Midweek scripture, plainly taught, ending at the altar.
Each episode is a midweek message from Atlanta West Pentecostal Church, built passage by passage through books like Acts, Matthew, Exodus and Philippians. The teaching stays plain-spoken and pastoral, ending most nights with a call to the altar and prayer.
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AWPC Midweek Services collects the Wednesday night messages from Atlanta West Pentecostal Church. The format is consistent. A passage is read aloud, a theme is named, and then the text is opened line by line. There is no panel, no co-host, no interview structure. What carries the episode is a single voice moving through scripture with confidence and very little hedging. The register is warm and pastoral, closer to a pulpit than a studio. Sentences repeat and circle back, restating a point in different words until it settles. The subject matter ranges wide within the Bible. Acts 10 supplies Cornelius the Roman captain and his message to send for Peter in Joppa. The same message supplies Philip leaving revival in Samaria for a desert road, joining a chariot where an Ethiopian is reading a fragment of Isaiah. Matthew 26 and the parallel gospel accounts supply the arrest in the garden, Peter's sword, Malchus' severed ear and the healing that followed. Exodus 1 supplies Shiphrah and Puah, the midwives who refused Pharaoh's order and told him the Hebrew women were lively. Philippians 3 supplies Paul reaching forth toward the prize, which becomes a question put to the room: are you still reaching? Isaiah 55 supplies the window of opportunity to seek the Lord while he may be found. Alongside the exposition runs a practical, congregational thread. Messages talk openly about outreach mechanics — Easter invitation cards, a billboard, direct mail, a family who found the church from a card pinned to a restaurant bulletin board. They talk about baptism in Jesus' name, changing rooms and garments, conversion cards and follow-up. They talk about a stated cultural identity: multicultural, multigenerational, focused on children's and youth ministry as the most open field. The teaching does not stay abstract for long. Doctrine is laid out, then applied, then turned into an appeal. Most episodes close at the altar, with prayer for restored purpose or a plea against spiritual lethargy. The voice addresses listeners as a room, with calls to attention and short affirmations that keep the service moving. Listeners looking for polished production or a debate format will not find one here. What is on offer is unedited midweek teaching from a working church, delivered with momentum and a clear pastoral aim. It suits anyone who wants sustained scripture exposition rather than commentary about it, and anyone curious about how a Pentecostal congregation actually talks to itself in the middle of the week.
Made for: Listeners who want verse-by-verse Bible teaching from a Pentecostal pulpit, including members of Atlanta West Pentecostal Church and anyone who follows sermon podcasts for sustained exposition rather than commentary. It also suits people interested in practical church life — outreach, baptism, altar ministry — described from inside a working congregation.
What sets it apart: Rather than polished sermon segments, these are full midweek services with the congregational business left in: outreach card counts, baptism logistics, altar team instructions, all folded into the same message as the scripture exposition.
Messages from our midweek worship service at Atlanta West Pentecostal Church. Watch live Sundays at 9 am and 11:30 am and Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. Pastor Darrell Johns.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close scriptural reading leads steadily toward Pentecostal doctrine, congregational prayer, and practical obedience.
AWPC Midweek Services turns close Bible reading into direct congregational teaching. Darrell Johns typically starts with a passage, supplies its scriptural context, and follows the argument toward prayer or action.
Pastor Darrell Johns takes you from Peter's sword swing to a prayer about your own purpose.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A sermon on obedience, providential encounters, and responding when God redirects the path.
Acts 10 anchors this episode in Cornelius, Peter, and the claim that God is no respecter of persons. The sermon then moves through a series of providential meetings: Philip with the Ethiopian eunuch reading Isaiah, Ananias with Saul, and Peter and John with the lame man.
A vivid sermon on Simon Peter's denial, restoration, and renewed purpose.
Simon Peter's fall and restoration shape the sermon around a familiar human turn: the disciple who insists he will not deny Jesus, draws a sword at the arrest, then follows at a distance into the high priest's courtyard.
A sermon that turns Shiphrah and Pua's courage into a practical vision for a lively Easter church.
A Lively Church frames its call through Exodus, where Shiphrah and Pua fear God, resist Egypt's command, and keep the male children alive. Their courage becomes the sermon’s image of a "lively" church, carried into Easter Sunday, a week of prayer and fasting, and a wider…
A pastoral sermon on urgent response and care for the next generation.
Windows of Opportunity frames Isaiah 55:6-7 as a call to seek the Lord while the moment is still open. It begins with Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus passing through Jericho, then treats that meeting as a rare chance that would not simply return on demand.
A clear sermon on 2 Corinthians 9:8 frames God's provision as a call to cheerful giving and good works.
"Abound" stays close to 2 Corinthians 9:8, treating the word as both comfort and charge: God's grace supplies enough, and that sufficiency is meant to spill over into good works.
A steady Bible study turns Paul's question about tongues into a firm teaching and a call to prayer.
This PlayNext single-episode review follows a Bible study on 1 Corinthians 12:30 as it traces Paul's question about tongues through Acts 2 and Acts 10.
A sermon about becoming a house of prayer and keeping that calling alive.
This midweek service reads Mark 11 through the image of a church, and a life, becoming a house of prayer. The speaker sets Jesus' words about a house for all nations against the tables, money changers, and sellers in the temple, then turns that scene toward the work of keeping a…
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
A sermon exploring the biblical concept of being spiritually minded versus carnally minded, emphasizing it as a choice with indicators from scripture.
Pastor Darrell Johns of Atlanta West Pentecostal Church delivers a Bible study on speaking in tongues, focusing on 1 Corinthians 12:30.
Pastor Darrell Johns preaches on 'A House of Prayer' from Mark 11:17, focusing on Jesus cleansing the temple.
A sermon on choosing the eternal over the temporal, using the biblical story of Martha and Mary.
A sermon on prioritizing God and righteousness as the key to spiritual and practical success, using Matthew 6:33 as the foundation.
A sermon on the transforming power of the gospel, emphasizing that believers become new creations in Christ and are called to the ministry of reconciliation.
A sermon reflecting on the angelic announcement of Jesus' birth and the wonder of God becoming flesh.
AWPC Midweek Services' "God-Ordained Encounter" uses Acts 3, Acts 8, Acts 9, and Acts 10 to trace how God stages evangelism.
AWPC Midweek Services uses Simon Peter's arc in Matthew 16, Matthew 26, Luke 22, Mark 16, and John 21 to frame the title "Living Between Two Fires." The speaker contrasts Peter's early confidence, including "thou art the Christ," with Jesus' warning that Peter will deny him three times before the cock crows.
AWPC Midweek Services' 'A Lively Church' opens with Exodus 1:15-19, where Shiphrah and Pua fear God and save Hebrew boys from Pharaoh's order.
A sermon urging believers to continue actively pursuing their spiritual goals and not succumb to complacency, based on Philippians 3:12-14.
A pastor discusses the importance of reading and reaching people for evangelism, using Proverbs 11:30 as a foundation, and announces an upcoming Easter outreach campaign.
AWPC Midweek Services: "Windows of Opportunity" uses Isaiah 55:6 and Zacchaeus in Jericho to argue that time is not equal in opportunity.
AWPC Midweek Services' "Abound" centers on 2 Corinthians 9:8, where the speaker lingers on "all grace" and "abound" as the key words.