We train
local churches and believers to heal the sick to demonstrate to
the lost that Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. Then
we hold a Crusade where the gospel is preached to the lost and
the trained believers heal the sick as a confirmation of the gospel.
Souls will come to Christ. Afterwards, the local churches will
be able to hold such Crusades
and other similar outreaches on their own, without needing to
invite an outside evangelist.
Our
ministry is not the same as the Crusade-type evangelism that many
are familiar
with, for example, with the ministry of Brother Reinhard Bonnke.
What the Lord has given us to do is primarily the restoration
of His miraculous healing power to every believer for the preaching
of the gospel during these endtimes and the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
First,
the Training Seminar
In our Seminar, pastors, leaders, and believers are taught
from the Scriptures how to heal the sick effectively according to
the pattern of Christ Himself. This is a permanent impartation,
and not for only the duration of the meetings.
A full
and complete Seminar requires about nine hours of teaching, not
including praise & worship and breaks. This can take place on
a single day, or spread out over two or three days. If a translation
from
English
into
another
language
is required, more
time should be
set
aside.
If seven
hours
is not
available, the Seminar can be shortened.
In addition
to English, we are equipped to minister directly in the Indonesian
language and in Mandarin Chinese for people who understand only
those languages.
Then,
the Evangelistic Healing Crusade
The purpose of the Crusade meetings which follow the Seminar is not simply
to win souls to Christ, but for the trained believers to witness
how the Lord will use them to
confirm the gospel which has been preached in the Crusade
meeting. As they minister, the sick will be healed. As
a result, the local pastors, leaders, and churches will be
encouraged
to
continue
such Crusades and their individual witness after
our team leaves. This is the End
Time Model of Evangelism. This is
what happened during November 2002 in Niger. See the Report
on Niger.
It is not necessary to have a very large and expensive evangelistic
Crusade to accomplish this. A Crusade on a smaller scale, which
the local churches can afford to host on their own, would
be perfectly suitable.
The
churches bring together a crowd of people,
among whom are
unbelievers and the infirm, and we will proclaim Jesus
as the Son of God, the only way to the Father.
We
will ask the Lord to provide the evidence for the truth
of this statement by healing
the infirm through the believers trained in the Healing
Encounter.
Then
we will ask the trained believers to come forward, as well
as the infirm. The
Lord will do miracles through them to confirm that Jesus
is indeed the Son of God. After the crowd hears the healing
testimonies,
then we will
give the invitation to accept Christ. Souls will come to
Christ.
The
Church will be encouraged to continue preaching the gospel
in this way without
the assistance of outside or foreign evangelists.
For
churches outside of North America:
If the
churches in a city are willing to come together to host and bear
the expenses of the Seminar
followed
by a small-scale
Crusade, The Elijah Challenge would be happy to consider coming. Please
click
here to read the scriptural basis for why local churches
should not become overly dependent upon funds coming
from foreign sources.
The
Training Seminar plus Crusade would take place over
five days or less.
This
format has been successfully used in a Vietnam, Egypt,
Niger, Indonesia, India,
Pakistan, Dubai, Orissa (India),
and New
Delhi (India).
Reports
from past Healing Encounters held in North America
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Financial
Requirements
The
Elijah Challenge does not require a specified amount of honorarium
for its ministry.
We are happy to receive whatever the Lord provides through freewill
offerings from the participants. However, it would be appreciated,
though not required, if round-trip airfare
for one person
is provided by the host country or church. We would require the
host churches to provide hotel and food for the minister, as well
as the funds for undertaking
the Healing Encounter and Crusade.
Please
contact us at The
Elijah Challenge
for more information.
