The unity also led to an explosion of church plants – 80 church plants in a decade – with 10,000 first-time salvations of people who were baptized in water. Phenominal church growth: 10,000 salvations, 80 church plants Pastors have also been sharing their pulpits and holding joint community services with thousands of people coming together. This includes the native, Hispanic and Korean churches, it’s a truly multi-cultural expression of the Body of Christ. In Whatcom county 80 pastors out of a hundred are now praying consistently together. Together, the prayer that happens there, and the encouragement they give each other. For all the years I’ve been involved in ministry, I’ve never seen pastors come together like now in Whatcom county – in the numbers they are coming Prayer is where we access God’s resource and heart, where he empowers us to fulfil his mission. “A canopy of prayer is a covering of God’s providential blessing over a territory. Prayer by nature unifies God’s people.”Īlvin Vandergriend, church prayer coordinator of the 3rd Christian Reformed Church, agrees. “We have seen a growth and increasing unity among churches in Whatcom county and that has come through the power of prayer. “When we exalt Christ, it brings us together,” says Shawn Cunningham, pastor of Hilcrest Chapel. Now the pastors text and call each other for encouragement and drink coffee together, because there’s a genuine interest in what’s happening with each part of the family. We love each other and want to live that out. Our competitor is the devil, but we are family and on the same team. “Trust has been built over time as the message sunk in that we’re not each other’s competition. “This is an unbelievable blessing,” says Grant Fishbook, pastor of Christ the King. “However, since day and night prayer has been established in a simple way, senior pastors are gathering monthly to build spiritual friendships and seek God for the “Over the last several decades we have seen tragic church splits among God’s people, an increase of witchcraft and sexual immorality, pastors who have fallen,” says Hubbard. Whatcom county could certainly use a change in the spiritual atmosphere. Reaching the Unreached 9-min 2019 version – RevivalĬlick to watch the inspiring video ‘The Spirit of the Moravians’ Croix in the Danish West Indies, they were willing to sell themselves to a slave owner if that was the only way to reach the slaves. As their ship pulled away from the docks, it is said that they called out to their loved ones on shore, “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!” When God called them in 1732 to minister to the African slaves on the islands of St. * This quote has been attributed to missionaries Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann, two young Moravian Brethren from Herrnhut, Germany. The passion of these Moravian believers was ‘to win for the Lamb who was slain the due reward of his suffering’.* Inspired by their example, we wanted to be a modern-day expression of this powerful movement of united prayer and missions.” I learned their amazing story of awakening into prayer and missions. “God led me to visit Herrnhut, home of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians. “What God has been doing in Whatcom county is linked to this town in Germany,” says Jason Hubbard, director of the LOWPC. Together they established a day and night prayer watch, similar to the Moravians in Herrnhut. This Light of the World Prayer Center (LOWPC) included native American believers and Christians from other churches. In 2008 a house of prayer was launched in Bellingham, the county’s seat, a community of 90,000 people. She felt God wanted to turn the negative past into a positive future. “It would be like a tsunami, gaining in power, moving from the natives to other churches.”įor Riebe this was a hopeful prophecy, as back in 1700 a giant earthquake in the area generated a tsunami that almost devastated her native tribe. “One night I was in church and I heard a prophecy that God would move by his Spirit over the native north-west tribes of the United States,” recalls Viola Riebe of the Hoh River Nation. This inspired Christians in Whatcom county on the north-west coast of the United States to establish a ‘canopy of day and night prayer’ over their region. USA: The Whatcom Story: how day and night prayer impacted a community.Īlmost every significant move of God in history was preceded by fervent, united prayer. The Whatcom Story: how day and night prayer impacted a communityĬopy and share this link on your media, eg Facebook, Instagram, Emails:įREE RENEWAL JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION: for updates, new Blogs & free offers
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