Christian Fellowship: Jagdalpur

At the invitation of a brother we came to this city, Jagdalpur. This brother used to be with us in His recovery till 2003 and learned the basic truths and practices. But due to circumstances, as he said, he had to leave. The Lord has called him to labor in Jagdalpur among the people of Chattisgarh and Odisha. Though he had his own ministry, since few years ago, he called up now and then for fellowship. In fact, he had visited us in the church in Gurugram twice, he was also visited by a brother from Singapore, and a couple from Finland recently. 

Since 2003 till date, he has established over 106 local assemblies which he called "Christian Fellowship Church." he has 70 coworkers laboring with him, shepherding over 6000 believers spread all over Chattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. It was in their monthly coworkers meeting that we were invited to attend.

Though we all stayed together in the same hotel room, we did not specifically decide what to minister, but we prayed together for the Lord's speaking. As the meeting began, the Lord's speaking through three of us in two sessions became very clear. 

The burden released in the first session was, as a serving ones of God we must learn the spiritual lessons of dealing with Satan, the flesh, and the world. Our brother spoke from the life of Elisha in 2 Kings 2:1-14 with an emphasis on the spiritual significances of Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho, and Jordan, and the double portion of the spirit of Elijah, the spirit of power for the ministry. We echoed from the three signs of the called ones in Exodus 4:1-9. The burden was the same, the dealing needed of the Lord's serving ones.

The burden released in the second session was the need to be faithful in our service, serving according to the vision of the age, with examples drawn from Noah of the Old Testament and Paul of the New Testament. Negative examples were also presented, from the failures of Demas, Barnabas, Apollo, James, and the mixture of Judaism in the church in Jerusalem. Some did not see the vision nor serve according to the vision and were nowhere now as they eventually left the ministry, but we must be the faithful serving ones to bring the Lord Jesus back to fullfil God's eternal economy.

The Lord was sovereign in leading us to speak what we have spoken. At the end of the meeting, we thanked and praised the Lord for His sovereignty. It was quite clear, the Lord really wanted to recover our brother and the group of coworkers with him for His move. We have done all that we could in cooperating with the Lord's move, now we leave the rest to God to further lead us in the way He deems best. We are coworkers of the Lord in His vineyard.

May the Lord gain His heart's desire among all the serving ones who co-works with our brother.