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Christ is fulfilling His promise in John 14:12
John 14:12 Most assured, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also...In view of Christ's soon appearing, God has begun to restore His miraculous healing power to conservative evangelical believers for the sake of the Great Commission. Many non-Christian people groups simply will not believe in Christ unless they see miraculous signs. For this purpose God is restoring His healing power to His whole Church, evangelical as well as charismatic, in order that together we might complete the Great Commission.
God has begun to use The Elijah Challenge to train evangelical churches and believers how to effectively and consistently minister healing to the sick as a tool for evangelism. In our Seminar, we present principles found in the healing ministries of the Lord Jesus and the apostles Peter and Paul as found in the gospels and Acts. Believers need not speak in tongues or be baptized in the Holy Spirit according to conventional charismatic theology or have the "gift of healing" in order to minister healing for the sake of the gospel. Rather, the crucial element is a desire to preach the gospel, to win souls, to obey the Great Commission. Instead of choosing sides in this evangelical-charismatic debate, we prefer rather to teach that which promotes unity instead of division. Both sides agree that preaching the gospel is an essential element of the Christian walk. Thus the focus and context of the teaching are the preaching of the gospel and winning souls.
In August 2002, our Egypt Campaign was hosted by the evangelical organization Campus Crusade for Christ of Upper Egypt and the local Presbyterian Church. Local believers from Campus Crusade and the Presbyterian Church as well as other evangelical groups were trained how to minister healing. The results were historic. Approximately 10,000 souls accepted Christ in the largest evangelistic campaign in the history of Egypt. Please see Egypt02 for the report of this Campaign.
In November 2002, we held the very first mass evangelistic crusade in the history of Niger, West Africa. The Campaign was sponsored by the evangelical humanitarian organization World Vision. Most of the churches in this Muslim country are conservative evangelical. Thus most of the believers who were trained in the Seminar were evangelicals. In the ensuing mass crusade meetings, evangelical believers stood beside charismatic believers to minister to the sick, and God performed mighty miracles of healing through both the evangelicals as well as the charismatics. Muslims, seeing these miracles, accepted Christ in unprecedented numbers. See Niger02 for the amazing report of this historic Campaign.
In the fall of 2002, The Elijah Challenge held a Seminar at the Monmouth Chinese Christian Church in Holmdel, New Jersey. Their senior pastor is Dr. Paul Chang, who earned a Ph.D. from Westminister Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, well-known for its very conservative theological stance. Yet the teaching was very well received by Dr. Chang, the elders of the church, and the congregation. Dr. Chang has begun to recommend The Elijah Challenge to other Chinese evangelical pastors. See MCCC for the report of this Seminar.
In July 2003, Brother William went to Vietnam and taught the Seminar before 250 pastors and leaders from both evangelical and charismatic backgrounds. Instead of dividing the participants over the issue of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the teaching was well received and promoted unity among the pastors. Following the Seminar took place the largest Crusade meeting in the history of this country under communism, where the Lord used these pastors and leaders of different denominational backgrounds to do powerful miraculous healings. Many souls came to Christ that evening. Click here for the report on this historic Campaign.
In May 2004, The Elijah Challenge held a Seminar for the leaders of the Vietnamese Evangelical Churches of Australia, a denomination of traditional evangelical believers. In the ensuing evangelistic Crusade, the Lord used these believers (as well as charismatic believers) to minister healing to the infirm in Christ's name. The testimonies of miraculous healings resulted in an unprecedented number of Buddhists and idol-worshippers accepting Christ as they heard the word of God. Although the Lord is using these believers in this way, their denomination continues to be a traditional evangelical one. Click here for the report from the leadership of the church in Perth.
Pastor Albert Kang of Malaysia, trained under The Elijah Challenge, wrote after a mission trip to the Philippines:
"Another thing that I had learned from that first seminar and subsequent seminars was the way to present this truth. Pastor William's approach has great advantage because it appeals to people from every denomination. He uses, primarily, scripture verses to convince the participants. Initially, it may look very simple and some times even boring. However, in my recent seminars, I found this approach to be very convincing and effective. As a Pentecostal pastor, it is against my nature not to include some spectacular display of emotion but with this method, I do not need to do that. The Word of God speaks for itself. Rev Olie (Rolando Lapuz), a Conservative Baptist pastor in the Philippines and the chairman of the Bacoor Ministerial Fellowship said that anyone can fight an opinion but no one can fight the pure Word of God.
Incredibly, I am still amazed at how the Evangelical churches are joining hands with the Pentecostals and Charismatics to use the Elijah Challenge Model of End-time Evangelism to heal the sick and bring unbelievers to the saving knowledge of Christ. If someone were to tell me three years ago that I would be conducting healing seminars in churches pastored by Conservative Baptist and other Evangelical pastors, I would not believe him. Ten days ago, I conducted a full-day Elijah Challenge seminar in a Conservative Baptist church, attended by pastors and leaders from 27 churches of many different denominations. It was extremely wonderful just to see so many of these pastors and leaders, who were once sceptical about divine healing, being miraculously healed in this place."
Dr. Charles J. Wisdom, Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church of Katy; and Former Chairman of Trustees, Houston Baptist University, wrote: "I am happy to commend to you the person and ministry of Pastor B. The Lord has gifted B. with keen insight into biblical teachings on POWER ENCOUNTERS and he handles this exciting and potentially controversial subject with great wisdom. I have attended the seminar B. teaches and this led me to invite him to present it in the First Baptist Church of Katy. Any pastor or lay leader will be greatly blessed who sits at the feet of this gifted and humble servant of the Lord."
If your evangelical church or organization would like more information about our Seminar, please contact us. The Lord is restoring His healing power to His evangelical churches for the completion of the Great Commission, especially to non-Christian people groups. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and animists generally must see miracles before they will turn to Christ in significant numbers.
