Dear fellow leader,

Only a few days remain before our powerful Remnant Conference in Baton Rouge March 2-4, 2010.

As I write you today, I am in Sydney, Australia with our “Global 12 Project” team. This powerful team has now planted 19,990 churches in the last ten years. We are weeping and rejoicing over the massive harvest that is coming in to the Kingdom worldwide. Did you know that a MILLION CHINESE are being saved EVERY MONTH? That a MILLION LATINOS are being saved EVERY SIX WEEKS?

I want you to catch a vision of your church as bigger than itself. Bethany is just one church but it represents something that can totally change your church: LEADERSHIP that is “simple, sincere, and sacrificial.” LEADERSHIP that is looking for a Word from the glory, the power of the supernatural, and the finances to change the world. LEADERSHIP that believes in radical discipleship, radical evangelism, and radical prayer. LEADERSHIP that has a family, finances, and focus that is a model to a wicked nation.

ARE YOU THAT LEADER? I know it will cost you something to come to this conference, but so did the cross. Whatever you do, get on that plane or drive if you must to be in the company of hundreds of leaders who are desperate for a move of God. I encourage you to join me in fasting and prayer at least one full day prior to the conference beginning. Bring at least one other pastor or leader who needs his vision for the world reignited, his priorities rearranged, and his personal life put in order. Come with your wife or husband and you will receive ten times the fire for the world.

WE LOVE YOU and are so looking forward to seeing you, your family, your staff, and other precious American pastors who long to be with other leaders who have this common vision to change America by holiness and change the world by missions outreach. We begin at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and end Thursday at noon. Will you give yourself 51 hours to radically alter your destiny?

Register now at BCCN.com and we will see you at “Remnant.”

Yours for America and the world,

Larry Stockstill

Just mailed off five major donations to the following groups:

1. Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge–working with Samaritan’s Purse and Joyce Meyer ministries.
2. John Brevere, Messenger International–Sent a 737 loaded with medical supplies, escorted by armed guard to an orphanage in need
3. Fishers of Men Ministries–Largest church in Port-au-Prince, devastated by quake, 1000 people sleeping on their property
4. Bayside Church, Tampa/Sarasota–sending a DC3 with 12 tons of medical supplies
5. Chadwick Foundation–Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s medical team arriving Saturday morning

If anyone would like to join us in supporting these five worthy ministries, contact our office at 225-774-1700 or simply send it to Bethany and put “Haiti Relief” on the memo.

I had the impression concerning the earthquake at the cross when the “veil in the temple was rent from top to bottom.” What would happen if this earthquake tore down a veil and released the glory of God across that country of 9 million people?

We have two more nights of our 21 days of prayer…let’s climb the hill of God and get in the glory!

Last week I was in Beirut, Lebanon speaking for one of our Global 12 Project leaders at a conference for Middle Eastern nations. In addition to about 400 Lebanese, we had 100 leaders from Middle Eastern nations: Syria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Algeria and even a pastor from Bagdad, Iraq.

My heart was stirred this week to receive an urgent prayer request for the two girls pictured above. These two girls are in an Iranian prison and here is the request:

MARYAM AND MARZIEH: “We will not deny our faith”.

In a dramatic session before the revolutionary court today in Tehran, Maryam Rustampoor (27) and Marzieh Amirizadeh (30) were told to recant their faith in Christ. Though great pressure was put on them, both women declared that they would not deny their faith. Maryam and Marzieh were originally arrested on March 5, 2009 and have suffered greatly while in prison, suffering ill health, solitary confinement and interrogations for many hours while blindfolded.

On Saturday August 8, Maryam and Marzieh were summoned to appear in court on Sunday August 9 in order to hear a verdict on their case. The chief interrogator had recommended a verdict of ‘apostasy.’ However, when they arrived, no verdict was actually given. Instead, the court session focussed on the deputy prosecutor, Mr Haddad, questioning Maryam and Marzieh about their faith and telling them that they had to recant in both verbal and written form. This made it clear that in the eyes of the court, Maryam and Marzieh’s only crime is that they have converted to Christianity.

Mr. Haddad, asked the two women if they were Christians. “We love Jesus,” they replied. He repeated his question and they said, “Yes, we are Christians.” Mr. Haddad then said, “You were Muslims and now you have become Christians.” “We were born in Muslim families, but we were not Muslims,” was their reply. Mr. Haddad’s questioning continued and he asked them if they regretted becoming Christians, to which they replied, “We have no regrets.” Then he stated emphatically, “You should renounce your faith verbally and in written form.” They stood firm and replied, “We will not deny our faith.”

During one tense moment in the questioning, Maryam and Marzieh made reference to their belief that God had convicted them through the Holy Spirit. Mr. Haddad told them, “It is impossible for God to speak with humans.” Marzieh asked him in return, “Are you questioning whether God is Almighty?” Mr. Haddad then replied, “You are not worthy for God to speak to you.” Marzieh said, “It is God, and not you, who determines if I am worthy.” Mr. Haddad told the women to return to prison and think about the options they were given and come back to him when they are ready (to comply). Maryam and Marzieh said, “We have already done our thinking.”

At the end of the session, Mr. Haddad told them that a judge will give them his verdict, though it is not clear who will be the judge in their case now. He also allowed Maryam and Marzieh to have a lawyer represent them in the case for the first time since their arrest. Both women are back in Evin prison tonight. During their five-month ordeal, both have been unwell and have lost much weight. Marzieh is in pain due to an on-going problem with her spine, as well as an infected tooth and intense headaches.She desperately needs medical attention. Two months ago the prison officials told her the prison had proper medical equipment and that they will attend to her, but so far no proper treatment has been given.

Despite the concentrated effort of officials to pressure them into recanting their faith, Maryam and Marzieh love Jesus and they are determined to stand firm to the very end no matter whatever happens. They have demonstrated their love for Jesus and would offer their lives for Him if they were called to do so. After today’s court session they said, “If we come out of prison we want to do so with honor.”

I know this is a lengthy request, but I am sure your heart is stirred as mine is to see this two young women bravely standing for Jesus. We are so unaffected by persecution of this nature and need to have our eyes opened to the reality of spiritual warfare and attack. Daniel’s intercession was hindered by the “Prince of Persia” (Dan. 10) and I believe it is the spirit that is controlling Iran today.

Let’s believe God for these two woman to be set free but even greater that a national revival would begin in this deeply troubled nation. All of the Middle East would be affected. Join me in prayer for the precious believers in the Middle East, one of the final frontiers of the Gospel…

Bro. Larry

I stood this morning on the shores of Antioch, the sending city of the first missionaries Saul (Paul) and Barnabas. The little port of Seleucia Pieria is about a half hour outside of Antioch and was the exact geographical spot where Paul and Barnabas boarded a vessel sailing for Cyprus. Standing on the mountain above the stretch of beach that used to be the port, I could hear the prayer call from the local mosque. What an irony: The place the Gospel was sent from to the

As most of you have heard by now, I am going to be a grandpa!

Jonathan and Angie announced last weekend that she is pregnant for sometime around December 15th.

Needless to say, the grandma is ecstatic. She is so ecstatic that she is going to preach this weekend on Mother’s Day!

It was incredible to hear the heartbeat, strong and steady, at six weeks in the womb. He (by faith) is the size of your thumbnail. God is so awesome in His creative power and glory. Only He could knit you together for His glory.

We just finished “30 Days to Live” Sunday and I had a great opportunity to win a lady who worked at Subway to the Lord yesterday! She came running outside as we were leaving, wanting to know if I was with Bethany. She had visited Bethany North a few weeks ago, hungry for God. I asked her if she had only 30 more days to live would she want to change her relationship to Jesus. She said yes, and we prayed her into the kingdom on the sidewalk to Subway!

New babies in the natural and the spiritual. God is about life and it is exciting to be a part of that happening everywhere…

Bro. Larry