WORD OF LIFE INDEPENDENT CHURCH   GOSPEL TENT MINISTRY Pastor & Evangelist Mike Bearden REVIVAL SEASON BEGINS JUNE 15th, 2009 First revival to be held in Odenville,  Hwy 411 next door to Piggly Wiggly Grocery And it shall come to pass that WHOSOEVER shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.  (Acts 2:21) Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.  (Acts 3:19)   WE JUST CAME TO SEE A SOUL SAVED! AIN'T THAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT?   The Michael Bearden Jr. Family Singing  Pics of Tent Raising Day May 31, 2008 Tent Kids Hard Working Tent Ladies   More Tent Kids   Our Brothers and Our Pastor doing an expert job raising tent      Next generation Tent Raisers in traning...   Our Leader and Pastor         Raising the other side of the tent Time to set up the chairs    Time to rest a bit..  ~~REVIVAL SEASON 2007~~  *OUR NEXT Tent Revival is scheduled for the week of Sept 24, 2007 through ? and will be set up near the Piggly Wiggly Store in Odenville, Al, off Highway 411* **UPDATE** Pell City Tent Revival went an extra week, for a total of 3 weeks, due to a great outpouring of God's presence and 8 souls coming to salvation through Jesus Christ.  THIS is what it's all about!  Praise God!  The first Tent Meeting of 2007 will be in Pell City, Hwy 231, just past Kmart.  Meetings will begin at 7:00 nightly and go from June 4 through June 15th.  EVERYONE WELCOME!  Come and be blessed and bring a friend!  We had a great time the last time the tent was in Pell City and we are praying for an even greater increase! Thanks to the men and women who labored Sat June 2 to get the tent in the air--and the ones who helped take it down!  You just stored up some blessings in heaven! ~~REVIVAL SEASON 2006~~ Tent will be set on Hwy 411, across from Adessa in Moody to begin May 26, 2006 until ??.  Please pray that God use this opportunity to reach out to those in need of salvation, healing and revival.  America needs GOD! PICS FROM THE MOODY TENT REVIVAL   Our Pastor and First Lady~Mike and Martha Bearden Sometimes it is 'Camo-night' when we WAGE WAR on the devil!   ~REFLECTIONS FROM TENT SEASON 2004-2005~    Wed Oct 12, 2005 during our Tent service,Donna (Sis.Carla's Sister) rededicated her life back to Christ and was delivered from strongholds in her life.  Thank you Jesus! Fri Oct 14, 2005, a young man named Joseph McGill was gloriously saved thank you Jesus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Tent Revival 2005~~ Pictures from the Pell City, Alabama The Pastor praying before services begin      God moving during the preaching, bringing deliverance and salvation.    God moving again during prayer line at end of the service. PRAISE THE LORD ONCE AGAIN!!  Thank you Jesus for your salvation power and grace!  Thursday 6/30/05, three people were gloriously saved as they came forward and asked Jesus to be Lord of their lives.  He is moving in this tent revival in an awesome, mighty way.  Their names are:  Brandy & Eddie McGuire (couple) and Amanda Lewis (18). Also, Thursday night, Sis Martha Swanner came up for prayer for her Grandson, who'd been ran over by a car and was being rushed to Chidrens Hospital.  We all agreed in prayer for him to be alright.  We got a report at the end of service, the mother called and they kept him overnight for observation, but found NOTHING wrong with him, no life threatning injuries, or broken bones, after being ran over by a car.  Prasie GOD for this miracle! Praise God for our first night in revival!  The first night of the revival and we had a wonderful crowd, inlcuding 2 pastors who came out!  God is going to move in Pell City in a mighty way, prasie HIS name!  If we all come together as a body of Christ, no matter what denomination, creed or color, setting aside all differences, God will bring those who are in need of salvation, healing, spiritual renewal and a touch from heaven. Next Tent Revival Scheduled for June 27th through July 1st (excluding July 4th) in Pell City Al, Hwy 231 on the corner of Forest Lane.  Come join us in expecting God to move in a mighty way!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tent Revival, in Moody May 30-June 3rd 2005, kicked off our annual 'Tent Season' with our first tent revival this year.  We had 1 person saved and many received a refreshing and renewal in their spirits.  There is no doub that there were many seeds planted this week.  God is going to bless this ministry for its obedience to preach the gospel.  Please pray for this ministry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Tent Revival Sept 27th-Oct 8th was a success.  Attendance was great, some nights running around 60-70.  THE PRAISE REPORT IS WE HAD 4 SOULS SAVED DURING THIS TWO WEEKS, PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD!! A young married couple gave their hearts to the Lord, Sis Lindsey & Bro Scott.  Another young man, a teenager, re-dedicated his life to the Lord.  Also, Sis Marilyn's Sis-In-Law re-dedicated her life back to the Lord.  God is so merciful and ready to forgive and offer us freedom from the torments of this life without Him.  Praise Him for evermore! This is the official end of our tent season for 2004 and we praise the Lord for everything He has done to change lives.  Please pray for our Pastor, as he will be carrying the Tent to Tennessee sometime in the near future in 2005 for revival. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW TENT REVIVAL SCHEDULED!  Beginning Monday, Sept 27th-Friday, Oct 8th.  Evangelist Becky Trammel & Ronnie Trammel, Pastor & Evangelist Mike Ferree, & Pastor & Evangelist Mike Bearden to be ministering.  Come and BE BLESSED!!  Location:  Hwy 411, across from Adessa Car Auction, Moody AL.  TENT REVIVAL SCHEDULED!  Beginning Monday, Sept 27th-Friday, Oct 8th.  Evangelist Becky Trammel & Ronnie Trammel, Pastor & Evangelist Mike Ferree, & Pastor & Evangelist Mike Bearden to be ministering.  Come and BE BLESSED!!  Location:  Hwy 411, across from Adessa Car Auction, Moody AL.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our first tent revival this summer of 2004,was held in Atalla, Alabama, and lasted from June 7th through June 11th.  It was an awesome start to our tent season!  We had several miralces and several spiritual refreshings!  HEALINGS  Bro Dennis healed of a broken foot, his brother healed of fractured vertebra in a neck after a car acciden accident, Sis Martha Swanner was  immediately healed of a pain in back/kidneys that she'd had for months, Bro Jeff's dog that had a growth that went away after prayer, (2) surgeries that were shortened and procedures that didn't even have to be done (one Bro Jeff & Sis Amy's toddler, Mason, and the other a young man named Will having pins removed from his leg), Bro John received a miracle in his sugar, Sis Shelly received a miracle in her knees. SPIRITUAL REFRESHING & HEALINGS Also, there were several that received a refreshing from God this week and a renewal in of their spirit.  Those who received a special touch from the Lord were Pastor Donnie Ewing, Sis Autumn, Sis Michelle, Sis Paula, Sis Kathy. We also had a young man and his fiancee (Bro James Fugatt's family) RECEIVE JESUS as their  savior after the Pastor had prophesied to him and his fiancee about things that they were currently going through.  Praise God forever more for this great week!  Thank you Lord for your mercy and goodness and we give YOU the glory for all things! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tent Revival in Moody was a wonderful time in the Lord!  It ran July 26 - 30th, then held over an additional week of August 9th-13th because God was moving so powerfully in our midst.  There were several visitors who came from neighboring churches.  Many received from the awesome word that was being preached under the leadership of the Holy Ghost.  We prayed, in agreement, for God to move and give some miracles.  Others received spiritual refreshings and had spiritual needs met.  We had several Pastors as well come to join us in our second week, led by the Spirit of God, one as far away as Guntersville said the Lord let him this way and he spotted our tent and stopped.  This Pastor invited Bro Mike Bearden to run a revival at his own church.  God moves in our lives when we are led by Him.  Thank you Lord for a wonderful time in your presence.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled tent revival will be with Sis Becky & Bro Ronnie Trammell along with Bro Mike Feree in early fall in Moody, Al.  The date will be posted later, location is across from Adessa car auction on Hwy 411.  We are expecting the Lord to get the glory out of these meetings!   The Pastor has asked us ALL to pray for our tent revivals and to ask God to prepare our hearts as a congregation to be used of God according to his will.  Please spend some time in prayer on behalf of these meetings so that people will come and be saved, receive miracles and have needs met by a God that CAN do great and wonderful things!