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Chicago Grant Writing Workshop for Christian Ministries and Non Profits
Funding the Ministry – Financing the Dream”

You are invited to attend

February 17 & 18, 2010

LIMITED ENROLLMENT....ENROLL SOON!!


A complete, nuts-and-bolts grant funding conference covering everything you need to know from a-to-z – a cooperative, walk through to help you all the way from concept to completion.
Are you aware that private foundations are willing and waiting to fund your vision, your dream, and your pr… Continue

Many heroes and heroines of the Christian Faith have been forgotten by the church today. Amanda Berry Smith, one of those heroines, rose above slavery, poverty, prejudice, loss and impossibilities to mightily impact three continents for God.

Amanda Berry Smith was born as a slave in Long Green, Maryland near Baltimore in 1837. She was the oldest of thirteen children. To save her from being sold away from her family, her father worked many long late hours to buy her freedom. Amanda's life was ma… Continue

It Was Just a Simple Invitation To Pray

by Michael Edds

It was just a simple invitation to pray that led a small group of people in 1898 to meet on Saturday evenings from 9 to 10 for prayer. They met at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to cry out for an awakening. Within a short time, the group grew to 300 passionate intercessors. A few members remained to pray and intercede into the early hours one Sabbath morning. R. A. Torrey joined this small group to pray for a world - wide revival. D… Continue

by Michael Edds


The ancient prophet once cried out, “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!” That cry has been echoed all down through the generations of those who have hungered for the manifestation of the presence of the living God. Throughout the history of the church, God has rent the heavens and intervened on behalf of His people. The Great Chicago Visitation of 1913 was such a time. It was one of the most powerful visitations of divine presence that this city has ever experie… Continue