Plan now to attend the 2012 Native Women’s Spring Conference with our guest speaker,Mrs. Carolyn Hopkins, on March 30 – 31, 2012. It is always a great time of fellowship, praise and worship, Bible study, and crafts.

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You heart will be touched as you hear the challenges each face to bear the name of Christ among their people. Will you join us in prayer remembering to intercede for many of the Forgotten peoples of the Americas?

Praying for Indigenous peoples of Brazil.

Praying for Indigenous peoples of Mexico.

Praying for Indigenous peoples of Mongolia.

Praying for Indigenous peoples of Peru.

Tom Claus, Mohawk, Founder of CHIEF Inc. shared at the Thursday morning plenary session at SONRISE 2011. His message was directed to the Native Christian Leaders entitled “Becoming a Godly Servant of Christ Jesus.” After sixty five years of ministry among Native tribes in the Americas he shared of the defenses against the dangers for Native Christian leaders. What a message to all leaders in the church, on the council, and among our families!

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Craig Smith, Ojibwe, Director of Tribal Rescue for The Christian and Missionary Alliance shared at one of the workshops of SONRISE 2011. Craig’s life and ministry was radically changed in June of 2009 when he survived a horrendous car accident while preparing for summer ministry.  After eighteen operations, physical therapy,  and meeting many medical specialists, he shared his unforgettable journey and the spiritual truths he discovered in relationship with God.  What a message of encouragement to all attending!

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Joshua Suane, Quechua, shared in the morning devotional of SONRISE 2011.  In 1993, after the death of his brother, Romulo, he committed his life to Jesus Christ and was discipled and encourage to go back to his people of Peru.  Today there are over 1,200 Quechua churches and new ministries to reach other indigenous tribes of Peru.  How our hearts were challeged to go make disciples of all nations!

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Spiritual Awakening in our Native Nations

You can contribute to the effectiveness of SONRISE 2011 by participating in a survey.

  

1) Go to the link: http://chief.org/2011/03/01/topic-1-access-only/
2) Type in the PASSWORD: Sonrise2011
3) Answer the three questions asked.

We will compile the responses together by topic and select prayer requests to share across the internet during the conference.

 

Pray for SONRISE 2011! May we be sensitive to hear His voice!

 

According to the Institute of Native American studies, an affiliate of the US Center for World Mission, there are now 51.1 million indigenous peoples in 24 countries of North, Central and South America including one tribe in the Caribbean. Wycliffe Bible Translators publishes a listing of over 1,200 living languages spoken by these people.

Surveys suggest that more than 73% of the total populations of indigenous peoples of the Americas are unreached with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After years of missionary efforts of evangelism and outreach the greatest need of the hour is to strengthen the Native American fellowship within the Body of Christ, thus reinforcing the developing Christian leadership of our churches and of our communities at large. Strong Native leadership means a strong Native church which will reach out to evangelize not only their own people more effectively but corporately gain a heart to evangelize the nations of the world.

For more than thirty six years CHIEF has conducted Native pastor’s conferences, and short-term discipleship training institutes on First Nations/Native American reservations and in urban areas across North America. In 1981 CHIEF hosted the First International Congress on Evangelism among Native American Leadership. In 1992 CHIEF hosted the International Native American Congress on Evangelism, Discipleship and Church Growth.

On March 14 – 17, 2011, CHIEF will be hosting an International SonRise 2011 Leadership Summit – “A Spiritual Awakening in our Native Nations” Conference, in Phoenix, Arizona.

More than fifty tribal Christian leaders, pastors, evangelists, from Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil and Mongolia are invited to speak. Twenty four workshops on Indigenous Evangelism, Discipleship and Community Impact will be presented during the conference.

Each day there will be exhibits, panel discussions, and opportunities to network with key Native leaders and ministries currently working among the many tribal groups in the western hemisphere.

CHIEF is appealing to the Christian community of churches, ministries, schools, study groups and individuals to set those specific days of March 14 -17, 2011 to pray for Native evangelism, discipleship, and community impact of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

The CHIEF web site will be posting opportunities for you to specifically pray and interact with the activities of SonRise 2011. Stay tuned! Let us hear from you!

 For those planning to attend SonRise 2011