AuthorBennie Mostert

From 10 Churches to 30 000 in 7 years

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A pastor in India planted 10 churches in 14 years. Then he changed his strategy by incorporating Discovery Bible Studies, begin to make disciple-making disciples and then gather these disciples in small churches. By December 2012, there were 55 Discovery Bible Groups, all consisting of lost people. By December 2013 there were 250 groups (churches and Discovery groups). By December 2014 there were...

Iran has the world’s fastest-growing church

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Iran has the world’s ‘fastest-growing church,’ despite no buildings – and it’s mostly led by women A new film tells the story of the “fastest-growing church” in the world, an underground, persecuted Christian movement in a country known for exporting radical Islamic terrorism — Iran. People in Iran, a Muslim-majority nation, are fleeing Islam in droves as believers bow...

All hell will break loose

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Revival: All hell will break loose The following is a quote from The Fire of Revival, by M.I. Luen, a man God used powerfully in the 1976 Nagaland Revival (Himalayas, India) Luen describes above, is very much the experience of most revivalists. “Trials and tribulations began coming to us. And yes, it was like a storm. Reports of lies came against our works, suspicions arose, and we were...

John the Baptist

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‪John the Baptist said: “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” So what shall we then call preaching and teaching and witnessing where there is not a transfer of fire…?

Three definitions of revival – by people that were in revival

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Duncan Campbell (Revival in the Hebrides) He wrote, “When I speak about revival, I do not mean a time of religious entertainment, with crowds gathering to hear and enjoy an evening of bright gospel singing; I do not mean a well-organised evangelistic crusade with ever-so-many converts. Revival is rather a going of God among the people, an awareness of His presence, His holiness, His fear...

Asked to stay in prison

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Matta Boush, an outspoken evangelist in South Sudan was arrested on political charges under questionable circumstances. He was given a sentence of thirty years at a local military prison. Many people around the world prayed for him, and for his family at home. He asked prison authorities for permission to hold prayer meetings. At first they declined, saying, “We already have a mosque; you should...

The death of John Brown

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The death of John Brown The Covenanters were Scottish Presbyterians who resisted the Episcopal system that Charles I, Charles II and James VI imposed on Scotland from 1637-1690. They oppose the divine rights of kings and believed that limitless sovereignty belongs to God alone. The Covenanters movement was outlawed. During the reign of Charles II they were hunted, jailed and killed in large...

World Changer At 12

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World changer aged 12 Mahala is from Syria, where only 29 per cent of women even receive a high school education. It is far more common for young girls to be pulled out of school and married off at 12 or 13. No standing in front of a crowd and preaching for them! Mahala’s poise, confidence and faith in Jesus are even more remarkable considering her journey. Mahala was only six when the war began...

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