Following are excerpts from a letter I received  from Elder Matthew Stewart of the Little Primitive Community Church in Jefferson County, Tennessee:

"After watching your videos concerning your Call [to preach] and your Salvation experience, our Church has decided to Ordain you. Since you were not able to be here in person, we have anointed and laid hands on this Certificate of Ordination. Notice the oil stains. Whenever I am out of town and the Church cannot fill in with a Minister, they play your videos for the Sermon."

The Certificate of Ordination is signed by Elder Matthew Stewart, Robert Harris, Trustee, Jonathan Stewart, deacon, and Amande Lawing, trustee.

God called me to preach in 1950, when I accepted Christ as my personal Savior at the age of twelve. Throughout my entire life, my call to do the work of an evangelist has remained and I have never questioned it. As a teenager I started out by preaching in skid row street meetings and mission halls. And I continue to preach to this very day.

Even though many churches will not ask me to preach because I am not ordained, God continues to open doors for me that no one can shut". Rev. 3:8.

A newly licensed minister in a Christian denomination, demanded:: "You will call me Reverend" when the Pastor called her just by her first name. To many, being called Reverend is a status symbol. On the other hand, Jesus sees those in ministry as servants. Mark 10:42-45 Jesus has no titles to give,. Matthew 23:6-11.

There are many whom God has used with powerful ministries who did not want to be called Reverend, and they were not caught up with titles. Just two examples are of this are: Kathryn Kuhlman was referred to as "Miss Kuhlman". Aimee Semple McPherson was called "Sister". This is where the name "Sister Paula" comes from. "Sister" suits me fine -- "Reverend" just isn't me. I will never demand that you call me Reverend. Just the opposite. I still say "don't call me Reverend. Instead, just call me Sister". I am just a sinner saved by the grace of God.

And yet, I accept this Certificate of Ordination from a small congregation in Tennessee with gratitude and humility. And I am going to frame it and put it on my wall. Words cannot express how honored I am. It doesn't matter if major denominations do not recognize me as a "Reverend". This Certificate is a reminder that GOD recognizes my call to preach.

And, most important -- through YouTube clips, a film documentary, and a personal autobiography, my preaching will bless folk long after my departure from this earthly scene.