News June 2007
August 26th, 2007SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR REVIVAL
For more than 10 years now we have been humbling ourselves before the Lord, seeking His face for the gracious outpouring of His Spirit upon us and His Church at large. In the process we have searched Scripture diligently and endeavoured to direct our lives as well as our ministry in terms of what we have found there. During this time the Lord dealt with us extensively and we have made many precious discoveries as we wrestled in prayer while searching the Scriptures.
We humbly and sincerely believe that the time of God’s gracious visitation upon
His Church is at hand. With this in mind we are ready to share what the Lord has shown us and want to seek to create awareness of true Biblical Revival and at the human level promote and facilitate it as much as possible.
By no means do we seek to infer that we know everything about Revival but we know that there are many of God’s sincere people seeking for this gracious outpouring of the Spirit upon His Church.
We do not think that in this quest for Revival there is necessarily strength in numbers, but it is our desire to create a broad base of awareness and sharing concerning this glorious and essential event. Thus we would be encouraging one another bringing about a focus on this great need in the Church, effective prayer for it and a new look at the Book and at the glorious achievements of our Lord Jesus Christ. Revival is none other than Jesus glorified and that will be our aim.
With the above in mind, four members of Gospel Outreach namely: Pastor Hector Matyumza, Reverend A R Sylvester, Reverend E Vosloo and Pastor T N Vosloo have agreed together to form the South African Association for Revival. This was launched on Pentecost Sunday, 27th May 2007 at our morning service. We expect that there will yet be at least two further signatories outside of Gospel Outreach to the newly drafted constitution for this Association.
This letter is addressed to you, and you may pass it on to others who may also be interested, to affiliate with this Association. Please email us should require a copy of the extracts from our constitution. To affiliate does not constitute any financial liability, nor are you expected to subscribe to our constitution but to the deep and desperate need of Revival.
Affiliates will have their names placed on a special mailing list so as to receive Newsletters and articles together with other matters of interest concerning Revival. As opportunity offers, the members will arrange for conferences and special meetings on Revival and affiliates will be invited to join these conferences, as they are able.
We are starting with a very small group of people to whom this Newsletter is being mailed but we expect that, as the Lord prospers this, there will be a true spread of the ‘fire’.
This is no platform for us to attack any Church or promote a particular ‘pet doctrine’, but to have our hearts united in seeking the Lord for what is most desperately needed in the Church of God. We are certainly unable to give proper execution to the Great Commission unless we once again have the mighty visitation of the Spirit of the Lord. That is what we are seeking.
We shall also make ourselves available to receive invitations to address meetings on Revival and thus share with Churches what our Lord has taught us over these years.
You may feel free to telephone either myself or Trevor concerning any further information you may require.
Although the Association shall be managed through the intermediary of Gospel Outreach it will be far more broadly based, which is also the reason why we have been discussing matters with two other prospective members to join with us in this. Their initial favourable response has already been received and we shall advise their names to you when arrangements have been completed.
To affiliate means that you are declaring your vital interest to have Revival in the Church of God, that you are committing yourself to daily prayer for Revival and, as the Lord enables you and quickens your heart, you will share with suitable people this particular burden and vision for the Church of God. You therefore incur no liabilities relative to the Association but a particular responsibility before the Lord while having the opportunity to be part of a network pursuing Revival and exchanging useful information concerning this and being encouraged in your prayer life.
If this is your sincere desire, then you are invited to email us your personal details for us to be able to send you further details.
With warm greetings in Jesus Christ,
Yours for Revival,
Eddie Vosloo
