News from Ukraine, 21 Days of Prayer, and CBL Ministries

Prayer Encounter Reaches Around the World   Thousands of viewers from around the world participated in an interactive online webcast from the Church of God of Prophecy International Offices on Wednesday evening. Titled, "Prayer Encounter," the two-hour event featured the Church's international leaders leading prayer for specific areas and needs as well as requests that were received through email, social media, and telephone. "For many years, we have conducted an annual Night of Prayer here in the offices but this year, we wanted to offer our churches a chance to participate," said Sam Clements, General Overseer. "The result was greater than what we imagined. It was a powerful night." Although a definitive count of viewers couldn't be reached because of groups gathering in local churches, there were a total of 1,121 connection points made to the high-definition webcast, which will continue to be available on demand. Some of the countries represented include Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Mexico, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Germany, El Salvador, and India To read more, click here.       UPCOMING EVENTS January 29-31, 2015 School of Practical & Advanced Studies II & III Georgia   January 29- February 1, 2015  School of Practical & Advanced Studies III Paraguay  January 30- February 1, 2015 College and Career Ministries Connect Pigeon Forge, TN February 5-7, 2015 School of Practical & Advanced Studies English I & III &  Spanish I, II, III  Arizona   March 1-31, 2015 March Mission Drive March 12-14, 2015 School of Practical & Advanced Studies II (English with Spanish Translation)  IOU Region-Idaho  March 19-21, 2015  School of Practical & Advanced Studies III Puerto Rico   March 25-28, 2015 School of Practical & Advanced Studies I Ethiopia  March 26-28, 2015  CBL Seminar  Central Mexico CBL Takes SOPAS III to Cuba The island nation of Cuba has not been left behind in the leadership development surge occurring throughout the global fellowship of the Church of God of Prophecy. Bishop Ramon Rodriguez, national overseer, hosted the CBL team of Dr. Elias Rodriguez and Bishop David Bryan, who taught SOPAS III to eighty-eight pastors and leaders from across Cuba. As is so often the case, the presence of the Holy Spirit permeated the teaching presentations and etched his lessons into the hearts of eager pastors, national leaders and fervent members of the church. Plans were discussed to follow this training with a special SOPAS intensive on preaching taught by Elias Rodriguez. For more information on when SOPAS might be in your area, check out the calendar. Create '15 New Dates & Speakers Anounced Watch the CREATE '15 Promotional Video CBL Dialogues with Multiplication Network Ministries John Wagenveld, founder of Multiplication Network Ministries, met with the faculty of CBL and a small team of curriculum planners to discuss strengthening ties with Multiplication Network Ministries. MNM is a training organization dedicated to strengthening churches and planting churches, whose motto is "more churches, stronger churches." Bishop David Bryan, Executive Director of Leadership Development and Discipleship Ministries, characterized the discussions as filled with potential.  Global Missions Ministries Update From the Ukraine In late October, Global Missions Ministries with the assistance of the Media Ministries of the International Offices began to make the church family aware of an urgent need in nation of Ukraine. There, over 700 church members and orphans had fled their homes to take refuge at our local church in Kiev.  The response from our church family was overwhelming, as over $100,000.00 was received for the effort.  Just this week, our National Overseer Bishop Vitalii Vozniuk writes of the ongoing relief efforts of the church, "We pray for you and thank you for helping Ukraine during these difficult days. Despite that military conflict in Ukraine receives a lot of attention, real life is much more violent than what is represented by the media. Hostilities in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions do not subside. Every day dozens of soldiers and civilians are killed, injured, or wounded. People live in fear. No one knows when it will be over. This leads to humanitarian disaster.  Because of the ongoing hostilities all businesses there don't function, pensioners don't receive pensions, and students don't study. Food prices have increased manifold. This inevitably leads to dramatic increase in crime rates.  Today in the area of the ATO food delivery capability is very limited as there are only seven corridors through which humanitarian supplies may be delivered.  So many people are in need of food. Therefore we organized mobile kitchen tents where people can get a hot meal. We have three such tents in Donetsk, two in Lugansk, and per one in Makiyevka, Krasnodon, Rubizhne, and Yenakievo.  Every day 2,000 people receive food. This is a great blessing for us. All these people hear the testimony of Jesus Christ. Also they are offered to repeat a prayer of repentance. As evidenced by the pastors no one refused to repent.  For 3 months we fed 150,000 people, all of them repeated the prayer of repentance. Food per person per day costs 12 HRN (70 cents). We also send clothes and toiletries, but there is still a great need for pharmaceuticals.  In the same time we are working with refugees. Since the beginning of hostilities we have helped 10,000 people from the area of ATO. At Christmas, each family received a heavy pack with food and sweets for children as a Christmas present.  We are so grateful to everyone for helping make that possible. Your gifts help to save souls today. May God reward you manifold."  Global Missions Ministries Coordinator, Cathy Payne said, "I have been joyfully overwhelmed by the loving prayer support and generosity of our church family world-wide in response to the need in Ukraine. We have heard from many local fellowships concerning their sacrifice in prayer and giving to assist our local church in Kiev."   While most responses have been from our network in North America and more specifically the United States, we have received communication and support from other nations, and especially those within the region of Europe, CIS, and the Middle East.  Brother Vitaly, our national bishop in Ukraine and the Pastor of our local church in Kiev, has expressed his gratitude to everyone for their love and support during this time and especially toward the support need for the orphanage work. He affirmed this response as an answer from God to their prayers in time of compelling need. He expressed his thanks to all for lending your helping hand during these difficult times for Ukraine!   Global Missions Ministries and the General Presbyter's Office of Europe, CIS, and the Middle East, add their gratitude for the responses toward this time of need. Thank you for your expressions of love, and for many, your great sacrifice to minister to our fellowship in the nation of Ukraine. STAY CONNECTED

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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Resources

Watch the 2015 Prayer Encounter Invitation Video Downloadable Resources Poster Week 1 Prayer Guide Week 2 Prayer Guide Week 3 Prayer Guide Promotional Video Visit www.cogop.org for more information and resources in additional languages. Important Dates 21 Days of  Prayer and Fasting January 5-25, 2015 Encounter Prayer Event January 5-6, 2015 LIVE Simulcast Event January 14, 2015 It  is impossible to genuinely encounter Christ and walk away unchanged. Ask Paul, Mary Magdalene, Matthew, Zacchaeus, the woman with the issue of blood, Nicodemus, blind Bartimaeus-the list could go on and on of people whose lives were transformed by an encounter with Christ. For the past seven years, the global family of the Church of God of Prophecy has been called to start the New Year with a season of prayer and fasting. We recognize that prayer is our first core value and the foundation for all our ministry efforts. The annual twenty-one days of prayer and fasting is just one way that we walk out this core value in a very important way. Once again this year, we are calling on our churches and members to mobilize their efforts and join us in a concentrated time, seeking God's direction for our ministries locally, nationally, and globally. We are seeking God for a divine encounter through prayer. We are asking Him to continue to bring breakthrough in our lives, homes, churches, and nations. For twenty-one days, beginning January fifth, we will unite around specific daily prayer directives. These prayer directives will be available through our downloadable resources and on our social media. We will be inviting our leaders to share additional prayer points and insights throughout the weeks to help insure our prayers are touching the most current needs. On January fourteenth, the International Offices will be inviting viewers to join their annual Night of Prayer live via simulcast. During this time, viewers will be able to submit requests that will be prayed over by those in the prayer meeting, as well as those watching online. Additional information about these resources and the simulcast event are available online at www.cogop.org. After an encounter with the resurrected Christ, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus asked each other, "Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way...?" As we unite together in prayer, it is my hope the Father will be pleased with us, that He will speak to us, and our hearts will be set ablaze with a passion for Him that will carry us throughout the entire New Year. Thank you for your plans and efforts to join us. I believe even greater things are ahead for the Church of God of Prophecy, but they will only be obtained through prayer and fasting. Bishop Sam Clements General Overseer The Church of God of Prophecy