Capitol Ministries

20 CM 2018 | State Ministries D ALE WALKER DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE WHEN HE BEGAN MINISTERING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE IN 2013, AND HAD DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING A FORMAL BIBLE STUDY, SO HE BEGAN KNOCKING ON DOORS. His first call was a Legislator whom God had put on his heart, and aer a friendly 45-minute conversation, Dale asked if the Legislator knew what it meant to be born again. e Leg- islator said he wasn't sure, so Dale explained the Gospel. "e next thing I knew I was asking him if he wanted to ask Christ to come into his heart and he said he did. He reached over and closed the door and accepted Christ." Dale continued to visit other Legislators in their offices, and when session was over, he drove all across the state of New York and visited with them in their districts. During the first 18 months of his ministry, Dale led 13 Leg- islators and one Legislative Director to Christ and is in the pro- cess of discipling them. Today Dale has a formal Bible study that is regularly attend- ed by more than a dozen Legislators. e Lawmakers are so en- thusiastic about the study that they hold the Bible study in a telephone conference call during the summer months when the Legislature is not in session. "One thing I have learned is that God makes divine appoint- ments and He can cause me to meet anyone He wants me to meet," Dale said. "I think that is because God wants people to know Him, and I am a Gospel on wheels." Capitol Ministries® partners with New Yorker's Family Re- search Foundation to support Dale's work in the capitol. NEW YORK New York City — beautiful sunset over Manhattan with Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges capital: Albany population: 19,542,209 governor: Andrew M. Cuomo legislature: 213 Members Dale Walker Ministry Leader New York State Capitol

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