DAVID HOFFMAN - CHARISMA NEWS
In February 2023, the Asbury Revival made breaking news. It lasted close to two and a half weeks and was attended by over 70,000 people.
Now there is something that far exceeds what occurred in Asbury, and it could be argued that it is a move of God that borders on "biblical proportions."
This move of God is taking place in Guinea Bissau, a northwest African country. Somewhere near 70% of the population is Muslim. Only 11.7% of the country identifies as Christian. Right now, Islam is making a strong push for religious and cultural dominance, but at the same time God is moving powerfully.
Very recently, World Harvest, led by Evangelist Jacob Ebersole, held several outreach meetings across Guinea Bissau. I became aware of this recently through social media where I saw a video of thousands of young people storming the streets and singing praises to Jesus.
The most noteworthy testimony had to do with the president of the country, who is also a Muslim. When World Harvest's crusade stage was stuck at a neighboring country's border, the president of Guinea Bissau personally arranged for border security to make sure the stage equipment arrived safely to the capital city in time for the gospel crusade meetings.
It is truly a testament to the power of God that the Muslim president of the country personally saw to it that the crusade would begin on time. And if that was not shocking enough, he attended the first night of the gospel crusade.
With the current "Islamic evangelization" push into Guinea Bissau, Christianity could begin to diminish. Christians in the nation are taking this very seriously and are beginning to rise up in boldness to proclaim the gospel like never before. One example of this occurred after a simple prayer meeting on the crusade field when thousands of teenagers spontaneously began to take to the streets in the capital city of Bissau proclaiming the gospel and praising God from one end of the city to the other.
The first night of the crusade was a massive success.
"Thousands came far and wide to hear the gospel," Ebersole says. "Some even traveled in canoes and boats on rough waters from islands off the coast to be a part of this. I've never seen anything like it before. We've had the privilege of being on the front row witnessing a move of God that seemed impossible at every turn. ... God is writing a story and it's not stopping."
Night after night, tens of thousands cried out to Jesus in repentance and faith at this crusade. There were over 18,477 documented decisions for Christ. There were thousands more that occurred in the day-to-day evangelization by local Christians.
After the first crusade, hundreds of young people spontaneously traveled to the next town for the next crusade. Many of them had no food or housing arranged, but they felt compelled by the Lord to go on a whim to help in the evangelization efforts. The next meeting was in a heavily Muslim city.
Many thought a gospel crusade in the Muslim city of Gabu during Ramadan would receive no attention from the locals, but people were shocked as hundreds of Muslims attended and cried out to Jesus.
How remarkable! In the West, our media and news consumption generally center around bad news. The gospel is good news. In our nation, it is easy to get excited about anything that seems to be even a spark of God moving. However, we should be ecstatic to see the Lord moving in other nations, especially nations that are unreached and dominated by other religions.
Immediately after Guinea Bissau, World Harvest did back-to-back campaigns in Zambia and Peru. Each campaign had powerful testimonies as well.
During the interview with Ebersole, he told me that World Harvest is planning their first ever American gospel crusade that will be taking place in 2024 in South Carolina.
For more information about this event, connect with World Harvest at https://worldharvest.global/. 
David Hoffman is an evangelist and the director of Kingdom Enterprises, an outreach and evangelism ministry in Tucson, Arizona. His passions are to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ, ignite a passion for evangelism within the lives of believers and help equip them to live Spirit-filled and Spirit-empowered lives.
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