All For Jesus: N e w s The CC bangor Sabers basketball team News Good More than just a game ... for Christ!!” Their game plan and rallying call an inspirational picture of the Sabers giving Goof r o m C a ldva r y of “All for Jesus” is certainly not hype. They God the glory. it’s a mission ... that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. always give the glory, where glory is due, no Philemon 6 The headline read—East Maine class D matter what the situation or the outcome of team prays after overtime championship any contest set before them. win. The Bangor Daily News received many letters, both positive and negative, after run- God gave the CC Bangor Sabers great oppor- Great Things God Has Done: ning a front-page photograph of the Calvary tunities to be witnesses for Jesus to other Chapel Christian School basketball team. teams, students, schools, fans, and offi cials CC Honolulu Church DedicaTION The photograph showed the high school through their undefeated season. The front- On Sunday, May 19, 2004, CC boys’ squad kneeling in prayer following page photo produced controversy, motivat- their championship win. They had beaten a ing the newspaper to rerun it on their edito- Honolulu dedicated its new team that had dominated the conference for rial page. While several writers complained facility. The entire building pro- six years. One part of a letter to the editor about the picture of the team’s open demon- cess had stretched over four years read as follows: These young gentlemen rep- stration of prayer, the overwhelming major- © Copyright 2004, Bangor Daily News, resent the epitome of the words: “Ambassadors ity thanked the newspaper for running such used with permission. from start to fi nish. The result was a 58,000-square-foot facil- ity on six acres of land. Pastor Gospel For Asia: New Facility Will Help came to dedicate the new campus, along with six other men who have been infl u- Reach the Unreached ential in the spiritual climate of Gospel for Asia (GFA) dedicated its newly expanded 61,000-square-foot facility in Car- Hawaii and Pastor Bill Stone- rollton, Texas, on May 11, 2004, while also braker’s personal life—Greg celebrating its 25th anniversary of ministry. Laurie, Mike MacIntosh, Gayle In attendance were many Erwin, Don McClure, Raul Ries, Pastors Gayle Erwin, Jeff Johnson, Greg Laurie, Don McClure, and Raul Ries. pastors and GFA leaders from Burma, India, and Jeff Johnson. Pastor Chuck Smith, Danita and Bill Stonebraker. Nepal, Sri Lanka, Canada, the United King- The Gospel for Asia facility has expanded to 61,000 square feet. dom, and the . Pastor Chuck The Christian used it to walk around the entire property. Smith, CC Costa Mesa, helped dedicate pop/rock trio, Two The following Sunday, Bill dated the staff the new building to the Lord’s service. GFA or More, provided in front of the congregation—3/26/2000— President and Founder, Dr. K. P. Yohannan, music for the cel- and said, “Like the Ebenezer Stone, the said in his introduction of Pastor Chuck, ebration. Pastor stone of remembrance, on the day we dedi- “Without any doubt, Pastor Chuck Smith Chuck performed cate our new church, I will bring out this has become perhaps the most signifi cant the fi rst baby dedi- staff as a reminder of the great things God individual in terms of what the Lord has cation in the new has done.” done over these years through our ministry. sanctuary for Bill’s Native Hawaiians perform. g r a n d d a u g h t e r, Pastor Chuck, Greg Laurie, and other “It is our desire at Gospel for Asia that God Danita and Bill Gabrielle. She is church leaders laid hands on Bill and his would use this new facility and our lives to Stonebraker. the third child of wife, Danita, dedicating them to the new reach the unreached,” continued K. P., “As his son, Bud, who work. A group of native Hawaiians within Jesus said, ‘The harvest is plenteous. …’ is both an assistant the congregation honored Bill and Danita Please pray for us.” pastor at CC Honolulu and a legislator in with gifts of leis and prayers in the Hawaiian the Hawaii State House of Representatives. language for fruitfulness on this new land. Gospel for Asia has over 14,000 native mis- Chuck closed the evening with a message sionaries working in seven Asian nations. Bill held up a wooden staff and explained its from Psalm 73—“Then I came into the The Lord has used GFA to plant over signifi cance. He had found it years before sanctuary of the Lord”—emphasizing all 21,600 fellowships with more than 1.5 The sanctuary was fi lled to capacity. among the brush on the overgrown land and that God wants to do in the new facility. million fi rst-generation believers attending these fellowships. Pastor Chuck Smith dedicated the newly expanded building on May 11.

52 53 Beauty For Ashes: Potter’s Field Ranch Ministers in War-Torn Liberia Gunfire echoed in the background as the staff of Potter’s Field Ranch praised, prayed, and preached alongside Liberian brothers and sisters. The West African country is recover- ing from 14 years of civil war. “Beauty for Ashes” was the theme of the first Calvary Chapel pastors’ conference held in over five years. The United Nations had begun a dis- armament program the day the American team arrived. Angry teenage soldiers showed their displeasure of the new plan by firing rounds of ammo into the air. Buildings and billboards were peppered with bullet holes.

In the midst of a time of praise and worship, eyes were drawn to frantic neighbors run- ning in front of the church. A group of boys A Calvary Chapel conference was held in Liberia for the first time in five years. armed with AK-47 machine guns raided the The extensive conflict had made travel extremely dangerous. nearby market. While the Liberian Chris- tians recognized the power these young teens wielded, they demonstrated their faith offering them love and hope that God offered more. The worship went that only comes through Christ. Good News Submissions on, and the Word of God was not hindered. During his time in West Africa, Please email news briefs to sixteen Calvary Chapels were [email protected] as a word doc- Many participants had walked for several established. ument—no more than 200 words. Send days to attend. All arrived with anticipa- scanned photos as JPEGs or TIFF files on CD tion at what God would share through Pastor Chet Lowe at 300 dpi to: CC Magazine, 1103 Potomac the American missionaries. Ranch Direc- Potter’s Field Ranch Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22405. CDs will tor Chet Lowe had served in Liberia for six Calvary Chapel Liberia not be returned. years. He had ministered to rebel fighters, chet@pottersfieldranch.org

2004–05 Calvary Calendar Month Dates Location/Event Host September 13-15 Northern Conference Michael McClure–CC San Jose, CA 27-29 Northwest Conference Wayne Taylor–Calvary Fellowship, WA October 11-13 Midwest Conference Dave Keesee–CC Crawfordsville, IN 13-15 New York Conference Bil Gallatin–CC Finger Lakes, NY November 4-6 Mid-South Conference Allen Rigg–CC Austin, TX January 3-6 2005 Missions Conference Phil Twente–Murrieta, CA 17-19 Southeast Conference Malcolm Wild–CC Merritt Island, FL 19-21 Atlanta Conference Sandy Adams–CC Stone Mountain, GA March 6-8 CC Ft. Lauderdale Leadership Bob Coy–CC Ft. Lauderdale, FL Conference

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