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Missionaries from all over the world have seldom been strangers to danger, hunger, discomfort, peril, and war. But a handful seems to have been selected by God for such challenging missions that they need to be called front-line ministers. One of them, unquestionably, is Wes Bentley, founder and currently CEO of Far Reaching Ministries in South Sudan.
God is spreading the fires of revival all across our nation. A few weeks ago, a massive baptismal pool sat right in the middle of the National Mall in Washington DC. Worship services, preaching, baptisms, and individual ministry ran long into the night at a place normally reserved for those with political motivations. However, no political figures spearheaded this event. There were no corporate sponsors. According to Pastor Marty Darracott, the event was “nameless and faceless.” Such an approach ensures that only God is glorified through it.
Anticipation: Fireworks explode over Jerusalem for Jesus
Imagine thousands of God's people coming together in one nation for one day to advance God’s Kingdom. What would it look like, and how could this become a reality? God put that question into the heart of Dominic Russo, founder of Missions.Me. Dominic did his best to work on the idea for several years, even though he was in his early 20s and had no major connections, wealth, or influence. God stepped in and did the rest, giving Dominic favor and opening doors he never could have opened on his own.
Most Americans are comfortable celebrating Columbus Day in October each year to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. He was an Italian captain financed by the king and queen of Spain in 1492. But what most Americans don’t realize is that a sizable and growing number of inhabitants of nations in the Americas don’t recognize the discovery of America as a good thing for them.
Texas is where God breathed life into the nostrils of now 67-year-old Biocence Founder Allan Lord. At just 15 years old, he hitchhiked across the United States. At 19, he went from knowing the God of religion to having a personal encounter with the power of Yeshua HaMashiach, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It was at a hippy commune called Gospel Outreach Lighthouse Ranch in Eureka California, to which Allan drove a '61 VW bus, that he was radically saved.
With 196 million residents, Nigeria is easily the most populous country in Africa and possesses the continent’s most powerful economy. It also has one of the largest protestant churches in Africa, the Redeemed Christian Church of God. A Spirit-filled megachurch with a global evangelistic vision, the RCCG is famous for its monthly Holy Ghost rallies and its gigantic auditorium (1.86 miles x 1.86 miles). Redemption camp quarters are located at the 46-kilometer mark on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Americans who pray for China will also recognize, Midland as the U.S. base of Chinese dissident Bob Fu, prominent outside China for publicly defending persecuted Christians there. GODSPEED Magazine editor in chief David Aikman, who has been friends with Bob for three decades after he and his wife Heidi fled China in 1997 to avoid a forced abortion, spoke to him recently.
Chants and screams deafen the quiet night. Our burning cities cry. Hate’s army is stirring up a losing fight. Forked tongues shouting lies.
How would Jesus feel if he was holding a baby in His arms – one Psalm 139:13-14 says He “knit together” in the womb – before an abortion?
The Chinese Communist Party recently issued a harsh warning to the United States which said China would be morally justified in killing Americans if they assisted in any move making it easier for Taiwan to declare independence from the mainland.
Every Christian’s life has pivotal moments: whether to marry A or B, whether to take a job in this or that, when to start a family, even whether to move to another city and times arise that require 180-degree change.