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Apostle Ron, tell us a little bit about the testimony thus far, where you came from, where God brought you from, and then we can kind of weave

into the revelation of the kingdom.

Absolutely. Well, that would be a very long story, so I'm going to give you the short version

of that. But I got saved when I was 15 years old. I gave my life to Christ, came in

off the streets. I grew up South side of Syracuse, New York, very low-income area. It was exposed to drugs, selling drugs, and I was headed nowhere fast. But I went to this revival, and we seen miracles, signs and wonders, and people being healed and delivered and set free.

And I grew up in church, but we didn't see that growing up.

We heard about it.

We heard about the stories of the Bishop Mason's and the different ones who started the denomination that I was in.

But we weren't seeing active miracles.

So when I started seeing God move, it got my attention. So I gave my

life to Christ, you know, jumped right in, sold my life, you know, sold out to Christ completely.

I fell in love with the Word of God and I began to start my journey of developing my relationship

with God, you know, and from there, you know, time past,

many things happened, got married and went through different, I went through divorce, I went

through a whole lot of things. And one of the things that transpired in my life is I had a firm

grip on my calling as a teacher. I knew that I had an apostolic call as a teacher.

So spiritual wisdom, revelation, and understanding, it was always a strong gift in my life.

You know, it was a, so what happened was oftentimes, well, pretty much this is what happened was I became overly

confident in what I knew about God, that I wasn't always pressing into God and experiencing

the presence of God to bring me from theology to experience. And I believe many believers go through

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