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Denominations of churches involved in the crusade i.e. in preparations and
implementations were approximately 5-15. All pastors involved were responsible for
the successful implementation of the crusade and bringing their congregations down
to the crusade place including inviting the other pastors and their congregations. For
this purpose a local crusade committee was formed whose members were the pastors
and activists from the above denominations. In general the sizes of the crusade
committees ranged from 15-20 persons to 30-40 persons and each being headed by
the iniating pastor who had a direct connection to NJE via NJE committee members or
NJE secretariat directly.
The preparation and implementation of the crusade was designed based on the
submitted crusade proposal from the initiating pastor (the will-be chief of the crusade
committee). He (she) had to gather and manage the concerned local churches and
formed the organization of the crusade committee accordingly. Then (s)he prepared
and submitted the proposal to NJE to get the approval from NJE. In principal the
crusade expenses consisted of as follows: local operational expense, NJE team’s
transportation and accommodation expense and offerings for NJE team and local
crusade committee. The biggest cost component which played a crucial role in the
mobilization of congregations was transportation cost subsidy.
A distinct differentiation of this period with the other periods, one among
others, was the strong emerging of miraculous healings in many crusades as written in
the Gospel of God such as the blinds could see, the deaf-and-mute could hear and talk,
the lame could walk, and some other internal diseases got healed. The healing of the
blind people happened for the first time in the crusade in Gunung Sitoli, Nias, before
the big earthquake (in less than one month) which took place at the end of the first
quarter of 2004. (this miracle was documented and could be found in the video-clip of
KKR Nias, prepared for NJE Gathering in Manado, North Sulawesi). After this startling
event of ‘monumental miracle’ in Gunung Sitoli, Nias many similar miracles followed
and happened in the crusades in many cities (towns), mostly in the provinces of North
Sumatra, Central and North Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and
Maluku.
For another example, the healing of the paralytic persons took place in the
crusade in Kota Perdagangan, North Sumatra, with 2 (two) paralytic persons got healed
and walked after being prayed during altar call session. The first was a middle-aged
woman who came to the crusade sitting on a wheel chair. She was touched, freed by
God and returned home walking. The next day of the crusade, this woman came back
again without using a wheel chair. The second was a girl who had suffered from polio
since her early childhood and became paralytic. She was healed by Lord Jesus Christ
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