Christmas Season Newsletter

Wow! As we look back to what God has done this year, all we can say is, “Praise the Lord!” This year God has done so many great things! One of the significant changes at GFI this year was hiring a new Executive Director, Mark McKeehan. Mark had previously served as a GFI board member since 2019 while pastoring Chilhowee Hills Baptist Church since 2009.  With this hire, GFI will continue Dr. Solomon’s legacy to help members of the body of Christ to experience, mature in, and effectively communicate the message of identification with Christ in His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. Our deepest desire is for all to know Christ as Savior, Lord, and Life. This desire drives us to fulfill our vision to “Guide people into complete and victorious identity in Christ.”

People from all over the world contact us for discipleship counseling. Because this number has grown, we have hired six Guides to help us handle the influx of people seeking Exchanged Life counseling.  Technology allows us to use “Zoom” to counsel people all over the country.  We give glory to God for Dr. John Woodward and our Guides.  You may wonder why do we use that word Guide?  A guide helps you to go where you would not go on your own.  A guide also helps show you things along the way that you might otherwise miss.

To help expand our reach, we have updated our logo, our website, and started a new social media marketing campaign.  We are also continuing putting up new media on YouTube and Vimeo.  Our ministry associate, Aaron Kim, has been a huge blessing to GFI.  Aaron continues to make videos to help people all over the world.  His YouTube videos are seen by thousands of people.  Many of these people contact GFI for further information and counseling.

This year we have seen an increase in bookstore sales as well as increased numbers to our seminars and workshops!  This year, along with our three local seminars, Dr. Woodward has taught in Rhode Island, Utah, New Jersey, and Arizona.  Mark was grateful to be able to teach in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as having the opportunity to train the pastoral staff of three local churches.  These teachings have allowed us to take pastors and their staff through rejection, identity, the wheel and line diagrams, and total surrender.  We are excited that 2023 will bring some new opportunities with these churches.  God has opened the door for Mark to meet with many other pastors and ministry leaders this year.  Please pray these pastors will continue to be open to Exchanged Life teachings.  Some of these pastors are being counseled through our ministry.

This year we have published some new books through the ministry of Dr. John Best and Dr. Lee Turner.  We also streamlined our certification process allowing people who have been trained through GFI to use our materials in their own churches.

You may be thinking, “How can I help?”  That’s a great question!  Below, you can read how you can give to GFI’s general fund this year. Your year-end gift will be matched and every gift, no matter the size, makes an impact on what we are doing here at GFI.  Next month we will give an update about our plans for the new year.

-Mark McKeehan, John Woodward, Cathy Solomon, & John Norman

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Let us introduce you to the pastor who attended our workshop this year.  He stated his time with us was like a “Damascus Road” experience (as in Acts ch. 9).  Since returning to his community, not only has his life changed but so has his preaching!  We could introduce you to the person struggling in addiction and after going through the wheel diagram, said, “If I do this, I will never have to go back to a treatment program again!”  There are so many stories of victory we could share with you!  And, if not for our supporters, they wouldn’t have heard THE TRUTH OF THE EXCHANGED LIFE IN CHRIST.  Together, we are making a difference.

A friend of Grace Fellowship has generously donated a large financial gift and will match all incoming donations through the end of the year, up to $50,000.

These donations will:

Please prayerfully consider giving to GFI’s general fund this year. Because your gift will be matched, every gift, no matter the size, makes an impact.

See 2022 photo albums at gfiworld.shutterfly.com/pictures/

See the full edition of December’s Glimpses of Grace here.