New York Rocks With the Power of God
by Joseph Park
August 7, 2006
(AgapePress) - - America's largest and most famous city, New York, rocked with the power of God last month and experienced a taste of the extraordinary revival. Dr. Jaerock Lee, senior pastor of the 100,000-member Manmin Joong-Ang Church in Seoul, South Korea, and his team conducted a "New York Crusade 2006 / Miracles, Salvation, Revival" in at Madison Square Garden on July 27-29.
Multi-ethnic groups of singers, which included Alvin Slaughter, Martha Munizzi, Jaime Murrel, Carmen Sanabria, Tatyana Martsinkovski, Marina Baranova and Igor Rudiy, and the Manmin Hallelujah Praise Team, who have been learning worship choruses in multiple languages, performed each night before Dr. Lee preached.
Rev. Lee awakened church leaders and participants at the Festival with messages filled with life, such as "Why Is Jesus our only Savior?" "God the Creator," and "The Power of the Holy Spirit" -- and whenever the messages were proclaimed, the audience responded with shouts of joy and applause.
As he does at all of his crusades, after proclaiming the messages Dr. Lee prayed for the sick who attended the meetings. There was no end in sight of people wishing to testify to having their eyes opened, having come to speak, having stood up from their wheelchairs, and having thrown out their crutches. Doctors and nurses from six countries checked whether the healing had taken place from a medical perspective, and the testimonies from the three-day Festival were received by them.
VIPs sitting on the stage included Dr. David Waisman, the former vice president of Peru; Dr. Frank Wright, president of the National Religious Broadcasters; and a former high official from Dubai.
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The crusade was broadcast live to many countries through GCN, a local New York TV station, as well as around the world via satellite channels including RTNC, La familia, Cosmovision, Almavision, and RBN, and was interpreted in English, Spanish, and Russian.
The first night began with prayer for the different multi-ethnic groups. Dr. Mikhail Morgulis, the chairman of Slavic Committee of the crusade, spoke in Russian. And Dr. Frank Wright, the president of NRB, appreciated the activity of Manmin TV (an NRB member), and asked Dr. Lee to pray for the next election so that God-fearing men and women would be elected.
Harvey Thomas, chairman of the Federation of European Broadcasters (FEB), greeted the congregation on the second night, saying "We are different, but as children of God we need to be united in Christ Jesus." After attending the crusade, Mr. Thomas said, "I've never heard such a biblical message like Dr. Lee's -- and the performance of Manmin ministry is so fantastic and holy. I believe it would be acceptable to any other culture."
Waisman, the former government official from Peru, said, "May God bless the people in the city of New York just as He did for us, the Peruvians, through Dr. Lee's crusade in 2004."
Dr. Ricardo Reyes said "so many pastors who attended the crusade came to understand the spiritual principle of the revival of the Church through the message." New York State Senator Ruben Diaz proclaimed the recognition of Dr. Lee's ministry on behalf of the State of New York.
Joseph Park, an occasional contributor to AgapePress, reports for the Manmin News Service.
