>From: "CityCommunityMin" <CityCommunityMin@McLeodUSA.net>

Join us as we interview George Gallup, Jr. and his co-author Michael D. Lindsay on our monthly conference call November 21 at 10 a.m. Central time. Learn the latest findings on religious beliefs and spiritual practices from the world's premier research and consulting firm, The Gallup Organization. In addition to learning the spiritual pulse of our nation, you'll hear about their latest book, a project which harnesses the power or survey research and puts the reins into your hands!  Guaranteed to be the most informative hour of your week, you won't want to miss the chance to hear about their book, The Gallup Guide:  Reality Check for Twenty-First Century Churches, as well as Gallup's latest news from the authorities.  Plus you'll have a chance to direct your questions to them during our question & answer segment.

To participate, reply to this email requesting the dial in phone number.
(If  you receive this as a forward from a friend, RSVP to: info@cityreaching.com)

George Gallup, Jr. is Chairman of The George H. Gallup International Institute in Princeton, NJ.  D. Michael Lindsay is consultant to The Gallup Institute for Religion and Culture and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at Princeton University.  They are co-authors of two books, Surveying the Religious Landscape (Morehouse, 1999) and The Gallup Guide: Reality Check for Twenty-First Century Churches (Group, 2002).

Glenn Barth and Jarvis Ward, National Facilitators, City/Community Ministries, Mission America
Phone: 612-278-1730 /   http://www.cityreaching.com
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Dear NPPN Pastors,
Research is helpful!  Here are some recent results from Gallup.

The study, “Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000” by the Nashville-based Glenmary Research Center, is conducted every 10 years.  According to the study, overall membership in religious congregations in the United States increased by 8.8 % from 126,721,485 in 1990 to 137,814,924 in 2000.  However, the U.S. population increased at a faster rate, growing 13.2% during the past decade – from 250,000,000 to 282,000,000.

In 1978, 41% fit the definition of unchurched.  This proportion grew slightly to 44% in 1988.  The most recent survey, taken in December 2001, produced a slightly higher figure, 47%^.

Interesting!  Challenging!

Dr. Frank Toney, University of Phoenix Graduate School, is a research specialist mentoring doctoral candidates.  Frank has asked me to help him on this project.  

Together we need your help and that of your congregation!  Please print out the attached document in multiple copies and give it to your members who have had a wonderful meeting with the Lord.

Keep praying . . . Dr. Cornell (Corkie) Haan
Mission America Coalition
National Facilitator of Ministry Networks
5321 E. Gloria Lane, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
480-575-7272    /    480-575-7373 fax
chaan@cox.net

 

Have you had a Powerful Spiritual Experience?
 

As part of a global study, I’m seeking people who have had a powerful spiritual experience.  If you or someone in your sphere of influence has had such a life-changing experience, please give him or her a copy of this document also.

In particular, there is a high degree of interest in the manner in which the experience has changed the way an individual conducts their day-to-day life and business activities.  
 

Please return your response to email address
    ftoney@email.uophx.edu 
or surface mail to Dr. Frank Toney, 7034 E. Soaring Eagle Way; Scottsdale, AZ 85262.  
 

Please answer the following questions (write in as much detail as you desire using a separate page):

1.  Describe your powerful spiritual experience.

2.  How did it change the way you conduct your day-to-day life and business activities?  Please be as specific as possible.

3.  What have you done to maintain the effect of your experience?

4.  What events or thought processes preceded your experience?


Male  _____  Female _____  Race _______________  

Religious affiliation if any: _________________________

Age when the experience occurred ____________

The study might include a follow-up communication or survey.  If you are agreeable to being contacted, please supply the information below:

Name: _____________________  Email Address_______________________________

Street address: ______________________  City/State _______________    Zip ______

Telephone Number: ______________________________

____ Please send me the results of your study.  (This will be sent via e-mail only.)
 

**Note: Participation in this study is entirely voluntary.  Research records and list of participants are confidential.  Personal anonymity is guaranteed.  Results of the research will be published and presented in public meetings.  There are no other written agreements, written or verbal, related to this study beyond that expressed in this consent and confidentiality statement.  The John Templeton Foundation funds a portion of the research.
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>From: NECPrayer@cs.com

I had the privilege of attending the national prayer leaders’ conference geared to city prayer ministries at the Empire State Building. There were many wonderful stories of the explosion of the prayer movement over the last decade. The pastors’ prayer summit in NY was over 300 last year, and we heard a wonderful report from Baltimore of the intercessors working with the police to see crime decrease in certain high-crime neighborhoods. Also, a wonderful citywide prayer gathering in Dallas and of two cities, Minneapolis and Baltimore, having free baseball stadiums for prayer rallies. God is moving! The most vivid impression I received from the meeting was the incredible proliferation of prayer in America in a decade. Everyone rejoiced in that. Secondly, meeting in the Empire State Building at King’s College was a miracle in itself as we heard from the president. The school was bankrupt and God took it from Briarcliff to the center of the city, creating a wonderful minority school, 80% minorities, that is reaching the city. The church in the city is 92% ethnic.

Jeff Marks, New England Concerts of Prayer
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>From: Ron Sellers <RonSellers@EllisonResearch.com>

Summary:  In a nationwide study of Protestant church ministers, pastors were asked to predict how religion will change in the U.S. over the next ten years.  In the study by Ellison Research of Phoenix, Arizona, a majority of pastors predict that the influence of non-Christian religions and "New Age" spirituality will increase, and many also feel the influence of Christianity in Americans' daily lives will decrease over the next ten years.  Baptists and Lutherans tend to be particularly pessimistic, while Pentecostal and charismatic ministers tend to be the most optimistic about the next decade.

CONTACT INFO: Ron Sellers, President, Ellison Research
Phone:  602-493-3500 x130
Additional data on this topic from the study can be found at www.ellisonresearch.com

Full Release:
What will the religious landscape in the United States look like ten years from now?  In a nationwide study conducted by Ellison Research of Phoenix, Arizona, a representative sample of 567 Protestant church pastors was asked what they expect things to be like a decade from now.  

Pastors are often widely split over how - and even whether - things will be different in the year 2012.  

However, one issue on which a vast majority of ministers agree is the expectation that "the influence of non-Christian religions in the U.S." will increase in the coming decade.  Eighty-two percent of all Protestant ministers feel this will increase, while 5% believe there will be a decrease in this, and 13% do not expect things to be much different ten years from now.

In a highly fragmented denominational landscape (all Protestant denominations are represented in this study, but there are many denominations), only four denominational groups are large enough to allow for their responses to be viewed separately:  Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, and Pentecostal/charismatic ministers.  On this particular question, Pentecostal/charismatic ministers are slightly less likely than their colleagues to expect an increase in the influence of non-Christian religions in the U.S. (72% foresee an increase).

There is only one other area out of the eight this study covers on which a majority of ministers agree.  Fifty-five percent of all ministers believe there will also be an increase in "the influence of 'New Age' spirituality in the U.S."  Twenty-six percent foresee no changes on the horizon, while 19% believe this will decrease in the coming years.  

There are sharp differences of opinion on this issue among different types of pastors.  Only 32% of Methodists and 48% of Lutherans believe New Age spirituality will have more influence in ten years than it does now, compared to 63% of Pentecostals and 67% of Baptists.  Evangelical pastors in general are far more likely to see an increase in New Age spirituality - 59% feel this will increase, compared to just 34% of pastors from mainline denominations.  Younger ministers, also, are more likely to predict an increase in New Age influence (71%, compared to 51% of those age 45 to 59, and 42% of older ministers).

Pastors are at their most pessimistic when asked about "overall freedom of religion in the U.S."  Ten percent feel this will improve and 46% say it will stay the same as today, but 44% anticipate declining freedom of religion.  Evangelical pastors are particularly pessimistic about this, while a majority of mainline ministers expect no real changes.

On the other five subjects, ministers have widely varied opinions.  Most are not optimistic about "the influence of Christianity in Americans' daily lives," as 41% believe this will decrease, and 33% think it will stay the same.  Only 26% predict Christianity will influence Americans more in 2012 than it does today.  Baptists and Lutherans tend to be a bit more pessimistic on this point than do pastors from other denominations, but there are not many other variances among different types of ministers.

Pastors are even less likely to feel there will be an increase in "the influence of Christianity in national politics."  Nineteen percent predict increased Christian influence in politics, 50% think it will not change much, and 31% believe there will be a decline of Christian influence, with few meaningful differences among different types of pastors.

There is an even greater split on subjects related to the future of churches.  Thirty-three percent of all ministers predict an increase in "the proportion of Americans who attend a Christian church."  At the same time, 23% feel this will not change, and the most popular view is that church attendance will decline (44%).  Baptists and Lutherans are the groups most likely to anticipate a decrease in church attendance, while Pentecostals are more likely than other groups to believe attendance will rise over the next decade.

Even though it's more popular to predict a decline in church attendance than an increase, many pastors are not willing to believe this will lead to fewer churches.  Thirty-five percent say "the number of Christian churches in the U.S." will increase in the next ten years, while 30% believe this will stay the same, and 35% think it will decrease.  Pentecostals are again the group most likely to have an optimistic view, with almost half predicting an increase in the number of Christian churches.

While mainline and evangelical ministers have similar feelings about overall church attendance and the number of churches throughout the U.S., they differ dramatically when asked about the future of their own denominations.  Overall, 43% of all ministers believe "the number of people attending your denomination's churches" will increase by 2012, while 25% predict stasis, and 32% see a decline coming.  

However, mainline and evangelical ministers differ considerably.  Among mainline pastors, 26% believe their denomination will grow, and 44% predict a decline (the latter of which has actually been the general trend for mainline denominations for a number of years).  But among evangelical ministers it's virtually the opposite:  48% predict denominational growth, while just 27% predict decline.  

In another way to look at this, pastors from churches that are members of the National Association of Evangelicals (representing many - but not all - evangelical denominations) are very upbeat, with 70% predicting growth and just 14% forecasting decline.  Pastors from denominations in the mainline National Council of Churches are far more downbeat, with just 20% predicting growth, while 54% expect decreases.

Pentecostal and charismatic pastors, particularly, are optimistic:  an impressive 80% feel their denomination will grow.  Methodists (22% grow, 49% decline) and Lutherans (25% grow, 39% decline) are the most pessimistic about the future of attendance in their denomination.

The final area explored in the study is what ministers believe will happen with "the proportion of Americans who are believing Christians" in the next ten years.  Again, their opinions are split:  34% predict Christianity will grow, 29% feel it will be stable, and 37% anticipate a decline.  As in many other areas, Lutherans and Baptists are particularly pessimistic about this.

Ron Sellers, president of Ellison Research and director of this study, wondered in some cases whether pastors who anticipate gains by Christianity are taking a wholly realistic look at national trends.  "Study after study reveals no real increase in church attendance, Bible readership, or Christian belief in the U.S. for many decades," Sellers said.  "It's understandable that evangelicals tend to expect growth in their denomination, while mainline ministers often anticipate decline, because that is a continuation of well-established trends.  But the pastors who predict overall increased church attendance or more Christian influence in people's lives are apparently expecting the start of something new - something that, by all available measurements, isn't currently happening in the U.S. and hasn't happened for many years."

Study Details:
The study was conducted by Ellison Research, a marketing research company located in Phoenix, Arizona.  Although Ellison Research has numerous clients, this study was funded and conducted independently by the company.  The sample of 567 Protestant ministers included only those who are actively leading churches.  The study's total sample is accurate to within ±4.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level with a 50% response distribution.  The study was conducted in all 50 states, using a representative sample of pastors from all Protestant denominations.  (Only certain denominational groups are discussed individually in this news release because others did not have a large enough sample size to be examined separately, although they are represented within the total sample in correct proportion to their size.)  Respondents' geography, church size, and denomination were carefully tracked to ensure appropriate representation and accuracy.

Think about the United States in 10 years.  How do you think each of the things listed below will change, if at all, in the next 10 years?

·       The influence of non-Christian religions in the U.S.:  82% increase, 13% stay the same, 5% decrease
·       The influence of "New Age" spirituality in the U.S.:  55% increase, 26% stay the same, 19% decrease
·       The number of people attending your denomination's churches:  43% increase, 25% stay the same, 32% decrease
·       The number of Christian churches in the U.S.:  35% increase, 30% stay the same, 35% decrease
·       The proportion of Americans who are believing Christians:  34% increase, 29% stay the same, 37% decrease
·       The proportion of Americans who attend a Christian church:  33% increase, 23% stay the same, 44% decrease
·       The influence of Christianity in Americans' daily lives:  26% increase, 33% stay the same, 41% decrease
·       The influence of Christianity in national politics:  19% increase, 50% stay the same, 31% decrease
·       The overall freedom of religion in the U.S.:  10% increase, 46% stay the same, 44% decrease

(Findings for each of the major denominational groups tracked separately - Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, and Pentecostal/charismatic - can be found at http://www.ellisonresearch.com/ERPS%20II/Release%204%20Future.htm)

News Releases:
The study delved into numerous topics such as pastors' attitudes about denominations and ecumenism, viewpoints on homosexuality, and their physical health.  Additional findings will be released from this study.  More complete data from these questions is available at www.ellisonresearch.com.

If you would prefer to receive additional news releases by fax or by regular mail, please contact Susan Kelley at Ellison Research (phone 602-493-3500 x143), or at susankelley@ellisonresearch.com.
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5.    INTERNET EVANGELISM COALITION
 

>From: "Naomi A. Frizzell" <nfrizzell@directvinternet.com>

(Chicago, IL) “Internet ministry is not nearly as easy as we thought it would be seven years ago,” according to Dr. Quentin Schultze, (Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI), keynote speaker for The Internet Evangelism Coalition Annual Meeting last week in Chicago.  The Internet Evangelism Coalition is a strategic partnership of denominations and ministries that began in 1997 to “stimulate and accelerate web evangelism within the worldwide Body of Christ.”  
Dr. Schultze went on to say that while many denominations and Christian ministries are doing web evangelism, in many ways web evangelism has become “a deeply grassroots phenomenon” and that denominations and ministries must find a way to come alongside the grassroots by providing quality content and follow-up.  Dr. Schultze emphasized that the nature of the Internet demands collaboration on such efforts, such as that represented by the IEC.

IEC PROJECTS
At this year’s Annual Meeting the Internet Evangelism Coalition unveiled several projects within the coalition that are designed to assist denominations and ministries as well as the grassroots, including:
ß A new spiritual seeker site: www.NowTryGod.com  ( www.Gospelcom.net, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and www.NeedHim.org) 
ß The development of one-of-a-kind online curriculum to train Christians to share their faith online, available soon at www.webevangelism.org  (North American Mission Board – Southern Baptist Convention, Crown Financial Ministries, Gospelcom.net)
ß The Growing in Christ web site ( www.growinginchrist.com)   offering resources for new or immature believers to grow in the Christian faith (Campus Crusade for Christ)   
ß An update on www.evangelismtoolbox.com   which provides Evangelism resources in 180 languages (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Dr. Sterling Huston, chair of the IEC, commended the efforts of the ministries and organizations involved, each one representing a “Kingdom mindset by creating resources that can be used by the larger Body of Christ around the world."

 

MODELS OF INTERNET EVANGELISM
 

Paul Fleming, e-Solutions Manager for the American Tract Society, says Internet evangelism “is not about the technology, it's about reaching people for Christ."  In addition to the “paper tracts” that ATS has produced for over 170 years, ATS is involved in Internet evangelism through the development of “DigiTracts,” evangelism resources for hand-held computers (PDA’s) and “E-Tracts” ( www.atstracts.org/internet_evan.html).  
Evangelische Omroep (OE), based in The Netherlands, has developed a new online Pre-Alpha Course known as “Why Jesus?”  Richard Post, Editor-in-chief, says “Why Jesus?” connects real life with virtual reality by offering the opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith during a non-threatening three-week series of studies and fellowship with a Christian E-Coach.  At the end of the three weeks, participants are given the opportunity to make a decision for Christ, continue with another study or connect with a local Alpha group.  (The Alpha Course is a fifteen-session program - begun in the UK - to provide a practical introduction to the Christian faith.)

 

2002 AND BEYOND
 

Dr. Huston underscores that the IEC will continue it’s work to promote and empower the Church to be involved in Internet evangelism by inspiring strategic thinking and resource development and by facilitating the collaborative use of resources and personnel for evangelism on the Internet.  In the next twelve months IEC Executive Committee members Rev. Robby Richardson (Gospelcom.net) and Dr. Keith Stonehocker (Christianity Today International) will hold strategic consultations on the connection between the local church and Internet evangelism and on global Internet evangelism.  In addition, the IEC will produce a free e-newsletter on Internet evangelism to subscribers.       
 

The Internet Evangelism Facilitation Committee was born out of a consultation sponsored by The Billy Graham Center in April of 1997.   The consultation voted to establish a committee to facilitate short-term collaborative Internet initiatives—with the emphasis on evangelism.  
Following a 1999 conference, that Committee, under the leadership of Dr. Sterling Huston, was charged with establishing a permanent organization for ongoing support of collaborative initiates.  This led to the development of The Internet Evangelism Coalition, which now includes leaders representing hundreds of denominations and ministries.  At the same time, The Billy Graham Center agreed to set up an office to assist the IEC in becoming self-sustaining.  A temporary “BGC Internet Evangelism Coalition Department” was established to serve the Coalition.

For more information about the Internet Evangelism Coalition, go to www.webevangelism.org  or call 630.752.5156.  To subscribe to the free IEC e-newsletter, send an email to iec@wheaton.edu.

MEDIA NOTE
For assistance in scheduling an interview concerning the Internet Evangelism Coalition, please contact Naomi Frizzell at 904.262.5202 or by email at iec@wheaton.edu.
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>From:  <dougsmall@aliveministries.org>

For almost 10 years it has been my privilege to be involved in the prayer movement. Through the simple exercise of prayer, pastors of different denominations have been connecting for the purpose of personal and community spiritual renewal.

Now God seems to be connecting these pastoral leaders together, across cities. In a recent gathering of pastoral leaders from 21 southeastern cities, brothers from Selma pleaded for prayer support and the idea of "Pray Selma" was born.

For the first time, we are asking pastors and prayer leaders in various cities to give the gift of prayer to another city; to simply send people of prayer to join with pastors and believers in Selma, Alabama. Tuesday, November 12, we will gather and pray for unity-unity that will result in the spiritual and moral renewal of the city of Selma.

What are the benefits of such a gathering?

First, when we respond to a plea from our brothers in Selma and express our love and concern for them in showing up to shoulder their burden of prayer for their city - that investment will come back to us, to our own city.

Second, we believe that intercessors and people who travel to Selma together will develop bonds of love and care one for another that will yield fruit in their own churches and cities. For over 10 years, God has been connecting pastors in prayer in American cities. Now, He is connecting intercessors and people of vision. We believe the people from your church or city that make this trip and invest in Selma will return with a priceless level of unity, love and respect one for another. According to Psalm 133, that condition attracts God's blessing and favor.

Third, having had a unique prayer experience in Selma (probably unlike anything many of the participants have ever known) we believe they will return to their own cities with new eyes, with a new burden to pray for their city.

Finally, we believe God answers prayer. As we give the gift of prayerful love and concern to the city of Selma, we believe God will hear and begin to move in that city in a blessed way. Our quiet reward will be knowing that we seeded the heavenlies with prayer that brought fresh rain to the city and turned it into a showcase of God's glory.

God is up to something in Selma. The brothers there have sent out a plea for help. We are not going to Selma…we have been invited. We will join our voices with theirs in prayer. We will weep with them. We will hold up their arms in prayer. And we will believe that God is going to do a mighty work to glorify his name.

Join me in Selma - November 11-12, 2002. (There is no charge for the event! )
P. Douglas Small, Alive Ministries: PROJECT PRAY
International Renewal Ministries (IRM- Prayer Summits)
For full information, visit http://www.prayselma.org 

Doug Small is a member of the National Prayer Committee; Mission America's City Impact Roundtable; a consultant to the Church of God denomination on prayer ministries; regional representative for IRM.

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167 New "Transformations" Cities in Less Than 5 Years

The Mission America meeting in Dallas this past week was one of the best. George Otis says that in 1998, there were only eight communities on the earth of which he was aware that could be categorized as transformation cities. Now, there are 175! The most recent example, the Fiji islands is the focus of the newest video release. Stay tuned for more on the Mission America meeting, plus the meeting next year in New York City!

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Tallahassee Prayer Summit
Feedback Indicates Major Breakthrough

The Tallahassee prayer summit was a breakthrough summit in many ways. One person wrote:
    "You gave vocabulary to the things I was trying to ask and say…and clarification for ways to move as an organism that neither denied the prayer work of hundreds in the past nor left a major breech in moving forward."

Laymen as well as pastors are now being mobilized in prayer for city-transformation. A business leader at the summit writes:
    "If nothing else was produced at Dowling Park, a work of personal transformation has commenced in me that has me excited. I will be forever grateful…There is evolving some vision of what the wider transformational work organically may resemble here (in Tallahassee). It seems relational at the core…Sort of a hub within a wheel, with the spokes representing connection to ministry expressions…

The need for a marketplace summit (soon) is apparent. Let's think together about how that might take formation and what the timing might be."

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Upcoming SE USA Summits

Birmingham, AL November 11 – 13, 2002
Mobile, Leadership Summit November 18 – 20, 2002
Roanoke VA – Master’s Commission Prayer Summit December 12 – 14, 2002

© Copyright 2002 Alive Ministries, All Rights Reserved  
To subscribe: http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=07341a
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>From: paul Leonard [mailto:africamis@yahoo.com] 

Hello and Greetings in the powerful name of Jesus!
To comment on the recent posted article of Mr. Bob Fox as to why are city movements stalling, I would first like to cite other comments found in the same posting of the National Pastors Prayer Network bulletin:
  1. "collective church doesn't seem to be ready for corporate prayer meetings"
  2. Susanne Marder stated "we're not ready to build anything in prayer"
  3. "Any city or house divided against itself shall not stand."  Matthew 12:25
  4. Pastor Francis Frangipane stated "the obstacle hindering revival will not only be the devil, it will be the stronghold of religious pride and self-contentment in the church."

Indeed, what I think is not so important as what the Lord and others are already saying.  While beseeching an assistant pastor in Chicago recently as to why the outstanding worship leader Ron Kenoly's concert in Chicago was so poorly attended he replied candidly - "Everyone just wants to do their own thing".  How sad, over and over again what is surfacing is division within the church and the egos of many in church leadership that is keeping the church divided and the sheep of the Lord's pasture from obtaining true focus and achieving their God-given potential.  

With a divided church and abundant pride among the leadership it is easy for the adversary to plant false doctrine, false teachers, and false prophets to further add to the chaos.  Because of these false prophets which entertain the flock and flatter the current church leadership, many are being deceived just as Jesus said would happen - Matthew 24:11.  The voices of those sent by the Lord to expose and rebuke the errors in the church are being smothered and pushed aside by the billions of dollars (500 billion last decade) being spent on church programs promoting the status quo.

Hard scriptures and commands of the Lord such as Luke 12:33 are not being preached, and so as opposed to the early church which Mr. Fox cited, today's church is actually in disobedience for today's church is NOT "in one accord" as they were and today's church is NOT adhering to Luke 12:33 and loving "in deed and in truth" as the early church did.  Check out Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-37.  This is not obscure scripture - this was very prevalent in the early church and in our LORD's teachings.  The early church knew and they OBEYED.  Today's church is not.  Plain and simple.  There are spiritual laws which cannot be violated.  God will not be mocked for "WHATSOEVER a man soweth, that shall he reap."  

Today's problems in city movements are not God's fault.  It is just that God cannot reward false doctrine, false prophecies, division and pride within the church.  The rivers of living water are being blocked by unwise stewards consuming the blessing for themselves - Luke 12: 42-48.  Sadly, do only a few understand.  Many continue organizing the same status-quo conferences and programs, pretending as though there is nothing wrong, being too caught up in their own self-importance.  So while millions are coming to the Lord through the church-unifying crusades of Reinhard Bonnke in Africa, there is barely a trickle of change in America's church - even after God's major wakeup call to America on 9-11 due to America's pride and greed.  GOD is moving.  He is not moving as much in America because America is out of step with HIS will for "everyone is doing THEIR own thing"!  What's sad is that instead of repentance, many in the church in America just keep patting themselves on the back!!!  LORD have mercy.  Judgment is coming - for God will not be mocked.
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>From: Phillip M Crammer <pastorphilcrammer@juno.com>
 
The PrayCal Servant Team for California requests your attendance for a very important networking gathering to connect SO. CALIFORNIA PRAYER MINISTRIES with the rest of the state.

Dear Southern California Prayer Leader,

On Saturday November 16th, 2002 a very important gathering will commence
@ >>> The US Center for World Missions.<<<<
 
The purpose of this gathering is to dialog with So Cal prayer ministries how better to connect 'Prayer Ministries' throughout the state. A coalition of prayer leaders representing many ministries will be present, as well as concerned pastors that have been working to connect a blanket of prayer for California.

If you are a Southern California Prayer Leader or ministry leader alternate representing church or para-church ministry please plan to attend this gathering. Our Heavenly Father will bless California as we continue to beseech Him for His intervention.

The Prayer Ministry Gathering will be from 10am - 4pm

@ The US Center for World Mission / Hudson Taylor Hall / 1605 E. Elizabeth St, / Pasadena, Ca. 91104

If you plan to attend please RSVP @ (909) 591-19545 or (626) 398-2298
210 fry to Hill St. (north) to Elizabeth St. (rt) to the address.
Sign will be posted. Lunch served.

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