Spirit and Truth Ministries
Biography of David Spakes
This web site contains a scrapbook and condensed biography of David Spakes,
Pastor of
Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville
and founder of
Spirit and Truth Ministries. In most cases, you can click on pictures
to see an enlarged photo in a separate window.
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Preaching at the Free Pentecostal Church, Harriman, TN
"I returned from my trip to Cocoa Beach, Florida with news from
my mother that a new church had opened right across the street from
our house in Harriman. The very next day was Sunday, and she asked
me to go with her to church there. She had told the pastor that I
was called to preach, and that morning the pastor approached me with
a question. His first words to me were, 'Are you going to preach
this morning or tonight?' After I picked my jaw up off the floor,
I told him at first, 'Tonight.' But then God brought to my remembrance
the sermon He had given me during those nights of prayer in Florida.
Quickly, I changed my mind and told the pastor, 'I will preach this
morning!' So, the first time I ever stepped foot into the Free
Pentecostal Church, I preached the Sunday morning service. Not long after
this, I decided to join the Free Pentecostal Church, and during the next
two years I had many more preaching opportunities. Here is a short clip
from a sermon that I preached on Easter Sunday, April 15, 1990
called 'Who Hath Believed Our Report?' (based on
Isaiah 53
and
Matthew 28:11-15)."
April 15, 1990 (Easter)
Who Hath Believed Our Report?
MP3 Audio - 711 Kb
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Spirit and Truth Radio Broadcast
"For one of the two years that I attended the Free Pentecostal Church,
the church sponsored a weekly live radio program for which I was the
organizer and primary speaker. Below, you can see some advertisements for
the radio program that appeared in a church publication and in a local
newspaper called the
Quin-County Advertiser.
You can also listen to a few
recorded sounds clips. I called the program the Spirit and Truth
broadcast based on the scripture in
John, chapter 4, verse 24."
| Spirit and Truth Radio Broadcast Log (1990) |
| April |
21 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
In the Secret Place |
15min |
Live |
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| April |
21 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
In the Secret Place (cont.) |
15min |
Live |
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| April |
28 |
1990 |
11:15 PM |
The Kingdom of God |
15min |
Live |
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| April |
28 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The Kingdom of God (cont.) |
15min |
Live |
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| May |
5 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Who Hath Believed Our Report |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| May |
5 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Who Hath Believed Our Report (cont.) |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| May |
12 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
What Is Believing? |
15min |
Live |
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| May |
12 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Hold Fast |
15min |
Live |
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No recording survives |
| May |
19 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Two Ways to Save |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| May |
19 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The Great Commission |
15min |
Live |
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| May |
26 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Peculiar People |
15min |
Live |
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Gertie Brown on-the-air "Hello" |
| May |
26 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Unity of the Church |
15min |
Live |
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Interrupted fundraising program |
| June |
2 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Good Ground |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
2 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Do the Word |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
9 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Idols |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
9 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Idols (cont.) |
15min |
Live |
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Portable recorder in the studio |
| June |
16 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Father's Day |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
16 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Abba Father |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
23 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Obey God's Law |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
23 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Keep His Commandments |
15min |
Live |
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| June |
30 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Do you Believe Enough to Do? |
15min |
Live |
|
No recording survives |
| June |
30 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Where God Guides, He Provides |
15min |
Live |
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| July |
7 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Don't Forget God |
15min |
Live |
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| July |
7 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
God Is |
15min |
Live |
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| July |
14 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
The Way of a Transgressor |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| July |
14 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The Way of a Transgressor |
15min |
Repeat |
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| July |
21 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
God Is No Liar |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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Never aired |
| July |
21 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
|
15min |
Live |
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Live from Florida |
| July |
21 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
|
15min |
Live |
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Live from Florida |
| July |
28 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Favor in the Sight of God |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| July |
28 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Righteousness |
15min |
Live |
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Live from Florida |
| August |
4 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Church Service: Guest Singers |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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Cornerstones (July 1, 1990) |
| August |
4 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Church Service: Guest Singers |
15min |
Repeat |
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Cornerstones (July 1, 1990) |
| August |
11 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Testimony of Our Conscience |
15min |
Live |
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Back from Florida |
| August |
11 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The Lord's Prayer |
15min |
Live |
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| August |
18 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Speaking of Jesus |
15min |
Live |
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| August |
18 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Christ and Him Crucified |
15min |
Live |
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| August |
25 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Fasting |
15min |
Live |
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| August |
25 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Effective Fasting |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
1 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Speaking the Word |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
1 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Before We Can Speak the Word |
15min |
Live |
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Closed with song by Admirations |
| September |
8 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Law of the Heart |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
8 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Law of the Heart (cont.) |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
15 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Don't Turn Back |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
15 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
How Shall We Escape? |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
22 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Day of Rejoicing |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
22 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
Famine |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
29 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Knowledge |
15min |
Live |
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| September |
29 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The God Equation |
15min |
Live |
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| October |
6 |
1990 |
11:15 AM |
Growing Up in Christ |
15min |
Live |
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| October |
6 |
1990 |
6:00 PM |
The Comforter |
15min |
Live |
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| October |
13 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Power of the Tongue |
30min |
Live |
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Recording is distorted |
| October |
20 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Purpose of the Preacher |
30min |
Live |
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Recording is distorted |
| October |
27 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
The Body of Christ |
30min |
Live |
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| November |
3 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
After Death |
30min |
Live |
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| November |
10 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
The Will of God |
30min |
Live |
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| November |
17 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Satan Desires You |
30min |
Live |
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| November |
24 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
The Hope |
30min |
Live |
|
DJ made lots of mistakes |
| December |
1 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Living With Brethren |
30min |
Live |
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| December |
8 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Walking With God |
30min |
Live |
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| December |
15 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Bring Forth Fruit |
30min |
Live |
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| December |
22 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Church Service: Guest Speaker |
30min |
Prerecorded |
|
Aaron Armes |
| December |
29 |
1990 |
11:00 AM |
Entering the Kingdom |
30min |
Live |
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Singing at Piney Grove Baptist Church, Harriman, TN
"I was attending Roane State Community College in 1990, and the
leader of the Baptist Student Union, Jeff Nave, was also the pastor of
Piney Grove Baptist Church in Midtown (an area of Harriman).
He had heard me speaking on the radio and invited me to sing at
his church on Sunday, May 20.
I grew up attending another Southern Baptist Church in Harriman, so
I was welcomed into the Piney Grove congregation. However, on this
day I became a little more aware of how some of my views on Christian
doctrine had changed from my Baptist upbringing. During the Sunday
School lesson, Pastor Nave interpreted
Jude 9 as saying that the
archangel Michael didn't have power to combat the devil, so therefore
Christians don't either. I managed to hold my tongue and maintain my
composure until Sunday School was over and the morning Worship Service
had begun. Pastor Nave introduced me, and finally it was my time to sing.
I felt the Lord told me to say that Christians can stick their tongues
out at the devil and say 'nya, nya, nya nya nya, you can't get me!'
Becuase of Jeff's interpretation of Jude 9, I quoted
1 John 4:4,
'greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.'
My singing and testimony were well received. I sang the
'We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise/Alive, Alive/You are a
Chosen Generation' medley and 'Amazing Graze.' The congregation
joined me in clapping to the music (I quoted
Psalms 47:1). I lifted holy
hands in worship of God during the singing just as I normally would.
After it was over, Pastor Nave commented that they had a spark plug
on their hands."
Nursing Home Visitation
"I think it is so important to take time once in a while to minister
to people who have no way to give back. This picture was taken at
Johnson Health Care Center in Harriman, Tennessee with Gertie Brown,
a lady that I visited several times.
Over the next five years, my mother Ruby Lea and I did occassional
visitation at this and two other nursing homes in Algood, Tennessee
and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee."
|
Spirit and Truth Radio Broadcast
Gertie Brown on-the-air "Hello"
MP3 Audio - 248 Kb
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"Within a few months of my starting to attend Free Pentecostal
Church, I asked the pastor about the process to become an ordained
minister. He said that he would help me, and his only question was
whether I wanted to be ordained by the local church or by the
denomination from which he had received his license. Out of respect
for him, I chose to be ordained by the local church.
During the evening church service on October 21, 1990, I was given
the charge of a minister by my Pastor, Reverend Arthur York, Jr.
(pictured shaking my hand). The elders of the church and some visiting
ministers laid their hands on me and prayed for God's anointing. After
this service, I was on probation for five years. I had to return
to this church at the end of my first year, third year, and fifth year
as a minister for review of my status. When this process was complete,
I received my permanent certificate of ordination (in 1995).
Pictured sitting in one of the pews is the man who got me started playing
the guitar, Brother Billy Gann. Two dear friends from my former church,
Danny and Becky Stimmie, came to be present for my ordination service,
and she played the piano and sang some special songs."
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