Pastor Purity Muthoni is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on her heart to share with us todaIf Pastor Purity is new to you, you may listen to her other sermon, “How to Trust God Even in Difficult Times,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about her and her mission ministry in Nairobi, Kenya, and reach out to her on social media or by emailing her with comments, questions, and prayer requests.

Pastor Purity has provided an update since she was last with us. She has completed her first book, “The Widow’s Journey,” which is waiting for publication. This powerful book offers a spiritual roadmap for those who have experienced the loss of a spouse, providing guidance and inspiration for navigating the difficult road ahead. Drawing on personal experience as a widow, Pastor Purity shares insights and lessons that will resonate with anyone who has faced loss and transformation.

Through prayer, reflection, and practical advice, "The Widow's Journey" offers a path forward for those who may feel lost, alone, or uncertain in the wake of a loved one's passing. With empathy and wisdom, Pastor Purity invites readers to lean on their faith as they journey through grief and emerge transformed on the other side.

Whether you are a recent widow or have experienced loss in the past, "The Widow's Journey" is a must-read for anyone seeking comfort, guidance, and hope in the face of life's toughest challenges.

If you or maybe your church would like to sponsor Pastor Purity so she may get her book published, you may do so by holding a church or community fundraiser. The funds needed to get Pastor Purity’s book published is $700. Contact me, Christie Richardson, at (843) 212-6545 to make financial arrangements to get the funds to Pastor Purity. Digital event fundraising can also be set up for you or your church, or even peer-to-peer fundraising. More information can be found at inthefieldaudioscriptures.org; click on Donate or on Fundraising Campaign for more information. Various fundraising platforms are now available for you and your church to add to your websites and to share on social media, making fundraising simple in a digital community.

As you can hear, the ministry is seven days a week, and I hope it inspires you to reach out to the Lord in prayer for pastors serving their communities worldwide, whether they are serving in contemporary church buildings, building water wells, helping with agriculture, or even publishing a book to help others. Pastor Purity is another example of taking risks to preach God’s Word - no matter where it is or what it takes. I know you are ready to listen to today’s new message, so I hope you enjoy the sermon titled Godly Mom with Pastor Purity Muthoni.

Evangelist and missionary Darrell Richardson is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on his heart to share with us today. If Darrell is new to you, you may listen to his other sermon, “Defining Evangelism,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about him and his mission ministry in Kenya and reach out to him on social media or by emailing him with comments, questions, and prayer requests.

Darrell has provided an update since he was last with us. Even though he is retired, Darrell still works part-time, teaching students business English and helping them fulfill their dreams of working in a global community.

Teaching English is a mission component, allowing many non-profit organizations to take on; however, Darrell does it with a twist. Referring to the biblical text, we quickly learn that the Apostle Paul was a tentmaker, meaning he made his money to carry on his mission by working in carpentry and other trades, selling his goods to others. Typically, he did so under a “tent.” See, in missions back then, and even in Jesus’ earthly ministry, not many people gave or contributed money to those people trying to proclaim and fulfill the gospel. Traveling (even on foot), finding food and a place to sleep, and providing for others going through difficult times costs money. So, Jesus and Paul created what we call today “microbusiness”: Earn what you need to cover your expenses and provide for others as God intended.

Let’s go back to Darrell’s mission, shall we? He can reach students in over 100 countries by teaching business English online. Many of these countries do not adhere to Christian teachings; however, through his perseverance, Darrell has had countless students asking him who Jesus is. He also has had students that just wanted to talk about Jesus and Christianity for their online class time and doing so by hiding in closets and under their beds so no one would find out their hearts were turning to the Lord.

Darrell’s mission has been to take some of his online teaching earnings and forward them to care for the children attending Gracie’s Academy in Kehancha, Kenya. Darrell planted this seed by building the school several years ago, and now more than 200 students are attending regularly. The primary school is receiving an extension with a junior secondary school, which you and I would call middle or junior high school here in the States, with the help of a non-profit in Sweden; however, the children still need their meals. Many children only receive food from school, so they receive two meals and a snack each school day.

If you or maybe your church would like to sponsor Darrell so he may continue to help feed the children at Gracie’s Academy, you may do so by holding a church or community fundraiser. Contact me, Christie Richardson, at (843) 212-6545 to make financial arrangements to get the funds to Gracie’s Academy. Digital event fundraising can also be set up for you or your church, or even peer-to-peer fundraising. More information can be found at inthefieldaudioscriptures.org; click on Donate or on Fundraising Campaign for more information. Various fundraising platforms are now available for you and your church to add to your websites and to share on social media, making fundraising simple in a digital community.

As you can hear, the ministry is seven days a week, and I hope it inspires you to reach out to the Lord in prayer for pastors serving their communities worldwide, whether they are serving in contemporary church buildings, building water wells, helping with agriculture, or even teaching to provide food for young children. Darrell is another pastoral example of taking risks to preach God’s Word - no matter where it is or what it takes. I know you are ready to listen to today’s new message, so I hope you enjoy the sermon titled Who is God? with Evangelist and missionary Darrell Richardson.

Pastor Jones Britus is joining us with a new message, so we are excited to hear what the Lord has put on his heart to share with us this Sunday. If Pastor Jones is new to you, you may listen to his other sermon, “Operating from Heaven,” on our website at www.inthefieldaudioscriptures.org. You can also read about him and his ministry in Marigot, Haiti, and reach out to him on social media or by email with comments, questions, and prayer requests.

Pastor Jones has provided us with an update since he was last with us. He and his ministry leaders helped 10 people accept Jesus as their personal Saviour. Three of them go to his church and the rest go to another local church. People in the local community like appearances, so they go to the other local church, as Pastor Jones’ church is still having services under a tent. The tent is very old, and when it rains, they can't use it. A local tent in his area is available to rent with the owner requesting $2,500 per year for it.

If you or may be your church would like to sponsor Pastor Jones so he may continue to preach the gospel to his congregation, you may do so by holding a church or community fundraiser. Contact me, Christie Richardson, at (843) 212-6545 to make financial arrangements to get the funds to Pastor Jones. Digital event fundraising can also be set up for you or your church, or even peer-to-peer fundraising. More information can be found at inthefieldaudioscriptures.org; click on Donate, or on Fundraising Campaign for more information. Various fundraising platforms are now available for you and your church to add to your websites and to share on social media, making fundraising simple in a digital community.

As you can hear, the ministry is seven days a week, and I hope it inspires you to reach out to the Lord in prayer for pastors serving their communities worldwide whether they are serving in contemporary church buildings or preaching under a tent. Pastor Jones is another pastoral example of taking the risk to preach God’s Word - no matter where it is and no matter what it takes. I know you are ready to listen to today’s new message, so I hope you enjoy today's sermon titled How God Speaks with Pastor Jones Britus.

Purity Muthoni is the pastor of the Pool of Healing Ministry. She is located in Nairobi, Kenya, and is a widow blessed with three children, one girl, age 21, and two boys, ages 19 and 10. To this day, Pastor Purity still proclaims that God has been good to her and her family.

When Pastor Purity was widowed suddenly at age 37, it was the worst thing ever happening to her. The foundation of her world collapsed, and now she was the only parent to her three grieving children. She had to learn to manage the micro-financial empire of her household and do all the other things her husband once did. But most of all, she had to cope with her own pain. It was the most terrible pain she had ever experienced, which left big scars inside her. Nothing made sense. People around her spoke, professionals spoke, and nothing made sense because the answer she wanted to hear was that "it's a dream.”  Pastor Purity describes it as a fire she had to walk through to get to the other side. And she did, eventually, even with deep scars. Since then, she has felt stronger in dealing with life’s wounds.

Pastor Purity’s mission is to speak to widows about doing something new that they have never done without undermining themselves. She claims that people will always talk, but God has his best interest in you. Don't allow people to take advantage of your vulnerability. Look unto God, and he will see you through. God will never put you through something that you cannot handle. Pastor Purity also advises that God lifts you up and gives you strength. Believing in the struggle and coming through on the other side was when Pastor Purity built an altar for God.

Listen to the words of this woman of faith, a woman of God whose struggle is one that many people can understand. This person may be you. I want you to know you are not alone as you listen to today’s new message titled How to Trust God Even in Difficult Times with Pastor Purity Muthoni.

The Historical Timeline

The timeline leading to when the three women went to the tomb to finish caring for Jesus stems from the Hebrew calendar month Nisan, which is the first month of spring in the Gregorian equivalent calendar that we know today. Starting from the last day of Passover, it is this evening that the Lord’s Supper is held, Jesus prays at the Garden of Gethsemane, arrested in Jerusalem, and tried before the Sanhedrin charged with blasphemy before sent to Pontius Pilate for judgment and condemnation. According to the Hebrew calendar, in the month of Nisan, the Last Supper, arrest and trial were held on Tuesday into Wednesday. Jesus was crucified and placed in the tomb on Wednesday evening before sunset and the Sabbath's start. The tomb was sealed with stone and guarded with Roman soldiers on Thursday. The women purchased the spices to anoint Jesus’ body on Friday, as Saturday was a regular Sabbath. As noted in Jonah, Jesus fulfilled the three full days and nights prophecy and His duties as the Messiah. 

The Empty Tomb

Biblical scholar Paul Gould provides no distinctive reasoning as to why the empty tomb occurred when writing about this hypothetical theory that “Mary and company mistakenly went to a tomb other than that of Jesus.” Immediately he is left with more questions than answers, leaving this theory to be the shortest of his five. It was these three women that found the stone miraculously rolled back, supposed to be guarded by Roman soldiers, and saw that Jesus was not in the tomb. “And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments” (Luke 24:4, NKJV). The first argument is that this perplexity is not to be misconceived as only a time of mourning, but it must be noted that it was important that “[t]he faithful women are present as witnesses to the correct site.” Confirmation, given by the two angels standing before the women, implied that the women should have known they would not find Jesus in the tomb, as He told them earlier that He would “on the third day rise again” (Luke 24:7). Just as Mary was sitting at Jesus’ tomb, she had also sat at Lazarus’ tomb where she discovered Jesus’ power over death when He raised Lazarus from the dead. “Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again’” (John 11:23). 

The First Witness

The second argument is the angels’ reminder to the women, which was the starting point, opening their minds that Jesus’ words, preaching, and teaching now made sense in His ministry. The importance of Mary Magdalene is paramount as she “appears in all four Gospels,” “identified as ‘a woman disciple of the Lord,’” as “her women friends discover the empty tomb, are invited to look in, [and] then run away afraid.” Mary, the most faithful woman to Jesus, was chosen to see the resurrected Jesus first. He called her by name in the tomb where she stood weeping, bewildered over the missing Jesus, the One she felt closest to. Regardless of the events leading up and including the discovery of the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene is the one constant who is the first witness to Jesus’ resurrection. Being the first and continuous witness provides a counterargument to biblical scholars that the women went to the wrong tomb. Biblical scholar Claudia Setzer claims that in the three events of Jesus, Mary Magdalene was the “one who saw Jesus’ death and burial and discovered the empty tomb.” Mary Magdalene also witnesses the fourth event, which is the first person to see the risen Jesus. God sent Mary Magdalene to the apostles to tell them about Jesus and His Resurrection. At this point, we read that John, one of Jesus’ disciples, along with Simon Peter, run to the tomb to validate that it is empty. John outruns Simon Peter to see inside it first. Therefore, two of Jesus’ closest believers, Mary Magdalene and John, who stood at the foot of His cross, are “the first to believe in the risen Jesus.” 

Ryan Sutton is a dynamic pastor and evangelist who preaches with passion in the power of the Spirit. He is the pastor of The Grace Center, a lively, multicultural church in Festus, Missouri. He is the founder and president of Ryan Sutton Ministries, which covers his evangelistic ministry in the United States and his international missions.

After attending Ozark Bible Institute and Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, where he holds pastoral ministry and bible literature degrees, Ryan surrendered to the call to preach under the ministry of B. H. Clendennen at Victory Temple in Beaumont, Texas, in 1997 at the age of fourteen. Ryan preached his first full sermon the following Sunday and has been preaching ever since. He attended B. H. Clendennen’s School of Christ International several times and traveled with him in Europe, Scandinavia, and India. Ryan also preached regularly in crusades in Africa when he was fifteen and sixteen, and with Brother Clendennen’s encouragement, Ryan was ordained to pastor in April 2000 at seventeen.

In addition to pastoral ministry, he has continued to travel throughout the states and internationally, praying fervently for revival, souls, and victory wherever the Lord sends him to minister. Ryan’s beautiful wife and two daughters support his calling and the local and global communities he serves.

I know you are ready to listen to today’s message, so I hope you enjoy the sermon titled, Why I Believe in the Resurrection, with Pastor Ryan Sutton.

In this chapter, Peter teaches women about submitting to their husbands. If we take this phrase word-for-word, which the Apostle Paul uses similar wording in his epistles, many angry women will refuse to “submit” to their husbands. So, let’s take the word “submit” and analyze it biblically, or what we say in the hermeneutical sense, adding archaeological context, culture, and God’s Plan to it.

First, in a Christian marriage, the husband and wife submit to each other through the Holy Spirit, committing each other to God. Listen-to-me-again; they commit who? “Each other” to God. Peter’s advice to Christian wives is a new commitment to God, as godly women can win their husbands to Christ simply through their conduct and behavior. She does not have to say a word, but her motions and behaviors will set her apart from ungodliness. Her behavior will add curiosity to her husband, leaving him to want to know more about her faith. It is the woman who can change her husband’s life before God.

Second, the bible does not teach women that they cannot make decisions on their own or that she is her husband’s servant, rather God shows favor to the couple so that the husband is the spiritual leader of the home, and together, the husband and wife are to submit themselves to Christ.

Finally, holy women of God are not under the authority of their husbands or any man for that matter; rather, women should submit themselves to the Lord first and then to their husbands. Because the husband and wife come together in marriage before God, they have equal worth before Him. There is a balancing act between the husband and wife, as she may be physically weaker than him, lessening him to be gentler and kind.

So, let’s review: Women, we are not to take offense with Peter, or Paul for that matter, when the bible states that we are to submit to our husbands. First, the husband and wife submit to each other through the Holy Spirit, committing each other to God. Second, God favors the couple so that the husband is the spiritual leader of the home, and together, the husband and wife are to submit themselves to Christ. And finally, women should submit themselves to the Lord first and then to their husbands. And why? Because when the husband and wife come together in marriage before God, they will have equal worth before Him.

Pastor Jones Britus was born in August 1969 and raised in a village in Southeast Haiti, the commune of Marigot. He is married and blessed with two daughters. After primary school, Pastor Jones’ parents could not afford to pay for his schooling. He was supported by one of his uncles in high school. Before finishing high school, his uncle had great financial problems and could not continue to support him. Pastor Jones did not want to stop high school, so he went to work in a primary school to pay his schooling fees in the afternoon. Since then, God made a way for Pastor Jones to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and now places him as a Ph.D. student working in Economic Sciences, Specialising in Analysis and Evaluation of Projects.

Since 2012, he has been the founding director of the non-profit organization "Alliance Haitienne/Haitian Alliance” for development and particularly for empowering orphans, vulnerable children, and the young without family support, which God entrusted to him in a dream. Then, in April 2019, he founded a home for orphaned children called "Univers des Enfants/ Children's Universe.” In 2021, he also founded an evangelism association called " Missionnaires de Jésus-Christ en Action/ Missionaries of Jesus Christ in Action" after a revelation from God.

Pastor Jones is also the founding pastor of two young churches in Haiti called "Evangelical Church Unity of God." Jesus showed him in a vision that He would use him to plant other churches in Haiti. You can see several pictures on the In the Field Worship Radio’s website donation page of Pastor Jones’ church, the people he serves, and the orphans he and his family care for.

As you can hear, ministry carries a common denominator with the pastors that have served here on In the Field Worship Radio. Their paths may differ, but their journey is the same, and it is held, directed, and brightened by the light of God. We are each called at different times in our lives to serve Him. His light does not discriminate, rather, it captivates us in a period of our lives when we may have little money, maybe in a strained relationship, or perhaps suffer from an illness. Regardless, God chooses us at a specific period in our lives that opens up our season of service – a season when the multitudes will stop what they are doing, listen to what we have to say and watch us through our prayer life, and the joyous glow that we carry, and then they will tell others about the Word of God. If you ever doubt why you are here on earth, know that you are loved and are to love one another by bringing a person to Christ. Now, you know why I say at the end of each broadcast to bring a friend when you return next Sunday. You are here for a reason, and Jesus is calling you now.

I know you are ready to listen to today’s new message, so I hope you enjoy today's sermon, Operating from Heaven, with Pastor Jones Britus.