“What is this “R3” thing all about that you are conducting here and there?” A friend of mine in Florida began his phone call to me with that question. “I talked briefly with Frank last night”, he continued, “and he said it was life changing for him and his ministry but he had to run [...]
An R3 Summit is not an organization, or an attempt to establish one. It is rather a gathering at a time and place where heart-burdened people may express in prayer and proclamation a longing to see the church awakened in these last days and brought back to holiness, purity, and power with God. The main thrust of the participants is toward an “Apostolic” vision of the Church of God found in Holy Scriptures. This Biblically balanced Christianity is desperately needed in contrast to superficial, commercial, cultural Christianity prominent in our day. The desire for spiritual awakening is that it will “RESTORE to (us) the years that the locust has eaten” (Joel 2:25), the essential reality of the church as Jesus Christ and the apostles intended it to be; that it will “RENEW the minds that we may prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2); and that it will “REVIVE us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee” (Psalm 85:6).
WHAT IS AN “R3″ SUMMIT?
“What is this “R3” thing all about that you are conducting here and there?” A friend of mine in Florida began his phone call to me with that question. “I talked briefly with Frank last night”, he continued, “and he said it was life changing for him and his ministry but he had to run [...]
Restore a Man, Renew His Commission, Revive a Nation
I have read from Jonah, taught from Jonah, and preached from Jonah a bazillion times, it seems. Following a recent conference, “R3 Summit – Restoration, Renewal, Revival” which was focused on genuine, authentic, gut-level-real spiritual awakening, I was hit by a compelling theme in the Book of Jonah. A couple of days after “R3” I [...]
HOW SWEET THE SOUND
For most people, if you say “Amazing Grace “, one of a hundred or so possible images will initially pop into the mind: the 2007 movie about William Wilberforce; a PBS TV special; Joan Baez singing; Alice’s Restaurant theme song; bagpipes in the morning; bagpipes in the evening; John Newton; America’s most popular hymn, second [...]
Bend Us, O Lord
The auditorium of the Shoreline Christ Fellowship in Muskegon, Michigan was transformed into a banquet hall on the afternoon and evening of August 4, and the morning hours of August 5. The food on the menu, however, was spiritual cuisine, catered to us by our Lord, and served in His love and power. Those who [...]
New York ~ R3 Prayer Summit ~ Cancelled