A Church in Jonesboro

As many of you might know we have been traveling to Jonesboro every week to preach the Gospel. Because of the incredible miracles that the Lord has been doing it has become increasingly necessary to plant a full fledged church in the Jonesboro area. Our first service will be on Dec. 14th in the Keystone apartment community center at 11:00am.

The Lord has done some incredible things even to the point of sending another family all the way from Winston-Salem, NC to help with the church plant.

If you know anyone that would like to come and help us minister to the poor in South Atlanta please contact us at daviddixon at zionjudah . com

We can give you more details and directions when you email us.

What about the Congo?
If you are familiar with our family you know about our desire to return as missionaries into Central Africa. Some might be asking, why continue planting a church in Jonesboro when you have plans to return to the Congo? The short of it is that God is providing a way for the work in Jonesboro to continue after we leave and there is no reason to quit ministering to people there in the mean time.

Teams of people are regularly coming down from the church in Woodstock and helping us to minister in Jonesboro. May of these people have been doing this type of ministry for years. Our Church's focus has been to equip the saints for the work of the ministry and these teams are just one of the many manifestations of that vision. Our pastors, Marc and Ryan Lawson have been equipping "regular ole saints" to think, breath and sleep the Kingdom of Heaven. For some awesome stories about this click on the Kingdom Power link on the side bar. There is no doubt in my mind that this work will continue long after we are gone.

Another awesome turn of events happened several months ago, maybe even longer. The Lord began speaking to a couple in North Carolina, Paul and Renee Erby, to move to Jonesboro and partner with NorthGate Church. Paul and his family have made several trips and are in the process of moving. They really have a heart for evangelism and have been involved in past church plants in North Carolina. We look forward to their move and hope it can happen soon.

We knew that we had heard from the Lord about timing for returning to Africa but we also knew we couldn't just abandon the work that was already in progress in Jonesboro.
Until the time comes for us to attend the school in Mozambique we will be working together with the teams in our church to continue to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Jonesboro GA. Faith and I strongly believe that we should continue ministry while raising support for our future work in Central Africa. Please pray that we will see a mighty harvest in Jonesboro. God's hand has truly been on the work and we want it to continue.

Thank you and God bless
David

Jonesboro Belongs to JESUS!

For over a year now a team has been driving an hour one way to Jonesboro, Ga. It is a city rich in heritage and poverty, if you can say such a thing. For you history buffs, Jonesboro is the route that Sherman took to get into Atlanta and burn it to the ground during the civil war.
Years ago our Pastor, Mark Lawson got a word from the Lord about starting a work in Jonesboro and the church had been waiting on the timing of the Lord. Over a year ago we felt the timing was now. Since that time we have had some incredible healings, salvations, and visitations of the Lord during our trips to Jonesboro. Our meathods are not the norm. We don't pass out flyers, tracts, or cookies. We are not there to console the sick or mourning. We come bringing the message of the King and his Kingdom, and we are seeing incredible fruit.

I remember one Saturday a year ago quite vividly. Johnny a native of Griffin was out with me in the housing projects. We were trying to follow up with a young lady that had just gotten born again the previous week, when we say a lady walking towards us. She was headed towards a SUV parked in the parking lot. I motioned to Johnny and started heading her way. When we stopped her I ask her if she was having any pains in her legs. I had felt the Lord say that she had pains in her lower legs. When I asked her she stopped and stared at me and after a few seconds then proceeded to get into her vehicle.
When she sat down she asked me why I would ask such a random question. I told her we were Christians and wanted to know if we could pray for her. Pleasantly surprised she agreed and showing me her scarred ankle began to tell me that she receives shots in that ankle every few weeks for the pain and told me that it still constantly hurt. Johnny was on the other side of the SUV talking to her husband. I asked him to come help me and we prayed, commanding the pain to go and the ankle to be healed.
The first time she moved her ankle slightly and then told us that the pain was still there. We asked to pray again. This shocked her. She realized we were seriously wanting the pain to go. This time after we prayed I asked her to step out of the vehicle and to test the ankle. She began to walk lightly on it, then harder and before long she was jumping on it with utter amazement. "THE PAIN HAS GONE DOWN!" she exclaimed with such joy. We assumed that meant it wasn't completely gone and prayed again. This time there was no pain to speak of and she was healed. Thank you Jesus!
This really grabbed Johnny's heart. Being the good baptist man that he is, he had heard stories of things like this but had never experienced God using him to heal the sick. Johnny had been out with us before but I think this particular incident hooked him for good. Since that time Johnny has seen many healings and has truly been one of the most faithful members of the team.
There are many more stories that can be told but I want the team members that were present to share them, so PLEASE check back regularly. There will be new posts almost every week.

Send Me Your Stories

Linda, Dolly, Johnny, Hazel, Suzy, Danny, Rachel, and whoever else has been to Jonesboro, SEND ME YOUR STORIES!!!!
Send them to Daviddixon at zionjudah.com