Capitol Ministries

4 E xceedingly and abundantly is how God has blessed Capitol Ministries in 2022, our 26th year of ministry as we launched new discipleship Bible-study based ministries to elected and appointed government leaders around the world. I remember early in CapMin's history when it was a big deal to launch one new ministry in a given year; this year God enabled us to launch 16! Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV). We have sought His leading and guidance every year as we work to make disciples in the political arena across the globe. His blessings have always been abundant, but this year, His affirmation has been exceptional. In past years, while most of the world was in lock down due to COVID-19 travel and meeting restric- tions, we concentrated on building CapMin's infrastructure. In that regard, post COVID-19 the global leaders we appointed to oversee Capitol Ministries in specific geographic areas around the world have been tremendously successful in recruit- ing solid, biblically reliant men— nationals—who are well equip- ped to teach the Bible to their political leaders. is past year we held training conferences in Panama City, Panama and in Cape Town, South Africa where we taught existing ministry leaders and new candidates how to establish and sustain ministries to their nations' public servants. It is with great joy and thanksgiving to God that we tell you about these ministry launches. Can you imagine the impact they will have in the world should the Lord tarry? Ministries in Capitols become better and more valuable as time goes on. So will My word be which goes forth om My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it (Isaiah 55:11). Already we see that this remarkable momentum will continue in 2023. Efforts to recruit additional min- istry leaders to teach the Bible to political leaders at all levels—local, state, and national in the U.S. and around the world—have been so successful that we are planning a worldwide training confer- ence in Washington, D.C., in November 2023. In addition to all of the aforementioned, we have already recruited many new Bible teach- ers who will be vetted and trained for Local Government Ministries (LGM), which is our initiative to work with the local church to establish Bible-based discipleship ministries to city and county commissioners and other local leaders. In the United States, seven new regional directors have been appointed to work with Dr. Dan DeShong, CapMin's from the president

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