Training with The Elijah Challenge
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 an Evangelistic Healing Service 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 meetings and other similar outreaches on their own, without needing to invite an outside evangelist. Trained believers can also heal the sick and proclaim the gospel in small groups and home fellowships as well.
Our ministry is not centered around the type of one-man-show crusade evangelism that many churches are familiar with. Instead, 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 Basic Training
In our Training, 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 Training requires about nine hours of teaching, not including praise & worship and breaks. This should take place 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 Training 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.
The Evangelistic Healing Crusade
The purpose of the Crusade meetings which follow the Training 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 approach of healing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God can especially be applied in small groups and home fellowships. Thus cell group leaders should be trained.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.
For churches in the Third World:If the churches in a city are willing to come together to host and bear the expenses of the Training followed by a small-scale Evangelistic Healing Service, 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 us and other foreign sources.
The Basic Training plus Evangelistic Healing Service would take place over five days or less.
For reports and testimonies following the Basic Training held in many different countries around the world, please click on Historic Victories & Events.
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 if round-trip airfare is provided by the host country or church. We request that if possible you accommodate us in a western-style hotel (and meals) which has 24-hour high-speed internet access available in the guest room as well as a gymnasium. We also request that the host churches provide for the expenses of the Training.
Please contact us at The Elijah Challenge for more information.
