Rick and Nate led Pastor's training this morning. There was around
fifty pastors that attended. Rick gave his testimony of how he was led
to become a pastor. This transitioned into a message on discipleship and
reaching out to identify people whom God is calling to spread the
gospel.
fifty pastors that attended. Rick gave his testimony of how he was led
to become a pastor. This transitioned into a message on discipleship and
reaching out to identify people whom God is calling to spread the
gospel.
We weren't really sure how they were accepting the message when
suddenly a pastor spoke from his heart. He said that there was a
conflict between the pastors, and if the pastors were in conflict with
each one another, then they wouldn't be able to disciple others. If they are
going to lead others to repentance, then they would first need to repent themselves. All of the men knelt on the floor, put there arms
around each other, and prayed for repentance and revival with tears.
Then, Nate spoke and asked for repentance because, as missionaries, we have made the Haitians rely on us instead of discipling them and sending
them out. He then exhorted the men to identify two people
in their congregations and disciple them for one year. Then at
pastor's training in February of 2009, we will have a commissioning
service for 100 new missionaries. They were very excited about this
and most willingly agreed to this challenge. One pastor then stood up
with tears and said he had never heard a missionary say this and he was
convicted that they were the ones that needed to go out and preach the
gospel--they should not rely on foreign missionaries, which was the
point of the day. At the end, they all shared in time of heartfelt
prayer. It was an awesome, Spirit-filled day.
them out. He then exhorted the men to identify two people
in their congregations and disciple them for one year. Then at
pastor's training in February of 2009, we will have a commissioning
service for 100 new missionaries. They were very excited about this
and most willingly agreed to this challenge. One pastor then stood up
with tears and said he had never heard a missionary say this and he was
convicted that they were the ones that needed to go out and preach the
gospel--they should not rely on foreign missionaries, which was the
point of the day. At the end, they all shared in time of heartfelt
prayer. It was an awesome, Spirit-filled day.
7 comments:
Sounds like an awesome day! It's so exciting that the pastors actually "got" the message, agreed with it, and were willing to act upon it!
Wow.... that truly brought me to tears.... I cannot even imagine how moving that was.
God you are soooooooo cool!!!
Very cool! I'm excited to hear that it went so amazingly well!! God is good... all the time!!
This post blew me away. To see God moving, first through Nate's honesty and then through the pastors' response... incredible. It was so encouraging to hear this kind of frank discussion about how we as Christians need to approach mission work.
How awesome it is to hear testimony of God's exact, perfect, timeliness for a word.
: )
Hurray God -- good job Nate and Rick.
We love and appreciate you SO much.
T and T
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