This page features the lives of ministers who were pioneers in the revelation and dissemination of Post-Pentecostal Christian doctrine, founded on the teachings of the Apostle Paul. The number of those chosen is small within the group that has contributed to the Glorious Church of Christ. Those presented here were personally known to the author and played a part in her spiritual journey.

The Ewing Family
My first experience at a New Testament Church meeting happened when my Presbyterian mother took me to the old Methodist Camp at the age of five. They gathered once a year, every summer, for ten days. Every year thereafter, for a long time, I genuinely longed to live according to the New Testament Divine Order at that old Camp in Waco, Texas.
It was in September 1929 that this humble writer, Glenn Ewing, received the Pentecostal experience, similar to the testimony of the early Church in Acts 2:4. I had never seen or heard of anyone else undergo this experience, and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, everything was new to me when the Lord imparted this sanctifying experience. During the night, I had a vision and felt a longing to win souls for the Lord.
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I grew up and never forgot those experiences. Years later, our Presbyterian pastor, Dr. J.J. Grier, contracted tuberculosis, and medical science gave up on him. He turned to God as his healer and found the promise of Hebrews 13:8, which says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever." So he trusted completely in the Lord as his divine healer. He recovered miraculously and began preaching about divine healing in the Presbyterian Church, and later on, on the radio. We live to hear testimonies of many miracles of healing and deliverance Opposition arose against him, leading him to leave his Presbyterian church, after which he held prayer meetings in a small two-room schoolhouse in North Waco. He was a man of great faith who never solicited offerings. He kept a small, miniature temple on a table at the entrance of the church, marked "offerings to the Lord," and his salary came from the Sunday morning offering. We learned much from him about Divine Faith. When the Lord called him to his heavenly home, I succeeded him in the ministry in 1943. I saw the congregation as made up of mature men and women who knew more about leading a church than I did. I then began preaching about the sanctification experience of Acts 2:4, or more commonly known as the baptism in the Holy Spirit, which the Lord Jesus received before starting His earthly ministry. Later, different people began experiencing this remarkable event, and one Sunday morning, our old friends from the Presbyterian Church stood up and departed. We witnessed such a perfect revival that it seemed as though we were undone. My wife, our four children, and three elderly folk stayed with me. Dear Brother Tom, Dove inspired me and visited our family every night that winter to pray.
Costa Deir
The founder is the CEO of International Leadership Seminars, Inc., a trans-denominational ministry affiliated with Elim Fellowship in Lima, New York. He has travelled extensively to every continent, conducting leadership training seminars and reaching thousands of leaders.
Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Deir was a boxer, director, and pastor. He earned his doctorate in philosophy, psychology, preventive medicine, and theology.
He was often called the Apostle of Joy. His youth was spent in the Middle East during World War II. He grew up hating war and death. After serving in the British Army, he was converted to Christianity through the ministry of a missionary in his own neighbourhood.
He was immediately captivated by the Bible and dedicated that year to prayer and reading it. He became a zealous evangelist of the great truth he had found. He distributed Bibles and witnessed many miracles of God in providing for their acquisition. Shortly after, he became a traveling evangelist and, at the age of 35, went to the United States. There, he married a former missionary from Egypt and they were led to the Elim Bible Institute in Lima, New York. He served as a teacher, pastor, and later as a missions secretary, traveling to the nations. His passion was to prepare leaders in developing countries who could better fulfill God's purposes in their lives. This led him to found the International Leadership Seminars to fulfill this goal. The Lord gave him more than 30,000 principles on leadership, and he touched thousands of pastors and Christian leaders around the world. His life, family, and ministry were always for the glory of God.

