Revival with Bob Burrus Refreshes Santa Rosa

The year was jump started in revival with Evangelist Bobby Rugnau Fruitful outreach in Santa Rosa, C and it helped set the stage for all that was ahead. In each service the Spirit of God moved to encourage, refresh, and stir His church.

In July, we were able to take a large group to the Prescott Bible Conference and while every Conference has a way of making a spiritual imprint on individuals and congregations, this July Conference was particularly significant for our congregation.

Upon hearing some of the wonderful reports of what God was doing in churches throughout our fellowship we felt stirred to make some of their strategies, and successes, our own.

With fresh vision and a spirit of expectancy, disciples in the church partnered together to start simple Friday night outreaches; taking music and movies into apartment complexes, parking lots and parks. We quickly learned, despite an array of issues, that God only needs to be given a platform to move and He will do the rest.

In one outreach, we set the rap band up in the middle of some apartments. After we showed the movie, we pulled the altar call and 22 people prayed with us. One lady responded to the altar call by coming down from her balcony. After the outreach we began to pray for the sick and God instantly healed her of pain. In another movie outreach, we showed a Spanish film in a parking lot of a store and a woman who spoke only English answered the altar call.

Throughout the two months of outreaching we saw over 120 souls added to the Kingdom; many of which have attended services and we are still reaping the fruit of that labor! Thank God that He is faithful to help us when we step out in faith.

In September, revival services with Ron Lawhon were an incredible time California of God’s ministering. From powerful sermons, to key words given to many members of the congregation, it was just another testimony of God moving. We are grateful to Pastor Lawhon for his spiritual investment into our church, but also investing his time and labor into building us a platform!

We set up a Fall Festival in our parking lot, reaching into our neighborhoods for families to be saved. From the very beginning of that night, we had visitors with us in the parking lot. After a short puppet show, men gave an altar call and five people prayed with us.

In November, we had a tremendous revival with Pastor Bob Burrus. During the concert the Saturday night before and the revival, we saw many first time visitors come in with a few of them getting saved. Some of those are still in the church today.

We are excited for all that God has done, is doing, and has yet to do Northern California! Please pray for us as we continue to press in to the promises of God and move into new territories in 2016.