Highlights
from the Sword of the Spirit
International Coordinators Meeting - May
2016
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a video spotlight produced by
Sword of the Spirit
Introduction
Over the last 12 years the Lord has
spoken strongly to the Sword
of the Spirit about an
open door for mission and a special
season of grace, especially for the
young people in Sword of the Spirit.
Given the increasing difficulties
and challenges which Christians face
around the world – religious
persecution, drift from Christian
morality, and breakdown of marriage
and family life – there has
been a growing sense of urgency
among Sword of the Spirit leaders to
work more closely together
internationally to strengthen the
work of building Christian
communities and preparing community
members to be fully engaged in
mission.
God spoke to me strongly in three
areas:The first area is the unity God
wants for his people and how much I
should strive for building and
maintaining unity at all levels in my
personal life, and in my work and
service. The second area that God
showed me where I can grow more is in
doing spiritual warfare. Lastly, God
revealed me how blessed and fortunate
that I am in the midst,and at
the cutting edge, of a work of
ecumenism which the Lord is doing
among his people at this time and age.
Indeed, I now appreciate more the time
I live in where I can
In
keeping with that sense, the
coordinators from all of the communities
in the Sword of the Spirit have
gathered every four years since 2004 to
seek the Lord together. This past May
27-30, 2016, some 400 coordinators and
main Kairos
leaders met for four days in Lansing,
Michigan. They came from the 75
communities located in Asia,the South
Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North
America, and Central and South America.
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