Dear kingdom Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen, A Happy New Month to you from the GFC Visionary, Dr Benard Etta and his lovely wife, Luminary Helen Etta and to all of us at the Global Faith Coalition communication department!

We Praise the Almighty God for bringing us to March, the third month of the year of our Lord 2023, a month to march forward in our preparedness for the forthcoming GFC 2023 World Congress-Nairobi Kenya, scheduled for August 22nd to 26th on the theme, the Repositioning of the 21st-century Church.

The Church is in dire need of Repositioning. The Repositioning Mandate is critical to the final move of God on earth before the return of the Lord. Christ is not coming "for the Church we see" but for a glorious church, properly repositioned, fulfilling Christ's dream of a church against which the gates of hell can't prevail.

A church that can subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, and turn the hearts of the men and women of this age back to God! The time for "that Church" to emerge on the earth is now.

That's the mission bringing together Gospel Ministers, Kingdom Businesspeople, Christian professionals, Luminaries, kingdom technocrats, Strategists, Visionaries, Missionaries, Intercessors, and emerging leaders of all walks of life and Christian denominations from 30-plus nations to the Catholic University of East Africa Nairobi Kenya, August 22nd to the 26th for the GFC 2023 World Congress.

Workshop Topics Include:

1) Contending for the faith.
2) The centrality and headship of Christ.
3) Repositioning the fivefold ministry and the ministry of the saints in the marketplace.
4) The purpose-driven church.
5) Repositioning the Church post the covid pandemic and lessons from the pandemic for any future pandemic.
6) The challenge of World Missions.
7) Smart Churches.
8) Ministry partnership and Networking.
9) Understanding the last days' deception.
10) The Spiritual Warfare strategies for conquering Cities and nations for Christ.
11) Kingdom Economics.
12) Forging a Global Coalition for the last days' engagements.

The congress will be held at the ultra-modern auditorium of the Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
God is building a people of Power and wisdom who will walk through the Land by his Spirit to bring glory to his precious name.

If your heart is panting after this Next and Last Kingdom revolution before Christ returns, register and be a part of the next big thing in God's mind—the Repositioning of the 21st-century Church.

Let's Go To Nairobi, Kenya, To receive the Repositioning Mandate and take it to our nations. Get Ready! Get Ready! Spread the word! Register this month! You Don't want to miss it!

The GFC Visionary Dr Benard Etta, his lovely wife, Luminary Helen Etta, and all of us at the Global Faith Coalition communication department wish you all God's continuous blessings this new month. As the Lord lives, you will surely make it to Nairobi, Kenya.

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Within our churches, Satan seems to be the real enemy of the kingdom, and we spend so much time fighting him. However, when you get into the field, you’ll discover that it isn't Satan but our disorder, egotism, greed and self-seeking ministry mindset.

Satan seems to have stopped fighting us in several quarters but merely watching us destroy ourselves. For instance, when you arrive in most places today with a vision and burden for a strategic kingdom engagement, the first question you will be asked by those you thought would make themselves available is 👉How much money have you brought?👈

The question about money isn't because of the need for adequate finance to realise the vision but what individuals could line their pockets with. So, once a big event is in view, people start salivating for money. 😭😭😭 If you aren't sharing money like Reinhard Bonnke of blessed memory for mobilisation, then be ready to work out your life to get the job done with few volunteers.

Brethren, Satan isn't our problem but our greed, egotism and self-seeking ministry mindset. Some years back, people were more excited about being a part of what God was doing, not necessarily what they could take for themselves. If you find such people, thank God for them because they are rare.

The American dollar has made it hard to get things done in most places. They will tell you how much they got from a recent program organised by an American preacher, and if you can't meet up, they will promise to show up and dash your hope when you need them most. 😭😭😭

Despite these challenges, the kingdom of God will continue to thrive, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the true remnant church of Jesus Christ.

The voice of God is still sounding. 👇👇 "Whom should I send as a messenger to these people? Who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am. Send me."

Isaiah 6:8 (NLT)

Genesis 26:18, KJV: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

(Is It 31st-Night Crossover Or "Overcross?"

1 Corinthians 9:16

"For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!" 

Preaching the Gospel to them (Gospel Giants) was not something to attract attention, likeability, or become wealthy and famous but of necessity. They stayed faithful to their calling and counted it worthy to bear the reproach of Christ. They were in the world but not of the world. They lived for higher goals. Heavenly kingdom goals. Human accolades were not their pursuits but the crown of" Well done my good and faithful servant" from the master, Christ Jesus, who is the Gospel personified.

Today, the term gospel giant has been mistaken for individuals who travel from nation to nation, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars as they go, aimed at sponsoring their propaganda, egoistic projects, vanity fares, fantasies, and payoff their numerous sex partners and bloggers to cover their tracts.

When real gospel giants stormed cities and nations, hardened criminals known by all, prostitutes, gamblers and others etc., bowed at the feet of the cross seeking salvation. Backslidden ministers and churches got revived, and a feeling of God's visitation was in the city's atmosphere as people celebrated their freedom from sin and other bondages, etc.

Today, gospel campaigns have become podiums for hypnotism, manipulation and self-branding. 😭😭😭 Heaven is in shock as the pioneers of faith gaze with utmost bewilderment at what we have turned the Gospel into today.

The Gospel of the kingdom can accomplish in a day what political leaders, educators, and philanthropic organisations can't do in years. History bears record of the impact of the Gospel via the ministries of gospel giants like Charles Finney, D L Moody, Savanirola, The Jeffrey brothers, Reinhard Bonnke, Arch-Bishop Benson Idahosa, John Wesley, Lester Sumrall, T L Osbon, Osward J Smith, etc., etc.

Has the Gospel lost Its Power?

No, the Gospel is still the power of God for salvation. The problem is with today's vessels. We have turned the Gospel into Big Business, showmanship, and a way of gaining fame and other trivialities. Churches are everywhere, but the darkness seems to get darker. We preached for many reasons other than the sole aim of the Gospel, which is to align fallen humanity with God in relational order.

Is there hope?

A Big, Yes! That's the reason for the GFC 2023 World Congress, scheduled for the 16th-19th of August in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme. The Repositioning of the church. We hope to reclaim the Gospel and inspire a new generation of Apostle Pauls to preach it because" necessity is laid on them" to preach and faithfully teach the Gospel of the kingdom."

Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel." Paul

So, help us, God!

Dr Benard Etta, GFC Visionary

My dear emerging Gospel ministers, please listen. Putting on Clerical titles, apparel, or Bishopric attires does not indicate ministry Grace, spiritual status, ministry requirement, etc.

I know I just smashed the” brazen serpent.” I'm not talking to elderly kingdom statesmen and women but to the emerging generation of ministers.

One of the indicators that a once-upon-a-time revival movement is in decline is when the craving for recognition, attention, position and self-seeking becomes paramount. Sadly, that's how things have degenerated today, especially within the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

"Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honour in the synagogues and the head table at banquets. Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished." Luke 20:46-47 (NLT)👈

 

The obsession for bishopric ordinations today among the emerging generation isn't only a gross distraction from the mission before us but a mark of religious insanity.

 

How can one help emerging leaders who move with flowing bishopric apparel, thinking they are some great Apostles? Even God finds it hard to reach such because of the large ego, false self-image, pride and self-deceptive world they live in.

 

Let today’s emerging generation of gospel ministries focus on doing the work of the ministry and leave the craving for bishopric titles and apparel. 👉It is Saul’s armour. 👈

 

If you are obsessed with ”joining the club,” you need prayers. It is time to give back to Catholic and Anglican Churches what belongs to them. It is their thing.

 

Young men still looking for rent for their church houses are busy raising money for ordination as Apostles and Bishops. They also want to put on bishopric and apostolic titles and apparel to look like spiritual fathers. An apostle who hasn’t subdued a street; talk less of a quarter.

 

Let’s stop this nonsense. Satan is laughing at us😭😭😭Pentecostals, we have lost the vision of our calling and chasing trivialities.

 

We are creating man-made religious hierarchies over nations with zero divine mandate. We now have so-called Double Apostles and Bishops, and we won’t be surprised to see the first batch of Pentecostal Popes. 😭😭😭😭

 

In some places I visit, I seldom introduce myself as a gospel minister because of the shame associated with the ministry today. The once noble office of the kingdom ambassador-ship has been hijacked and disgraced daily.

 

Brethren, we have work to do that demands more than paddling around looking like the Pharisees and Sadducees of the days of Christ.

 

If you think it isn't a problem, then you are a part of the problem.

 

Nairobi, Kenya 2023 is Loading. We need a Repositioning of the Church.

 

Help us, God!

 

DrBenard Etta

GFC Visionary

 

 

Ephesians 4:13

Till we all come in the Unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

There is what the Bible calls the Unity of the faith that connects past, present, and future generations of saints. It embodies the understanding of the fundamentals of the kingdom of God, God's ways and the operation of his kingdom. His will on earth as it is in heaven and much more enshrined in the Holy scripture. The saints throughout history have forged a common bond along these lines.

Psalms 16:6

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

If we believe in one God and one mediator between God and men (1 Tm 2.5), one divine plan of salvation (Eph 1.3–14), one Church, and one apostolic authority (Mt 16.13–19; 18.18; 28.19–20), the absolute authority of the written word on all matters of the faith, we'll lay the foundation of the Unity of the faith in our walk with God.

Sadly, we are seeing a generation of believers and gospel ministers today who aren't aware of the Unity of the faith, while some are outrightly nonchalant. That is why their opinions to them are revelations, even when they are not aligned with the scriptures. They have unconsciously bought the lie of the liberal world that everyone has their truth. "My truth may not be your truth." That implies no absolute truth exists that sets the standard for right and wrong, and everyone must decide what truth is and isn't. So, when you try to correct their teachings on the authority of God's word, they will tell you it is their truth.

Remember, God's word is the absolute authority on matters of faith (2 Peter 1:19); if a person claims to be a believer or gospel minister and doesn't accept the absolute authority of the word, they are already in error. And the error will only multiply as they try to make their opinions the truth.

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

You are on your own when your life and ministry go contrary to the line, path, and bond of faith that unites the saints throughout history. Some people may not be forthright in telling you this, but by God's grace, I'm telling you now. You may think it is your revelation or whatever you call it; listen, you are on your own.

Proverbs 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

The kingdom of God is not the democratic party of America that keeps shifting its boundaries to accommodate every liberal ideology out there and its sympathisers.

The written word of God is the constitution of the kingdom of God on earth, and its authority is absolute because the authority of its author is absolute. If your teachings do not align with it, you are preaching another gospel!

Galatians 1: 6-9

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

May the Lord grant us understanding.

DrBenard Etta,

GFC Visionary

Read and meditate on the messages to the churches Revelations 2 & 3. They were written by and under GRACE. Still, there were forthright, not sugarcoated, as our present-day purported grace messages. Who lied to us?

God used the seven churches in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, as platforms to deliver timeless messages to the churches throughout the church age.

"Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches."

Revelation 3:22 (NLT)

Every serious believer and minister should read and meditate on the letters to the churches as recorded in Revelation 2&3 and ask God for ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to us even today.

The only thing holding us back and preventing us from seeing how ”Laodicean” we have become is our pride in our physical and material achievements. Like the church in Laodicea, we consider ourselves the most successful church of the church age because of our wealth and physical achievements, but the Lord is saying 👉we are poor, miserable, blind, and naked.

But do we see our actual condition? 👈

If we seek the Lord to anoint our eyes to see, our so-called Jericho must fall meetings, and ”operation kill every Herod will be replaced with solemn assemblies for repentance and reconsecration of our lives to the one who is Holy and True.

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Revelation 3:17-19
You say, `I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realise that you are wretched and poor and blind and naked. So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you can see. I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

Revelation 3:17-19 (NLT)

May the Lord help us!

(Read the meditate on the text & Ponder on the brief writeup below the text) 👇👇

Ephesians 4:11-14

👉Now, these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.

👉Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

👉This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

👉Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

Ephesians 4:11-14 (NLT) -------------------------------------

These days, standing before a crowd or those we have gathered seems to be the breakthrough and not what they become afterwards. The chief aims of ministry have nothing to do with merely gathering people but with who and what they become through our ministry. Let this sink!

Gathering people in an era marked by gullibility can't be an achievement. People gather daily to watch their favourite comedians, musicians, and others. In ministry, we are not called to make a name by the people we gather but by fulfilling Ephesians 4:11-14.

How many men and women showcasing themselves as kingdom ministers are fulfilling the chief aims of ministry? If we were good at it as expected, we wouldn't have been dealing with the mob of church folks today who are easily deceived by anyone with a new ideology, charismatic display or interpretation of Scripture.

People can start churches today by looking at a person and describing their home or family members and what they ate before attending a meeting. Guess those who rush and submit under them! Some purported pastors. We are in trouble, brethren, but there is a solution. It is an aggressive repositioning of the fivefold ministry campaign.

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We should not ignore the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. It has the potential to transform the world we know into Something else. Let's read the handwriting on the wall and do the needful.

Most of us are pondering if the war between Russia and Ukraine may result in a Nuclear exchange between Russia and NATO. Yes, it seems more likely than when the war started.

We sometimes dismiss the thought of a nuclear war or others because we believe our prayers can prevent them. Yes, prayers can change things, but not everything. Ukrainians prayed and believed that the war would not occur, but it is ongoing and has lasted for several months.

Why?
Let me share a few reasons from a kingdom perspective.

1) A world that has turned its back on God can't enjoy absolute peace and stability. That is why Christ admonished us not to lay our treasures on earth. Matthew 6:19–20

Do you think people care despite the above word of wisdom from Christ? If most believers who read the Bible don't care much about its instruction these days, what of worldly people?

2) The second reason why sometimes, despite our prayers, such evils still occur is that we often pray for peace and safety to keep chasing our goals and not the purpose of God. Especially in today's world, most of God's people only give Him lips service. They seek God when they want his protection and other breakthroughs but are careless about His agenda, talkless of positioning themselves as partners with God to actualise His plans on earth. That is why we pray at times without prevailing. 

Before the war, Ukraine had more churches and believers than any European country. The question is, did they bother to go all over Europe to spread the word? Well, now they are doing just that because the war has forced them to flee from their comfort zones. 

It is sad but true that most people only think about God when their comfort, life and others are at stake. 

What the people of Ukraine spent their lifetime building is now turned into rubbles. Once thriving cities and tourist destinations are now ghost towns. 

When we watch the images from Ukraine, do we learn anything? 

Today, it is Russia and Ukraine; who knows where next? What if the present war spiral into a third world war?

 We aren't talking about the bombs used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) by the United States army during the Second World War but bombs capable of wiping out half of the world's population. 

At times I feel like Abraham when he was interceding for Sodom, hoping that the Lord would find ten righteous men but sadly, there weren't. Sodom's people were obsessed with sexual pleasure and experiments like today. 

If the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine doesn't graduate into a nuclear exchange, then that means God, in His infinite mercy, gave humanity a bit more time. However, if God was to consider the state of the world and the church, the apocalypse would be here! We pray for His mercy! 

Put yourself in God's shoes, and you will sense the pain of his betrayal after sending his only son to die for humanity; still, people have deliberately turned their backs on Him. Worst still, his people have abandoned his ways and are prostituting themselves with all forms of worldly vanities and idols. 

Brethren, let's hope for the best, but while doing so, we should proactively engage in learning how to live in the world during a third world war between the world's nuclear powers! 

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Dr Benard Etta, GFC Visionary

READ & PONDER👇👇

Revelation 2:12-17 (NLT)

Write this letter to the angel of the church in Pergamum. This is the message from the one with the sharp two-edged sword: "I know you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan's city.

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"But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and committing sexual sins. In a similar way, you have some Nicolaitans among you who follow the same teaching.

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Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

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"Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it. Revelation 2:12-17 (NLT)

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Christ commended the Church in Pergamum for their Loyalty to Him but rebuked their lack of forthrightness against the False teachings promoted by some in the church. Isn't that one of the spiritual plagues of our times? Today, being closed-lip against false teachings and their propagators is, to some, the act of minding their business.

It is understandable. Today's culture has forced many Christian leaders to teach the word as if they must apologise for what the scripture says. In trying to be relevant, we are gradually embracing unbiblical shifting paradigms. We don't want to be cancelled by the Left or lose the financial support of those within our churches who hold the teachings of Balaam and Nicolaitans. We don't want to rock the boat! We want to be seen as nice, but that has placed Christ and us on a collision course.

When the true gospel of Christ and the message of the kingdom is properly preached and taught, some people will be Glad; others will be Sad or Mad. It isn't our role to make it acceptable, but the Spirit that convicts. John 16:8

There are doctrines, belief systems and others which aren't compatible with our faith, and it is time we become forthright when declaring the whole counsel of God! The gospel of inclusivity and universality that remove ancient landmarks is anti-Christian, and we must speak against it.

God loves all, but we must come to Him through Christ to be saved. That involves embracing the life and teachings of Christ and being established on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, and Christ the chief cornerstone. Ephesians 2:20. Help, Lord! Revelation 2:12-17 (NLT)

You can download the audio message at Dr Etta’s Library of Revelatory Messages.

Revelation 2:9(NLT) "I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not because their synagogue belongs to Satan. Revelation 2:9 (NLT)

👉 I know your suffering & Poverty 👈👉But you are RICH👈 PONDER!

Look at the contrast!👇👇 Revelation 3:17 (NLT)

You say, `I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realise that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. Revelation 3:17 (NLT) Ponder!

What do you see? The contrast between the Church in Smyrna and Laodicea speaks volumes.

In suffering and poverty, the church in Smyrna was described as Rich, while the Lord said the church in Laodicea; that bragged about its wealth was 👉wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Chai

God's perspective is higher than ours. What is the context of the suffering and poverty of the Church in Smyrna? Check out the audio message @ Dr Etta's Audio Library.

If most emerging leaders today are given the option to choose between the church in Smyrna and Laodicea, you don't need a prophet to tell you their choice. Perspective! Perspective 😭😭

You will likely take whatever glitters for gold when you don't know what gold is. Perspective is everything.

LET'S LEARN MORE!

👇👇 Revelation 2:9(NLT) "I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not because their Synagogue belongs to Satan. Revelation 2:9 (NLT)

Note👉 I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. 👈

Who were these people?

👉They say they are Jews, but they are not👈

May the Lord open our eyes👀 There is nothing new under the sun.

What were they doing within the church in Smyrna?

The seven Churches in Asia Minor were predominantly Jewish believers but were infiltrated by those who said they were Jews but were not.

Doesn't that sound familiar? I've taught about this ancient strategy of the forces of evil on several platforms; still, many aren't getting it. It is even more dangerous when church leaders don't seem to get it.

👉" They say there are Jews but are not👈

👉We can create an entire list of" they say." E.g. 👇 👉They say they, too, are members of the body of Christ, but they are not. 👉They say they are Apostles, Prophets, spiritual fathers and fathers of faith, but they aren't. 👈

When they say they are this or that, if you have hyper-illumination and discernment, you will see through the charade and makeup packaging they use to deceive the unsuspecting. May God save His people.

So many are being deceived by people who say they are this and that but aren't what they profess.

Needed! Needed! 👉Sharp Spiritual discernment. The days are evil.

What was their mission within the church in Smyrna?

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It was to establish a parallel movement that looked like what was happening but wasn't. Every genuine move of God always has a parallel counterfeit movement designed to set confusion and mislead those without light to think they are all the same.

The Lord said these people who said they were Jews but were not; their acclaimed Synagogue wasn't a sort of" House of God" but belonged to Satan. Hmmm

I can preach ten thousand messages on the above. We are dealing today with many Synagogues of Satan desperate for recognition and acceptance as a part of the body of Christ. It isn't a new phenomenon. It is an ancient strategy to fight and kill a movement from within.

You aren't an effective leader who can lead and guide God's people in these critical times if you know little about the strategies of the forces of evil. Check out the entire audio message @ Dr Etta's Audio Library.

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