The Straight Testimony

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Mission Statement

The Straight Testimony Ministries believes there is a grand and solemn work to enlighten all people in regard to the times in which we live. We strive to do this because the Bible promises; we will overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11). God is calling on someone to cry aloud and spare not, to bear sacred and vital truths. We endeavor by the power of the Holy Spirit to answer that call with a message that not only exalts the Christian standard, but also finds its way to the heart and arouses people to self examination. Ultimately, the Straight Testimony Ministries seeks to declare Christ, His commandments, His crucifixion and His coming. If we are faithful in proclaiming the everlasting gospel, God will make darkness light before the people and crooked things straight (Isaiah 42:16).

Speaker/Director

Elder Marquis Johns Pastor Marquis D. Johns was called by God out of the darkness of drugs and vice associated with his former lifestyle as a rap artist in Los Angeles, CA. Be it producing music for video games, or being groomed as the next big Los Angeles rap superstar, Johns had the life that many coveted. However, when the Lord expressly told him not to finish his debut record, Johns was providentially led to the Adventist faith where he accepted the sanctifying converting power of the three angel's messages. Since then, Johns has graduated from the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism and worked with Amazing Facts in a number of seminars. He has put the training gained there to use by working with churches in the Potomac, South Atlantic, and Mountain View Conferences.

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Inspiration

When Beth Moore and her husband, Keith, spent time in war-torn Angola to draw attention to tens of thousands of malnourished people, they were changed forever. "I learned something in one of the rural villages that will mark my teaching and response to the Word of God," Beth says. "As we stood there, trying to absorb the sights and smells of living death, our new friend, Isak Pretorius, said, 'One of the most frustrating things is that in villages where they received seed, they often eat the seed rather than planting it and bringing forth the harvest.' I couldn't get the statement out of my mind and suddenly had an answer to the question I most often ask God: Why do some people see the results of the Word and others don't?"

Beth continues: "Why have many of us read books on forgiving people, known the teachings were true and right, cried over them, marked them up with highlighters, yet remain in our bitterness? Because we ate the seed instead of sowing it."