Egypt
Team Members learn to minister "mass healing" in
Christ's name
In mass evangelistic Crusade meetings in Third World countries, the evangelist
will sometimes ask Jesus to heal the sick as He did 2,000 years ago when
He was on earth in human form. This is done to show God's compassion to
the infirm as well as to demonstrate His great power. Such a demonstration
of power is the visible evidence which confirms the message of the gospel
to the listeners. Such miracles offer convincing proof to the listeners
that Jesus is the Son of God and the only Savior.
When the
crowds number in the thousands, the evangelist does not have enough time
or strength to lay hands on and pray over each individual person. Instead
he or she may minister to the sick through what is called "mass healing."
The minister will pray over the entire crowd of sick people at the same
time. The Lord will heal whom He wills to heal simultaneously, and people
will come forward to testify publically of their healing. This brings
much glory to God before the people.
In our large
Tent Crusade meetings in Upper Egypt, I usually ministered in this way.
After I ministered mass healing in Christ's name in one particular meeting,
people came forward to testify of what the Lord had just done. Among them
was a young deaf woman who testified that the Lord had restored her hearing.
A middle-aged man with severe back problems came up to the platform to
share with great excitement that the Lord had completely and instantly
healed his back. On the stage he bent way down several times to touch
his toes and straightened up vigorously with absolutely no difficulty,
delighting the amazed crowd of thousands. God was greatly glorified in
the midst of the Egyptians, who had never before witnessed such things.
Later I would hear reports of other people who had been healed at the
same time, but did not testify publically.
After the
Tent Crusade, our team of sixteen traveled north to Cairo where team members
were given the opportunity to minister in individual church meetings.
In this setting some of them decided to attempt what they had seen me
do in the big Tent meetings. The Lord was very gracious. From oral reports
I have heard so far, I've gleaned that the Lord used eleven of the other
team members to minister mass healing to the sick in church meetings.
God is restoring His power to his people, and not just a few! This
may be training for future mass crusade evangelists to reach the billions
of Musl__ms, Hindus, and Buddhists who have not yet heard.
Charlotte
Chandler
The following is the testimony of Charlotte Chandler, an African-American
sister on our Egypt team who is a member of St. John's Downtown United
Methodist Church. This happened on the Sunday after she returned to the
United States....
Hello
:) I just wanted to tell you that God
is continuing His mighty works.....Sunday at church Pastor Rudy Rasmus
had me come up and share a little about my trip and the signs and
wonders.
Afterwards he asked me to minister healing to the congregation. I ministered
the corporate mass healing to the congregation with "MOUNTAIN-MOVING
FAITH" without any hesitation. It went forth with a mighty
move of God; afterwards he asked people to stand if they were healed
and about
ten people did stand with two testimonies......God is good!
Deborah
Wallace
At the Embaba Giza church there was a lady that stands out in my mind
when we ministered mass healing. I told everyone who was sick or had pain
to stand and to put their hand on the part of their body which was infirm
or painful. I then prayed and commanded the pain and sickness to go in
Jesus' Name. And I then asked who felt that the Lord had healed them.
There was one lady in the back who looked at me as if I was insane. After
she looked at me for a few awkward moments, I asked her if the Lord had
healed her. She was surprised because she had had severe pain in her head
for a long time and all of a sudden the pain was gone. She came forward
and testified what the Lord had done. Praise the Lord! There were a couple
of other ladies who also raised their hands but I never had the opportunity
to talk with them.
At one of the Peniel churches there was a particular woman who stood out
when the Lord healed her body (I do not remember exactly what was wrong
with her), but she did not want to accept Christ. But the very next night
after the preaching and mass healing she came forward toward the end and
said she wanted to accept Christ. She was healed one night and the next
night accepted Christ. During the mass healings there were usually several
who would be healed but would get lost in the shuffle of praying for the
people.
Steve
Austin
At a couple of the church services, I ministered mass healing and
many people were healed then. It seemed as though God just wanted to
heal to reveal Himself and win lost souls and it didn't matter how
we ministered ---people were healed.
Jennifer
Campbell
On several occasions I had the opportunity to minister mass healing
in Cairo. Each time I ministered someone got healed. It would be something
like back pain or arthritis or headache.
Randy
Campbell
I
witnessed God heal many people of various infirmities through the laying
on of hands and also in ministering mass healing.