Partners 293: Episcopalians Divide, Teens Winning Kids, Worship Conferences

Virginia Episcopalian leaders suing their churches who want to leave the denomination because the denomination has left its historic teachings on homosexuality.
From Messiah Church ( Formerly Episcopal) in Chesapeake, VA.
"Thanks for your prayers. We have received another letter from our former diocese, which is what we expected. They threaten to sue our trustees, vestry and clergy, both individually and corporately, which is what they did in Northern Virginia. Sadly, this was also expected. What I did not expect is how they purport to speak on behalf of the state of Virginia. They write that because we have disassociated ourselves from the Episcopal Church and associated ourselves with the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), our property has ceased “to be used for the purposes for which religious congregations are authorized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church…” I understand the reference to the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, but the Commonwealth of Virginia?"

Child Evangelism Training for Teens. Teens can and do win hundreds of children to the Lord every summer in Child Evangelism Camps around the nation. Grade-school kids are the easiest people to win to Jesus on the planet! About 80% of everyone saved got saved before they were 15!! Reaching children should be at the top of every church's evangelism focus. Saved kids can get their parents to church!

Teens can win kids and those teens become super-charged evangelists with kids and others afterward! The national staff of CEF ( Child Evangelism Fellowship : http://www.cefonline.com ) will be trainign teens to run summer clubs for kids from June 17-22 in Surry at Eastover Plantation. One parent/pastor says," It is a fantastic program that trains teens on presenting the Gospel to children via 5-day or 'Backyard Clubs'. We heard about it several years ago through a friend and have sent all of our children to the training, as well as each teenager in our home church! It has been so valuable in their walk with Christ and their boldness for His kingdom! If you would like any more information, please feel free to contact
us" Pastor Andy or Marilyn McFie at: 965-7070--work, cell phone, 237-1927 or home phone is 463-5838. (Andy is a contractor who has built an inner-city church using his building skills. I know and highly recommend Andy and Mariyn to anyone who has a heart to reach the inner city and reach kids.)

Ice-Cream Truck Evangelism
Back by popular demand (;>) is an idea that the Lord gave me years ago. I know it will work. Let's do it before the Mormons or Muslims do!

First, you send out an ice-cream truck into neighborhoods where there are kids to reach with the Gospel ( almost anywhere--especially in at-risk places). Sell ice-cream but give and extra scoop/treat to kids who can answer a simple bible question each week which is posted on the truck's side. Once a week, have a harder question that requires the kids to get the help of their parents to answer it. Basically, this is a rolling Sunday School ministry.

After two months of that, invite the kids on your route to a park for a kids party, complete with free ice-cream, face-painting, clowns and a Gospel presentation all done by several local churches. Many kids will give their hearts to Jesus and the churches can divide them up for follow-up. Do this several times a summer for several neighborhoods. Watch God change lives, families and neighborhoods--and the churches that do this!

Worship Conference in Suffolk
June 22 and Saturday,June 23 from 7pm-10pm Friday evening and 9am-5:00pm Saturday at Open Door Church in Suffolk. Here is what their worship leader, Jason Peaks, says about the conference:

The conference is called Sole Longing: Rediscovering our Worship
Relationship. Guest speakers are Ricky Hilton of Calvary Church of the
Tri-Cities, Johnson City, TN & David McKinney, Worship Pastor for Liberty
University¹s Campus Church, Lynchburg, VA.

Saturday the conference will allow each person to attend 3 breakout sessions
with topics ranging from Vocal Worship to Theological Worship. It should be
an amazing time of learning. We will have many sessions of worship time with
various worship leaders throughout the conference.
There will be food provided all day on Saturday for conference attendees.

I would like you to please invite your worship leaders, worship teams,
choirs, etc. to accompany you to the conference. Please RSVP as soon as you
can so that we can better accommodate your needs throughout the weekend. You
can call Open Door Church at 757.934.2671 or you can email me at
jrpeaks@liberty.edu


10th Annual Before His Throne Worship Arts Conference

In a joint partnership between TMCJ and MasterWorks, the 10^th Annual Before His Throne Worship Arts Conference will celebrate the 400^th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Settlement. With the focus of the entire world having been on our region recently, many festivities and reenactments are taking place, giving honor to the brave ones who risked their lives to establish our nation. Led by the Holy Spirit, they dedicated this land to God for His eternal purposes. At Fort Story, they planted the cross as a declaration of their mission, with the prayer that from these shores the Gospel would go forth around the world.

The conference will take place June 27 - July 1 at New Life Providence Church. This year's theme, "Pursuing God's Destiny", will tell the story of the founding of our nation, using the movement and ministry arts of dance and pageantry. I would personally like to encourage you to avail yourself of the teaching and equipping that will take place in this conference. The weekend of training will provide a loving, supportive and energizing atmosphere, where you will learn how to more effectively communicate the message of God's love and redemption through your giftings. You can go to our website at www.tmcj.org to view the brochure and download the registration and class selection form. The faculty consists of praise and worship leaders (including several from our TMCJ family), as well as a special guest speaker/teacher from the Native American Indian Nansemond Tribe.

The conference will culminate with a free concert on July 1 at 7 PM at New Life Providence, presented by the conference participants, faculty members and other guest artists. This concert is free and open to the public, so I encourage you to get there early! The doors open at 6:30 PM. An offering will be taken to further the international outreaches of TMCJ and MasterWorks.

Before His Throne Worship Arts Concert When: July 1 Time: 7 PM (Doors open at 6:30) Where: New Life Providence 1244 Thompkins Ln Virginia Beach Cost: Love Offering

Partners 292: Historic Repentance, Deliverance Ministries Needed

Historic Repentance in Tidewater: To God's glory and to the greater blessing and protection of America, the five major sins of the 1607 Virginia Colony were publicly repented for last week. On Sunday, April 29th, during The Assembly 2007, for perhaps the first time in Virginia's history, an Anglican priest washed the feet of a Virginia Native American chief in repentance for the grievous sins of our Anglican forefathers in founding the colony and this nation.

On May 3, during the regional National Day of Prayer at First Baptist Norfolk, that same Anglican priest apologized to a Catholic Deacon, a Presbyterian pastor and a non-denominational pastor for the oppression and persecution by Anglican leaders of all non-Anglican Christians during the 17th century in Tidewater. The Catholic Deacon also asked forgiveness of the Anglican priest for what the Catholic Church had done to precipitate the breach between Catholics and Anglicans in England centuries ago. Heartfelt apologies and prayers of repentance were also expressed to a group of women Christian leaders for the terrible sins against women by colonial men in Tidewater. These two sets of sins may have never before have been addressed so thoroughly in Tidewater before.

Finally, we attempted to repent for the pervasive sin of the love of money in Virginia's founding. It seems to some that the Church needs to embrace repentance for that sin in greater depth in order for its defiling effects to be broken on the Church now. Nevertheless, God must be pleased with the words adn acts of repentance He received in the past week in Virginia Beach, VA. May the the other Christian 400th Anniversary events in Tidewater continue to build on what has already been accomplished. See. www.1607dna.com for more details about those five sins.

Many thanks must be given to the hundreds who have prayed and worked for many months for these events to honor God, repent for sin and rededicate our nation to Him in sincere humility. The safety and future blessings of America depend on that. See why in the next article.

God is Judging America: Pastor Jack Hayford, Bishop Bill Hamon & Alice Smith have now joined the ranks fo many other respected Christian leaders who are warning the American Church that God's judgment is about to increase on America for its increasing decadence and for the passivity of the Church to that sin. Click here to see more details.

Deliverance Ministries Needed: The Virginia Tech massacre may not have happened if more churches had biblical ministries of deliverance from evil spirits! In a small article from the Washington Post cited in our local newspaper today ( Virginian Pilot, May 6, p A17 or see), the mother of mass murderer Seung-Hui Cho told of how she sought help from several Christian congregations in northern Virginia to get her son delivered from evil spirits last year. By the time she found a church that would offer that ministry, her son had to return to Virginia Tech for school.

There is similar to a story I read about another crazed gunman, Larry Ashbrook, who shot and killed 7 people, three of them youth, at a church youth service at a baptist Church in Ft Worth, Texas in September 1999. According to the story I heard ( which I cannot verify), Mr. Ashbrook had gone to another church in Ft. Worth shortly before the shootings and begged for someone to cast demons out of him. Being a typical evangelical church, they said they did not offer that ministry. A few days later, that tormented soul, shouting anti-Christian curses, killed 7 people during a church service and then killed himself.

I believe that story. I believe that many crimes could be avoided if people know they could get set free from destructive impulses even they do not want. Sadly, the Church has largely disowned the ministry of Jesus in casting out demons. It is a wonderful ministry--and one that is greatly needed in our increasingly addicted, violent and abused nation.

Pastors, please consider establishing a credible, supervised and available ministry of deliverance for your congregation and for your community. It can be done and it must be done if God is do "set the captives free" in our region and nation. This ministry can saves the physical lives of others. It could have saved 33 lives at VT.

As one who loves this ministry and who has been involved in it for many years as a pastor in several denominations, I would be glad to talk to any church or ministry that wants to know more about this powerful biblical healing ministry of Jesus. I can also recommend others in Tidewater who are seasoned and effective in this ministry. I welcome your inquiries. ----Bob Fox, Editor.


Freedom's Fortress Celebration May 24: The three ships that first came to Virginia in 1607 stopped at what is now Ft Monroe before heading to Jamestown to plant the colony. On May 24th, from 6-8 PM, Ft. Monroe will commemorate that visit and the unique role Ft. Monroe played in freeing thousands of slaves starting in 1861. The evening ends with cannon salutes to the nation! Despite the federal fort setting, the organizers of this event are fervent Christians who will try to communicate the spiritual values of these two events as much as possible.

Partners 291: 2007: The Year to Repent & National Day of Prayer , May 3

2007: The Year to Repent. As Tidewater and America remembers the 400th Anniversary of our founding, it is time for the Church in Tidewater and the Church in America to publicly repent for the five major sins of our founding fathers in the 1607 Virginia Colony that started here 400 years ago and continues to influence our nation today. God is so eager to see repentance for those sins that he has had the Virginia government lead the way! It’s time for the Church to follow suit.

The Virginia General Assembly has just become the first state in America to finally apologize for slavery and to Native Americans for some of the worst human rights abuses against any people in any nation--- for over 250 years of slavery. The Virginia resolution says government-sanctioned slavery "ranks as the most horrendous of all depredations of human rights and violations of our founding ideals in our nation's history, and the abolition of slavery was followed by systematic discrimination, enforced segregation, and other insidious institutions and practices toward Americans of African descent that were rooted in racism, racial bias, and racial misunderstanding." Slavery of Blacks began Tidewater 1619 when about 20 Blacks were purchased by English farmers as indentured servants from a Dutch slave ship at Yorktown, VA. The government of Maryland and Georgia are now considering similar pronouncements.

Few Church leaders in Tidewater or in America have ever apologized for slavery or any of the other four major sins of our founding fathers: abuse of Native Americans, abuse of women, abuse of non-Anglican Christians and the love of money. The Church’s silence on these five sin patterns needs to be broken in 2007 if the Church wants to protect America from more of God’s increasing judgment and to qualify from more of His blessings in the great global revival to come.

This year’s National Day of Prayer regional meeting on May 3, 2007 will take place at First Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA. From 6:30 to 9:30 PM. During this annual prayer meeting for America, participants will be part of a repentance service for these five major sins of our founding fathers. Churches will be given resources to duplicate similar repentance services in their own worship settings. Doing this widely and deeply within the Church in Tidewater will greatly please God and allow Him to release greater blessings and protection on our region and nation. Read II Sam 21 again to see why.

To help churches prepare for this season of repentance for some of the foundational sins of America, Partners will provide an article on each of the five major colonial sins. Each of these articles are chapters from my book, Healing America’s DNA, which can be previewed and ordered at www.1607dna.com

The first article will be on the main sin of our founding fathers that was used to push them into most of the other sins: the love of money. This is Chapter Seven of my book which can be seen in either of two formats at the website above. To see just the text as a website, click here. and choose Chapter Seven. To see it this article with illustrations in PDF form, go to www.1607dna.com and choose Chapter Seven from the table toward the middle of that page length.

Partners 290: 24/7 Worship/Prayer Events, Prayer Coodinators Meet, 400th Anniversay Events

Burn 24/7: March 15, 9 PM, Friday-Sat-s\Sun March 16-19 in Chesapeake, VA: round the clock worship by many Hampton Roads worship teams passionately seeking God for this region. Hosted at New Life Great Bridge Probably something teens and younger adults would love, but also for people of all ages. A way to seek the Lord intensely!

VA247: 24/7 prayer in three cities ( Richmond, Wiliamsburg and Virginia Beach) during April to cry out to God for His purposes to be fulfilled in this region as we rededicate ourselves to Him in the five major Christian events during the 400th Anniversary of America's birth here in 1607. See www.va247.org

Prayer Coordinators Breakfast: Saturday, March 31, from 8:30 to 11 AM at New Life Providence in Kempsville, VA. All churches and ministries are encouraged to send representative to learn how to pray in one accord for the five major events happening this Spring ( see below) that are part of our nation's 400th Anniversary Celebration. The church info is:

New Life Providence Church, 1244 Thompkins Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

info@newlifeprovidence.com, Call (757) 227-693o to register. A catered breakfast is included for $10.

FRANKLIN GRAHAM FESTIVAL PRAYER EVENT: Friday March 23rd, 2007 at
CALVARY REVIVAL CHURCH, 5833 Poplar Hall Drive, Norfolk, VA. 23502 (behind Military Circle). Time: 7:00-10:00 PM

The Five Major 400th Anniversary Events for Hampton Roads in Spring 2007

400th Anniversary Christian Events in Hampton Roads (Click the event title to access their website) The Assembly 2007 April 26-29 in Virginia Beach with a large group of national Christian leaders participating.

Arise America June 19 in Williamsburg. Jason Upton Concert at 7PM!

Virgina 24/7 Prayer April 2007: Day and night prayer in three regional locations

The Franklin Graham Festival May 18-20 at the Scope in Norfolk, VA

National Day of Prayer in Hampton Roads May 3, 2007 at First Baptist Norfolk. Contact Olivia MacDonald at 757-226-4305, olivmcd@regent.edu to include repentance for the five major sins of our 1607 founding fathers.

Partners 298: "Time's Up"--A Prophetic Warning

Greater Judgment on America is Imminent

"Judgment"! That what Bill Bright, founder and president of Campus Crusade for over 50 years instantly said to my question in 1998, "What is God saying to America now?" Dr. Bright had just finished another 40-day fast for America.

Billy Graham apparently said in the late 70’s that “if God doesn’t judge America soon He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.” The outpouring of repentance in the three Washington’s for Jesus and other similar events may have bought time for America, but that time is up.

Recently, the Lord seemed to strongly show me that “Time is Up!” America’s God-given season of extended mercy is over. He is not going to wait any longer to bring greater, more severe judgment on our land due to its relentless, growing decadent sin that is infecting many other nations who look to America for leadership in media and culture.

Most people may not want to hear any more about this subject, but it you do, click here to see my blog called His Severe Mercy. Several national Christian leaders are quoted saying that God is about to judge America severely. God is looking for repentance in His Church for their sins and the sins of America. ( 2 Chron 7:13-14). God is looking for churches to call sin sin and call people to repentance. Time is up for playing church as usual. That’s what I believe the Lord is saying to His Church now. May God confirm His word to His Church.

Two Hampton Roads Churches Under Fire By Their Bishop

No more dramatic reason of why God has to judge America is the increasing number of Christian denominations who are ordaining practicing, non-repentant gay pastors. The United Church of Christ, the Presbyterian Church (USA) and The American Episcopal Church all teach that their churches can ordain homosexuals as pastors. Despite 3000 years of Judeo-Christian teaching and example, the leaders of these three denominations now believe that God approves of homosexuality. Two former Episcopal churches now face the loss of all their church property so wanting to follow the Bible instead of their denominations new theology on sexuality. Messiah Church in Chesapeake ( formerly the Episcopal Church of the Messiah) with Senior Pastor Marty O’Rourke in Chesapeake and Galilee Church ( formerly Galilee Episcopal Church) in Virginia Beach with Senor Pastor Dr. Coleman Tyler are being threatened by their bishop to get in line with denominational policies or lose their buildings. You can read many more details about this on Galilee’s website at http://www.galileechurch.net/faq/article-1999922930c439548.htm and on Messiah’s website at http://www.churchofthemessiah.org/

David Wilkerson predicted churches would ordain gays in his 1973 book, The Vision. Few believed it could happen in America. Now it has and God now has no choice but to severely discipline America and His wayward Church for it. Please pray for both of these godly, courageous churches.

If pastors want to sign a petition to the local Episcopal bishop, appealing to him to Messiah Church to leave the denomination with its property, contact Apostles Lutheran Church. They are helping coordinate this petition for Messiah Church. Call 757-547-4692 or email to office@Apostles-Lutheran.org

I urge every pastor who loves the truth of the scripture to stand with Messiah and Galilee in any way they can—to include prayer for them in your Sunday services. This battle is just the beginning of other battles for the soul of the American Church that is under attack today. A house divided will not stand against strong evil. That evil is not coming…it is here.

Partners 297: Videos of Muslim Converts, 400th Ann. Events, 24/7 Prayer

More than Dreams: These are five 30-minute, high-quality videos that will rock the Muslim world--and a few other worlds. Thousands of devoted Muslims have had dreams and visions of Jesus over the last 15 years. Hundreds of cases are well documented. Five of those people tell their story of meeting Jesus this way and how it has radically changed their lives. Now you can watch them for free--- right off the internet at this web address: http://dreamsandvisions.com/English/
Please pass this web address along to your church leaders and missionaries. It is a powerful tool to win Muslims.



The Assembly 2007: In 2007, America celebrates its 400th Anniversary of being founded by the Jamestown Colony in 1607. Several prayer events are being planned by Christian leaders in the Hampton Roads area ( See below). Arise America will be in Williamsburg, VA. in June, and another one will be at Fort Monroe, VA.

The largest of these Christian events will probably be at 20th and Atlantic in Virginia Beach on April 29. That 5-hour prayer meeting is called The Assembly 2007. Many national Christian leaders and government officials will gather to pray to rededicate this nation to God as it was dedicated in 1607 by the first colonists here. If God allows, there will be representatives from Great Britain and Spain there also, along with Native American leaders, to pray together in repentance and reconciliation for the sins of the Jamestown Colony in the founding of this region and this nation.


From April 26-28, a Consecration Conference will be held at the 5200-seat Rock Church sanctuary in Virginia Beach. This conference "will feature major Christian leaders and powerful speakers, nationally-renowned gospel singers, and thousands of believers coming together for one purpose: to call America back to God. Join Bishop John and Pastor Anne Gimenez and noted ministers and speakers like John Hagee, Rod Parsley, and Kenneth Copeland, and many others." Call 757-217-2103 to register. Go to http://theassembly2007.org for more deails. Please pray for God to have His way in this historic meeting. I believe that God deeply wants America and Great Britain to repent for those foundational sins so that He can heal our land and lessen His current judgment on America.

Arise America: June 9, 2007 at William and Mary Hall, in Williamsburg, VA. This 400th Anniversary meeting will feature Native American leaders ( Chief Ann Richardson at right, is one), African-American leaders and Messianic Jewish leaders. See http://www.ariseamerica.com/
to register and get more information.

24/7 Prayer: If you want to participate by internet any time of the day with the world-famous International House of Prayer in Kansas City, now you can! See For $10 a month you can sign-up and receive a live webstream of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City which is operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week. (go to http://www.fotb.com/) This group worships and prays 24/7 continuously for local, national and world needs. ( Thanks to Dee Dee Johnson for this note)

March 2007, 24/7 Prayer In Tidewater, Virginia: 24-7 day and night prayer is being planned for the month of March, 2007 in 3 locations prior to the 400th anniversary of America. The three 24-7 Houses of Prayer will be held simultaneously in Richmond, Williamsburg and Virginia Beach, Virginia. For information, see www.america247.blogspot.com. If you or your church would like to be involved in one of these Houses of Prayer in March, e-mail deb@intercessorsarise.org

Partners 296

1. Carolers Wanted! The Harvest Company Christian Bookstore would really like to share the reason we celebrate Christmas to the shopping community around us and wondered if any of the churches in our area have carolers who would like to help us. We would welcome groups of any age to come and sing on the sidewalk outside our store or stroll the front of the shopping center, giving praise to the One whoÂ’s birth we honor. We will have hot chocolate and cookies in the store for all participants. For more information or to sign up, contact Scottie or Hope at 547-7713.
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3. Healing America's DNA: This is a prophetic word to the Church for 2007. God wants His Church to deal with the sins that started with our founders here in 1607 so He can bless us more and judge us less. You can now buy it online with a credit card in a normal book binding and see previews of the book at www.1607DNA.com You can also download the entire book as a PDF file.Withh that file, you can click right in the PDF document to access all the research links in the footnotes. This book is a resource for a major prayer event on April 29, 2007 in Virginia Beach. See http://theassembly2007.org/ It appears that severalnationall Christian leaders will be at this 6 hour prayer service at20thh & Atlantic in Virginia Beach to pray for America, repent for sin and rededicate our land again to Jesus. Pray that President Bush and Queen Elizabeth and other leaders mentioned in the book will participatee in this historic meeting so that the sins against Native Americans, Spanish Catholics, Blacks, women and other denominationss can finally be biblically dealt with by leaders representing the offenders.
   
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Partners 294: TX Schools Beg Churches to Help, etc.

Principals in Texas are "Begging" Churches to Adopt Their Schools: Hard to believe but true. When things get bad enough, school and city officials really don't care what message you tell them--as long as it works with out-of-control kids. I hear some pastors from Philadelphia say that very thing in 1993. Troubled schools are often wide-open doors to reach kids and staff with the Gospel. Read about how Texas schools are pleading with churches to get involved with their kids! Click here to read more.

New Terrorist Threat to US: Government Official Asks Christian to Pray!
Jane Hansen, President of an internationally respected women's ministry, Women's Aglow, is alerting the American Church to pray against the new plans of terrorist. A highly placed US government official contacted her to get the word out! Read more here.

Incredible Interview with Pastor Rick Warren, Author of the Purpose Driven Life: In a few words, Rick outlines the essential outlook of a healthy, biblical Christian toward life. Rick comments on his wife's "incurable cancer" and his recent millionaire status from book sales. He is an amazing man who a timeless message. Read the interview here.

Best, Free, small Picture Computer Program: Picassa! This little program by Google is one of the easiest and most fun to use programs to store, organize and share your photo's. You can download the free version from here
They have an even better version that only certain Google users got. Email me if you want a copy of that program that does instant web slide shows of your pictures. You must sign up with a Gmail email account to use it.

Artists Needed for 400th Anniversary of America! Little original art depicting the First Landing in 1607 has been done in the tidewater area where it all happened! Especially needed, are pieces that show the Christian heritage of that historic landing and colony. I have a vision of that First Landing looking down from heaven with angels swirling above while they plant the cross at Cape Henry. Who can do that picture? We need it. Let's show the world in 2007 that Jesus called America into being and that His people--however imperfect--founded this great nation for His glory.

Please give me some feedback on this free e-zine. It takes hours to do. Is anyone reading it?

Blessings,

Bob Fox
Editor

Partners 293: Two Prayer Resources & Healing America's DNA

1. Two 2006 Prayer & Leadership Conferences
   With Francis Frangipane, Tommy Tenney, Eddie and Alice Smith. Info and to Register, visit: www.PrayerConference.com It is hard to imagine that anyone would leave this conference without having been personally refreshed, more discipled as an intercessor and inspired by the leadership of these godly, seasoned and gifted prayer mentors. I highly recommend that you consider attending if you can--Bob Fox
2. Free 52-week Online School of Prayer: Info and to Enroll at: www.TeachMeToPray.com
   

I signed up. if you have ever read any of the Smith's books, you know why. Eddie will stretch your thinking on prayer and Alice can show you what it means to meet God in powerful ways in prayer. Read her book Beyond the Veil!--Bob


Healing America's DNA:
Fixing the Defective DNA in America's 1607 Birth

This is 170 page ( 8 x 11) book with over 350 historical and theological footnotes designed to convince the American Church that 2007 is the year God wants us to biblically remove the negative spiritual effects resulting from the sins of our founding fathers in the 1607 Virginia Colony at Jamestown. Some of these historical and biblical arguments can be seen at www.1607DNA.com God wants to use this level of repentance to prepare America for revival and to lessen His current judgment on America for its many sins.

Dr. C. Peter Wagner writes:
"Those of us who pray for America know that when the sins of our forefathers are confessed and remitted, the doors of heaven over our land open even wider. Bob Fox has planned a huge strategic step in this direction for 2007, and Healing America’s DNA provides an amazingly vivid and insightful guidebook for this event and more. It is new information that every serious intercessor needs."

As America celebrates the 400th anniversary of this great nation we call America, the American and British Churches can finally confess, repent and seek forgiveness from the four main groups that were abused for decades by our first colonists in Virginia: Native Americans, Blacks, women and non-Anglican denominations. Our sins against them have never been dealt with by the highest levels of authority in America or in Britain.

In 2007, Queen Elizabeth II may well apologize for those grievous mistakes of the British colonists who birthed America from Tidewater, Virginia, the Womb of America. The Queen is the titular head of the United Kingdom and the Church of England. She, more than anyone, has the highest spiritual authority from God (Romans 13) to apologize and seek forgiveness for those British mistakes. America would love her even more for such a gracious act.

If God has His way, and I believe he will, Tidewater will host an unprecedented international service of repentance and reconciliation in 2007 that will address these foundational sins at the highest levels of authority in each group affected.

For example, in addition to the Queen's apologies, Native American's can apologize to the Spanish ambassador and Catholic Church for the massacre of the six Jesuits on the Peninsula on Friday, February 9, 1571. These were Virginia's first Christian martyrs.

Anglicans can apologize to several non-Anglican denominations for abusing and persecuting their forebears in the Virginia Colony. Virginia government leaders can apologize to the eight Virginia tribes for the abusing and defrauding them of land and rights for centuries.

Black leaders can, of course, forgive the British government and Anglican church for starting and condoning the many evils of American slavery of Blacks that began at Jamestown in 1619.

Far from being just a nice idea, scripture makes it abundantly clear that such acts of repentance for the sins of past generations allows God to withdraw His just penalties on the perpetrators of such sins against others. Read chapter Two, Spiritual DNA , on the book's website for more details about that. Dr. Gary Greig, PhD., has an entire chapter, Chapter 18, on the biblical basis for repenting for the sins of others. That chapter is only found in the printed edition of the book. A DVD by Chris Cunningham will be out later that explores these facts with regional Christian leaders.

As some my readers know, I wrote this book in resposne to a burden God gave me for Tidewater and for America. I am not interested in selling books. I am very interested in seeing America cleansed of its current decadence and of the spiriutal influence of past sins. The sins of founders are indelible until dealt with by the Church. They have the power to corrupt each generation until they are rerpented of properly. while some repentacne has happened by local fellowships and groups, the goernments of Great Britain, the United States, Spain adn the heads of denominaitons have never been involved. 2007 is the year to do this, I believe.

Church of America, Church of Tidewater, please heed this call to comply with II Chroniclces 7:13-14 in regard to the sins of our founding fathers as we celebrate the blessings they also brought us 400 years ago. God wants to bless and protect America more but without repentance for current and past sins, that may not be possible. I hope we all hear what God is saying to America now. Revival is coming adn judgment is here more and more. We are at a crossroads in our history as a nation again and only God can safely guide us to green pastures ans still waters again. "Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchmen stays awake in vain....(Psalm 127:1)."

I urge you to read the book and act on it through your leaders. Pray for God to have His way with all this in 2007! Please pray that the Queen agrees to apologize. Please pray that the American and British Church can lead this naiton in sincere and full repentance in word and deed for the sins of 1607-1775 that still haunt us today.

Blessings,

Bob Fox

291: OB Sunday, CD Library on Islam, Inernet Evangelism, Free Software

Operation Blessing Sunday: June 11th, 2006

In 2004, it was the Asian tsunami. In 2005, it was Katrina and Rita. Millions dollars and months later, Operation Blessing is still helping rebuild both of those major disaster zones.

Operation Blessing is getting ready for the next round of hurricanes, floods and other disasters in the coming year. They are asking churches to take a special offering, on June 11th which will be be used only for upcoming disaster relief here in the US and around the world

Promotional materials available:

· 5 min. DVD suitable for a Sunday morning service

· 12” x 18” posters and bulletin inserts

You and Operation Blessing, making a difference around the world when disaster strikes. Call Dean at 800-436-6348 for additional information and promotional materials.

UNDERSTAND THE WORLD OF ISLAM -- Global Mapping International has
announced the release of Version 2.0 of its popular World of Islam CD-ROM. Updated for 2006, the CD now contains 39 complete books by respected scholars and practitioners, ten newly-updated maps, an extensive new course on Current Issues in Islam, Hughes classic 750-page Dictionary of Islam, new country profiles, and fourteen new articles on current issues like contextualization and the roots of fundamentalism and militancy in Islam and much more... Over 12,000 pages of fully-searchable content! It's a tremendous resource for any Christian seriously interested in understanding Islam or ministering to Muslims. To learn more, visit http://www.gmi.org/islamcd.htm on the web, or email info@gmi.org or call 719-531-3599 in the USA.

Internet Evangelism: Googling the Gospel
Every day hundreds of people find Jesus on the internet through evangelistic websites. The Web is the only medium which can target any affinity group of people, on the basis of ethnicity, geographic location, culture, hobby, felt need or interest, anywhere in the world. For people in search of God the Web often is one element in a chain of information and relationships. Campus Crusade for Christ, a ministry that works a lot with evangelistic websites, noted that a key element in each person's spiritual journey was email relationships. The web-pages themselves were only a starting point. Effective web ministries often need email mentors.

To help Christians discover the potential of the Web and to mobilize the digital outreach potential of the worldwide church, The Internet Evangelism Coalition (IEC) calls for an Internet Evangelism Day on May 7, 2006, and set up a special website with testimonies and resources. The IEC is an umbrella group of Christian organizations who share a vision for online outreach. ( Source: http://ied.gospelcom.net)


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