The Friday Fax 2005 #18

Germany

Clinic confirms healing from Cancer and Leukaemia

After many examinations in specialised clinics following her infection with Hepatitis A, Christina Roth from Dresden was diagnosed as suffering from Hodgkin's Lymphoma (lymph node cancer). Only 20 years old, the diagnosis was a deep shock. She went through chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Many Christians prayed for her, but she was not supernaturally healed; the therapy was effective, and the tumour disappeared. The next shock came only four weeks later during a check-up: she had leukaemia, perhaps as a result of the radiotherapy. On 9th November 1999, she started her second chemotherapy. Weeks passed in which she was sometimes close to death. Her doctors later suggested a stem cell transplantation, which Christina refused, much to their concern, because they thought she wanted to die. (The stem cell transplantation had a 50% chance of success, chemotherapy 10-20%.) Christina, though, decided to trust God, "who is above all chances of success". Whenever she spoke with her doctors about God, they listened without paying any real attention. A check-up at the Carl Gustav Carus University Clinic in November 2004 finally delivered the long-hoped-for result: "Complete remission of both Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the secondary Acute Myelitic Leukaemia..." "I can now declare you healed!" the doctor said, a statement which is very seldom made of cancer patients.
Source: Christina Roth, Dresden, in Josua Bote (Joshua Courier), Germany. Fax +49 30 672 1415

Switzerland

Freed from the guru

Daniel Hari, Pastor and founder of Omegalive.ch, an initiative for evangelising New Agers, writes about his recent seminar about "Healing like Jesus" in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland: "Fifty-one people took part in the course, many of whom found Jesus and were baptised. One morning, one of the participants had a strange experience: 'I suddenly sensed the spiritual presence of my Indonesian guru, and felt dizzy. The feeling only passed when someone prayed with me and I renounced my connection with him. I used to revere him, and was impressed by his wonderful ability to lovingly heal people while in a trance - it seemed so pure and powerful, and I had never seen anything like it in Christian churches. Now, my eyes have been opened: I was deceived. He wanted to sleep with every woman in his seminars, including me. I managed to keep him at a distance. Now, though, I am completely free, and have no grudge against him. Jesus Christ freed me from the man, and I can now bless him."
Source: Daniel Hari, www.omegalive.ch

India

From one beggar to another

Kingdom Ministries, a Swiss missions agency, assists in starting church planting movements, particularly in India. One of the key elements are local Christians involved in saturation (house) church planting. Kingdom Ministries regularly receives reports like this: "In the name of Jesus, stand up and walk!" G. Singh used the words Peter spoke to the invalid. 66-year-old Mayadar rode a sort of trike from house to house, begging, and expected Singh to give him some coins. Singh, though, prayed with authority, and Mayadar was healed! He rose from his 'wheelchair' and could walk! He was baptised, and now leads other beggars to Christ.

Deliverance and church planting

37-year-old Iqbal, a Sikh, came to a Christian meeting. He was tormented by evil spirits, and had torn 15 suits in 20 days. He was delivered following intense prayer, and decided to follow Christ after listening attentively to God's Word. Last year, the church planter working in the region led 158 people to Christ and baptised them. There will soon be a church in every village in the region.
Source: Kingdom Ministries, Switzerland, tel. (+41) 33 439 3099, www.kministries.ch

USA

Fishing for fishermen

People used to skip church to go fishing. Today, they go fishing to experience church. An increasing number of churches and mission agencies are specialising in reaching unchurched anglers and outdoor-enthusiasts below a typical church radar, according to a Charisma report. Terry Chupp, founder of Team Jesus Ministries (www.teamjesusministries.org) believes these groups to be the least-reached in the USA. "If you only fish in your own bathtub, you'll catch nothing. You have to go where the fish(ermen) are," he says. There are an estimated 50 million recreational anglers in the USA. Evangelist Al Odom reports that over 2,500 anglers have come to faith in Christ; "We use fishing as a lure, pardon the pun, to draw men into an environment where they can experience the life-changing power of Christ." The New Testament, he says, has many references to fishing, and 8 of Jesus' 12 disciples were fishermen. "I think it was no coincidence that God's plan was to use fishermen to bring his Word to all people," says Jim Grassi, founder of Let's Go Fishing Ministries (www.letsgofishing.org ).
Source: www.charismanow.com

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