We have recently completed our second video - this one has some commentary and footage from our latest trip. Please take a look! We are excited about what God has done over the past year and are expecting great things in the year to come!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Summer Events and News
Hello everyone! I hope that you are all having a great summer! It has been good being back in the United States, spending time with friends and family! However, we are looking forward to our return to Cuba. Just a few weeks before that happens!
We just wanted to take a minute and let everyone know what we'll be up to this summer while we await our return trip. Most of our time is spent helping with our local church in Carmel, Indiana, Faith Apostolic Church. We have visited a few places, have gone to a couple conferences, and have a few more exciting things planned for the Summer.
Next week we will be in Louisville for the ALJC General Conference which will be a great opportunity to meet many of you that subscribe to our blog and support us regularly. Please feel free to visit us at our booth and say hello!
In late July I (James) will be helping Josh Wilson, our ALJC Apostolic Youth Corp coordinator, in Jamaica for the AYC 2008 trip. We will be down in Jamaica for a little over a week working with some churches there and introducing youth to missions work. It is going to be hot, but should prove rewarding for the young people and for all of us helping out! It is great to see so many of the younger generation stepping up into foreign and local ministry!
If you have any questions regarding our stay here in the States or would like us to visit, please feel free to contact us. We are grateful for all of your prayers and support and are excited about what is to come in the nation of Cuba!
God bless!
We just wanted to take a minute and let everyone know what we'll be up to this summer while we await our return trip. Most of our time is spent helping with our local church in Carmel, Indiana, Faith Apostolic Church. We have visited a few places, have gone to a couple conferences, and have a few more exciting things planned for the Summer.
Next week we will be in Louisville for the ALJC General Conference which will be a great opportunity to meet many of you that subscribe to our blog and support us regularly. Please feel free to visit us at our booth and say hello!
In late July I (James) will be helping Josh Wilson, our ALJC Apostolic Youth Corp coordinator, in Jamaica for the AYC 2008 trip. We will be down in Jamaica for a little over a week working with some churches there and introducing youth to missions work. It is going to be hot, but should prove rewarding for the young people and for all of us helping out! It is great to see so many of the younger generation stepping up into foreign and local ministry!
If you have any questions regarding our stay here in the States or would like us to visit, please feel free to contact us. We are grateful for all of your prayers and support and are excited about what is to come in the nation of Cuba!
God bless!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Life in the United States
We hope this update finds you all doing well and busy with the work of God. As most of you know, we have been home for three weeks now. It has been quite an adjustment. For some reason, it is a more difficult adjustment coming to the U.S. from Cuba than going to Cuba from the U.S. I believe that once you find the exact place God wants you to be, that place becomes like home.
Of course, it has been a joy to see our family, friends, and be part of Faith Apostolic Church again. We are making plans to begin deputation to raise funds for future trips. We are currently planning to return to Cuba in August, unless God opens a door for us to return sooner. We will stay for another three months, return to the U.S. for National Youth Convention and Christmas, then return in January for three more months.
We feel that our trip was an overwhelming success. We were able to visit every pastor and talk about their vision and their needs for their church. Jimmie preached several times a week, did leadership training, and evangelism training. We saw a visible difference in people's faith. Where once people were very timid about seeking after God, by the time we left people were crying out to God in expectation.
Jimmie preached at a Trinitarian church about the Oneness of God and Jesus' name baptism. We are thrilled to announce that a week after we left, the Cuban leadership baptized 20 people from this congregation in Jesus' name! We are believing that a pattern is being established... that entire churches will be converted to the truth of the Oneness of God.
We want to thank the people who have given so generously to God's work in Cuba. We take very seriously that you have entrusted us with your money. We are happy to report that God blessed our finances in a supernatural way. We budgeted our money very carefully, and were still shocked at how little money we required to live. The remainder of the money was used to fund the Conference in March and help with various projects. Over half of the money we took with us was used to fund various projects associated with our mission. Praise God! Please pray that God will continue to bless our finances in the future.
The Conference held in March will be considered a pivotal moment in the history of the Apostolic Church in Cuba. Over 100 more people received the Holy Ghost. It was amazing, and we are humbled to have taken part in it. Beyond people receiving the Holy Ghost, there was an equipping and empowering to do the work of God that took place. The Cuban church is ready to get the word out, spread the gospel, and get busy with the work of God. We have faith that we will return to a church that is growing and thriving even more than when we left. Thanks so much to Pastor Logue, Baruch, Nathaniel, Bro. Tisdale, Bro. Nathan Kern, and Bro. Ball for coming and ministering so effectively at the Conference.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time. We welcome your comments as well. If you are interested in our family visiting your church to share our burden for Cuba, please contact us soon. We thank you all again for your prayers and support. God Bless You!
Of course, it has been a joy to see our family, friends, and be part of Faith Apostolic Church again. We are making plans to begin deputation to raise funds for future trips. We are currently planning to return to Cuba in August, unless God opens a door for us to return sooner. We will stay for another three months, return to the U.S. for National Youth Convention and Christmas, then return in January for three more months.
We feel that our trip was an overwhelming success. We were able to visit every pastor and talk about their vision and their needs for their church. Jimmie preached several times a week, did leadership training, and evangelism training. We saw a visible difference in people's faith. Where once people were very timid about seeking after God, by the time we left people were crying out to God in expectation.
Jimmie preached at a Trinitarian church about the Oneness of God and Jesus' name baptism. We are thrilled to announce that a week after we left, the Cuban leadership baptized 20 people from this congregation in Jesus' name! We are believing that a pattern is being established... that entire churches will be converted to the truth of the Oneness of God.
We want to thank the people who have given so generously to God's work in Cuba. We take very seriously that you have entrusted us with your money. We are happy to report that God blessed our finances in a supernatural way. We budgeted our money very carefully, and were still shocked at how little money we required to live. The remainder of the money was used to fund the Conference in March and help with various projects. Over half of the money we took with us was used to fund various projects associated with our mission. Praise God! Please pray that God will continue to bless our finances in the future.
The Conference held in March will be considered a pivotal moment in the history of the Apostolic Church in Cuba. Over 100 more people received the Holy Ghost. It was amazing, and we are humbled to have taken part in it. Beyond people receiving the Holy Ghost, there was an equipping and empowering to do the work of God that took place. The Cuban church is ready to get the word out, spread the gospel, and get busy with the work of God. We have faith that we will return to a church that is growing and thriving even more than when we left. Thanks so much to Pastor Logue, Baruch, Nathaniel, Bro. Tisdale, Bro. Nathan Kern, and Bro. Ball for coming and ministering so effectively at the Conference.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time. We welcome your comments as well. If you are interested in our family visiting your church to share our burden for Cuba, please contact us soon. We thank you all again for your prayers and support. God Bless You!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Back in the States!
Greetings!
First, thank you to everyone for your prayers and support while we were in Cuba the past three months! We had an extremely productive trip - God did many wonderful things! We are looking forward to publishing more information and news about what happened in Cuba the first quarter of the year!
We are currently working on getting acclimated to the change in landscape, living, and life in general. Three months in a totally different nation really does make a change in your outlook and the things you are used to! It was a blessing for us to serve the Lord in Cuba and are excited about what the future holds.
Though we are going to provide a more detailed report soon, I wanted to give you a glimpse of what happened the past few weeks we were in Cuba as well as our upcoming plans!
Most of you know, but we held a conference for all of the churches towards the end of March. During this conference over 100 people received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and many received miraculous healings! God has continued what he started last August! In addition to the two conferences and those that have received the baptism in their local churches during our visits, we are estimating that over 250 have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost since October 2007! That is just six months!
Cuban pastors are reporting great revivals in their churches, miracles, and so much more. We are truly a blessed people to see revival like this and are humbled by the experience.
If you would like to play a part in this Cuban Pentecost, please contact us at info@cubaforchrist.net. We are partnering with Apostolics worldwide in efforts to see endtime revival throughout the world!
More information will becoming soon - in addition to video and photos!
In servitude,
James Rennard
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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