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Report of the 19th Pentecostal World Conference

| July 26, 2001 | no comments

The conference had so many highlights that I could go on and on, but I must mention two memorable presentations before I close. Ken Ulmer, Pastor of Central Faithful Bible Church in Los Angeles taught that your theology of God will ultimately determine your theology of healing. He went on to expound on Christ’s passion for healing, something that touched all in attendance. I sat in awe as I listened to utter Spirit-led genius. Ulmer has a fertile mind and the vocabulary and brilliance to bring his anointed thoughts into the hearts of all who can hear his voice. His Central Faithful Bible Church has purchased the LA Forum, the arena where the basketball Lakers used to play. Can you imagine the influence of the Pentecostal church in this area of Los Angeles? Do you know what God is doing in our country? In the world? He is doing great things.

Later, I ended the conference by going on a tour with historians Mel Robeck, Anthea Butler and 100 others to the Bonnie Brae house where the Holy Spirit first fell on April 9, 1906. The Azusa Street Mission followed in a few days and today the message from that outpouring is changing the world. Some wonderful, loving, far sighted brothers and sisters of ours purchased this house several years ago, and then lead the effort to restore it so you and I can go there and remember where we started and stand in awe of Him to Whom we owe all. If you ever get to LA, go to the Bonnie Brae House and to Azusa Street. You will find that our God is there, waiting to humble you, touch you, love you and change you. And, surely, God is doing the same, right now, wherever hearts are yielded to Him—because God is doing wonderful things today. Pentecostalism has grown person by person to over 500,000,000 today and more, lots more, tomorrow.

The next PWC will be in Johannesburg in 2004. Just like this report, description of its events will demand overuse of the word “awe”. If you want to go, all you have to do is to ask your Heavenly Father. He can make the impossible happen, for Him it is an easy thing. I know from experience that God will bless you as you stand in awe of Him when we meet together from all over the world. Every three years we will meet until He comes and then we will be together forever.

 

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About the Author: H. Murray Hohns went home to be with Jesus on November 28, 2012. He was on staff at the largest church in Hawaii and served on his denomination's investment committee from 1999 until his death. Hohns held two degrees in Civil Engineering, an MA in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and served as an instructor at Foursquare's New Hope Christian College (formerly Pacific Rim Christian College) in Honolulu. He wrote six engineering books and hundreds of articles in every type of newspaper, magazine and journal.

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