Rev. Robert Test has embraced the New Thought movement since he attended a workshop in Birmingham, Alabama with Catherine Ponder in 1978, and then spent several years with Dr. Jay Dishman at the UNITY church in Atlanta, Ga. where he was Platform Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors.

After moving to Dallas, Texas in the mid 1980’s, Robert began studying with Dr. Arthur Ingalls and was ordained in the Flow of the Spirit Church after a three year ordination program. Upon Rev. Ingalls’ retirement in 1999, Robert assumed the full time ministerial duties for Flow of the Spirit Church.

In addition to being a professional speaker and trainer, Robert is a Master NLP Practitioner and Reiki Master. Robert’s passion is to inspire himself and others to find full and complete expression in living a creative and purposeful life.

Rev. Madelyn Test has been active in New Thought ideas since 1978, and has worked as the Director of Unity Sunday School programs in Mobile, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. Madelyn is certified as a Medium and Spiritual Healer. She is a Reiki Master, a Master NLP Practitioner, a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Past Life Regressionist. She is also a part of the adjunct faculty at Grayson College, where she conducts management and leadership workshops for local organizations.

Madelyn has studied with Carol Ann Liaros, a nationally known psychic with the A.R.E. She has acquired many spiritual strategies to share with others in helping them find their own innate abilities, and now collaborates with her husband as co-pastor and a board member of Flow of the Spirit Church.

Flow of the Spirit is a new thought type Church based on Spiritual ideas taught in the Bible. The church was founded on the principles expressed by Joel Goldsmith in his many books and tapes. Also included in our ministry are the teachings of Practical Christianity from Charles and Myrtle Fillmore of the UNITY Organization, Religious Science, and other New Thought Christian organizations.

Flow of the Spirit maintains an extensive library of metaphysical and spiritual books for use in its center in Van Alstyne.

Dr. Arthur B. Ingalls

History: The Church was incorporated in 1975 by Dr. Arthur Ingalls and a group who were meeting at his house on Park Lane in Dallas, Texas as a study group. The Church held services throughout North Dallas, utilizing hotels and public facilities as meeting places. Dr. Ingalls had been an Army Chaplain and a Christian Science practitioner. The foundation of the Church was based upon Dr. Ingalls' study of Joel Goldsmith and his ordination as a Minister in the Today Church founded by Rev. Bud and Carman Moshier.

In 1980, Jacqui Whitfield, a member of the church, purchased property at the Rolling Hills development in Van Alstyne, Texas. After investigating the area at the invitation of Jacqui, Rev. Ingalls and the Board purchased five acres for a church in the Rolling Hills development. The property was purchased with a $5,000 loan from Bementa Ingalls, which was subsequently paid in full by the Church. The property is registered in in the name Flow of the Spirit at the Grayson County Court House.

Rev. Ingalls and a group of volunteers built the 20X20 Pyramid Chapel building in 1984, and began holding Sunday Services in the building. The Church also held Easter Sunrise Services, New Year's Eve Services and other events in this new building.

In 1986 Rev. Ingalls and others poured the foundation for what is now the "Ingalls' Spiritual Center." Over the next six years, Rev. Ingalls continued working on the center as donations came in from members to purchase the materials. The building was completed in the early 1980's.

In 1988 Rev. Robert Test was ordained as Minister of Flow of the Spirit Church. Rev. Test moved to Atlanta, Georgia and then Orlando, Florida because of business commitments. At the request of Dr. Ingalls in the Spring of 1999, Rev. Test returned to the Church and became the full-time Minister upon Dr. Ingalls' retirement.

In 2002, the Board of Directors voted to build a 32' diameter dome building, developed and constructed by Monolithic Dome, Inc. of Italy, Texas. The building was built for expansion of the facilities at the Center. It was finished and occupied as a new church facility in the Spring of 2003. It is now our major church building.

Stained Glass Window located in the Arthur B. Ingalls Spiritual Center