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 There are over 100 ethnic people groups in Ethiopia and 33 of them are unreached. That’s almost 30%. Over 20 million people are considered unreached with the Gospel. In addition to the street meetings and festival outreach, we are ecstatic to partner with Mission SOS for the Book of Acts School as they train over 2,000 young adults in Addis Ababa. Think of the eternal impact of a nation whose youth is on fire to reach the unreached of their nation. Missionaries are being raised up here.
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God has given us a miracle! Despite marshal law which bans street meetings and public gatherings, we not only have permits for the festival but also for daily street meetings! |
You joined us in prayer and fasting, the Mission SOS team interceded, and God gave supernatural favor in an impossible situation. But don't stop praying now! All of the stage, lighting and sound equipment, in transit from Tanzania, is stranded in Kenya. Somewhere in the wilds of Kenya's Savanna, is the lighting, sound, stage and street systems. Please pray for a swift release and safe travel into Addis Ababa. |
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UGANDA SOS VIDEO
Come behind the scenes with Johannes Armritzer and us at the UGANDA SOS Signs and Wonders Festival.
Join us on the
street, and meet the team, including TC students, staff and graduates, that God used in
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The Three Tenses
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4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Titus 1:4 (NKJV)
I know the reach of this E-votion goes far beyond spiritual sons. Some of you are fathers (or mothers). |
Others are friends or co-workers. But all of you are powerful partners in miracles. We are reaching the world together. The apostle Paul, writing to a treasured friend, starts his letter with grace, in the middle shares the three tenses of grace, and finishes his letter with grace.
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14 who gave Himself for us
to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own
possession, zealous for good deeds.
Titus 2:11-14
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I have so many theories and opinions on how God should work, and more importantly, how I should act in light of His love. In the end, I find myself falling desperately short of doing my part in that relationship.
I not only fail to meet scriptural expectations or the expectations of those around me--I can’t even measure up to my own expectations. That is where grace comes in. God’s grace is the working of His life within us. That is the reason it is so important to understand the three tenses of grace that the apostle Paul shares.
Grace is more than mercy. It is more than justice.
Consider this:
Someone steals a car from a neighbor and is caught.
Justice cries out, “You must be punished, pay for the car and return it immediately.
Mercy is the neighbor saying, “I forgive you, please give me my car back.”
Grace is the neighbor offering forgiveness and buying him a new car as a free gift!
GRACE: PAST TENSE
Grace SAVED. Verse 11 addresses the declaration -- past tense –“Grace has already appeared, bringing salvation to ALL.” No one is outside of the reach of His promise. Grace is a promise--unmerited, unexpected, and undeserved. More than that, grace is expensive.” Jesus paid for my sin and failures with His sinless life and sacrificial death.
God came looking for me even when I was not looking for him. God found me even when I could not find him. God reached me, even when I could not reach him. Grace saved. Please, do not run or hide from God today. He has never run nor hidden from you. Like Adam in the garden His voice cries out,
“--_______-- where are you?”
That is why is it so important that you never forget
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For some, the tents of the Kule Camp are the last hope for refuge. We will take a team there to minister on Friday. 59,879 refugees, many of them children, live in the Kule refugee camp, about 50 kilometers from the South Sudan border town of Pagak.
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GIVE ON LINE -- DONATE TODAY!
Costs for ETHIOPIA OUTREACH have topped $20,000.00.
Your gift of $100 or $200 will help us to cover the costs for the 16 Africa TC leaders who will join us in Ethiopia, the Gambela ministry and outreach in Kule Refugee Camp. Answer their heartfelt cry as you help us to train key African leaders. Because you GIVE, they can GO!
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Please pray for us as we prepare to post our 2018 schedule… Puerto Rico in January, Lebanon in March, Mission SOS festivals in Malawi and Rwanda in June and July as well as opportunities in Australia, Kazakhstan, and other sensitive nations we can't mention Online.
October 31-November 5
Gambela Region & South Sudanese
Kule Refugee Camp
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
November 4-14
GTC Joins MISSION SOS
Johannes Amritzer
AFRICA Capitol Cities Tour
JOIN US
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TC BRITISH COLUMBIA
November 21- December 8
TC British Columbia
TC LEBANON (tent)
March 12-23
Beirut, Lebanon
MISSION SOS Malawi
June 20-31
Lilongwe, Malawi
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ABOUT HOSTING US?
Can you invite us?
Call us at 757 728-0347 or email
news@bgillott.org
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BOOKING SERVICES
FOR DEC & 2018 NOW
PLEASE E-MAIL US at
bernstuff@aol.com
or call Cathy @ 757 728-0347
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MINISTRY, MUSIC & TESTIMONY
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
Rock Church
Newport News, VA
10:30 AM
Fri-Sun, FEB 9-11 2018
Yuchi Alabama
TC-60th Anniversary Prayer
Celebration
YUCHI, Alabama
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PARTNER
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1) ADDIS ABABA
MISSION SOS Ethiopia
Please pray for wisdom, favor and provision as the ALL AFRICA team of 16 leaders has assembled for Mission SOS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Also join us in interceding for a powerful move of God as the team of nearly 150 from the US, Europe, and Africa gathers to share the amazing love of God from November 4-14.
Please pray for traveling mercies and continuing logistics regarding visas and other necessary documentation. Some focus areas are
1) The Book of Acts Training School for 2,000 young people will be held in Addis Ababa. Pray as the SOS team trains them in supernatural ministry and God equips them to impact their culture, city, and nation for the kingdom.
2) Pray that that the ministry in Addis Ababa will be a encouragement to the church and impact the religious and political climate.
3) Pray for team unity, Pray for the TC Africa team. With over 150 individuals from a dozen nations and three continents, there is an incredible potential for the power of God and also a risk that culture and confusion can become a distraction. Pray that we can all check our logos and labels in the airport.
2) KENYA - URGENT equipment transit
SOS MISSION Containers delayed ! ! You have been praying for safe transit of our equipment --stage, lighting, festival sound, and street ministry kits as they were transported from Tanzania to Ethiopia. We need to take our prayers to the next level. The team navigated several border crossings, customs and dangerous roads but the equipment has been effectively stopped somewhere in the wilds of the Savannah in Kenya. Pray they can get the trucks and containers moving again.
3 )GAMBELA AND THE SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEE CAMPS
Please pray for our strategic outreach to the Gambela region. From ministry in the Kule Refugee Camp (over 59,000 including children and families) to prison, street, church, and youth. Over 400 have died in violence in this area since August. Please pray that God will give to us a message of hope and reconciliation. More than praying for safety for the team, please pray for boldness and supernatural ministry.
4) Puerto Rico
Please continue to pray for Teen Challenge Puerto Rico--for electricity, finances, repairs, food, and water. Not only are they working hard to restore their own devastated facilitates, they continue to reach out to the community and minister to the needs across the island. Has your church or Teen Challenge center considered sending a construction team to Puerto Rico?
5) SENSITIVE NATION
Please pray for the director of TC Turkey, Lewis Johnson, who was diagnosed with lung cancer. He is receiving chemo and is scheduled for an operation in a few months. He and his wife are believing God for healing. Please pray together with us for his total healing and restoration to the ministry. God has given him an incredible gift of evangelism and is using him to plant new churches by starting Living Free groups. Please pray for our dear friend and brother to be healed.
6) WESTERN CANADA--November-December
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Looking forward to a wonderful time of ministry as we partner with Teen Challenge in Western Canada. We will work with the British Columbia Combined Mass Choirs, as well as ministering at banquets, church services, and SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS for the students. Click here for details-poster
November 21 - Travel to Kelowna -
November 22 - Practice and Spiritual Impact day
November 23 - Practice and Spiritual Impact day
November 24 - Penticton Banquet
November 25 - Kelowna Banquet
November 26 - Sunday morning Service in Kelowna
November 27 - Oliver Banquet
November 28 - Vernon Banquet
November 29 - Drive to Lower Mainland - Practice
November 30 - Abbotsford Banquet
December 1 - Practice and Spiritual Impact day
December 2 - Dessert evening at 7pm
December 3 - Morning and evening services.
December 4 - Vancouver Banquet
December 5 - Spiritual Impact day
December 6 - Practice and Spiritual Impact day
December 7 - Surrey Banquet
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Pray with us for the global advance of the gospel. Pray for workers for the Harvest ...Teen Challenge Centers in 120 countries need staff and we currently have invitations to start Teen Challenge in over 32 new nations. They are crying out for help. They need the power of God to meet a pressing social need... but we know it has a SPIRITUAL ROOT. We offer SPIRITUAL RESOURCES to meet PRACTICAL needs.
MATTHEW 9: 37 Then He said to His disciples,
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