Advance the Kingdom of God through Spirit Empowered Ministry

The Koinonia of a Growing Church

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The final verse in this reading of Acts says that “…the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

What can we learn from this growing church in the New Testament?

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Four basic ways that the Holy Spirit works in our lives

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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!

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PRMI meets CHARIS – Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement

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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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How can a church learn to cooperate with the Holy Spirit?

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How can a church learn to cooperate with the Holy Spirit?

St Paul wrote that we should “keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25).

For me this brings to mind images of ballroom or Latin dancing, where the woman’s dancing follows the lead given by her partner.

In a similar way the church needs to follow the lead that is given by the Holy Spirit.

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Watch: Paul Stokes invites prayer for the future Prayer House

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Paul Stokes, the current Academic Dean for the Dunamis Institute, and the Director of the Dunamis Fellowship in Britain and Ireland, was at the Exousia Leadership Development conference at the Community of the Cross in June 2017.

Paul went to the original site of the future Prayer House (before the Prayer House had to be moved) and recorded this short little video inviting people to pray in the provision for the Prayer House.

He gives us some specific prayer points.

Check it out.

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Equipping and Challenge: The Dunamis Fellowship Britain & Ireland Annual Meeting

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Listening prayer, prophetic preaching, Biblical reflection, commissioning for leadership, and prayer for empowerment…these are just some of the significant snapshots from the 11th annual Fellowship Gathering for the Dunamis Fellowship of Britain & Ireland. It was a weekend of intensive work, spiritual nurture, and wonderful God-moments of encounter with the Holy Spirit.

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2015 Spring Harvest Report: Meeting the Thirst

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Standing room only in the seminar room, and people turned away from receiving prayer because the room was dangerously overcrowded … just two memorable moments from our involvement in Spring Harvest!

Immediately after Easter, Cindy Strickler and I taught seminars and led prayer sessions at Spring Harvest, one of the largest Christian events in England.

The event was entitled “Immeasurably More” and based around the wonderful affirmation in Ephesians 3:14-21. …

Growing the Church 2013 Conference – a Tremendous Privilege

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Every time we run this Growing the Church event I am struck by a sense of tremendous privilege as we help pastors and other church leaders discover the ‘dance steps’ of co-operating with the Holy Spirit.

And in the process we are impacting the local churches that they serve, bringing them further into the purposes of Jesus so that they can advance His Kingdom as they are empowered and guided by the Spirit.

In May 2013, fifteen people took part in the event, representing congregations from Florida to Minnesota, and grew in their theological understanding and personal experience of the Holy Spirit at work. …

A Church Led By the Holy Spirit – GTC Part 1

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In the upcoming weeks leading to the “Growing the Church” conference in Black Mountain, NC, we are going to be featuring a series of posts related to growing the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit.  This series will feature many guest bloggers either describing their experiences of cooperating with the Holy Spirit in their congregations or elaborating on some of the teaching that is featured in the book “Growing the Church In the Power of the Holy Spirit.”  Our first article of this series is written by the Academic Dean of the Dunamis Institute and co-author of the book, the Rev. Paul Stokes.

The Church is God’s brilliant idea!  Right now I’m at one of Europe’s largest Christian conferences, Spring Harvest, enjoying worship and teaching which is exploring the theology, history, reality and purpose of the Church.  How refreshing to be reminded that “it is not the Church of God that has a mission, but the mission of God that has a Church”! …