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Stadium Impact '03
August 17, 2003

Dear Brethren of the Lord! Here is an attempt by the grace of God to report on the "His-story Making" events of Evangelism Explosion and Stadium Impact '03 in West Contra Costa County of the San Francisco Bay Area on August 2, 2003; expressly for the purpose of glorifying God, honoring the heroes of the faith that partnered together, and to rejoice in the advance of the Gospel of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ in this region.

Over 100 saints converged 9:30 am to worship, pray and be sent out to the fields of West County to bring the ministry of Jesus to the people outside the walls of Church buildings. There was an incredible excitement and anticipation in the air. It was very inspiring to see believers of various ethnic backgrounds, denominational distinctions, thelogical perspectives, young and old, known and unknown, locals and out-of-towners come together for a specific purpose in the Lord!

You might know what this does to an inner-city pastor of a tiny church with a regional vision. God moved mightily in His people this day, establishing His Kingdom more on every level!

There was a deep spirit of cooperation and fellowship on the group from the first sight of one another to the last goodbye. People came with a mind to serve, and they were very flexible to do whatever was needed.

The inner-city teams led by a local pastor and his associates reported at least nine documented salvations and various healings and a lot of prayers for many people. Most of the teams were accompanied by a spanish speaking member and had a good gender and age mix.

Teams stationed outside of two busy grocery stores witnessed many healings and several salvations, and a lot of prayers for people. One of the teams testified of a slow start but when it came time to prepare to leave there was a line of two people waiting to receive healing prayer.

A team in the region's largest mall was given permission to post a large sign(as was the two teams in front of the grocery stores) stating "Free Prayer, Healing Prayers, Free Words from God" (I had to take the sign in earlier in the week to show it to the head mall manager to get it approved). He read it and said, "It meets our criteria!" and approved it. I was amazed at the grace and favor of God at work!

As the mall team was exiting their cars in the parking lot before going in, they were led to start sharing with mall shoppers and the Lord began healing people in the parking lot.


Here's some sample testimonies given to me.

In the parking lot a woman named Angela was inflicted with arthritis in her knees. God took the pain away and she walked with a new ease.

God healed a lady that was in pain on her right side because of shingles. She said she felt something lift off her chest and then all her pain on the right side was gone.

A woman with polio got healed in her leg and walked away carrying the cane she had came walking on.

Another woman had back pain from carrying burdens that were not hers. The Lord healed her.

Kim had a wrist cast/brace on and as we prayed the Lord healed her wrist and she took the brace off.

A woman named Mrs. Johnson had bunyons on her feet which hurt a lot and hindered her walking. Jesus sent His fire on her feet and took away the bunyons and she testified the pain was gone, too!

These are just some of the many testimonies of the Lord's miraculous Presence among us that day. There are many more.

The evidences of success in the Lord are obvious even in one soul receiving Christ, we far exceeded that, praise God!

Another prominent sign was the fact that over fifteen to twenty people raised their hands at the Stadium Impact indicating they were there that night because of someone praying for them during the day.

At least ten different churches were represented by their attendance and/or participation. We enjoyed two gospel choirs, a combined youth worship band, three quality sound engineers, testimonies from the day outreach team leaders, prayers by various pastors, ministry from Pastor Rodney Hogue from Elmhurst Baptist Church in Hayward, Jason Ma from The Call and San Jose College Ministries Coordinator, and Chris Overstreet from Redding School of Supernatural Ministry Training.

It was a joy to give away this year's Christian Excellence Award to the Richmond Police Chief, Joseph Samuels. He has spoken publicly of his faith in Jesus Christ, gone on record in the local newspapers many times for it, saying, "the real cure for the crime and murder problems we face as a community is Jesus Christ. We need to get the Churches meeting and praying." He got my vote for that! I called Pastors to gather around him and we prayed for him after he received the award.

The altars were full after the meeting under the football field lights with people receiving more prayer. More were healed and encouraged in the Lord, and we were all launched into greater destiny in the Lord.

The Kingdom of God increased in West County even to the very end of the evening as leaders and pastors took turns praying for a greater release of the glory and fire of God's Presence to come in and be established in the region.

One in particular was John Land, a man who in the sixties sold LSD and other drugs on these very streets, but who now leads a ministry all over the world particularly to hippies and street people lost and without hope.

I personally thank everyone who labored among us here or from afar in prayer and support. You are all the heroes of the faith in this hour for such a time as this!

I rejoice in the Lord in every memory of Evangelism Explosion and Stadium Impact! '03 because of you all and the manifest Presence of our Lord working with us in the harvest for souls!

Please continue to pray for follow-up of contacts, needed funds to pay off the cost of such an undertaking, and continued progress in unifying, organizing and mobilizing the Church of West Contra Costa County!


Contending for the ministry of Jesus;
Your brother in the Lord,


Rich Kinney
Calvary Assembly
1850 15th St.
San Pablo, Ca.
(510) 910-2087


richkinney@sbcglobal.net
www.churchofwestccc.com


Location: San Pablo, CA, United States
Website: http://www.churchofwestccc.com