San Antonio Mens Camp

Awesome time with Pastor Marc Longoria from San Antonio for their 2008 national men's campout at Garner State Park 60miles north of San Antonio - wild guys out there in the wilds - praising God and taking care of business...
Joseph Thompson from Orlando - great word on killing the kings of evil..very cool...

my nephew seth and I went... he drove - said it would take 61/2 hours... but, after a few wrong turns and 8 hours later we rolled into the campgrounds...
so, this is what ministry is about - 36 hours, 17 hours of driving, two hours of ministry and dozens of men finding deep changes in their lives - priceless.

Marc is going to have this as an annual camp - great place to ride your harley/bmw - plan on going next year...THIS IS WHAT THE MEN'S MOVEMENT LOOKS LIKE-GUYS DOING THE STUFF!

grace/peace
paul

New England

Amazing time at New Life Church in Biddeford Thursday night with Pastor Jeff Tarbox and 300 wild men from the greater Portland, Maine area... 25 guys committing to Christ in the first 20 minutes...spectacular...

Then, Portsmouth, New Hampshire with Brian Doyle and Iron Sharpens Iron mens conference... 600 men in the session..great results...

tonight ( saturday) it was a men's dinner in Plymouth, Mass - Pastor Neal Eaton - the men's movement is happening in the New England area... great traction, watching God restore the spirit of the Revolution in these men... tremendous.

lots of driving, but caught a couple hours with wonderful relatives here...Jane and Dick and Marcella...wonderful...
saw Portland lighthouse - most photographed one in the States...(at least that's what they tell me here :-)

grace/peace
paul

Hrabak hits homerun in DC Commissioning!

WOW- what a spectacular night as over 40 men were commissioned in Washington DC event headed by Rob Hrabak and the team at Christ Worship Center! It was amazing to hear the stories of lives changed, men reclaimed and redemption of families... over and over stories were told of the miraculous hand of God.

In the picture you see the pastor of CWC, Tony Hall and Apostle John Polis as they and the men are commissioned...in typical Hrabak "wild man for God" style you can see Rob leading the cheers! It was awesome.

Rob started a few years ago after a conversation in South America in which he just made a firm commitment to take some guys through the curriculum... and now he has over 40 men that have been commissioned and dozens of others going through the groups...their is a revival in the church and it is a great testimony to the grit and determination it takes to disciple men...bottom line, we saw and heard the results...

You can create great crowds with great sermons, but you wont change a nation until you disciple a man.

Way to go Rob..how awesome!

Talked to Mike Murphy couple days ago, lots happening in Australia... men's event set for mid October in Paris, France headed up by C3 Pastor Mark McCord in Paris and Pablo Contreras from the states...when it happens, it'll be the first men's event in modern history in Paris...very cool.

stay hot.
grace/peace
paul

Did God Turn His Back on Jesus?!

The answer may really surprise you!

Question that has always bothered me about the Cross... I was taught from childhood that God couldn't look on the sin that was poured out on Jesus - so he turned His back on His son... would a perfect dad do that? Maybe - if the stakes were high enough? Interesting and HUGE question...it will color your relationship with God...

so - I believe I have an INSIGHT into the answer... it was explosive, really huge Sunday morning as I shared this last week...

listen to it at - www.hopechurch.tv - click on the media...and the message to listen to is this past Sunday's - April 13.

This revelation has really colored my life and ministry. It may be considered DANGEROUS! - This could set you free from religious thinking!

Photo is from the Hillsong-Kiev event... Zhenya/Vera - guys, what a great church!

grace/peace
paul

HILLSONG-Kiev-CRANKED!

WOW...What an awesome Sunday at the cranked up Hillsong Church in Kiev...ministered in FOUR vibrant services... over 20 people saved - thousands attending - loud, fun, non-religious, this is a great church - and doing great work in the city and nation...and just started a new church in Moscow - Hillsong Kiev was founded by good friend Darko Culjak out of Brian Houston's church in Sydney - over the past 10 years Pastors Zhenya and Vera Kasevich have built a huge church (over 8000members) that is having a massive impact on the culture in Ukraine...

--YOUTUBE VIDEO OF HILLSONG-KIEV WORSHIP...CHECK IT OUT... Hillsong Kiev - Спасение (Salvation Is Here)--

two services in the morning..then, eat a little at the offices, then hit it again... what a blast... and, what a great team of people... Natasha, Aaron, Rachel, Peter, Zhenya and others really have strong heart for training up a new generation to reach their nation, and the world.

Up late Sunday night...then headed to Amsterdam to meet with key guys...it's all good!
but, don't eat the fat - really, local cooking delicacy, just the fat off the meat... in Argentina they at least deep fry the fat and give it to you...here, they just cook it, cut it off, put some cabbage on it...and wow, here's something special for you pastor paul... actually they knew better... went by the local mcdonalds a few times...

stay on the edge. great stuff going on... and stay in gal. 5!
grace/peace
paul

KIEV UKRAINE!

THE GLOBAL MOMENTUM TOUR IS CRANKING! I'm in Kiev, Ukraine - We've partnered with James Davis and the Synergize team, with Pastor Sunday Adelaja and his team to reach over 500 pastors in the past few days with the message of the men's movement and 'Christlike Manhood'. Leaders from all over Europe, Asia and Northern Africa have been here with us...a very highly effective time...thank you for praying.
Ukraine is a key nation, it's the center of the talks at the NATO meetings, and Ukraine is in a stage of rebirth after fighting free from 80 years of Communist occupation... it's a remarkable story. The men's movement is urgently needed here... the alcohol problem is 5 times worse than the U.S., drugs are rampant, child abuse, spouse abuse, corruption - yet the church is thriving...growing...people are desperate...but, the men need a strong word - one of the ladies helping us with arrangements was almost crying when she said, "Pastor. please, send men to help our men...they need the truth of Maximized Manhood!"
Tomorrow I meet with the key man in men's ministry here in the nation, he is very excited about partnering with us...we already have 3 books in Russian...and we need to get them all done...the doors are wide open, but we dont know for how long.

Photo is of James Davis, Sunday Adelaja and myself. It was taken Wednesday at the all-day pastor's meetings...more stuff tomorrow...
stay in prayer, this thing is accelerating around the world...plan on going with me...plan on taking this word of manhood to places you are connected with...let's kick it strong!
grace/peace
paul
(it's midnight-on second cappucino, it's a good tired-meetings tomorrow afternoon and evening - hit the gym in the morning...trimmed 20 pounds off last 12 months-pc)