UPDATE Dear Saints: “We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord. We will tell of his power and the mighty miracles he did.” Psalm 78:4 (New Living Translation). The Israelites were rebellious and unfaithful to God. They forgot the miracles that the Lord had done for them. They made demands on Him, they lied to Him and turned away from Him even though He had done great works on their behalf. To help each generation to obey God and set its hope on Him, it is important to keep children from making the same mistakes as their ancestors. This is an injunction from God and leaves no option to us. What then are we doing to pass on to our generation God's goodness? Through ICM, our mission is to teach faithful men that they can in turn teach others.
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He brings to ICM Inc. a wealth of experience, expertise and wisdom that is outstanding, unusual and on demand all over the world. Dr. Jerry Horner became a pastor at the age of 18 and had a distinguished career of more than 40 years as professor, department chairman, dean, or president of such renowned institutions as Oral Roberts University, Regent University, south West Baptist University, Bethesda Christian University and England’s Peniel College of Higher Education. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Union University and South Western Baptist Theological Seminary. He also acquired post-doctoral studies in England at Manchester University and Cambridge University.
He brings with him a wealth of pastoral experience, academic expertise as well as a critical and international dimension to ICM. He is a holder of a Diploma in Theology, a B.A. in Theology and Pastoral Ministry, an M.A. in Religious Studies and PhD in Biblical Studies both from the University of Zimbabwe. He pastored Life and Liberty Ministries/Hatfield Baptist Church (which grew to a cluster of five local churches), in Harare Zimbabwe between 1990 and 2005. He lectured in the University of Zimbabwe for nine years and held positions on a number of national and international boards. Irene, his wife of 25 years, is his partner in ministry as they currently operate out of Singapore pursuing a new season of ministry reaching the nations for Christ, building New Testament type churches and leaders and making radical disciples. She has been in full time Christian service with Prison Fellowship International for over 14 years. Their daughter Shumirai-Ishe (Serve the Lord), a strong committed Christian, graduated from Hull University in England with a Law degree, serves God with Prison Fellowship England and Wales. Their son Mandla-e-Nkosi (Power of the Lord), a strong committed Christian, finishes high school in November 2007 and will enter university in January 2008.
our partners, the marvelous things God accomplished through the Short Term Missions (STM) and the Church Planting Institute (CPI) leaders’ training seminars that ICM ministry team members organized and coordinated during 2006. You have stood with us, prayed with us and given of your time, money and efforts to enable ICM to roll out these ministry programs in a way that achieves productive results. There is more!
access medical check ups. Only the love of Jesus could have sustained and inspired the medical team to work with little or no rest at all while the two short days lasted.
children came forward to confess Jesus as Lord and Savior for the first time. Many more came to receive prayer for healing and deliverance. Such prayer and healing ministry is needed within such communities who live with the reality of the powers of demonic forces on a day-to-day basis. The power of the Lord came down in a special way and many were ministered to powerfully and deeply.
the 12th of March saw 18 inmates graduate after completing module one. By the time a trainee achieves this, he/she would have covered biblical teaching on who Jesus Christ is, salvation, the authority of the bible and other basic biblical doctrines that are essential to experiencing personal faith and being motivated and equipped to share that faith effectively. The donations received from you make the printing, production and distribution of training materials to these inmates possible. In prisons such as this one, these ICM training materials often become the only ‘educational’ and self-improvement opportunity available to inmates. There was so much gratitude and jubilation expressed by these inmates not only for having been introduced to Christ while in prison but also for being discipled and enlisted in the ongoing CPI training program that will equip them to be leaders in the communities to which they will return after serving their terms. Through this training program these inmates can look forward to productive re-integration back into their communities both as reformed followers of Christ and as trained leaders for the local church. It is no wonder that their friends and relatives were overjoyed at the prospect that these ‘incarcerated’ members from the community can return as trained and equipped productive members of the community.
The 11 graduates will be expected to actively get involved in church planting activities and or the training of other leaders under the tutorship of local ICM trainers who are in turn given support services from the ICM regional service providers. The highlight of this CPI graduation was the 70 year old grandmother who completed module one training and wants to move on to module two training.
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