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Their letters are in black.
You may remember that we had a problem with Gabriel in Goma about “simple church” versus traditional church thinking. My wife told me all was resolved, so now you can read this great letter from Gabriel:
MORNING OUR FATHER (SPIRITUAL) GREG.
I thank for GOD and for you to got your advice. I thank so much
And I thank you to write to me again.
I was with your wife here in goma. Our problem is finished Holy Spirit was with us. I thank god so much.
REPORT FOR THIS WEEK
Last Sunday we met again the groups of house churches of goma north kivu province. We invited our house churches and others pagan people to meet with them publicly (out side)
THIS WAS OUR TEACHING FOR THEM
-first and foremost institutional churches that meet in special buildings were unknown to the new testament. As house churches were clearly the norm in the early churches
“how i did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable and teaching publicly” (but not in church buildings) “and from house to house”
After this teaching twenty-five (25) man came. they asked us about how to start the house churches.
-AND WE EVANGELISED THEM HOW TO START
We say that: house churches are birthed by the Holy Spirit through the ministry of a house church planter or an elder/ pastor/overseer who are given a vision for a house church by GOD. Keep in mind that a biblical elder/pastor/overseer may be what the institutional churches refer to as a mature lay person.
No house church planter needs a formal ministry education.
Once the vision for a house church is give by the spirit to the founder he needs to seek the lord regarding others who might join him.
The lord will bring him in contact with someone of similar vision confirming his leading. Or he may be led to receptive unbelievers whom he can lead to Christ and then disciple in a house church.
And i thank my GOD so much because people are very happy about these teachings and they say is very good because GODS love has been shed abroad in their hearts. Such relationships are part and parcel of house churches. its what the bible refers to and it says fellowship is genuine sharing of ones life with other brothers and sister house churches creating an environment where believers can do what believers are supposed to do which is found in many new testament “one another” passages. In the house church setting believers can provoke each other to love and good works, confess their sins to each other, bear one another’s burdens and admonish one another with psalms hymns and spiritual songs. They can weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. Such things don’t occur during the Sunday morning meeting institutional churches where believers sit and watch.
This week we received five new house churches. I thank my GOD that we want to be in prayer together for this working every day.
So please I will not change your vision of house churches. I respect your vision so much.
I know GOD can help us and I respect your wife and her advice.
New wave ministry of goma greet you so much.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS YOUR GABRIEL.
I WISH YOU PEACE OF GOD.
With Donations: I bought 8 copies of the great, short “Church in the House” by Robert Fitts for $44 with shipping & just ordered 10 more. I love to give away books & have sent several to Africa & shared with 2 friends here.
· After a big donation, I bought a computer, 1 Feb, & shipped it to my wife, which hasn’t sold yet (the sale fell through), but I’m sure she’ll sell it for a nice profit, which might provide our ministry travel expenses after I arrive.
· The next day I sent $300 to Bienvenu for missionary work in Burundi. He just emailed me this: We targeted a new province. A team of 5 went in 2 communes within a same province. Those two communes have no church (simple or traditional). They are full of witchcraft, prostitution… It is very hostile to the gospel. It is agonizing to see how people reject the gospel and don’t give time to our evangelists. For a whole week we had only 15 people saved out of 194 reached in the two provinces. We decided to have 1 group working together for the second week. By Sunday I will have the latest news.
· We are attempting to organize a 1 week evangelism (raid) in one of those 2 communes with a group between 10-20 people depending on how much $ we can get. We feel led to win one of those 2 communes for Christ and let it, itself, reach its neighborhood.
· Then I bought a camera & sent it to David in Tanzania with books by my new low-cost shipping (International Priority Flat rate). He’ll sell it to support ministry there & he called me & thanked me passionately for the many good books I sent with it. Here is a letter from him: Thank you so much for the nice books you have sent to me, it is real blessing to read.
I read the book about overcoming confusion, and now I am reading the another small book about overcoming witchcraft, it is real fantastic These are by Rick Joyner. But even more the book titled “the disciple making minister” (HeavensFamily.org) the big book. OOH! It really has opened my mind and has inspired my heart to the understanding of what Jesus has really commanded us to do. I came to know that Jesus has commanded us to make disciples who can disciple others. Not making Christians and believers, who will rest all of their times waiting for some so called pastor to be in front line. Now though I am still reading this long book but the plans and mission is to have a house churches full of disciples who can disciple, not converts, and like the strategy you advised.
asante sana (Thank you very..)
David
· Recently we bought the dual layer DVD burner, which is set up & ready to go, but the snow has stopped delivery of the paid for DVDs to start copying the English Jesus Film that we have. Later this week when I hear from my wife I’ll order the film in many African languages.
· Tuesday we ordered a used DVD Projector/player to send to Tanzania with the Jesus film in Tanzanian Swahili & English. He’s really excited, because he knows that people come easily to see a free movie & many will come to faith in Jesus. That wiped out the donation account.
Good News about my Heating Business: Tuesday I cashed a check for $950 & started a furnace install & cashed a weekend service check, which gave me enough to buy the furnace & order 2 of the same computers for $579 each that my mother-in-law sold for $2,500 minus a $500 commission. She took 1,000 to my wife who is which she’s using to repay borrowed money from the expensive Rwanda customs fees, about $200 for a month of food, travel, phone, etc. & $390 to get a much better $130/mo house with working water & furnished with furniture. It took a long conversation to convince me to get a nicer house, but I’m really glad now that I have the important investments taken care of & I realize that the $1,000 she’ll send by transfer this week & the balance on this install will give me enough to buy my RT ticket to leave the US as I felt led to go near 20 March.
I’m up early 5:30 writing this, because Grace cooked 3 delicious Kenyan dishes last night & when I eat late (10:30) I always wake up early feeling great. I probably woke her up calling my wife before I wrote this, to see if she got a ministry address we can ship to be exempt from customs & also more Congo languages for the Jesus Film DVDs. I should have all that by Friday so I can order the films in more than a dozen useful languages for our ministry in Africa.
Hopefully I’ll get more donations to pay for several of those at $10 each & send $300 more to Bienvenu for our $300/mo Burundi mission budget.
Today, 28 February 2008, with that install done yesterday, I have a service call to earn money for my ticket & make a payment on my wrecked & repaired trike, so I can use it for business when I return in June.
Thank you all for your interest, encouragement & support.
Naye Lia kwa Mapenzi na Furaha,…
or
He Who Weeps with Love & Joy, for the Beautiful African Bride of Christ
(Known in the past as) Greg Cunningham
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