Written by: CfaN
Article source: JOY! Magazine
We are so excited to be sharing these Mission Reports from the campaign field in Jinja, Uganda. That’s where we were recently for the CfaN Partnership Campaign with Bootcamp graduate Evangelist Randy Roberts. 100,000 people gathered on the final night, and tens of thousands were brought into the kingdom of God.
We are two years into the vision of a Decade of Double Harvest, where we believe in the next ten years, CfaN will witness a double harvest in salvations, signs, and wonders, in Jesus’ name! We are fulfilling this through several initiatives, including the CfaN Evangelism Bootcamp (training people with a call for evangelism in mass campaign evangelism), the School of Evangelism here in South Africa, and partnering with graduates in CfaN Gospel Crusades. Randy and Peter Vandenberg worked together to share this report:
Night One
Local leaders welcomed the team
The crusade week started on a Wednesday night at a dinner that is typically reserved for local bishops and pastors. But this time, it also included every local leader as well as the second-highest-ranking politician in the country of Uganda, the First Prime Minister of Uganda and Prime Minister of East African affairs, and the Right Honourable Mama Kadaga. They had all gathered to welcome Reverend Peter Vandenberg (CfaN Vice President), myself, and the CfaN Crusade team. More importantly, to honour God and express their sincere gratitude that He had chosen Jinja for a great Gospel Crusade!
A Muslim woman hears again – and sees Jesus
A lady came to the crusade field as a Muslim woman who was completely deaf, since she was in the fourth grade. She explained to us that she had prayed almost daily for healing, but nothing would ever happen. Then tonight, she came looking for healing, and after I prayed for the sick, her ears suddenly opened, and she was overwhelmed by the sound of the worship and people around her. Then the most important thing that could ever happen to any of us happened! With tears in her eyes (and if I’m honest, mine too), this precious lady told the whole city of Jinja that “as my hearing returned, Jesus revealed Himself to me, and I have accepted Him as my Lord and Saviour.”
Night Two
History being made!
In 1990, a CfaN crusade with Reinhard Bonnke here in Jinja, Uganda, was violently stopped by the military on orders of the then state governor. Reinhard Bonnke dusted the “dust off his shoes,” in accordance with scripture, as we were chased away. Some months later, reports filtered in of failed rains in the region, economic failures, and the amazing fact that the governor concerned became insane and was removed from office.
Now in 2022, 32 years later, just before Randy Roberts preached the Gospel in the meeting on the very same crusade site as before, the minister of state for Uganda came to the crusade meeting officially to make a speech. The purpose of this speech was to repent before CfaN and God on behalf of the region and the government for what happened to us here and for their rejection of the Gospel in 1990. He knelt down on the platform and asked us to release them by forgiveness. I took the microphone and accepted the repentance and publicly forgave them. The crowd went wild with jubilation, and it was deeply moving. Then we prayed for him and the people of Jinja. It was historic, heralding a new era of God’s blessing for the land.
Night Three
Free from the enemy’s lies
The big crowd, which gathered for the campaign meeting, had brought bags full of witchcraft items to be burnt. This was because they received Jesus as their Saviour the night before and no longer believed the lies of the devil. Two large barrels near the platform were made ready with all the idols, amulets, and potions placed inside to be burnt with fire. As the flames flared up, great joy and jubilation broke out across the crowd, and worshippers streamed forward to dance in joy around the burning barrels. The atmosphere was filled with victory, deliverance, and joy.
Night Four
100,000 people praising Jesus
Randy shares, “I want to thank Evangelist Daniel Kolenda for having a vision and the courage to follow that vision! Before I came to the Christ for all Nations Evangelism Bootcamp, the most people I had ever preached to was 2500, and that was one time. I was always thankful for the 300-500 people crowds I would preach to, but I wanted to be more effective. Now, just two years later, Reverend Peter Vandenberg and I just left a field with 100,000 people rejoicing for what Jesus had done in their city!
As Reverend Vandenberg and I left the field last night, we knew God was moving mightily in Jinja. The crusade had been reported on through many newscasts, and we had received several communications from both local and national leaders because they had heard what was happening in Jinja. Yet, I was still overwhelmed when we arrived on the crusade field tonight to a crowd that had almost doubled from the previous night! My heart was bursting watching these precious people dancing and rejoicing. I preached a simple Gospel message (that Evangelist Kolenda taught me) on the law of salvation, and thousands surrendered their lives to our King Jesus!”
Sign up for CfaN’s newsletters, Bible studies, and reports!
Contact info@cfan.org.za or click here.
Click here to KEEP UPDATED on the latest news by subscribing to our FREE weekly newsletter.
Date published: 23/08/2022
DISCLAIMER
JOY! News is a Christian news portal that shares pre-published articles by writers around the world. Each article is sourced and linked to the origin, and each article is credited with the author’s name. Although we do publish many articles that have been written in-house by JOY! journalists, we do not exclusively create our own content. Any views or opinions presented on this website are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.
