Manchester DTS Gathering

(26 March-2 April 2011)

DTS Gatherings are all about giving those who attend the chance to hear great teaching about evangelism, to find out more about themselves and who they are in Christ, and then to give them opportunities to get out here and reach others for Christ.

These Gatherings are often times of great revelation and new experiences. Here are some of the stories from the Manchester DTS Gathering (26 March-2 April 2011):

“On Thursday we went treasure hunting with Karen. God led us to one girl, who was not a believer, but she was willing to speak with us. We spoke about selfishness in society and then we asked what she thinks about Jesus. She said she didn’t know Him, so we told her. And she was chatting with us and we told her also that us talking to her she can consider as Jesus wanting her to know that He cares for her and loves her. At the end she thanked us and said we have given her a new point of view on Christianity and she now sees it from a different angle. This was so encouraging!” (Martina)

“The homeless guy we met in the prayer walk responded to my sentence, ‘I don't know which book I read last’ with ‘Christians usually read the Bible.’ And to my question, ‘Did you read the Bible?’ he said, ‘several times’! So he read it probably more than me ... so that's like God speaking to me, ‘read the Bible more!’”

“I met a girl. She had no hope, lived one day at a time, and didn’t think God existed, because she had been attacked and raped, lost her children. We said we were sorry, and shared that there was hope, and she was beautiful, and God cared for her. We asked if we could pray for her, she said no. We asked if we could pray a blessing over her and she said yes. So we spoke into her life, said that God has been there for her, and when she had been crying, God had been with her. In the end she smiled, and you could see that she had a little bit more hope. After walking off 50 metres she turned around, just to wave to us one more time." (Linda)

“God reminded me how easy it is to talk to people you don’t know and how doing what you love makes it easier to interact with people you don’t know.”
 
“God broke down the stereotype in my mind that people in England are almost impossible to talk to about God!”

“I have really grown out of fear of man, into fear of God, into my destiny, into the ability to hear God speak, into boldness, into relationships, into a new understanding of community, into the body of Christ, into evangelism.” (Jillian)

 “This was the first time I have been part of ministry time and not felt extremely uncomfortable.”