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10,000 take part in PLUS major prayer event T E N t housa nd people flocked to pray last month at an event that aims to be a catalyst for a 500-day prayer campaign. Crowds of Ch r ist ia ns congregated at West Ham’s Upton Park ground for the Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) in London. The capital’s mayor Boris Johnson attended the event and congratulated those who had turned up. He added: “I believe passionately that the message of the Christian faith is that you can come back if you don’t get the best possible start in life, because there a re people to he lp you. That’s what Ch ristian ity means to me and that’s what
Christian groups do all over London.” Stephen Timms MP, still recovering from surgery after being stabbed in May, chose to make GDOP his f i rst publ ic appea ra nce since the attack. He said: “I’ve been greatly helped by a very large number of people praying for me. “I’m a big fan of Global Day of Prayer. It’s a wonderful celebration and reflects the fact the Church is growing in London and is a remarkably diverse group of congregations, but one in their faith in Christ.” Leaders are planning a prayer campaign that will run from August 1 this year to December 31, 2011.
meet the Comedian Who Won’t MECHANIC CERTIFIED DEAD...THEN DOC PRAYED FOR HIM GiVe YoU the BLUes! Some of the crowd who attended the Global Day of Prayer. Inset, Stephen Timms MP. Pictures: © Antony Blondell/Blonductions Photography
man raised from death A GROUP of top docs was stunned after a surgeon told how one of his patients was raised from the dead.
MIRACLE... Jeff Markin
Dr Chauncey Crandall had signed the man’s death certificate after he collapsed with a massive heart attack. Staff at his clinic in Palm Beach, Florida, had tried in vain to save mechanic Jeff Markin after he staggered into the surgery with chest pains. But after 40 minutes he was officially declared dead
by James Hastings
from a massive heart attack by Dr Crandall and sent to the morgue. It was then the Yale educated heart specialist, who usually treats film stars and millionaires, got the prescription for a new treatment — prayer. As he was leaving the room, Dr Crandall says God ordered him to go back and pray for the dead man. Speaking at a conference in Rome, the specialist told surgeons and doctors
from around the world: “Before I crossed its threshold, however, I heard the audible voice of God telling me to turn around and pray for the dead patient. “I have learned to follow that impulse even if I was embarrassed. “I looked at the patient and said ‘Father God, I cry out for this man’s soul. If he does not know you as his Lord and Saviour, please raise him from the dead now, in Jesus’ name.’ Dr Crandall ordered startled staff to ● Continued on Page 2
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Teacher forgives violent attacker A CH R IST I A N teac he r has forgiven a former pupil who brutally assaulted him. Grandfather-of-four Kieran Heakin, 58, suffered a broken nose and had to have his jaw and eye socket wired following the frenzied attack in a busy restaurant. M r Hea k i n a lso lost h is sense of smell and taste and has reduced hearing in one ear after the assault by Jermaine Bullen, 26. Friends who were with the headteacher of St John’s RC Primary School in Rochdale, feared he would be killed. But when Bullen was sentenced to three years in jail after admitting grievous bodily harm, Mr Heakin said he had already forgiven his attacker. “I am determined that I will carry on with my life. I don’t feel any need for revenge or retribution,” Mr Heakin said.