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W e ' r e   m o r e   t h a n   j u s t   a   C h u r c h . . .   W e ' r e   a   F A M I L Y !


Pastor Chad Carter & Family Harvest Church
In The News



Date:  June 26, 2007
Newspaper:  The Salem Leader
Location:  Front Page
Reporter:  Stephanie Taylor-Ferriell, Leader-Democrat Editor
Title:  Equipment worth thousands stolen from local church




    Thieves broke into Family
Harvest Church early Friday
morning, stealing thousands of
dollars of media equipment.

    "They stole a significant
amount of our media ministry
equipment," said Pastor Chad
Carter.  "I don't want to give the
specifics of it, but they got a lot
of the materials and equipment
that allow us to conduct our TV
and radio ministry."

    Carter said he left the church
shortly after midnight Friday
morning and discovered the
break in when he returned
around 11 a.m.

    "When I walked through the door of the sanctuary, there was broken glass in the aisle where the window had been broken out," he said.

    The perpetrator(s) also broke into a locked office.

    While the loss of the media equipment is a blow, Carter said what he's most concerned with is the data on the hard drive.

    "It had hundreds of hours of service time on it, and everything we need for TV and radio.  If we don't get back the [four television] cameras and other equipment, I'm not as concerned about that.

    "Turn in the hard drive, even if you do it anonymously.  If you have any respect for God and the things of God, you'll return that hard drive."

    Carter compared the hard drive to family photos.  "That's irreplaceable.  It's like taking someone's personal photographs from their house.  They've taken those things that can't be replaced."

    Carter is calling upon the person or persons involved to consider their actions.

    "I would say nobody needs to tell them what they've done is wrong;  they know it," he said. "I'm asking them to consider God's love toward them.  God can forgive them."

    Carter has faith those responsible for the theft will be apprehended.

    "It's one thing to steal from people.  It's another thing entirely when you steal from God," he said.  "God has a way of finding people out and turning up names, faces and addresses, and I'm asking God to give us names, faces and addresses and I believe He will." 



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The following Letter was released as an official statement from
Family Harvest Church the day after the crime took place:


Urgent Letter to the Members and Friends
of Family Harvest Church - June 22, 2007:

As some of you are already aware, Family Harvest Church suffered a break-in on Thursday night, June 21.

The thieves broke through one of the sanctuary windows and cleaned out every major piece of FHC’s multi-media ministry hardware.  They stole all four of FHC’s Sony television cameras, several DVD recorders and VCR’s, our CD recorders, and the church’s main hard drive that contained hundreds of hours of FHC services.  The loss of the hard drive was detrimental, as it contained everything needed for Pastor Carter’s television and radio broadcast – television introductions, promotional spots, ministry segments, etc.  It was all on that hard drive, and it is now lost.  The thieves even went so far as to steal the Breakthrough Covenant Sword he had displayed on his office wall.

These godless characters also broke into Pastor Carter’s office and ransacked the place, stealing the multi-media equipment contained in it, as well as a substantial amount of cash.

This was a well-planned theft and there is much speculation as to why it happened at a church.  Pastor Carter and many of his members believe it is no coincidence that this event took place at not necessarily a church, but right here at Family Harvest Church.  They believe the reason is because of the movement they are making for the Kingdom of God.

Family Harvest Church just came out of a tremendous "Holy Ghost Rally" the night before with Frank Sumrall, son of the late Pentecostal pioneer Dr. Lester Sumrall.  That event was contained on the hard drive that was stolen, and has been totally lost.

Upon hearing of the forced entry and theft, Frank Sumrall called Pastor Carter while on the road.  He gave some stern insight that he believes the Holy Ghost gave him concerning this burglary.  Brother Sumrall said, “These thieves thought they were doing this in secret, but I tell you by the Spirit of God that it will be revealed in the open.”

He continued to Pastor Carter, “they want to shut you down and they can’t do it!  They’re desperate to shut you down and they can’t do it!”  Brother Sumrall then went on to give some information about those who are responsible for this planned theft, which we will not yet share publicly.

Brother Sumrall said, “The timing is perfect… we just finished a Holy Ghost Rally, and you’re about to have another one with Elder Bill Canfield…  The timing is perfect for the devil to try to take you out!  But he cannot do it!”

Local news outlets called Pastor Carter for a statement concerning this theft.  He responded, “It’s one thing to steal from people;  it’s another thing entirely when you steal from God.”

When asked what he would say to the thieves if he had the opportunity to address them, Pastor Carter said, “I would ask them to please bring back our hard drive.  That contains the intimate, personal information of this local church.  Those are our photos, services, events and much of the information we need to operate.  I would ask them to please have a heart, and return our hard drive – leave it on the front porch of the church and no questions will be asked.  Just please… return our hard drive.”

On this coming Sunday, June 24, Pastor Carter is planning to preach from the roof top to send a strong message that, “we are coming back louder, stronger, bigger and better than ever.  If those who wish to silence me believe this will shut down the prophetic voice God has placed here, they better think again!”

Pastor Carter is asking YOU to join him in agreement, in this specific manner:

Please pray that those who stole the church’s hard drive will return it to the church, with all of its data intact.  If that happens, Pastor Carter will consider the matter resolved, even though it will still mean significant monetary loss and damage of property and equipment.  If this does not happen, however, Pastor Carter is asking that you pray with him that the Holy Ghost reveals the following:
  • The thieves’ faces
  • The thieves’ names
  • The thieves’ addresses

Should the Holy Ghost choose to reveal such, Pastor Carter plans to walk to the front door of the thieves, introduce himself and recover the items that have been stolen.

Isaiah 30:8
  • “And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all."

Ephesians 4:28
  • “Let him that stole steal no more…”

Proverbs 6:31
  • “But if [when] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”

Pastor Carter invites you to join him THIS SUNDAY as he preaches, from the roof top (literally), the truth of the Word of God.  He’s got the devil mad enough to steal from him, so why stop now!



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Excerpts from Pastor Carter's Message the
following Sunday morning, June 24, 2007:


    I’m ready to invade enemy-held territory and take back everything the devil has stolen in this place – I’m not waiting till tomorrow – TODAY!

    Today – right now – more than ever in the short history of Family Harvest Church, it has never been more apparent that we are a threat to the devil!

    It has never been more obvious to this preacher and this congregation that we are a target of the enemy.It is apparent that we are doing something right!  The devil will not fight those who are doing nothing for God – he only fights those who are a threat to his crumbling kingdom.

    It is apparent that we are doing something that has stirred up the ire of the enemy and caused him to pull out all the stops and intensify his attack against the House of God!  What the enemy doesn’t understand is that he has not defeated us…  Stuff like this doesn’t make me want to roll over and play dead – stuff like this stokes my fire and produces passion in my heart!  Stuff like this makes me say to the devil, “ok, let’s go ahead and take the gloves off and get to some serious business here!”

Now I have something very important to say to those liars, nay-sayers, tale-bearers and tongue-wagglers who would attempt to tell the lie that this is judgement upon us…  Be silenced from the Word of God this morning:

John 10:10
  • "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Who is responsible for stealing?  Killing?  Destroying?  ...The thief!  The thief - the enemy - the devil - is responsible for what has happened here.

Theft brings on the feelings of distress...  a sickening feeling, a spirit of oppression, the feeling of loss, the feeling of decrease, the reality of intrusion on your privacy, and even the feeling of personal violation can be experienced in times like these.  Such feelings are not what you find from the presence of the Lord – such feelings are an identifying factor that the enemy has been at work.

I have a message to send this morning to those who have violated God’s house and stolen from God’s people:  It is one thing to be a thief and steal from other people.  It’s another thing entirely when you steal from God.  You have stepped over into a territory you’ll wish you’d never gone.  GOD will reward you accordingly as you have done unto Him and His people.

Numbers 32:23
  • "…ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out."

I am convinced in my Spirit, that it is only a matter of time before what you have done in secret, will be revealed openly!

I got a call from Brother Frank Sumrall while he was on the road.  He called from Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday morning.  He began to tell me some things, prophetically and specifically, concerning some who have caused this ministry great distress in our past.  He claimed they were not yet finished.  HE called and said it.  I didn’t solicit it.  I will not share what he said right here and now concerning those specific individuals.

Let me just say, that if you play with fire, you will eventually get burned.  …And some think they know how to handle the fire, and when they look down at their hands they’ll find they’ve been scorched.  God will place a mark of judgement on those who think they’re in the right by laying their hands on God’s anointed.  They think they’re so smart – but they’ve got another thing coming.

Brother Sumrall hung up the phone and got back on the road.  The next day, I came in to the church to find it had been broken into.  Later, Brother Sumrall called the house again, and I wasn’t there because I was here dealing with this theft.  My wife called and told me he had called.  So I called him back from here at the church.  THIS is what he said:

  • “Like the story of Jereboam and Abijah, they thought they were doing this in secret, but it will soon be revealed in the open!”
  • “They want to shut you down, and they can’t do it!  They want to shut you down – they’re desperate to shut you down!  They’re desperate!”
  • “They were put up to doing this by the influence of the Jezebel spirit.”
  • “The timing was perfect – we just came through a great Holy Ghost Rally, and now you’ve got Bill Canfield coming!  The timing was perfect for the devil to try and shut down your voice – he doesn’t want you to have any more meetings like this!”

The timing was perfect for the devil to attack!  But today, in the Spirit, I declare that because the timing was perfect for the devil to attack, the timing is now perfect for a miracle! The timing is now perfect for a move of God! The timing is now perfect for New Testament judgment to begin coming to pass.  The timing is now perfect for God’s right hand and mighty arm to begin to flex on behalf of His people!

Let me say again… it is a matter of time until the thief is discovered!

Proverbs 6:31
  • "But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."

Ephesians 4:28
  • "Let him that stole steal no more:"

Let’s lift up our voices this morning and tell the devil to “PUT IT BACK!”  Put it back!  It must be put back!  We believe for too much, overflow, and double for our trouble!

What we’re going to do right now is begin to call it all back in!  Hard drive, cameras, recorders, my breakthrough covenant sword...  You don’t really think you can steal something like that and get away with it, do you?  Let me tell you, you better give up what you have stolen before God deals with you and it’s too late!

Too much, overflow, and double for our trouble!  Too much, overflow, and double for our trouble!  Too much, overflow, and double for our trouble!

Let us pray that these items are returned, that the thief will be saved, and the ministry from this place will exponentially multiply very quickly in Jesus’ name!

Psalm 68:1
  • “…Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered!”



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Pastor Carter truly does believe those responsible for this action will be brought to justice.

Let this warning be clear to those who are guilty in this theft:
"…ye have sinned against the LORD: and BE SURE YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT" (Numbers 32:23).

The Lord knows who you are, where you're at, and it's just a matter of time before we do too.  Please consider what you stand to lose if God holds you responsible and brings His judgement upon you.  Return our hard drive with its data intact, and there will be no questions asked.  Otherwise, it is a matter of time before we locate you and hold you responsible for this crime against us.






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