News for Friday, August 11, 2000
Trask
Challenges Church to Fulfill Historic Commitment
The historic Assemblies of God 2000 Celebration closed Thursday night
looking to the future. The first gathering of the worldwide Assemblies
of God family in North America closed with a "Celebration of Hope."
More than 30,000 of the church’s 35-million constituents traveled
to Indianapolis for the World Assemblies of God Congress and the 2000
Celebration.
Bueno
Issues God’s Command to the Church—‘Keep Marching!’
"God says to His church tonight, just keep marching," John
Bueno, executive director of the Division of Foreign Missions for the
U.S. Assemblies of God, declared during the final service of the Assemblies
of God 2000 Celebration. "God says to those that are working in
the persecuted church, keep marching…to those that are suffering
from earthquakes or floods or fires, keep marching…to those that
are engaged in spiritual warfare and you don’t know how much longer
your energy will last, keep marching!"
Celebrating
the Foundations of Our Faith
Salvation must be a personal decision and it comes only through Jesus
Christ, speakers Sam Huddleston and Robert H. Spence told the assembled
Thursday morning in the RCA Dome.
Divine
Healing
A throng of faithful in need of healing gathered around the altars in
the RCA Dome Thursday morning after hearing Jamie Roberts, lead singer
of Shaded Red, and Ron McManus, pastor of First Assembly of God in Winston
Salem, N.C., speak of God’s unfailing love and healing power.
The
Second Coming
"Jesus is coming, and the reality is that He’s coming soon,
and there must be an intensified effort, a fervor, a commitment, a passion,
a purpose and a promise to reach the entire world for Him," Samuel
Rodriguez Jr. said during yesterday morning’s Celebration of Faith.
Baptism
in the Holy Spirit
"It is time for Pentecost to come back to the Assemblies of God
as a great priority, and that everyone in our churches speaks in other
tongues," Charles Crabtree, assistant superintendent of the U.S.
Assemblies of God, said during yesterday morning’s Celebration
of Faith. "I’m not so worried about empty pews, I’m worried
about empty people."
Mohan
Challenges Church to Restore the Temple
Pastor David Mohan of New Life Assembly of God in Madras, India, delivered
clear directions Wednesday night for a "Celebration of Restoration."
Proclaiming the 2000 Celebration second night theme, he urged the crowd
to repent, to commit themselves to prayer and fasting, and to rebuild
God’s temple.
Assemblies
of God Vision 2000 Proclamation
We are a people of the Spirit. We are a people of vision. Birthed in
the fire of renewal, still less than one hundred years ago, we have
now become a worldwide influence for worship, discipleship, and evangelism
in the 21st century. What God has done, and is doing, should fill us
with gratitude and awe, and should move us to deep prayer and faith
in understanding God’s vision for us in this new century. Who can
predict what the Holy Spirit may yet do before the return of the Lord?
His vision is that the glory of Christ be revealed among every people
and culture. Our church must proclaim Christ to this world in the 21st
century with first century fervor.
