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If I were to pick one word to describe myself I think that word would have to be Grace. This is one thing I know without even stopping to think about - by Grace am I saved - and that... was a free gift from God!, So, at the core of my being I am one who knows what it means to be forgiven... and to be saved. I am a guy who loves the Lord so deeply... because He first LOVED me.
- Founder and President of the International Association of Cooks for Christ.
- Ordained Pastor with United Christian Faith Ministries (UCFM)
- Member of the UCFM Evangelistic Association
- Member of Faith Writers International
- Member of the International Association of Workplace Ministries
- Corporate Executive Chef - GSI - D.C.
- Member of the American Culinary Federation (ACF)
- Writer - present projects:
o Reflections From the Kitchen - Cooking with Holy Fire - Published Dec 2006
o Whispers in the Night - A Look at the Language of Visions and Dreams - Due out in the Fall 2006
o Latter Rain - a novel series - Book one due out in the fall of 2006
- Speaker - speaking to groups and churches on grass roots evangelism and marketplace ministry.
I have a dream. I dream that one day, in every city across America, in every town, province, and community around the globe, in virtually every restaurant, hotel, and kitchen there would arise the Spirit of Holy Fire revival. I dream of a day when the presence of God would so fill the hospitality industry that no matter where you turn you would see evidence that the Lord Jesus Christ has walked through that place and left behind Him the Holy fragrance of His passion and compassion.
I dream of a day that in restaurants around the world you would see cooks praying for the needs of other cooks. I dream of a day that you would walk into a storeroom and find an inventory clerk praying for a dishwasher who is being weighed down with a cancerous tumor, and suddenly God shows up with His healing presence to set him free. I dream of a day that in restaurants across the land will see venders walk through the back door of your kitchens and be struck by the sheer awesomeness of God's presence... they will be blown-away as they witness the food team standing, hand in hand, praying for the needs of those around them. I see all these "servants of the table" with their heads bowed before the God of Glory, praying for the food to be nourished… to be a point of healing…, and for the patrons… no matter what their troubles may be, would find peace as they recline and dine at your tables. I see a day when the entire atmosphere of communities are changed because God is walking amongst the pots and the pans.
I pray for a day when the marketplace would fill with Christians, so full of His presence that it filters into the cities around them and people find themselves showing up to eat… because its different… because there is some kind of glory in there, that they are drawn to it like bees to a flower. My prayer is that no matter what country they are in, what language that they speak, they would be united in one common cause - an International Association of Cooks For Christ. A community of workplace believers that network within their areas of influence and impact society in powerful evangelistic ways; that they would be the first to run to the needs of the hungry and the down-trodden; that their hearts would be bent towards the healing of families, the lost, the homeless. I pray for the day of the butcher and the baker and the candle stick maker… where they will hear the cry of Jesus in the marketplace and arise… to invade the strongholds of the enemy with hearts on fire, Holy Fire. I pray for the day that Chefs across the land would raise their sauté pan and light ablaze the kitchens of this world with flames of Holy fire.
One day you will see planes touching-down in the desserts of Africa. Written across their wings will be the words "Cooks For Christ." De-boarding the plane, you will see Chefs, sold out for Jesus Christ, carrying 50 lb sacks or rice, grain, wheat, and flour.
One day you will see in every town, city, and community…, Cooks For Christ Chapters spring up whose members become the match to light the fire of Holy Spirit revival in their own towns and communities. Hospitality people as far as the eye can see lifting up Holy hands unto the King of Kings - ready to fill the marketplace with the presence of God.
Join the "International Association of Cooks For Christ" (IACFC) today and you can become a part of this dream…. Its free to join, but it may be the most expensive thing you ever do. It will cost you everything, at least from the world's point of view… as you give yourself over to Jesus Christ and serve the multitudes in the kitchens and restaurants of the world.
You don't have to be a Chef or even in the food service industry, the only requirement we have is that you love the Lord Jesus Christ and desire to display and share that love in the marketplace. Then the world will see His glorious reflection beaming from your place of work, from your home, from your kitchen, hearts cooking with Holy Fire.