The Pillar Diaries

2026 Pillar Diaries Conference - Saturday

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(PILLAR DIARIES CONFERENCE 2026)

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Welcome to The Promise Church! How can we pray for you?

(PILLAR DIARIES CONFERENCE 2026)

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Welcome to The Promise Church! How can we pray for you?

Episode 64 - Mitzi McElhaney

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Guest: Mitzi McElhaney

We are honored to feature Mitzi McElhaney for episode 64 of The Pillar Diaries.

Episode 63 - Mandy Bowen

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Guest: Mandy Bowen

We are honored to feature Mandy Bowen for episode 63 of The Pillar Diaries. Raised in an Apostolic pastor’s home and now serving alongside her husband at Aberdeen First Pentecostal Church, Mandy shares how what once felt like rules and standards became her greatest blessing when she fully surrendered to God and found the peace of living wholly for Him.

Episode 62 - Amanda Chavis

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Guest: Amanda Chavis

We are honored to feature Amanda Chavis for episode 62 of The Pillar Diaries. Born and raised in rural North Carolina with a rich apostolic heritage, Amanda shares how a year alone with a newborn while her husband Cortt served in Iraq became the painful “puzzle piece” God used to open doors for evangelism and ultimately call their family to plant Truth Chapel in Loganville, Georgia, where they now live in the promise of unprecedented revival and prodigals coming home.

Episode 61 - Dala Boyd

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Guest: Dala Boyd

We are honored to feature Dala Boyd epsiode 61 of The Pillar Diaries!

Episode 60 - Vani Marshall

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Guest: Vani Marshall

We are honored to feature Vani Marshall for episode 60 of The Pillar Diaries. Born into a devout Hindu family and marked from childhood by a hunger for truth, Vani tells how a desperate search for healing in a temple left her feeling unclean and unworthy, until years later in a dark bedroom she remembered a simple Christmas card that said “Jesus saves,” cried out His name, and was instantly healed as His presence filled the room.

Episode 59 - Penny Carpenter

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Guest: Penny Carpenter

We are honored to feature Sister Penny Carpenter in Episode 59 of The Pillar Diaries! From a broken, stressful home in small‐town Tennessee, Penny testifies of a praying mother who “put the fear of God” in her and planted a hunger that eventually led her as a young teenager to an apostolic church, where she was filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues and baptized in Jesus’ name according to Acts 2:38.

In Loving Memory - Rhonda Bennett

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Guest: Rhonda Bennett

We are honored to share this special interview in memory of Rhonda Bennett. In her own words, Rhonda opens her heart about receiving a diagnosis of terminal stage 4 mucosal melanoma, facing the fear of the dying process, and yet finding peace, purpose, and hope in Jesus.

Episode 58 - Flo Shaw

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Guest: Flo Shaw

We are honored to feature Sister Flo Shaw in Episode 58 of The Pillar Diaries! Raised by a praying mother who taught her to seek God from childhood, Flo shares how her family was transformed by the Pentecostal message and how her own life was changed when she was filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus’ name.

Episode 57 - Abigail Ballestero

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Guest: Abigail Ballestero

We are honored to feature our guest for Episode 57, Abigail Ballestero! Abigail serves alongside her husband at The Temple of Pentecost in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he leads the young adults ministry and she oversees the music ministry. Originally from Ocala, Florida, her story is rooted in a rich heritage of faith, the transforming power of the Holy Ghost, and the beauty of being raised in the church.

Episode 56 - Malinda Cruz

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Guest: Malinda Cruz

We are excited to introduce our speaker for Episode 56, Malinda Cruz! Malinda serves as a toddler teacher at Covenant Life Apostolic Church under the leadership of Pastor and Sister Akers. With a background in nursing and a heart for service, she has spent years caring for others in children’s hospitals and hospice care. In 2007, she transitioned into full time motherhood, a role where her passion for nurturing others truly blossomed.

Episode 55 - Carla Burton

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Guest: Carla Burton

We are excited to introduce our speaker for Episode 55, Carla Burton! Carla Burton has never known a season without serving in the Kingdom of God. From traveling in ministry as a child, to Bible college, to serving as a pastor’s wife for 28 years, and now as a licensed UPCI minister completing her Master’s degree, ministry has always been at the center of her life.

Episode 54 - Charity Hernandez

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Guest: Charity Hernandez

We are excited to introduce our speaker for Episode 54, Charity Hernandez! Charity Hernandez was raised on the evangelistic field, working in ministry under Eli and Kathy Hernandez. She is a licensed minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as a licensed clinical Pastoral Counselor. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate degree in the same field.