Houston, Texas
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Dear Fellow Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ,

We would like to share with you some news of God’s grace poured out upon persecuted believers in Orissa. Not only has some financial help been channeled from The Elijah Challenge (with your help) to them through our brother Pastor Subodh Jena, now supernatural comfort has also been revealed.

Pastor Subodh, who trained with The Elijah Challenge in 2007, recently returned from a mission trip where he ministered to an unreached mountain tribe as well as to the refugees in the Ramagiri Relief Camp whose homes and villages were destroyed by fundamentalist Hindus last fall. Read The Full Story…

Houston, Texas
Thursday, January 15

Dear Precious Ministry Intercessors & Saints of the Living God,

We are beginning to receive reports from Open Air Seattle where we taught The Elijah Challenge just last week. Already the testimonies are unusual in our experience teaching TEC to the body of Christ. We believe such grace is being revealed by the Lord because the saints of Open Air Seattle are among the boldest disciples we have ever met, What they do is out of their loving obedience to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ to proclaim the kingdom of God and to disciple all nations. They “crucify their flesh” and go out in public with signs and bullhorns to proclaim the gospel of repentance from sin leading to the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. They often enduring public mockery and resistance. (This is how I started serving the Lord in 1977.) Read The Full Story…

Mosab Hassan Yousef is an extraordinary young man with an extraordinary story. He was born the son of one of the most influential leaders of the militant Hamas organization in the West Bank and grew up in a strict Islamic family.

Now, at 30 years old, he attends an evangelical Christian church, Barabbas Road in San Diego, Calif. He renounced his Muslim faith, left his family behind in Ramallah and is seeking asylum in the United States. Read The Full Story…

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Dear Partners in the Great Commission,