. THE FIRE IS REAL IN YOUR MINSTRY!! The Holy Spirit called me to be a Hannah-a prayerful mother and raise up a Samuel I obeyed that divine calling when he gave me a son in 1977. The Holy Spirit wants me to raise up many Samuels and teach His word to this next generation. Hannah gave birth to Samuel, a mighty prophet of God, and dedicated him to the Lord’s service. God wants to raise up dedicated families to serve as a model. He wants a generation of the upright to pioneer what He calls the Nico Family Legacy. Our family ministry really began on January 1, 1977 at 4:47 pm when our son David Nico was born weighing in at only 7 pounds 7 ounces. God divinely instructed me even before I conceived that I was going to have a son and that I should call him David after King David in the Bible. On the morning of his dedication the Lord spoke a prophetic word through my husband regarding our son: The Lord said, this child like King David of old would slew many giants for God’s honor and glory! Rodney will you contact me and pray with me? I know our ministry will be launched and released soon, but we need your help. WE know that our ministry and vision is unique to our specific family call.

The mantel of the healing/prophetic anointing has fallen on my son as I said earlier. He received the fire of the anointing manifested in his hands for healing at camp meeting in 1997. It was in Tulsa, Oklahoma when Kenneth Hagin prayed and released the anointing. Then years later in your meeting in 2005 David fully surrender to the Lord. My son never liked ministers. I find that interesting for I never pushed him into ministry. He graduated from ORU in 2000 with his B.S.Business-Markeing/Health & Fitness Science; then got his Masters degree in Entrepreneurship/E-Business from Regent University. He has sold out totally to God. He is 100 percent going hard after Jesus now. He was always interested in fitness, nutrition, and health. In 2005 God gave him a vision to see a health, healing first class spa/fitness facility center for leaders on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He has a business background and wants to pioneer and take back what false New Agers have stolen from the Church. WE need the fiancés to begin to move forward. I know the vision for the mission God gave to me will be financed by my son’s business. My vision includes a food bank, ministry for mothers/children, crisis nursery, children’s center, adult literacy program, a home for orphans, and a soup kitchen with a natural smoothie bar & cafe/coffee house for youth so we can reach out the entire family.

I would like to say that it is an honor to be apart of what god is doing here in Florida and in the RMI ministry. I helped a lot with the scheduling for the Christmas outreach. I realized that it takes a lot of work to put together something like that event or any event. I realize that every person is so important in the role they play. That the church doesn’t function right without every person helping and serving. Every area that they help is important. And it is so awesome to see so many believers take there position and stand together to help reach the community for Jesus.

Before I moved to Florida I was involved with an Assembly of God church that did a lot of outreach, but the one major key was missing. And that key was sharing the gospel, the good news and allowing the Holy Spirit to move.  When I came to RBI and started going on the street I saw the whole picture come together the way it is suppose to be. The people are not only getting some of there physical needs met but they are getting there spiritual needs met and that’s what they need the most. Jesus is the answer to any situation they may be in.

It is truly a honor and blessing to get to be a part of a ministry that is doing both theses things. To really be the church the way god planed for it to be. To be his hands and feet and let his voice be heard and light shine in the darkness.  We get to see the lives of these people touched and changed on a daily basis, not just in the church but on the street and going door to door. Jesus still saves, heals, delivers and touches people when you let him use you as a vessel. It is so amazing to see the word of god and power of god in operation, by ordinary believers just doing what the word of god says to do. We are leading the way and they follow. They see that the same Jesus, the same Holy Spirit that lives in us, lives in them. And then they go and start witnessing and praying for the sick and become examples and leaders to the people in there area. It is truly an awesome thing to see. It’s the church going outside the four walls.

Sharon D

Fox Loose in Tennessee Pastor Rodney, Oct 2006 my wife and I were changed forever! We discovered you when GODTV started broadcasting on DirecTV and from that time forward we watched almost all your services live on the internet. BUT as you say our church was lukewarm and wet blankets were continually used on us. One night I had a dream to go to our senior pastor and let him know what was going on in our life. I called him up and told him I wanted to come in and talk with him that I had a praise report. I had to wait days before I could meet with him but on those days before the meeting I would continually have dreams bringing our senior pastor down for the camp meeting and also bus loads of people from our church being loaded up to come down to Chattanooga in October. Well I finally was able to meet with our Pastor and when I walked into his office I had a video playing of him conducting our Easter service on my Zune (like an IPOD). He was excited and said what that? I asked him if he heard of Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne? I went further letting him know what was happening in our life. I then plugged the Zune into his speakers and played the Great Awakening clip which explains what you are doing and some background on where you came from, as he watched I prayed silently in tongues. After that clip I played the Summer Camp Meeting clip and stood back behind as he watched intently and I prayed in tongues. After the clip finished he said Would YOU go with me to the camp meeting I was completely blown away!! GOD is so good! My wife and I prayed that he would bring his wife. Weeks went by and they finally bought the airline tickets to Tampa. I could write pages of what came against us all before we came down. We arrived at RMI for the Sunday evening and stayed through Tuesday night services, that’s all the time our Pastor could get away. This Sunday July 8 2007. Sunday morning services was a little different he seemed recharged but not much of a change. Sunday evening: The FIRE hit our congregation! Pastor Mike was picking out people in the sections and laying hands on them, interesting he started with the associate Pastors, board members and key people in the congregation he then asked each section to come down to have hands laid on them. There were bodies all over the sanctuary! A fox is loose in Tennessee!! Later I found out after talking with an associate Pastor that he told them that they WILL all be going down to Chattanooga in October! Get the buses ready¦ Pastor Rodney I just wanted to give you a testimony and I believe there IS a third Great Awakening happening now! We love you and will continue to pray for you and your staff and looking forward to meeting you in Chattanooga. Our Pastor also was talking about maybe having you all up to our church (we are about 1 ½ away) but I told him that our church only holds about 1100 people and you only go to churches with hold a minimum of 3000. Love in Christ Curt & Marianne C

Great Awakening Tour City #13 St. Louis, Missouri

I prayed with a young man named Zack. he had been praying all day for someone to tell him about Jesus. Another man told me if he were to die right now that he’d go to hell. we read the script together, he understood it was a gift and he prayed with me and accepted Christ. 13 souls on Monday, 5 souls on Wed., 16 souls On Thursday

I watched the Camp meeting all week on revival.com and it was powerful. I could sense the River rising just as if I was there it was incredible. Dr. Rodney and Adonica as a fellow future minister thank you for not being ashamed of the JOY and the River! There is so much thirst and hunger out there for His presence. I have a question is there any way I can purchase your new worship CD called Pure Worship please contact me and let me know Thanks and may the joy of the Lord be your strength

I went to Summer Camp meeting and was completely saturated by the presence and everything I had been praying for was answered. I needed direction on what to do after high school, during camp meeting God gave me the boldness to tell my family that he told me I was coming to the River School of Worship. On the Saturday of camp meeting I was given the gift of the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues. I am just so grateful for everything and I just can’t stop thanking God for everything.

Chris F.
not known Missouri United States

Great Awakening Tour City #16 Chattanooga, Tennessee

This week was my first time going out to talk to strangers about Jesus. I was very nervous at first but the first person I talked was not sure she was saved and accepted the Lord. I was shocked that it was so easy to share Christ with others. I was still nervous that day but the next day I went out the Holy Spirit gave me a boldness to reach others.

I had come to The River the next day after I had injured my left shoulder, because I was in a lot of pain, and I got prayed over. The doctor had thought I might have a tear in the rotator cuff. Well- I just paid a visit to Dr. Frankel at the Florida Orthopedic Institute yesterday for the lowdown on the MRI. He said, “Well, I have good news. You don’t have to have surgery.” He also went on to say that he doesn’t need to see me anymore. Instead of a tear, it’s a little fracture in a piece of bone way inside. It’ll take about a year to heal up, he said. God has come through for me, again! He always does what He says He’s going to do. God Bless!!!!!!!!!

We attended your camp meeting last week. It was our first time to be with you there, although we had attended an evening in Florence KY & a weekend in the Pittsburgh area (both years ago 1999-2000). We were touched in a specific, tangible way. When Pastor Rodney called all of Ohio forward for prayer on Tuesday morning I (Bill) was touched in a way that relieved me of all care and concern for the ministry, and all the pain I’d been feeling from the stress of the last 2-3 years and prep for the trip and the fatigue and pain from the trip (itself) by car left my body. The next morning’s meeting also found me impacted by great peace and liberty in the chair during the preaching time. This continued as the week unfolded. The second time I was prayed for by the Native American from Quebec (UN) I also received (regarding government) and as the week went by it became increasingly difficult to distinguish between one move and another, as the Lord peeled the layers off of both of us. Although Nancy did not receive prayer for the specific difficulty in her body as she would have liked, I assured her that God would meet the need and she is improved and believing for more daily. We arrived home hopeful, helped and (again) happy to serve the Lord. Although I had never seriously considered giving up, it had been crossing my mind more and more the last few months. Now it is gone. We are looking forward with expectation to the increase and release of new boldness, special anointing and the establishment of the vision of the Lord for our area and region. Praise be to God!

Chris J.
Chattanooga Tennessee United States

Revival in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Dear pastors Rodney & Adonica, My wife and I would like to be web members of your church. We watch online every service, and we are so blessed by your ministry. We found out about you in 1995, when a Canadian pastor brought to Russia (where we used to live) a few video tapes. These tapes were a great instrument in our bible school and also seed in our hearts. Next year we moved to America and visited your meetings in Vancouver, Canada. We have never experienced so much freedom before. This freedom is the reason why we want to be on your campmeetings again and again. Thank you for your teaching, thank you for allowing the Holy Spirit to do work in people’s hearts. We can say with full confidence, that your ministry changed our lives. Thank you so much!!! Please consider us as part of The River Church.

Sunday night (last night) I worked the phone bank prayer lines, and really saw Gods hand moving through my prayers “which really encouraged me. I had thought I’m not ready, but then I heard Pastor Rodney’s voice in my ears: you will never feel ready. You just have to obey Some of the reports from those I prayed for: I’m shaking so hard I can hardly hold the phone, I’ve never shaken like this (prayer for various family / personal issues).. I feel the fire of God all over my body I’m on fire (requested prayer for fire). I feel tingling in my feet, and normally I only feel pain there (woman in nursing home with MS, unable to walk “prayer for healing). Such a blessing to know it was not about me “ I just had to be an instrument to pray most of these folks were very hungry“ and just needed someone to pray for them. One man told me: I’m on my knees, my hands are raised, I’m ready for you to pray I made special note of this hunger in his heart as I prayed After one call where the caller really got touched the Holy Spirit hit me and I was shaking and weeping all through the next call. Most of the operators were hit during this time. I was so honored to be used in this way. Several men called who were older, who had been on fire for God years ago, and wanted it renewed I did not have to pray with any of them for salvation I did check with a couple of them directly (that I could not clearly tell from their prayer request):care you born again? If you died now do you know you would go to heaven?, they all knew the Lord. Several older women called with various health & family issues. One of these ladies especially touched me. I slipped into tongues at one point while praying with her, for the Lord was showing up so strongly on her (and on me). Then she asked if she could ask for more prayer and I said definitely Then she asked to be able to speak in tongues better I speak a little in tongues, but not as good as you. (I know its not a matter of goodness, but I knew what she meant). So I prayed for even new languages“ new tongues “ and I could hear her weak voice raising up in renewed vigor as she started praying stronger and stronger in tongues At the end she said: “your prayers touched me so This experience took me personally to a new level of being prepared to “pour out” to others.

Andrey & Marina M
Kent Washington United States

Revival in Vancouver, BC, Canada

I like to thank God ,up in the GLORY where he lives ,couse he restored me and my vife thru your tv-satelit sendings. I am grateful towards our creator ,how HE use you , Pastor Rodney and Angelica ! It is wonderful to wach you , and may GOD bless you and your ministry MIGTILY , i am sadly a poor man and are in dept here and there , and have not food to eeat .Lost have i our child ,when the childprotection took the child from us …. Pray for our situation , as ve thank him for the situation ! ! ! The devil and satan has tryed somany times couse he NOW THE PURPUS OF GOD TOWARD ME NDMY IFE .He may kilme but not my soul ,or my vifes or childrens soul….. Rodney GOD amy put in your hart to do somthing ,couse i belive that he will do so …But do it only by HIS command! God Bless From Jon and EBERE from the Blessed willage of Nkwerre in Ighbo land ,In Norway.

I have been sick since January and I was in the hospital and in a rehab and was suffering with migraines and leg pain and was on anti-depressants. I was medication for pain and was depressed. I was totally 100% healed, mind and body at the camp meeting. No more pain. I through away the medication. and I am on fire for God once again. I was saved in Revival and that is all I know. Then I lost my dad, in June of 2006, I put my son in Teen Challenge, Our draught is in Iraq and I got sick in January and became very discouraged. My best friend moved to the Tampa to go to the school and I have been alone and I have been waiting on God and to see this nation shaken and to see revival come but things got in the way and I was giving up. But during the camp meeting and being in the anointing I was set free and the Lord spoke to me to come to school but my husband said to prepare to come for next year because we still have one more son left in his final year in school and a house. So I am waiting on God and going out to win souls. I am on fire and listen to the DVDs from the camp meeting everyday.

I am so thankful to Jesus for another chance. I am excited to see what He will do with me and I am preparing for whatever He wants. Thanks for keeping the Fire going so we can come! Also I have seen breakthroughs already in my finances since I have been home. I have been a partner and have sown but I have been out of work and when I came to the camp meeting I sowed in the offering money I did not have. The Lord is already blessing me back and I know I fill fund one of the crusades! I will be blessed to be a blessing. I came home and opened up an account for the end time harvest with $5.00 that the Lord said will turn into $50.00 then $500 then $50,000 and so on just like that. I believe for big things. Thank you and God bless you!

Jon Ragnar G
Naerbo (No State) Norway

Great Awakening Tour City #5 Greensboro, North Carolina April GAT

Called to get a free offer, asked the guy to pray with me about a car, He started to pay and then stopped and said it’s already done, God has already made away for the car 3 or 4 days later I had the car!!!!!!!! at Greensboro nc got toally delivered from depression, also the lady at one of your sales tables minisrter to me there. what she spoke over me is already beginning. she said by next April, i wouldn’t believe were God was going to take me. Praise God for your ministry.how I would love to work in God’s presence like that all the time!!!!

There were three women from South Carolina who attended the awakening tour. They testified that they saved their maid at the hotel. On the last day of their departure; Friday…the maid was rushing to the hotel to say goodbye to them. She was speeding and a state trooper stopped her. He asked her to get out of the car. She asked if she could get something out of the trunk. He said “yes” which is unconventional for them to do. She got out a soul-winning pamphlet and lead him to Christ right there. He was so excited he forgot to write her a ticket. In Indiana, a state trooper was shot and killed for stopping to help someone along the road. One wonders if anyone had read him a soul-winning pamphlet! We often visit the prisons to save souls but often forget those who put them there for our protection. May we never forget the defenders of our country…both abroad and at home? Thanks to three women. and the one ministry who gave them a winning souls script; this trooper and others will never have to worry about the enemy outside when the “Greater than they” are within.

Sheila L
Jonesville North Carolina United States

Great Awakening Tour City # 22 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

May God continue Blessing you all! All my life I have been in church and experienced the touch of the Lord in different ways but never like this. I have never felt so good in my life. The entire week that I went each day the Lord cleansed me within, got rid of anger that I didnt know was there and for the 1st time in my life I finally feel free!! All sadness was stripped away, all the hurt and pain was healed. I was very skeptical at first until Pastor Browne just simply passed by me. I felt the fire of the Holy Spirit fill me and the oil of joy pour out on me. From that moment on I can truly say my life has and will never be the same. I also want to say that since the saturday we went out to the nursing homes to evangelize, I havent stopped since. Our church had been doing it once a month but after that week we now evangelize 3 days a week. And all glory be to God many souls have gotten saved. I have been watching the Winter Conference online and the presence of God just fills the room. I would like to thank the entire RMI group for following and allowing God to you. May the Lord continue to use you all and Bless you greatly. And I promise that the fire which was ignited in me, will NEVER go off again!

We are friends and partners in ministry of your very own Len and Gretchen R. We are being blessed greatly by joining in on your services via webcast and we will continue to do so. We can feel the anointing and the environment of glory at your services here at our very own home, thank you and bless you all the way from Puerto Rico.

Daisy C
hollywood Florida United States

Great Awakening Tour City # 22 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I was touched by the Holy Spirite and got the fire… I went to share the gaspel on Saturday morning to a Nursery Home, in almost 2 hours 12 people got save accepting the Jesus as their Lord and Sevour, even one of the nurse in the place saw me and she was touched by what it was happening in the room, she asked me if she get a paper to read, since I could not pass any information I asked her if I can pray for her, she said yes, and she had tears on her eyes, and accepted Jesus. one young man was saved too and I think one Jewish too… since the conference my life hasnot being the same, neither my relationship with hte Lord..

I have always wanted let you know of my testimony and want to be at your meeting physically, but i hope one day God will give me that favorite was my first year in this country, and was studying at a college at the west end. A course mate had skin disease chicken pokes and almost all the class got infected by the disease and i was one of does. Mine was very serious and had be away from college for a fourth night. I thought i was going to die because i had never experience any skin disease before and my GP told me there is no medication for it so i should just take pain killers and wait for it go by it self. During the second week, i switch to the God channel and it was my first time of seeing Pastor Rodney ever in life and on television and he was teaching on the Holy Spirit and healing at the west minister chapel and i join to pray for healing but i feel asleep during the program and i got a vision, that orange seeds and oranges were popping out of my back body, when i woke up Pastor Rodney was still preaching, i was sweating and called my mum saying mum, i have been healed, i have been healed i believe in Jesus and the Holy Spirit but i never thought i would also be touched this way by them. I told my mum and truly the pokes has popped out plenty at my back and i gain a whole lots of energy in me and didn’t feel sick any more all at the same moment. Please let me know when you are coming to London or any where closer so that i can be at your service to experience Gods power.

Liliana T
Miramar Florida United States