July 2004

This week 10 people from Word of Life Covenant Church (WOLCC) in Rhode Island have headed to the Democratic National Convention. They are not delegates. They are ambassadors, the Lord’s ambassadors. They will join with Tommie Zito Ministries (TZM) in a massive soul-winning crusade during the DNC being held in Boston. According to Lance Wallnau, the American Awakening 2004 Crusade ( www.americanawakening.com ) is quite possibly the largest single concentrated outreach and street ministry effort in the Boston area. The five-day event will consist of revival meetings to be held every morning at 10 am and every night at 7pm at World Revival Church in Somerville, MA, July 26-31, just two miles from the site of the DNC. Pastor Lance says, “Tommie Zito has the ability to connect revival from the sanctuary to the street like few others in this generation.”

Bernadette Kimball, one of the Word of Life pastors, explains that their group is particularly excited because they recently spent five weeks under the tutelage of Tommie Zito Ministries. “Through his evangelistic training Tommie imparts and an anointing that causes your eyes to see with ‘eternal glasses’. You become more aware of your eternal purpose, destiny and end-time harvest. When they were with us they preached morning and night 6 days a week. During the day the TMZ ministry team would accompany us on the street for about 3 hours showing us how it was done. They encouraged us to employ a simple script to tell people that God loves them and has a plan for their lives. On my first day, 14 out of 15 people I spoke with accepted Christ!”

One can’t help but get excited hearing the details of these excursions. Bernadette tells story after story of the Lord’s miraculous intervention. Once Tommie had a word of knowledge telling them to go to a local Wendy’s and witness to a man who would be wearing a hat. They asked the Lord, “Which Wendy’s?” The Holy Spirit told them. Upon arrival the only people wearing hats were the female employees. After waiting for a long time they finally realized that the person behind the counter with the lovely curly hair was male, not female! They prayed with this young man and ended up leading him to the Lord along with all the other employees with the exception of the manager!

During the five weeks that Tommie Zito was at WOLCC they recorded around 1600 commitments. Bernadette says that each name has been entered into a database and they are continuing to reach out to these new converts. They want this ministry to be earmarked by lasting fruit. An evangelistic group of about 23 is being formed. The goal is to have one community outreach each month and to have teams that witness weekly. Having seen how the Lord used them in Rhode Island they are more than expectant about what will happen in Boston.

While in the Boston area their group will stay at Eastern Nazarene College where TMZ has arranged lodging, transportation and meals for the 5-day event. Buses will shuttle people into the city where they will go out in teams sharing the love and power of Jesus. Bernadette says, “We’re excited to see what God will do. It’s a great opportunity to reach those in positions of influence who have the ability to bring about change.”