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EVANGELISM highlights our work with inmates<br />
The All Nations Apostolic Tabernacle has been a vibrant outreach post for nearly 20 years. The ministry team comprises ministers from both the Temple and the Tabernacle.<br />
We visit the George R. Vierno Center (GRVC) every month on the second (2nd) Saturday. The GRVC facility is an all male detention center located within the<br />
Ryker's Island Correctional facilities. The team is also permitted to have a pre-Christmas service annually.<br />
The year started off with early challenges to the success of our services. We saw low attendance of inmates<br />
in the fourth quarter of 2015 and it continued in January 2016. On February<br />
13th, 2016, the Lord allowed us to have zero attendance on that day. We<br />
used the day to worship and exalt the Lord. The rich presence of the Lord<br />
Jesus saturated the chapel and all of the ministers felt the comforting spirit<br />
of the Holy Ghost. We left that service further committed to doing the work<br />
of the ministry by persevering against all odds.<br />
We appealed to our sponsor Chaplain and to the escorts to have the inmates<br />
informed and mobilized sooner in order to improve attendance. We found<br />
favor in the eyes of the Lord as more people participated in the services as<br />
the year progressed. At one time, the attendance swelled to over 15 towards<br />
the latter part of the year.<br />
The services are surely needed. During the testimony portion of the service,<br />
inmates testified of how the Lord wakes them up to read the Word and pray<br />
and encourages them to have devotion and Bible studies in small groups. At least 3 of the inmates were heard speaking in tongues<br />
during worship and prayer. We believed that they had an apostolic experience prior to being incarcerated. At least 2 of the facility<br />
officers who acts as escorts have testified that they enjoy the worship and the messages they heard.<br />
The inmates and officers are from several ethnic groups and from various nationalities. The vision of All Nations Apostolic Tabernacle<br />
is a key driver for all the team members. We are committed to fulfilling the great commission which is to preach the gospel to every<br />
nation. The dedicated team is focused daily to prepare themselves to minister to this captive audience that the Lord has provide for<br />
us.<br />
We will endeavor to continue this ministry, anticipating that the Lord will give us some certified miracles along the way. We are hoping<br />
to see at least five (5) new converts through this ministry in 2017. Together with the leaders of ANAT Evangelism Ministry and the<br />
team leaders Brothers Dorion Norton Sr. and Ian Dillon, we believe we are poised to see God demonstrate his authority over sins, sicknesses<br />
and diseases through miracles at this facility. We continue to covet your prayers as we labor more in this area of God’s vineyard.<br />
Leaders<br />
Ministers<br />
Ian Dillon<br />
Lorna Leard<br />
Dorion Norton Sr.<br />
Preachers<br />
Judith Lewis<br />
Yours in Christ,<br />
Donald Brown Alberta Samuels<br />
The Prison Ministry team<br />
Mardio Leard Michael Allwood<br />
Andrew Buckle Barrington Neil<br />
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