Manipur Church, India

This has probably been prophesied before, but The LORD has laid this heavily on my heart today.

This is a Dream becoming a Plan, becoming an urgent necessity in the coming days.

We are entering a new age of Christian persecution — it’s been happening in various parts of the world, and now it’s about to spread through even the most ‘conservative’ countries.

In short, The Church maybe going underground — a return to the early Church in the catacombs of Rome and other places.

I firmly believe that a new House Church Movement is about to arise.

I believe this, because The LORD has been showing me glimpses of it.

I see it rising like an ancient city wall around those of God’s People who call themselves a Remnant, and who are prepared to pay the price for an awakening, despite persecution and pressure to conform to ‘new church standards’.

This Church will carry an Anointing not previously seen in The Church.

It will be very like 1st Century Church^* — but with the added dimension of day-to-day Church Meetings, plus weekly/monthly Mass Meetings.

They will share many things together, and God’s Provision for them will allow them to be philanthropic to an extent not seen for centuries.

The wealth of the wicked will indeed be seen as laid up for the righteous!

Spiritual gifts will be expected and quite normal in the new House Church Movement, and those around — but not necessarily part of The Church — will make The Church their first port of call in any crisis!

Healing will be miraculous, and resurrections will be normal.

Businesses will not infrequently receive prophetic input and advice as the prophetic will be trusted more and more.

Deliverance ministry will be offered, maybe de facto, for all new converts/members joining a group.

The House Church Movement will be the Community Church of the 21st Century, reaching out to everyone in their area.

The Church will then say, with Paul,

“For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in DEMONSTRATION of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” (Emphasis mine)  1 Corinthians 2:2-5

Nevertheless, the House Church Movement will suffer great persecution and prosecution, but it shall stand, and it will grow exponentially.

It’s started gently already, but I am expecting this to really ‘kick-start’ this coming season — within months rather than years!

^*See : “The Early Christians – In Their Own Words“ by Eberhard Arnold, a 304 page pdf download.

~ Chris G. Bennett

Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.

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