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number of evangelical services increased and performed in series and the involved
denominations also grew. The crusades in some towns (cities) were implemented in
one-strike successively. The number of mobilized teams each month became 2-3 units,
and the frequency of mission trips per team per month 1-2 times. This has associated
with ‘the already-near’ of the second coming of Jesus Christ and the more limited time
available.
A unique and special occasion happened in the crusade in West Tanabanas,
Central Sumba, NTT (East Nusa Tenggara) in 2016. When the crusade was started the
congregation was mostly consisted of teenagers i.e. elementary-high school-aged
young people. The number of adult people was small enough that it raised a question
such as where the parents of these teenagers were. Why did they come alone without
their parents? The following was what had happened several weeks before the due
date of the crusade. As explained by the crusade committee chief those teenagers (and
some children) attended the crusade on behalf of their parents. They represented their
parents who could not go to the crusade because they had to stay at home and guard
their cattles i.e. cows, goats, sheeps and horses. Some weeks prior to the crusade the
cattles of the local inhabitants, including the church’s members and the invited church
members from the surrounding villages, were robbed from some houses in the
villages. The crusade went so well and the teenagers got the annointings from Holy
Spirit instead of their parents. Is this one of the occasions fulfilling the prophecy of
Prophet Joel (Joel 2: 28-29)? You know the answer!

2016 – Crusade in Tanabanas Barat, Central Sumba, NTT – Ev. Andreas H, Benny G, Ps. Dolfi M.

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