Question: What single USA-wide project are all the denominations and parachurch agencies participating in?

Answer: The project is called the Lighthouse Movement, formerly known as Lighthouses of Prayer. The Lighthouse Movement is coordinated for AD2000's Mission America by Harvest Evangelism (Ed Silvoso) and the World Prayer Center ("Apostle" Chuck Pierce and Dr. C. Peter Wagner). Some of you are familiar with these three individuals and their leadership involvement with the Global Revival, the World Christian Movement, and the New Apostolic Reformation.

A little research on the part of the leaders of the denominations and parachurch agencies listed below should have been sufficient to avoid yoking themselves with these three men and their agendas. (You will recognize some of the participating parachurch agencies as existing key players in the three movements, which themselves are in essence tributaries of the same river.)

The Participants
The followings lists are posted at the Lighthouse Movement's website (http://www.lighthousemovement.com). Enter the 'site, select "about the movement" and follow the red pyramid-shaped arrow icons to the page which states, "Who's Involved? Under the banner of Mission America, more than 70 denominations with 180,000 local churches and 350 ministries have already caught the vision! In January, 1999, these leaders came together for the Mission America annual meeting, enthusiastically adopting the Lighthouse strategy now called the Lighthouse Movement to reach the vision of Celebrate Jesus 2000 -- mobilizing the church to pray for, care for and share Christ with every person in America by the end of 2000."

Participating Denominations: Advent Christian General Conference; African Methodist Episcopal; African Methodist Episcopal Zion; American Baptist; Assemblies of God; Assemblies of God, International Fellowship; Association of Free Lutheran Churches; Association of Vineyard Churches; Baptist General Conference; Brethren Church; Brethren in Christ Church; Christian Church/Church of Christ Independent; Christian Church of North America; Christian & Missionary Alliance; Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Christian Reformed Church in North America; Christian Union; Church of Christ Holiness; Church of Christ in Christian Union; Church of God (Anderson, IN); Church of God (Cleveland, TN); Church of God Apostolic Faith; Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.; Church of God in Prophecy; Church of the United Brethren in Christ; Church of the Lutheran Brethren; Church of the Nazarene; Congregational Holiness Church; Conservative Congregational Christian Conference; Conservative Lutheran Association; Convention of Original Free Will Baptists; Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Elim Fellowship; Episcopal Church; Evangelical Church of North America; Evangelical Congregational Church; Evangelical Covenant Church; Evangelical Free Church; Evangelical Friends - Eastern Region; Evangelical Mennonite Church; Evangelical Methodist Church; Evangelical Presbyterian Church; Evangelistic Missionary Fellowship; Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches; Free Methodist of North America; Friends Church Southwest; General Association of General Baptists; Good News Movement; Int'l. Church of the Foursquare Gospel; International Pentecostal Church of Christ; International Pentecostal Holiness Church; Liberty Baptist Fellowship; Mennonite Brethren; Midwest Cong. Christian Fellowship; Missionary Church, Inc. U.S.; National Baptist Convention of America; National Missionary Baptist Con. of America; North American Baptist Conference; Open Bible Standard Churches; Partners in Ministry; Pentecostal Church of God; Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church; Presbyterian Church in America; Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A.; Progressive National Baptist Convention; Salvation Army; Seventh Day Baptist General Conference; Southern Baptist Convention; Southern Methodist Church; The Wesleyan Church; U.S. Wesleyan Council; Vision New England; and Worldwide Church of God.

A few of the participating ministries: AD2000 and Beyond Movement; AD2000 United Prayer Track; AD2000 Women's Track; Advancing Church Ministries; African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Aglow International; Alliance Theological Seminary; Alpha North America; AMEN; American Bible Society; American Tract Society; Asbury Theological Seminary; Assn. of Christians Ministering to Internationals; Beeson Divinity School; Belhaven College; Belvue Baptist Church; Be The LIGHT Ministries Inc.; Bethany Fellowship Missions; Bethel College and Seminary; Bethel Gospel Tabernacle Fellowship; Bible Pathways; Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Billy Graham International Schools of Evangelism; Bob Cryder Team Ministries; Bob Weiner Ministries; BridgeBuilder's International, Inc.; Caleb Project; Campus Crusade for Christ International; Campus Renewal Ministries; Canning Hunger; Center for Ministerial Care; Center for World Revival and Awakening; Center Peace Ministries; Challenge 2000 Alliance; Change Your Life; Chi Alpha Campus Ministries; CHIEF, Inc.; Children's Ministries of America; Chinese Christian Church, Washington D.C.; Christ For All Nations/Beyond '99; Christ For The City International; Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.; Christian Camping International, U.S.A.; Christian Community Development Association; Christian Educators Association International; Christian Film and Television Commission; Christian Management Association; Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Christian Reformed Church North America; Christian Women United; Christian Women's Network; Christianity Today, Inc.; Church in the City Ministry; Church of the Chimes; Church on the Way; Church Resource Ministries; Citi Reach Internaitonal; Coalition Against Pornography; Coalition of Christian Colleges & Universities; College Church, Wheaton, IL; CoMission II; Concerts of Prayer Greater New York; Concerts of Prayer International; Cornerstone Baptist Church; Covenant Church of Pittsburgh; Covenant Presbyterian Church; Crossroads Presbyterian Church; Crystal Cathedral; Crystal Evangelical Free Church; Cultural Instights, Inc.; Dad The Family Shepherd; Dawn Ministries; Doxa International University; East Gate, IMPACT; Elmbrook Church; Emerging Young Leaders; EQUIP; Equipping Network/Navigators; Esther Network International; Evangelicals for Social Action; Evangelism Explosion III International; Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies; Evangelical Free Church of Cypress; Evangelical Presbyterian Church; Every Home for Christ; Faithful Center Missionary Baptist Church; Family Life Communications, Inc.; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; First Assembly of God; First Baptist Church; First Covenant Church; First Love Ministries International; Focus on the Family; Food for the Hungry; Fragrance of Love, Inc.; Francis Asbury Society; Frazier Memorial United Methodist Church; Freedom in Christ Ministries; Freedom Ministries of America; Frontline Ministries; Generals of Intercession; Global Advance; Global Net Productions; Global Spectrum, The Urban Group; God's Love In Action; Good News Movement; Gospel Literature International; Great Commission International; Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church; Habitat for Humanity; Harvest Evangelism, Inc.; Harvest Prayer Ministries; Heal Our Land; Here's Life; Highland Park Presbyterian Church; Hispanic Christian Communications Network; Hope College; Hope For A Generation; Hope Ministries; I.M.P.A.C.T.; INJOY; Inland Empire 2000 & Beyond; Intercessors for America; Intercessors of Alaska, Inc.; Interdev; InterFACE Ministries; International Bible Society; International Messengers; International Prayer Ministries; International Reconciliation Coalition; International Renewal Ministries; International Sports Coalition; International Students, Inc.; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship; JAF Ministries; Japanese Southern Baptist Church of America; Jerry Drace Evangelistic Association; Jesus Awakening Movement for America; JESUS Film Project; JESUS Video Project; Jim Wilson Evangelistic Association; John Guest Evangelistic Association; Leadership Catalyst, Inc.; Liberty University; Light International; Love: In The Name of Christ; Love Your Neighborhood Ministries; Lowell Lundstrom Ministries; Luis Palau Evangelistic Association; Man In The Mirror; Manna Church; Mapping Center for Evangelism; March For Jesus; Mars Hill Productions; Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; Metawake Revival and Evangelism; MetroChurch; Mission Carolina; Mission Mississippi; Mission Omega; Mission Portland; Mission USA; Moderator; Moody Church; Music Works International; Mustard Seed Associates; National Network of Youth Ministries; National Pastor's Prayer Network; National Religious Broadcasters Association; Navigators; NEED HIM; Nelson Family Foundation; New Life Church; New Shiloh Baptist Church; New England Concerts of Prayer; North American Mission Board, SBC; North Star Church; Northwest College; Northwestern College and Radio; Oak Hills Church of Christ; Officer's Christian Fellowship; OMS International, Inc.; On The Edge Ministries; Operation Mobilization; Perimeter Church; Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation; Pocket Testament League; Pray! Magazine; PRAYERLINK; PrayerWorks; Precept Ministries; Primitive Methodist Church; Prision Fellowship Ministries; Professional Dynametric Programs, Inc.; Promise Keepers; Promise Reapers; RAF Ministries; RBC Ministries; Ravi Zacharias International Ministries; Reachout Ministries; Reformed Seminary; Reformed Theological Seminary; Regent University School of Divinity; Religion News Today; Renewal Fellowship; Renewal Ministries; Revival Prayer Fellowship, Inc.; Revival Strategies International, Inc.; Roever Evangelistic Fellowship; Ron Hutchcraft Ministries; Russian Ministries; Saddleback Community Church; Scripture Press Ministries; SIM Ethnic Focus Ministry; Slumberland, Inc.; Solid Rock Christian Church; SONLIFE Ministries; Sports Spectrum/RBC Ministries; St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; St. Stephen's Church; STEER, Inc.; Steve Russo Evangelistic Team; Steve Wingfield Ministries; Student Venture; T-NET International; Team Impact; The Chapel Ministries; The Common Ground Movement; The NET - Serving Together; Together in Ministry, International; Total Church Life Ministries; Truth International; Twelfth Baptist Church; U.S. Center for World Mission; U.S.C., Thornton Kidney Research Foundation; U.S. Prayer Track; United Prayer Ministry; University of California, Monterey; Utah Games Network; Vision New England; Wagner Leadership Institute; Walk Through the Bible/CoMission; WayMakers; Weselyan Native American Ministries; West Bloomington Evangelical Free Church; Wheaton College; Wiconi International; Widow's Mite Foundation; Willow Creek Association; Women Today International; Woman's MIssionary Union; World Evangelical Fellowship; World Impact; World Opportunities International; World Vision; Young Life; Youth For Christ; and Youth With A Mission.

AD2000 IS NOT MORE - We have watched these movements for ten years and they have behaved like chameleons. Today they are this and tomorrow that although the inner makings are the same. Americans thrive on fads. It's possible the "church" has fashioned itself to at least look different at various intervals to keep people coming to the conferences.

MARCH FOR JESUS IS NO MORE-March for Jesus organizers announced during the June march that the 13-year-old event is officially over (9/00 Charisma).

MFJ was ecumenical from the start and included cultists, liberals, and charismatics (7/1/99 CC). Graham Kendrick (London) was the founder. In a final show of unity of Britain's "old" and "new," Archbishop of Canterbury

George Carey walked in unity with Gerald Coates, a key leader of the "New Churches," a modern network of charismatics. Together they led 30,000 in London's MFJ. [ THE CALVARY CONTENDER
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