In January 2004 I was invited to present CONECT for the second time in the context of a city at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Seattle Washington. This happens to be the birth place of the Charismatic Move. On February 10, 2004, one year to the day that we began working on presenting CONECT to the world I ministered in the last meeting at St. Luke's. During that time the Lord weaved His prophetic tapestry.
The week prior to the last meeting I began doing research on the Charismatic Move that was birthed out of Rev. Dennis Bennett at St. Luke's in the 60's and 70's. I discovered some amazing things.
- The purpose of the Charismatic Move was to empower the individual believer in order to set the oppressed free
- Dennis never intended for Charismatic Churches to be formed. He wanted people to stay in their churches.
- He wanted to see leaders working together in a city and for a season in Seattle, over 150 ministers did.
So the first place God had me prophetically declare to the Church that "it was time to CONECT" was in Nassau Bahamas. The Gateway City to the Americas. The second place was in the birth place of the Charismatic Move. If you look at the vision and purpose of CONECT, the purpose of the Church in America that Tellis describes in his book, and the purpose of the Charismatic Move you'll see an amazing prophetic tapestry. The theme and the intent is the same.
It is Time to Re-dig the Well at St.
On February 10, 2004 the Lord had me rehearse the history and combine all of the prophetic words in order to show forth our Lord's intent. It led to this prophetic declaration. The purpose of CONECT is to see the body of Christ come together as it is prophesied in Ezekiel 37:1-11 so that it might rise up as an exceeding great and mighty army. The purpose of that army is to project power in order to see the oppressed set free.
The first place this was declared was in the Gateway City to the Americas and the second place is the birth place of the Charismatic Move. Whereas in the Charismatic Move the intent was to empower the individual, now it is time to see the body of Christ come together as one Man (Nehemiah 8:1-2) in order to project power in order to set the oppressed free.
Over the last 4 years the well was re-dug for the Healing Rooms founded by John G. Lake in Spokane. This led to over 200 healing rooms being planted in countries around the world, so it is here at St. Luke's. There is a well to be re-dug but that well is not for St. Luke's, it is not for Seattle but it is for the body of Christ around the world. The Lord would say, "it is time to re-dig the well and I am with you to re-dig it." In this well that you re-dig you'll see a corporate anointing, leaders and Churches working together in unprecedented teamwork. This will lead to the Church coming together as one man in order to project power in order to see the oppressed set free.