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Hispanic Faith Leader Says The Revival Spreading Across The Nation Is Not A Coincidence

by Le-Jovale Vallejo
written by Le-Jovale Vallejo

A Hispanic faith leader recently said that the revival spreading across America is not a coincidence, but a divine providence.

Hispanic Faith Leader, Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez is the senior pastor of the New Season Church in Sacramento, California. He is one of the nation’s most prominent Hispanic faith leaders. He is the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), the largest Hispanic Christian organization in the world, which includes more than 42,000 churches in the United States and numerous other churches dispersed throughout the Spanish-speaking diaspora.

In a phone interview with Fox News Digital, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez stated that it is no coincidence that the runaway hit movie “Jesus Revolution” came out at the same time that Asbury College in Kentucky hosted a Christian revival attended by thousands of people (which has since spread to other locations).

“If you were a skeptic, you would label this as a coincidence. But if you’re a person of faith — you see this as divine providence. It can’t be a coincidence,” he said.

Furthermore he added that it is great news. “God is in charge. God is up to something.”

The Younger Generation

Many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, were inspired by the revival which the younger generation initiated. Students and the youth literally went the extra mile to quench their hunger and thirst for more of God.

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That’s why the Hispanic faith leader said that what’s happening right now is “unbelievably interesting.”

“During COVID,” he said, “Gallup and Pew had surveys out regarding the ‘Z Generation’ and how it’s the most so-called ‘unChristian generation’ — some have even deemed it the most anti-Christian generation in American history. Well, how about that? Then God shows up — and we have the Asbury revival, and we have this emphasis on generational change and how a mess can become a miracle.”

Additionally, he noted, “You have young people hungry for spirituality, for authenticity, for truth in a world full of fluidity and relativism today. There’s a generation hungry for truth and something that is solid. So I love the fact that God, with a wink and a nod, says, ‘Yeah, sure, you guys think you’re in charge? And you really think I’m no longer involved? Let me show you who’s truly in charge and who’s on the throne.'”

Mess into Miracles

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez released a new book entitled ‘Your Mess, God’s Miracle.’ It talks about how God is sovereign even in our mess. Anyone with the audacity to overcome fear with faith, navigate their mess, and enter God’s miracle will find a helpful, hopeful road map in this book.

“We are all imperfect. We have all sinned and fallen short. That’s us. That’s each and every one of us. And that’s the beauty of the gospel. That is what prompted me,” he said, “to write this new book. Understand who you are. Let’s do away with perpetual victimization mode — and let’s apply the fact that we are conquerors in Christ. We can literally change things with truth, love, hope and grace,” he concluded.

Header image: Samuel Rodriguez [Rev. Samuel Rodriguez]. Facebook, 16 January 2023, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=739561660874443&set=pb.100044618461053.-2207520000.&type=3

Reference: FOX News, Pastor Sam

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Church Leader In China Vows To Keep Preaching Jesus Even If He Would ‘Be Incarcerated’

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

Despite all the risks and threats against Christianity in China, a house church leader vows to continue preaching the Gospel in the nation.

Persecuted Church Leader In China

According to the report, Gianni, not his real name, leads a church in Chengdu City in China. However, the church is deemed illegal due to the communist country’s rules. Hence, authorities are targeting him. And to warn the church leader, the police had his water and electricity shut off. Moreover, they detained him multiple times because of his faith.

China shuts down Christian website

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Nevertheless, Gianni vows to continue preaching the Gospel in the communist nation. Regardless of the government’s tactics to intimidate him, he wouldn’t relent. In an encrypted technology, he told International Christian Concern that he would “continue to spread the Good News.”

“I am not afraid of the government’s secret investigation,” he told the outlet. “Our faith is ‘declare with your mouth and believe in your heart,’ publicly testifying for Him in the name of Jesus Christ. It is neither the Church’s responsibility nor does it have the capacity to counter the investigation. We are a fellowship formed by God’s children, not a spy agency. [Our purpose] is so that the souls live in truth, freedom, and joy, not to make our flesh more secure.”

Persecution among Christians in China

Photo by zhang kaiyv from Pexels

Suppressing Christianity

Apparently, China has implemented a Three-Self Patriotic Movement, allowing Christianity in the nation. However, it has to be under the communist party’s rules. To be legal, the church has to follow “severe restrictions, such as the editing of sermons.” If Christians do not abide, it becomes illegal.

But Gianni won’t back down and says he would keep preaching Jesus even if that would mean he would be incarcerated.

“Since I have not lost faith, I will try to keep living my life to do the following,” he remarked. “Share the Gospel with people in freedom and joy, receive new brothers and sisters and disciple train them, send preachers to plant churches. If I shall be incarcerated, then so be it. Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ.”

Please keep our brothers and sisters in Christ from China in our prayers. They need it right now more than ever.

Reference | Christian Headlines

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