Pastor Peter John Peters, pastor of the Laporte Church Of Christ in Colorado and shortwave radio preacher, went on to be with the Lord July 7 at age 64.
Pastor Peters had been pastor of the Laporte Church Of Christ since 1978 and had been variously on AM, shortwave and the internet since 1987.
That man taught me more things than any other preacher, Christian author or other minister I have ever come across. Among the most important things he taught me were that the Law Of God is still in affect, the identity truth, that we do have power as Christians and are not helpless, and that you should always stand up for the truth.
Pastor Peters also gave me my first radio job as a copy writer.
Cause of death is believed to have been exhaustion.
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We were blessed by God to have Pastor Peters delivering his message to use with the clarity that only he was capable of. Truly a man of the Lord. PRAISE GOD!
Amen.
He never taught the Preterist Christian Separatist message in his years of ministry, and there were those that tried to tell him,but to no avail. THAT was the point he missed all his life.
He taught the truth and that is all that matters. He was a decent man is is deeply missed.
one man I wish I'd met.
I was blessed to following his ministry for more than several decades in my life. I once had some serious questions and called him by phone to discuss them. Peter took his time and we discussed things and I have always appreciate the fact that he was so willing to talk to someone with caring and insights. I live out in extremely rural Oklahoma, in what was the old Choctaw Nation... but Pete was there with Truth, Insights and encouragement. Thank You Pastor Peters for being there. Michael
Yes, he was truly a caring and insightful listener. The fact he had an open phone segment at the end of each broadcast set him apart from other radio evangelists.
I had the great honor to have been a member of the Laporte Church of Christ and to have learned so much under the teaching of Pastor Pete. He was so far ahead of the times, being one of the few 'watchmen on the wall'. The usual suspects hated him, because he would point them out and not stop fighting.
See you on the other side. Please return soon, King Jesus.
-Ray
Amen.
I just learned of Pastor Pete's death when I was asked if h was still alive. I purchased a whole slew of his booklets in the mid to late 1990's. I was so blessed to find so much more about who the true regathered "Israel" really was!
here's the interesting part! I received a phone call from a neighbor that said Pete had gone to Seattle for the wedding of a close friend's daughter. Someone in the Portland, Oregon area asked him if he could stop in Portland on his way home & give an impromptu "service". I attended it at a hotel near the airport & was shocked to see about 50-75 people attending on such a short notice.
He asked if anyone wanted to be baptized. Several did, including me. Pete sent an assistant out to make inquiries. Nothing was available at the last minute like that, so we all went to the hotel's outdoor hot tub.
Coincidentally, I had a couple pair of new shorts I planned to return to the store, but hadn't done it yet. Another attendee had a pair of coveralls in his car. We went to Pete's hotel room & took turns changing into the shorts or coveralls. Thus many of us were baptized that night by Pastor Pete, in the hotel hot tub! True story & a major highlight of my life!
Thank you for taking the time to share this wonderful story!
I loved listening to Pastor Pete on shortwave radio in the late '90s. Being from Georgia, we could only see him when he would come to Nashville for the yearly radio broadcasting conventions. I also took the family on Vacation in Branson to attend one of his gatherings.
I used to drive an hour each way to work, and would listen to the cassette tapes, and then eventually CD's to and from work for years..
At one such gathering he baptized me in the hotel pool and and renewed the vows for me and my wife in his hotel room. He was a good man. He is the only preacher whom I've ever considered "my pastor"...
My he rest in peace.
I loved listening to Pastor Pete on shortwave radio in the late '90s. Being from Georgia, we could only see him when he would come to Nashville for the yearly radio broadcasting conventions. I also took the family on Vacation in Branson to attend one of his gatherings.
I used to drive an hour each way to work, and would listen to the cassette tapes, and then eventually CD's to and from work for years..
At one such gathering he baptized me in the hotel pool and and renewed the vows for me and my wife in his hotel room. He was a good man. He is the only preacher whom I've ever considered "my pastor"...
My he rest in peace.
I agree with you. Despite having attended a church in the town where I live for years, if I were to ever consider any man my pastor it would be Pastor Pete.
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