Special bags to be given to each teen who pre-registers for IHA Youth Camp before June 1st!
The IHA Youth Bags are in!! We are very excited to give a bag to each teen who pre-registers by the June 1st deadline! We know you will love them – these bags are AWESOME!! There is plenty of space inside and a handy water bottle holder on the side. Click on the image on the right to see a close-up of the bag.
The pre-registration deadline is approaching!! Be sure to pre-register by June 1st to receive your bag AND the $15 savings! Reminder: the cost for camp is $105 for each teen who pre-registers and $120 for those who register after the June 1st deadline.
To download a registration form or for more information on IHA Youth Camp 2012, please click here.
Wednesday Night - On this evening before we hear from Isaiah Reid and a story about one of the ‘secret weapons” of the Iowa Holiness Association we learn how Jim Kerwin was drawn to his studies of Isaiah Reid.
Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting 2011 – Dr. Marlin Hotle speaking at the Tuesday Night meeting
Dr. Marlin R. Hotle is a young man who has been blest with a very diverse ministry. He has been a successful pastor, having given fifteen years to pastoral service. He is the author of seven books and a host of published articles. Currently he is the District Superintendent of the Tennessee District of The Wesleyan Church where he has served since 1992.
Welcome from Iowa Holiness Association President Brady Hunter
IHA President Brady Hunter
On behalf of the Iowa Holiness Association (IHA), I welcome you to the official website of the IHA. I pray that your visit to our website inspires and motivates you to live the holy life. It is the primary objective of the IHA to proclaim scriptural holiness as it has been doing since its inception in 1879.
We plan and promote a 6-day camp meeting each June set on the campus formerly owned by Vennard College in University Park, IA. The majority of the activities occur at the tabernacle in the woods. We have services for all ages, from the kids to the “more mature.” Our focus begins with the salvation experience called justification, which is conditioned on faith and repentance, involving the forgiveness of sins and the impartation of spiritual life. The second experience is entire sanctification, which is conditioned on [click to continue…]
Click the image above to download the 2012 Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting color flyer.
Stop thinking of evangelism as something the preacher does during the camp meeting, and start thinking of it as something you do before the camp meeting. The ministry team can’t win lost and unsanctified souls if those souls don’t attend. And they won’t attend if they’re not invited. No, scratch that — they won’t attend if YOU don’t invite them.
So invite them! Pray for those whom the Lord puts on your heart, ask Him for wisdom and favor with those for whom you’re praying, and then invite! And while we don’t have gilded invitations for you to hand out, Kevin Klucas has created a great 8-1/2-by-11-inch color flyer that you can download and print on your color ink-jet printer or your color laser. (Actually, it even looks quite presentable when printed from a black-and-white laser, though not quite as eye catching.) Click on the image to the right for the download. All Kevin asks is [click to continue…]
The Attrition of One Soul on Another by Isaiah Reid
(Part 15 from his book “How They Grow”)
Isaiah Reid, founder of the Iowa Holiness Association
The souls of men and women around us, good and bad, are being used by God to shape us and mature us. What sort of effect are we having the souls of others?
Isaiah Reid cites examples from his own life, both of those who might have been used to discourage and embitter him—like the “crabid” editor and the critical minister—as well as those who brought him closer to his full potential as a man and as a Christian, like his mentor, Dr. Eratus J. Gillett.
Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting 2011 – This is another “Moment from History” during the Tuesday night Camp Meeting with IHA founder Isaiah Reid (as portrayed by Jim Kerwin).
Brother Kerwin’s research into the life of Isaiah Reid has resurrected a portion of our founder’s published writings. Working in conjunction with his wife and co-editor, Denise, Jim has “re-published” all of Reid’s original books on the Finest of Wheat Teaching Fellowship website. Links to the chapters of all of Reid’s books, along with some of his articles, can be found on this page.
By Grace will be singing at the Thursday and Friday evening services, and will be singing and participating in youth services and activities Thursday and Friday.
By Grace consists of a talented group of young ladies who are anointed by the Holy Spirit. We pray that you will be blessed and encouraged by their ministry!
As we gather for our IHA Prayer Meeting this Tuesday, May 1,2012, let us especially focus on two basic but very important requests which are the primary purposes of our Camp:
2 Peter 3:9 reminds us that “The Lord is…not willing that any should perish, but that all may come to repentance.” Let us especially remember those who are lost without Christ and/or those who are backslidden who will be in the services, that they will experience the beginning of holiness in their hearts and lives.
1 Thessalonians 4:3,7 says, “For this is the will of God even your sanctification…” and “For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” And Hebrews 12:14 says, “Without [click to continue…]
The Iowa Holiness Association Youth Camp will be June 10-16! We would LOVE for you or the teen in your life to be part of this incredible week of Camp! You will have the opportunity to draw closer to the Lord and become in tune with what He desires for you! Please understand that the focus for this week isn’t about entertainment or recreation, although there will definitely be times when those things will occur. Holiness Camp is a rare opportunity to place the primary focus on a week centering on spiritual things.
Our Youth Evangelist will be Rev. Del Rittgers of Des Moines, Iowa. Pastor Del is a favorite among the youth, with his thought-provoking Bible studies and a desire to develop a personal friendship with each teen.
Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting 2011—Dr. Marlin Hotle speaking at the Monday night meeting
Dr. Hotle’s greatest love has always been preaching the Word. He has conducted seminars, revivals, and camp meetings for 23 different denominations. The theme of his preaching, and the cry of his heart, is “A call to personal renewal and practical Christian holiness.”
As we look forward to our 2012 Camp Meeting, June 10-15, just 48 days from today, I am writing this Call to Prayer for another “time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19). Let us set aside each Tuesday as a day of prayer for the Camp Meeting. If possible let us gather in small groups and let us claim the promise of our Lord that if we will agree in prayer we will have what we ask of the Father (Matthew 18:19). If it is not possible for us to gather with a group for prayer, let us take time each Tuesday as our schedule permits to intercede for the Camp.
Let us ask in faith for the anointing of the precious Holy Spirit upon all the workers: Evangelist, Rev. Hal Daigre; the Bible Teacher, Rev. Esther Brown; the Worship Leader, Rev. Larry Dodds; the Children’s Workers, Rev. Cyril and Jan McKay and family; the Young People’s Evangelist Rev. Del Rittgers and family; and the World Gospel Missionaries Leroy and Sandy Anderson.
The Bagby Twins, David and Kirk (or is it Kirk and David?)
Along with our holiness heritage, our IHA youth are probably our greatest resource. For those of you who missed it, Kentucky Mountain Bible College (KMPC) featured two of its first-year students, David and Kirk Bagby, on their website. No doubt you’ve seen them at camp each year, and it would be a set of unusual circumstances that would keep them from coming this year as well.
Watch our website because, as the song says, “soon and very soon” more information about this year’s youth activities will be posted, with all the necessary information and forms. (There might even be prizes for whoever can tell David and Kirk apart 100% of the time!)
Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting 2011 – A “Moment from History” with IHA founder Isaiah Reid (as portrayed by Jim Kerwin)
We met Bro. Jim Kerwin when he visited our 2005 camp meeting, while he was doing research for his master’s thesis at Regent University’s School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Little did we know (and little did he know) at the time that the subject of his thesis would be our founder, Rev. Isaiah Reid (1836-1911). Bro. Jim completed his thesis, Isaiah Reid: His Life, Leadership, and Influence in the American Holiness Movement in 2006, shortly before his second visit to our IHA camp meeting.
June 10th Is Bearing Down on Us The 2012 Iowa Holiness Association Camp Meeting will be on us before we know it, and we’re continuing to upgrade the website, especially “behind the scenes.” Here’s the latest: There is a new Iowa Holiness Association YouTube channel, which Steve Shafer will begin to populate with evening-meeting videos he recorded [...]
Continuing to Build the Site Like the rebuilding of Jerusalem under Nehemiah, the “walls” of our newly designed website keep rising higher out of the rubble. The newest features added include: Our IHA history page has been re-introduced and updated. With a strong assist from Tori Rittgers, we now have a much-improved Facebook badge. Speaking [...]
All up-to-the-minute information about our Iowa Holiness Association 2012 Camp Meeting—maps, times, speakers, and (soon) the camp brochure—can be found at
The Iowa Holiness Association Youth Camp will be June 10-16! We would LOVE for you or the teen in your life to be part of this incredible week of Camp! You will have the opportunity to draw closer to the Lord and become in tune with what He desires for you! Please understand that the focus for this week isn’t about entertainment or recreation, although there will definitely be times when those things will occur. Holiness Camp is a rare opportunity to place the primary focus on a week centering on spiritual things.
