"(Loveland, CO)—In fulfillment of Jesus' prayer for unity among His followers, 13 pastors from diverse personal and church backgrounds rallied around two common denominators at a recent conference in the Rocky Mountain West: the finished work of the Cross and the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
In the lead-up to the themed "One Church" conference, held recently at Resurrection Fellowship in Loveland, Colorado, an annual event attended by multiple churches in northern Colorado, people experienced dreams and miracles they believe are answers to Jesus' recorded prayer in the 17th chapter of John's Gospel, where he expresses His desire that Believers be one like God the Father and the Son.
A practicing Buddhist woman who attended the church conference titled Convergence related dream-based intercession in which a "man" watched her turn side to side as she slept; with each turn she first said, "God, thank You for Jesus;"
After hearing J.R. Polhemus, pastor of The Rock Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, the Buddhist woman agreed to speak with him privately and shortly afterward turned to the Lord herself.
In a dream only nights before he spoke, an Assembly of God pastor who preached two sermons at the annual conference in Loveland, Colorado believes the Lord spoke to him about the kind of unity that brings revival to the Church and society at large.
"I saw these fences and these borders in parts of Loveland, Fort Collins and the surrounding areas (of Colorado), representing the territories of all these little churches and their walls," says Dary Northrop, pastor of Timberline Church, an Assembly of God congregation.
Another speaker, Pastor George Morrison of Faith Bible Chapel in suburban Denver, agreed to bring members of his mega-church to next year's conference if it highlights Israel. Morrison, a regional director of Christians United For Israel (CUFI), was elated when Convergence host Pastor Jonathan Wiggins of Resurrection Fellowship told him the Holy Spirit revealed 2015's theme: Israel.
"I believe that we're about to step into a season of revival that comes not from one church doing something great but from a unified church on which Gods commands a blessing," says Wiggins, who's led worship in Baptist, Pentecostal, Independent and Charismatic congregations.
Speakers from different backgrounds and theological differences shared their diverse views openly at the conference, and not everybody agreed with everything they had to say, Wiggins points out. "So what?" he asks.
"What connects us is deeper than having total agreement on everything," Wiggins says. "If agreement is the criteria, then there's not a single person in the world who is truly united with anybody else."
Memories of another Bible teacher, the late Derek Prince, were invoked at the conference as well. Before he
died, Prince shared his vision of a duck pond that was separated by fences, each section enclosing a group of ducks. All the ducks became one group when the water level rose above the fences. The ducks didn't know any better than to swim together.
"What would happen if we put aside our petty, doctrinal and theological differences, honored each other, and focused on the Lordship of Jesus and His finished work?" Wiggins asks." ANS
COMMENT:
What is up with this theme of setting aside "doctrinal" differences? Didn't we just hear Tony Palmer make that case for the Pope to a bunch a "Protestants" recently? Looks like "Babylon" is brewing & found it's theme for "unity".....the setting aside of doctrines
In the lead-up to the themed "One Church" conference, held recently at Resurrection Fellowship in Loveland, Colorado, an annual event attended by multiple churches in northern Colorado, people experienced dreams and miracles they believe are answers to Jesus' recorded prayer in the 17th chapter of John's Gospel, where he expresses His desire that Believers be one like God the Father and the Son.
A practicing Buddhist woman who attended the church conference titled Convergence related dream-based intercession in which a "man" watched her turn side to side as she slept; with each turn she first said, "God, thank You for Jesus;"
After hearing J.R. Polhemus, pastor of The Rock Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, the Buddhist woman agreed to speak with him privately and shortly afterward turned to the Lord herself.
In a dream only nights before he spoke, an Assembly of God pastor who preached two sermons at the annual conference in Loveland, Colorado believes the Lord spoke to him about the kind of unity that brings revival to the Church and society at large.
"I saw these fences and these borders in parts of Loveland, Fort Collins and the surrounding areas (of Colorado), representing the territories of all these little churches and their walls," says Dary Northrop, pastor of Timberline Church, an Assembly of God congregation.
Another speaker, Pastor George Morrison of Faith Bible Chapel in suburban Denver, agreed to bring members of his mega-church to next year's conference if it highlights Israel. Morrison, a regional director of Christians United For Israel (CUFI), was elated when Convergence host Pastor Jonathan Wiggins of Resurrection Fellowship told him the Holy Spirit revealed 2015's theme: Israel.
"I believe that we're about to step into a season of revival that comes not from one church doing something great but from a unified church on which Gods commands a blessing," says Wiggins, who's led worship in Baptist, Pentecostal, Independent and Charismatic congregations.
Speakers from different backgrounds and theological differences shared their diverse views openly at the conference, and not everybody agreed with everything they had to say, Wiggins points out. "So what?" he asks.
"What connects us is deeper than having total agreement on everything," Wiggins says. "If agreement is the criteria, then there's not a single person in the world who is truly united with anybody else."
Memories of another Bible teacher, the late Derek Prince, were invoked at the conference as well. Before he
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"What would happen if we put aside our petty, doctrinal and theological differences, honored each other, and focused on the Lordship of Jesus and His finished work?" Wiggins asks." ANS
COMMENT:
What is up with this theme of setting aside "doctrinal" differences? Didn't we just hear Tony Palmer make that case for the Pope to a bunch a "Protestants" recently? Looks like "Babylon" is brewing & found it's theme for "unity".....the setting aside of doctrines
And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen;
Isaiah 21:9
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Revelation 18:4