Advance the Kingdom of God through Spirit Empowered Ministry
It wasn’t my idea. But when I get the chance just to sit and chat about the Holy Spirit, this compass is one of my favourite memory-helps.
To be honest, I wouldn’t want to only talk about the Holy Spirit.
I’d much rather we get on with cooperating with his work in, through and around us.
But getting our thinking straight is vital too!
…PRMI’s work in Nicaragua continues to advance the teaching of the Dunamis Project through various networks.
At a recent Ignite in the city of Granada, August of 2019, people reported encountering the healing work of Jesus.
…Summer is known for its camps, specifically church camps.
Churches host everything from vacation Bible schools to retreats for adolescents and young adults.
The result of such camps is typically a short-lived spiritual high that dies down after about a week and leaves the participant(s) to continue their lives as if nothing significant had happened.
However, there are camps that leave a permanent imprint on their participants. It may not be a short term spiritual high, but it can result in a changed life.
One of these such camps is PRMI’s Upward Challenge.
…In our Stories of Dunamis series, you’ll learn how people discovered the Dunamis Project, what they learned, and the impact that the Dunamis Project teaching has had on their ministry.
Rev. Cindy Strickler was at the very first Dunamis Project in Lake George, New York, and in this interview with Rev. Chris Walker, Cindy recounts her story.
…One year ago, a fire burned PRMI’s Log House at the Community of the Cross, the center point of the international ministry and the home of the Dunamis Fellowship International.
Here at the close of August 2019, we’ve turned a huge corner from grieving the past, to looking forward to the future.
…Prayer is vital for the fulfillment of vision. But so, too, is human action that works to enact the vision.
The participation of God brought down by prayer is like rain falling on an unsown field; the field has to be sown and cultivated to bring forth fruit.
Christians constantly err in this matter. They either emphasize works so much that they neglect prayer, or they put so much emphasis on prayer that they fail to labor for the vision.
In either case, vision does not move toward fulfillment and our prayers do not shape the future.
…I find it hard to believe that we are almost mid-way between our last Annual Fellowship Gathering in Black Mountain and our next Annual Fellowship Gathering in 2020!
…Evangelism is a process that includes many conversations with a person on their spiritual journey to Christ.
They might happen with a stranger in one conversation (like Phillip had an encounter with the eunuch), or with a close friend where you can have multiple spiritual conversations that shape that person’s journey to Christ.
As an evangelist and church planter, I have learned some ways to have more spiritual conversation opportunities than simply waiting for them to happen.
…Thank you for participating in this adventure with God!
On July 9th, long time supporters of PRMI offered a matching gift to raise the money needed to finish the Log House. They have pledged to match every dollar given between July 9 and August 10, up to $50,000.
We announced this to our Board and to you via email newsletter last week.
Through the early morning of July 19, $24,435 has been given.
…Here is one of those urgent times – a Kairos moment — when some things must happen now if a Kingdom work is to be fulfilled in the future.
We need your help in praying in enough financial gifts to complete the renovation of the Log House at the Community of the Cross by of August 2019.
A generous donor has offered a $50,000 matching gift if we raise $50,000 by August 10, 2019 for the Log House.
…This is a summer (2019) where you can make a huge difference in the life of the families, youth and young adults who come to PRMI to have an encounter with Jesus Christ, where they will learn about how to walk in the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
Life change will happen in the next three weeks at over-filled PRMI Events.
…Tikkun America is part of Tikkun International, a global family of ministries, congregations and leaders, dedicated to the dual restoration of Israel and the church.
Just like PRMI they seek to achieve this through an intentional focus on the empowering work of the Holy Spirit.
In some ways we could simply say that Tikkun International is similar to a PRMI of the Messianic community.
Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
PRMI and Tikkun are two ministries which the Holy Spirit has been weaving together to form a cord of three strands through our shared vision and passion to see God’s kingdom advanced through the empowering work of the Holy Spirit.
Since 2013, PRMI has developed a relationship with Tikkun, both in Israel, through Revive Israel and with Tikkun America.
These relationships have continued to grow and deepen during this time as we have grown in our understanding and love for the Messianic Jewish community.
In turn the Tikkun family has grown in appreciation of our systematic teaching on the Holy Spirit and the importance of prioritizing prayer.
PRMI was able to share this by providing event intercession for the Alignment Conference in March, 2019.
The team also provided intercessory cover for a couple of sessions at the Leadership conference.
This was an opportunity to serve Tikkun and model event intercession for these key leaders within this organization.
Throughout that March weekend, the team was repeatedly thanked for providing intercession at both these events.
We heard again and again about how the prayer cover shifted the spiritual atmosphere, which confirmed once more how important event intercession is, and how blessed PRMI is to have this as a regular part of all our events.
At the end of May 2019, a PRMI team consisting of Brad Long, Cindy Strickler, Martin Boardman and Doug and Carla McMurry attended the 2019 Tikkun America Leadership Conference.
As part of the development of this ongoing relationship, PRMI was recognized publicly for our cooperation with Tikkun.
The team was presented with a plaque and were prayed over by the senior leaders.
PRMI is the first organization to receive such recognition by Tikkun. This is a big honour and a recognition of the time and energy that has been required to build these relationships in a healthy and proper manner.
The PRMI team met over lunch with key leaders of Tikkun. We looked at how we can move forward together in ministry, while maintaining our own ministry uniqueness.
The lunch meeting was extremely productive in looking at ways to cooperate together and introduce the Dunamis teaching to the wider body of Tikkun.
It will be exciting to watch how our two ministries will continue to grow stronger as we work together.
During the ten days between the Ascension Day of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost, Luke tells us that the believers gathered to pray.
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Acts 1:14 (NIV)
Since PRMI focuses on the person and work of the Holy Spirit and as a ministry we prioritize prayer, we came together in a global cyberspace prayer room for 10 days (May 30-June 9, 2019), to listen to the Holy Spirit, discern together and then move into prayer and intercession around the specific themes for the day.
…On June 8, 2019, after 25 plus years of PRMI teaching and ministry in the Pacific Northwest of the US, the regional Dunamis Fellowship Northwest US (DFNWUS) was brought into this world.
Rev Cindy Strickler, Director of the Dunamis Fellowship International, flew out to Seattle, WA to officially mid-wife this new creation. Ninety-one people were in attendance, coming from all over Washington State, Portland, OR and even a few from British Columbia. Dunamis Fellowships in Alaska, Canada and Korea all sent their congratulations.
…Pentecost weekend was a momentous occasion for the charismatic movement as the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the birth of its new, global service for supporting expressions of charismatic ministry.
Representatives from PRMI were among some 30 representatives from non-Catholic ministries who had been invited to the 1st CHARIS international leaders’ conference for Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
There was a great surprise during the trip!
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