LETTER FROM THE EDITOR THIS IS OUR TIME, IT IS THE TIME OF THE APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY

the Lord

We have a vision, it is a challenge that has been given and that we have all accepted with such great commitment that it has transcended the very phrase itself, provoking a movement of faith and inspiration in every corner of the United States, crossing the oceans and reaching the farthest continents in the international mission fields. Different languages, different cultures, different political and socio-economic realities, different challenges... but we are one Apostolic Assembly, and we have one faith, with one Vision:

“Edifica la Iglesia: Misión” - Español

“Build the Church: Mission” - English

“Edificar a Igreja: Missão” - Portuguese

“Jenga Kanisa: Misheni” - Swahili

“Membangun Gereja: Misi” - Indonesian

“Costruire la Chiesa: missione” - Italian

“Zidirea Bisericii: Misiunea” - Romanian

“Bâtir l’Église: la mission” - French

“Charch ka nirmaan karen: mishan” - Hindi

“Srāng kh ri st cakr: Phanth kic” - Thai

And many more languages and dialects, but all with the same goal, that the Church advances, multiplies and grows as we have never seen. A project to continue planting new churches and opening new fields around the world and a challenge of 300 new congregations in 4 years in our country alone.

Everywhere we go we find our apostolic people with great enthusiasm, ready and willing to do what is already being done. Let us commit ourselves to change the popular phrase “the best is yet to come” for the particular phrase “the best is already here”. Apostolic people, you are the best in Christ Jesus and this is our time, it is the time of the Apostolic Assembly. Revivals, Baptisms in water and in the Holy Spirit, church planting, opening of new fields, new ministers and leaders taking their calling, the church developing its purpose, Glory to God.

In these months, very important events have taken place that are marking the course and direction we are taking: A successful Joint Meeting of Bishops was held, an international S. of J. committee has been established, the Confederations have held their activities and regional congresses, the School of Pastoral Formation workshop was held in Fontana, CA., and District and Regional Electoral Conventions are taking place all over the United States and Electoral & Administrative Conventions in different regions around the world, etc. And we want to share in this issue as much as possible, through brief reviews.

Our National Convention in Anaheim is coming up, it will be quite an event of great proportions with projects that will be presented for the first time and that will be of great blessing for our church in the years to come: Apostolic Homeschooling Network, Apostolic Private Schools, Christian Education for the local church, Pilot Program for Colleges of Church Growth, G-300 Jesus Strategy Network, The Bridge Counseling Program, Divorce Recovery Program, Blended Family Ministry, etc. We are confident that this convention will be life transforming with a great move of the Holy Spirit.

My prayer is that you will find this edition inspiring, that it will motivate you to be part of this Global Apostolic move from the place where God has placed you and that together we will say “This is our time, it is the time of the Apostolic Assembly”.

In Christ, Bishop Armando Tamez Editor, The Apostolic Herald

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