Board members

New National Executive Board in Malawi

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Pastor Killion Chiondadala, the National Pioneer of The Rooftop in Malawi reports that Malawi Rooftop has now become blessed with a National Executive Board, which will be responsible for the operations of the ministry.

The Chairman is Dr Maxwell Mhone, the Secretary is Pastor Chizaso Chunga, the Treasurer is Mr Felix Mzerezere and Pastor Dorothy Phiri is a member.

Meeting

The meeting in progress.

 

Board members

From left: Pastor Dorothy Phiri, Mr Felix Mzerezere, Pastor Killion Chiondadala (National Pioneer for Malawi) and Pastor Chizaso Chunga.

The plan is that they will meet twice a month as they share the materials of The Rooftop and plan for other programs, not forgetting The Global Encounter in 2020.

More news to come.

GLOBAL ENCOUNTER NEWS – 16th October 2019

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GLOBAL ENCOUNTER NEWS
Hi
I am sorry that it has been a while since I sent my last Pethers Prayer Points. Things have been so busy over the past few months but here, at last, is the first of the new GLOBAL ENCOUNTER NEWS. From now on you will receive these on a regular basis.
As I write this G.E.N. I am on my way to the United States at the beginning of a four week visit there and to Panama for The Rooftop Latin America Summit. Before I outline what is coming up in the near future, let me take a few moments to tell you about some of the things that have been happening.
But first, let me begin by reminding you of what the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER is!
On 10th October 2020 we are staging an event that will be taking place in up to 100 countries around the world. On that day Christians in cities, towns and villages will go to high places, look across their community and seek a fresh vision of God’s heart for the lost. This ‘Encounter’ with God will lead to those that gather being equipped to make disciples beyond the walls of the church – ‘A Moment that leads to a Movement’. We are praying that this will lead to an awakening across the world. Our purpose is to make 1,000,000 disciples in 100 countries.
Over the past few weeks there have been some significant developments, I have briefly listed some of these below:

  • In the United States, Rooftop Encounters happened in Tucson and Yuma, Arizona and key meetings have taken place that we believe will result in a Rooftop Encounter taking place in every Capitol city on the 10th October 2020 as part of the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER.
  • In numerous countries across Africa, our pioneers have been expanding the ministry as they have been to cities and towns, sharing the vision of The Rooftop, equipping leaders and, in some cases, translating The Rooftop materials into their native language.
  • In the United Kingdom, significant progress has been taking place towards the city of Chelmsford, where I live and ‘The Birthplace of Radio’ becoming the launch venue for the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER. It has been both humbling and exciting to see how, over and over again, the Lord has clearly opened doors and connected us with leaders and influencers. To Him be all the glory.
  • As well as expanding the ministry in continents where we have a presence the Lord has also, again through a variety of ‘God-incidents’ opened new doors into Asia and Latin America. In early November we will be hosting The Rooftop Latin America Summit in Panama City, Panama. During this summit we will be equipping new pioneers who will develop the ministry in up to 12 countries across central and South America as well as in the United States. In January 2020, I will be visiting leaders in S. Korea, Japan, The Philippines and Singapore with the possibility of also visiting leaders in Thailand. In late Spring I will be visiting leaders across Europe.

A great deal of work has also been taking place to ensure that things are all in place for the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER. To this end we have:

  • Created a new Logo especially for the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER, this logo can be seen at the top of this newsletter.
  • Updated the website with new information an materials that can be downloaded to promote and host a local ENCOUNTER as part of the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER.
  • Created a new video that outlined the vision of The GLOBAL ENCOUNTER and invites people to become financial partners – you can view this video at the website www.therooftop.org/donate

We are also about to expand the International Team by appointing Dave Lodge as Communications Manager with The Rooftop international. Dave will be focused on telling the story of The GLOBAL ENCOUNTER through a variety of media and social media.
Last, but not least, we are also beginning to develop connections with a variety of Christian Radio and TV networks to explore ways of using these platforms to share the story of The GLOBAL ENCOUNTER more widely.
As you can see, a great deal has been happening and we would really appreciate your prayers for some things that are coming up in the near future, at this stage, these requests are primarily in relation to my role as the international Pioneer.
Please will you pray for the following:

  • For The Rooftop Pioneers around the world as they begin to raise awareness of The Rooftop GLOBAL ENCOUNTER across the countries where they live.
  • For final preparations in relation to The Rooftop Latin America Summit.
  • For provision of the funds that are urgently needed to enable us to stage The GLOBAL ENCOUNTER.

Thank you so much,
In Jesus,
Dennis

Pethers Prayer Points – 4th September 2019

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4th September 2019

Welcome to my latest, and what will be my last PPP.
Don’t’ worry, I am not leaving the ministry!

The reason that this will be the final Newsletter sent as Pethers Prayer Points is that the growth of The Rooftop ministry means that there are so many stories to tell that I want you to hear and so much that needs prayer! This is especially true now that we are now coming close to, what could be a remarkable MOMENT THAT LEADS TO A MOVEMENT – The Rooftop GLOBAL ENCOUNTER taking place on 10th October 2020 in up to 100 countries around the world.

The potential for this unique event is so great that we have decided that all communications that we send from now until the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER will feature this event. As such, from next time, I will be sending GLOBAL ENCOUNTER NEWS which will include regular updates on what is happening with The Rooftop around the world as we approach this unique event.

I will also include a ‘Personal Section’ where I will continue to share some more personal/family news and prayer needs.

Since I last wrote things have been pretty non-stop!
Over the past couple of weeks I have been meeting with a number of pastors in my home ‘city’ of Chelmsford as I am keen that the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER in 2020 will be launched from where I live. It is a wonderful part of God’s sovereignty that Chelmsford is ‘The Birthplace of Radio’ and from the city that began global mass communication I will launching a global event that will envision and equip Christians to join Jesus in His Mission.

It dawned on me during a meeting with a pastor in Chelmsford that the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER is something quite remarkable. I guess that I have been communicating this vision for such a long time that I have forgotten how big this could be. After I had shared the vision of the GLOBAL ENCOUNTER, the pastor looked at me across the table and said “This is a big deal…This is a really big deal”. He continued: “There is nothing else like this happening in the world, this is unique, God could do something amazing through this”. I pray that He is right and that all the glory goes to God!

I have spent the last few days in Los Angeles meeting with a number of Hispanic pastors and leaders in preparation for The Rooftop Latin America Summit that will be taking place in early November 19. As is so often the case, I was amazed to see the ways that God had gone before me and led me to the people that He wants to be a part of what He is doing through The Rooftop. We now have a really good group of people working together in preparation for the Summit.
On Sunday, I preached at three Hispanic churches in different parts of LA. It was such a thrill to see many people responding to the challenge to Join Jesus in His Mission.

Coming Up:

Over the next couple days I will be completing the first module of the Joining Jesus Discipleship Processthat will be used across Africa. This module consists of 12 sessions that focus on the Mission of Jesus and how, as leaders, we can join Him in that mission and equip the church to do the same.

I would really appreciate your prayers in relation to ‘Joining Jesus Africa’ please pray:

  • That God will inspire me to write the materials that can be used to accelerate a disciple-making movement across Africa.
  • That the Pioneers who use the materials will be used by God to equip disciple-making disciples and that this will lead to multiplication of disciple-making disciples.

On Thursday I will be leading Session 1 Of the Joining Jesus online coaching for pastors across Arizona, please pray that God uses this session to help the 17 pastors that will be online to really grasp the true mission of Jesus.

On Saturday I will be at The Rooftop international Council Meeting in North Carolina. With the focus now turning very much towards The Rooftop GLOBAL ENCOUNTER, we have many exciting and challenging things to consider and seek God for. Please pray that we will hear the Lord’s voice and pray also for Stephen Gaukroger, the chairman of the council, that God will use him to lead the group effectively.

On Sunday morning I will be preaching at Big Bone Baptist Church in Union Kentucky and then at 6pm leading a Rooftop Encounter for churches across Northern Kentucky at the Garden of Hope in Covington KY overlooking Cincinatti. Please pray that God speaks through me in the morning and that the ENCOUNTER in the evening is transformational for many Christians as they seek a fresh vision of God’s heart for the lost.

On a personal note, I would appreciate prayers for Lynn, she is in the process of changing jobs and would appreciate your prayers as she says goodbye to her current employers (something she never finds easy) and begins to get ready for her new role.

Thanks so much for your prayers and support.

In Jesus,

Dennis

THE ROOFTOP WOMEN NETWORK SEMINAR IN MOMBASA

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Women Pastors and Leaders came together for a 3 day seminar in Mombasa, Kenya, to share how to reach out to other women on Evangelism, Discipleship, involvement of women in the Rooftop Mission of  JOINING JESUS IN HIS MISSION.

 

Latino Leaders Training – US

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John Whaley, The Rooftop Pioneer US, writes:

On Saturday, August 24, I had the opportunity to introduce The Rooftop Core Materials and Process to a group of Latino pastors and leaders in Hickory, NC. This is a group being equipped to plant Latino churches in the Hickory area by Miguel and Silvia Lopez who led a church planting movement in Cuba before coming to the States. In a few weeks, we will begin meeting weekly to walk through The Rooftop Process together. Pray for these leaders and for The Rooftop as we continue developing relationships with Latino leaders in North, South, and Central America.

Pethers’ Prayer Points – 30th June 2019

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Welcome to my latest Pethers Prayer Points.

As you read this PPP you will see that your prayers and support are needed greatly!

We are reaching more people in more countries and have the opportunity to expand a disciple-making movement that spreads across the globe.

It is difficult to explain, in just a few words, all of the things that are happening as The Rooftop continues to make an impact across the world. The growth and potential of this ministry is such that we are now focusing on a ‘God-sized vision’ that will, we believe, result in us making 1,000,000 new disciples in 100 countries over the next 5 years.

As you read this you may be thinking ‘Hallelujah’ or ‘Has Dennis gone crazy?’ (or something in between!) So, let me provide some context for this vision.

We are focusing on this God-sized vision because He is opening doors and providing us with opportunities that make this outcome ‘Huge but achievable’ because He is doing it.

Central to this vision are the Rooftop Pioneers that are working so hard to share the vision of The Rooftop both in the countries where they live and also in neighbouring countries. In September we will be commencing the ‘Joining Jesus Disciple-making Process’ in 14 countries across Africa. This process will be used by our Pioneers to equip pastors and regional leaders to make disciples who make disciples. It is very likely that this disciple-making process will be taking place in more than 20 countries by the end of 2019.

As I have communicated with the Pioneers in Africa about this, I have been receiving so much exciting feedback, here is just a little:

Nestor Ndizeye
National Pioneer, The Rooftop Burundi

Personally, I will begin to gather Churches and leaders of churches in order to show them our work in The Rooftop Ministries publicly, our vision, mission and our statement of faith. All of that will be analyzed in a seminar of 2 days, and I will choose a coordinator and the coordinator will choose a group of 12 as you mentioned in the name. All of that will be done in all 18 provinces of Burundi.

Josoa Emmanuel
National Pioneer, The Rooftop Madagascar

First, what we are going to do is to translate all The Rooftop documents in Malagasy (deadline – end of august) in the beginning of September, all the committee should have all docs in Malagasy and read it till the end of September. I will go to Tamatave (370 km from the capital) to train pastors in that area (about 56 pastors, from different denominations)

Phillip Mudzidzi (Rev.)
National Pioneer, The Rooftop Zimbabwe

I found the time at the Summit, impressing the more on my heart to reach out to church leaders, pastors and believers through the Mobile Discipleship School. I am planning and have already shared the vision with some of the leaders here and they are finding it in touch with the needs of the church in order to grow disciples who in turn will make disciples both from the people in church and those without. I have looked ahead and planned that we can start with people in Gweru, Bulawayo and Harare. We will be having groups of 12 people following the pattern Jesus used for a more personal touch with the disciples. I hope to have the first groups from these areas start on the 1st of September 2019 and meeting them every month for two days each time for six months. So we hope to complete the first groups of disciples End of February then we graduate them with certificates.

In addition to these responses, I have also been talking with Elijah Valcarcel, our Pioneer in Sierra Leone who is heading soon to the regions in the south of the country to make disciples among the ‘Never-Reached’ people who live there. I have also been talking with Theos Ntambwe, our Pioneer in D.R. Congo about the process being used to equip leaders-in-training at the Bible School he leads. The opportunities in Bible schools across Africa are numerous and I am excited at the possibility of Disciple-making being at the heart of equipping leaders of churches.

The disciple-making movement is also spreading across South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana as well as into neighbouring countries.

As well as the expansion that is already taking place and now accelerating across Africa, we are soon to have The Rooftop Latin America Summit. It appears that we will have 12 potential National Pioneers coming together from South and Central America and the United States (home of around 60,000,000 Hispanic people). At this summit we will appoint pioneers who will be equipped to communicate the vision of The Rooftop and begin disciple-making movements in the countries where they live.

There is so much more to say about plans in relation to the GLOBAL ROOFTOP ENCOUNTER on the 10th October 2020 as well as expansion of The Rooftop in the US and UK and many new doors opening in Europe and Asia. I will provide a little more detail on these, next time!

We believe that ‘God is able’ and that through The Rooftop ministry 1,000,000 disciples could be made in 5 years.

That’s why we need your prayers and support!

Our key need is funding!

As the Pioneers expand the disciple-making movement across their countries and beyond, funds are required that will enable them to travel to cities and regions, to arrange gatherings of pastors and leaders, to translate and print materials.

Our costs are always kept to a minimum and we spend very little on administrative costs. You may find the following two facts interesting:

  • Over 95% of our funds are spent on Pioneers delivering ministry.
  • In Africa it costs less than $10,000 per-country-per-year for The Rooftop movement to make disciples who make disciples.

As you will have seen from the brief comments from some of our Pioneers in Africa, they are ready to go NOW and need funds that will make this possible.

PLEASE WOULD YOU:

Pray specifically that God will touch the hearts of people that He wants to use to provide funds for this ministry so that we can make disciples across the world.

Prayerfully consider becoming a financial partner:

To Donate to The Rooftop please visit our website www.therooftop.org and hit the DONATE button.

If you are already a regular financial partner, please would you consider making a special gift in addition to your, much appreciated regular support.

If you are not a financial partner, please would you consider becoming one! You may want to make a special gift or, if possible, become a regular donor.

Our Pioneers are reaching people who are beyond the walls, equipping Christians to reach people beyond the walls and ensuring that those who are reached are equipped to reach others. Please will you partner with us so that we can make 1,000,000 disciples over the next 5 years.

If you have any questions, or would like to talk with me in more detail, about becoming a financial partner please feel free to email me personally at dennispethers@therooftop.org

Thanks so much for your prayers and support.

In Jesus,

Dennis

The Rooftop Pioneer Namibia reports……

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The Lamb of God Baptist Church, home church of The Rooftop Pioneer in Namibia, has been able to distribute the food to their local community. The Rev Lukas Ndjamba says that God has blessed our Church, to help the community.

The Rooftop begins in Liberia

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I am very grateful to the Lord for His Faithfulness. Since my return to Liberia, I have started the Rooftop activities. I am presently involved in the following:

I have formed an acting advisory Board and will be explaining the activities and vision of the Rooftop to them soon. I have started to train my church members as I want them to the first Rooftop Ambassadors.


In addition, we are also involved in personal evangelism which resulted in the recent baptism of new converts.

We plan to launch both personal and large scale evangelism by September after they have first-hand information about joining Jesus in His Mission through the Rooftop.


I am also visiting churches to share the vision of the Rooftop. Gradually, we are making progress.

I am encountering a lot of challenges as it relates to communication. I am appealing to you to please help to raise funds in order to purchase a phone for use here in order to my work effective and efficient. This will help me to access Facebook, WhatsApp or Messenger in order to get information from other Rooftop members and you all.

Thank you all so much and may the Lord be our strengthen as we all fulfil Kingdom assignments.

The Rooftop Nigeria

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Emmanuel Ejinma, The Rooftop Pioneer, Nigeria reports:

Thank God for the grace to lead these young men through the foundational teachings of the Christian faith (step 1) Pray the Lord to make them disciples that will make disciples.

THE ROOFTOP EVANGELISM SEMINAR AT WAMASA-KINANGO, KENYA

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PASTORS AND LEADERS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHURCHES CAME TOGETHER FOR THE ROOFTOP MEETING ON HOW TO CONDUCT EVANGELISM EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHURCHES AS THEY JOIN JESUS IN HIS MISSION