Global
Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, Business Men’s Fellowship, or Full Gospel Business, regardless of the name of our local fellowship, God has placed one word in our hearts…
“Global”
All over the globe, people have been thinking of Global Fellowship!
A full report and gallery of photos from the Global Prayer Summit 2012 is HERE! (PDF)
Men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals;
for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood
men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Revelation 5:9
In 2011, various FGB men around the world felt a deep longing to come together – simply to pray, to see relationships strengthened, uniting in the Vision – to see that original Vision intensified.
In a remarkably rapid way, within just a few months more than 100 directors and leaders from 20 nations representing seven regions (Asia, Africa, Europe, Russia, USA, Caribbean and Canada) were winging their way to London for an FGB-BMF Global Leadership Prayer Summit, (GLPS), in January 2012.
Other nations expressed their support but were unable to attend.
His Banner Over Us Is Love
Global Leadership Prayer Summit - 2012
Behold, a great multitude which no one could count,
from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb…
Revelation 7:9
Unity in the Spirit and vision, as given from God through Demos Shakarian, was experienced when:
Over 100 national leaders of FGB and BMF organizations from around the globe gathered in London for prayer and fellowship!!
A full report and gallery of photos from the Global Prayer Summit is here.
Twenty different nations were represented, with a tremendous global anointing of oneness of heart and mind under the leading of the Holy Spirit and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. This was a meeting arranged and anointed by God Himself!
Delegates from all over the world, here are many from Nigeria and other countries.
I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven,
having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth,
and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
Revelation 14:6
This is a New Day
“This is a new day” says Azike Diribe
A year ago, while praying alone, Azike Diribe, International director for FGB Nigeria, suddenly felt the presence of God around his room . . . “then I was completely shaken about what God said to me about the situation within FGB.” The Lord reminded him to carefully re-read the prophetic book, ‘The Vision Intensified’, by Demos Shakarian, “words that are even more relevant for us today.”
Azike was one of the men who subsequently had the vision for a global prayer summit. Within a year, against all the odds, it became a reality.
Renewed Global Vision
Moving Forward in Unity with Renewed Global Vision
We thank God for the amazing way He brought together the FGB-BMF Global Leadership Prayer Summit in London in 2012. Our newfound unity in the Spirit, and in the Vision, was exhilarating.
Now, as we look to the Lord Jesus Christ for direction, we are reminded of three powerful verses that highlight the unique role of the Holy Spirit:
- ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts,’ (Zech. 4:6).
- ‘You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you shall be My witnesses . . . to the ends of the earth,’ (Acts 1:8).
- ‘Take courage and work, for I am with you, says the Lord Almighty. My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised . . . so do not be afraid,’ (Haggai 2:4)
The Vision Intensified
Towards the end of his life, Demos Shakarian anticipated an end-time wave of revival and holiness. He describes this move of God in his prophetic book, The Vision Intensified.
In this God-given Vision to reach multitudes of men for Christ, Demos emphasizes: “The Spirit seemed to say, ‘I do not want a big central organization. Come together on occasion as a collective group to inspire and encourage each other, to light a fire bright enough for many to see.
“But in your day-in, year-out work, I want you small, local and sensitive to Me! I do not want uniformity. I will never take two men or two places in just the same way. Give Me outlets for my infinite variety.”