Royal Denver Gibson: A Twentieth Century Apostle
By Nara Wenrich
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Do you want your spirit to be lifted from discouragement and despair?
As you read this historical account of a man who devoted himself not only to God, but to the ones whom God sent him to, your spiritual life will be catapulted into higher dimension; your faith will flourish and grow, and your prayers will go beyond your own desires.
If your faith needs a spiritual jolt, then this book will be the catalyst that propels you from the mundane realm of impossibility to the glorious, miraculous realm of "all things are possible to him who believes." (Mark 9:23 NKJV)
Praise for Royal Denver Gibson, A Twentieth Century Apostle:
"Royal Denver Gibson, my inimitable father, a mighty man of God who distinguished himself as an apostle of faith was a man mighty in prayer and the Word! God used him to restore sight to the blind, health to the sick, even life to the dead! He was a church planter in communities where the Gospel had never been preached! As you read this book, believe this same kind of miracle-working faith can be yours, in the all-powerful, only saving, magnificent name of Jesus Christ!'
-Vesta Layne Gibson Mangun
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Royal Denver Gibson - Nara Wenrich
Royal Denver Gibson
A Twentieth Century Apostle
Nara Wenrich
ISBN 978-1-68517-577-1 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-68517-578-8 (digital)
Copyright © 2022 by Nara Wenrich
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Conversion
Call to Preach
Building Churches
Healing the Sick and Raising the Dead
Mae Bell Wooten
Royal Denver, the Man
A Tribute to My Mother—Eulah Annie Hudiburgh
Praise for Royal Denver Gibson: A Twentieth-Century Apostle
About the Author
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the descendants of Royal Denver and Eulah Annie Gibson, whether living or are yet to be born.
The decades of prayers that were prayed on your behalf are yours to claim and to possess. The blessings and benefits stemming from their righteous lives will follow you like a shadow throughout your lives and the lives of your children.
The book is also dedicated to the spiritual sons and daughters of Roy and Eulah Gibson. You entered the kingdom of God through their powerful ministry, and they mentored you, established you, and planted you firmly and solidly in the courts of the Lord.
May all who read this book be blessed, encouraged, and inspired to be all that God designed, purposed, and intended for you to be.
Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.
—Isaiah 30:8
Foreword
Like Goliath's sword, there was never—and will never be—a man quite like R. D. Gibson.
R. D. Gibson had a voice that when lifted in prayer could open heaven and cause hell and its demons to tremble. He had unwavering faith and a commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ that allowed no room for challenge or compromise. He was a man of prayer and a man of the Word. He was an anointed vessel used of God in various areas of ministry from church planter to pastor.
It was my privilege to know him as a fellow minister. It was my privilege to serve in the closing years of his life as his district superintendent. Most of all, it was a privilege to call him my friend.
I wish just one more time I could lean close and ask him, Popsey, what's His name?
and hear his reverberating reply, Jesus!
I commend his daughters, Nara and Vesta Layne, for their love and loyalty to their parents. They lived out the fifth commandment to Honor thy father and mother.
This book is just one more way of doing just that.
T. F. Tenny
Acknowledgments
My sincere and heartfelt thanks to LaVerne Gilbert Gibbs, who untiringly guided me through the long, often-tedious process of getting this book published. I also want to thank her wonderful husband, Mickey, who kept my house intact, my car running, and my flowers flourishing through his expertise and two soaker hoses.
Many thanks to everyone along the way who encouraged me, prodded me, and prayed for me during the inception, continuance, and completion of this project. I especially want to thank those who contributed their stories that are included in this book.
Special thanks to my sister, Vesta Mangun, for praying for me and for her encouraging words throughout the process of this writing. The transcription by Mary Wolfe of our father's dedicatory prayer from the CD archives was an enormous contribution. Thank you, Vesta, for arranging it, and thanks to Mary Wolfe for doing the hard work.
Thanks to Phil Jones for so graciously permitting me to use his beautiful, inspiring words that he wrote for Popsey Gibson's funeral service program. The words captured so succinctly the essence of my father's long, productive life.
Lastly, I thank God for giving me the strength, the courage, and the ability to recall from my mental archives the deeds and accomplishments that are recorded in this factual account.
Introduction
One of the earliest recollections I have of my father is of his sitting in a cane-bottomed ladder-back chair while bouncing me on his knees and smiling down at me indulgently. I adored him, and I wanted to do or say something that would please him, so I looked upward and with my finger drew a triangle. At each angle of the triangle, I said, There is the Father, there is the Son, and there is the Holy Ghost.
My father just kept smiling and bouncing me on his knees. He knew that my little