Power From On High
[Japan; the late 1980s] After a year in Japan, I observed that nobody, including myself, was having much success with evangelism. I became convinced we needed Power From On High.
Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.
[Japan; the late 1980s] After a year in Japan, I observed that nobody, including myself, was having much success with evangelism. I became convinced we needed Power From On High.
[Adventures in Faith: Pakistan; 1992] At a hostel, I met a man named Peter from Uganda. He was a vibrant Christian believer who fasted continually on a very simple diet.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] Word got out. Tom and I were living in Kamagasaki. Our friends were curious. Some asked if they could come see the place where we lived.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] We did volunteer work at a shelter for homeless men. It had the most beautiful chapel I’ve ever seen.
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; 1991] We became friends with a Catholic woman named Tanaka. We esteemed her as a great hero of the faith.
[Adventures in Faith: Chicago; 1990] Tom and I visited Latoya’s storefront Pentecostal church in Chicago. Our lives were changed!
[Adventures in Faith: Japan; the late 1980s] While traveling to a Pentecostal church in Osaka, I met a homeless man. He offered me food and drink. He may have been an angel of God.