‘The Big Apple’ is about to experience a unique taste of the Korean revival
Dr. Jaerock Lee and a team from Seoul will conduct a “Miracle Healing Festival” in Madison Square Garden on July 27, 28 and 29

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

NEW YORK CITY, NY (ANS) -- American’s largest and most famous city, New York, is about to experience a taste of the extraordinary revival that has been sweeping South Korea in recent times.

The “New York 2006” healing crusade will take place in the historic Madison Square Garden on July 27, 28 and 29 and will be led by Dr. Jaerock Lee, senior pastor of the 100,000-member Manmin Joong-Ang Church in Seoul, South Korea.

Korean worship team

Joining Dr. Lee will be the Manmin Hallelujah Praise Team who have been learning worship choruses in English and will perform each night before Dr. Lee preaches. 

Johnny Kim interviews New York State Senator, the Rev. Dr. Ruben Diaz

When asked why the Manmin team always learn the language of the country where they sing and dance, Johnny Kim, director of Manmin TV, explained, “It is because the Apostle Paul said that he would become Jew to win Jews, and a Roman to win Romans. It is very important to open the heart of the local people and communicate with them the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their local language.”

Also participating in “New York 2006” will be a multi-ethnic group of singers which include Alvin Slaughter, Martha Munizzi, Jaime Murrel, Carmen Sanabria, Tatyana Martsinkovski, Marina Baranova and Igor Rudiy.

Medical checks

Like at all of his crusades, Dr. Lee will pray for the sick who attend the meetings. Before each service, a medical table will be set up for people who are sick to go and be diagnosed by Korean and American doctors and nurses and then, after being prayed for, if they believe they are healed, they will return back so that the medics can check out whether the healing had taken place from a medical perspective.

Kim said, “Some of the medical doctors who attended the 3rd World Christian Doctors Network conference in Cebu, Philippines will also be there to help take care of the medical check-up and examination of the sick who will be healed at Madison Square Garden.”

Dr. Lee prays for the sick at a previous crusade in Congo

When asked why Dr. Lee is holding his crusade in New York City, Johnny Kim, said, “It is because Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, the speaker, was touched by the Holy Spirit through his prayer to conduct the crusade in New York in 2006.

The center of the world

“New York is, for many people, the center of the world, representing the civilization of this generation. However, the people of this great city went through a terrible experience on 9/11 and we believe that God wants to console them. 

Van decorated for the New York Festival

“We also believe that God also wants them to be awakened spiritually through the life-giving message of Jesus Christ with the tangible evidences which confirms the message.”

I asked Kim why he felt it was important to preach the Gospel with signs and wonders following.

“It is because Jesus said in John 4:48, ‘Unless you people see the miraculous signs and wonders, you will never believe.’ It is critically important to preach the Gospel with the tangible evidences which confirm the message so that the congregation may believe in the truth of the Bible which says that God is the Creator and that Jesus Christ is our only Savior.”

Johnny Kim said that Dr. Lee will speak on the following topics:

• Why is Jesus our only Savior?

• God the Creator

• The power of the Holy Spirit

Kim then asked for prayer for the New York outreach.

“Please pray for the impact of the crusade; that the people not only in New York City, but all over the United States of America, and the world, may awake spiritually, believing that God is alive even today and Bible is true as they watch via the live satellite TV coverage.”

He then revealed the various TV networks that will be carrying the crusade.

“They are the Global Christian Network (GCN) and its local New York station, Channel 17, as well as La familia, Cosmovision, Almavision, and RBN,” said Kim.

He then revealed that this could be the last-but-one international outreach for Dr. Lee.

“When Dr. Lee prayed about it, he was touched by the Holy Spirit that the crusade he is going to conduct in New York will be the last one officially before he enters into Israel in year 2007,” said Kim. “But if the Holy Spirit so guides him, he may still conduct other crusades in different parts of the world.”

Kim added that New York State Senator, the Rev. Dr. Ruben Diaz, who was born in Puerto Rico, has encouraged local pastors to attend the crusade in Madison Square Garden and bring along their congregations.

The Rev. Dr. Ricardo Reyes, chairman of the preparation committee, has said "I believe God Almighty is going to work tremendously through this coming crusade and it is going be a great blessing for the people who attend it.”

Kim said that the Rev. Dr. Emilio Reyes, vice president of Hispanic/Latino Ministries for the American Bible Society., has printed 1 million special leaflets to promote the crusade.

Kim concluded by saying, “We are also hoping that the many Korean and Russian people who live in New York will also attend in great numbers.”

For further information, go to www.nyfestival.us or you can contact the preparation committee at 718-205-4249 or 718-429-9060.

Dan Wooding is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. Wooding is the author of some 42 books, the latest of which is his autobiography, "From Tabloid to Truth", which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, go to www.fromtabloidtotruth.com. danjuma1@aol.com.

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