Winter 2017 · Trumpet Report
A Healing Crusade Stirs Faith in Redlands — Winter 2017
Redlands, California
- Pastor
- Rich Cox
- Correspondent
- Denise Torrez
Greetings from Redlands, California. God is moving in Redlands. Our church is having a great time in this fall season. We are continuing to take our one-on-one evangelism to the hurting and the lost of our city and surrounding areas. Our congregation has seen new growth, developing disciples, and vision expanded. We are thankful for all God has done.
In September we had Pastor Mitchell in for our annual healing crusade. We invited the surrounding churches and held three major outreaches prior to Pastor Mitchell coming. These three weeks were very fruitful, with the crusade and outreaches giving us 268 salvation decisions. The altars were full and many noticeable miracles were witnessed.
God was moving in a very powerful way as almost every person that was prayed for got healed. Hearing was restored. A gentleman went up for pain in his legs and was also healed of deafness after Pastor Mitchell noticed a hearing issue and cast out the spirit of deafness. Also, a lady who could not walk without a walker was prayed for and gloriously healed, exiting the stage with no assistance. Our crusade is a platform God uses to show the world His power. We look forward to next year’s crusade and all God will do.
We followed up our healing crusade with a Roman Gutierrez revival. Many visitors came to hear his testimony and the power of God to change Healing crusad lives. We saw people healed for specific issues that were called out - deliverance from bondages of drugs, anger, suicide, and depression. Roman also called for people to give up their idols. There were crucifixes brought in, as well as some small idols that were destroyed. It was great to see that we can still be sensitive to God’s Spirit when he calls us to remove the idols from our lives.
As October rolled around, we decided to try a new type of outreach for Halloween. Instead of a haunted house or play, we did a Trunk-or-Treat with a twist. We had the Zombie Invasion and Superhero Safe Zone. Many of the families in the congregation were able to participate, young and old alike. Everyone spruced up their trunks in crazy and animated themes. We ranged from the Wild West, to Alice in Wonderland, to Ghost Busters.
The great thing about this outreach was the majority of visitors were young families with kids. As the evening progressed, we had a siren and a tape recording that sounded off, this was the warning to get to the “Safe Zone” the zombies were coming. As the zombies crept out, people went to the safe zone and the altar call was given. We had disciples preach two main altar calls with many saved. We also had some saints that just mingled and witnessed among the crowd. This was a very fruitful time with over 100 visitors and more than 30 souls saved. de in Downtown Riverside
Please pray for us in Redlands, as we pray for you.
