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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Spirit and Truth Radio Broadcast
"Shortly after the turn of the year, a major world event happened. The
First Gulf War began when the United States and its coalition partners
began to repel the nation of Iraq, which had invaded the nation of
Kuwait. Since these events were happening in close proximity to the
nation of Israel, and since the Iraqi leader was threatening to retaliate
against Israel, I felt that it was important to send out a daily message
encouraging radio listeners to
pray for Jerusalem.
I changed the format of the broadcast, reducing the length to fifteen
minutes a week so that a commercial could run in its place."
Operation Desert Shield
Call to Prayer/Commercial
MP3 Audio - 535 Kb
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Free Pentecostal Church
Service Times/Commercial
MP3 Audio - 487 Kb
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| Spirit and Truth Radio Broadcast Log (1991) |
| January |
5 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Worshipping God |
30min |
Live |
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| January |
12 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Make Us One |
30min |
Live |
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| January |
19 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Ezekiel 38 |
30min |
Live |
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| January |
26 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Homeland |
15min |
Live |
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First commercial begins airing |
| February |
2 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Favor in the Sight of God and Man |
15min |
Live |
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| February |
9 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Righteous Judgement |
15min |
Live |
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| February |
16 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Take My Yoke |
15min |
Live |
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| February |
23 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Love Your Enemies |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| March |
2 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Weapons of Our Warfare |
15min |
Live |
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| March |
9 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Restore the Joy |
15min |
Prerecorded |
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| March |
16 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Peace |
15min |
Live |
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| March |
23 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Righteousness |
15min |
Live |
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| March |
30 |
1991 |
11:00 AM |
Moving On With God |
15min |
Live |
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Final broadcast |
Preaching at the Church of God of Prophesy, Harriman, TN
"I began to have opportunity to preach at other churches in the area,
and one of the first was the Church of God of Prophesy in South
Harriman, where Dean Yancey was pastor. These pictures were taken
on July 14, 1991
in the early morning before we drove to church. We were preparing to
load into the trunk of the car a prop I had made to go along with
the sermon that I preached during the evening service that day
(I was allowed to keep the prop hidden in the back room of the church
so no one would see it until time for the evening service).
The topic of the sermon was: What God sees when He looks at someone
who is saved."
Started a Nonprofit Organization
"During my first year as an ordained minister, I was presented with a
sum of approximately two-thousand dollars. The giver stated that they
wanted me to use the money for God's work, but at first I greatly resisted
the offer, saying that the money should be given to a church instead of me.
The persistance of the giver was a burden to me, and I prayed a great deal
regarding this matter. One day as I was reading my Bible, these words
from Acts chapter 4 leaped off the page at me and seemed to me to
be the answer to my prayer: 'from time to time those who owned lands or
houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the
apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need'
(Acts 4:32-36). I determined
to start a nonprofit organization and use part of the funds to provide
financial assistance to needy individuals. I was motivated by the desire
to have the financials be in the public record that explained how this gift
(and potentially other gifts in the future) would be used. This money
did not belong to me, but it belonged to God!
To get started with the process of forming a nonprofit organization, I
sought the help of the head librarian at Roane State Community College
where I was a student. Becky Brunton helped me locate the application
procedure in the Tennessee Annotated Code, and within a few days I filed
for incorporation. Spirit and Truth Ministries became a legal entity
on August 6, 1991. Later I would file an application with the
IRS for a Determination Letter recognizing Spirit and Truth Ministries
as a 501(c)(3) organization. These organizing documents can be found
on Spirit and Truth Ministries corporate web site,
http://www.spirit-and-truth.org."
Street Preaching, Harriman, TN
"In the Fall of 1991, I transferred from Roane State Community
College to Tennessee Technological University to complete my Bachelor's
Degree. The university required each incoming upperclassmen to be a
dormitory resident for one year. During this time, I commuted home to
my mother's house almost every weekend, and on Friday nights through
the Fall semester, I would literally get out of my car and immediately
begin setting up a PA system in her front yard, which was located on
the main street of town. For a few hours, another preacher and I would
preach and sing, and friends would give their testimony to anyone who
would listen. This location of downtown had few pedestrians in the
evening, but across the street there was a restaurant and a car wash,
and people would frequently park their cars in the parking lots there
and listen to us.
We tried to speak personally with some of the people who parked across
the street and listened to the preaching, but we quickly learned that
this was not very effective, because when approached they would usually
drive away. We wanted to have a tract to offer to our listeners so they
could make a decision for Christ after they left. I designed a tract
called 'Introduce You To the Family', and Spirit and Truth Ministries
paid the cost to make the copies.
Here are some pictures of the location where we held the street
preaching. The first picture is the view of my mother's house from
across the street. The next few pictures show a 'Jesus Loves You'
sign that we made (planning, the stencil, and the finished sign).
Finally, the long picture is a collage of photographs that provide
a panoramic view of Roane Street and the parking lots across the
street where people would park and listen to the preaching. The
left side of the picture is the view towards South Harriman, and
the right side of the picture is the view north towards Walnut Hill.
The businesses in between are Jim's Burgers and the Robo Car Wash."
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