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‘The Epicenter’ was placed upon my heart in the spring of 2005. God showed me that He would incorporate into Battle Cry Ministries a center that would greatly impact our community for Christ and send shockwaves of His power across our nation and around the world. Although I can not unveil the picture in it’s entirety, I pray that you will feel a ripple of what God plans to accomplish, as I set out to describe a glimpse of the image I saw. ‘The Epicenter’ will be basic in construction. The building will be of steel structure with unadorned metal siding. The interior will resemble that of a basic warehouse; concrete floors, block walls and exposed fixtures. A large men’s and women’s lockeroom style bathroom and shower facility along with a well planned commercial kitchen will be included into the design. This addition will allow ‘The Epicenter’ to host temporary shelters, community wide feeds, soup kitchen set ups and mission trip housing for church groups across the country. A large meeting area will be integrated complete with audio/video. This area will be used for discipleship and evangelistic events, Christian concerts, a variety of fellowships and an off campus location for the local church to host activities. A coffee shop and a satellite location for our on-line store, MyJesusStuff.com, will find a place in the strategy of things. The coffee shop will be used to host an array of small group Bible studies, fellowships and Christian ministry showcases, while MyJesusStuff.com will be a way to outfit Christians with an assortment of apparel and tools to enable them to better share their faith. In addition to the building, a covered pavilion will be erected to house a concrete skate park/paintball arena. The pavilion will be fully lit and will be surrounded with bleachers and a protective fence, in order for spectators to watch the action. Local skaters will be welcomed to participate in a weekly skate ministry complete with a devotion from the Word, while paintball fanatics can come to get their fill as well. These weekly events will also be complemented by skate and paint clinics, tournaments and weekend programs geared to people wishing to mesh Jesus with their interest in extreme sports. Wow! Overwhelming isn’t it? This description was ‘The Epicenter’ in a nutshell. There will be much to it that was left out or that God simply has not revealed . I can only imagine the rippling effect that will reverberate from this God sized vision. Please God, blow my mind further!
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