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Gary Bellew's (Brothers Forever) grandfather passed away on Monday, December 15, 2006. Please keep Gary and his family in your prayers. Gary's grandfather, Paul Pipkin, was a very influential minister in the Assemblies of God. Below is a neat story about his life:

"Paul Pipkin was 86 years old. God called him to preach when he was 16 years old, and so he did. He and and his wife, Violet Pipkin, were Assemblies of God missionaries for 50 years. They worked in China for a year and a half until they had to evacuate to the Philippines at the end of 1948. Just before they had to leave China, Paul and his Chinese interpreter flew into cities surrounded by the communist army and held final evangelistic meetings.

In the Philippines, they worked with the Far East Broadcasting Co. for two terms. They had numerous broadcasts, as well as directing the pre-tuned radio department for a term. They also were asked to help in Japan for a year and later two years in Taiwan. They then returned to the Philippines for two more terms. During that time, Paul was the Director for the International Correspondence Institute (now Global University) in the Philippines. Later, they returned to the United States and served as the Director of Development for the International Correspondence Institute (ICI).

The last years of their missionary career they took 36 ICI courses and made them into radio scripts and then produced English language radio programs which were then broadcast by shortwave by the Far East Broadcasting Co. Those English scripts were then translated into Mandarin, and a Chinese couple made the radio programs. Global University puts both the English and Mandarin broadcasts on the internet.

Paul has loved the Lord since he was 16 years old, and he has been a faithful servant all these years. Even in these last few years, even when he had such a difficult time expressing himself, he was always quick to thank and praise the Lord out loud, often singing. He often relied on his daughter to finish his prayers when the words just wouldn't come."

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