
Unity in Diversity,
Not Diversity in Conflict
News and
Opportunities
Yahad News September 2019 Index
Devotional - Louisette Toh
Ministry Story - Kenneth Kimmons
Ministry Name Amended
Haiti Missions - Jean Phiney Honore
Home Missions - Valerie Mangeot
Tabernacles Feast - Yochanan
Staten
Ministry to Visually Imparied - Daniel ben Regesh
Book Scanning - Lee Hayhurst
Inner Healing / Deliverance - Allyson Gary
Natural Pain Relief - Cannabinoid (CBD)
Natural Pain Relief -
Mitragyna Speciosa
Events, Contact, Services
KENNETH'S FIRST
ACT OF MINISTRY POST-ORDINATION
"The Apostolic Succession"
Inman, South Carolina
Newly ordained Rev. Kenneth Kimmons performs his very first
marriage of a good friend. This fellow is stepping out
in faith to fulfill his calling and ministry, and we
recognize him for it.

I
would like to share a little of my experience with being
ordained and doing my first task in ministry. I knew for
many years that the Father had placed a call on my life, but
because the church didn’t feel I met their requirements or I
felt I just wasn’t in the right place at the right time, I
hadn't heeded. After being out of fellowship for a while, I
started longing to be with good people in a legitimate
ministry - to take my part in a good assembly. Yahweh,
being faithful in all things, led me to Vero Essene Yahad.
Soon after I went on a trip to Yahad
Sukkot, I met a great group of men and women there; we had a
great time! When I got back home and reflected on the
experience, I decided the Yahad was something I wanted to
take part in. During all of this time, I was taking
advantage of the many resources the Vero Essene Yahad has
available online. I learned that the Yahad had an
ordination program, so I inquired and found that, if I made
it through the program, evven I could become an ordained
minister! So I submitted my application and started
the process.
One thing that was and is very important
to me is that the Yahad believes in the
Apostolic Succession, as do I. Just think about it
for a moment: anointed hands being laid by Yahshua upon
Ya'aqov, Ya'aqov to Paul - and all the way to me; and that
Jackson had tracked the line all the way back for us!
It is a very humbling thing. It both excited and scared me.
For me this is one of the most important things I will ever
do.
After doing some interviews and other
things (I don't really remember how long the process took),
I opened my email one day and there it was! The letter
said that I had been selected for ordination and that I
could serve in the Yahad as a
Deacon. I didn't reply for the next day or two as
I did some praying and, I guess you could say, a little soul
searching. It came to me that I had prayed over this
for years, and that Yahweh had no doubt put it together
through his people. The green light was on, so I
replied and accepted.
The ordination ceremony had been set to
take place on Pentecost at a boot camp meeting of the Vero
Essene Yahad in Tennessee. I made arrangements to go; It was
a four-day weekend. And about that, when I told my
wife she was happy for me and then we realized it was our
anniversary on that Friday! I was thinking "this is
going to be tough," but after a couple days or so she came
to me and told me to go with no worries because she
knew how much it meant to me. I was blessed and relieved; so
I made the arrangements to go.
When the time came, I arrived on a
Thursday and enjoyed hanging out with Jackson (Snyder),
Daniel (ben Regesh) and Yochanan (Staten), and that
afternoon we headed on in to camp. The whole weekend was
just a tremendous blessing. We had good teachings and
lots conversations about many things and views. All the
while I had a nervous expectation of the upcoming Sunday.
But when Pentecost arrived, I was overjoyed and excited
about what was to happen! As the ceremony ensued,
Debbie (Wilson) and I were permitted to serve our brethren
communion - and then it was time!
As we were standing up there, and when
Daniel and Jackson laid hands on us(I will never forget), a
smooth steady wind started and continued until they were
finished. I thought, "Is this the Ruach of Yahweh? and He
related to me that it most certainly was.
After, we had a baptism and we praised Yah, thanking Him
(and our master Yahshua) for their great blessings.
Four
or five weeks after arriving home, I got a call early one
morning. It was Billy (a long-time friend of mine),
and he said, "Didn't you get ordained? I said YES, I
did! He said, "I want you to marry Sheila and I
tonight. I told him to let me check on a few
things and I would get back with him. So I got in
touch with Jackson and asked him a few things like a
marriage service format I could use. He did, and so I got
back in touch with Billy, and he said, "Good! Be there
at 7:30 pm!" So when time came we talked a few minutes
as we reviewed over some spiritual things and a few edits
here and there. We were ready to start!
As I was standing there before we
started I was thinking, "Wow, I am about to perform a sacred
ceremony before Yahweh!" As we concluded, I was a bit
relieved, as this was the first wedding I had overseen; and
it all went well. I am so thankful For Yahweh bringing me to
this place in life and to the Vero Essene Yahad / New Earth
Restoration Ministries for ordaining me; and a special
thanks to Jackson, Daniel, Yochanan and Allyson (Gary)!
You guys are so encouraging, and you're the best!
Sincerely,
Kenneth Kimmons
Apostolic Succession is the
method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held
to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession,
which has usually been associated with a claim that the
succession is through a series of bishops. This series was
seen originally as that of the bishops of a particular see
founded by one or more of the apostles. According to
historian Justo L. González, apostolic succession is
generally understood today as meaning a series of bishops,
regardless of see, each consecrated by other bishops,
themselves consecrated similarly in a succession going back
to the apostles. Yahad ministers trace back through Paul
to James the Just.
Deacons (διακανοι,
servants in ministry)
likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or
addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, but holding to
the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. These must
also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they
are beyond reproach. Women (ministers) must likewise
be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful
in all things. Deacons must be husbands of only one wife,
and good managers of their children and their own
households. For those who have served well as deacons obtain
for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the
faith that is in Messiah Yahshua. (1 Timothy 3:8-13.)
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