How Good and Pleasant It Is…

Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴

Another share from our earlier years, this one from June 2002:

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This month I am excited to share with you about a new movement of unity in the Body of Christ that the Holy Spirit is starting in the city of Iquitos.

About two months ago, one of the bigger churches in Iquitos expressed a desire to hold a joint outreach event with the youth ministries of their church and our church working together. My brother-in-law thought to himself, “Why don’t we get more churches involved?” So he organized a meeting, to which youth pastors and leaders of seven churches came. Spontaneously, the group began to talk about a desire to build unity among the different churches represented. (Historically there has been a lot of relational tension between many different congregations and denominations in the city). In no time, that first meeting turned into a weekly meeting.

Rather than plan an outreach, the youth pastors and leaders meeting together decided that they needed to hold an event to build unity. They planned an all-night prayer/fellowship/worship meeting. In no more than three weeks after that very first meeting, the event was held. Eight hundred youth from Continue reading How Good and Pleasant It Is…