On April 12 retired GCI vice president, Dr. J. Michael Feazell (pictured at left), received an award (pictured below) for outstanding community service from the Graduate School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University (APU) at its 30th anniversary celebration.
Dr. Feazell, the first graduate of APU’s Doctor of Ministry program, joined 30 other alumni of graduate degree programs who received awards at the celebration. His contribution to GCI was summed up in these words of tribute:
“The award for outstanding community service is presented to Dr. J. Michael Feazell. Dr. Feazell received his Doctor of Ministry degree in 1998 and is most noted for being instrumental in leading Grace Communion International through a difficult but successful doctrinal transition and spiritual renewal. This monumental achievement was chronicled in his 2001 book entitled, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, available from Zondervan Publishing. For outstanding community service and impact on a community and ministry through both leadership and vision, please join me in congratulating Dr. Feazell!”
Congratulations Mike, Well deserved! don
Congratulations, Mike! Thank you for your faithful leadership.
What an honor! Congratulations!
Dear Mike,
This is a well deserved “medal of honor”. I know that our denominational transition is bound to have left behind painful “battle scars”. Our gratitude to you for courageously helping hold the course during very challenging times.
Blessings,
Santiago
Congratulations Dr. Feazell and thank you, thank you for all that you have done for Grace Communion International.
We love you man!
Feel free to “come out” of retirement!!
Congratulations & continued Blessings. We thank God for you & yours.
Congratulations, Mike! All of your wonderful work in our difficult reformation to grace is greatly appreciated!
Congratulations Mike! Very happy for you. Have always appreciated your transparency and encouragement.
Thank you so MUCH Mike. We can never go back to the way we were.
You have helped break the bonds of slavery.
I appreciate you and enjoyed our times together at conferences.
Bruce Edmunds
Thank you so much Mike! Words cannot describe the gratitude for your staying the course during this awesome transformation to Grace. It’s like going from night to day! Congratulations! Mel and Barbara
Congratulations Mike! Thanks for your commitment, hard work, sacrifice and
submission to the lead of the Spirit over the years.
All the best to you and family!
Hello Mike, Good work and a well deserved award given to someone who has made our lives better through courage, sacrifice and service.
Congratulations Sir!
Way to go Mike! Best congrats, and thanks for your long and transitional service.
To our beloved teacher of God, my best congratulations! You never know how many, perhaps a thousand or even a million souls, were transformed by the Almighty. These men experienced His love and you were very instrumental. Thank you God for letting us have Dr. Mike Feazell in our lifetime. Way to go ’til eternity! Congratulations and more power, Dr. Mike!
Congratulations to a very dear and much respected friend
Congratulations Mike!
Only God knows how much difference you have made to all of us, and the sacrifice, strain and selfless service you offered up. Your sermons and articles have changed the direction of many lives.
The YI interviews have added depth and breadth to our understanding. They have helped further open our hearts and minds to the wealth of Trinitarian theological thought outside our own walls and continually challenge us to examine sacred cows and misinformed thinking.
You have helped us realise that there is never a time or place in which we can set up permanent camp, there are always more lands over horizon to journey through theologically, to appreciate and be nourished by as the Spirit leads us deeper and deeper into the life of Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Father.
May God continue to give you the health and strength to enable you to contribute further to our mutual walk with him. Blessings, Phil
Mike,
I am so glad I finally got to meet you last year (2013); in Orlando. I was able to share with you how much your Mother (Marie), helped and encouraged me when I was in a tough situation. Thank you for your leadership in the years past…..I am proud to be a GCI Pastor (which would not have been possible without the vision of men like you!). Congratulations on all your accomplishments!
Blessings,
Rannie Childress
Dr. Mike,
Thank you for helping us to learn about the power of God’s grace in our lives and the courage to take the heat during those changing times in GCI. Congratulations for serving the Lord in this way! I pray God continues to inspire you to write and serve him in this way!
Dear Mike,
Hugs and thanks from me and all those you’ve helped and have yet to meet.
Stuart Bellini
You have our deepest gratitude and respect for not only accepting a leadership role as God graciously led us through transformation but personally modelling what that meant. That APU have acknowledged this is an honour. But that we do is a more important recognition of your facilitating contribution during this season of the Holy Spirit’s transforming work in our fellowship. Thanks always, and congratulations.
Mike,Congratulations! So many of us love and respect you for your leadership over many years of change and growth.All of us from the GCI churches in Saginaw and Flint,MI send our love and respect. Thank you brother!
Congratulations, Dr. Feazell!
I am so grateful to God for your obedience to His calling. You have touched so many lives each time God uses you whether writing or speaking. You deserved have earned so much respect and gratitude from all of us. Hats Off!
Thank you for your last visit to GCI, Bellflower last year.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, DR. FEAZELL!
Congratulations Mike, and God bless! Ray
Congratulations Mike! Thank you for your willingness to be guided by the Holy Spirit to be instrumental in the GCI transformation and walk to the fullness of God’s grace. You have been a great example for me and to countless GCI leaders and members. Thank you once again and God’s blessings be with you now and forever!
Congratulations. It’s good to see you back on the You’re Included series with the Baxter/Young interview.
Congratulations Mike. Thank you for all you have done for the church over the years.
May God continue to bless you in retirement as you continue to serve Him.
Congratulations Mike on a well-deserved honor!
Thank you for allyou have done for our fellowship and for your and Vickie’s friendship.
Congratulations Mike!
Both Edna and I are so thankful that you had the courage to participate in faith in what Christ was doing and is doing in GCI. You have been an instruments in God’s hands to transform our life and the life of the church.
My dear Mike,
I love you very much and am so proud of you! And even with that thought in mind, God is even more proud of you and truly loves you! Thank you for being one of the guiding lights in the transformation of the church into one filled with love for Jesus Christ!
God Bless,
Aunt Mary
Dr Mike,
Thank you for having let God use you in such a marvelous way.You have always been for me an example simplicity, courage and perseverance My family and I love you deeply.
Abundant blessings
Joseph & Georgette FRANKLIN
Congratulations Mike and thank you!
Congratulations to you Sir…We are so happy for you.thumbs up…
Dear Mike,
Special congratulations on the award so rightfully deserved in your yielding to Jesus’ leadership for you and for us. I have thought of you often in prayer over the past while since your retirement, and have hoped that you would be able to continue with your labors in some capacity with us, even as you have. Our local congregations pray for you often in open prayer most every week.
With that said, please know this, I have felt and been blessed by many of your efforts in our transitional past within our fellowship. You have personally contributed much to my grounding in our community of faith. THANK YOU very much for your MANY efforts for us, for and in Jesus that has helped to bring us this far. Sincerely,and Congratulations, David and Linda Husmann