| Gitega—Evangelistic Rally | 08-Jul-2007 | Event: Gitega - Evangelistic Rally
Pastor Claude Hoode of Nouvelle Vie church in Montreal, Canada, a frequent preacher and beloved friend of Times Square Church, joined the team to speak at the evangelistic rally in Gitega. His luggage, unfortunately, did not. Team members shared what they had, and managed to get Pastor Claude suited up!
The crowd formed early at the Gitega soccer stadium. Several choirs sang before the event started. Many on the outreach teams were sick but God gave them grace and the strength to attend the rally and minister to the people.
It was a struggle at first for the team to break through and minister, but the power of God fell and the atmosphere in the stadium began to change.
A few of the kids from the blind school were given the opportunity to sing, and they really blessed the crowd. A couple of them sang a song they had written about reconciliation. Hearts were touched and the crowd was visibly moved. The Times Square Church praise team worshiped again after the children. Later that night they said that the sound of children singing was the sweetest sound heard all day, especially in the sight of God.
Pastor Claude, speaking in French and English, gave an anointed personal message about the violence he suffered as a child. He shared about his family’s history of violence passed down from his grandfather. When he surrendered his heart to Christ the violence stopped with him. God set him free from a history of violence. He told the people that Burundi could be set free from the history of violence that it has suffered through Jesus Christ.
As Pastor Claude spoke you could sense a stirring, but there still appeared to be division. The local pastors sat in the stands away from the people, who were behind ropes. For the altar call, Pastor Claude asked the leaders to come down and go to the people and pray with the people.
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