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I am
thankful and excited at how this conference really became our
joint conference.
Bratislava
churches offered help both practically and materially to a greater
extent than we have ever experienced before. God’s hand was
evident from the spiritual, organizational, attendance and
financial side. This showed us clearly that God can use our
united potential for the births of things that we had thought
were impossible for the church today. Yes the City lighthouse
vision has become a real plan which is beginning to be
worked out. It is just up to us to implement this; let’s
believe God’s word and be prepared to take our city together
whatever it is going to cost us.
Pastors
of
Bratislava
involved in the “Christians in the City“ committee invited
the Australian pastor Roland Seow as the main speaker. He
was already personally known by most of them because he had
ministered in
Bratislava
three years ago. This time he came with his wife Evelyn and he
brought with him two prominent business leaders from
Singapore
: Jimmy Tan is a skilled trainer of people in major
international companies and
Benny Ong
is an experienced investor and financial consultant for business
leaders in
South east Asia
. Both of them are wonderful spiritual ministers who also preach
mostly in
Asia
’s churches. Thanks to them the conference had a lot to
offer to many business men and leaders who were professionally
enriched through their seminars and training sessions.
Roland’s wife Evelyn ministered mostly to ladies and Sunday
school teachers. She and Roland had a seminar for married
couples. Pastor Roland preached at every main meeting.
On
Friday in the cinema hall in Istropolis Roland spoke about
God’s glory in the church. This meeting was broadcast live on
Slovak Radio7. On Saturday in Istropolis biggest hall he
preached about the ... followed by challenge for those who
wanted to give their lives to Jesus as their Savior and Lord.
This decision was publicly made by about 15 people for which we
thank God. On Sunday morning, at the end of the whole conference
there was a joint
worship
service for a number of
Bratislava
churches. The 1300 seater hall was packed full. At this
worship
service I was joint by 40 singers and musicians from
various
Bratislava
worship
teams.
We
felt that God rejoice when He heard our praises and He blessed
them. Pastor Roland then shared Psalm 133 with us. He explained
that the oil of blessing would flow from the head to the whole
body and therefore called us to support Christian leaders. At
the end of the sermon together with the whole congregation he
prayed for about 25 church leaders and leaders from Christian
organizations.
I agree
with pastor Roland that the conference was in many ways a breakthrough.
After less then two years since the birth of the pastoral board
„Christians in the City“ our work and relationships have
grown significantly; the enthusiasm of the local churches was
evident. This was seen in the number of people who came as we
were able to gradually turn back the until recent declining
attendance trend at our conferences. All the seminars and joint
services were packed full except for the Saturday evangelistic
meeting. I personally expect the attendances to keep
growing as people’s excitement after the conference was
visible; many gave thanks for a very blessed weekend. I believe
that several things that we have manage to get going by our
united efforts in the last two years will continue to grow and
that the Unity of God’s people in Bratislava has broken
through to a higher level. Our leaders need a lot of
prayer because their contribution is a key to the future dynamic
growth of God’s Kingdom and the further movement of God in
Bratislava
.
We
started the year of prayer at the conference. This is certainly
not just a united project of 24-365 initiative (24 hours,
365 days of uninterruptive prayer), but in this way God’s
challenge is presented to each of us personally. God wants to
draw near to us; He wants to entrust us with part of His plans
for our city. I believe that we will listen carefully to
Him.
Marek
Krajčí
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