Title: GENERATION WORD
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2GENERATION WORD
- Identification
- Generation Word is a local Bible teaching
ministry that is internationally communicating
the Word of God through books, cds and the
internet. -
- Purpose
- Generation Word is focused on communicating the
Word of God to the people of this
generation. Our goal is to stimulate spiritual
growth and assist believers in attaining
maturity in order that they might live
fruitful lives in Jesus Christ. -
- Ministry
- Generation Word teaches the Bible verse by verse
in its historical setting and draws meaning out
of the original languages. We categorically
organize and compare each verse with the rest
of scripture to form a unified theology that
applies to our lives and our nation today. -
- The Teacher
- Galyn Wiemers is the founder and teacher of
Generation Word Bible Teaching Ministry. He
began teaching the Bible in 1986, has
served as a pastor for 14 years and has
taught over 1,000 classes or sermons for
Generation Word since it began in 2002. Galyn
is a full-time public school teacher and
coach. - Online
- These are a few of the Generation Word online
websites - www.generationword.com
- www.genword.blogspot.com
- www.onlinebibleschool.net
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PO Box 399, Waukee, Iowa 50263
515-321-1960
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- Who is Galyn Wiemers?
- Galyn and his wife Toni began Generation Word
Bible Teaching Ministry in their living room in
West Des Moines, Iowa in April of 2002. Galyn
became a believer in Jesus Christ in 1976 at the
age of 16. Galyn and Toni were married in 1981
and graduated from Northwest Missouri
State University in 1983 with degrees in
education. They have worked in public schools
and coached since that time. Galyn coached
his first varsity high school team in 1980 and
began teaching high school shop in 1983. In
1985 they felt God calling them. Galyn wanted to
attend a Bible College, but since they had
already started a family this never happened.
They began to attend Bible teaching churches.
Galyn began to study at home and teach the Bible
whenever and wherever he could. Over the years
Galyn has served as a Sunday school teacher, a
youth pastor, a head pastor, a Christian school
chaplain, a Bible teacher and as a guest speaker
at seminars and Bible college. In 2002 Galyn
began Generation Word as a ministry to reach our
nation with the Word of God. Galyns Bible
teaching has now reached every state and is also
requested, listened to, downloaded and read in
over 60 other countries. Galyn and Toni have six
sons Justin, 25, is in the United States
Marines, serving in Japan in broadcasting Paul,
24, is a snowboard instructor at Steamboat in
Colorado Benjamin, 21, is training as an officer
for the US Air Force and is in his third year at
Iowa State University in computer engineering
Nathan (Hawkeye), 18, will study financing and
jazz trumpet at the University of Northern Iowa.
Zac, 16, is a junior at Valley in West Des
Moines Jacob, 14, is an eighth grader at Dallas
Center-Grimes. Galyn is in his 9th year as a
full-time shop teacher and cross country coach at
the DCG middle school. He is also in his 6th year
as the pastor/teacher at the Faith Evangelical
Free in Audubon, Iowa. -
PO Box 399, Waukee, Iowa 50263
515-321-1960 www.generationword.com
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- Local Bible Studies
- Galyn teaches four times a week. Each of the
classes is open to the public. No membership,
enrollment, fees, donations or previous
attendance is required to attend any or all of
the Generation Word classes. - Sunday, 1030 AM, Faith E. Free Church Audubon,
Iowa, 226 Chicago Street, 712-563-2327.
Galyn teaches for about an hour from the
scriptures. In the past Galyn has taught
through the books of Galatians, First Samuel,
Genesis, First Peter during these services. He
has also taught on a variety of topics including
the church, spiritual gifts, questions/answers,
and more. - Monday, 700 PM, Framework Bible School is taught
at Connxions Bookstore Event Center,
3901 121st Street, Urbandale, Iowa. Galyn
teaches between 60-70 minutes from his
Framework textbook. This is a classroom
setting that covers a wide range of basic
Christian knowledge, thought and information
including apologetics, hermeneutics, history of
the Bible, OT, Life of Christ, church history,
NT, Greek and theology. - Tuesday, 730 PM, Bible Study, 700 45th St., WDM
at Galyns home. In the past we have taught
through Revelation, Hebrews, Isaiah, Ephesians
and more. - Wednesday, 530 PM Bible Study/Bible School at
the Faith E. Free church in Audubon. Galyn
teaches for about an hour verse by verse (John,
Zechariah, 1 Corinthians, etc.) or through the
Framework book.
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- On the Internet
- Generation Word has one of the biggest Bible
teaching websites in the world160 giga bytes to
handle over 2,000 pages of information and notes,
700 hours of audio teaching (mp3), 500 hours of
video, 500 photos of Israel, 270 maps, 2 complete
books (.pdf), 1 online Bible school and much
more. It is hard to find a web site as large and
as useful as the Generation Word web site at
www.generationword.com. All the major search
engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) place
Generation Word on the first page of a search for
bible teaching. -
- A image of the home page for Generation Words
website is on the next page. The bold, black
letters have been added here to help identify
some of the features - A - The Menu - use the mouse to roll the curser
over these to open several links to information
concerning - ABOUT - this will tell you about the ministry,
Galyn, what people are saying, statement of
faith, etc. - FEATURES - links to podcast, blog, notes, mp3,
etc. - MESSAGE ARCHIVES - this will show all the Bible
books that have been taught. When a book is
selected it will open up a page with audio,
video, notes. - BIBLE SCHOOL - this will show the ten areas of
study in the Framework Bible school. Selecting
one will take you to a page to select chapters
with notes, audio, video, maps, links and more - i-TUNES - reveals two areas to get audio on
i-tunes - STUDY PAGE - this will show you the best online
Bibles, study books, commentaries, maps that are
available on the internet. One of the best
collections. - LINKS - this a collection of Christian links
categorized - CONTACT - Generation Word mail, e-mail, phone
- B - Most Recent Teaching - This weeks classes
from Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are listed by
title and date with links to listen and watch the
audio or video online. - C - Direct links - The blue boxes are links to
Galyns blog, Galyns YouTube videos (video from
Israel,
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- classes) Galyns podcasts, Galyns photos of
Israel, teaching series online, teaching in mp3,
online Bible school, online tests, 270 of Galyns
OT maps - D - Click this Online Bible School box to go to
the entry page for the Online Bible School. You
will find the Connxions Bible school classes
archived with the notes. - E - Message Archive - Click a box to open up a
page of audio, video and
notes from the previous classes taught. - F - Galyns Photos of Israel - Click this box to
open up the entry page
with a map and the names of
locations linked to Galyns photos and teaching
from Israel. -
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- Help for Using Website
- Downloading .mp3 audio messages - place mouse
cursor over the .mp3 you want to download and
right click. Select save as from the
pop up menu. Select the location, file or
mobile device where you want this .mp3
file saved to. - Watching or downloading a video - The video of
the classes is saved online as a RealPlayer file
(.rv). Go to www.real.com to download
RealPlayer to your computer. It is a free
download. With RealPlayer you can watch
the video right from the Generation Word website,
but you can also save the video to your computer
and download it to a mobile device. Once a video
is saved to your computer select the make of your
mobile phone or iPod from the menu. The video
can also be shared through Twitter, Facebook or
email. - Online Bible School - to open the entry page go
to www.generationword.com/school.html On this
page are ten boxes titled Apologetics,
Hermeneutics, etc. Click on a box to open up a
page with the lessons for this area of study. To
open a lesson click on the title. On this lesson
page you will find three columns at the top with
three categories a) Written, b) Online
Audio/Video, c) Take the Tests. The Written
includes the notes for this lesson, the online
audio/video provides you with a recording of the
notes being taught and the test column takes you
to a chapter test and an essay test. When you
click on the chapter test a page will open asking
for your first and last name in a blue box. You
can leave that blank and just click the start
now button in the blue box to open the online
test for that chapter. When you are finished just
click the submit answers button at the bottom
of the test page and your test will be
automatically scored. You may take the test as
many times as you like. The question order will
be altered each time.
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- History of Generation Word
- In March of 2002 Galyn and Toni Wiemers hung up
some flyers in West Des Moines, Iowa and made a
few phone calls to announce the first Bible
study. It would meet in their home every Monday
night in April at 730. - Here are the memories recorded after that first
Bible study "Attendance was 18. People started
arriving at 720.Class started about 755.
Everyone was talking and having fun until then.
Randomly set up chairs. Made a tape. Used the
white board.Handed out notes and a flyer. Toni
had snacks. Everyone stayed at least 30 minutes
after class. Some stayed longer. Seven people
stayed until 1230. A lot of excitement. Should
have more next week. - April 1, 2002 - Galyn and Toni start a Monday
night Bible study in their home. 18 people come
and the message is recorded on tape. - April 8, 2002 - The second Bible study meets with
36 people. - July 2002 - Generation Word's first news letter
- Sept. 8, 2002 - Generation Word begins one year
Bible school - October 9, 2002 - Galyn Wiemers is a guest on
KWKY radio - April 2003 - The booklet "The Fourth Generation"
is printed - June 2003 - Go online with www.generationword.com
- July 2003 - first online request for tapes from
India - September 7, 2003 - Bible School begins second
year - September 2003 - Generation Word Church stops
meeting - November 2003 - Galyn Wiemers speaks at Faith
Evangelical Free Church in Audubon, Iowa for
first time - March 7, 2004 - Begin a radio program on KWKY in
Des Moines - April 2004 - Stops recording on tape and begins
using CD - September 7, 2004 - Bible School begins to meet
at Wellspring .
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- December 2005 - Online audio messages were put on
web site - December 2005 - Generation Word mailed out 750
requests in the year 2005 to eighteen countries
on six continents - January 2006 - received 120 requests in the month
of January - February 2006 - Generation Word receives orders
from The Gambia and Tanzania. This makes a total
of 20 countries that have requested GenWord
messages. - February 25, 2006 - web page receives its first
hit from Israel. - March 2006 - In the first four years of ministry
Galyn Wiemers has preached over 700 messages and
Generation Word has distributed 31,000 CDs or
tapes. - April 3, 2006 - Generation Word will begin their
5th year of Bible teaching ministry.
(Over 400 different people have
visited the Monday night Bible study.) - November-December Galyn writes Hope for
America's Last Generation - June-July 2007 - Galyn and Toni spend three
weeks in Israel - August 2007 - release book Hope for America's
Last Generation - October 2007 - Galyn is a guest on Steve Deace's
afternoon drivetime talk show on WHO Des Moines
1040 AM. Over 350 books are requested from
listeners. - June-August 2008 - Galyn writes Framework for
Christian Faith - August-November 2008 - Galyn, Tim Vaniman, Clint
Hansen and Jennifer Ruisch edit and work on
images and setting the book Framework for
Christian Faith - December 2008 - Framework for Christian Faith is
at the printers - January 8, 2009 - Framework for Christian Faith
is delivered - January 9, 2009 - The first copies of Framework
for Christian Faith are put in bookstores in
Urbandale, Iowa and sent around the United States
in the mail - February 2, 2009 - Galyn begins teaching on
Monday nights at Connxions Bookstore - April 6, 2009 - celebrates 7 complete years of
ministry begin 8th - April 10, 2009 - Galyn is on WHO with Deace in
the Afternoon on Good Friday to discuss the
Framework book.
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- The Ministry
- Generation Word provides the following at no
charge - Local Bible studies and Bible teaching
- The book Hope for Americas Last Generation
- The book Framework for Christian Faith
- 700 online .mp3 audio messages (3 added weekly)
- 500 online video (3 more added each week)
- CD sets and individual messages
- Access to an online Bible school with notes,
Framework (.pdf), audio, video, online test and
scoring - Blogs
- Podcasts
- YouTube Videos
- Notes and Maps
- Generation Word has shipped over 50,000 CDs
around the United States and the world upon
request at no charge. Over a thousand copies of
Hope for Americas Last Generation and Framework
for Christian Faith have been distributed at no
charge. -
- International Ministry
- Because of the internet and word of mouth,
Generation Words local Bible teaching has gone
world wide. Our website has been
visited by over 60 countries. Over 40 countries
have requested and received our
CDs and books. A few of the
countries are Philippines, India, Pakistan,
Japan, Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, etc. - Rev. Bernard Umezinwa is a teacher at West
African Theology Seminary. He has
requested and received CDs and
books as have many other faculty members
and students. - Pastor Ojeland Olumuyiwa of Nigeria has formed a
growing network of men he is
training using our material.
Here he presents our package of Bible
School CDs and book.
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- Financial Policy
- Generation Word distributes their books, cds,
online resources and teaching at no charge.
Generation Word has never asked for money, taken
an offering or solicited money. Generation Word
has no debt all of our supplies and equipment
have been paid for. Generation Word is
incorporated as a non-profit organization and is
registered with the IRS as exempt from federal
income tax as a 501c3 organization. Generation
Word is supported by the generous donations of
individuals who give what they have decided in
their heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion. They faithfully administer Gods
grace in its various forms. We have different
gifts, according to the grace given us . . . If
it is teaching, let him teach . . . If it is
contributing to the needs of others, let him give
generously. - In the three years, 2006-2008, Generation
Word spent 16,400 on shipping, 22,250 on
CDs and 36,700 printing two books.
We are currently spending 170 a month
to host one of the largest
Bible teaching websites. All of our
material is available online and most of the
material is downloadable which helps communicate
the teaching in a quicker and less expensive
form. Books and CDs are still shipped at no cost,
but on a more selective basis. - This is a photo of CDs and sets of CDs
produced and ready to be packaged. The
photo to the left shows boxes of
Generation Word CDs and books ready to
be shipped around the world. -
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- Framework for Christian Faith - 540 pages
of notes and handouts from the
Generation Word Bible School covering
apologetics, hermeneutics, history of the
English Bible, Old Testament,
life of Christ, book of Acts, church
history, Greek, New Testament
and biblical theology. Steve Deace calls it
an extensive yet compact reference
tool. Mike Swaim says it is an
invaluable reference tool for
both the teacher and the
student. -
- Hope for Americas Last Generation - Galyn
overviews the history of mankind from Genesis
to Revelation and pinpoints where we are
in the timeline of history. He
speaks to our rapidly declining culture,
explaining how we got here and
describing the steps we can take to avoid
Gods judgment. The four generation cycle of
cultural decline is explained from scripture. -
- Doctrine and Affiliation
- Generation Word is not affiliated with any
denomination. We could be labeled correctly as
Conservative, Evangelical, Fundamental. The
absolute foundational belief of Generation Word
is in the inerrancy, authenticity and inspiration
of the Old and New Testaments. We believe 1)
Bible is the Word of God, 2) Godhead exists as
the Trinity, 3) Deity of Jesus Christ, 4) Mans
Sinfulness and need of Redemption, 5) Current
Ministry of the Holy Spirit, 6) Resurrection of
all Men to eternal life or eternal damnation, 7)
Salvation by faith in Jesus , 8) Creation by God,
9) Unity of the universal church, 10) Local church
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- Web Site Statistics
- The chart above shows the number of website hits
per month from October 2005 until May of 2009.
Problems with a hacker from Turkey and a virus on
our website in the summer of 2008 discouraged
people from visiting. We have had several hackers
from the Middle East - attempt to take over our website. This appears to
have been corrected last fall. Now between 18-25
of visitors spend an hour or more on our website.
There are about 25 various countries represented
in every 1,000 visitors with a total of 60
different countries using our website including
visitors from Israel. -
- Contact
- To contact Generation Word using the following
- Email to Galyn gw_at_generationword.com
- Mail Generation Word, PO Box 399, Waukee, Iowa
50263 - Cell Phone 515-321-1960
- Home Phone 515-440-6474
- Facebook www.facebook.com/galyn
- Twitter www.twitter.com/galynwiemers
- Blog www.genword.blogspot.com
- Shop Teacher Website www.mrwiemersshop.com
- Website www.generationword.com
- Online Bible School www.onlinebibleschool.net
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- Recent Comments from Around the World
- Thank you very much for the books and the CD you
sent me. I have given out the CD for other
pastors to download on their computers. Hope for
America's Last Generation has really opened my
eyes to many Bible truths and the reality of
Gods intervention with peoples in history. -
Pastor Nandi, Nigeria -
- I am thankful to you for giving me permission of
translating the precious book Framework for
Christian Faith. -Nosheet Gloria, Pakistan -
- I received the Framework for Christian Faith and
it is already opening up a new world to me. I
love it. I am studying in the UK but I am a lay
pastor back home in Zambia, Africa. - Orleans,
Zambia, Africa -
- Thank you so much for the prompt reply. It
helped me a lot to have a deeper understanding. I
wish I could be trained and mentored by you.
Indeed, your ministry is a blessing to me. God
bless you and I do hope you will not stop
answering my questions. - Bong Nambio -
- I found you on the internet and found your faith
right. I want to be a part of this organization
to do the work of God in my country Pakistan. -
Derick Albert, Pakistan -
- This is in regards to our conversation today
about the Galatians mp3. You were going to load
them this evening. It was good to talk to you.
You have a great website and I am going to enjoy
it. - Tallahassee, Florida -
- I found you through Steve Deaces program. I
have examined you website and listened to some of
your sermons. They are like a five-course banquet
compared to what we have been getting. - Iowa -
- I am writing to you to inquire whether you are
available to visit other countries? I would like
to invite you to visit Myanmar, Burma in Asia to
teach at the Shiloh Bible College in Mandalay
City. -Andrew Bawi Ceu, Prsident of Shiloh Bible
College, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) -
- I received my package and I am so excited! I
started the book on the last generation last
night. It is amazing! Thank you so much. -
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PO Box 399, Waukee, Iowa 50263
515-321-1960 www.generationword.com
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PO Box 399, Waukee, Iowa 50263
515-321-1960 www.generationword.com
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