Father Heart in Eastern Europe
Revelation of Father’s Heart
Article by Henk Bruggeman
I am from the Netherlands, married to Anneke, and for the past 22 years, I only speak on the revelation of the Father Heart of God. It all started with the outpouring in Toronto, for which we are so thankful!! I am very happy to be able to share a little of what we have been doing this year with you. This year everything seems to be accelerating!
India
In March this year, we were with a team in Chennai and in Hubli, India. We had a Fatherheart conference, and I was also speaking to a group of 100 pastors in Chennai about the revelation of the Father Heart of God. Afterward, one of the organising pastors came to me and said: “We know Jesus, but we never knew how loving the Father God is! THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!” We now try to regularly post short videos around the theme of this revelation to the app group of these pastors to encourage them.
Bulgaria
Another example from this year is my visit to the church in Burgas, Bulgaria. We found out that this church was founded just over 100 years ago by a couple that came straight from the Azusa Street Revival!! From this church, there are now a couple of hundred Pentecostal churches all over Bulgaria, and they still have contact with one another. There is the possibility to have a national conference on the Father Heart of God. How wonderful would it be to have the churches that have their roots in the Azuza Street Revival now receive this wonderful revelation?
Poland
I also went to Poland this year. We were invited to a church and partnered with Pastor Sławek Jagieła. We had a good conference at his church and in the end, we came to know that he was one of the leaders involved in a special project called the 700 Miast (700 Cities) Church Planting Project. The 700 City movement trains Pastors & Leadership Teams who will be launching new churches. The dream is to plant 700 churches in the cities of Poland that have right now not one Evangelical Church. He asked me, would you be willing to come and train all of these pastors about the revelation of the Father Heart of God? What a wonderful opportunity that would be!
Armenia
One more example. Just this month I got a last minute request to teach 40 Russian pastors from Siberia, Russia, Belarus, Armenia, and from the Russian church in ISRAEL. Others, who have a church in Ukraine, are living now in Slovakia and Germany. They were together for one in a hotel in Armenia, and I was with them for the first week. What a fantastic time we had together. Afterward, there were many testimonies of how the Father had touched them and changed their hearts. The word “overwhelming” came back every time! What I can see happening is that in these days, pastors and leaders from churches come to see that we need the revelation of the Father Heart of God to be able to have the “church” (this is us) changed in such a way that the Father uses it to prepare his people to become the bride of Christ.
Living in sonship
Just for you to know, my book “Living in Sonship” is now available in English, Dutch, German, French, Albanian, Kannada (India), Farsi, and Russian. (Turkish is ready to be printed and Polish and Bulgarian is almost ready)
