Rodney Howard Browne – Michaela A. Testimony
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It was the beginning of the school year and I asked God to use me for real on soul winning. I wanted God to use me beyond of what He had done before. So we came to this place where I met a guy in my age that totally rejected me in the beginning. But I kept on talking to him, because I really felt like God wanted to touch him. He started to open up himself to me and explain how everything he saw in life was just darkness. His family, his neighborhood, his life everything was a mess and he couldn’t possibly see any way out of it.
But I kept on telling him about my Jesus, who I KNOW can bring him out of it, and help him with everything he’s going through. He still didn’t want to pray the salvation prayer with me, but I noticed how he actually started to listen to what I said. He started to melt up a little, and my friend joined us and we kept on talking for a little bit. We were just about to leave so we invited him to come with us, because we were going to Ignite (the youth meeting). Surprisingly, he wanted to join, so we took him with us to the meeting.
And it was so awesome! Ignite had just started and the first worship song they were playing had lyrics about EXACTLY what he had been talking about saying “you are my light in the darkness, come be my strength” and so on, and I just thought it was perfect. God REALLY touched him in that meeting it was powerful! He prayed and cried and also came back for the Sunday service, looking like a totally new person SO happy! It was a wonderful sight and I can’t thank God enough for using me so this could happen!
Rodney Howard Browne – Miranda T. Testimony
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Well for me something I think is really miraculous. Before this school year I had never gone soul winning before. I was definitely challenging for me. I still remember when I talked to my first person. I could hardly get the script to come out of my mouth without stuttering, but to my surprise the lady closed her eyes and began to say the prayer with me.
It was probably one of the best days of my whole life. I finally understood what Pastor Rodney was talking about concerning soul winning. That our main purpose should be about souls and telling people about Jesus. To see the looks on people’s faces when you tell them about Jesus, and the change in their face when they accept him as their Lord and savior. Theirs is truly nothing quite like it the whole world. It really excites you to see that God is really using you to bring the world to Jesus. Daniel Mcgehee is truly a firecracker for Jesus. He really eats, breathes and is the main example of what it says in the bible about “going out unto the entire world and preaching the Good News to every creature.” He really sparks that fire in people to understand how important it is.
People are getting healed on the streets and set free. I have personally have seen someone get the baptism of the Holy Spirit right there on the street while people were passing by staring. If we do not go to them who will tell them? For this is the question to everyone who reads this. The Good News of Jesus Christ must be told to them. Or else who will help save them from a lost eternity. Will You?
Rodney Howard Browne – Mark E. Testimony
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Before I came to the River soul winning was something that I felt was not possible for me to do. My idea of speaking to people about Jesus was going around my neighborhood sticking tracks in people’s doors. Sometimes the opportunity would even present itself for me to witness but I just thought people didn’t want to hear about God and how He loves them. When I did build up the courage however to talk to someone it was only to invite them out to the next big church event. Come to think of it that’s the only reason we went out to the community. To advertise.
When I first heard the term “soul-winning” I was nervous to say the least. But after learning about The Great Commission and what God expects from us as believers and followers of Him, and listening to the testimonies of people who had been soul-winning it sounded more and more like something I would want to do. But I was still so nervous. What do I say? Then the soul winning script was introduced to me. Wow. What a wonderful piece of literature that is. The first time I went out to the streets it was so eye opening, as I read the script to these strangers something was happening in them.
People that seemed so unapproachable began to open up and listen. I realized that people need to hear about God, and they want to. They’re looking for something. Needless to say soul winning has impacted me in such a life altering way. I finally feel like my Christianity has a purpose. I have an assignment from my Father, my King, my Commander in Chief, and my Lord. And as I’m soul-winning I find myself being refreshed. God gives me the strength and the boldness to continually push for more souls. There is nothing like seeing the love of God in the eyes of the people I pray with. Where once there was darkness the light of God now shines in their life. I have realized it’s all about people.
Rodney Howard Browne – Lloyd M. Testimony
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I have been attending the River School of Worship this past year. Upon coming here for school there have been a number of changes I have noticed in life. Amongst those changes, the greatest on one I would have to say would be soul winning. When I first came to the school, I learned of soul winning that was done here and how it was a requirement for students. Before attending school I didn’t realize the importance of soul winning.
At the beginning of the year I viewed soul winning as program, something I had to do once a week to make sure I would make my grades. But as the weeks went on this program became more of a passion. Before I knew it, I was signing up for extra days beyond my requirement. I think I realized the importance of it when started to notice people would break down during whatever we were doing. One of my most memorable moments was on a late afternoon, I was knocking doors, I came across a woman who was having a bad day and told me she wanted nothing to do with. I told her to have a good day and I carried on.
As I walked, before I could get to the stairs, I felt the Holy Spirit tug on my heart and tell me I needed to get back up there. I turned around and made my way back to that door. I knocked again, this time she answered and said “thank God you came back”. She let me know she was having a bad day and that she wasn’t feeling well. I shared with her what the bible said and led her and her two children in the prayer of salvation, after that I prayed for illness and she was healed. She began to feel better and thanked me for coming back; I told her she should thank Jesus. As I spoke with her some more I offered to lead her in prayer to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. She agreed and I began to lead her and children and they were baptized. When we done as I was leaving she thanked me again for coming back.
This is one of my memorable moments because it was a family who needed to know Jesus and because I willing to listen and follow the Holy Ghost their lives will forever be changed, natural and eternal. How many more people out in the world need to know Jesus? This why soul winning has impacted my life and why it is such an important aspect of Christian’s life.
Rodney Howard Browne – Karen A. Testimony
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Soul winning has changed my life. I came from a Baptist Church that had a very small evangelism ministry that people stayed away from joining and being a part of. I did, mostly, because I was afraid and I felt that I didn’t know how or that I needed certain training for it that I didn’t have time for. I felt disqualified because I wasn’t a minister. I first heard of soul winning from my sister who went out once after being trained with the Gonyon’s in Washington, DC. I came to the next soul winning session because I was so excited after seeing the script. I knew that this was something my spirit man longed to do ever since I got saved. And I never knew how to tell others about Jesus.
For 4 years, after truly accepting Jesus into my heart, I had kept his goodness and grace to myself. My first day out, God allowed me to draw 32 persons to salvation. Once the DC Great Awakening started, I was jumping on buses, and gathering crowds, winning over 300 souls to the Lord in one week. I witnessed multiple healings on the streets, baptisms of the Holy Spirit, persons being delivered and set free and restored back to their Creator. Since Bible School, I have led over 500 additional souls to the Lord. God has placed persons in my path that hated life itself, that were near death and never heard that God loved them, and that were on their way to commit suicide.
The most important thing that God is doing with me is that He is changing my heart to give me a compassion for the people. He has given me a passion for souls. I no longer judge people, as religion trains you to do, but I see them as God sees them. As I laid my hands on prostitutes and prayed earnestly over drug dealers, loved the elderly and comforted widows, the reality of the Bible has come alive right on the streets of Tampa, FL. Soul winning is my purpose, it is my passion, my motivation, the driving force that fulfills the will of God for my life.
As I stay pure and give Him an empty vessel, staying connected to His presence and in fellowship with Him, I can pour out the water that He has filled me with. And I can transfer the anointing and the fire of God to other persons and in an instant change the course of their eternal destiny, from the pit of hell into everlasting life.
Rodney Howard Browne – Kammini C. Testimony
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We were soul winning in a neighborhood where many people accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We came upon a home where a lady who appeared to be in her forties said she had attended church for many years. As we were talking she decided to rededicate her life to Christ and she received the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues! The great thing was that she had been praying to speak in tongues for a while, but had difficulty receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit in the past. When she prayed she immediately received the Holy Spirit in that same moment. God had answered her prayer.
There were several people in the Wal-Mart parking lot because their vehicles needed to be jumpstarted. I prayed the prayer of salvation with two women and one young boy who appeared to be about 8 years old. The boy received the Joy of the Lord and was filled with laughter as he said the prayer of salvation. The presence of the Holy Spirit was felt by all, especially the young boy. The mother of the boy is now excited about going to church in the near future as well.
I felt joy when I saw that the young people were excited about meeting Jesus Christ for themselves and making Him their Lord and Savior, not just because they are going to heaven, but because I know their lives will never be the same again. Soul winning is the most joyful experience because it is not just a good deed, but a God deed. I find peace in knowing that I am helping people to have assurance that they are going to heaven and showing them ultimate love of God, which is Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection for our sins.
Matters of the Heart | Nellyssa Lopez Testimony
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The ministries of Rodney Howard-Brown have truly changed my life. I am one of five students that carpool everyday from Kissimmee to go to school in the River School of Worship in Tampa, so unfortunately we were unable to attend this past outreach on Sunday morning because we attend a home church during the weekend. I have been going out on the streets though for the last few months telling people about the love of Christ and about the coming gift outreach. I didn’t think at first that the gospel soul winning script worked but I have had a total change of heart. I have seen people’s lives changed just by them repeating the simple words and hearing the words that they speak gives hope. It’s amazing the hunger that people have when you go to them where they are; people that would never go to the church because they don’t know that they need Jesus. Pastor Rodney and his staff have equipped me to do so much more than I thought I could ever do. I have gone out and seen people healed, I have seen people filled with the Holy Spirit, children touched by the power of God, whole families dedicating their lives to the Lord and so much more. I am so thankful that the Lord placed me in a ministry that has such a heart for the people. There is such a love for those that are normally forgotten by the “upper crust” of the church. You can just see the gratitude in their faces because they thought they were left to fend for themselves but now they know that there are people that care. My life has been forever changed. I have gotten past my initial discomfort of speaking to people that I don’t know and I have finally understood where the heart of people truly lies. It is with the people . . . Thank you Pastor Rodney!
Matter of the Heart
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I have been to many of Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne’s services on Sunday and it is always a pleasure to serve in the “ministry of helps” and lift up the hands of the men and women of God.
On this particular Sunday, it was different
On this Sunday, we had MANY visitors come in with LOTS of children. We were giving away toys to the children. My husband was volunteering as an usher and I was helping the children register for their toy give away. It was really great to be a part of this because I got to see them before the service then, I volunteered in toy distribution after the service. So I got to see these peoples faces before and after. I noticed allot the kids being timid and scared and some seemed excited when they came up to register. Some of the parents seemed a little confused and some were eager to get in the service. It was so awesome to be able to make them feel welcome and see the change in their faces. This change in their faces was especially noticeable after the service when I was in toy distribution volunteering. You could just see that their spirits were fed and they would also leave with a toy….so amazing.
One lady I spoke with had actually been quite grumpy and towards the middle of the service her whole countenance changed! One little girl had been really timid when she registered and then, after the service, she was like a new little girl!
On top of doing all this, The River church had a food ministry. They gave away food to people who needed it. Now they would not only be spiritually fed, they would be physically fed! The service was so anointed. There was something like 350 decisions for Christ! One of the salvations being someone we had invited to the church. What an anointed service and helps ministry. I would recommend this church to anyone and I do!
Winter Camp Meeting | Shani Green Testimony
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Wow, what an incredible experience during Winter Camp Meeting 2010! We truly had eight days of heaven because the theme matched what occurred in January. One of the highlights of the event was my family and friends participating, and not spectating. I prayed fervently that when my family members came, my two sisters and nephew, attended the Winter Camp Meeting that they would hunger for God like never before. I saw my sisters pressed in like never before and even got touched with the joy of the Lord! Hallelujah! My sisters were even more grateful that they attended all of those services. When they returned back to Maryland, church services were cancelled for the next two weeks due to the inclement weather. The Lord always prepares us for the storms ahead. My friend who pressed in also received a huge blessing back at home. God rewards the faithful.
The other highlight of the event was Ted Shuttlesworth preaching. I had previously heard of him but never followed his ministry. After that Friday, I was never the same. Several years ago, I had emergency surgery to get my gallbladder removed. Ever since then, my colon was not processing food correctly and I developed fibroids on my colon. I remember telling my family that I had an infected gallbladder and they were so concerned that they made me feel like I was dying. From then on, I refused to tell my family about the sickness in my body. I just wanted to stand on the Word of God and I did, Matthew 8:17 and 1 Peter 2:23-24. That Friday morning, I woke up and expected God to heal my colon. I didn’t know when or how He was going to do it but I knew that He was. I was pressing in so much that night that I didn’t even know He called me out. My eyes were closed and my hands were raised. He said, “The young lady in the pink shirt, come up here.” With my eyes still closed and hands raised, I was wondering why the lady in the pink shirt was not going up to the front. My friend had to tap me on my shoulder in order for me to even know that he was calling me out. He knew only things that the Spirit revealed. Ever since then, I have had no digestive problems. Jesus is alive and still healing! Amen!
This Present Glory | Kammini Carlton Testimony
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I really enjoyed the Winter Camp Meeting 2010. The Word of God was awesome. It was encouraging and helped me to find some direction for my life, and it helped me to understand why God does things that way that He does in my life. The Word of God delivered helped me to understand others as well. Most importantly, I learned more about the operation of the Holy Spirit and how to flow in the Holy Spirit.
As a result of attending the conference, I was reminded of the importance if making the harvest of souls a priority in my life. I do not ever want to lose focus on the importance of winning souls for Christ. Eternity was felt in the room and I was reminded to be more cautious of the way that I live, so that I can be blameless when it is time for me to stand before God. I must always remember to keep short accounts with God, no matter what because eternity is at stake.
In addition, I enjoyed working in the bookstore during the conference because I knew that every product that I sold would help to raise money for the harvest of souls and would be used for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God. It gave me great pleasure and honor to sell my first IPOD to a lady who was excited to receive it. I could see that she was looking forward to the great impact buying that IPOD would be on her life in God as will as for the Kingdom of God. It was wonderful to see to the Lord Jesus Christ bless people in that manner.
It was also wonderful to see my fellow ministers and brothers and sisters in Christ who I had not seen in months, who all gathered together at this conference. It was like a spiritual family reunion. We were growing in the Lord at the same time we were fellowshipping with one another. God was with us as we worshipped Him together just like we will one day in heaven.