ARISE EUROPE! - 15 Nations Together for Jesus in the UK!

About 450 representatives from Brazil, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Uganda, United States of America, and Wales gathered in Leigh, Manchester for ARISE EUROPE!, the second gathering of Nations in the UK promoted by Go to the Nations Link.

Gerson Ortega from Brazil lead the worship

The presence of 180 Intercessors from Brazil brought a special colour to the gathering. They are from many different denominations spread all over the country, and came to demonstrate their gratitude to the European Church for sending missionaries to share God's love in South America.

Channel 4 covered the event, and a programme about missionaries coming to the UK should be broadcasted in the spring next year

One of the strongest moments of the gathering was when Cirenio, a native Brazilian Indian shared that his tribe (the Terenas) was evangelized by an English missionary who lived and died amongst them. Now, from the 32,000 members of his tribe, about half are born again Christians. He said that he wanted to thank and honor those who brought salvation to his people. It was a very moving moment when Brian Mills and Amaury Braga, who organized the coming of the intercessors, prayed with him.

Cirenio with Amaury and Brian Mills, thanking the British church and praying for Brian. A moment of many tears.

 
The emphasis of the Gathering was the partnerships being established between Brazilian and British Churches. Every session a Brazilian and a British church were called to the platform together with the Brazilian missionary involved, giving a testimony of how the work is going on.

Some of the Brazilian families sent and the British and Brazilian Council for GN

One of the best examples of how the vision works was shown through what is happening between Christian Life Centre in Hereford and the 9th Presbyterian Church in Belo Horizonte (photo below). These two churches are working together to send Alan to Germany. The credibility coming from this togetherness is opening amazing doors for him in that country.

David Marshall, Alan (middle) and Claudia (right)

 
After the conference, the 180 Brazilian Intercessors were divided into groups going to Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Belfast and Dublin, and then to 12 cities in the Continent. We will be also publishing their reports in this web page.


One of the challenges of prayer during the conference was risen when three of the intercessors were kept by the immigration authorities at Heatrow Airport. They were not convinced that they intended to fly back to Brazil after the event. After an intense time of prayer, lots of phone calls and faxes, they were released to travel with the group. Again we saw the commanded blessing when brothers (and nations) are together in unity.

Katia, from Vida Viva! - Brazilian group of dance