Europe for Christ Part 1
TITLE: Enoch Mission (Europe) Europe for Christ Part
1(INTERVIEW)
SPEAKER: BROTHER ENOCH IMMANUEL AGBOZO
DATE:
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SYNOPSIS:
An encouragement to the church to be bold to declare the true word of
God, to all nations and people.
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My name is Salomey Ahenkra, and today I’m interviewing Brother Enoch of
Enoch Missions. We took the opportunity to interview him on his last visit
to London, and Brother Enoch is often referred to as the father of the
evangelical Pentecostal and charismatic movement in Ghana. And now the
launch of Enoch Missions Europe. So, Brother Enoch, welcome to London.
Thank you, Mama. It’s a joy to have met you all and to know the enthusiasm
of the brothers and sisters for the launching of Enoch Mission in Europe.
And I’m excited and waiting for the day when the bell shall tick and the Lord
decern upon us. Good you brought the sunshine with you so maybe we can
start by asking you what Enoch missions are? Enoch Missions is a world
missionary outreach movement commissioned by the Lord and given the
task to blow the trumpet, healing, heralding the second coming of Jesus
Christ. The motto of the movement is, “Jesus is soon coming”. That is to
say, Enoch Missions is charged with a global task to proclaim the
everlasting gospel of the kingdom of God, preparing the way for Christ’s
return, His reign and rule of the earth, and His governance of the nations of
the world. Meanwhile. Thank you for that. When was the Enoch missions
established? Enoch Mission was established, as I said earlier, on the basis of
the commission the Lord gave me, personally, in 1981, at that time, I was
involved with the rebuilding of the broken walls of Ghana, and the Lord
took me to a point where he asked me to have a vision for the world and that
my ministry should encompass the whole world and not just confine to
Ghana. And we decided, therefore, to have a team of evangelists to go out
with me throughout the world on the basis of the Ghana Evangelical Society.
But later, the Lord told me that it’s better to go to all the nations of the world
and raise teams in the various nations to reach out in their respective nations,
rather than having a team in Ghana going around the world. And the
purpose, therefore, is to make sure that in every nation where Brother goes,
there’s a team that will confront the realities of their nations and build and
prepare the church and the people of that nation for the second coming of
Jesus Christ. Right, so Enoch Mission in a sense been established since the
80s. Yes actually, even though the Lord gave me the commission in 1981, I
set it up as an organization in 1984. Okay thank you, so why in your last
response you said it was to raise up to build up people the church so why in
Enoch Missions, and what does it do Actually, the vision and mission of
Enoch Missions global as it is, is to prepare the way for the Lord Second
Coming, to bring revival in the church, where Christ is exalted and glorified
in the church itself and through the church in the world. The vision also
entails, as in the book of Revelation 11 and 15, “the kingdoms of this world
are becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ; and He shall reign
for ever and ever “. And finally, a new heaven and a new earth with the
throne of God and the lamb in perfect, non -obstructed control in the affairs
of the nations and the peoples of the world. So, the global mission task of
Enoch Mission is to proclaim the everlasting gospel, as I said, of the
kingdom of God, and discipline disciple, church, nations, and peoples for the
kingdom of God on earth. We have also the task of raising and keeping an
army, what we call the end time kingdom army, for wars and battles
connected with building the church and confronting the gates of hell,
redeeming and taking over nations, and the establishment the Christ
kingdom or the Messianic Kingdom and the kingdom of God on earth. In
Matthew 16 and verses 16 and 19, Jesus Christ told Peter that He was the
Christ, and that being so upon His confession or the knowledge that He was
a Christ saint and He was the Messiah, He would build a church, and the
gate of hell cannot prevail against it. And that He gave the church, it proved
Peter, therefore, the authority to bind and lose in heavenly terms. So, the
church has that responsibility and duty and power in the Great Commission
to confront all realities. So, practically, can you highlight for us some of the
activities that Enoch Mission has been involved in up to now? Enoch
Missions has been involved with confronting the reality of the situation in
Ghana. The Ghana Evangelical Society is a missionary movement also that
Brother Enoch has held the leadership position since 1973. And it was there
that the Lord spoke to me. It was through the activities of Ghanaian
Evangelical Society that the Lord asked and commissioned me for the global
mission. And what we did in Ghana was, first, the Lord asked us to get
involved with the rebuilding of the broken walls of Ghana and bring the
nation back to Him God. Because the nation in the political arena, the post
independence era, had changed from its Christian foundations and brought in
atheistic philosophies, socialism, and all other things. Then there was
idolatry, which was a traditional religion, and was elevated back not only at
the regional level or the sub -district level, but into national politics. And
this had changed. The Nkrumah regime also took over the mission schools
and the knowledge of God, and the fear of God was virtually removed from
the center of education and national life. And the Lord was not happy about
the change. So, we were asked to bring the nation back to God and to bring
the nation to its original Christian foundation so that the nation can push
forward. We had to do this in three ways. Number one, to preach and bring
revival in the church because the church had been marginalized in the
political and national life in those days since 1960. Number two, we must
prepare a team that will confront the powers of darkness through which the
nation was being oppressed and dominated by the powers of darkness
because idolatry, Satanism, blood sacrifice, et cetera. And then also we have
to preach the gospel of reconciliation and then spread that from the church
walls into the open-air streets and corners so that the people as a whole will
come to know the reality of Jesus Christ and the message of salvation and
the hope in him. And this is what we did throughout the whole country. And
today I can say our vision was Ghana a de facto the jury Christian nation.
And today I can say to the glory of God that about 70% of the citizens of
Ghana do claim that they are Christians. So, these were done through
crusades, through teaching, through building up, and raising ministers. Yes.
If you come to think of it, then it will say to the glory of God that the church
became revived. Evangelism explosion became a reality. And God used us
through the ministry of the Ghana Evangelical Society to raise ministers all
over. And the effect of the GES ministry is both church -wide and
nationwide. We are a ministry. Therefore, our activistic were involved with
all churches that are willing to receive us and all over the country. Besides,
we started from middle school and secondary schools to the university. So
throughout, we raised many, many children and men of God. So, if you
come to Ghana today, most of the church leaders, apart from the mainline
churches, and we have men, even the Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican,
whatever, that have been students or disciples of Brother Enoch of Enoch
missions and Ghana Evangelical society. And these churches, many
churches and ministries have risen because of our work in Ghana. Okay, so
now we come to Enoch Missions Europe, and we know that the launch will
take place on the 17th of July 2004 in London. How is Enoch Missions
Europe going to operate and what are some of the things it will accomplish?
I think we can look at it as three main angles. The first one is that there
should be a revival in the church. It is not Europe alone for that matter, but
for the whole world. The Lord has asked me to represent Jesus Christ back
to the church. There’s a lot of activity around the name Jesus or church. But
the reality is that in many cases, Christ has been
getting sent out of the
church. human thinking, human knowledge, human persuasions, human
philosophies, and, you know, psychology, and purely human and
management principles, these have found a way into the church. So, the
message of the gospel and the truth and the power of the Holy Spirit. And
God’s intention in redeeming human beings through the power of the word
of God and the Holy Spirit have been rejected. So, the church becomes like
another social organization in society. And it’s not that divine institution that
will carry out divine purposes. So, the first thing is to bring revival in the
church by making the church refocus on Jesus Christ. The second point is to
confront the spiritual powers which are dominating in the air. You know, the
Bible tells us that Satan is the God of this world and is the prince of the air
that is responsible for the rebellion and disobedience and therefore the
perpetration of the wrath of God and judgment on human affairs. If Christ
has shed his blood for reconciliation, then these systems of satanic powers
that dominate men must be removed in the air. That is why the Bible says
Jesus said he has given Peter or the church the power to bind and loose and
to confront the gates where decision -making takes place, et cetera. But you
must confront the powers in the air that are responsible for the systems
down. First, we must do the spirits and powers. For example, I came to
London the other day and I had to deal with some powers, you know, at
Piccadilly, Syracuse, over the Thames River, et cetera, just to make a way
for the gospel to go out, in England. And then the third area, now we have to
investigate the political, economic, and socio-cultural realities on the
ground, so that we bring the people’s knowledge back to God, and then we
bring transformation of their structures by which society is organized, and
then bring hope and direction to both their leaders in church and state, and
also in society as a whole. These are some of the areas of our operation. In
many ways Enoch mission has a the concept you’re talking about are quite
large yes i agree and for the average person they may need a lot of
explanations so moving on to the strategies you will use to communicate to
both people within the church and outside and the man on the street or the
woman on the street what are some of the activities through the launch
Enoch missions Europe will engage. You know, Enoch Missions have two
basic functions, from the Christian perspective or the church perspective.
Apostolic function and prophetic function. But in the apostolic function,
there’s evangelism. And if we must bring revival to the church, then there’s a
kind of evangelism which must go out, both in the public arena and within
the church. Then the second is that in the apostolic function, we must
disciple leaders, both in the church and the state. If you want to build a new
society of righteous people, then there must be leaders of righteousness.
Because the bible says when the unrighteous rule, the people mourn. But
when the righteous rule, the people rejoice. So, we must find righteous
leadership in society, in all areas. That’s what the Jesus said, the church must
confront the gates of hell. So, in every area of national life, or every sector, a
sector of the political economy, we must find Christians who are able to
bring transformation in their respective areas. So, the outreach, both outside,
in the streets, in the church and then within the church, there must be the
discipling of pastors, and the gentlemen, and ladies in the church. That
mean, the saints, to be able to bring transformation in the respective areas, I
must confess that the rebuilding of the broken worlds, when you take the
concepts of the Book of Nehemiah, it suggests that all the people near the
various gates repair the gates close to them. And therefore, in every area of
national activity, Christians, whether it’s in legal profession, in the judiciary,
in the economic, in the marketplace, in everybody, in music, in culture, in
theater, everywhere, Christians in those areas must bring the faith to bear.
And they should know that there are missionaries out there to bring
transformation, and to bring the knowledge of God, and the demands of God
in national and human affairs generally, in play, in wherever they are. So,
the Enoch Missions has the responsibility to raise men within the churches,
and to bring the church awareness to these responsibilities, that each church
should be aware that the lawyers, the doctors, the judges, the politicians,
whoever are in the churches, have a duty to take the Christian message to
where they are. We are grateful, we thank God, for example, in the House of
Lords, that’s a place for the church, in the House of Lords. And the Queen of
England is the head of the Anglican Church. You would suppose that that
means that the Queen of England is the head of the church in England, or in
the United Kingdom. If that being the case, then the society, politics, and
business, everything in England, must reflect the Christian faith. And when
this is rejected or marginalized, society faces a serious problem. And the
church must be able to be out there to bring the light of Christ in these
matters. The second issue with revival in the church is the raising up of the
voice of God in national and human and world affairs generally. The church
has a duty to bring the voice of God, or the prophetic voice of God. God
always has a prophet in nations. And when issues come, and leaders need
direction, divine direction, and the church must have ears open and be ready
to speak as God directs in national issues. In this regard, prophetic voice of
God as coming through the prophets must be heard in the affairs of nations,
and the church must be bold to declare “that saith the Lord”. And that is one
of the commissions. That’s part of the commission of Enoch Missions. To
prepare, to equip, and through us. There are people already in this country
and everywhere in Europe, God has appointed an anointer for that purpose.
But the church voice is not out there in the center. Because the church has
been marginalized, or the church has abandoned the prophetic mission. But
it’s very critical, especially in these difficult times where leaders actually
need direction. This is a central core of the mission of Europe in revival. The
second aspect of our vision and mission in Europe would be “a redeemed
Europe from Satanism, Modernism, and Racism”. so, in summary Christians
should affect and influence every sphere of the society where they live, they
must take over. The second aspect of the Commission of Enoch Missions
Europe deals with modernism, postmodernism. Can you enlighten us on how
this is going to be done? I was telling a church the other day. When you
come to modernism, you know, postmodernism and all liquid, liquid society.
We can look at it at two areas. Number one is the Bible says Haggai and in
Hebrew that there will be a shaking of things, there will be a shaking in the
end times. So, there’s a shaking taking place. Gentiles and Jews, Greeks and
all, and the redemption that Christ brings. Even if there was a culture or a
spiritual condition of slavery, it is cancelled with the Christ’s redemption.
All curses are no more, there’s no curse. So, any Christian, who quotes the
Old Testament for rejection of black men or make a black man a slave, is not
being a Christian. I would only mildly say they are being Old Testament, but
they are not Christian as the New Testament properly say. And I’ve noticed
that when I was in South Africa, the law spoke to me about this. It’s a very
serious problem. Like a Christian, “a tooth for a tooth” and “an eye for an
eye”, the black man is a slave, his old conduct, his own grandfather
condemned him, you know, from the harm of these years. These are all Old
Testament concepts. It’s not Christianity at all. So, I think the church has
been very wicked in this matter and Enoch missions is involved in bringing
that change. Wherever we are. So, propelling the black man to his right
standing before God and in Christ and in society to fulfill the purpose for
which God created him. Thank you for that. Going towards the launch of
Enoch Mission, which is taking place this Saturday, the 17th of July, if
someone is listening to this tape and feels led to be involved or to come to
the launch, what can the individual, what can I do? How can I buy into the
Enoch Mission? I would say participation in Enoch Missions activities is
first opened to churches, the ministers of the gospel because its leadership
has a lot to do with what happens in the church and in the world. So, Enoch
Mission has a responsibility towards church leaders, the churches, the
ministers, lay teachers, etc. We also we are very keen on training the youth.
We want to open for people who are involved in intercession and spiritual
warfare, because there are battles involved. And this is not just ultimate
intercession warfare, but it’s a deep thing that people must be properly
anointed. These are battles with spirits and powers that control regions,
issues that for generations. So, it’s not just about laying on of hands of
people to deliver them, but it’s a power to take the strongholds if you can
change things. And there we also want individuals; people may feel that they
themselves have a burden for missions. For example, Enoch Missions is also
involved in the Redemption of Africa. And we are going we are coming here
to Europe. And people feel they want to be part of a movement that will
bring change in society, that will bring transformation. So, individuals can
play corporate organizations or NGOs, or you may call community
organizations can also participate, so far as they accept our Christian belief
systems. And then we open for people when we are moving, we will have
conferences with churches and all the Christian community. And we can
raise men through such people. We have conferences, we have prayer
seminars, we have proper impartation. And then we are also going to have a
college in Ghana for training the strong men for the nations of the world. So,
the individuals can get involved through conferences, the church leaders can
get involved. Special seminars, and we can also be invited to hold seminars
and revival services in churches. Now an individual can partner with Enoch
missions. They are very much welcome. I also heard you talk about
publications and dissemination of information. We live in the internet age.
Tell us how you are going to record. Is there a publication aspect of Enoch
Missions Europe? Yes, we are organizing a research and publication division
in Ghana to do research into African culture and transformation of African
culture and also to do research in the governmental structures and so on
where Christians can play their part so that we can provide information for
governments, for business communities that want to go on in the Christian
way and to prepare a Christian community for a Christian nation. We have a
website www. enochmissions .org and which we want to give information
generally. We also want to issue out a booklet for the training and equipment
of churches and personalities who are involved in these matters around the
globe. We want also to establish a studio where we can have audio and
visual materials for the benefit of churches and house groups etc. that want
to go through all things, women’s groups, men’s groups etc. so that they can
take on the challenge of society and they can be properly equipped.
Sometimes Christians enter politics, and they have no Christian agenda to do
these things. There’s no discipline and this is where we want to be of use
both to the church where I call it servants of church and state. We want to
produce men of this nature. So, publication is a very important element of
our
work. So, your publications, your website, which is
www.enochmissions .org, would have information and presumably you
mentioned earlier at the conference you’re going to have in June 2005, some
of these publications will be available for people to be able to access them.
Hopefully, a few will be available for the basic issues that we are
confronting. But as we are now coming into the marketplace, there will be
prayer and research about the peculiar political and spiritual and political
and economic problems of Europe. We are now setting foot. There will be a
time of deep prayer so that the law will tell us exactly what is happening. So,
it will take some time before we have specific literature for that affect the
European situation. We have general information about what is happening in
Europe. But when we settle down now and we have our team on the ground,
there shall we pray, and the Lord will give us directly the details of the
spiritual operations and whatever we should do here. So, it will take some
time before we have specific literature for Europe. For people who want to
contact you further, your postal address is
Enoch Missions Europe, P.O.Box
2370 Chigwell 86 IG74WA, England. And the email address is
enochmissions@aol.com. Your website is www.enochmissions.org your
personal email address for those who wish to contact you directly is
immanuelenoch@yahoo.com. My name is Salomea Ahenkra and I have
been talking to Brother Enoch Agbozo of Enoch Missions Europe. Thank
you