World Impact with Billy Wilson
Voice of Salvation Ministries is the media arm of the International Center for Spiritual Renewal, with its general offices located in Cleveland, Tennessee. Our Television and radio programs are broadcast in over 170 nations on 5 continents with many of our media materials translated from English into the, French, Hindi, Chinese, and Russian languages.
Voice of Salvation Ministries is in its 56th year of continuous Christian broadcasting. The 21st century brings with it exciting opportunities to utilize electronic forms of media to reach an unsaved world as well as an ever-increasing challenge to remain current in our delivery methods. Voice of Salvation Ministries delivers an uncompromising Gospel message utilizing the following tools:
* Television
* Radio
* The Internet
* Audio/Video Resources
Each week our television program, World Impact, canvasses the globe with the gospel. The program’s unique, contemporary format offers a clear evangelistic call to a relationship with Jesus Christ. Twenty episodes are recorded yearly, utilizing both existing studio facilities and field locations around the world. Currently, World Impact is being translated from English to Russian and Chinese. Voice of Salvation Ministries offers two distinct formats for radio broadcast on AM/FM, and short wave radio. Five Minutes to Victory is designed to air Monday through Friday in a daily format grouping messages together in series of five. Each program has a 15-second spot for customized sponsorship recognition. Five Minutes to Victory is available in both English and French. Returning to our roots, Voice of Salvation 30-Minute Radio Program is a half-hour format combining live ministry and worship from anointed church services. The programs are energetic and thought-provoking, designed to “grab the attention” of the listener. Each program contains praise music and an evangelistic appeal for responding to the Spirit’s call.
World Impact is a unique Pentecostal voice among other faith-based program providers. Voice of Salvation Ministries exists today because of faithful support from God-inspired individuals. Both prayer and donor partnerships are needed to sustain and advance this ministry. It takes a team to get the job done. Please consider partnering with VOS ministries in the following ways:
* Prayer Team
* Team Donor
* Volunteer Team
* Local Church Team
A message from Billy Wilson: “The last 12 years of my life have been given to Sharing Jesus with the World through a variety of means. Throughout these years, I have given much of my time and energy to using today’s media for communicating Christ. The growth of this ministry has been miraculous and has caused me to say with the Psalmist: “This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” Thank you for taking a few moments of your time to learn more about Voice of Salvation Ministries and thank you for considering joining us in this battle for the hearts and minds of people around the world. Your concern is appreciated. Your prayers are critical. Your involvement would be a blessing.
History
Voice of Salvation Ministries was birthed from a bold vision in 1951 to begin a world-wide evangelistic effort using radio to carry the Gospel to Earth’s farthest reaches. Members of the Church of God of Prophecy in Hazel Park, Michigan, including ABC broadcast engineer Tom Duncan, began recording ministry sessions of the movement’s 46th Annual General Assembly and made them available for purchase. After the Assembly, they approached church leadership in an effort to begin an international radio and recording ministry at the Church’s International Offices in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Support for the endeavor was granted and the new department was established in 1954 with Tom Duncan at the helm of the program. “The Voice of Salvation” radio program debuted on April 4, 1954 on KHON in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before the end of that year, it was on 5 more outlets and could be heard in every state of the nation. By 1955, it was airing on more than 20 stations and had begun an intensive international reach. The first weekly 30-minute radio programs were hosted by Rev. Buford Johnson, then assistant editor of the Church’s Monthly Magazine, the White Wing Messenger. For the next decade, the radio program continued to build momentum, increasing its ministry offerings and coverage around the world. A successful record club and Christian variety program, called Gospel Concert Hall, complimented the weekly radio broadcast. By 1965, broadcast coverage grew to include more than 160 A.M., F.M., and short wave radio stations, exposing millions to the presentation of the message of Christ.
Fire destroyed our studios in 1967 but two years later a new state of the art facility was opened at our present location on North Keith Street in Cleveland, TN. Elwood Matthews continued to expand the ministry’s reach and effectiveness beginning in 1972. Complimenting the existing radio work, a weekly 30-minute television program was launched in 1983 and aired on many independent and religious broadcasting networks. Billy Wilson assumed leadership of Voice of Salvation Ministries in 1994. Following a brief hiatus, the television program was re-launched in 1998 as “World Impact with Billy Wilson”. It is currently seen in over 170 nations on 5 continents. Now celebrating 56 years of continuous broadcasting, we reflect on our rich heritage of commitment to Christian broadcasting, and feel honored to be “Sharing Jesus with the World” through media ministry.