From Ted Wilson’s FB Page:
"The latest information from the South Pacific Division and the Papua New Guinea Union Mission is that 278,369 people have been baptized so far in “PNG for Christ” with only about 52% of the over 2000 sites reporting……this is a miracle of God!Many more will be reported. They are being very careful in PNG to instruct people in Bible studies so they understand God’s Holy Word and the gospel message. This is Holy Spirit power being poured out on Papua New Guinea!!! May the Lord nurture this momentum all over the globe as we draw near to Christ’s second coming! Let is pray for the falling of the latter rain of the Holy Spirit all over this world! PRAISE BE TO GOD!!!!! Thank you for your prayers for PNG!”
While official baptismal numbers are still being reported, the number is expected to surpass 300,000.
There are stories of drug lords burning their marijuana crops and being baptized, prisoners responding to calls, whole villages declaring themselves Adventist. Healings and people understanding the gospel presentations in their own languages are additional things that have been reported.
There were more than 200 speakers involved, including Ted Wilson who presented the Revelation of Hope series. 3708 People were baptized during this 16-night program.
South Pacific Division president Pastor Glenn Townend, preached at Arawa in Bougainville. He said,
“There are people who are staying overnight looking after the sound and the stage. There’s the sound people, the visual people. We’ve been having health checks. It is teamwork. It is total member involvement, and this is really a disciple-making movement in the making and we thank God for that.”
With such a large influx of new membership, the Church in Papua New Guinea is turning its attention to nurture and integration of the new members into existing groups. Such growth comes with challenges, but it is also an unprecedented opportunity.
When Erton Köhler, secretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, spoke at the Korobosea Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, he didn’t know he would have a captive audience at a nearby police jail. Through a series of events that local leaders called “providential,” not only those inmates but many others were able to follow and enjoy the evangelistic meetings.
Adventist Record article.
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“Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved” (Acts 2:47).
