Many of these kingdom light congregations began with just a few seeds, people who picked up the signal in their television sets from as far as the former Soviet states to those living in the farthest reaches of Africa and the outbacks of Austalia.  One Indonesian, General Paulus Butar-Butar, a long-time searcher of the truth, became so hooked to watching Pastor Apollo from his tv set in Jakarta, Indonesia, that he brought his entire family to Davao City just to meet Pastor Apollo. He has been crucial in setting up the kingdom light congregation in Indonesia. A couple from Egypt, Esther Maikhail, a lawyer, and her husband Shady Marcus, a physician, accidentally switched to ACQ-KBN one day and realized that Pastor Apollo’s message and the existence of the Kingdom of God here on earth is the one they had been waiting for 5 years. They packed their bags, sold all their belongings to follow the Appointed Son and flew to the New Jerusalem in Davao City to attend the 13th Itnernational Kingdom Leaders Convention currently being held right now.  Such stories are rife in the kingdom and are raw and living testimonies of faith, that are reconfirmed over and over again, as more people come in bearing similar stories.

Such a lifestyle of commitment at surrender to the will of the Father is reflected in the thousands of volunteers of the Sonshine Philippines Movement, a movement for the renewal of the earth with weapons of love and compassion, the concerns of which are reflected in several associations that having been the poor, underprivileged and marginalized Filipinos for more than 15 years.

The showcase for such a restoration has been the Kingdom’s world-class spiritual retreat, the Covenant Mountain and Prayer Center at the foothills of the country’s tallest peak, Mt. Apo, where immaculately rendered gardens in full bloom and beautifully furnished giant millennial homes and restaurants speak of only one thing: genuine change that starts from within cannot help but manifest itself in love, respect and consistency and commitment. Its extension, Glory Mountain, also located in Mt. Apo, formerly a barren stretch of denuded forestland, now boasts of thousands of towering pine trees, planted by the volunteers themselves.

Many marvel at how such has been accomplished within just 24 years, but for one who has become a Son of God, as the Almighty Father had wanted man to be from the beginning, who has replicated himself into millions of others like him, also called sons and daughters, from all over the world, the barriers of time, culture and race and impossibility have been erased. “Miracles, are everyday occurrences for sons and daughters of the Father, “Pastor Apollo often says.” We scale the greatest heights of impossibilities and bring them down to the possible by faith.” 

The Kingdom’s achievements within just 24 years are truly miraculous, but they stem from the greatest miracle that can ever take place: that a man surrenders his will to the Almighty Father, obeys the Father’s will and follows Him.

There’s no need to say more, for action speaks louder than words.

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