{"id":1447,"date":"2017-07-28T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2017-07-29T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T12:29:33","slug":"samuel-rodriguez-calls-iphc-rise-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2017\/07\/28\/samuel-rodriguez-calls-iphc-rise-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Rodriguez Calls IPHC to \u2018Rise Up and Walk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Dawson and Ed Stetzer also bring prophetic messages to the 28th<\/sup> General Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

By J. Lee Grady<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fiery Latino preacher Sammy Rodriguez told delegates at the IPHC\u2019s 28th<\/sup> General Conference that they are standing on the verge of a great spiritual breakthrough\u2014and he prophesied that God will do miracles when we least expect them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are about to surprise the world again,\u201d said Rodriguez, who leads the National Hispanic Leadership Conference as well as a church in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

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Rev. Samuel Rodriguez<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking from the story of the paralytic in John 5, Rodriguez said we can sometimes become paralyzed by life\u2019s circumstances and difficulties. He called IPHC members to step into the aisles and walk confidently into a future marked by spiritual revival.<\/p>\n

Stepping into revival was a theme throughout the day. During a powerful morning session, Youth With a Mission leader John Dawson read a prophecy that he gave to IPHC leaders in 1991 at a gathering in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The word of encouragement stated that the IPHC is called to serve other denominational streams in the global church.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a doorway to the nations,\u201d Dawson said, reading the 26-year-old prophetic word. He also stated that the United States is currently in a season of destabilization\u2014a time when \u201cGod shakes the idols.\u201d<\/p>\n

Church growth expert Ed Stetzer also addressed the General Conference about how to boldly and effectively reach our culture with the gospel. Stetzer also announced that, in spite of claims that evangelical churches are shrinking in the United States, research proves the opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvangelicalism is not exactly thriving, but it has grown in the past seven years,\u201d Stetzer said, citing statistics from reputable polling firms like Pew Trust and Gallup.<\/p>\n

\u201cStatistically the church in America is not dying,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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John Dawson<\/p><\/div>\n

Stetzer warned that much of the negative, alarmist information quoted by Christians about the demise of Christianity in the United States is incorrect. He claims that one in eight Americans is a regular, church-attending evangelical. Stetzer also cited studies that showed that planting new churches is the best way to reach people who may consider themselves Christian but have no real relationship with God.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need an IPHC that captures the fervour of church-planting,\u201d Stetzer added.<\/p>\n

Stetzer confirmed that mainline churches are in serious decline. Yet he added:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile mainline denominations are shrinking, most evangelical groups are growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do we do in this season of crisis? We must sacrifice our lives for the gospel and look for mission opportunities in an increasingly secular society, Stetzer said. \u201cThe church has not collapsed. The mission field has changed. It is time for the mission force to engage.\u201d<\/p>\n

During conference business sessions, Bishop Thomas McGhee was elected to a second term as director of Discipleship Ministries and Bishop Talmadge Gardiner was re-elected as director of World Missions Ministries. McGhee was also elected to serve as vice chairman of the IPHC, replacing Bishop Chris Thompson.<\/p>\n

History was also made on July 27 when more than 50 IPHC women met for the first official gathering of credentialed women clergy. The group included women senior pastors as well as women who serve on conference boards. The women discussed the unique challenges they face\u2014including how to work graciously with men who don\u2019t feel comfortable working with women.<\/p>\n

During Thursday\u2019s evening service, a special announcement was made about the upcoming Global Assembly to be held in Santiago, Chile, in February of 2019. Rev. Eduardo Duran, bishop of the First Methodist Pentecostal Church of Chile, invited all delegates to visit his massive church\u2014which has been in a unique partnership with the IPHC for 50 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,1],"tags":[313,481,125,94,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-1447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gencon","8":"category-general","9":"tag-313","10":"tag-iphc-general-conference","11":"tag-july","12":"tag-recap","13":"tag-summary-report","14":"entry"},"title_es":"Conferencia comienza con una llamada para 'Holy Fire'","content_es":"Mi\u00e9rcoles, 26 de julio 2017 Autor Beth Moore desaf\u00eda la IISP de gritar para una verdadera renovaci\u00f3n espiritual por<\/strong> cientos J. Lee Grady<\/strong> de los delegados en el 28 \u00b0<\/sup> Conferencia General de la IISP llorado y orado en el altar durante m\u00e1s de una hora despu\u00e9s de autor y predicador Bet Moore dijo que ella est\u00e1 \"inquieta e insatisfecha\" cuando ella mira el estado actual de la iglesia americana. \"Le\u00ed el Nuevo Testamento una y otra vez, y no estoy viendo lo que Jes\u00fas prometi\u00f3\", dijo Moore durante su serm\u00f3n, pronunciado en la noche de apertura de la convenci\u00f3n. \"\u00a1Quiero fuego sagrado!\", Declar\u00f3. Un silencio santo cay\u00f3 sobre la audiencia cuando Moore, un Bautista del Sur, describi\u00f3 c\u00f3mo la iglesia contempor\u00e1nea en los Estados Unidos se ha centrado en eventos y programas en lugar de la aut\u00e9ntica unci\u00f3n del Esp\u00edritu Santo. Ella llam\u00f3 al IPHC a arrepentirse y volver a depender totalmente del poder de Dios. \"Jes\u00fas quiere bautizarnos con el Esp\u00edritu Santo y el fuego\", dijo Moore, quien basa su ministerio de ense\u00f1anza popular en Houston, Texas. \"Nos hemos conformado con el Kool-Aid con punta de cristianismo fresco y cultural. Tenemos hambre para ayunar. Estamos demasiado ocupados para la oraci\u00f3n. Ha llegado el momento de que el liderazgo se arrepienta \". El emocionante mensaje de Moore el 26 de julio culmin\u00f3 el primer d\u00eda de la conferencia cuadrienal de tres d\u00edas de la IPHC celebrada este a\u00f1o en el Orange County Convention Center en Orlando, Florida. Durante las ceremonias de apertura por la ma\u00f1ana, misioneros y delegados extranjeros marcharon al auditorio llevando banderas de 100 naciones. Fue un recordatorio de que el IPHC, que comenz\u00f3 como un movimiento de reactivaci\u00f3n en el Sur de los Estados Unidos, ha crecido hasta convertirse en una fuerza misionera internacional. Despu\u00e9s de que todos los delegados tomaron la Santa Comuni\u00f3n, el Superintendente General de IPHC, Doug Beacham, pregunt\u00f3 si todos hab\u00edan sido atendidos. En ese momento, delegados misioneros de varias regiones del mundo acudieron a los micr\u00f3fonos de la audiencia y anunciaron que millones de personas en Asia, Oriente Medio, Am\u00e9rica del Norte, \u00c1frica y Am\u00e9rica Latina a\u00fan no hab\u00edan o\u00eddo el evangelio de Cristo. Fue un poderoso recordatorio de que el IPHC todav\u00eda tiene mucho trabajo por hacer en su misi\u00f3n global. Durante las sesiones de negocios, los delegados reeligieron por unanimidad a Beacham para servir otro mandato de cuatro a\u00f1os como superintendente general del IPHC. Beacham le dijo a la multitud: \"No puedo decirte lo humilde que estoy de servirte\". En otra votaci\u00f3n clave, el Obispo Garry Bryant fue elegido para servir como Director de Evangelismo USA. Bryant ha servido como director de la Red Acts2Day durante 10 a\u00f1os. Ahora reemplazar\u00e1 al Obispo Chris Thompson, quien se jubila de su cargo como jefe de Evangelismo USA despu\u00e9s de haber desempe\u00f1ado ese papel desde 2009. Tambi\u00e9n ha sido Vicepresidente del IPHC desde 2012. Thompson asumir\u00e1 la presidencia de Holmes Bible College En Greenville, Carolina del Sur. En otros asuntos, los delegados votaron para extender los l\u00edmites de t\u00e9rmino para los oficiales ejecutivos de la iglesia. Y una presentaci\u00f3n especial fue hecha por el 100 aniversario<\/sup> de la publicaci\u00f3n de El Abogado,<\/em> la primera revista del IISP. Una copia conmemorativa de la edici\u00f3n del 3 de mayo de 1917 fue entregada a cada delegado. Los delegados tambi\u00e9n vieron un video especial del Estado de la Iglesia<\/a> que perfilaba las iglesias de IPHC en varias partes del mundo. El video celebr\u00f3 la diversidad de la familia IPHC y las maneras \u00fanicas en que las iglesias IPHC est\u00e1n llegando a sus comunidades. \u00c9stas incluyen:\r\n