AG Church Doubles Largest Historic Offering With Response to The Long African Day
On August 20-21, Cornerstone Church (AG) in Nashville, TN, produced the live version of The Long African Day in Saturday night and Sunday morning services and received more than $100,000 in combined offerings—a record for the church.
“This was the most successful missions event ever in the history of my 20 years at Cornerstone,” Senior Pastor Maury Davis says.
The $100,000 offering nearly doubles Cornerstone’s previous missions offering record of $54,000.
“The giving was extraordinary,” Davis says. “People who had never given to missions before gave in this offering. When people move into the realm of missions giving it is a wonderful joy to see people make that step. The Long African Day helped make that happen.”
Davis attended the premiere of The Long African Day in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, on March 28, along with more than 350 others. He was deeply moved by the presentation and determined to bring The Long African Day to Cornerstone.
It turned out to be a historic decision.
Likewise, The Long African Day was produced at Central Assembly of God in Springfield, MO, on July 17. The offering response in cash and commitments totaled nearly $40,000—also a milestone for Central—and 107 indicated they would like to travel to Africa for ministry in 2012.
An encore of The Long African Day was shown at General Council in Phoenix, AZ, on August 3. In response, 48 churches committed to give Africa one day in the next year.
The Long African Day is a 47-minute multimedia presentation of the harsh realities and the spiritual revival which comprise daily life and ministry in Africa. The main appeal is for churches to “give Africa one day” and either produce it live or play the show version—both of which are on the DVD released by Africa Region, Assemblies of God World Missions.
Any church interested in producing The Long African Day as a live or show version should preview the DVD, which can be requested free of charge at www.thelongafricanday.com, or by calling 417.862.2781 ext 3150.
Funds raised for The Long African Day are used to build tabernacles, train church leaders, drill water wells, resource African churches to respond to the AIDS pandemic, and facilitate children’s ministry on the continent.