Awakening 2009 Results Granite City (population 35,000) has seemed to have been God’s target for a crusade. For only a few weeks starting this last summer, the Lord has led in the development of a crusade where 25 churches from different denominations have come together to pray, plan, and prepare for evangelism in Granite City. Bill Saye was the evangelist for the week. Sunday and Wednesday evenings had the largest attendances, approaching 2000 in attendance at the high school football field. Since it was and outside event, we were all praying hard for good weather for the event, and God responded, stopping rain before the start of the crusade, and the forcast is to resume rain on Thursday (today) after the crusade. We are praising the Lord for the results: 177 professions of faith in Christ and 139 people recommitting their lives to Jesus (includes crusade and pre-crusade decisions). Many others came for prayer. One other significant result was seen. There was an unusual unity among churches of different denominations as partnerships developed. Pastors were thanking the Lord for breaking down “walls of division” that have been in place for years. The unity of the local churches also resulted in support from other local leaders and agencies. Pastors of the cooperating churches desire that their cooperation be extended to other activities in the future. It seems that this is only a beginning to what the Lord wants to do in Granite City. We are also attempting to start several groups of seekers to address their spiritual questions by providing biblical answers. We would very much like to start a house church movement from the results of the crusade. That, of course, depends on how the Lord leads over these next few weeks. Here is more good news. This can happen in any community where spiritual leaders work together to pray and seek the Lord and follow His direction in doing His work to bring people to a saving relationship with God.
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