network . That was back in 1978 ; I didn ’ t know that almost 30 years later , in 1996 , I would be involved in birthing HIM .
The miraculous seed for HIM begins there ; but , the circumstances around the actual founding of it was another story of prophetic encounter . I had essentially dodged the vision I had back in 1978 , and in 1994 our church , Harvest Rock ( HRock ) had started . By January 1995 we had begun nightly renewal meetings in Mott ; revival was breaking out . And in May of 1995 we joined the Vineyard and became a Vineyard Church for what I thought would be the rest of my life . But , things shifted and by December of 1995 , John Wimber , leader of the Vineyard , had asked us to either shut down the nightly meetings or to leave the Vineyard . His recommendation was for us to keep the nightly meetings going , but not to do it as a Vineyard Church . We agreed that it was important to keep the protracted meetings continuing , so Lou Engle and I were sent out by the leadership of the Vineyard , including Todd Hunter and Bob Fulton .
Two short weeks after we were out of the Vineyard I received a phone call from Cindy Jacobs . She called me up and said , “ I hear that you are out of the Vineyard and I have a word for you . The Lord says , ‘ You are not to join another network . I am going to call you to lead your own network . You ’ ll be like Abraham , to be a father of many . I have called you to be an apostle , and you will have churches in every single continent around the world .’” When Cindy prophesied that , God immediately brought back to my memory the vision and proclamation of the Lord that I had back when I was 20 years old at the University of Maryland .
We waited , prayed , and submitted the word to my wife , Sue Ahn , Lou Engle , John Arnott and the other pastors we were in covenant with and they all bore witness that this was of the Lord . It wasn ’ t until October of 1996 that we founded Harvest International Ministry . HRock and 14 other churches came together and formed HIM . Even to this day , 20 years later , what I think was so amazing was how we started to grow immediately . And even during the time when I was giving my energies to The Call , from 2000 to 2003 , HIM was exploding around the world and I started to realize that this was something that the Lord was doing , and it was marvelous in my sight . HIM was growing globally at a time when I wasn ’ t even travelling internationally , because I was focusing on The Call and mobilizing in the United States . And still , we have had so many major leaders from around the world join HIM throughout the years .
CHÉ AHN Harvest International Ministry
President / Founder of HIM
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