DEAR UNITY

Editor Philip Ryall is an ecumenical and Spirit-filled entrepreneur. He is the founder of Harvest Journeys, which offers pilgrimages to the Holy Land and other destinations around the world, fostering powerful faith movements and global church related mega-events and gatherings of 3,000+ participants.Randy Clark (president of Global Awakening): Recalls that his spirit was joyous when his children played well together, loved each other, spoke words of life to each other—and how it grieved his spirit when they spoke ill of each other, were mean to each other, and didn’t play well together. He says feels the same way about us.Bo Sanchez (Filipino Catholic megachurch pastor and author): With his Facebook audience of over 3 million followers and known affectionately as the “preacher in blue jeans,” he takes us on an intimate walk through his life and insists that unity must be born of humility and not uniformity.Darlene Zschech (world-renowned Pentecostal singer/songwriter): A pioneer of the modern worship movement, she implores her many followers to bend any past selfish ways to a higher way of maturity. She calls us to foster a godly confidence that is not threatened to honor another above oneself.Nicky Gumbel (Anglican pioneer of the Alpha movement): He offers reminders that we are indeed living in a time of great crisis, which presents the church with a massive opportunity to stand together and fight together, not against each other. He claims that unity around Jesus is the key to the evangelization of a nation.Francis Chan (American Protestant author and global evangelist): With contagious humility, this renowned world evangelist’s stunning insights will provide a fresh openness to the real power of Christ at the communion table. He challenges us to join with him in his concluding cry to all separated Christians: “Please forgive me…I need you.”Bill Johnson (senior pastor of Bethel Church, Redding, California): He reminds today’s Christians of the importance to connect together and be built up as a family, united around fathers and mothers of the church, to give a powerful sign of unity that the world is so desperately looking for.