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LIVING WATERS #1 Apr 1, 2003

This message first appeared on our sister group, "Living Waters," which as of April 1st 2003 has now joined forces with "The Prayer Network." As a welcome to our many new subscribers here at "The Prayer Network", I am re-mailing an update I wrote for our Living Waters subscribers back in October 2002. You may forward or use this update for any non-profit purpose. Please include a credit line with our website address, http://theprayernetwork.injesus.com - Author John E. Ruffle

Live M:Pact European Youth Conference Brief Report

London's largest church - Kensington Temple - held their 1st G12 European Youth Conference this past weekend. It was magnetic; awesome! Guest speakers were Freddy Rodrigruez and his wife, Pastors at MCI, Bogata. Guest worship leader was UK's international acclaimed Matt Redman, founder of "Soul Survivor" youth ministries.

Although in the mid-1990's, during my tenure as a KT "satellite" pastor, I was an early pioneer of the concept of "cell church" in the UK, I had some inner reservations which I now realise were due in part to the "do your own thing" non-apostolic nature of the pre-Bogata models. At that time, I had the privilage of meeting some of the world's leaders in the pre-Bogata cell vision, and learned from first hand experience the concept of cell church. But there was always a missing something that made it all just too sterile, mechanical.

What God is doing now around the world now, however, is truly apostolic, with the authority resting in Christ Jesus and those HE has chosen as His servants. The reservations I once had in the far-Eastern-based model have been answered in G12.

Check out the KT site for details - and streaming video from the conference is due to go up soon, Colin Dye told delegates. KT is now running at just over 9000 people in cells, (although some in the USA have been claiming that current "membership" is over 12,000!) Estimates run as high as 15,000 - the reason depends on if "branch" congregations are included in the figures. - Those who think that "God is dead" in Britain had better think again!

Visit http://www.kt.org

Blessings