That year, he went to Fairbanks, where he spent a year. From there, he pastored in Wisconsin, and while on vacation in Anchorage in 1972, Pastor Luna asked Blackshear to take the church there. Blackshear, knowing it was God's will for him to return to Alaska, accepted. The biggest challenges in reaching a state like Alaska are pretty much what one would expect. All these have impacted evangelistic efforts in Alaska.
People are far apart from one another, and churches are also far apart.
To combat that, we make the most of special gatherings, like our summer camp-meetings. We only have a few fellowship rallies that allow us to mingle with other Apostolics. Our ministers and wives have an annual retreat in February which allows for wonderful fellowship. Also helping with the isolation issue is modern technology. Blackshear said in Alaska, both the secular world and Christians make use of telecommunications media such as computers and the Internet.