It has been an honor and privilege to serve you in our Equipping Center the last two years. Besides continuing with Convergence School of Ministry, our Weekend Encounter mini conferences, Kingdom Leadership Institute, and our monthly Holy Spirit worship nights, 2022 was also a year of firsts for Kingdom Convergence.

 

This year we launched our One Spirit Conferences, which brought people not just from our region but also across the country, and even from other countries. These two conferences brought great speakers to the Convergence Equipping Center, not only to hear and learn from them, but even more so to be trained and to move outside of the four walls of the Church. At One Spirit | One Family in May, we focused on the reality that we are all together the Family of God, we need each other, and our Father desires unity. All the speakers carried the message of mature love in the Church, flowing out to the world around us. It was life changing for many. At the One Spirit | One Mission conference, we brought some of the best equippers in evangelism we know. Besides the training and teaching, we took 18 teams out to share the Gospel as part of the conference training. The testimonies were beautiful and powerful. We have had several reports since then from people sharing the Gospel effectively as a result of both the teaching and training, and the practical experience of going out during the conference to practically and powerfully share the Gospel. One report is from a young man who led 7 people to the Lord simply as he went about his everyday  business. Our One Spirit conferences will now be a regular event on the KC calendar.

 

In 2022 we also birthed Inspired Creatives, a ministry to support, encourage, and build relationships between creatives in our region who desire to use their creative gifts to serve the Body of Christ and glorify God.

 

The School of the Prophetic was launched this past October, it's already exceeded our hopes and expectations. The students tell us they have already grown and learned more than they expected, which we find exciting.

 

There is still so much more we desire to do. Sometime in the future, hopefully sooner rather than later, we would love to offer a full time school program with Convergence School of Ministry, our present school is part time. We are excited to partner with Alliance University, formerly Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary, which offers our CSM students credits towards a college degree. We also hope to start a school for Kingdom Entrepreneurs, Worship and Evangelism training courses, a House of Prayer and Healing, and more to serve the region and the Body of Christ.

 

There is a lot God has given to us and He has been incredibly faithful to come and be with us at everything we have done. We have seen countless healings, deliverances, and people activated in the Gifts serving in their communities in various ways. It has been as much a blessing to us to serve as it has been for those who have come to learn and be equipped. We are humbled by it all.

 

We would not have been able to do any of this without the tremendous generosity of His people. We could not do any of this without His Family supporting us. We have several plans for new ministries and training for 2023, and in order to go to the next level we need to be able to have both full time and part time staff. We have taken this about as far as we can on pure volunteerism - many are making sacrifices in order to serve the Body. We need your help to not just continue but to grow and thrive. You can help a couple of ways. First, please pray for us; obviously warfare comes with the territory, your prayers make a difference. You can be a partner by sharing with others what we do and encouraging others to come and check us out. The greatest support you can give is to become a Financial Partner. Financial Partners commit to sowing into our ministry monthly. Those that do receive gifts and discounts as our way to say thank you. You can find attached our Financial Partner Information Packet, you will find how it works, it is a very simple process. Monthly support allows us to plan and budget. We hope you will strongly consider partnering in this way. Finally, you can make a One Time Love Offering. It is fully tax-deductible. If you donate before the end of the year, we will send you a donation acknowledgement to use for your income tax.

 

We pray for our region regularly. We love you all. We hope to see you in the New Year, to worship together, pursue maturity in Christ together, and along the way share some beautiful moments.

 

In His Love,

Phill Urena