Warford Ministries
Evangelists Dea and Kathy Warford
April 2026
by Dea Warford
Schedule (as of this writing: call for times and location to join us)
April 11, 12: Montrose, CO; Pentecostal Church of God, Rev. Pete Minks
April 18, 19: Houma, LA; Rev. Ray Marcel
May 1, 2, 3: Lonsdale, MN; Assembly of God, Rev. Ben Fenderson
Intercessors…
Thank you for your prayers for Kathy’s complete recovery, Dea’s strength and guidance in scheduling meetings for the rest of the Spring, Carissa’s guidance with new opportunities after completing her Ph.D., and Nathan’s guidance in establishing further his new ministry in Osaka, Japan.
by Dea Warford
“Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy” (Psalms 33:3 NKJV).
The word “sing” is found over 100 times in the Authorized Version. Singing, sang, songs and other forms of “sing” are used, in addition, well over 100 more times. SINGING IS IMPORTANT AS GOD’S PEOPLE! However,
notice that it says to sing “to Him.” I am in so many churches where they are singing to words on a screen, or with their eyes open, watching everybody else sing. Don’t sing about God into the thin air. Sing to Him!
Notice it says, “a new song.” I do not personally believe that the way we fulfill this command is for the church worship leader to say, “Here is a new song I found that I think you’ll like.” Lamentations 3:22 says, “the Lord’s mercies…are new every morning.” New Songs are fine, but THAT is the “new” we need to celebrate:
The new day,
the morning sun rising upon us with new opportunities to give Him praise!
In fact, old songs we have sung for decades can be brand new again when it stirs our heart to celebrate our intimacy with God once more!
“Play skillfully” is the next command. I am in many churches where they make up for “skillfully” with loud banging drums. A pastor usually lets the best musicians play for the worship services. Unfortunately, often they are NOT skillful! They are just the only choice pastors have…3 remedies to that problem:
1/ Use prerecorded background tapes. I personally prefer just the instrumental tapes, over someone prerecorded exhorting congregants to sing, or giving brief teachings in between songs. It accedes the authority the pastor or song leader should hold in a Local church! Worship is an intimate sharing of people who know and love one another.
2/ Hire a musician or worship leader. Churches have such varied times for meeting these days that it shouldn’t be hard to find someone who is happy to help out who would feel like part of the family (Yet, remember, “the laborer is worthy of his hire!”)
3/ It is a fact (I read it in a book!) that the most important thing in playing music skillfully is NOT genes or a good music teacher. It is one word consistently: “PRACTICE!” My mother paid for me to have music lessons in grammar school. And she made me practice! I led worship services with the keyboard in pastorates. I sang solo’s and played the piano in my earlier evangelistic travels, and even appeared on a couple of small-town TV stations. But the Lord revealed to me that that was NOT my calling. I don’t sing or play anymore. In fact, I don’t even own a piano! Pastor, reading this; consider paying for someone’s music lessons & making them accountable to you for the time they practice. (Through the years, pastors made their children learn to play instruments and in many churches, PKs (preacher’s kids) are lead church musicians!
Then Ps. 33:3 finishes by saying, “with a shout of joy.” Reverent, subdued, relatively soft and quiet worship (or soaking) is the method so many evangelical churches have chosen today. BUT it is not scriptural to do that precluding the “shout.” Pastor’s, instead of leading your congregation with the cliché, “God is good” (and the congregation responds, “all the time.”) and then say, “All the time” (and the congregation responds,
“God is good.”), why not do a far more scriptural regular activity at church and exhort your people to join you in a SHOUT!
A Testimony to the power of intercession:
(Marge Crabb, one of Warford Ministries supporters and intercessors from Brush, CO, shared how she diligently interceded for her unsaved son who was a homosexual. He recently sent us the following testimony)
“Ten years ago, I had Buddhas in my household. I had bought into and embraced the New Age ideology and false theology. If someone had asked me about the path to heaven, I would have weakly mumbled that all paths lead to God. I argued with Christians and in the presence of non-believers, on multiple occasions, that Christianity was not exclusive, and that Hindus and Buddhists loved God and that native Americans through “the great spirit” loved God.
I fully embraced my homosexuality as normal. I met my partner in NE and moved with him to Alliance, NE. I was extremely immoral and had relations with many males. I was on a path of darkness and destruction
Over a number of years, I became very angry and bitter, and last fall I got into a very dark place. I was sitting out on our front porch and looked up and simply said, “God Almighty! I can’t do this anymore. I can’t keep going on like this. Something has to change.” And, I swear, God looked down and said, “Good. I am going to change you.” It was as if someone had flipped a light switch on. My soul was flooded with a spirit of gratitude, which I have to this day. This was on Sept 23, 2022, on a Friday, early evening, the beginning of day one. Day two was filled with gratitude, and worshipping God. Day three on Sunday, I would meet the Messiah!”
From Dea…Your intercession for your kids, grandkids, America, Japan, and the Warfords is not in vain. Please keep it up…until….
Nathan Warford’s Report from Japan
Hello dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to connect with many different churches and ministries throughout Osaka. Just today I spoke and shared a sermon at a house church where several non-believers and Christians had gathered. For some they had little knowledge of the Gospel. I was able to share my testimony as well as Jesus’ heart and love for them.
There have also continued to be several non-Christians who have joined my men’s Bible study and our community night. One student is a Buddhist and considers himself gay, however, he has been reading through the book of Hebrews with us and as I lead and share about Christ as our High Priest and the Ultimate sacrifice for our sins, he has been learning firsthand more about the Gospel and continuing to come! He has so many questions, please pray for Naoto!
There is a man named Gles who recently attended the service of the church we’re connected with. He is not a believer, but I’ve had several conversations with him recently about Jesus. At the service there was a baptism and afterward he was crying tears of joy. He told me he couldn’t understand it and I told him he was feeling Jesus’ love for him. I then proceeded to walk him through the Gospel and share some of my testimony. He too has little to no understanding of the Gospel or church but he felt deeply loved and continues to come to events.
There are also several English café events where I practice and teach English to people who don’t know Jesus. This is the reason I’m here: to reach the lost and share the love of Jesus! God has given me so many opportunities to connect with many people of different ages and share God’s love or connect them to local churches. I have an especially big burden for students and particularly high school and college aged students. I met with another missionary to begin investing in a local university.
Finally, I’m very thankful for the team God has placed me in as well as the church. My team and I are very unified in vision and purpose, and I am not only learning Japanese from them but also have had opportunities to lead and bless them. Every week and multiple days of the week I am discipling believers on my team and in the church by hearing their struggles, counseling them, praying for them, and leading them in how to evangelize or how to trust God more. In the Foursquare Church I’m part of I have much favor with the pastor and his wife and have been given many opportunities to serve as well as connections with other church partners. I feel so truly blessed in this season by the relationships God has given me!
You are one of those blessings! Your continued giving and prayers enable me to reach the unreached and to inspire and encourage believers who lack community. God continues to expand new open doors for ministry.
Please pray for continued wisdom and discernment on what to say yes and no to, growth in my Japanese language ability, and more open doors and connections with both churches and lost people. God will bless!
(Above: A movie night with youth and young adults brought many who were not Christians and Christians with whom we regularly connect)
The following 3 pictures are of me speaking and preaching at two separate house churches.
(From Dea: As I write, Nathan is at a youth retreat this weekend. If you read my daily email teachings, you (I hope!) watched the 20-minute interview that Dutch Sheets had with Sid Roth. He shared a vision the Lord gave him of millions of young people coming to Christ in a mighty coming revival. Pockets of revival are happening now! Japan needs a move of God among the youth more than even America. Nathan is strategical sent there by you for Japanese youth!
Your prayers and financial support is how you send Nathan!