Gospel Truth Seminar: Chicago 2011

Andrew introducing the weekend's series called Knowing God's Way. (Click to enlarge)Early in August, Andrew and Jamie hosted a Gospel Truth Seminar in Chicago, Illinois. As Andrew opened the first meeting on Thursday night, and introduced the topic for the weekend, he said pointedly, "If you really know God, the more you know about God, the more you want to know."

Over the three days of the conference, Andrew taught a series of messages entitled, Knowing God's Way, in which he used Scriptures from the book of Exodus to show Moses' desire to know God more. "Moses knew God better than any person on the face of the earth at that time, and here he is [chapter 33 of Exodus] saying, show me Your way, that I might know You—that's just amazing to me," Andrew said. Andrew's altar call on Friday morning. (Click to enlarge)He went on to say that knowing God really is what the Christian life is all about.

Andrew's prayer ministers were available before and after each meeting, providing many guests the opportunity to receive individual ministry. Andrew's altar call for prayer at the end of each session yielded a large response and the team ministered to all who came forward.

According to the prayer team leaders, several people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis came to the front for prayer and received healing. One woman had been living in a nursing home because the disease had affected her to the point that she could no longer care for herself or her family. Friday night altar ministry.
(Click to enlarge)After receiving prayer, she was able to walk for the first time in a year and a half.

Another person, an elderly man, hunched over with a bent spine and bound by his wheelchair, rolled forward to receive ministry. Decades of smoking had damaged his lungs so severely that breathing was extremely difficult and walking had become impossible. Condemnation over the abuse of his own body had convinced him that he was not a candidate for healing, but after hearing about the love of Jesus and the truth that it was Satan condemning him and not God, he was able to receive his healing. Guests taking advantage of the opportunity to pick up Andrew's teaching resources. (Photo T. Kieya Click to enlarge)Ministers watched as he stood up, stepped out of his wheelchair and walked briskly around the auditorium. Then, the ministers were blessed to witness the man's spine straightening as he stood up taller than before! Thank you Jesus for providing the stark contrast between the kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of light.

Watch the video clip below to see Andrew introduce the topic for the weekend in Chicago: Knowing God's Way.

Click here to view the entire five-part teaching series.

CBC-Chicago Ministers Globally

Second-year CBC Chicago students traveled the world in March. They ministered in Nicaragua, Uganda and Russia where they had the privilege of sharing the power and goodness of God. (Click to enlarge)Over the course of the past academic year, the second-year students at Charis Bible College in Chicago, Illinois prepared for their mission trips abroad. The students took mission prep classes, in which they received practical training in how to effectively minister the almost-to-good-to-be-true-news, in word and power, to the people in foreign nations. "Mission trips are the highlight of students’ experience at CBC. It is the time when everything they’ve trained for comes to the forefront and they operate as who they really are—citizens of heaven and Jesus in the earth," said CBC-Chicago Director, Cindy Quarles.

In March, the school sent three teams on three separate trips across the globe with stops in Nicaragua, Uganda and Russia. As each team returned, their hearts and mouths were full of praise and reports of God's amazing love displayed through the students on the field. Lives were changed as a result of each trip.

Nicaragua:

The first team sent out from Chicago ministered in Nicaragua, where they experienced the blessings of street and prison ministry. The Chicago team worked closely with students from CBC-Gardner, Massachusetts, CBC-Indiana and CBC-Colorado, all hosted by Darey and Karen Jolley of Ambassadors to the Nations.

Ministry through provision. Here a CBC student put a new pair of shoes on a little boy. (Click to enlarge)After providing packages with necessities, this Chicago student shares a hug. (Click to enlarge)

Russia:

CBC-Chicago's Russia team shared the love of God with the people of St. Petersburg. Hosted by Mike and Carrie Pickett, the directors of Charis Bible Training Center, the students ministered in half-way houses to people who have come out of a lifestyle of drugs and alcoholism. The team was able to bring hope and encouragement to the residents by sharing their personal testimonies, the Word, fellowship and love.

Chicago students ministered in a local church setting in St. Petersburg. (Click to enlarge)The Chicago team gathered with the CBTC staff and students after a church service. (Click to enlarge)

Uganda:

Chicago's Uganda mission team traveled to the country's capitol city of Kampala where they were hosted by CBC-Uganda director, Leland Shores and his wife Carole. During one outreach, the Chicago students teamed up with the Ugandan students and they traveled an hour north of Kampala to pray for the sick in Nakaseke hospital. Forty-eight people, in the predominantly Muslim area, were born again as a result of this outreach, and 117 of the 150 people prayed for were discharged from the hospital after receiving their healings! Cindy commented, "They pretty much emptied out the hospital! "God is Awesome!"

Here a Chicago student lays hands on a sick child in the Nagaseke hospital. (Click to enlarge) The students saw 117 people discharged after receiving their healing. (Click to enlarge)

Cindy expressed her thanks to all who contributed and supported the CBC-Chicago teams in any way. "Your gifts and prayers have eternal significance. People are the treasure," said Cindy.

2010 Gospel Truth Seminar, Chicago

Andrew shares an example from the Word
(Click to enlarge)Andrew and Jamie spent the third weekend of May 2010 ministering at the Gospel Truth Seminar (GTS) in Chicago, Illinois. Andrew shared a series of messages entitled How to Fulfill God's Will for Your Life. These were the final five teachings in his new fifteen-part series called, How to Find, Follow and Fulfill God's Will for Your Life. Earlier this year, Andrew felt led to teach the new series progressively over the course of three consecutive GTS locations. He began teaching the series in February at the GTS in Orlando, Florida, where his messages covered How to Find God's Will for Your Life. Andrew continued the series in April, at the GTS in Atlanta, where he shared on How to Follow God's Will for Your Life, and then he closed out the series in Chicago.

Andrew reading a passage of Scripture
(Click to enlarge)Over the course of the weekend lives were powerfully changed by the Gospel message. More than three-hundred people came forward for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and more than a dozen received Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

As Andrew and his ministry team flowed in the gifts of the Spirit, many in the body of Christ were set free from the oppression of the enemy. Ministers witnessed the recovery of hearing and vision as deaf ears and blind eyes were opened. Several people were able to step away from the long-time confines of wheelchairs, and still others were freed from the pain and symptoms of arthritis, stage IV cancer, Fibromyalgia, and stroke-related paralysis.

Andrew gave an invitation to receive salvation. (Click to enlarge)One particular woman, who had been struggling with multiple sclerosis for the past nine years, came to the meeting in a wheelchair, unable to walk or stand for any length of time. After receiving prayer she was able to get up and walk back and forth in front of Andrew's platform. Prior to receiving her healing she had a drop foot and wasn’t able to walk on carpeting, but after prayer she was free! She walked back and forth numerous times, praising God as she went. Ministers continued to encourage her and walk with her for almost an hour.

Andrew ministering the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
(Click to enlarge)Several prayer ministers reported witnessing the lengthening of legs as bodies responded to the truth of God's Word. One minister saw an individual's leg grow more than an inch to come into alignment with the other leg. Another minister saw the straightening of a woman's spine. The woman had been suffering from curvature of the spine to such a degree that she had lost two and a half inches of height. As she received her healing, and her back straightened, she regained all the height she had previously lost. As amazing as these results are, they are the promised results for those who believe (Mark 16:17-18).

Watch the clip below as Andrew introduces the topic of his teaching for the 2010 Gospel Truth Seminar in Chicago, How to Fulfill God's Will for Your Life.

Click here to view the entire five-part teaching series.