONY!
In May of 1999, I was 22
years old, married, and
had my second child. I
had been a Christian
since December of
1998–less than a
year–when I got sick
from a very severe,
unknown Pancreas
disease. In February of
2004, after nearly six
years of an undiagnosed
illness which puzzled
the doctors, I was
hospitalized for a nine
month period in which I
could not eat or drink
anything. During that
time I lay in the
hospital bed being fed
through intravenous
tubes in my arms. This
was my only source of
food. After three major
surgeries in three
months (and a total of
five surgeries in five
years) the doctors said
there was no hope for
me. I prayed but knew
only to pray to be
healed “If it were the
Lord’s will ...” I knew
nothing about the
“prayer of faith,” of
Jesus “taking my
infirmities, bearing my
sicknesses,” and that it
was His will--“by His
stripes” –I be healed.
Finally, in February of
2005, I made my third
visit to the Healing
Room in Coral Springs,
South Florida, which is
directed by Rich and
Dottie Kane. That night
I went up for prayer,
telling a lady on the
Ministry Team--who was
also a Medical
Doctor--that I had a
pancreas problem. She
laid her hand on my
stomach and told the
pancreas to begin
producing proper
enzymes, for the 2
clogged tubes to open,
and for the drainage
sack to be needed no
longer. In that moment I
was instantly healed!
That was a year and a
half ago and I have not
been sick one time
since. That day I let my
pride go and believed
what the BIBLE said in
James 5:14, “Is anyone
among you sick? Let him
call for the elders of
the church and let them
pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name
of the LORD.” I finally
believed that it was the
Lord’s will that I be
healed and I received
it! Later, my healing
was reported in the
Miami Herald’s full-page
story about the Healing
Room ministry.
I am now 30 years old,
healed, set free, and
serving God. Thank the
Lord! --- Wade
Pelleltier, Boca Raton,
Florida.
I BECAME A CHRISTIAN
many years ago, was
baptized, and became a
member of the church ...
I visited another
denomination several
times and soon realized
there was something
missing in my life. I
thank God for sending
Pastor James Kelly to
our Church and Jerry
Tolmlinson who tried to
bring new life to us. We
were then introduced to
Charles Carrin through a
Revival in January 2001
... On Sunday morning,
our first service, I
watched as things I’d
never seen before began
to take place. This
soft-spoken man was
different and I knew was
filled with a special
gift. I left that
morning with a strange
feeling and couldn’t
wait to get back Sunday
night. I had been ill
from serious asthma for
about 18 years,
sometimes hospitalized.
The medicine cost as
much as $600 a month.
When the service started
I watched a little girl
who was healed from
epilepsy. I then knew
God would heal me too.
Brother Carrin prayed
for me. I was totally
healed and “slain in the
spirit.” The asthma is
gone! There has been a
great change in my life
and I want to be filled
and re-filled! I praise
God for changing me. I
thank Him for sending
Brother Carrin to our
little church. I know
we’ll never be the same
again. --- Jean Boynton,
Danville, Kentucky
Brother Charles,
I wanted to say “thank
You” so very much for
coming to minister to
our church. I have seen
you minister to many
people in the past but I
have never seen so many
people that had true,
life-changing
experiences with the
Holy Spirit as I saw
last Wednesday night.
Thank you for your heart
that “longed to see us
that you might impart
some spiritual gift”.
Romans 1: 11.
My oldest son Justin
felt such a surge of
Holy Spirit power when
you prayed for him that
when he fell he felt
like the Incredible
Hulk! Two nights later
he had his first vision
from the Lord! I could
give you many other
testimonies, including
the two Jewish ladies
who were saved (one gave
her testimony Sunday
morning). I never got to
preach Sunday because of
all the testimonies!
Thank you also for
investing in me as a
spiritual son. Words
cannot express my love
and appreciation and
respect I have for you.
Love Tim Lighthall,
Celebration Church,
Lehigh, Florida.
Dear Charles,
I want you to know how much I appreciate the invaluable input and influence you’ve had on Westminster Chapel. The people here have tasted and seen so much of God’s working through you and I believe they will never settle for anything less than that now. Ruth and I saw and heard you at the Word, Spirit, Power, Conference at Westminster in June and were so blessed by the ministry of all four of you--Paul Cain, R.T. Kendall, Jack Taylor, and you. We feel we are friends already, though we have never actually met and spoken to each other. Nevertheless, I know we share the same longings and desires for the Lord and for His church. So thank you for your encouragement about this move. It means a lot to us. You may know that my background is in the strong Calvinism of Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones. I trained at his seminary in London and of C.H. Spurgeon but I have also been baptized in the Spirit and pastored a strong Word and Spirit church full of life and joy. I believe with all my heart in the combination of Word and Spirit in church-life today. Do keep in touch.
With warmest regards,
Greg Haslam,
New Pastor, Westminster Chapel, London.
Charles Carrin prayed for my back, my spine is free from pain, and now i can lift my arms in the air without pain for the first time in 10 years. Thank you God! Ann
Dear Charles, I am the former Lutheran pastor in Pennsylvania who was in contact with you earlier in the year. Your book, The Edge Of Glory, helped fuel a fire that began burning within me some time back--wanting more of the Lord and more of His presence in my life and ministry. Much has taken place since we were last in contact. I have left the Lutheran Church altogether; the local church I pastored as well as the denomination. I have also started a ministry with a message which the Lord laid on my heart with regard to the “condition” of the modern church. I thought you might like to *see the result of what the power of the Holy Spirit has done in transforming me into the new creature that Paul spoke of. Again, I owe you and some others a great debt of gratitude! Peace and blessings from the Lord to you brother! Chuck.
A Missionary and former Pastor writes about attending a Word, Spirit, Power, Conference:
“It was awesome! Why do I say that? Briefly, because the mighty power of God was evidenced. To begin, it was awesome because R.T. Kendall and jack Taylor ministered the Word very ably. These men have walked with God for many years. We reaped from their rich experience. Without Charles Carrin’s ministry it would have been a good Bible Conference but with Carrin’s work it was an unforgettable experience. He spoke at every session, Being the last of the three to speak. He spoke only briefly but then he led in the “laying on of hands.” Most everyone he prayed for was deeply affected--meaning they went under the power of God. I saw it ... And I came away with renewed conviction that God means for every Christian to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and to live in the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit ... I wan to move and minister in the gifts now more than ever!”---Warren
Dear Pastor Carrin, I recently attended your Sons In Ministry conference and really enjoyed listening to the tapes you gave us. The one entitled At The Burning Bush enthralled me ... Please know what a wonderful experience the Conference was for me. On the afternoon that you ministered deliverance God set me free from a crippling sense of inferiority that has hounded me since I was a youth. And for the first time in my life I actually felt the power of the Spirit as He ministered to me. During the service the evening before, God revealed that bitterness had resulted from anger and disillusionment in my early experience in a charismatic church ... I asked God to forgive me and heal me. That broke the dam ... Thank you so much for being a man of honesty and integrity and a man who clearly loves Jesus. There are many like myself who have been burned and heed a healing balm. Your friend, J.R.
Dear Charles, My name is Barry Manuel and I am senior pastor of the Morphett Vale Baptist Church in Adelaide, Australia. I have just read your report about Latin America: The Church On Fire. From there I checked your website. I am very interested in your ministry. I pastor a moderately large Baptist Church here and have a strong Calvinistic background. However, I was baptized in the Spirit some years ago and have been powerfully impacted by the renewal from Toronto. My church supports me and we do experience the presence and power of God. However, we want more. I want what I read about in your report concerning the church in Lima, Peru. How do we move into that sort of anointing?
In Christ, Pastor Barry Manuel, Adelaide, Australia
Dear Charles, I am a member at the Family Worship Center in Kings Mountain, N. C. and sat on the front row with you every night during your visit. On Sunday morning I confessed my sin and you ministered to me every night. When you hugged me I realized it was a “father’s love” that was missing in my life. My parents divorced when I was 5 years old. My step-father and mother had a rough marriage but they stayed together until he committed suicide at age 69. She died 1 year later. When you asked me that Sunday morning where I was on a scale of 1 to 10 I said “4.” That has changed to a “9!" --- thanks to you! God bless you.
Dear Papa Charles, I want you to know how much I love you and appreciate the way you have touched my life. During the darkest time in my life and ministry you came with love and life; you brought an orphan-heart into sonship. My marriage and family are living in genuine revival. My ministry is growing and changing. Global Mission Awareness came to full fruition a few months after our first meeting. Just last year, we began 899 home churches in Muslim nations and 500 in Communist countries. Nations are being changed and next year we believe all 22 Arab nations will be visited by the Father’s love. Since my first meeting you, over 500,000 people have been saved, tens of thousands of pastors lives have been trained. Being one of your sons has released the inheritance of the nations in me. Psalm 2:8.
Love, Your son (name withheld for safety reasons)
Dear Pastor Carrin, When I met you the first time I had suffered from migraine headaches since I was a small child--and they were so bad they would make me sick. About six years ago they started coming on more often and being more severe. I was having an attack about three or four times a month and was about to lose my job because I was missing so much time at work. I went to the doctor who put me on medication--which helped control it--but I got tired of taking pills all the time. When I saw the Holy Spirit moving in your ministry at Cornerston Assembly, I came forward for prayer. Praise the Lord! I haven’t had a migraine since you laid-hands on me! That was a year and a half ago. God bless you!
--- Iona Dean, Danville, Kentucky
Dear Charles, I knew the “Sons In Ministry” Conference would be a life-changing experience--I just didn’t know how big of a change. On Friday you gave an invitation for everyone in need of “deliverance ministry” to come forward. Down deep I knew this was my time. There were many generational curses I had been fighting since I was 14. I had prayed for three and one-half years for my freedom. Wow what freedom! After it was all said and done I was delivered from a spirit of isolation--along with at least three others. After that, Daine Taylor from Toronto ministered to me and I was on the floor for two more hours. Upon returning to my church the Lord showed up in miraculous signs and wonders. Thank you Charles for ministering to your “Calebs.” Gadsden, Alabama
A Canadian brother writes: “I wanted to send a big thank-you to Pastor Charles. The “Sons In Ministry” was a pivotal point in my life. I am now a full-time itinerant minister ... thank you Pastor Charles for the impartation you gave to all of us. We will never be the same ...” ---
Dear Brother Charles, Here I sit, regretting all the years I allowed myself to be satisfied with organization, system, and out-of-context Biblical answers from my denominational elite. I guess I was enamoured by their high profile. I take full responsibility for my choices. Today, I thank God that those things are past and I now see with spiritual eyes. I forgive them. At the same time I thank you for coming to Columbia, South Carolina, with your liberating power. As a seminary graduate, I am at a critical and exciting crossroad in my ministry. Because of the Word, Spirit, Power, Conference, my life will never be the same. I will see you again, I know.
“Dear Pastor Carrin, The first time I came to your meeting in the Spring of '96 I weighed 86 pounds, suffered from bulimia and anorexia, and vomited as much as 30 times a day. I want to tell you what happened to me the three nights I came. The first night I shook so violently as you preached that I could hardly sit there. The next night I left early and went home with fierce thoughts of suicide. Thank God, I returned to the service again. The third night when I met you at the door I tried to speak but my body froze like a pretzel. I could not talk. You took me to a private room with several other women, put your arms around my head and prayed. When you did that, I felt something like hot oil pour down my head and body. One of the women gave me a ‘word of knowledge’ about my suicidal anger the night before. That final, wonderful night I was delivered. After you left I went to the rest room and looked at myself in the mirror. For the first time I did not see myself as big and ugly. I not only looked normal--I was normal. I want you to know that I have been free ever since!”
“Dear Brother Charles, I grew up in a home filled with alcohol, hatred and abuse. I cannot remember ever feeling loved or wanted. I attempted suicide twice as a teenager. I have had two failed marriages and have lived forty-three years without one ounce of self-confidence or self-respect. My mother told me God didn't want someone like me ... The night you said for those wanting deliverance to line up at the front my feet got up and took me ... As I stood there, while you spoke, my insides began to tremble. But it was a very strange and different feeling. It was like it wasn't my insides that were trembling but something inside my insides that was trembling. The more you talked the worse the thing in me shook ... it felt like a tornado ... very, very angry. I could barely hear you say, "In the Name of Jesus I command you to go!" That tornado lifted up out of the middle of myself and ripped out of my body with hatred, anger, and despite beyond belief. As it left, I passed out. Brother Charles, let me tell you, by the grace of God, I woke up as God's little girl who is loved! This thing is so overwhelming to me. Each day I love Jesus more than the day before ..."
Dear Charles, As a result of brain surgery 20 years ago I had a condition called ataxia. My left arm would shake uncontrollably when I extended it. When I raised my hands to praise the Lord I was embarrassed that people would think my tremor was weird. One evening at a service where you were preaching, you touched my hand and I fell to the floor. I was going to stand up when someone said “Just stay there and receive.” So I did. Soon I felt a funny feeling go up through my left leg to my arm. When I stood I found I could stretch out my hand and the tremor was gone! Now I can raise my hands in worship with no tremor!”
Dear Charles, Last year at our church you prayed for me to stop smoking. And thanks to you and the Lord I have not smoked since. I have to say my whole life has changed for the better.
Our God is awesome!
Thanks,
T. U.
Dear Charles, Your ministry has changed my husband's and my life. We lost our 4 year old daughter in a boating accident in 1993. Being raised Baptist, we both knew nothing of the deeper workings and the healing power of the Holy Spirit. We were both very depressed and angry at God. When you ministered to both of us for the first time we were "slain in the spirit" - the Holy Spirit began a healing work in us that has given us a reason to live and to worship His Holy Name. A hunger for more of God began in us that summer night in 1999 - and praise God - the hunger has never been satisfied!! Since that time, we have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the fruit of the Spirit operates in our lives. Thank you for giving your life to the ministry of people who are hurting, and hopefully my husband and I will have the opportunity to give to others as you have given of yourself. GOD BLESS YOU!
Randy and Susan Archer
Birmingham, AL
A Man In Prison Writes: “Dear Pastor Carrin, First of all, I want to profoundly thank you for adding me to your mailing list. The first Gentle Conquest I received contained the article “Why God’s Plan, One Woman, One Man?, and I had friends make a dozen copies that inmates here requested. The second Conquest already has generated a couple of requests for copies ... I was recently saved, in fact, it was on Tuesday, March 4th, about 8:00 p.m ... The week before I was saved, I spent 8 days locked in a “blue room” dressed only in paper, no blanket and quite cold, with four, forty watt bulbs on 24 hours a day. No radio, no TV, no one to talk to, just me, four walls and a toilet. By my second day in the cell I had to do something to keep my sanity so I tried to remember songs. The only songs that would come to mind were “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Shall We Gather At The River?”... God loves me and His Son died for my sins. I am forgiven and I will worship Him. I’ve been praying at night that God would show me His will for me and I asked Him to guide me to a God-fearing, loving, faithful, Christian woman ... God can have and use my talents wherever He chooses. Thank you for listening to me and for the wonderful publications.
Yours in Christ! K.O.
Dear Charles, Praise the Lord for His awesome ways. I am writing to tell you that I know about your mission to Quito, Ecuador, and how God is strategically using you as an instrument in His mighty hand. I believe this trip is a much for the people in Shelbyville, Tennessee, as it is for Quito!
I am praying diligently for you in this endeavor. You may not remember me, but maybe you will when you see me. My husband Mark and I are going also, he will teach on being “God’s Armor Bearer,” and I will teach on “Prophetic Intercession.” You have taught me much over the years about a life wholly consecrated to Him, and have imparted things to me in intercession beyond measure. Every time you have laid hands on me I have gone to a deeper level with Jesus. Kim Reed told me that you and I are to pray for people after the evening services; you for those who want prayer for themselves, and I for those who want prayer for others. What I would really love would be to follow you around and pray for you as you pray for all. But I will be obedient to all that is asked of me; I am so full of anticipation of what God is going to do!
You are such a joy! I just wanted you to know I am praying for you as you walk in this assignment. ---
Because of Jesus, Sue LaPorte, Shelbyville, Tennessee
Dear Charles, I wanted to thank you again for coming to Fairbanks, Alaska, in May. I had no idea what to expect from the Word, Spirit, Power, Conference as I’d never attended one before. What a blessing! On Tuesday of the Conference, you pulled me from my seat to pray with me. Coming from a Nazarene and Friends background, the whole idea of people falling over in church seemed completely out of order. But, I was willing to accept those that did so. When you returned to me a second or third time, I was still standing and praying and felt such a peace come over me that I felt as though I were floating. Then I realized (horror of horrors!) that I was melting to the ground. I’m sure someone caught me, but I don’t remember. Yet, I was aware of what was going on around me at all times. Still, I knew I was to lie there and bask in the peace of the Holly Spirit. When I felt released to rise up, a lady next to me was being delivered from bondage. Something told me to put my hand on her abdomen. I could feel the spirits of bondage lurch within her body as they were called out by your helper, Don Vinson, and I knew when the last one was gone.
That evening, we were praising the Lord and when I put my hands together, there was a power surging through me from one hand to the other. I grasped my husband’s hand between mine and asked if he could feel it. He looked at me and said, “Yes! I can feel it.” The same thing happened with my son-in-law. After that evening service people came up to me and said I was glowing like an angel ... I thank God for sending you, Jack Taylor, and R.T. Kendall, to offer yourselves as living sacrifices.
Thank you so much for coming! --- Maria Crites, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dearest Charles and David, I can’t begin to tell you all the wonderful things that have happened at Love Gospel Church* since you left. Shortly after your departure a brother said how he couldn’t wait for your return. I responded by saying this: I don’t believe that Charles will ever return. He already left the deposit that the Lord sent him to leave; it is up to us to continue with the awesome deposit of Love that he left. I truly have experienced such a presence of the love of the Lord since your departure. I thank you and David for loving us in such an unconditional way. Things have changed so much in my life ... I love you, I will never forget you, and will forever be grateful to you and your ministry.
May God continue to pour blessing over you and David. Love, Irma Ynclan, San Antonio, Texas. * A Spanish congregation
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