About

Knowing the Time Ministries

This ministry began as a small group class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Princeton, West Virginia in 2014. The class was simply known as the “Christian Issues” class and was taught by Russ Alvis. The Lord led Russ to begin this class as a way to educate the church members on issues dealing with the growing attacks in America on the family, our faith, and our freedom. As the class developed, the Lord began to show Russ the connections between many of these current events in our world and how many of these events are preparing for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only could the class be used to educate and equip churches and pastors but it could also be used to reach the lost. Over the years, the Lord has shown Russ the urgency to get this information out to as many local churches as possible. In order to expand this outreach beyond the walls of his local church, Russ followed the Lord’s leading in March 2022 to begin a weekly radio broadcast called “Knowing the Time” broadcast on 103.3 “The Way” FM, a gospel radio station in Princeton, WV. Since then, Russ has new taken steps to increase the outreach of this ministry through this website. Knowing the Time Ministries seeks to do the following:

To educate believers on current events and Christian issues from a Biblical worldview, in order to equip the church to have a Biblical understanding of the times (Deut 6:6-9; Josh. 1:8; 2 Sam. 22:31; Ps. 119:9-11, 89; Matt. 5:17-19; Matt. 7:24-29; Eph. 4:14-15; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Peter 1:22-25; 1 Chr. 12:32; Hosea 4:6; Rom. 13:11-12; Eph. 4:11-12; 2 Tim. 3:1-7).

To prepare God’s people, especially pastors and church leaders to be spiritual watchmen for our families, churches, and nation (Ezek. 3:17-21; Ps. 9:17; Is. 62:6; Jer. 6:16-17; Mark 13:35-37).

To motivate Christians to be salt and light and put their faith into action by being witnesses for the truth and standing for righteousness against the spiritual darkness and moral decay in our nation (Matt. 5:13-16; James 2:14-26; Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8).

To encourage Christians to participate in their government by voting and communication with elected leaders (Prov. 11:10-11,14;Prov. 14:34; Prov. 15:22; Prov. 21:1,3; Prov. 29:2; Luke 12:42-48; Luke 19:12-17; Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:8-11; 1Peter 2:13-17).

To motivate believers to pray specifically for our government, our people, and the events taking place in our nation (Mark 13:33; Luke 11:9; Phil. 4:6-7; 1 Tim. 2:1-4; 1 Thess. 5:17; James 4:3-4; James 5:16-18; 1 Peter 4:7).

To emphasize that behind the scenes there is spiritual warfare being fought of the souls of men (Eph. 6:10-18; Dan. 10:10-13; 2 Tim. 2:3-4; 2 Tim. 4:7-8; 1 Peter 5:8-9).

To prepare our hearts for revival (2 Chr. 7:14; Ps. 51:1-19; Ps. 85:6; Ps. 138:7; Is. 1:18).

We must realize that in these perilous times in America, Jesus Christ is our only hope. We must continue to preach the Gospel so that souls are saved but also defend our God given liberties that are under attack. This all begins with giving God’s people a Biblical understanding of our times for such a time as this.