DARLENE ZSCHECH DIAGNOSED FOR BREAST CANCER...Will You Please Pray For Her?

AUSTRALIAN PRAISE AND WORSHIP LEADER AND PASTOR, DARLENE ZSCHECH has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She announced it herself in a statement co-signed with her husband, Mark, with whom she serves as Senior Pastor of Hope Unlimited Church. Famous for the globally covered song, Shout to the Lord, among many others, Darlene had gone for a routine mammogram check on December 19 when the diagnosis was pronounced. Her December 29, 2013 announcement addressed "Dearest Friends" reads: "We pray you have had a wonderful Christmas thus far. "Mark and I wanted to share with you some news that has touched our family over the last two weeks. On Wednesday, December 11, at a routine mammogram, the doctors discovered that I had developed breast cancer. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of appointments, scans and surgery. Thankfully though, I came home from hospital on Christmas Eve and, with the help of our wonderful team, I was able to watch our HOPE UC Christmas Eve service streamed live into our lounge room. "Even though the past days have been very tough at times, the Holy Spirit has brought me endless comfort and the Word of God is literally holding me moment by moment. My husband and children have been heroic and I can’t thank my family enough for their love and support through this. Our church leadership team have anointed me with oil and prayed with unity and authority, a band of trusted friends have helped me prayerfully and practically, and it is only now that I have felt able to share this with you. To be completely honest, this is not the kind of news anyone ever really wants to tell. However, I have seen two absolute miracles in my body thus far and I know there will be many more to come.

"I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You to my surgeon Dr Trevor Currer, the incredible nursing team at the SAN hospital and the Central Coast APAC nursing staff who have extended so much kindness towards me. "Through all of this, my heart is overwhelmed with God’s love and goodness. Psalm 1, Eph 3, Jeremiah 30, Psalm 66:12 … ‘we went through fire, and through water, but YOU brought us out to rich fulfillment’; Psalm 41:1-3 … the list goes on and on and the WORD of God sustains me. "It brings me no end of comfort to know that you will be praying for my swift recovery. Let’s stand together and pray for ALL of those walking through such challenges at this time. Praise God that His name is GREATER than anything we are facing!!!

"I DO know that 2014 is going to be AMAZING. I pray you are rested up and refreshed in this season and ready for all that God has planned for us TOGETHER to achieve for His glory! Just keep bringing thanksgiving because this is the entry point to His courts, where our hearts are fuelled and our souls find peace. "Love you dearly, more than you’ll ever know." It was signed "Darls, Mark and family". Darlene, whose many praise and worship songs popularised Hillsong Australia issued this update yesterday:

Hey lovely people, I am overwhelmed today by your love and phone calls, gifts and especially your prayers. From the bottom of my heart I Thank You. I am resting in God’s love for me and the finished work of the cross. One of the great worship leaders of Hope UC, Amanda Batterham, sent me a song she has written as a gift to my soul today. I laid on my bed, worshipped, wept, and felt to share this (with her permission) with any of you going through a tough time." She supplied a link to the song and ended the update in these words of encouragement: "God is with us. The great Emmanuel...take heart. Love you, Darls" WON'T YOU PLEASE JOIN THIS GLOBAL MULTITUDE OF LOVE TO PRAY DARLENE BACK TO WHOLENESS, TO THE GLORY OF GOD? AS FOR US AT KINGDOMPeople, WE HAVE.

IS PAUL CROUCH A FAITHFUL SOUL WINNER OR CLOSET…Seated with Apostle Paul or Burning in Hell?

YES, A SOUL WINNER: “I would not doubt that by now Paul Crouch has met the Apostle Paul! They both helped to shape the world spiritually! What an impact! May my generation continue the legacy that you two left!” NO, A SINNER: This man was…a false prophet who was using the True Christian beliefs of many who walk among us to line his own pockets. As punishment for his life of dishonesty, wealth, greed, and lies, today he has first class accommodations in Hell…”

Even as most of the Christian world was celebrating the departed founder of Trinity Broadcast Network, Paul Crouch for the many souls won for Christ through the network, a controversial blogger, Jim Solouki has condemning him as a “closet atheist”, who is “burning in Hell as we speak.” Solouki, who co-authored a similar condemnatory post about the late Nelson Mandela with Martin Baker on the blogsite, www.creationsciencestudy.wordpress.com, described all the current eulogies “the mistake of mourning this sinful man.” Dr. Paul Crouch died November 30th at the age of 79 following a decade-long battle with heart disease. He has since been buried without any kind of public ceremony. Instead, the three-hour programme, which took a look at his life and ministry was aired twice on Sunday, December 8th and once the following day. The programme also highlighted the founding and phenomenal growth of TBN over the past forty years in addition to a reflection on the life and legacy of its founder. Video messages and remembrances from many of the pastors, ministry leaders, and others who partnered with Paul and Jan Crouch to give TBN the global impact that it has today, also featured in the special programme. Yet Solouki wrote of him: “Did you know that Paul Crouch, televangelist, owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and closet atheist, is burning in Hell as we speak? That’s right folks. Paul Crouch has recently died, and is now being punished for his many sins. Many Christians are making the mistake of mourning this sinful man, thinking that we’ve lost a man of God. But verily, I say to you, this man was not a True Soldier for Christ, but rather a false prophet who was using the True Christian beliefs of many who walk among us to line his own pockets. As punishment for his life of dishonesty, wealth, greed, and lies, today he has first class accommodations in Hell…” But even as Solouki was situating Paul Crouch’s eternal home in hell, one pastor was sitting him with the Apostle Paul. The Senior Pastor and Founder of Maranatha Christian Centre, Melbourne, Florida had this beautiful tribute on his Facebook page: (CONTINUES BELOW)

“I would not doubt that by now Paul Crouch has met the Apostle Paul! They both helped to shape the world spiritually! What an impact! May my generation continue the legacy that you two left! I remember ministering on a remote island nation in the South Pacific several years ago. I was born in the woods of Virginia but this was even further back in the woods than I was born! At the conclusion of that night meeting, it was very dark and no street lights anywhere and I was missing home. As we pulled up to the pastors home in the village and opened the door my eyes were drawn to the TV! There in the middle of seemingly nowhere the pastor had a satellite dish and TBN was on there. My heart rejoiced as I saw Kirk Franklin that night on Praise The Lord! You will never know how many lives TBN has impacted until we get to heaven! Thanks Paul and all the TBN family! “ So, what do you make of all that: is Paul Crouch in hell or is he seated with his namesake, the great apostle Paul?

BILLY GRAHAM, 95, RECUPERATES FROM RESPIRATORY INFECTION…Son, Franklin requests Prayer

Franklin Graham has requested prayers for his father, Billy, who is recuperating at home from after a brief stay in hospital following another bout of respiratory infection that has left him “extremely weak.” His vitals, however, are good, according to the younger Graham. Franklin issued the following statement: My father turned 95 this past November 7, and I am pleased to say that my family was able to be with him as he celebrated another milestone in his long and productive life. Joined by many colleagues and friends from around the nation and the world at this celebration, he spoke briefly of these friendships and did not fail to point people to the Lord Jesus Christ. This will forever be his legacy which is, as the Bible says, a testimony to the faithfulness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Since that night a few short weeks ago, he has had another bout with a respiratory infection and was hospitalized briefly before returning home to recuperate. He is extremely weak but his vitals are good. Our family would appreciate your prayers for him that the Lord would strengthen him. He has been so encouraged by the release of his most recent book “The Reason for My Hope—Salvation” that he immediately began work on another book about a subject that he feels that God has laid on his heart. Only the Lord knows what is in store as we move forward in service to Him. (CONTINUES BELOW)

To all who have stood with us—some for sixty years—supporting us financially and undergirding through prayer, thank you for your faithful support. We are encouraged with how God has blessed the proclamation of the Gospel through My Hope. This evangelistic outreach will continue for the next five years as the Lord is using it so effectively in people’s hearts. We are thankful that He is touching hearts as tens of thousands have responded to the invitation to confess their sins and receive Christ as Savior. We value your prayers—in fact, we depend on them. We find words of comfort and praise in the psalms, “Oh, bless our God…and make the voice of His praise to be heard, who keeps our soul among the living, and does not allow our feet to be moved. Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer” (Psalm 66:8-9, 16, 20 NKJV). KINGDOMWatch joins Christians the world over in praying that the Lord strengthens him to fulfil the number of his days, in the precious name of Jesus.

BILLY GRAHAM, BENNY HINN, T.D. JAKES, OTHERS PAY TRIBUTES TO TBN FOUNDER, PAUL CROUCH

TRIBUTES have been pouring in to the headquarters of Trinity broadcasting Network (TBN) in Los Angeles in honour of the global Christian television network, Paul Franklin Crouch, who went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 30. He would have been 80 on March 30. Paul, who had been battling with a degenerative heart condition for about a decade had a pacemaker inserted into his body last year. He returned to hospital earlier in the month requiring a ventilator, but was sent home and his health reportedly was improving. On the list of mourners who have sent condolence messages are Evangelist Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Christian Broadcasting Network, Jay Sekulow of American Center for Law and Justice, Bishop Thomas Dexter Jakes, Senior Pastor of the Potters House, Pastor Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn, President, Benny Hinn Ministries, Pastor Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church the award-winning gospel music recording artist, BeBe Winans and Evangelist Arthur Blessitt, renowned for carry thhe cross across the globe.

Billy Graham’s message extends "our condolences to the family of Paul Crouch, Sr., who, along with his wife, Jan, founded the Trinity Broadcast Network in 1973 on behalf of everyone at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He and the TBN family have been longtime friends and supporters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse." Fellow Christian broadcaster, Pat Robertson of Christian Broadcasting Network said he “was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Paul Crouch, who was a friend for decades. Paul was a pioneer in Christian television; the channels and studios that Paul built around the world are an incredible achievement and will live on as a permanent legacy." Jay Sekulow on his part wrote: "Paul truly was a pioneer with a powerful vision for delivering the Gospel in a manner that reached millions around the world. He understood the power of the Gospel. His ministry and broadcast operations touched the lives of many in this country and abroad -- including all of us at the ACLJ. Paul will be deeply missed." Bishop T.D. Jakes described the departed broadcaster as "a giant amongst men who trail-blazed television ministry for the 21st century. His brilliant faith and business acumen brought Christ to many who wouldn't have been otherwise exposed. His legacy lives on through his family, TBN partners everywhere, and the many people that he gave an opportunity. I am numbered amongst those beneficiaries." Quoting from the book of Psalms, Pastor Benny Hinn wrote: 'Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints' (Psalm 116:15). Certainly this is true for Dr. Paul Crouch, a man who helped open doors for me and many other ministers, as founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Today my heart is sad, yet I am thankful to God for nearly four decades of a special, life-changing bond with this giant in the faith." Pastor Rod Parsley had this to say: "Dr. Paul Crouch and his lovely wife Jan saw something in this young Pentecostal preacher, decades ago that perhaps I didn't even realize myself. I will always be grateful that they found a place for Breakthrough and for me on their vast network.... Without Dr. Crouch's faith in me, this ministry simply would not have the national and worldwide influence it has today, and for that I will always be grateful to him and to Jan." Arthur Blessitt described Paul as a true man of God, who “through TBN led millions to Jesus.... I'll miss my friend, but there is joy in heaven where millions of people are thanking him for sharing Jesus with them." In his own message, BeBe Winans recalled the relationship between his late dad and Paul Crouch: "My dad loved Paul Crouch and Paul loved my dad. So it is like losing a family member. I can imagine my dad and Paul now sitting at Jesus' feet together." HOW HAS THE MINISTRY OF PAUL CROUCH AND TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK TOUCH YOUR LIFE AND MINISTRY? DO YOU HAVE A TESTIMONY OR TRIBUTE? KINGDOMPeople magazine is compiling such materials for publication in the next edition going to press shortly. SEND TO kingdompeoplepublisher@gmail.com; kpeditorpublisher@yahoo.co.uk. Feel free to accompany it with photographs.