THE NEXT WAVE NOVEMBER 2012

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The Voice of Apostolic Reformation

Volume 80

Issue 11

NOVEMBER 2012

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST Dr. Bernie Wade

Reformation or Remodeling Dr. Robert Straube

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Order in the House -by Lea Patt Bates

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"Lord, Please don't send me to Africa!"

2012

Although 'tongue in cheek', the song accurately depicts the sentiment of ICOF STATE OF THE UNION many who claim Christ. These are quite willing to serve Jesus as long as they

By Bernie L. Wade, Thd. can do so in the comfort of the suburban area or their local mega church.

However, if you are asking them to Praise Jesus! I want to first give honor make a commitment to be to the Head of the a long or short term Church, Jesus Christ, missionary to some remote the only name given Don't send me to Africa place away from the under heaven whereby internet or where their cell O Lord I'm your willing servant men must be saved. phone doesn't get a signal You know that I have been for years - forget it! They will teach To Jesus we give I'm here in this pew every Sunday and Sunday School or some honor, praise and glory Wednesday similar function in the I've given you years of my service for the things He has comfort of their religious I've always given my best done. As we look And I've never asked you for anything much institution but if you are toward the year 2013 So Lord I deserve this request looking for them to minister (and beyond) is my to people on the street of Chorus: great honor once again their city - FORGET IT! Please don't send me to Africa to address you from I don't think I've got what it takes Westerners are apparently the office of the I'm just a man, I'm not a Tarzan not willing to give up the President of Don't like lions, or rivers or snakes comforts of home, modern I'll serve you here in suburbia International Circle of plumbing, heating and air, In my comfortable middle class life Faith (ICOF). full service hotels, and But please don't send me out in the bush Where the natives are restless at night

more to make a difference The lyrics of a popular in the eternal destiny of Christian song by Scott I'll see that the money is gathered others.

Wesley lament the I'll wash and stack the communion cups thought process in a I'll tithe 11 percent Perhaps the missionary fictitious prayer of I'll volunteer for the nursery mind set is closest to that many who are 'asleep I'll go on the youth retreat of Jesus who Scripture I'll usher, I'll deacon, I'll go door to door in Zion' or in the records was "moved with Just let me keep warming this seat. modern vernacular compassion for the people quite multitude". I must confess comfortable in the the 'prayer' of asking not to Western World. To these at ease serve in Africa has never represented people the song writer ascribed this my sentiments nor those with whom I thought,

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am privileged to serve. I promised the Lord when He filled me with his Spirit that I would go wherever He sent me, do whatever He asked me to do and say what He wants me to say. That journey has never been easy but we have tried to be faithful.

archeologist have called the remains of the oldest woman. They call her Lucy.

When Bernie and I made our visit there I was struck by the volume of evidence that the oldest humans would have resided in or near that part of the world (or at least some of them). This seems very reflected of the account given in the Book of Genesis.

When we looked at those remains lying there in the national museum I looked at the bones there and I said, "Hello Eve".

Thus, as Eve was 'the Mother of all living", I began to call Africa the Motherland.

Since that time Africa has become my second home and although because of financial constraints I don't spend as much time physically on the continent as I would like, I am committed to my dear friends, family and the mission that we collectively share to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world.

Chancellor of ICOF CSU Dr. Bernie L. Wade with ICOF Bishop of Cameroon Dr. Tembi Alfred and former ICOF CSU President, Dr. Ray Young.

For over 80 years our ministry has kept a sincere interest in the affairs of our brethren wherever they may serve. We continue that vision. In that time we have supported national and missionary efforts in a plethora of countries around the world where we have attempted to make a difference both from the eternal benefit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and from those areas where we can affect this temporal world socially, economically, educationally or vocationally.

We are committed far beyond the traditional role of missionary efforts where some American or other

Since 2001, the leadership of ICOF has made a plethora of missionary journey's.

Most of these have been to Africa, which I affectionately call the "Motherland". This reference came from my first personal visit to the continent of Africa when I was privileged to go to Ethiopia. While there, my son (Bernie II) and I visited the National Museum of Ethiopia. They have there what

Campus of ICOF CSU Zambia Branch led by Dr. Charles Mwape

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his/her denomination in that area. We feel the strategy of continuing to send additional missionaries to countries that have a strong national effort wreaks of nationalism rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a pattern that we have chosen not to repeat in our ministry. Thus, we have thrown the full force of our efforts into identifying, encouraging, raising up and supporting national efforts.

It is my expectation as I have stated many times, "the resources (human and natural) needed to bring real and lasting change to these African nations are already there". Our role is just to bring leadership, direction, help and encouragement. Too many come to ICOF with their hand out looking for a quick reward for little or no contribution and when it is not forthcoming they go somewhere else. Others come for a title or position somehow equating the things of God with temporal things.

Unfortunately, these are not the sort of people with which one can build a strong and lasting foundation.

Fortunately, through time, lots of trial and error we have slowly connected with key people who are really committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and are not here for personal gain, fame, fortune or popularity. As this goes to publication we will once again be embarking on a missionary journey to Africa.

Bishop Bernie Wade during a foot washing service.

Washing the feet of African ICOF Fivefold Roundtable Chairman, Dr. Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi.

We spend many hours every week working with our key leadership in Africa (ICOF African Leadership Roundtable) on the plethora of initiatives, conferences, projects and day to day

This effort is far more difficult than the way this type of effort has been conducted by past and current administrations in other movements.

We have embarked on a course to raise up and strengthen national efforts in these various countries. These national efforts are self supporting and directed, by effective and capable, qualified men and women of God who are accountable to each other and to the ICOF International Congress. The process of raising up these leaders takes time, patience, and quality. As well as leadership that have a vision and are committed to the long term outcome in these nations.

Bishop Chris Ebata with his wife, Bishop Derrick Day, Bishop Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi, and Dr. Barney Phillips.

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activities that we are working on in our collective mission to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the heart of every man, woman and child. I am indebted to those who have labored with us here in the United States and have sown the seed of their love offerings (time, talent and money) to help make a difference.

However, I am even more indebted to those men and women who faithfully serve their fellow man in Africa.

God has chosen to use people to accomplish his will in the earth.

Anything of value requires committed people. I am convinced that is not only a need for committed people but a serious need that the right people be in place at the right time. It is the law of the harvest. There must be planning, preparation, tilling, sowing, cultivation, and eventually harvest. Then the process repeats.

To this task God has sent capable leaders in the persons of Bishop Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi Dr. Charles Mwape, Bishop William Ouma, Bishop Iwatt, Dr. David Ngwa, Bishop Tembi Alfred, Bishop Joseph Freeson, and too many others to list in this short article. Men who are qualified and capable. Like the sons of Issachar these are men who understand the challenges and the times. It is not past notice that men who are positioned by God to prepare and plan (have vision) for the things ahead like Joseph in the Old Testament.

ICOF CSU Nigeria with ICOF CSU President, Dr. Robert Straube (Left in blue)

Africa is a place like other continents where personal sacrifice is rare, where integrity has often been traded for tokens and where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is sold for mammon to the unsuspecting. This is a place where the pulpit is pimped and prostituted.

Yet, here in such a place we have capable, committed leadership that understand that they have already been "bought with a price" and there is no higher calling than being 'called to be a saint' in the body of Christ.

Bishop Bernie L. Wade being received by the delegation from Cameroon, West Africa.

Here in Africa God has called men and women who like in the New Testament have been set aside (consecrated) and then sent out for service to our God.

As I pointed out in last year's State of the Union our forefathers who began our ministry in 1932 left with us an expectation to take the body of Christ to 6

higher heights and deeper depths of the Spirit of Christ. Those founders were Christocentric in their approach to the Gospel; realizing that all power in heaven and in the earth is in the name of Jesus Christ. We continue this vision as we close our 80th year as a ministry.

fivefold ministry in particular. As a fivefold oriented and committed ministry we recognize that we must work together. It was the plan of God for His Bride. It was never his plan for his people to be isolated and have to act alone. Circumstances have forced us to situations where we acquired the ‘Elijah Syndrome’ (where we thought we were the only one left). However, we are not the only ones. There are thousands of your compatriots in arms ready to stand with you. I have a strong word from the Lord, “Now is not the time to go into battle alone.”

I have a greater sense than ever before that we need each other. These are perilous times that we live in. These are times that even the very elect is under terrible siege. Don’t be caught all alone.

ICOF Bishops with a pastor and his wife from Lagos Nigeria. These are precious people of God

Over the last two years we have turned our focus to The Next Wave. We have benefited from the work of our forefathers and have received an excellent inheritance. However, now is not the time to simply appreciate their sacrifice. Real appreciation would be to take what they have given us to another generation with fervor and commitment.

Now is the time to make a sacrifice of our own. There is a whole world out that is crying out for something that will satisfy. We have that ‘something that will satisfy’ in the treasure of the Holy Spirit and it is the ONLY answer for the world today.

VISIONARIES: Dr. Bernie L. Wade with Dr. Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi

Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall

For more than 80 years this ministry has focused on the unity of the body of Christ in general and the unity of the 7

be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 18:19).

can be no higher purpose or calling than to be called to be a saint of Jesus Christ. The expectation of those who adhere to this calling is that we would take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every nation under heaven. This is a universal call that includes every tribe, every kindred and ever race under heaven. It is the same call for the Zambian as the American, the same for the black man as the white. The great Apostle Paul summed it up this way, "in Christ there is neither male nor female, Jew nor Greek, bond nor free." The great Apostle John wrote it this way:

2012 has been an amazing year for ICOF. Our mandate to usher in the Next Wave is becoming a global resurgence of the body of Christ. To support this effort we launched a new magazine, The Next Wave. Editor James Peter Jandu did a remarkable job bringing us to this point! To God be the glory.

Crusade in the Congo

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

To the strength of our numbers and the plethora of committed leadership we have continued to add through training and interaction committed, diverse and accomplished leadership. We remain committed to our goal of fulfilling the prayer that Jesus prayed for His Church that we would ALL be one.

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

The mantra of International Circle of Faith is "Jesus in the heart of every man, woman and child". To this goal we have mutually pledged our lives, our fortune and our sacred honor. There

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the

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throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

the global community that we are privileged to serve. For too long people have been held back or misled because of the limits of available, quality, Christian education. ICOF is committed to preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ through education.

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever.

Amen. (Revelation 7:9-12)

In 2010 we were privileged and honored to sponsor 80 youths in Zambia to enhance their education. This month, 43 are graduating from ICOF CSU Zambia. As a call to reach out through education of this great Nation in 2013 our International office through Zambia Branch proposes to sponsor 1000 youths. Together, we will make a difference!

At this time we are told that ICOF represents some 25 Million people globally. This is an awesome responsibility and we covet your prayers for our leaders.

Someone asked me, "How is it that ICOF has been so successful?" He noted that we don't seem to have much finance, no large headquarters buildings, no huge named preachers, etc. I said it is simple.

First, ICOF has Jesus! We are not trying to be anything except His ambassadors, accomplishing His will in the earth. Not my will but Thy will be done.

Second, we have people. ICOF is a huge network of volunteers. We have people that are working every day giving of their time, talents and treasure to make a difference in the lives of others.

Let me pause and say, "I am honored to be numbered among them".

Since our inception the ICOF has been focused on uniting Spirit filled fivefold ministers. We are pleased that God has brought this to fruition in more ways that we could understand. However, as we move forward we know that we must focus on more than just the restoration of the fivefold. We must see the activation and implementation of fivefold

Third. ICOF is committed to bringing quality , affordable, Biblical education to 9

oriented congregations in every locality.

To aid us in this effort we have implemented the:

ICOF WOMEN FOR CHRIST Apostle Regina Ubonabasi, President of ICOF Women for Christ. Bishop Wade affectionately refers to her as El Presidente. Apostle Regina Ubonabasi is dedicated to helping ministers in general and women in particular.

She travels extensively bringing encouragement to women ministers throughout Africa. She is committed to education and works closely with International Circle of Faith Colleges, Seminaries and Universities (ICOF CSU).

ICOF FVEFOLD AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE The ICOF African Roundtable is a collaborative effort of leadership from every African nation. This august body consist of our National Bishops, Women's ministry leadership, Chaplaincy Corp, educators, businessmen, and much more. This group is led through the capable efforts of Bishop Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi, Thd. who serves as Chairman of the ICOF Fivefold African Roundtable.

Dr. Bernie Wade is the President of the International Circle of Faith (ICOF) A Global body of believers served by more than 50,000 ministers representing more than 25 million constituents. This is considered the largest Apostolic body of believers in the history of the world. http://www.icof.net

For too long ministers and ministries have been divided by 'turf wars' and power struggles. We have to have a forum where ministers and ministries can come together in fellowship, collaboration and cooperation. This will bring us closer to the ultimate goal of bringing real and lasting unity to the body of Jesus Christ.

The ICOF FIVEFOLD AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE is a place where as Dr. Barney Phillips says it, "there are no titles at the table". What we mean by that is this is a place to come together and work on real ministry.

We have to work together to bring the glorious saving Gospel of Jesus Christ to every man, woman and child.

AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, AMERICAS, AND OCEANA FOR JESUS!

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ICOF members have united over 50,000 ministers representing more than 25 Million constituents, several hundred colleges, universities and other Christian schools, orphanages & feeding programs, humanitarian aid organizations, chaplains and other charities.

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another an Evangelist? Are there teachers and preachers to equip the saints for the edifying and building up?

Where is the Apostle? What are we running here; an organization? Are we having fun yet? I want to hear the testimonies; you know the signs and wonders that follow once a soul has been enlightened? Oh, I hear a lot of preaching…but where’s the fruit?

Order in the House

I’d like to share a story with you about a nameless church who set out with a vision to start a church and disciple others. However, they had a problem…they had no idea how to help those who were really broken. Sure they were good at the praise and worship, and the preaching…well it was fair if you take a liken to not leaving repentant of your sin. All in all, it was a grand place where people could come to fellowship with their friends and leave satisfied that they were obliging their commitment to not forsake the assembling of the saints.

It is my job as a prophet to protect the Word of God and to sound the alarm when we find ourselves leaning in the world’s direction. It’s like a drill sergeant who breaks down his unit them builds them back up again as a unit of one. A prophet’s job is very hard because it involves confrontation.

Unfortunately people are enabled by the one man ministry. Therefore they rely on their Pastor to know how to handle things and how to lead. If he doesn’t know how to lead then his leaders won’t lead or they will lead him, and the sheep have no direction (Hos 4:9a).

This is why the five-fold ministry should have never been done away with. For had it remained there would be accountability to each other and the Body of Christ would not be suffering as it is now. One man cannot possibly lead by himself.

Sure he has a ‘leadership team’. But what is that? Is one a Prophet? Is

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Lord. The pastor taught a soft message on being filled with the Holy Spirit and His purpose for us to have this infilling, which was to empower us to do what He has called us to do. Then came the test…as a recovering addict came to the altar to bear their burdens and no one came forward…NO ONE…to pray with her! The pastor prayed with her, but admitted that he didn’t know what else to do as she fell to the floor and cried and seemingly ‘spoke in tongues’. The next morning the Pastor followed up with his prayer team leader to discuss why there were no prayer ministers there. The question the prayer leader had back was “why couldn’t you handle this?”

(Romans 1:18-22) Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

I believe the Lord ordained this to happen on this Sunday to show up in Power with signs and wonders following based on the very words that were taught. He was testing the hearts and faith of these people and the pastor to see if they really believed that the power of the Holy Spirit flows through us and empowers us…Did they pass the test? I’d say not as the pastor stared into the audience looking for a prayer warrior to come forward, but no one came. They all stared back with frozen glances looking to see how this Man of God was going to handle it. This church was put to the test.

The pastor spoke words that seemingly had the form of godliness; but the works behind it denied the power.

2Ti 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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Body and seeking other refuges for their souls. Or if they are staying they are being swayed to drink the proverbial Kool-Aid.

Tit 1:16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work Church we cannot deny the power of God when He shows up. When He shows up it will be through us. He is not a tangible object, but an intangible one that takes faith to believe He exists…for without this faith it will be impossible to please Him. We cannot speak of His goodness, mercy, etc. and not believe in the power that heals the sick, makes the blind see, or even raises the dead.

1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

We cannot speak of the Power of the Holy Spirit if we are not prepared to allow the signs and wonders to follow once believers are enlightened. How can believers learn to discern the difference between a false Christ or a false prophet (John 4:48)?

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

The Power of God flows from within us THROUGH the Holy Spirit. It’s not just words taught to make one wise or give us a safety net into heaven, but exercising that power through faith. The Holy Spirit is there for a reason. He is our comforter, yes, but He is also there to empower us to heal the sick, raise the dead, and set the captives free!

(Matthew 10:8; Luke 4:18). It is dangerous territory to be ‘playing church’. It leaves the body empty of the power of God. No oil in a lamp leaves one without light to guide their way.

Instead it leaves them broken, busted and disgusted. It’s no wonder that people are dropping like flies from the

What’s going to happen if we don’t know what to do or we don’t follow up is we are going to leave a lot of people broken and bruised. We will be held accountable.

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After one visit with Jesus, the infamous Zacchaeus, who was "small in stature," experienced a great big conversion. He repented of his crimes and pledged to give half his possessions to the poor (see Luke 19:1-10).

Jesus´ act of kindness led to a total heart change.

"JESUS Looks BEYOND POLITICS"

This was Jesus´ style. He looked beyond race, class, social labels and sectarian divisions. He was as comfortable talking to prostitutes, drunkards and condemned criminals as He was to synagogue officials, high priests and Roman centurions. He looked into men´s hearts with a piercing laser beam, not so He could judge their sins but so He could shine the light of His mercy.

-extracts by J. Lee Grady.

People didn't vote in ancient Israel, nor did they put "KICK THE ROMANS OUT!" bumper stickers on their chariots. But there was plenty of political anger seething in Palestine, even without Fox News, CNN and MSNBC around to stir the pot.

And today Jesus calls His followers to love everybody* that way. *NOTE: "Everybody" includes Democrats, Republicans, bleedingheart liberals, Tea Party conservatives, Jesse Jackson, Rush Limbaugh, left-leaning journalists, right-leaning journalists, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan - and, yes, Clint Eastwood!

Jews especially abhorred tax-collectors, since (1) tax-collectors were usually thieves, and (2) they worked for the hated Roman Empire. Yet when a chief tax-collector named Zacchaeus showed up to hear Jesus preach in Jericho, Jesus did an unlikely thing. He called Zacchaeus down from his perch in a sycamore tree and proposed a meeting at his house.

I´m saying this now (and preaching to myself) because too many of us are losing our religion in the current presidential campaign - which promises to grow more divisive before Election Day. It´s not just political commentators who are screaming at each other like banshees on Sunday-morning talk shows; Christians are unfriending each other on Facebook because campaign rhetoric has grown so hateful. We can´t even eat a chicken sandwich without triggering a war of words.

I´m sure the crowd was shocked that a holy rabbi who honored the Ten Commandments would fraternize with one of Caesar´s cronies.

They probably expected Jesus to give Zacchaeus a stern lecture on the evils of embezzlement.

But the Bible doesn´t say Jesus talked to him about his fraud or the injustice of Roman occupation. Their meeting was not about politics.

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so we can reflect Christ both during the campaign season and after Nov. 6 - regardless of whether Obama or Romney wins.

with our words. And this is equally true of Democrats and Republicans.

There is a higher way for people of faith. The apostle Paul called us to season our conversation with grace (see Col. 4:6) and to put on a heart of compassion, kindness and gentleness (see Col. 3:12). But we can´t express kind words if our hearts are full of judgment, racial bias, hatred of certain people or organizations, or anger toward those we disagree with. If you hold judgments in your heart, they will become like buried mines in a battlefield. When someone walks near them and pushes your button, you will explode.

1. Love people regardless of their political views...

How can I be a vessel of Christ´s love if my heart is full of hate?

2. Quit making politicians into gods. At the root of today´s angry rhetoric is the mistaken idea that politics can solve our moral problems.

Christians in the United States, especially since the early 1980s, have embraced an unhealthy infatuation with presidents and political power. We clamor for a King Saul to save us when God wants us to trust Him alone.

We must speak the truth, but we must say it in love.

It would be better for us

News flash! Ronald Reagan to keep our mouths shut if Bishop Bernie L. Wade with Author J. Lee Grady didn´t save us. Neither did we can´t say what Jesus Bush No. 1, Clinton or Bush No. 2. Neither is saying with His tone of voice.

Obama nor Romney will deliver us. And let´s not forget that the greatest spiritual revival in this country in the past 100 years occurred during the presidential terms of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon - one Democrat and one Republican!...

3. Frame your words with kindness. In our culture it has become in vogue to be hotheaded. Candidates and commentators throw vitriolic barbs like grenades, and when the discussion is moved online, everyone starts dropping F-bombs to prove their point.

There is no such thing today as civil debate. In modern American politics, we thrust, jab, kick, punch, skewer and impale each other 17

the line, most were choosing the status quo, cookie cutting ways of sharing the gospel and its disciplines.

FIVEFOLD UNIVERSITY

The answer that the Lord gave me is to put it into a working farm... A place where education, discipling, community, production, provision and the Church all function together in unity and gives back to the community. One might say, “But hasn’t that been done before?” In some sort or another, the short answer is, yes.

But never with all the components combined in these last days with how the Church should look, thus changing the way we disciple and equip people for God’s Kingdom and service, resulting in sending out well educated, discipled, relational Five Fold ministers as servants to the Body with the added skills of working the land and taking hold the gift of dominion, as taken back and returned to us by Jesus Christ’s victory on the cross and conquering death.

Five Fold Farms/University started with a simple question from Dr. Robert Straube, “Isn’t there a way to do this better?”. This question was prompted by the fractured, stale and directionless nature of the Christian education system over the last thirty-plus years, which have been played out in today’s church style. We have been praying as to what the church should look like as the Lord’s intention and design.

He gave us a clear vision of how the Church is to look in regards to the Five Fold ministries working together and serving the body of Christ, as well as how we “do” church. Then once again the question came to me, “How can I build another traditional college or university that pumps out more of the same religious teachings, which results in the same looking church with its same looking structures and results?” Of course, the Bible is the basis for all wisdom and knowledge (which should go without saying) and the prophets and the Apostles have laid the foundation, with Jesus Christ being the Chief Cornerstone.

Enter Five Fold Farms/University.

Phase One: Our first goal – go back to the basic, early church community model and teach it right, within a farming system. Conversely, the next generations of students are growing up in a culture and educational environment where the Biblical elements are treated as a “lump sum”.

Imagine a medical program that tried to lump Oncology, OB/GYN, Pediatrics and Neurosurgery all into the same onesize-fits-all package. It would be a disaster. That’s what is happening with education today. Colleges, High Schools and even Biblical training programs are trying to lump ministries of pastors, evangelists, teachers, prophets and

Today’s schools only want to offer the same lesson plans and ways of teaching them similarly as everyone else – the thought of expanding their teaching methods, their technology or their market share literally made them lose sleep. The hegemony of the old guard educators had fallen and rather than toe 18

apostles into the same “Ministerial” Degree; when what those disciplines need are foundational training programs that are walking the walk, aimed at crafting well-honed ministers of the gospel – not merely ministers educated in all mediums but masters of none.

researched and created a version of that objective, and now it’s time to take it to the next level and deliver it. Phase II will build and add a horticultural business school. Phase III will add a law school. Phase IV will add Science and Technology school. And Phase V will add a medical school.

We’re planning to change that. We will build an advanced Biblical educational facility using the principles of Godly farming and the latest technology and methods to advance the gospel and building the kingdom. This will be the root foundation by which the entire facility, both ministerial and vocational components will come together, utilizing foundational principles to put forth the highest quality, empowered and ethical leaders of the future.

All our future phases will influence the world in every segment of the specialized professional trades. We will invest our resources to uphold the standards of integrity and excellence in education and be fervently innovative in our foundational approach, technology and our marketing – beyond merely the standard, cookie cutting Bible college world – we can make an improved and marked difference. Not just by instructing it and hoping students will grasp it, but by sharing it through dynamic side -by-side mentoring relationships, exemplifying it with discipling models and real life experiences, and then a continuation of ongoing mentoring as they go out and DO IT!

Future Phases: Here at Five Fold Farms/University, however, our goal was never merely to be another Bible college or only a farm.

Our goal is to be a comprehensive multifaceted resource center for the top students in America with various vocational and professional callings, such as business, law, medicine, engineering, pharmaceutical and many other professional vocations. Students and professors alike have told us that their two biggest challenges were finding the Biblical foundational teachings which supported their vocations, and then finding a quantitative educational delivery system to instruct them without contradiction – all in one venue. We’ve

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breaks down the natural to make way for the spiritual. That transition is through death, through the grave. Then presently we emerge, and we are seeing things now from God´s side, we are understanding with a faculty and capacity that we never before possessed.

Somehow or other a resurrection work has been done; that is, something has been quickened which we never had before. We are made alive to that of which we had no knowledge before. We have a new standard of judgment now, a new standard of values, a new sense of differences.

It is just something done, not something which we have created or made. It comes, as it were, to birth, and we know it, and as we move accordingly, in obedience to it, it grows.

THE MAKING OF a TRUE LEADER -by T. Austin Sparks.

We gather from this book of Judges that those who are going to be instrumental in the Lord´s hands in helping others out of their bad condition must themselves have shared that bad condition... It is necessary for a spiritual leader to have suffered in the same trials as those being led; to have known the same depths of misery, to have been in the same complicated circumstances, to have passed through those very problems, and to know what it is to emerge from a dark, dismal and wretched state. All that makes a leader, but that also represents the cost to begin with.

There is all the difference between natural understanding and spiritual understanding, and the difference is between death and life, and a grave is between. Oh, those dark days, when we lost all natural understanding and there was no light. It is a terrible cost.

The cost of leadership is...

We are not speaking about just understanding certain events. It may have to do with trials of a certain nature through which we pass, but it is the general faculty to which we are referring.

There is all the difference between a natural faculty for understanding things and a spiritual faculty for understanding the things of the Lord, which cannot be defined, but can be declared as a fact. That cost is the cost bound up with spiritual leadership

a) By what course, by what road, is this transition made?

Always through the grave. Before we ever come to spiritual understanding we shall have all our own understanding pulverized, ground to powder, so that we do not understand anything, and we know it. If we are asked to explain we can give no explanation. It is not in us to explain. All understanding has gone. God 20

b) The assurance of understanding c) Active faith There was a time when some of us were most sure. Oh yes, we knew, no one could tell us. We were the most sure people. We could lay down the law to anybody as to what they ought to do.

The Lord has taken in hand and has ground to powder, made pulp of all that assurance. We have lost all self-assurance. We have come to the place where we feel that we could question everything in ourselves, doubt everything about ourselves. We have come to the place where, when we tell the Lord that we mean to be all for Him there is something inside which says we meant it, but come up against the test and we find that we are not that. Peter was a most self-confident man; "Lord, I will follow thee even unto death." I am certain that if we had met Peter later on, after the cross, we should have found him a man who would never for a moment say a word about his own certainty or self-assurance. Yet you find the man marked by boldness; there is nothing more sure than his statement on the day of Pentecost; but he is a different man. He has gone through the grave, and self-assurance has been broken in him and replaced with the assurance of God. There is the full assurance of understanding of the Lord. It is costly, but it is the way of spiritual leadership, the way to spiritual values.

We spoke of active faith. It comes the same way. The time through which we pass is a time when we lose all. There are times when we feel that the bottom has fallen out of everything.

What have we to rest upon? Faith. Where is our faith? If God is not merciful to us it is a poor lookout for us. If this whole thing depends upon our faith today, the Lord help us!

Yes, these are dark, strange experiences, things you may not say to the unconverted. They are not bound up with our salvation, our acceptance before God. It is another side, the side of our usefulness to the Lord, the measure of our spiritual value to the Lord for the sake of others. The cost of spiritual leadership and a faith of this true, pure kind is borne out of a grave. It grows like a new child; it is quiet, steady faith in God. You have been through the depths, and you have found the Lord faithful, and you have had to say, "It was not because of my wonderful faith in God, not because of my saying I am able to hold on, to persist! God was faithful to me when I had nothing of faith as far as I was concerned."

That comes back from the grave. It is the cost of leadership.

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d) Initiative

where all things are out from God, as manifested in the Lord Jesus Himself.

This is quite true also in the matter of initiative.

Naturally there was a time when initiative was not difficult to some of us. The bigger the proposition the more we gloried in tackling it, and lacked no initiative in these things. Then the Lord took us in hand and broke all that natural force, or began to break it, and we came steadily to the place where, so far as we were concerned, the initiative left us: that is, the natural initiative, the taking of big responsibility, and we became deeply conscious that we were needing a divine energy to move in relation to the Lord´s interests. And now to some extent we do know that energizing of God in relation to His interests.

When we have no natural energy, when it does not spring from ourselves, and if it were left with us, we should not do it, we would not move, but just lie there, refuse, decline, and yet we know that for the Lord´s interests there is an energy which we have not got. We lay hold of that divine energy, and the initiative of God is appropriated by faith, and there are accomplishments.

e) Humility and dependence The same law holds good. We may have been very independent or self-dependent, or dependent upon others. The Lord has dealt with all that, or will deal with it in us, and bring us to a place where every other kind of support is removed, where all our independence is dealt with, where our self-dependence is destroyed, where our dependence upon others is cut away.

And we come out to a place, through trying and painful experiences, where our dependence is upon God. Paul is an outstanding illustration of this.

There is no character more self-confident than Saul of Tarsus. In the long-run there is no one more dependent upon God, and confessedly so. He said: "We despaired of life."

The sentence of death was upon him, so that he should not trust in himself, but in God who raises the dead.

The way through is a deep, dark, and painful way, but this is all the way to spiritual leadership. It is all that is involved in the transition from the natural to the spiritual, and it all leads to values for others.

There is all the difference between that natural go-ahead attitude in the work of God, and that energizing of the Holy Spirit; that initiative which is of the flesh, and that initiative which is of the Holy Spirit. You have to pass from the one to the other in a deep experience, when all that is of nature is broken down, and you come on to the ground where it is all and only of God. It is a new creation in Christ Jesus,

Your value to others in the Lord entirely depends upon your own measure of knowing the Lord for yourself as your very life, your wisdom, your strength.

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There may be a little weakness in what we have been saying, that we have dealt with positives rather than negatives. Some are not in much danger of strong, natural, goaheadness. Perhaps some are lacking altogether in any kind of strength like that, and may be saying, "Well, I do not have to be broken down very much, therefore I cannot come through to very much for the Lord." Do not say that, because your painful experience will probably be from a negative to a positive, not from one positive to another positive. We mean this, that some timid people will go through an agony when God brings them out to take initiative. It is an agony for reticent people to be made to stand on their feet and take responsibility. They would sooner shrink into a corner, but the Lord will not let them get away with that. In effect He says, "You have got to be of value, you have got to count; it is no use your hiding in a corner, I want values in you for My people."

f) Loneliness The cost of leadership is always loneliness.

When you are going through a thing in the hands of God, your one sense is that no one has ever been through this before. The Lord sees to it that you do not escape by having someone come along who has just been through it so that you may throw yourself on them and they carry you. The Lord allows isolation. But, however it is, it is always loneliness. That is bound up with leadership. It is as though you were pioneering and no one has ever gone this way before; you are alone. It is part of the price, but it must be.

No doubt you have longed for somebody who has been that way to be alongside of you while you are going through, but the Lord has not allowed it. We say in effect, "If only we had their experience in this thing to appeal to!" But somehow or other the Lord cuts it all off from us, and takes us through with Himself alone. If we refuse to go through with Him alone, we are going to miss the Lord´s object.

Then comes the agony of perhaps having to talk to someone, having to take initiative for the spiritual help of somebody, when you would rather be somewhere else, doing something else. It is the transition from the natural, whatever the natural is - whether positive or negative - to what is spiritual. It is costly, but it is the price of leadership, and after all, it is that the Lord should have His full measure in us, "...each several part in due measure" (Eph. 4:16). There is a "due measure" from each several part.

g) Misunderstanding So often accompanying the loneliness is misunderstanding, and that is the more bitter side. It is the more positive or active side.

Think of Nehemiah. He had to take the lead, the initiative. But it was not long before not only in his loneliness, but in misunderstanding and

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misrepresentation he discovered the cost of that leadership. All around things were being said: "He is building this thing to make himself a name! He is going to appoint prophets to preach about him! He is starting a new movement!"

matter. Leaders may labor for perhaps another generation, for others to enter into their labors, and they may never see the fruit of their own labors.

Look back over the history of all who have really been used of God in the lives of His people.

Very rarely has their life borne fruit until they have gone. They have labored, and other men have entered into their labors. It means that there is to be no present glory, nothing for self, no present reward. It is a Moses leading through the wilderness, up against the real hard, tough side of things, and then passing out without seeing the fruit.

That is the price of leadership so often; selfless disinterestedness, being willing to labor, to give one´s life, to suffer, to come to a place of value for others and never see the full result of it.

All the things which were said were lies, false; it was misrepresentation, misunderstanding. That is simply because a man or woman has come to know the will of God as it applies to them, and they are going on in that way of God. It is strange how people will very rarely give another credit for walking with God. Others always seem to interpret their movements as though they had been captured and led astray.

They never give them credit for really walking with God themselves. They blame someone else, and then blame them for getting into the hands of someone else.

It is a part of the price.

That is all we shall say for the time being. It has all come out of that expression of Deborah: "For that the leaders took the lead in Israel". That is the explanation of such deliverance, of a mighty emancipation, of glorious victory, the changing of the whole face of things from servile slavery, depression and oppression, to ascendancy, liberty and progress...

h) Selflessness It is necessary when counting the cost of leadership to be selfless and disinterested in the

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The reasons for growing extremism are manifold. These include rising economic imbalance among segments of society, low employment levels especially among urban educated youth, dwindling buying power of people, insecurity of life and property, regional power play by Pakistan’s neighbours, a Zia-era ban on student unions in educational institutions stifling healthy debate among the youth, bad governance of state institutions, fissures among masses on ethnic, sectarian, linguistic and provincial lines, ready access to hate literature, ready access to sophisticated weapons, undemocratic regimes and feudal mindset of law makers, low levels of access to education, and abject illiteracy. The above directly feed into and strengthen the counternarrative of sermon- givers (not necessarily

EXTREMISM BRUENER B NEWTON (TONY) PRESIDENT CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UPLIFT

Pakistan is in the throes of extremism largely due to the ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan. It has taken on the shape of the many-headed Hydra from the Greek mythology. You take out one and it reemerges to fight in many other forms. A case in point is Pakistan, which is now inundated with the violent overspill from its neighboring country. Extremism is like a balloon – squeeze one end and it surfaces at the other. Perturbing examples are Iraq,

Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and not forgetting China, after playing havoc in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Islamic scholars) towards upending the current status quo (brought about and allegedly supported by western vested and imperialistic designs) by violent means.

At the local level, the State squeezed extremists in Swat for them only to resurface more strengthened in FATA. The ethos propagated by the ruthless Taliban has morphed into homegrown Tehreek-e-Taliban and other similar groups that empathize and carry forward the ideology of the original Taliban. No longer dependent on outside support with hundreds of ready young adherents as fodder from within their own country, these religious, ultra radical militants seem to be succeeding in destabilizing the establishment in the country.

Growing Dehumanizing use of Orphaned Children for Nefarious activities by Extremists. A most disturbing phenomenon to emerge from the expanding influence of extremism in Pakistan is capitulation of its social service sector and erosion of the public education system. Both these important segments have simply buckled under the onslaught of increasingly dogmatic religious system of education that is growing from strength to strength with each passing day. No longer catering to the needs of overwhelmingly the very poor and

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disenfranchised, this system is increasingly becoming the choice of lower, lower middle class and middle class segments that are angry and disgruntled by the eroding social fabric of civil society.

BILLY GRAHAM's 'JUDGMENT' LETTER Sparks COMMOTION

The availability of young impressionable minds at these institutions in their hundreds is a God-send for these errant groups to exploit and indoctrinate with anti-West propaganda.

-Troy Anderson, Charisma News.

(BGEA).

Denting the Designs of Extremists through Mainstreaming of Young Orphans And most susceptible of these are the many orphans (and other kidnapped poor children from the streets) who are sadly a neglected and forgotten lot in most societies of the world.

Tender in age, some as young as nine or ten years, with no familial ties or love, these orphans are lured to blow themselves up with false hopes and promises, and even coercion. Pakistan, as in some other countries, is seeing a growing trend of militants employing these children as fodder for their suicide missions against the state and its people.

Editor's note: Revival is sweeping the whole world except the Western world. Only in the Western world are we convinced we are ok.

Like the Laodicea church the Western world has become rich and increased with goods and feel like we need nothing. There is one common global message: REPENTANCE. This message must be preached in America. It is time to repent.

Famed evangelist Billy Graham´s letter calling America and its "deceived people" to repentance is one in a series of escalating warnings that the nation is in growing danger of God´s judgment, prominent faith leaders told Charisma News.

Christian Social Uplift Organization (CSUO) feels the only way out of this dilemma is to not only provide and match the enticing services offered (food, shelter, clothing and education) to orphans by errant groups at these educational institutions but to clearly better them. The incentive being to imbibe in them necessary self esteem, develop their inherent learning skills, and afford them an enabling environment for due recognition while effectively countering their outcast status in mainstream society.

"This may be our last chance to call the nation to pray," says Anne Gimenez, national 26

chairperson of America for Jesus - The Awakening, which expects hundreds of thousands of people to gather at Independence Mall in Philadelphia Sept 28-29 to pray and intercede for the United States...

humanism and attacks on religious liberty.

Jack Hayford, the founding pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, Calif., says Graham´s letter comes as the nation is in a "very grim hour as we approach the election this year."

"What we need is something on the order of shock troops at this hour, and I can imagine that can be raised," Hayford says. "I don´t feel despairing. I do feel the urgency. We are at a point that desperate action is needed..."

In his letter, "My Heart Aches for America," the 93-year-old Graham wrote that he recalled how his late wife, Ruth, once expressed concerns about the nation´s "terrible downward spiral" exclaiming, "If God doesn´t punish America, He´ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." Graham, who has preached to more people than any other Protestant in history - 2.2 billion wrote that he wondered what Ruth would think of the country today where "self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle."

Wrote Rick Scarborough, chairman of 40 Days to Save America..."Today, our nation faces multiple crises-pending economic collapse, moral disintegration and international terrorismbut all have spiritual underpinnings... The crises confronting us are beyond the power of human beings to resolve without divine guidance.

Nothing short of a Third Great Awakening can save us."

"My hearts aches for America," wrote Graham...

"The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah´s Day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower -wealthy, unconcerned and selfcentered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God´s warning, people heard and repented. I believe the same thing can happen once again, this time in our nation."

For another Great Awakening to occur, Hayford says the church and believers must engage in "gut-level, spiritually-impassioned intercessory prayer" - something lacking in most churches today, few of which even hold prayer meetings anymore...

International Circle of Faith (ICOF) is committed to seeing real and impacting change come to the body of Christ, restoring the Church to the model given us in the New Testament. We call this The Next Wave.

Graham´s letter calling America to repentance comes as a growing number of highly respected Christian leaders have issued similar warnings in recent months, noting that the nation is in a downward spiral of economic decline, immorality, corruption, growing secular

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good intentions, not my enemies, they are my family and family arguments are always the hardest. Let's not argue, lets instead read, study, pray and be sure of *what is said before we say it in relationship to the body of Christ ministry. Our words are what separate us from other forms of Christianity. We live by the Word, using words, holding words to have specific meaning and those meanings are to exhort the Lord God, not bring HIM to a state of impotence.

Reformation or Remodeling?

Today it is being stated, and correctly that the 'modern' Christian 'church' needs to be 'more' effective than the first church, since the first church failed to generate a continual model that was effective and powerful throughout the ages. I would posit that every single member of the 'true faith' would agree with that statement. There is a split in thinking about weather this means a small tweak to the current system or a Reformation of the body of Christ ministry. What follows however, is a commentary that often is neither biblical nor spirit led; yes some do make sure to be biblical, but this has been a smaller number until very recent times.

"Today is different than 33AD".

"We should not try to be like the first church. Instead let's take the best of what we learned from them and use it today, improve it, make it better."

"The body of Christ needs to mature/grow up/learn, then we will see the mighty move of God." And, this goes on comment after comment, year after year, decade after decade, century after century. When do we become what Jesus promised? Is it a matter of time or is it a matter of obedience?

That commentary makes excuses for failure of the body of Christ, and I for one find the Lamb to be perfect, without need for excuses. Let me list some of those excuses offered in good faith as commentary in every focus group in this Nation, remember, there is nothing new under the Sun.

These of course are the comments that are preached each year at every single Apostolic Conference across this Nation for as long as I have been alive and before, once again there is nothing new under the Sun. No one using these comments today is saying anything that

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has never been correctly treated for that illness.

It is true we can all point to miracles, fruits of the spirit, prophetic utterances' and even in some cases large numbers all at once coming truly into the faith in one day. However, let us look at those numbers. In 1977 when I came into the faith, the Apostolic movement in the United States boasted that there were a little over 2.5 million members throughout all the Organizations. In 1977 the population was just about 200 million people. Let's make that a real number. In 1977, when I heard the local UPC Pastor give the numbers, my first question was 'is this the UPC number'?

The answer was, 'this is a best estimate' that includes all the Organized Apostolic groups. The conversation should have been, 'how effective have we been given the power of God and the vast number of people in this Nation?'

wasn't said for as long as I can remember when the question becomes one of a Reformation within the body of Christ. "We are doing it right, we are just not doing it enough." "We need to expand on our preaching and teaching in a more modern way." "Things are not as bad as we think, the Lord is working in Mighty ways." Then, next year same time same place we give the same message to a quickly shrinking group of the faithful.

Do we see the Lord working in mighty ways? Yes, of course, however, in a Nation of over 300 million how many verified Jesus Name Baptisms are done each year? How many new saints are filled with the wonderful gift of the Holy Ghost? How many are cured of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and other deadly illnesses? Many of us have the hindsight of decades and can conclude correctly that the body of Christ is smaller and weaker than it was in the 70's, which was smaller and weaker than it was in the 60's and so on. This weakness is the sign of one of two things, a body that is aged and nearly dead or a body that has an illness and

Today, 35 years later if we add up all the numbers here in the United States, a hard number to come to since there is a tendency for some Organizations to bundle all saints worldwide, we might, just might be able to get to; Wow, 3 or 4 million saints in a Nation of over 300 million. Now that is huge growth right?

After all we have added over a half million, could be as much as a million members in total numbers since 1997.

It just isn't enough so we have to hold meetings and figure out how to increase this wonderful number. Thus the constant Conference preaching to do more of the same, the same only better, 29

we are doing it right there is just a need for more preaching and teaching. Once again the conversation should have been 'why are we not experiencing' greater growth and stronger saints?

doctrine and the rules, spiritual and physical, and just do whatever we think is right. I think I will stick to the book.

Back to the comments now. Today is different than 33 AD. Yep, I agree that today is different, but God is the same and the bible is the same and the path is the same. Maybe, just maybe we view this change and are applying it to our faith rather than applying our faith to the times? Or, maybe 33 AD was not all that different from today? What does the historical perspective say?

Historically we are almost exactly the same as people in 33 AD. We have homes, jobs, children, schools, etc. We tend to be greedy about our possessions, and about money. We still use whatever is most convenient to get the job done. So, what is different. Well, we have cars and planes and televisions and computes. The entertainment comes into our houses instead of us going out to an amphitheater. But, the poor are still poor, the middle class are still middle and the rich are still rich.

The simple fact is that the differences between 33 AD and 2012 AD are purely cosmetic. We are not so different and if we are totally honest, we are even more in need of the exact structure of the ministry that God set up then today because of one thing; entertainment.

The first comment is not valid, can't be

Have we taken the 'best' of what we learned from the early church and applied it to the modern church? There are three possible answers to that question. The answer is either no, we have failed to learn, use and apply the best things we learned. Or, the answer is that 'we got it wrong' in a big way and have been stubborn about learning to do it in the right way.

Third, God has changed and we have not changed with HIM. The last of course is not even possible, but must be answered. God does not change, HE says so, HE is the truth, HE is the way and HE is both light and life to us that are of the faith.

Ever wonder if maybe, just maybe, the things we do get us the things we get?

We have failed, and we continue to do the same thing. That my friends is called insanity. We either believe the bible, I do 100% although it might not seem like it to some, and accept that God had and has a plan and that plan is the same since the cross as there is no indication of any new commandants, or we throw out the bible and forget about 30

used and no amount of arguing will change the facts, cosmetics cover up things, make them look different, and in some cases make things seem better, but they change nothing.

The HOLY City of Jerusalem and those that enter into her are the bride. The bride is eternal, no change, Holy. So, what is there left to take from the first church model that we don't already have today?

"We need to take the best things from the first church model and apply them to the modern church". I do think that half of this is answered in the previous paragraph. We don't have a 'modern' church. The body of Christ, the Church, is the same today as it was in 33AD. Worship is still worship, doctrine is still doctrine, God is still on the throne and the blood of Jesus still flows from the wounds of the Lamb. We can't be 'modern' because the 'Church' was made eternal on the day of Crucifixion.

"The body of Christ needs to mature.

First, the body is mature. On the day of Pentecost it was created whole and complete. The doctrine, the ministry, the power of the Spirit. All has been there since day one. How do we go about maturing or growing God's perfect creation? Who gave us the right to change anything?

When did we get so divinely powerful that we could 'fix' what God made perfect? It is time we come down to earth, it seems our pride, and yes I include myself, has gotten in the way of the mission. Jesus promised us we would move mountains; and right now all of us together would have a hard time digging out enough dirt and rock to build a road over the lowest spot in the Rocky Mountains. If we can't move mountains it is not because Gods perfect creation needs to grow up, it is because we have failed.

Who do we think the 'New Jerusalem' is? In the book of Revelation, and I am one that firmly believes this prophetic scroll belongs in the book, it says; "And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,".

Please take the time to read Revelation 21:9-27.

The 'Church' should be stronger today than it was then, not weaker and in more turmoil.

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the world. There is nothing new under the Sun, we are the same today as we were yesterday and 2000 years ago because we are made in the image (tseh'-lem, spiritual) of God and after HIS likeness (dem-ooth', model).

created a full ministry and HE titled each position. HE told the 12 that they would be the least of the servants even though they would have to lead, and lead they did. Why don't we try that?

No currently called and truly chosen minister has any need to fear losing anything in a full ministry of five. God is in charge, the messages flow to the body and the body grows stronger.

Anyone that says no group can have 'five heads' has missed the point of this ministry. There are not five heads, there are five ropes pulling in unity towards a single end, just as the oxen are yoked and pull the load with ease instead of constantly fighting the weight. Are the titles important? God wouldn't have made them if they weren't. Why are they important? Because people must be held accountable. Each of us in the ministry has a job to do and no man/woman can do all or even two of those jobs at the same time. The shared load is a message of the bible from the beginning.

We are HIS children, and the child is like the Father. The Father is a Spirit, and we desire to be in our spiritual model.

That has been true since day one. It cannot change, it will not change, man is man and ever shall be man. Those who are in the body of Christ while on earth will always have a pull towards the flesh (eh'rets, dirt).

Those in the body will always need someone to care for the spiritual man while guarding the physical man. That is what the ministry does and has always done. All of today's truly called ministers who are fighting against the a restoration of the first church model are doing so out of the basic, primal, feelings of fear and loss. We are afraid we will lose control of the process and that is EXACTLY what God intended.

Envy kills (Able/Cain) and love grows (Jesus/First Church). We have a duty to unify and love the congregants into a place in the body that they fit into and that fits them. They are a Royal Priesthood, and we serve THEM, they are not our cattle to be led around by

HE intended for us to work together to demonstrate to the congregations unity.

HE intended for us to work together to make sure that 'one man' ministries did not introduce false doctrines into the faith (can anyone say ROMAN?). HE 32

the nose. They are the ones we were given to guard and keep until the day of the LORD.

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Choosing a church to attend is no longer a matter of finding where the Word of God is taught and where people are striving to live in a manner that pleases God. It is now a matter of finding a church that has the best programs, preferred music, and activities.

A CULTURE ADDICTED to "SELF" by 'Pastor Dave' (From the ICOF FORUM)

Yesterday, I read a report about an Ohio State University study involving 900 adults ranging in age from 18 to 90 which claimed that young Americans place such a high value on their sense of self-worth that they crave praise and compliments more than food, friendship, and sex! The study also observed that this craving is akin to an addiction. It is insatiable. The participants in the study are not all narcissists, of course, but they're kissin' cousins.

American Christians have become consumers rather than practitioners. We look for the most enjoyable services, the most convenient schedules, the most engaging presentations, and the programs that fulfill our desires to the greatest degree. We seem drawn to the churches that are most like the world. Our primary concern about church is not how we can serve the church body, but how the church body can serve us.

The professor who conducted the study identified the 1969 book The Psychology of Self-Esteem as the launching point for a generation of Americans obsessed with self-esteem. He concluded that the obsession is only going to get worse -- "as each new generation enters a culture that puts a premium on self-worth, younger Americans spend more time craving and searching for self-esteem boosts--and less time thinking about others. All that time spent thinking about yourself not only contributes to depression, but it makes society a less kind and gentle place."

Churches that are preaching that Christians are deserving of and entitled to good things, happiness, blessings, and personal fulfillment are bursting at the seams.

Churches that preach poorness in spirit, mournfulness for sin, meekness, purity in heart, and a hunger for righteousness, are struggling to find people willing to listen. Are we witnessing the fulfillment of Paul's warning to Timothy, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables."

The seismic shift that began in 1969 has resulted in the tsunamis of Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, reality TV shows and life enhancement church services. Americans just can't seem to get enough of being true to self, expressing self, fulfilling self, improving self and advancing self. This addiction has had an enormous impact on the Christian community.

We can't be hungry for righteousness and addicted to self at the same time.

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“Some of these things are going on now,” Dawkins explains. “Someone needs to speak out and I am one of them, but we need more people to take a stand against this type of pimping that is going on.

Someone must help the people that cannot help themselves.”

An excerpt from “Pimp, Pastor, Pulpit and Prostitute”: Some of our leaders try to put the Lord’s name in things that He had nothing to do with, when we should just come clean and tell the truth.

This is what I am trying to show you: that some of the smoothest pimps are in the churches’ pulpits today and that’s why our church is upside down. We have been pimped out like prostitutes and do not even know it.

“Pimp, Pastor, Pulpit and Prostitute”

Author takes critical look at current state of church leadership Bishop Woodrow H. Dawkins Jr. compares pastors to pimps in

new book “The preacher that’s going bad is like the pimp in the street. He/she will turn the people of God into prostitutes in the churches.”

GREENSBORO, N.C. – “The people are being bamboozled by the pimp in the pulpit,” believes author Bishop Woodrow H. Dawkins Jr. In his new book “Pimp, Pastor, Pulpit and Prostitute: The naked truth” (published by Trafford Publishing) Dawkins shares his belief of how some church leaders have mislead and misused their members.

About the Author Bishop Woodrow H. Dawkins Jr. is a native of Gaffney, S.C. He has traveled the country and preached the Gospel for the past 30 years. He founded Jesus Way of Deliverance of Apostolic Faith Inc. in Greensboro, N.C., in 1997. In 2004, the church uprooted and replanted in Simsboro, La., where he 37

pastored for six years. Dawkins is the founder of the first public housing community watch program in Greensboro, and is affiliated with numerous programs that reach the inner city and restore hope to hurting people. Dawkins’s anointed purpose is exemplified in his work for the Lord: doing the Great Commission.

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member become ready to empower their world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Help us and be a part of our efforts in doing our part to improve our ever increasing poverty rate, degeneration of values and overall quality of Life; by focusing on the needs and solutions for all these areas including the neglect of our Nation's children. We are purposed to impact the preservation and restoration of the family. We hold that the Church was patterned after the family.

Christian Greetings, We welcome you to the International Circle of Faith Global Missions Department. Our missions department exists to aid our network of established ministries and churches in a holistically approach of restoration of body soul & spirit; to extend the church beyond the traditional parameters of the edifice complex.

We are a mission’s resource network; partnering with churches, organizations, agencies and nonprofits and faith based communities to achieve our mission to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every man woman and child.

We are dedicated to community and family development by helping meet the needs of the citizens and communities we are called to serve.

We must focus on the needs of an ever growing population in our communities, cities and Nation. Every day, individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness, hunger and other life crises in our communities go unnoticed by society at large. We are the body of Christ and it is our mandate to help those who need our help the most?

Africa Our past and present missions include: Drilling water wells, free medical services and in current development of Agriculture &Housing.

India

ICOF Missions focus: 1. The Gospel of Jesus Christ 2. Humanitarian 3. Business and Economic development

In partnership with ICOF CSU we have started the Patrick Song Academy English School, to help young Indian children to speak English, so they can function in elementary and secondary education.

We believe that by assisting those in need– physically, mentally, and spiritually – and helping them to reach their full potential, our communities become stronger, and the lives of each

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poorest, most vulnerable patients, who may not be aware about eye care and free medical camps services.

While Project Eye Openers current outreach teams provide free medical services and eye examinations to approximately 400 plus patients in each Village per Medical Camp outing, their ultimate goal is to eliminate obstacles by providing pre-screenings through our Mobile Medical Camps.

ICOF Home Missions offers personal interactions for the elderly. Providing a much-needed ministry for older people to receive care and human concern.

With the baby boomer generation fast approaching their senior years, a swelling tide of concern for the many that will need support and assistance is evident by the many senior citizen charity groups that continue to organize throughout the country. ICOF Home Missions division offers opportunities for any person to donate time and important resources to this growing challenge.

Pakistan Evangelism: We have a program called “Project Logos “The program consists of sending bibles to Pakistan translated into their native language.

Holistic Family Restoration. A long term priority is to under-served communities. The goal is to lead individuals and families in need towards a better life, improved happiness and inner peace in addition to rebuilding their material lives or improving their living and an educational condition with the power of the whole Gospel of Jesus Christ ….body, soul & Spirit.

Medical Missions: Through ICOF Medical Missions “Physicians with a cause” provide free medical camps and sharing of the gospel, throughout remote villages in Pakistan.

USA We also are focused on Church Home Missions in the USA. Through Community Enhancement that acts as a safety net for individuals and families in need, ICOF Global Missions works to strengthen and enhance communities by working with varies other agencies, churches, non profits within the Faith Based communities already in existence. We are committed to our Senior citizens community including information and referral, food distribution and collaborations with the faith community.

A hundred years from now it will not matter how much money you have, what kind of car you drive or what kind of House you live in, but the world will be a better place because you made a difference in the lives of others”.

Dr. Barney Phillips ICOF VP of Missions drbphilips@icof.net

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MY WIFE AND I DID EXTENSIVE BIBLE STUDY TO BE SURE THAT WE TAUGHT ONLY WHAT WAS IN THE WORD OF THE LORD. WE FOUND THAT MANY OF OUR EARLY TEACHINGS IN OUR LIVES WERE NOT BIBLE BASED. THOSE WE HAD TO THROW OUT. WE DID NOT WISH TO HINDER GOD'S WORK WITH THE TRADITIONS OF MEN. TO THAT EXTENT, WE HAD NIGHTLY PRAYER MEETING BETWEEN THREE AM AND FIVE AM. WE CHOSE THESE HOURS SO AS NOT TO BE INTERRUPTED BY PHONE CALLS, PEOPLE COMING TO SEE US OR

BY THE CHILDREN. WE CARRIED OUR REQUESTS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER NIGHTLY. WE PRAYED FOR THOSE WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN GOD AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE FAR FROM HIM. (SEE LAST MONTHS MAGAZINE FOR REFERENCE TO FAR FROM HIM). WE PRAYED FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD WHO WERE FIGHTING A DAILY BATTLE TO PRESS ON TO THE MARK OF PERFECTION. GOD HEARD AND HE ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS.

Where Do We Go from Here?

Bishop Sanford L. Wade

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY ANSWERS BEING THOUGHT OF AND SPOKEN OF CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. THE ANSWER SHOULD BE, WE GO BACK AND BUILD FOR THE NOW AND FUTURE UPON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND THE PROPHETS. JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. I CORINTHIANS 3:11, EPHESIANS 2:20.

MANY YEARS AGO, GOD CALLED ME TO OPEN A CHURCH IN A RURAL AREA OF OHIO. HE LEAD ME TO THE BUILDING AND CONFIRMED BY HIS SPIRIT THAT THIS WAS TO BE THE LOCATION FOR HIS WORK. THE BUILDING WAS AN OLD SUPER MARKET. IT WAS IN VERY BAD SHAPE. IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK AND PRAYER TO MAKE IT INTO A PRESENTABLE CHURCH BUILDING. I RECEIVED HELP IN THE REMODELING OF THE BUILDING FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO DID NOT PLAN ON BEING A PART OF THE WORK GOD HAD CALLED ME TO. SOME OF THEM WERE NOT CHRISTIANS AND SOME OF THEM WERE. ALL OF THEM WERE BLESSED BY GOD FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN REMODELING THE STRUCTURE.

MANY OF THOSE WE PRAYED FOR CAME TO KNOW JESUS OR RETURNED TO HIM. NOT ALL OF THEM WERE A PART OF THE WORK GOD HAD STARTED THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. MANY WERE IN NEARBY CHURCHES, BUT ALL WERE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. PRAISE THE LORD! THE CHILDREN ON GOD GREW STRONGER IN THEIR WALK WITH HIM. WE WERE BLESSED WITH MANY NEW WITNESSES. MIRACLES WERE COMMON PLACE AMONG US. THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT WERE MANIFESTED. CARS WERE STOPPED IN THE STREET AS THEY PASSED THE BUILDING. GOD WAS REACHING OUT TO THE LOST.

WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING IN THE BUILDING, THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE PRESENT. MY LOVING WIFE, OUR TWO SMALL SONS, ONE SISTER NAMED BOBBIE COOPER AND MYSELF. I DID'T THINK OF IT AT THE TIME, BUT FIVE IS GOD'S NUMBER FOR GRACE. HE CERTAINLY SHOWERED HIS GRACE UPON THE UNDERTAKING. WITHIN SIX MONTHS THERE WERE OVER ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE GATHERING TO WORSHIP GOD AT THE PLACE OF HIS CHOOSING.

WHAT WAS THE SECRET TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WORK? IT WAS BUILT UPON THE RIGHT FOUNDATION. IT WAS REINFORCED BY PRAYER AND DO NOT LET ME FORGET FASTING. WE DID ALL THAT WE COULD TO MAKE THE VESSELS READY FOR GOD TO USE. I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE WITH THE GOAL OF BEING A VESSEL THAT GOD CAN USE. I FEEL

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THAT IF I WORK TO MAKE THE VESSEL WORTH, GOD WILL PROVIDE THE WORDS I NEED WHEN I NEED THEM TO HELP HIS PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. MY WIFE WAS A GREAT HELP IN THAT WORK AND OTHERS THAT FOLLOWED. SHE WAS A GREAT HELP MEET TO ME RIGHT UP TO THE TIME OF HER GOING HOME TO BE WITH JESUS ON JULY 8TH OF THIS YEAR.

A.W. TOZER

THAT WORK IS STILL IN OPERATION TODAY. WE LEFT IT WITH ANOTHER MINISTER WHEN GOD CALLED US TO ANOTHER STATE TO WORK FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT HOWEVER IS ANOTHER PRAISE FOR GOD TO BE SHARED AT A LATER DATE.

Great industrial concerns have in their employ men who are needed only when there is a breakdown somewhere. When something goes wrong with the machinery, these men spring into action to locate and remove the trouble and get the machinery rolling again.

WE MUST BUILD OUR WORK FOR THE LORD UPON THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LAID. IF WE WISH TO SEE IT PROSPER, WE WILL WATER IT WITH PRAYER AND FASTING AND THE WORD OF GOD. HAVING DONE SO, BY FAITH IT WILL THEN PROSPER. WE WILL SHOW OUR FAITH BY OUR WORKS AND GOD WILL SHOW HIS PLEASURE IN THEM. ALL CAN BE A PART OF THE GROWTH OF GOD'S KINGDOM THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING AND THE SHARING OF GOD'S WORD.

For these men a smoothly operating system has no interest. They are specialists concerned with trouble and how to find and correct it.

In the kingdom of God things are not too different. God has always had His specialists whose chief concern has been the moral breakdown, the decline in the spiritual health of the nation or the church. Such men were Elijah, Jeremiah, Malachi and others of their kind who appeared at critical moments in history to reprove, rebuke and exhort in the name of God and righteousness.

A thousand or ten thousand ordinary priests or pastors or teachers could labor quietly on almost unnoticed while the spiritual life of Israel or the church was normal. But let the people of God go astray from the paths of truth and immediately the specialist appeared almost out of nowhere. His instinct for trouble brought him to the help of the Lord and of Israel.

WRITTEN WITH CHRISTIAN LOVE

Dr. Sanford L. Wade ICOF Bishop

"The Holy Ghost does not come upon methods, but upon men. He does not anoint machinery, but men. He does not work through organizations, but through men. He does not dwell in buildings, but men. He indwells the Body of Christ, directs its activities, distributes its forces, empowers its members."

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Such a man was likely to be drastic, radical, possibly at times violent, and the curious crowd that gathered to watch him work soon branded him as extreme, fanatical, negative. And in a sense they were right. He was single-minded, severe, fearless, and these were the qualities the circumstances demanded.

He shocked some, frightened others

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and alienated not a few, but he knew who had called him and what he was sent to do. His ministry was geared to the emergency, and that fact marked him out as different, a man apart.

To such men as this the church owes a debt too heavy to pay. The curious thing is that she seldom tries to pay him while he lives, but the next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his biography, as if instinctively and awkwardly to discharge an obligation the previous generation to a large extent ignored...

Our own Dr's Stan and Cindye Coates pictured above with their sons Kyle and Trevor at an Atlanta Falcons game.

The Atlanta Falcons are a National Football League team and Dr. Cindye Coates was a cheerleader for them in the 1980's. She was invited back to participate in an anniversary game.

By the way, the Falcons won the game! In fact, at this writing they are undefeated!

“It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God thathe has made God in the image of man.� Matthew Henry

Congrats Cindye!

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ICOF WOMEN FOR CHRIST MEETING

From the ICOF Secretary General - Africa Dr. David Ngwa In an effort to share the work that ICOF members around the world are doing for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ we share this overview from our members, friends and partners:

AFRICA ICOF NIGERIA

(L to R) Dr. Victor Balinga Sunday - Bishop of Limbe Bishop Ngwa David - ICOF Secretary General for Africa, Bishop Tembi Alfred Tembi Bishop of Cameroon, Dr Ndoudoumou Jean Jaques Director General of Contract and Public Markets at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon.

Bishop Derrick Day ICOF Secretary General of North America Teaching - Business Session

Dr. Wade, Praise the Lord Jesus! The Lord is steadily uniting the Fivefold here in Africa. My present concern is agreeing on a specific date and time for our ICOF African Fivefold Meetings. For now, one of our major difficulty is internet connection - especially now with the very heavy rains (we had rain fall here in Buea, non-stop for 4 good days, until today that we have seen some sunshine!), thus causing Skype to become fairly ineffective.

Dr. Daniel Joseph Ubonabasi Chairman of the ICOF African Roundtable leading a business meeting.

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Well, the future is very promising! International Business is helping to bring into Africa modern and quality communication gadgets - Mobiles, Ipods, etc. I see the Lord also blessing His people! It is well! Please, have a blessed day!

Love you all!

CONGO hello administration président de l'Afrique ICOF en ma qualité de coordination principal de l'icof-Congo D R C pour bien s'organiser dans l'unité, l'amour et surtout dans la transparence . j'ai voulu vous informer que mon administration c'est -a-dire staff national d'exécution invite nos membres leaders , les chef des antennes de icof dans tout les quartes coins du Congo , puisse me rejoindre d'ici mi-janvier 2013 pour que nous puissions reconstruire icof CONGO-R D C , lors de mon mandat manuel de 2012 à 2014. espérons vous lire bientôt

Dr. Ngwa Secretary General ICOF Africa www.icof.net

Cameroon Dear Bishop Wade,

NATIONAL OFFICE ICOF -CONGO

It happened again in the city of Yaounde today July 28th. ICOF reached the Presidency through an illustrious son of Cameroon the president of the World wide church of God who was awarded the prestigious Ph. D in Divine Laws from ICOF CSU.

BISHOP NOE SAKAHANDU

ASIA NEPAL

This is an extension of the 4th Convocation which held in Buea on the 23rd of last month. His candidature was postponed for obvious reason.

We had to do a thorough investigation of his personality for integrity before any such award.

We found him worthy and the award was done today in the presence of the Secretary General for ICOF Africa Dr David Ngwa.

Dear Brother, Greetings, How are u and The Family?

It Was Nice Talking to you this Morning.

As you know I have sent u the Invitation this program will be of 2 days. So If anybody another wants to come u can bring them.

And Please Inform Me Too. This Program Will Be Held In Hetauda, Makwanpur. It Is Very Expensive Program so please pray that God Arranges Money And Every other Stuffs.

Thank You God Bless You Rev. Matthew Suroya

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PHILIPPINES To: Bishop Bernie Wade ICOF President, USA Dear Bishop Wade: Greetings from the Philippines. Bishop the work here in the Philippines is increasing by God’s grace and ICOF Philippines is still in the process of forming, praying for the right timing to take off.

I am writing you about the flood I told you many times that needs our attention. The flood was so strong that it affected 2.8 million people during the strong flood last August 4-8 in Metro Manila. Thousands of people are still in the process of recovery now.

I proposed for a budget of $1,200 to help few families that were affected . It is a very small amount compared to the great need but ICOF will start in a small help then the pastors will know us and it is easy for them to join us when we gather them someday. But if ICOF USA can raise more than I suggested the better. Since $1,200 is very small amount, this is what I plan for the help:

PAKISTAN

1. Target 5 to 10 families to meet their immediate needs 2. The families should be ripe for follow up for bible studies and friends of the nearby pastors 3. We will buy medicines, grocery itemsrice, can goods, soap, noodles, 4. Part of the money will be use to help children for their schooling- fare, notebook and paper

ICOF HEALING CRUSADE Pastor Kanwal Sohail

The Lord will bless our humble beginning in the Philippines. Hello to all ICOF USA directors, bishops, pastors, supporters and partners.

In the Lord’s vineyard, Bishop Bing Gadian - ICOF Philippines 47

NEW ZEALAND

FLOOD RELIEF - PAKISTAN Respected Sir, Greeting in Jesus name. I want to humble request to ICOF for all Nations ICOF internationally , all leaders, pastors, Bishops , Apostle and ICOF Members. You have Watched in News that in Pakistan four provinces has been effected, people are living on road without food, living due to discrimination Christians are not help by the any NGOs or Govt. So I request to our Head office ICOF please release this news on Next wave and personally request to all members of ICOF support us in Pakistan in this crisis time the affected people needs

VIBE YOUTH CONFERENCE Dr. Peter Mitchell NEW LIFE CHURCH LEESTON, CANTERBURY

1.Food 2.Medicines 3.Tents 4.Cloths.

5.Clean Water 6.kitchen articles, pots, plates, spoons, etc.

7.blanket.

We want to reach these Christian people .

Bishop Dilshad Bhatti - ICOF Pakistan

INDIA Dear in Christ, ICOF Greetings • we had fasting prayers in our Church INKOLLU, A.P. INDIA • God has anointed with His Holy Spirit • we prayed for each one in the circle and for all • And in the circle we prayed for the world • God have used me with anointing like a sharing word of God, healing sick and getting gifts of Holy Spirit.

• Glory to God for it.

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ICOF CSU INTERNSHIPS ICOF CSU offers internships to students.

This program is designed to help the student develop their ministry while working hands on with ICOF in a variety of areas. The student will receive an ICOF CSU degree or credit toward their degree.

Available internships for the 20122013 academic year are in the following areas: SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGN GRAPHIC LAYOUT TEACHING WRITING NON PROFIT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSIONS GRANT WRITING INTERNET TECHONOLOGY ADMINISTRATION CHURCH MANAGEMENT MINISTRY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE/EVENT MANAGEMENT PASTORING PREACHING PROPHECY FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: administration@icof.net

Social Media Director

Key Skills: : Highly proficient with social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Linked-In, Digg, foursquare, Google+, and/or Flickr.

Send your resume to: mailto:administration@icof.net

Reach over 50,000 loyal Christian readers with the Next Wave. For more information contact: mailto:nextwave@icof.net or

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ICOF CSU Graduation November 3rd ICOF CSU Zambia Host: Dr. Charles Mwape

THE INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF EAGLES ACCRA GHANA. 8th to 10th of November 2012.

Bishop Freeson (ICOF Bishop of Ghana)

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Distribution: 50,000 Reaching key leaders in over 100 Countries

Readership: 50,0

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