- (Photo: Loop Net)ROC megachurch's original building is on the market for $2.6 million in Richmond, Va.
By Jessica Martinez, CP Contributor
Monday, August 5, 2013
ROC Megachurch Puts Its First Church Building Property Up for Sale
Billy Graham: If Ever There Was a Time America Needed God's Intervention, It's Now
- (Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar)Evangelist Billy Graham
By Alex Murashko, Christian Post Reporter
In anticipation of a nationwide evangelism event this November to coincide with his 95th birthday, renowned preacher Billy Graham released a letter through his association this week in which he says that America needs a spiritual awakening more than ever before.
"If ever there was a time this country needed the intervention of God, it is now," writes Graham in the letter published on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website. "We can and should pray for America as a whole, but remember that when God sets out to change a nation, He begins by changing people. It starts with individuals."
Graham said that there are a lot of things that his health and strength no longer permit him to do, but that there are still many things he can do, "and one of them is pray." He writes that he is praying fervently for "a fresh spiritual awakening in America."
The "My Hope America with Billy Graham" project that will culminate in November with a video/TV special will feature new footage of Graham giving an evangelistic message. BGEA encourages participants to reach out to people they already know and engage in meaningful conversation and connections as a catalyst for sharing the hope and love found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
While one-on-one conversations will be the root of this relationship evangelism outreach, there will be special evangelistic programs available in a wide range of formats including TV, DVD and Internet that people can share to reinforce the message. The programs will feature life-changing testimonies and powerful messages from Billy Graham.
The first evangelistic program was released in March entitled Defining Moments. It features the stories of three individuals – illusionist Jim Munroe, NFL player David Tyree and musical artist Lacey Sturm – who found success in their careers yet were still searching for hope. The second program in the series – Lose to Gain – was released in June. It follows the stories of skateboarder Brian Sumner, comedian Michael Jr. and young professional Shannon Culpepper, each searching for something this world ultimately couldn't provide.
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These programs, along with additional programs under development, and Graham's message, will serve as the evangelistic thrust behind the implementation of the project in November, says BGEA.
"Along with all the encouraging visits from grandchildren and great-grandchildren this summer, I've had a video camera crew helping me tape, from my home, the things I feel strongly that God is leading me to say to America," writes Graham. "Please pray that God will work in the completion of this program and that He will use it in a mighty way.
"You can invite people you know to watch the program with you in November. Ask God to touch their hearts as they watch. Thousands and thousands of believers in every part of the country are preparing to do that."
Graham encourages each Christian to make sure their pastor knows about the My Hope America project. More than 16,000 churches in all 50 states have signed up to participate so far. He also asks people to sign up for the outreach project as an individual.
"This is a huge undertaking, but we strongly believe the outreach and all needed materials should remain free of charge to those who participate," states Graham. "We are trusting God for the financial resources, and we are asking Him to lay it on your heart to help with a generous and sacrificial gift for My Hope America.
"Most of all, we ask for your prayers and participation so that the hope of the Gospel can touch not only people across the nation, but people you personally know and care about."
Saturday, August 3, 2013
GOMERM SETS FOR 14TH ANNUAL POWER CONFERENCE AUGUST 8-11, 2013, ITS ANOTHER SEASON OF BLESSINGS
It is a new season, a new year to celebrate another milestone in the life of the great apostolic and prophetic Christian ministry superintended by the humble, diligent, unassuming and dynamic man of God, Dr. James Oluwole Akanbi. The ministry is the God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM) born 14 years ago with a strong mission to counter the revival of the devil at this end –time.
Dr. James Oluwole Akanbi, General Overseer, GOMERM |
Sunday August 11, 2013 marks the beginning of another year for the church to consolidate on the previous year’s spiritual gains and also gather more saints for the great task of waging serious war against the antics of the devil.
The day will feature prophetic impartation and anointing service to hold at the Foursquare Church Camp Ground, Orisunmbare, Pipeline, Idimu, Lagos, Nigeria. The team of the ‘From Destination to Destiny: Time for Prophetic Transfiguration.
According to Pastor Joseph Olorunfemi, the Director of Crusades and Missions, the Power Conference which is the climax of a three –day activities lined up to celebrate the season, is expected to host no less than 10,000 Christian worshippers including visitors and members of the church at home and abroad.
Activities lined up for the annual conference tagged ‘Zion 2013’ include Revival Hour slated for August 8 and 9, 2013 at the impressive Headquarters auditorium of the church situated on 2/4 Femi Bankole Close, Pab Bus stop, Arida, Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria. Each day service starts at 6pm prompt and the visiting ministers of God billed to preside on each day include Pastor Aanu Ojo and Prophet Ogundare of the Christ Apostolic Church.
For easy access to the venue of the Power Conference, especially for new visitors, the church has concluded plans to provide free shuttle services with buses that will be positioned at locations around the host local government area.
The celebration is an annual tradition which started 13 years ago at the place of origin of the church, Baba Oba, along Egbeda –Idimu Road, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State in Nigeria ans subsequently held an its camp ground in Ofada, Ogun State. The decision to hold this year’s conference at the Foursquare Camp Ground according to one of the church elders is to greatly reach out to people in the city with the gospel of Christ Jesus.
GOMERM’s annual conference apart from being a forum to celebrate another milestone in the life of the church is also aimed at spreading the word of God beyond the walls of the church. It is also a life changing event from which great testimonies have always emerged.
See below some of the life changing experiences of people that took part in the previous conference.
INCESSANT STILL BIRTH SUCCUMBED TO PROPHETIC ORDER
Sister Aina was at the last conference with problem of regular still birth spanning five years. After a prophetic intervention and powerful prayer, she became pregnant again and today she is carrying her baby girl, thus disgracing the power behind her ordeal.
TEN YEAR BARRENESS TERMINATED
It was just a prophetic word statement that “God has answered a career woman who is looking for the fruit of the womb” that opened the miracle for Sister B. She was at the Ofada conference in one of the previous years and from that anointing, the sister who had been barren for 10 years became pregnant the month after the conference and she is now a mother.
DEBTOR PAY BACK DEBT, BLESSED WITH A CAR
Brother J. had a troubling debt of over half -of -a million hanging on him as at the time he attended the conference at Ofada, He cried unto the God of mercy and his debt was miraculously liquidated after meeting a benefactor. Within a space of three months the brother who was hitherto living through a hard time acquired a brand new car to the glory of God.
FIBROID, OVARIAN CYST BOWED TO GOD OF MERCY
“Last year I told God to heal me by a divine operation as the man of God was ministering. After the conference I saw a doctor coming to me in my dream and took something out of my intestine and I woke up. When I went back to the hospital for test, I was told that the fibroid and ovarian cyst had disappeared. Praise God!” This is the testimony of Sister Funmi who attended the conference with the problems of fibroid and ovarian cyst already scheduled for surgical operation by medical doctors at a cost of 400,000 naira.
SEVEN- POINT PRAYERS ANSWERED
“I bless the name of the Lord God of Zion. Last year during the conference, I wrote seven-point prayers and presented before God. These include examination success for my husband a visa to pursue his post graduate course in the United Kingdom, provision of a good job and healing from hypertension. To the glory of God all the prayer points were answered.”
CHANGE OF GENOTYPE AND HEALING OF 26 YEARS RHEUMATISM
“It must be a miracle.” This was the submission of a group of doctors who were stunned by the work of God in the life of their patient, Sister Yemi. Indeed it was a miracle for the doctors who discovered that what man cannot do, the Lord Jesus Christ can do. During one of the past conference, the Lord used the case of Sister Yemi to prove the point as established in the Bible that he can do all things. The sister has been down with 26 -year- old rheumatism, the product of what the doctors diagnosed as uncommon genotype. But in his wonderful ways, during ministration by the man of God she was touched and her situation changed- genotype corrected, no more rheumatism.
Alabama state champion coach and AD fired for being a member of the wrong church
By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally
One of the most successful coaches in the state of Alabama is suddenly out of a job after he was dismissed for what initially seems to be a remarkably trivial reason: He attends the wrong church.
East Memorial Christian Academy, here playing in blue, is without its coach weeks before kickoff — BeRecruited
As reported by the Montgomery Advertiser, Prattville (Ala.) East Memorial Christian Academy super coach Scott Phillips, who led the school’s football program to its first state playoff birth in years and coached the boys basketball team to the first state title in any sport, was dismissed because he refused to force his family to attend East Memorial Baptist Church.
While Phillips had never been forced to attend the school’s affiliated church when he was only a coach, that changed when he became the school’s athletic director. As confirmed by the Advertiser, East Memorial Christian Academy’s athletic director was expected to attend the East Memorial Baptist Church, even though there was allegedly not an official clause in the contract requiring such attendance.
Now former East Memorial Christian Academy coach Scott Phillips — USA Today/Montgomery Advertiser
Phillips tried to make that work, getting his family to start each Sunday at a 9 a.m. service at East Memorial before attending an 11 a.m. service at his family’s church of choice, Church of the Highlands. Eventually that routine began to make Phillips feel dishonest, leading to a conversation with East Memorial officials where the coach and AD told them he didn’t feel comfortable attending Sunday services at East Memorial Baptist.
That was the last conversation he would have as the school’s AD.
"I was 30 seconds from turning the job down because of the church issue," Phillips told the Advertiser. "They wanted me to transition from the Church of the Highlands to East Memorial. I never really liked that, so I went back in my administrator’s office and told them I was willing to give this a try, but I don’t know how this will work out?
"That was the last thing said."
Phillips insists that he tried to shift his family from Church of the Highlands to Eastern Memorial Baptist, but said he never reached any level of comfort about the decision. Eventually, he had to deal with the situation head-on, hoping that Eastern Memorial officials would be reasonable about his faith.
That was apparently too much to ask.
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