By: David J. Swandt, Founder and President - Twenty20 Faith
In the earliest days of the Christian faith 2,000 years ago, it rapidly grew to reach countless thousands well beyond the surrounding regions of Jerusalem where it all began. But so too did hostilities grow against it.
And chief among those hostile agitators was a man named Saul - a highly intelligent religious leader, but terribly flawed in his belief system. Thinking he was doing God a service, Saul made it his life mission to snuff out the Christian movement at all costs through fear, violence and persecutions. And by all accounts - for a time - it seemed to be working.
But God saw something different in Saul's life - something entirely irrational to those observers and victims of Saul's pursuits. It can only be explained by the following scripture:
". . . The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." I Samuel 16:7
The truth is, as "irredeemable" as Saul appeared based on his outward actions against those early Christians, God saw something extraordinary when observing Saul's inner-most person. Human observation of Saul might have said, "This threat must be eliminated, this "irredeemable" man is constraining the work of God", but God was saying, "I need to redeem this man; there is so much here that I can use to advance my work." Of course, Saul later became the Apostle Paul, and the rest is history.
And it stands true that the miraculous, redemptive work that God authored in Saul's life is the very same work He wants to do in countless lives around the world today. This is His amazing love and plan of salvation in action.
We are truly humbled and honored that God has chosen to use Twenty20 Faith for just a small part in His all-encompassing plan to redeem humanity to Himself. And we look forward to sharing more about it with you on May 4th at:
BANQUET EVENT INFORMATION
"Celebration of Nations 2024!" Annual Dinner Banquet is just two months away! The event will be held on Saturday evening May 4, 2024 at the beautiful Kalahari Resort and Conference Center in Round Rock, TX. We hope you can join us!
SEATING IS LIMITED!
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
TONY GEORGE
Founder and CEO, TC Egypt
(Cairo, Egypt)
Read Tony's full bio here.
In 2014, Tony founded TC Egypt with a group of young adults with significant love and aspiration to help the people of Egypt and across the Middle East embrace the message of God's love through Christ and live life in Him to the fullest.
Today, with over 100 employees, TC Egypt is at the forefront of ministry to the wonderful Arab population and serves more than 1,500 people each week across Egypt and the Middle East through recovery programs, training and ministry of the gospel of Christ.
Tony earned his bachelor's degree in Commerce from Minufiya University in 1996. In 2020 he became an ordained minister and in addition to his leadership at TC Egypt Tony pastors a church in Cairo.
We are honored that Tony and his wife Vanda will be joining us as our guest speakers at Celebration of Nations 2024!
BANQUET LOCATION & SCHEDULE
WHEN:
Saturday May 4, 2024
Registration Opens: 5:45pm Doors Open: 6:00pm Event Begins: 6:30pm Event Concludes: 8:40pm | WHERE:
Kalahari Resort & Conference Center
3001 Kalahari Blvd Round Rock, TX 78665 (Dress is Business Casual) |
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