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In Washington and Oregon -- two of the most unchurched states in the country --
God is using a Vietnam vet with unconventional methods to bring spiritual renewal.
Swollen from weeks of rain, the Skagit River was about to spill over a levee and flood Jerry Gaffney's revival meeting. The afternoon sky had turned black and city officials warned the evangelist that he might have to evacuate.
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But Gaffney was ready for a fight.
With Mount Vernon, Washington, preparing for the worst, Gaffney and 30 believers marched to the river to ask God for a miracle. Watching them was a curious CNN TV crew that was reporting on the flooding.
Standing in mud and a driving rain, the Christians sang and laid hands on the surface of the water.
Gaffney began to speak to the storm.
Elijah prayed, and it didn't rain," Gaffney says. "I said, Lord, if You'll answer Elijah, will You answer my prayer and stop the rain?" "As soon as I finished, a ray of sun broke through the clouds. As we rejoiced and sang, the hole got
bigger and bigger. It looked like the finger of God was spinning the clouds."
The river flooded across town, but not at this location. An article in the local newspaper asked, "Who took the punch out of the storm?" CNN did not report it.
The reporters may have been surprised at the outcome, but Jerry Gaffney wasn't. This unconventional layman takes such bold steps of faith as a matter of course. And the spiritual territory of the Pacific Northwest is being shaken as a result.
Gaffney is fearless when confronting the forces of darkness in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, a region which has one of the lowest percentages of evangelical Christians in the United States and is steeped in witchcraft and New Age occultism. He treats evangelism like an invasion, penetrating the enemy's turf no matter where it takes him. He has preached for five weeks in the back of a Mexican restaurant, and once had a giant hot tub delivered to an open field so he could baptize 40 converts.
In six years of ministry, Gaffney has held more than 3,000 meetings in the Northwest. Churches promote him as an evangelist, but Gaffney prefers not to identify himself with any ministry title.
"I'm nothing but a layman who wants to pray down the glory in the Pacific Northwest," Gaffney told Charisma. "My first call is to be a plowman to prepare the ground for whomever God wants to use. I've been plowing the ground in repentance, holiness, the Word and the Holy Spirit. All that seed is
getting ready to explode in growth and harvest."
Gaffney likes to dream big. He says the Lord gave him a vision of 7 million Christians marching down Washington's Interstate 5 in a celebration of Jesus. He wants all of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to receive Christ.
"People will say that's a silly dream," he says. "But God always has a ragtag bunch of misfits and outcasts whom He raises up. That's my call, to see three states totally touched by Jesus.
"That's the heart of every pastor. This isn't a Jerry thing. There's no competition. I just happen to be declaring it."
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Gaffney is introducing a two-year Bible correspondence school and is recruiting an army of 1,000 warriors who will enter the battlefield in the Northwest to win people to Christ. Behind them will be a support team of 7,000 that will provide intercession and resources.
Once these spiritual soldiers are released to the front line, the plan is for each of them to average five salvations per day. If you have 1,000 people winning 35 people a week, that’s 140,000 a month, Gaffney explains.
He says a day is coming when the Holy Spirit will reveal Jesus to the masses. Although he has witnessed small revival fires flare up across the region, he doesn’t believe that the big one has hit yet. But there are signs that it is on the way.
Sparks of Revival Fire
Gaffney knew God was moving when he saw children weeping at the altar during a meeting last October in Lynnwood, Washington.
 We were having a normal service, and I looked over and saw an 11-year old girl crying, says Gaffney of his meeting at Christ the Rock Fellowship. She had a vision of people dying and going to hell. She kept saying, ‘Jesus save them. Jesus save them.’ Then all the children started weeping for souls. The kids went around praying for people, and the glory fell.
Within days, those cries were heard around the world. Gaffney sent an appeal through his network of 12,000 e-mail contacts to have people pray for his Tuesday night meeting. He received responses from more than 100 countries, including an underground prayer group in Saudi Arabia.
With a massive umbrella of prayer covering the Northwest, more than 1,000 believers crammed into Christ the Rock Fellowship (video) for a night of prayer and praise. During worship, believers stood shoulder to shoulder at the altar, joined hands and sang in a pounding chorus, "We will break dividing walls,
and we will be one."
God opened a window of unity in Washington, Gaffney says. "I’ve never seen anything like this. We had Baptists watching people pray in the Spirit without getting offended. We had Dutch Reformed churches here, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian and Assemblies of God. I felt like Moses when the 12 tribes came together. The tribe of Judah wanted to praise. The tribe of Levi wanted to work. The tribes of Gad and Zebulun wanted to go to war. We all knew we were tearing down strongholds." Gaffney spent three weeks in Lynnwood and then moved into Oregon, believing for more breakthroughs.
THE MAN WHO WAS FORGIVEN MUCH
It took 19 years for Jerry Gaffney to respond after he heard the gospel message. But when he did, he sold out to Jesus.
In his preaching, Jerry Gaffney portrays Jesus as a garbage man. Because of the cross, the Lord has paid for man's sin, failure and shame. So Gaffney tells Christians to throw their sin in the trash each day in a spirit of repentance.
Before accepting Jesus in 1987, at age 41, Gaffney's life was a landfill. He was an alcoholic and hooked on cocaine.
"I was a successful businessman," Gaffney remembers, "but I was bitter and angry." The only person he tried to please was himself. He thought the world was evil. But God revealed His love to Gaffney at one of his lowest points.
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Serving as a Marine clerk in the Vietnam War, Gaffney was wounded in his left leg by a mortar shell as he delivered a dispatch to a combat zone. Doctors were planning to amputate his leg.
While receiving care at a Naval hospital in Oakland, California Gaffney was allowed to join his wife for a Sunday church service in Sunnyvale. The pastor, Bob Willis, had a dream that night of the Lord healing Gaffney's leg. The next day Willis traveled to the hospital to find the young soldier.
"He walked up to me in the amputee ward. There was a lot of screaming and pain," Gaffney remembers. "He asked if he could pray for me, and I told him to take his best shot. I wasn't a Christian. He prayed that Jesus would do what He showed him in the dream."
Gaffney's fever disappeared that day. He grew stronger and his leg healed.
"I knew then there was a God. That began my journey to find Him," he says.
It took the next 19 years, but Gaffney found the "garbage man." That invitation birthed a deep intimacy with God that is evident in his ministry today.
"I've never met a man who has a love affair with Jesus like Jerry does," says evangelist Benny Perez of Pacesetters International. "That's his trademark. Jerry is spreading that passion around the state of Washington."
"The heavens over the northwest are pregnant with miracles," says Douglas Chieza, a visiting pastor from Zimbabwe who has preached in Gaffney's meetings. "But this revival won't happen just because it was prophesied. It will be accelerated or delayed by the intensity of our praise and prayers.
Forceful men will lay hold of it."
Gaffney is doing his part to shake the heavens. He travels with as many as 12 staff members including his wife, Jan, two worship teams and a prayer team. When invited by a church he asks to stay a minimum of two weeks. He preaches twice a day, six days a week, and he and his staff often work 18-hour days. It's a remarkable schedule for someone who had no aspirations to be in ministry. Gaffney accepted Christ in 1987 at the age of 41. He served on the prayer team for six years at Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, Washington.
"I had the privilege of praying with these 'granny commandos' in their 60s and 70s," he says. "We'd pray 20 to 60 hours per week. I was a spiritual janitor.
"I'd pray in the rooms of the church, casting out demons and principalities. The pastor considered me kind of goofy, but he told people to leave me alone because it seemed nicer when I prayed in the rooms. I thought that would be my life."
On Feb. 11, 1994, the atmosphere changed. "I walked into our prayer meeting and said, 'God is going to move now.'
The Holy Ghost came on everybody like a cannon shot," Gaffney says. "In this seeker-sensitive church, everybody fell out, except four. People cried for three hours." Gaffney was invited two months later to preach on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The meetings held at several locations, lasted 26 weeks and impacted churches throughout the region. At Eastgate Assembly of God in Bremerton Gaffney preached in a building so crowded that people stood in rows outside to listen through open windows. Neighbors across the street sat on their lawns to listen to the service, some cooking meals on barbecues.
"That birthed everything," he says.
I didn't want to be the speaker. Some elders and deacons unofficially laid hands on me and sent me out. I've never called a pastor to have a meeting. God just kept calling my phone number."
Don Welt, pastor of Eastgate at the time, still marvels at what the Lord accomplished during the five weeks Gaffney ministered at his church. "We had 412 saved, 196 baptized in the Holy Spirit and numerous healings - like hepatitis and liver disease. He's had a tremendous impact on the state.
There are people alive today that would be dead without his ministry."
But not everyone is so enthusiastically supportive of what has occurred in the revival meetings. The last several months have found Gaffney unwittingly thrust into the middle of controversy.
Gaffney says this has been the best, and worst, year of his ministry.
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While he continues to see God move in his meetings, several charismatic pastors in Washington have raised concerns about his integrity, honesty and accountability.
"I do not discredit or say there is not an anointing on him," Pastor Wes Lindseth (click here to see more Wes on Video & comments) of Fairwood Assembly of God in Renton, Washington, told Charisma. "I'm not mad at Jerry. The fruit of it, though, is not good."
Lindseth believes that Jerry is "a maverick" and does not have good theology. "His teaching comes mostly from Old Testament settings with a high emphasis on the anointing. He does not tell the truth. His point is to dominate, control and manipulate, Lindseth states. He has an inability or unwillingness to stay within the parameters of a pastors desire. He sees himself as an evangelist who comes to your church to do what God called him to do. But he has his own agenda. Three other pastors with concerns about Gaffney declined to talk with Charisma.
Gaffney says he isn't clear why these men are upset with him but that he is open to correction and reconciliation. In an attempt to resolve the dispute he invited the pastors to a meeting in January (With this reporter.) . Only one of them attended. (Of the four pastors, two are brothers and one a brother-inlaw of the two brothers, the other is not related)
Until recently, Gaffney's covering of authority was simply to submit to the senior pastor when invited to a local church. When he needed ministry advice he would consult with several pastors, whom he referred to informally as board members of the ministry.
Gaffney now has a board of accountability in place to oversee his ministry. It includes pastors and laymen.
"The problem with the ministry of a layperson is that there is no school out there," Gaffney says. "There is a maturity that must take place, but there is no place to learn it. No matter how mad these men are at me, I have rejoiced that God is talking to me through them so I can get my life right with
God.
"I humble myself and ask if I've offended anybody, please forgive me. What God has shown me is that as [a] ministry grows, you must gain wisdom and have more accountability. In my inexperience as a layman I didn't know the proper 'minister' things to do."
Several pastors have publicly come to Gaffney's defense. Jeff Dorothy, pastor of New Life Assembly of God in Sherwood, Oregon, has invited the evangelist to his church four times and never witnessed any problems. Although he believes that some of the issues, such as not having a board, are valid, he says Gaffney has integrity.
"Jerry admits he has exaggerated things [during a service]," Dorothy says. "When reminded of it, he will repent." But he believes another issue might be at play: One of Jerry's problems is that he's so brutally honest. Sometimes that troubles people."
............Let the Glory Fall
Gaffney has not let the controversy distract him from his call. In six years of ministry he says more than 60,000 people have made confessions of faith, and hundreds have received healing.
 Ruth Laugen, a pastor's wife who suffered from multiple sclerosis for 40 years, jumped out of her wheelchair in one of Gaffney's meetings and ran around the room for two hours. "I thought I died because I had never been without pain," she says. Doctors could not explain why her spinal cord was regenerating.
During a service at Marysville First Assembly of God, north of Seattle, Gaffney prayed for deliverance for two people who were thrown into a demonic rage. One was an 11-year old boy, who was so agitated, three men had to restrain him in the hallway.
"I told the boy he only had to do one thing," Gaffney recalls. "Shake my hand. The demon inside him screamed, "No!" But as soon as the boy touched me the power of God hit him, and he was down on the ground, crying for forgiveness. He was totally delivered and restored."
At another church,
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Faith Family Church A/G
Milton, WA a man confessed to Gaffney at the altar that he had come to commit murder and was seeking forgiveness. The man led the evangelist to the parking lot, pulled a pistol out of his car and, in tears, handed it to Gaffney, who later gave it to the pastor. The man gave his life to Jesus the next night.
Gaffney believes that the move of God should not be confined to church buildings. Once, in a men's clothing store in Seattle, he confronted a female clerk.
"This woman walked up, and a spirit of prophecy hit me," he says. "I said: 'You want to make a baby. God wants to bless you, but you have to get married. You're living with your boyfriend.'" The woman fell over, touched by God.
"Her boyfriend ran across the store," Gaffney explains, "I wheeled around and said to him, 'You're the man who's going to make a baby, but you have to get married.'"
The boyfriend fell down, too.
Another clerk, thinking Gaffney hurt two employees, ran up to him. Gaffney told the young man that he was dabbling with the Muslim religion and that his grandma was praying for him to be a preacher.
"He fell down, too," Gaffney recalls. "Then I lined everybody up and prayed for them. No one was mad at me. Everybody waved as I left the store." Gaffney learned later that the couple got married.
This intense passion to see people encounter the love and power of Christ is what drives Gaffney. He doesn't know when the great harvest will come, but he has asked God for one thing: He wants to watch the glory fall.
"in every revival there is a miraculous event or outpouring," he says.
"There will be such a glory cloud [that will] explode in Washington that people will stop for a moment in time and consider their salvation.
"People on the highways will pull off and either lay down or kneel. People in bars will put down their drinks. They'll lay their hearts in the hands of Jesus. When that happens I want to be there."
That's one flooding river Jerry Gaffney won't rebuke. He will surrender and just jump in. And he wants to take the Pacific Northwest with him.
Jeff King is a design editor at the Seattle
Times and a free-lance writer. He and his wife, Alisa, and their four children live in Marysville,
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all I can say is praise the lord for his mighty works he has done through you pastor!{"Gaffney told the young man that he was dabbling with the Muslim religion and that his grandma was praying for him to be a preacher"}lol  I wish I could have seen that! 
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I will attempt to put into words all the emotions I am feeling as I read last night and today these postings Shawn and Jerry have worked so hard to put up for us to read. I am clear over here in Norway, but when I read these things I feel as if Jerry Gaffney is in the room with me. The spirit is simply brimming over. I know this work, this Spiritual Revival is the work of the Lord. I read these words the other day by John Wesley. He said: "Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. God does not but in answer to prayer."This is Jerry Gaffney and his ministry. It is happening before our eyes when we hear and read these things. I was so touched and impressed by Jerry's humility. He said: "This is not a Jerry thing. There's not competition." The Lord is just using him because he has an open and willing and caring heart. He is on fire for Jesus and we are all partakers of it according to our own mind and wills. Whether we desire to have a few crumbs or the whole banquet. In one of the articles a Rev. Douglas Chieza said: "But this revival won't happen just because it was prophiesed. It will be accelerated or delayed by the intensity of our praise and prayers. Forcefull men will lay hold of it." That's the power we have and where we come in as moderators and leaders and prayer warriors. I read this from The Kneeling Christian: "Prayer is omnipotent; it can do anything that God can do! When we pray God works. Al fruitfulness in service is the outcome of prayer - of the worker's prayers, or of those who are holding up holy hands on his knees on his behalf." That's what we can do for Jerry and the work of saving souls. He needs everyone of us to come here to this website and pray for him in what is going forward and taking place so it can keep going forward and taking place and even, the greater vision Jerry has had can be a reality. Can you imagine how many people out there there are who are lost and fallen and could have their hearts touched directly by our prayers over this work! It is really awesome to imagine. We have to have the vision. Each one of us has to catch fire so we can make our prayers powerful. I am talking to myself, I need this. Is there opposition to us in all of this? I always heard, that "everytime the Lord sets up his kingdom, the Devil is right there to set his up alongside him. But that's OK, we can overcome that with the power of prayer to and the power of love and forgiveness for those who try to criticize and down grade what Jerry is doing. The Lord works often in very small means to bring to pass his work. He uses the meek and the humble and the pure in heart. Thankyou for posting these Jerry and Shawn so we can come here and pray.
Dear Father in Heaven, I express my deepest gratitude to Thee over this work that is going forth in this area of the world where people are so steeped in the occult and have turned away from Thee. It is such a great blessing to see and hear about the lives that are being transformed and turning to Thee with a full purpose of heart to be saved and healed from their sins and state of awful misery. I pray over Jerry Gaffney and this ministry and revival that is taking place. The vision is it is in it's infancy and will grow and increase. This is so crucial as there may be so little time. I pray for the salvation of souls to go forth in power and glory to Thy holy name. I pray that we moderators will lift our prayers in this behalf everyday without fail that these things can intensify and go forth. I rebuke the work of the adversary to try to slow this work down in any respect and through any well meaning persons. I pray that we can all be our brothers keeper and seek to do Thy work more ardently. Bless us with increased health and strength in mind, body and spirit. I pray over Jerry and his team and the moderators that we will be given strength in the spirit that we can do more in Thee. I pray that the recruiting of the
Bible correspondence course can go forth and these wonderful programs that are being instituted and in their infancy stage. I pray You will raise up many more warriors to help the work go forward. I pray You bless this work with every element necessary for it to go forth unimpeded. I pray that the gospel will somehow go forward in Norway over here. It is just so sad over here with the people feeling so secure in themselves. I pray that they will come to see and realize how much they need you and in Finland where Pia is, and Holland where Carrie-Ann is to. I leave these prayers with You today in my hope and faith in Jesus Christ, amen.
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Woo! I feel revival already.
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02-08-2005, 09:59 AM
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Did any one see the videos?
Did the video links work for you?
Did any of click on the links in the article and read the testimonies?
Please let me know so we can fix any errors?
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Incredible!!
Father, I thank You so much for using Pastor Jerry to win souls for Your kingdom. I just continue to pray that Your hand will be upon him as he speaks Your Words. May there be an upspringing of revival in the land. Thank You so much Father. Amen 
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Hi JG
I clicked all the links and the videos, they all work fine for me and my decrepit pooter they should work for most people.
Thank You Father for sending the North West a Jerry Gaffney! Bless him and any team he takes with him REAL BIG!!! Bless his detractors with open eyes and repentant hearts and bring real life into their churches. Bless the men and women who call Jerry to minister in their churches and send Your Holy Spirit ahead to prepare the way for the Word of the Lord! In the Name of Jesus! AMEN!
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Jerry everything seems to be working just fine by me, the video and all the links. You and Shawn have done an incredible job.
Heavenly Father, I know Jerry is busy in America, but I pray that if it is right, You would open up the door that he can have a revival over here in Europe. People need it so badly and they don't know it! I pray Your will to be done. Bless all the Chrisitans in this part of the world to catch on fire and find You again. Norway, Finland where Pia is, Holland where Carrie-Ann is and Germany where Frederick is, we all need it so much in our lands. I pray the work goes forth in a mighty way. Help us to know what we should do to facilitate the work. I ask in Jesus Holy Name amen.
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It is awsome! It is beautiful!
Everything worked perfectly for me!
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