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The Kingdom Magazine's Special Edition of the November Issue with Bishop Greg Davis and Bishop Alvernis L. Johnson

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Trail Blazers: Men UpholdingThe Standards Of God

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Educated Women IN ChristEducated Women IN Christ is a Student Organization on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. EWIC is an organization that prides itself in providing women with the tools needed for maintaining a stable Christian life, as well as preparing them for academic achievement and post educational excellence.

EWIC was created to provide an environment where women can mature spiritually as well as advance in their educational endeavors. It was founded on the belief that the Bible is the living word, on the resur-rection of Jesus Christ, the manifestation of the Holy Spirit and on the scriptures of Isaiah 61.This year’s theme is "Walk Worthy of Your Vocation". Our organization also prepares women for academic achievement and post educational careers through, but not limited to, mentoring, panel discussions, tutoring sessions as well as hosting networking events.We believe that education is the key to advancement of our family and ultimately our community. We achieve these goals by personalized assessment of the needs of our mem-bers.

We have had events such as a Gifting Seminar, Resume Workshop, Panel Discussion on Salvation + Education = No Limitations, Annual Single’s Conference, as well as Bible Studies.

For more information please email us at [email protected] or visit http://ewicnational.webs.com

Distinguished By Discipleship

Ciji C. GambleFounder/President

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The Youth of Our Community: An Endangered Species

For the past twenty-one years teen violence has taken the streets of Kalamazoo, Michigan by storm. You would think after having community programs, church services and years of prayer that things would have changed for the better, but things have gotten worse. You have teens taking other teens lives with their hands, not ever thinking about the consequences of their actions. Many teens are carrying a gun rather than a book and at any given time you can drive down the streets of Kalamazoo and see teens standing around on street corners when they should be at school. Thinking back to when I was in school, during the late 80’s and early 90’s, we were never allowed to stand around on corners and walk the streets as the youth are doing today. You would find us in the house, no if ands or buts about it. This causes us to look deeper at the problem. Is it that the youth have too much time on their hands to get into trouble? Are we as adults not doing our part to keep their attention? Better yet, are we as parents allowing our children to do what they please? We hear so often, where are the churches, pastors, or community leaders when something happens? A better question would be where are the parents? If we want to effectively impact the community, we have to truly find the root that is destroying our city.

In recent years, the community has come together a handful of times to help the youth of Kalamazoo, but the times have been few and far between. We may want to think about having an event where we talk with the youth and not talk at them. Possibly an event where we ask them what they need or want from us or even what is it that we as adult are not giving them? Working with youth for the past ten years I have found it effective to ask and talk with them about how they feel and what they have going on in their lives. This allows them to be open when you come to them with a listing ear and not a forceful hand. It’s time for us to really and truly stand firm on God’s word and allow Him to heal the land. We must not give up on the youth of today as they are our tomorrow and our future. Know that we will get out of them what we put into them. There are so many teens that are lost and need a new direction shown to them. If you were to take a deeper look at the teens that are standing around on the corners most of them had big dreams of becoming doctors or even lawyers but somewhere along the way they lost their direction and they just need to be shown the way again. We have to take our youth back. We can march all night long but if you don’t reach out to the youth then we’ll be walking in vain. The change starts with us. Let’s all do our part with helping our youth get back to where they belong.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles s 7:14

By Kizzy N. Bradford

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James M. Tucker, IIA PASTOR AFTER

OWN HEARTGOD’S

Senior Pastor of Higher Ministries Interna-

tional of Kalamazoo, MI, a Christ Centered Chris-

tian Church, where Jesus Reigns. Pastor Tucker is

a true and genuine People’s Pastor. He is a Pastor

after God’s own heart, a Pastor that seeks to know

the wisdom and revelation of God to give to God’s

people so that they may not be steered wrong or

led astray. He has no ulterior motives.

What distinguishes this young Pastor from any

other Minister, Pastor, Bishop, or leader in the

Five-Fold is his true and authentic transparency.

For Pastor Tucker, it’s important to be candid and

direct with the people of God, letting them know

that even the set gifts have imperfections. Pastor

Tucker refuses to hold back on where he’s been,

what he’s done, pitfalls that he’s had before minis-

try, and even the struggles he’s faced and overcame

while in ministry. He is saved and trusts God, but

he stays humble through it all and asserts that he

still has struggles just like everyone else. He still

about everything. His transparency helps to

remind him and others that he’s not perfect, but it

has bills like everyone else and he is raising

children in a time when children want to be right

Pastor Tucker also serves in dual capacities. Not

only is he a Senior Pastor, but he also serves our

country in the United States Army, as a Staff

Sergeant serving a span of eighteen years with only

two years shy of retirement. Serving his country

has helped mold him as a leader in ministry as well

as has instilled in him accountability. He has

learned to be at the right place at the right time, to

be accountable to God first and foremost, and to

be obedient to his spiritual parents as well as to the

People of God in which he leads.

Pastor Tucker has a passion to see God’s

children gain an intimate relationship with Him;

not based on what God will do for us, but what we

will and can do for God, even if He never does

anything else. For more information about Pastor

James M. Tucker, II and Higher Heights Ministries

International, visit www.hhmintl.com or call (269)

345-0830.

Spotlight Pastor

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Since the age of twelve Kaloni Davis, the director of “Last Days The Saga” and CEO of Northstar Visions has been involved in the arts. His acting career began in Philadelphia at the Bushfire The-ater. He then went on to study theater at the Creative and Performing arts High School under the coaching of well-respected director Mel Williams. Since then, Kaloni has acted in a number of off Broadway produc-tions from the Arts Bank in Philadelphia to The Theater of a New Generation in New York.

While studying video produc-tion at CAPA, he developed a love for filmmaking and gradu-ate from Temple University’s Film School. Kaloni has accu-mulated a number of profes-sional credits while freelancing as a Camera man/Editor. He began directing music videos for local gospel groups like Cross Movement, Mark Arthur, Faith in Action and more. Davis aspires to continue to sharpen his skills, taking his vision to the silver screen and telling his stories to the world.

KALONI DAVIS

www.lastdaysthesaga.com

Actor, Writer, Producer Extraordinaire

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Shavonne MariePhotography by Michael J.

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