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As the Assemblies of God (AG) emerges from its first 100 years, it’s evident the movement is closer than ever to the founders’ vision of achieving “the greatest evangelism that the world has ever seen.”

Evangelist Dr. Reinhard Bonnke, founder of Christ for all Nations, is coming to Minneapolis as a guest speaker for two conferences in June.

Breakfast at dawn—that’s what my dad’s barn cats enjoy each morning. Babycakes and Muffin come running for their kitty chow when he calls. (Yes, their names even sound like breakfast foods.) Dad wouldn’t dream of letting his feline friends miss breakfast for even one day.

Born without eyes and a mental disability that left his head misshapen, a little boy named Sifle was instantly thought to be a curse to his family and community. In India, children born with such deformities and diseases rarely stand a chance of living a full and happy life—if they survive at all. Many, such as Sifle, are neglected or abandoned as parents try to escape the embarrassment and financial burden of caring for a child with special needs.

I can’t remember very much of my early childhood. There are faded glimpses of memories, a picture of playing near a stream in the back of the house trying to catch tadpoles, playing football in the field across the street, falling asleep in the barber’s chair, stubbornly refusing to eat peas because my hypersensitive sense of smell repulsed at their pungent odor.

“If you want to know what the Lord is up to, simply look at who He is raising up,” said James O. Davis, co-founder of the Billion Soul Network, at the Netherlands Leadership Roundtable, in Amsterdam. In the last 10 years, Davis has hosted similar roundtables and summits in every world region, with more than 10,000 leaders attending such gatherings.