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HIGHLIGHTS OF USA VISIT
Our Visa Trip to the USA the last of August, September, and a few days in October was very refreshing and productive. Since Sandra has previously written to you about this in her report, I will only touch on some of the highlights.
“BECAUSE OF
ISRAEL’S
DISOBEDIENCE…THE
ARK OF GOD’S
PRESENCE, HIS
POWER AND GLORY
HAD BEEN LOST.
GOD IS HOLY! WHEN
YOU ARE NOT RIGHT
WITH God AND HIS
GOVERNMENTAL
ORDER YOU NOT
QUALIFIED TO HANDLE
THE GLORY.”
Brewton, Alabama
One of the highlights of our Visa Trip to the USA
was our visit to Brewton, Alabama and
renewing our fellowship with Bishop Herman
Bradley and the saints at Christ’s Kingdom
Ministry Center. Bishop Bradley is one of my
spiritual sons, my friend, part of the apostolic
company that I lead, and a member of the
General Apostolic Council of AMCI. He also
serves as a member of the Executive Council
of the CAC.
On Sunday, August 27, I ministered on returning
the Ark of God’s Presence to God’s people
from 2 Samuel 6 and 1 Chronicles 13 and 15.
My message dealt with how Israel lost the Ark
and the manner in which David brought the Ark of
the Covenant back to its “proper place” in
Jerusalem, restoring God’s power and glory to His
covenant people. The title of my message was,
“Returning The Glory To God’s People.” As I
ministered, the glory of the Lord fell on the
gathering of leaders and saints at the ministry
center on the Lord’s Day and there was a fresh
manifestation and release of God’s glory and power
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My message dealt with how Israel lost the Ark through
their disobedience and how King David brought the
Ark of the Covenant back to its “proper place” in
Jerusalem, thus restoring God’s power and glory to His
people. The title of my message was, “Returning The
Glory To God’s People.” As I ministered, the glory of
the Lord fell on the gathering of Christian leaders and
saints at the ministry center and there was a fresh
manifestation and release of God’s glory and power in
the house.
On Monday I had a wonderful evening of fellowship
and dialog with the leaders of the various ministries
that are part of Christ’s Kingdom Ministry Center.
Fellowship with Charles Simpson
From Brewton, Sandra and I drove to Mobile where we
spent an evening and the better part of the next day
with Charles Simpson. Brother Charles is a beloved
pastor to many apostolic leaders in the body of Christ
and a spiritual father in the present move of God.
Over the years Brother Charles has had a formative
influence in our lives and ministry. His son Stephen also
joined us for a delightful dinner at Bone Fish Grill the
evening we were there.
Oklahoma City with Family
From Mobile we flew to OKC for a reunion with our
children and their families. Our OKC family gathered
for a family get-together and Taco dinner hosted by
Hannah and Eric. Pastor Charles Bellows, Hannah and
Eric’s pastor at Crestwood Vineyard and a long-time
leader in the Vineyard movement in OKC, and Pastor
Brian Blount and his wife Jeanine and their children
also joined us for the evening. In January Pastor Brian
will assume the Senior Pastor responsibilities at
Crestwood and his wife Jeanine will become the
Administrative Pastor.
On Saturday, Hannah and I had lunch in Brick town
with Pastor Brian and his friend, an apostle from New
Jersey, who was ministering for Brian that week in a
Leadership Conference at Crestwood Vineyard. We had a
“AS MUCH AS GOD LOVES
YOU, IF YOU DO NOT DO
THINGS ACCORDING TO
HIS DUE ORDER, HE
CANNOT BLESS OR
HONOR you with the
MANIFESTATION OF HIS
GLORY!
“WHEN GOD STARTS TO
GET THE PROPER PLACE
IN YOUR HEART, WHEN HE
APPROACHES THE
THRONE OF YOUR HEART,
AND IS ABLE TO SIT DOWN
ON THE THRONE OF YOUR
HEART, THEN THERE IS
NO STOPPING YOU!”
Apostle/Bishop Herman Bradley ministering at the CAC General Council, Aug. 2016.
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On Saturday, Hannah and I had lunch in Brick town with Pastor Brian and his
friend, an apostle from New Jersey, who was ministering for Brian that week
in a Leadership Conference at Crestwood Vineyard. We had a very
wonderful conversation; yes you guessed it, about Christ’s Kingdom, His
Church, and the need for apostolic reformation.
Sandra and I also had several wonderful meals with our oldest daughter
Michal, her husband Jon, their three girls – Alyssa, Ariel, and Alex, and with
Alyssa’s daughter Kailey.
While Sandra stayed in OKC to spend time as a mother and grandmother
with our children and their families, I continued with my ministry circuit, flying
to San Diego.
Bishop Michael Babin and Genesis King’s Church
Mike and Marsha Daub
Tuesday, September 12, Apostle Mike Daub picked me up at my hotel and
drove me to his home in Oceanside, where I had a wonderful time of
fellowship with Mike and his wife Marsha.
is another of my spiritual sons. dear friend, and long-time member of my
apostolic company, part of faculty of ATS, and a member of our AMCI
General Apostolic Council, picked me up at my hotel and drove me to his
Sunday morning, September 10, I
ministered in Bishop Michael Babin’s
pulpit at the Genesis King’s Church in
Oceanside, California. As in Brewton,
once again I ministered on, “Returning
The Glory To God’s People,” and once
again the glory of God fell on the
leaders and saints who had gathered
to worship our great King on the Lord’s
Day. Like Apostle Bradley, Bishop Babin
is also my son in the Gospel, my dear
friend, part of my apostolic company,
and a member of the General
Apostolic Council of AMCI. He also has
apostolic spheres in Ghana, Nigeria,
and Pakistan and serves as an
Ambassador at Large for the CAC.
Is a son in the Gospel, my dear friend, part of my apostolic company, and a
member of the General Apostolic Council of AMCI. He also has apostolic
strong spheres in Ghana, Nigeria, and Pakistan and serves as an
Ambassador at Large for the CAC.
On Monday, Bishop Babin, his son Gabriel, Sister Diana Caringi (who heads
the intercessor’s ministry) and her son Justin (a successful young Christian
businessman) spent time in fellowship talking about the Kingdom, the work
of the ministry, and apostolic reformation, sitting on Justin’s front lawn
overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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drove me to his home in Oceanside. Mike and his wife Marsha are dear
friends of my wife and me and long-time members of the apostolic
company I lead. Mike is also a member of the faculty of ATS and of our
AMCI General Apostolic Council,
In addition Apostle Daub serves as an Ambassador At Large for the CAC
and one of the apostles working closely with me in our CAC India Apostolic
Campaign. (Mike and Ravi Paul - the young apostle who serves as my
apostolic deputy and National Director of the CAC India Apostolic
Campaign - ministered the Gospel of Christ, His kingdom, and apostolic
reformation in Northeast India. On Sunday, December 17 Mike preached in
Siliguri to the saints who are members of churches founded by Apostle
Adam Rangnamei. On Monday and Tuesday the 18 and 19, they ministered
in a Leadership Training Seminar and Workshop encouraging and
strengthening the leaders and ministers who are partnering with us in
Northeast India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar.
San Diego with Apostle George Runyan
Wednesday, September 13, George Runyan, also my son in the Gospel,
picked me up and drove me to San Diego where I was a guest in his home
for 3 days. Brother George Runyan is a true apostolic pioneer. He is founder
and head of City Church Ministries in San Diego County where he has
labored for 30 years to bring apostolic leaders and church fathers together
in the fellowship of the apostles and raise up an authentic model (the
Ephesus model) of the Lord’s Apostolic Church in the City of San Diego and
the surrounding region.
Together with a number of other senior ministers and leaders in the region,
George has launched a number of very successful Kingdom initiatives that
have impacted both the civil government and Educational systems of
several of the cities in San Diego County.
Finally, while I was with Mike and Marsha, we
enjoyed a special lunch hosted by their son
Brent Daub in a beautiful restaurant in San
Clemente overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Brent
is a faithful servant of the Lord, an outstanding
attorney, and a true Kingdom visionary. He and
his law partners are currently building one of the
largest law firms in California. This past week
Brent, Mike, and Apostle James Rebbavarapu
were in Hyderabad preparing to launch an
Information Tech Business in Hyderabad.
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build an Ephesus model of the Lord’s
One Holy Apostolic Church in the City
of San Diego and the surrounding
region.
Together with a number of other
senior ministers and leaders in the
County, he has launched a number
of very successful Kingdom initiatives
that have impacted both Civil
government and Education in several
cities in San Diego County.
apostles who have planted churches
head apostolic ministries in India and
in San Diego, and who are looking to
George for apostolic fatherhood. On
the afternoon of the 13th, George
gathered 20 or so members of his
regional team who head various
ministries that are part of City Church
Ministries, so that I could meet them
hear their testimonies, and so they
might meet me. It was a very
strategic time together in the Lord.
George is also involved in apostolic ministry in Cuba, Kenya and other nations
in Africa, and in India. In addition to all of this, George serves as an esteemed
member of our CAC Executive Council.
I was blessed while in San Diego to have a wonderful time of fellowship and
dialog with Brother George, his wife Becky, as well as, a couple of Indian
apostles who head ministries in India and in San Diego and who look to George
for apostolic fatherhood. The afternoon of the 13th, George gathered 20 or so
members of his regional apostolic team who head various ministries that make
up City Church Ministries, so that I could hear their testimonies, and so they
might hear from me. It was a very blessed time together in the Lord.
Dr. Stan Dekovan and the Apostles Theological Seminary
Thursday, September 14, Dr. Jim Bradshaw, President of ATS, his wife Anne,
Mike Daub, George Runyan, and I met with Dr. Stan Dekovan, President of
Vision University in his home in the mountains of Ramona, California to explore
the feasibility of ATS and Vision partnering to build a “leadership training
engine” to raise up a new generation of apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors and teachers for the 21st Century.
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Dr. Dekovan is highly regarded as an apostle and educator, who for many
years has pioneered distance-learning and online education for apostolic
leaders and ministers of Christ across denominational lines.
Brother Dekovan was very hospitable and generously committed himself,
and the resources of Vision University, to help Dr. Bradshaw and ATS develop
some of the courses that we need, market our Masters and Doctoral
programs, upgrade our administrative systems, and further develop our
ministry training capability in the nations by developing video courses.
Since the meeting in Ramona, Dr. Bradshaw has already made the
changes and adjustments needed in our Masters requirements so that
our ATS Masters decree students can complete their Masters in Apostolic
and Prophetic Studies in a single year.
Dr. Bradshaw and his wife Anne
September 15 was spent in fellowship with Brother George and
Becky, strategizing our work together in the CAC, and exploring
together George’s possible involvement and the involvement of
members of his apostolic sphere in the India Campaign.
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The CAC Dallas Gathering and Apostolic Dialog
On Saturday, September 16, I flew from San Diego to Dallas for a gathering
of apostolic fathers and other leaders for fellowship, dialog, and
strategizing concerning the condition of today’s Church and what it is
going to take to restore the authentic foundation laid by the Lord Jesus,
Head of the Church, and reorient, restructure, and reform today’s divided
Church.
Monday, September 17, I had lunch with my
good friend and colleague Apostle Jim Hodges,
renewing our fellowship, sharing with each other
what we have been doing in our respective
ministries and spheres of responsibility, and talking
about our hopes and expectations for the
leadership gathering immediately before us.
September 19-21, I met with the fathers of the networks that make up the
CAC and other apostles and prophets who give overall leadership to our
global communion of apostles and churches. It was a wonderful time of
renewing fellowship, strengthening relationships, and discussing the key
issues concerning today’s denominated Church and what it is ultimately
going to take to reform a divided Church so that together as One, Holy
Apostolic Church we might fulfill the Lord’s mandate to disciple the
nations and fill the earth with the glory of God.
We also discussed strategies the Lord has given to enable us to
accomplish our apostolic campaigns for India, Africa, First Nations, and
North America. Among a number of decisions that were made is to
convene an Apostolic Summit for North America May 8, 9, and 10 in
Oklahoma City to help us launch the CAC’s North America Apostolic
Campaign.
Our gathering and dialog in Dallas was strategic and I believe will be seen
in the future as a historic gathering. (No pictures are available.)
Back To OKC and Family
Friday, September 22, I flew back to OKC to rejoin Sandra and enjoy a
few more days of family interaction before returning to India. This last
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week in OKC we stayed in the home of our son Paul, His wife Jenny, and
their three younger children.
Recent photo of Paul and Jenny’s family “goofing off” in a “photo shoot” with Eric and Hannah’s family.
Family Dinner at Josh and Nancy’s
The highlight of our final few days of family-time in OKC was a wonderful
family dinner hosted by Josh, his wife Nancy, and their children, featuring
a Lebanese feast prepared by our OKC family. Our children,
grandchildren, and a great granddaughter that live in OKC were all
present. Our oldest son Mark flew in from Jacksonville, Florida, and Mark’s
daughter Leilah and her husband Jonathan flew in from Kansas City. My
brother Don and his wife Shirley even drove all the way from Houston to
be with us, and my cousin Tommy Shadid and his wife Gloria (who live in
OKC and whom we haven’t seen in years) also joined us. (Hopefully, you
have all read Sandra’s USA report about how much fun my brother Don,
our cousin Tommy, and I had swapping stories and reminiscing about our
more youthful years.)
Nancy’s parents, Rob and Leann Adair, dear friends of ours, rounded out
the special guests to make this a perfect evening of family, food, and fun.
(Sadly, I looked through my photos, but couldn’t find any pictures of this special
event.)
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Jacksonville Florida with Mark’s Family and Friends
September 28 Sandra and I flew to Jacksonville to
spend a few days with Mark, his wife Jinan, and
their family, and to tend to some personal business.
In addition to staying in their home and spending
quality time together, we also got to spend time
with my namesake and grandson George Allen
and his young son, “Georgie,” and little daughter,
Ginna.
While at Mark’s, his oldest son Caleb, whom
Sandra and I haven’t seen in several years flew in
from California for his work, and we got to spend
quality time with him also. (I was unable to download
the photos I wanted from Facebook. The photo on the right is
of Mark when he and Jinan visited Paris a couple of years
ago.)
While Sandra and I were in
Jacksonville we got to share a very
special time of fellowship at our
favorite Mexican restaurant the
Laredo Cantina with our long time
friends, David and Ines Kowalski,
shown here with our granddaughter
Claudia. In addition to being dear
friends, David and Ines are our son
and daughter in the Gospel and
part of my apostolic company.
David moves very strongly in the gift of prophesy and is a civil engineer;
Ines, originally from Chile, is very fluent in Spanish, has a Doctorate in
Theology, and is well grounded in the message of the Kingdom and
apostolic reformation. She has translated two of my books in Spanish - The
Sign of The Kingdom and The CAC Constitution - and is ready to begin
work on others. She is also an anointed teacher and minister of the Word.
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On October 4, after a blessed and fruitful visit to the USA, Sandra and I
flew from Jacksonville to Hyderabad. After a long and arduous 36-hour
journey, we arrived back on our mission field in India.
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR INDIA APOSTOLIC CAMPAIGN
After resting and recovering from jetlag, Sandra and I returned to the work
of the CAC India Apostolic Campaign to extend Christ’s Kingdom and
help birth an authentic apostolic reformation in India and Southeast Asia.
RAVI’S UPDATE:
The first thing was to meet with
Apostle Ravi Paul, my son in the
Gospel, the National Director of
the CAC India Apostolic
Campaign to hear his update
on what he and his team had
accomplished while Sandra and
I were in the USA.
Taught Leadership
Seminars
Ravi reported that he had taught several Leadership Training Seminars on
“God’s Agenda For the 21st Century” in several cities in the Hyderabad
region.
My Number 1 priority for the India Campaign has been to equip Ravi Paul
to lead the CAC India Apostolic Campaign and the apostolic company
being raised-up around him.
As part of his training preparation for this mission, I have given Ravi digital
copies of each of the books I have written: The Sign of the Kingdom,
God’s Agenda For The 21st Century, Rediscovering The Keys of The
Kingdom, The Non-Negotiables of Apostolic Christianity, The Last Watch,
and The CAC Constitution for personal study. In addition, I have given him
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my personal notes that I use when I teach my seminars or preach my most
important apostolic and prophetic messages.
I also spend time with him each week, answering questions he may have
about what he is reading and talking about the assignments I have given
him. He also spends time watching videos of my preaching and teaching
on YouTube.
Because of this Ravi is now able to lead the Leadership Training Seminars
and preach the message of Christ’s Kingdom and apostolic reformation.
Many doors are opening for him to teach the leadership training material
to church leaders and preach the message of Christ’s Kingdom and
apostolic reformation in churches.
Worked On Our India Campaign Calendar for 2018
While Sandra and I were in the USA, Ravi met one-on-one with key leaders
in other cities, sharing our message and recruiting them to partner with us
by organizing and hosting leadership seminars and apostolic summits in
key cities like Darjeeling in the Northeast, New Delhi in the North, Chennai
and Kochi in the South, and Mumbai on the West Coast for next year.
Preached in Local Churches
Each Lord’s Day he was busy, sometimes morning and evening,
preaching in local churches throughout the Hyderabad region and other
key cities.
Implemented Media and Video Strategies
Ravi also met with his Christian IT friends to work with them to develop an
India Apostolic Campaign page and with a video team he has recruited
to help us communicate our message and recruit others to join us. The
India campaign page is located on our CAC website
(www.communionofapostolicchurches.com).
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WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE OUR RETURN TO INDIA:
Made Plans for 2018
After Ravi had briefed me on what he and his team had accomplished
while Sandra and I were away, we took several days to review our India
campaign strategies, make plans, and set goals for the first half of this
coming new year.
Met One-On-One with Key Leaders
Ravi has brought several key leaders from the Hyderabad region and
other areas to meet one-on-one to get acquainted with each other and
to share the vision the Lord has given us and His mandate for the India
Apostolic Campaign with them.
One of these was Dr. P. Permanas, General Manager of the Andra Pradesh
Co-Operative Corporation. Dr. Permanas has organized major crusades
for Evangelists Morris Cerullo and Reinhard Bonnke, as well as, teaching
conferences for Joyce Meyers and others. According to Ravi, he is a very
committed Christian businessman, who has donated the equivalent of
hundreds of thousands of US Dollars to the work of the Gospel. The Civil
governments of Hyderabad and of Telangana and Andra Pradesh have
given him a special license that permits him to organize crusades and
large conferences in these geographic regions.
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Dr. Permanas, shown above with Sandra and me in our apartment was
very responsive to our message and vision and has volunteered to serve
on the advisory council that we are forming for the CAC India Apostolic
Campaign to organize and fund our leadership seminars, apostolic
summits, and national congresses. He is a good example of the caliber of
other Christian leaders in the business community and in civil government
that Brother Ravi is reaching out to and recruiting to join with us in the
CAC’s India campaign.
In addition to Dr. Permanas, Ravi Paul
recently met an apostle from South
Korea who leads an apostolic team that
is working in Hyderabad planting
Churches. Ravi shared our message and
vision with him and has arranged for him
to meet with me after the Christmas
Holidays to explore connecting and
working with us in the India Apostolic
campaign. He has also invited Ravi and
me to come to South Korea to minister
in their leadership conferences.
According to Ravi, there are many
others, such as a Bishop of the Orthodox
Church in Kerala, who are asking to
meet in my apartment to get
acquainted with me and explore
connecting with the CAC and
becoming part of our India Campaign.
International Leadership Training Seminars
On October 17, not long after my return to India, Ravi and I hosted
another Leadership Seminar on “God’s Agenda.” It was held in another of
the many colonies that make up the City of Hyderabad. We ministered to
70 pastors and church leaders who received our message with great joy.
Several of the senior pastors who are the principle leaders of the group
gathered around us afterwards, declaring they had never heard these
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essential apostolic truths before and would like to be part of what we are
doing and help get the message of the Kingdom and apostolic
reformation to all the ministers and church leaders in the City of
Hyderabad. Ravi continues to communicate with them, as with others
who have attended our previous seminars and have expressed a desire to
connect and be part of what we are doing in India.
Calendar for Seminars & Summit in 2018
While Sandra and I were in the USA, Ravi worked on our India Campaign
Calendar for the first 6 months of 2018. He made the necessary
arrangements with minister friends and church leaders in several key cities
to host our International Leadership Training Seminar and First Regional
Apostolic Summit. Since returning, he and I have confirmed the dates.
December 18-19, International Leadership Training Seminar and
AMCI Leader’s Conference in Silguri and Darjeeling
January 9, 2018, International Leadership Training Seminar on God’s
Agenda for the 21st Century in New Delhi
February 7, 2018, International Leadership Training Seminar on God’s
Agenda for the 21st Century in Mumbai
February 20, 2018, First Regional Apostolic Summit in Hyderabad
March 5, 2018, George & Sandra’s Visa Trip to The USA
Other Leadership Training Seminars are in the works for Chennai, the key
city in the State of Tamil Nadu, Kochi, the key city in Kerala, and Mumbai,
the key city in Maharashtra during the summer and fall of 2018, after
Bishop and Sandra return from their next Visa Trip to The USA. Sandra and I
must leave India for another Visa trip on or before March 6. Our plan is to
return to the USA the first of March and stay until the end of May. While we
are in the States, the CAC will host its North American Apostolic Summit
May 8, 9, and 10 in Oklahoma City.
(On the Seminar Calendar above the December 18 and 19 International
Leadership Training Seminar in Siiguri-Darjeeling region was hosted by
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Nima Rangnamei, Adam’s widow, and Pastor Kaping. I have already
shared the details of Apostle Daub’s Shiliguri mission and AMCI’s two-day
International Leadership Training Seminar under Point 5a of my USA
Highlights.)
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Located close to the border of N.E. India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and
Bangladesh, 70 apostolic and pastoral leaders from Shiliguri, Darjeeling,
and these Southeast Asian nations attended the two-day leadership-
training seminar led by Apostle Daub. Brother Mike and Ravi also meet
with the faculty of the Apostles Theological extension seminary founded
by Apostle Adam.
(On December 15, before leaving for Shiliguri, Apostle Daub ministered to
group of seventy young Timothies. These are the spiritual sons of the
apostolic fathers and church planters who have been raised up by
Apostle James Rabbavarapu and who work closely with him in Operation
Saturation. These young champions of Christ the King had been in a
special 40-day training course on “The Covenant and the Kingdom”
being taught by Apostle Thella Johnson, who is James’ apostolic deputy.
Our Regional Apostolic Summit
On February 20, 2018 our first Regional Apostolic Summit will be held in
Hyderabad. This is the city where we have hosted the majority of our
Leadership Training Seminars this first year, and where thus far we have the
largest following of apostolic and pastoral leaders.
We have rented a conference room in a nice hotel in Secunderabad,
Hyderabad’s twin-city, and Ravi is making arrangements for 100
delegates to attend. These particular apostolic leaders and pastors are
being personally invited from among those who have previously attended
one of our International Leadership Training Seminars in Hyderabad or the
surrounding region. They have heard our message about “rediscovering
authentic Christianity and the imperative for an apostolic reformation.”
They have also read or are in the process of reading the CAC
Constitution, and have expressed a strong desire to connect and work
together with us to advance Christ’s Kingdom and reform the presently
divided Church.
The purpose of this Regional Apostolic Summit will be to summarize and
clarify the essentials of the message, vision, Church structure,
governmental order, and mandate of authentic Christianity, answer any
questions or doubts that they might still have, and share the benefits and
responsibilities of membership in the CAC and invite them to join us. Out of
this summit we plan to form an apostolic team that will work with Ravi to
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proclaim the message and implement our India Apostolic Campaign
strategies in Hyderabad and the State of Telangana. Depending on their
gifting and measure of grace, some of them will also become part of the
Regional or State Apostolic Council that will eventually be formed.
Developing Ministry Tools for Our India Campaign and Global Apostolic Movement
In addition to all the things I have mentioned, Ravi and I are working
together to develop the ministry tools that are needed to empower
ministers and apostolic leaders who become part of our India Apostolic
Campaign and also our global apostolic movement.
Media Tools: Websites and Videos
We have been working to upgrade or improve the CAC websites, and to
create recruiting and training videos for an apostolic reformation. Since
returning from the US, Ravi and I have spent quite a bit of time reviewing
the work he has done to develop the CAC India Campaign page that is
part of the CAC website.
We also talked in detail about what we need the Media and Video Team
that Ravi is building to do to upgrade and maintain our CAC and ATS
Websites, improve our social-media effectiveness, and create the
recruiting and training videos needed to get our message and training
materials into the hands of apostolic leaders and pastors. Ravi has
recruited a few close Christian friends who are professionals in these fields
to help us accomplish these goals.
As part of our video strategy, we have set aside the first week of January
2018 to create a one-hour video in which Apostle Ravi will interview me
about my call, highlights of my ministry background and experience. We
will use this interview to introduce the CAC as a global fellowship or
communion of apostles. In this video we will briefly discuss the CAC’s
mandate, vision, message, architectural blueprint or wineskin for the
Apostolic Church, governmental and geographic structures.
In addition, we have set aside the second week of January to video our
complete seminar on, “God’s Agenda For the 21st Century.” We plan to
take several hours each afternoon over a 5-day period to video this
important seminar. Ravi has already arranged for our video team to
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capture and edit the videos. He is in the process of arranging for a dozen
leaders who are fluent in English and who are eager to hear the teaching
to serve as a live audience. After each lesson I will answer questions. Our
goal is to have the complete God’s Agenda seminar on video for use in
India and by our other CAC campaigns. These videos will also be posted
as an additional resource for the ATS course.
Preaching and Teaching Notebooks
The last of January and first of February, Ravi Paul and I will work on
producing a preaching and teaching notebook for the use of ministers
who are part of the CAC India Apostolic Campaign and our global
communion of apostles and churches. I plan to forward some of my
preaching and teaching notes, as well as, some of Brother Ern’s (“The
Kadesh Crisis” and “The King And His Army”). Ravi will give these to the
publisher working with us to edit, print, and bind them in a binder for
distribution. (I hope to have these available for those who would want
them at our North America Apostolic Summit in May 8, 9, and 10, along
with our videos I mentioned above.)
Additional Tools
In addition, I am in the process of editing a wonderful manuscript for a
New Member Handbook. This manuscript was written by Wayne Cain, a
gifted writer and one of Apostle Bradley’s spiritual sons, My hope is that
the New Member Handbook will prove to be a useful tool for the apostolic
leaders and churches of the networks that are part of the CAC.
Also, as part of my time with the Lord and personal study of the Word, I
am currently in the process of preparing three new ATS courses. The first is
a directed study of The Life and Ministry of Jesus and His Apostles. I will be
dealing with the Lord’s identity as the messiah, His mission and purpose. I
plan to use A.T. Robertson’s, The Harmony of the Gospels For Students of
the Life of Christ and F.F. Bruce’s, The Spreading Flame, Bruce’s
commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, as textbooks. I will also require
reading and writing assignments from F.W. Farrar’s, The Life and Ministry of
Christ and Early Christianity, and Alfred Edersheim’s, The Life and Times Of
Jesus the Messiah, and The Temple: Its Ministry and Services to round out
this important study in authentic Christianity.
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I am very excited about this new ATS course because as I have been
studying Robertson’s Harmony of the Gospels the essential truths of
apostolic Christianity and the revelation of Jesus as the great reformer of
the Old Covenant Church and the only source of authentic Christianity
blaze forth with great clarity and absolute certainty in the apostolic
testimony recorded for us in the four Gospels.
I am also excited about combining the study of the Acts of the Apostles
with the four gospels because the apostles of the Lamb and the first
ascension apostles are in actual fact the outworking of the apostleship of
the Lord Jesus Himself. This is why Luke begins the Acts by declaring the
Gospel he had previously written was really a record of “all Jesus had
begun to do and teach,” implying that the Acts of the Apostles was a
continuation of all Jesus was continuing to do and say,
The second course will be a directed-study in Biblical Theology entitled,
Dominion, the Theology of Jesus Christ and His Apostles. My textbook will
be David Chilton’s revelatory introduction to Biblical Theology, “Paradise
Restored.” I will also use my notes from a course I taught at Christ College
in OKC on “Kingdom Theology, The Theology of Jesus and His Apostles.”
My third course will be a directed-study of the Book of Revelation that I
plan to call, The Revelation of Jesus Christ and His Bride. The Book of
Revelation is not only about Jesus’ conquest of the devil and His
revelation as Lord and King, but also the Bride’s conquest of the Red
Dragon, the Roman Beast, and the Rulers of Apostate Israel and entering
into the marriage feast and receiving the Messiah’s Kingdom. I will be
using David Chilton’s excellent commentary of the Book of revelation,
Days of Vengeance as my text.
Because each of these courses is a directed-study in which I will use
textbooks along with reading and writing assignments instead of lectures, I
hope to have all three courses ready for enrollment by students for the fall
of 2018.
Since I broke my ankle in May, I have been keenly aware that a greater
anointing than I have known has been released in my life and ministry. The
Lord’s presence is nearer and sweeter than ever, my prayer life is much
deeper, and the Word of the Lord is more alive that ever. I am enjoying a
greater measure of revelation and understanding than ever before. While
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I have written a number of books, the Lord’s hand is on me to write and
publish the revelation of the Lord and the message of His Kingship as
never before. It is truly a new season in my life.
This finishes my report on the highlights of our USA visit and update on
what has happened here since returning to the mission field.
OUR EARNEST APPEAL FOR INDIA APOSTOLIC CAMPAIGN PARTNERS:
Together with Ravi Paul, James Rabbavarapu and the leaders of India
Christian Ministries and the Communion of Covenant Churches, and
others to whom the Lord Jesus has joined us, Sandra and I are laboring to
restore the authentic foundations of apostolic Christianity that Jesus and
the first apostles laid in the beginning, raise up a new generation of
apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, and birth an
apostolic reformation of the Lord’s Church in India.
Much has been accomplished in the year and two months that we have
been here, and so much more still needs to be accomplished. But in order
to accomplish this we need your help! We need your prayers for apostolic
grace to enable us to do the things the Lord has directed us to do, and
we need your financial help.
There is a deep hunger among God’s servants and church leaders in India
to truly understand the mysteries of Christ and His Kingdom, Kingdom
Initiation and the nature and structure of the Lord’s Church, the Church’s
apostolic mandate to disciple and possess the nations, apostolic
government and the apostolic reformation of the Church. Everywhere we
minister the Word, apostolic leaders and pastors tell us, “We have never
heard these mysteries before. We want to know more.”
The greatest need of the Church in India today is for leadership training,
Of course, this is one of the principle strategies of the CAC India Apostolic
Campaign. Apostle James Rabbavarapu says that, “The Church in India is
literally exploding with growth. Therefore, the great need today is for
leadership training.”
Because of the great hunger on the part of apostolic leaders and pastors
here for the revelation that the Lord has entrusted to us in the CAC, we
could very easily minister to 500 to a 1000 ministers or more in our
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leadership training seminars each month. However, because of the level
of financial support we presently receive for the India Apostolic
Campaign, we must limit the number who can attend our Leadership
Training Seminar to 70 to 100 delegates, so we can afford to rent the halls
and provide the meals that are needed for these events.
While we are very, very grateful to the Lord Jesus and to you who have
given offerings and who partner with us financially each month (even
sacrificially) to enable us to be here and to accomplish the things that
have been accomplished, I am appealing to all of you who have not yet
given or who have not yet committed yourselves to partner with us in the
India Apostolic campaign.
We need your prayers. For God’s grace to enable us to accomplish the
mandate He has given us. Truly, the fields in India are white unto harvest.
We need to pray the Lord of the harvest to revive His Church, restore the
foundations that He laid in the beginning, reform His Church, and send
forth laborers into the harvest to disciple India and other nations.
We also need your financial support. We have just celebrated Christmas
and the birth of our King. What better time of the year could there be
than now to make a one-time Christmas or end of the year mission’s
offering to help us underwrite our budget for the New Year? Also, what
better time could there be than right now for those of you who have not
done so to commit yourself to become a regular partner and give $25,
$50, $100, or even $200 each month of 2018 to support the India Apostolic
Campaign?
If you are a pastor of a church or head a ministry, please seek the Lord
about putting our India Apostolic Campaign in your mission’s budget.
Please make your checks payable to India Apostolic campaign and mail
it to Apostle Jim Bradshaw at 33 Felter Lane, Palm Coast, Florida 32137. For
greater convenience and ease of giving you can also deposit your gift
directly into the CAC India Campaign Account Number 5027824746 at
Wells Fargo Bank. You may also transfer your gift directly from your bank
into our Wells Fargo Account. The routing number for our Wells Fargo
Account is 063107513. All gifts are tax deductible.
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If you would like to know more about the CAC or the India Apostolic
Campaign, please check out our website at:
www.communionofapostolicchurches.com.
SANDRA AND I WANT TO WISH EACH OF YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR
FLOCKS A BLESSED AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
FROM YOU.
You may contact me directly by email at [email protected] or Skype at
the same email address. My cell phone number is +91 9985334851.
Sandra’s email address is [email protected].
Ravi Paul’s contact information is [email protected] or +91
9866509317.