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An end time and scriptural model of evangelism can quicken the fulfillment of the Great Commission

All local churches can be trained and empowered to hold relatively small, inexpensive meetings where miraculous healings draw neighborhood unbelievers to Christ

When we think of completing the Great Commission to the billions of Musl__ms, Hindus, and Buddhists who resist the gospel, we come to the conclusion that without accompanying miraculous signs and healings we can only draw a few to faith and ultimate discipleship in Christ. Most will need to see concrete proof that Jesus is who we say He is. Scripturally, the proof should be the miracles done in His name (John 20:30-31). Because of this, the Lord has raised up a handful of world-class evangelists who hold great mass Crusades where hundreds of thousands of people gather to hear the gospel and to witness mighty miracles of healing and deliverance as the evangelist ministers. However, the gospel has still not yet been preached to every creature and not all nations have been discipled. A handful of anointed evangelists is simply not enough to get the job done. Unfortunately, the rest of the body of Christ has not been engaged in this kind of evangelism. Why?

Large mass Crusades are often prohibitively expensive for local churches. And they lack the special gifting for healing that is thought to be needed. After the Crusade, the miracles cease, the excitement dies down, and it's back to business as usual in the participating churches. Moreover, the rate of new converts actually added to local churches as a result of participation in a mass Crusade is extremely low. One key Indian pastor in Ipoh, Malaysia said that in the large Crusades often held in India, large numbers of people---as high as 50,000---are reported to have accepted Christ. He said that if one adds up all the souls saved in all these Crusades, the total would exceed the current population of India. This likely means that most of the people "getting saved" at these Crusades are already saved.

However, because of what we have just witnessed in four different venues in Malaysia (see below), we believe the Lord is giving the Church an End Time and effective model for preaching the gospel to every creature. Any local church, network of churches, or organization can be trained and empowered to hold relatively small, affordable gospel meetings where miraculous healings draw neighborhood unbelievers to Christ. Only this on a world-wide scale will lead to the discipling of all nations and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Over thirty churches representing the entire spectrum of the body of Christ here come together in unity to preach the gospel with new power

This past July the Lord opened the door for Brother Bill to minister in Musl__m Malaysia along with his wife Lucy and younger daughters Sarah and Christina. (Older daughter Esther stayed home with William’s elderly mother.) They held training & Crusades in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur as well as a city-wide Campaign in Ipoh, two hours north of the capital. While Bill and Lucy taught the adults, Sarah and Christina were busy teaching the same principles to the children who attended.

Malaysia is a prospering economic powerhouse in Southeast Asia where in some ways the churches are beginning to resemble churches in the United States. Many churches are mature; they are giving and sending churches. And just as in the United States where churches immersed in secular western culture rarely encounter the supernatural, miracles are not commonplace in the life of Malaysian churches. In order to witness miracles, Malaysian believers must go on mission trips to Third World countries like India.

In Ipoh the meetings were organized by the Secretary of the Ipoh Pastors’ Fellowship, Pastor David Tan. Prior to the meetings there was a serious need for revival among the churches. Moreover, with three different language groups---English, Tamil, and Chinese Cantonese---there was a lack of unity between churches. Even within the Tamil-speaking churches and Chinese-speaking churches of the city there were troubling fractures. On top of that there was the usual divide between conservative evangelical churches and their charismatic counterparts.

Bringing the pastors and churches together for a meeting would be difficult, especially in the spiritually lethargic climate of the city. But the Lord gave grace to Pastor David to personally visit the pastors of the city, not to invite them to attend a teaching about healing, but one that might enable them to further the Great Commission. It would be a teaching to raise up an army of nameless and faceless believers who could prove to the world that their Lord is the true God through miraculous healings. In the beginning Pastor David prayed for an impossible goal of 500 registrations knowing that even if 300 people signed up it would be a satisfying turnout.

But Pastor David’s approach struck a responsive chord with the churches, and to everyone's amazement approximately 650 pastors and leaders from over thirty churches representing the entire spectrum of the body of Christ in Ipoh showed up for the two evenings of training. It was historic for Ipoh. The Holy Spirit Himself also graciously showed up, and infirm believers were healed at the demonstrations which capped each evening.

Then began three evenings of evangelistic rallies. The first two evenings for English and Tamil speaking people were attended by over 2,000 people. Brother William told the crowds that Jesus was the only way to the Father and the Lord used the trained believers---both evangelical and charismatic---to heal the sick in the name of Jesus as indisputable proof that He was indeed the Son of God. When the invitation for salvation was given, precious Buddhist and Hindu souls responded. On the third and final night with Cantonese-speaking people present, forty-four mostly Buddhist souls streamed to the front to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. The gospel was so convincing because of the miraculous healings which confirmed its truth. Among many other miracles of healing done in the name of Jesus by the trained believers was that involving a young woman who was completely deaf and dumb since birth. She demonstrated before the amazed crowd that she could indeed hear and speak for the first time in her life.

Of greatest significance is not the total number of souls which accepted Christ during the three evenings. What is most noteworthy is that unlike a typical evangelistic healing service in which the speaker does all the ministry, the Lord used the trained local believers to publicly minister healing to the sick. Brother William only preached the gospel. The conclusion is that a special gifting for healing given only to an elite few is no longer a requirement for an effective evangelistic healing Crusade. We are now in the last days and the Lord is restoring His power to the whole Church, to every witness of Christ. The dry bones of Ezekiel 37 are being resurrected to form a mighty army for the Lord.

Pastor David Tan wrote to Brother William, "We believe that the Lord sent you to teach the evangelicals and remind the pentecostals & charismatics again of things that one part of the body had 'missed out' and the other part of the body had slowly left 'defunct' due to carelessness and disuse. The feedback I've gotten so far is very positive. Many evangelicals....have been most impressed with the 'systematic and biblical way' the subject was taught!"

Miracle healings and the word of God in Malaysia draw Buddhists and Hindus to Christ

In July Brother William was given the opportunity to hold scriptural training on healing as an evangelistic tool in three Kuala Lumpur area churches. His primary host was Pastor Daniel Cheah of His Sanctuary of Glory. Other churches were Destiny Assembly pastored by Jeff Goh and New Life Restoration Centre in Petaling Jaya led by Jeremiah Yap. William first trained the believers in each church and then preached at a climactic evangelistic rally in each church where the believers would heal the sick before the listeners to prove that Jesus has authority to forgive sin.

In the evangelistic services at each church the Lord consistently used the trained believers to perform miracles of healing as Brother William shared the gospel. In each church, the unsaved came to Christ. In the one evangelistic evening at His Sanctuary of Glory, twenty-one Buddhists and Hindus came forward to accept Christ after hearing the word of God and witnessing the miracles.

Hundreds of conservative Plymouth Brethren believers attend The Elijah Challenge Seminar in Singapore

Testimony of Yvonne Foo, wife of Bethesda Church Pastor Dan Foo who hosted Brother William’s Training Seminar & Crusade

“A friend of mine, a full-time worker in one of the Brethren Churches, called me last Thursday to tell me that her pastor was excited about what he had learned and wanted to learn more about healing, to teach it as well as to apply it in his church. She has been praying for such a breakthrough for her pastor. Another friend of mine and her husband applied what she had learned from you on a believer, dying of cancer that very same night. Then on Saturday night while we were at a wedding banquet, we got an SMS from one of our full-time workers in our church telling us about an incident which took place during the program for underprivileged kids in the community. An eight-year-old boy suddenly became violent and had to be held down by four volunteer teachers. She started to pray but nothing happened until one young new teacher immediately applied what she had learned from you. She exercised her God-given authority and commanded the evil spirit (“Brother William” style, she wrote) to leave the boy. He calmed down almost instantaneously. Those present were amazed at the effectiveness of commanding because when this same scenario took place on a previous occasion the teachers prayed and it took some time before the boy calmed down. I challenged Jac, the lady in charge, to present the gospel to this boy and his sister as soon as possible, even the following week. Well, Jac did that yesterday and twenty-five children indicated their acceptance of the Lord Jesus as Savior. The boy and his sister are among them. Alleluia!!! Really made my day!!!

Irene, another full-time ministry worker, wrote to say that she prayed for 3 people who had hearing problems [during the evangelistic rally finale] and she reported that 2 got healed. The church is waiting for more of such testimonies to come in, especially from those who have to get their healing medically certified.”



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		An end time and scriptural model of evangelism can quicken the fulfillment of the Great Commission All local churches can be trained and empowered to hold relatively small, inexpensive meetings where miraculous healings draw neighborhood unbelievers to Christ When we think of completing the Great Commission to the billions of Musl__ms, Hindus, and Buddhists who resist the gospel, we come to the conclusion that without accompanying miraculous signs and healings we can only draw a few to faith and ultimate discipleship in Christ. Most will need to see concrete proof that Jesus is who we say He is. Scripturally, the proof should be the miracles done in His name (John 20:30-31). Because of this, the Lord has raised up a handful of world-class evangelists who hold great mass Crusades where hundreds of thousands of people gather to hear the gospel and to witness mighty miracles of healing and deliverance as the evangelist ministers. However, the gospel has still not yet been preached to every creature and not all nations have been discipled. A handful of anointed evangelists is simply not enough to get the job done. Unfortunately, the rest of the body of Christ has not been engaged in this kind of evangelism. Why? Large mass Crusades are often prohibitively expensive for local churches. And they lack the special gifting for healing that is thought to be needed. After the Crusade, the miracles cease, the excitement dies down, and it's back to business as usual in the participating churches. Moreover, the rate of new converts actually added to local churches as a result of participation in a mass Crusade is extremely low. One key Indian pastor in Ipoh, Malaysia said that in the large Crusades often held in India, large numbers of people---as high as 50,000---are reported to have accepted Christ. He said that if one adds up all the souls saved in all these Crusades, the total would exceed the current population of India. This likely means that most of the people "getting saved" at these Crusades are already saved. However, because of what we have just witnessed in four different venues in Malaysia (see below), we believe the Lord is giving the Church an End Time and effective model for preaching the gospel to every creature. Any local church, network of churches, or organization can be trained and empowered to hold relatively small, affordable gospel meetings where miraculous healings draw neighborhood unbelievers to Christ. Only this on a world-wide scale will lead to the discipling of all nations and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Over thirty churches representing the entire spectrum of the body of Christ here come together in unity to preach the gospel with new power This past July the Lord opened the door for Brother Bill to minister in Musl__m Malaysia along with his wife Lucy and younger daughters Sarah and Christina. (Older daughter Esther stayed home with William’s elderly mother.) They held training & Crusades in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur as well as a city-wide Campaign in Ipoh, two hours north of the capital. While Bill and Lucy taught the adults, Sarah and Christina were busy teaching the same principles to the children who attended. Malaysia is a prospering economic powerhouse in Southeast Asia where in some ways the churches are beginning to resemble churches in the United States. Many churches are mature; they are giving and sending churches. And just as in the United States where churches immersed in secular western culture rarely encounter the supernatural, miracles are not commonplace in the life of Malaysian churches. In order to witness miracles, Malaysian believers must go on mission trips to Third World countries like India. In Ipoh the meetings were organized by the Secretary of the Ipoh Pastors’ Fellowship, Pastor David Tan. Prior to the meetings there was a serious need for revival among the churches. Moreover, with three different language groups---English, Tamil, and Chinese Cantonese---there was a lack of unity between churches. Even within the Tamil-speaking churches and Chinese-speaking churches of the city there were troubling fractures. On top of that there was the usual divide between conservative evangelical churches and their charismatic counterparts. Bringing the pastors and churches together for a meeting would be difficult, especially in the spiritually lethargic climate of the city. But the Lord gave grace to Pastor David to personally visit the pastors of the city, not to invite them to attend a teaching about healing, but one that might enable them to further the Great Commission. It would be a teaching to raise up an army of nameless and faceless believers who could prove to the world that their Lord is the true God through miraculous healings. In the beginning Pastor David prayed for an impossible goal of 500 registrations knowing that even if 300 people signed up it would be a satisfying turnout. But Pastor David’s approach struck a responsive chord with the churches, and to everyone's amazement approximately 650 pastors and leaders from over thirty churches representing the entire spectrum of the body of Christ in Ipoh showed up for the two evenings of training. It was historic for Ipoh. The Holy Spirit Himself also graciously showed up, and infirm believers were healed at the demonstrations which capped each evening. Then began three evenings of evangelistic rallies. The first two evenings for English and Tamil speaking people were attended by over 2,000 people. Brother William told the crowds that Jesus was the only way to the Father and the Lord used the trained believers---both evangelical and charismatic---to heal the sick in the name of Jesus as indisputable proof that He was indeed the Son of God. When the invitation for salvation was given, precious Buddhist and Hindu souls responded. On the third and final night with Cantonese-speaking people present, forty-four mostly Buddhist souls streamed to the front to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. The gospel was so convincing because of the miraculous healings which confirmed its truth. Among many other miracles of healing done in the name of Jesus by the trained believers was that involving a young woman who was completely deaf and dumb since birth. She demonstrated before the amazed crowd that she could indeed hear and speak for the first time in her life. Of greatest significance is not the total number of souls which accepted Christ during the three evenings. What is most noteworthy is that unlike a typical evangelistic healing service in which the speaker does all the ministry, the Lord used the trained local believers to publicly minister healing to the sick. Brother William only preached the gospel. The conclusion is that a special gifting for healing given only to an elite few is no longer a requirement for an effective evangelistic healing Crusade. We are now in the last days and the Lord is restoring His power to the whole Church, to every witness of Christ. The dry bones of Ezekiel 37 are being resurrected to form a mighty army for the Lord. Pastor David Tan wrote to Brother William, "We believe that the Lord sent you to teach the evangelicals and remind the pentecostals & charismatics again of things that one part of the body had 'missed out' and the other part of the body had slowly left 'defunct' due to carelessness and disuse. The feedback I've gotten so far is very positive. Many evangelicals....have been most impressed with the 'systematic and biblical way' the subject was taught!" Three Kuala Lumpur churches witness miraculous healings through believers as the gospel is preached Miracle healings and the word of God in Malaysia draw Buddhists and Hindus to Christ In July Brother William was given the opportunity to hold scriptural training on healing as an evangelistic tool in three Kuala Lumpur area churches. His primary host was Pastor Daniel Cheah of His Sanctuary of Glory. Other churches were Destiny Assembly pastored by Jeff Goh and New Life Restoration Centre in Petaling Jaya led by Jeremiah Yap. William first trained the believers in each church and then preached at a climactic evangelistic rally in each church where the believers would heal the sick before the listeners to prove that Jesus has authority to forgive sin. In the evangelistic services at each church the Lord consistently used the trained believers to perform miracles of healing as Brother William shared the gospel. In each church, the unsaved came to Christ. In the one evangelistic evening at His Sanctuary of Glory, twenty-one Buddhists and Hindus came forward to accept Christ after hearing the word of God and witnessing the miracles. Hundreds of conservative Plymouth Brethren believers attend The Elijah Challenge Seminar in Singapore Testimony of Yvonne Foo, wife of Bethesda Church Pastor Dan Foo who hosted Brother William’s Training Seminar & Crusade “A friend of mine, a full-time worker in one of the Brethren Churches, called me last Thursday to tell me that her pastor was excited about what he had learned and wanted to learn more about healing, to teach it as well as to apply it in his church. She has been praying for such a breakthrough for her pastor. Another friend of mine and her husband applied what she had learned from you on a believer, dying of cancer that very same night. Then on Saturday night while we were at a wedding banquet, we got an SMS from one of our full-time workers in our church telling us about an incident which took place during the program for underprivileged kids in the community. An eight-year-old boy suddenly became violent and had to be held down by four volunteer teachers. She started to pray but nothing happened until one young new teacher immediately applied what she had learned from you. She exercised her God-given authority and commanded the evil spirit (“Brother William” style, she wrote) to leave the boy. He calmed down almost instantaneously. Those present were amazed at the effectiveness of commanding because when this same scenario took place on a previous occasion the teachers prayed and it took some time before the boy calmed down. I challenged Jac, the lady in charge, to present the gospel to this boy and his sister as soon as possible, even the following week. Well, Jac did that yesterday and twenty-five children indicated their acceptance of the Lord Jesus as Savior. The boy and his sister are among them. Alleluia!!! Really made my day!!! Irene, another full-time ministry worker, wrote to say that she prayed for 3 people who had hearing problems [during the evangelistic rally finale] and she reported that 2 got healed. The church is waiting for more of such testimonies to come in, especially from those who have to get their healing medically certified.”
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