Introduction
INTRODUCTION
V. E. Howard, Evangelist of the church of Christ from Texarkana, Texas, is the featured speaker on World Radio U.S.A. weekly broadcasts. He has the distinction of being a regular speaker on radio broadcasts longer than any man in the brotherhood of churches of Christ. Brother Howard a native of Farmerville, Louisiana, began preaching the gos-pel of Christ in 1931. In 1934, 33 years ago, he began his radio ministry over station KTHS in Hot Springs, Arkan-sas and has continued as a regular speaker on weekly broad-casts since that time. For some 25 years, he conducted the weekly Gospel Hour broadcasts which were heard in most parts of North and Central America.
Through the years his sermons have been heard by mil-lions. During his radio ministry hundreds of thousands of letters, coming from every state in the Union and several foreign countries, have been received. More than a million free copies of his sermons, books, tracts, and papers have been mailed throughout a major part of North America and other areas of the world. His sermons on "What Is the Church of Christ?" brought what is believed to be the largest response ever given a religious broadcast in radio history. More than 75, 000 free copies of these sermons were mailed,.These sermons on "What Is the Church of Christ?" are now in book form and the third revised edition has just been released.
In November of 1963, V. E. Howard became the first speaker for a World Radio broadcast. His years of experi-ence have made this a very effective radio ministry over the past three years. Through his ministry of preaching the Word in gospel meetings and in local work, he has baptized more than 6, 000 people. Some are preaching the gospel to-day as a result of his radio ministry, and there is no way to know just how many have become Christians as a result of his radio sermons.
This series of lessons by Brother Howard on the subject of the Holy Spirit comes at a time when there is much dis-cussion in religious circles concerning the operation and gifts of the Holy Spirit. These lessons represent long hours of study, research and prayer. We commend these lessons to you for your careful and prayerful consideration.
Hal Frazier Producer and Announcer
World Radio West Monroe, Louisiana