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UNORTHODOX ISSUE 3.1TREATMENTS 1Dr. Kiril Svilenov has newways of making Jesus real topost-Communist Bulgaria.READ THE STORY — PAGE 16DOUBLE IMPACT:THE COUPLES’ SESSIONPAGE 12

IMPACTTRAINING LEADERS GLOBALLY TO IMPACT THEIR WORLD LOCALLYSMThe leaders you support through Haggai Institute’s uniquelytransformational program are active in almost every nation and culture.IMPACT reports from the frontlines around the globe, where these menand women are changing the world.Our Impact Around the World 27,037 International Alumni COVER STORY 65,307 National and Multinational Alumni 186 Nations and Territories 92,344 Total Number of Alumni Unorthodox Treatments 490 Alumni Associations in 107 Countries Dr. Kiril Svilenov has new ways of making Jesus real to post-Communist Bulgaria.STAFF PAGE 16Dr. John Edmund Haggai – Founder and CEODr. Beverly Y. Upton – Managing Director and COO Latest NewsMr. George Zachariah – Chief Financial OfficerMr. John Bachman – Chief Global Information Officer Snapshot of DisasterProf. Arthur Dhanaraj – VP International Training PAGE 6Mr. Sundar Sangma – VP International Ministry DevelopmentMr. David John Lee – Content and Conceptual Director Miracle of God PAGE 8U.S.A. AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND UNITED KINGDOMHaggai Institute Haggai Institute Haggai Institute African Vision4725 Peachtree Corners Circle 5 Byfield Street Somers House PAGE 8Suite 100 Macquarie Park, NSW 2113 Linkfield CornerPeachtree Corners, GA 30092-2553 AUSTRALIA Redhill, Surrey RH1 1BB Double Impact: The Couples’ SessionTelephone: (770) 449-8869 (61)(2) 9870 5677 (44)(1737) 789 830 PAGE 12Telephone (toll free):1-800-642-4424Fax: (770) 810-14032 All statistical information is current as of the time of publication – JANUARY 2014.

One Light,Many ColorsFr. Dr. Anthony D’Souza has taught nations of the world! heart-to-heart with our alumni, toas a distinguished Haggai Institute hear about how they are sharing thefaculty member for more than 30 Not only will you see the world’s Gospel around the globe.years. different races and cultures, but Please join us for this important also a myriad of professions that celebration – the 45th anniversaryHe has also served as a consultant cover the spectrum of marketplace of Haggai Institute and Dr. Haggai’sto three former popes. Each fall, Fr. businesses, churches, ministries, 90th birthday. Come see what GodD’Souza directed the orientation of and non-profit organizations. has done and is doing throughthe new Catholic bishops in Rome. these global leaders! The alumni featured in this editionIn the late 1970s, he served as a of IMPACT represent only a few of Dr. Beverly Y. UptonVatican liaison to the World Council the varied professions of the leaders Managing Directorof Churches. After attending Haggai H.I. trains. Chief Operating OfficerInstitute, he told the Pope he Haggai Institutewanted to resign his membership At H.I. training, the “Light of thein the WCC. He did not share their World,” Jesus, flows into eachgoal of trying to resolve the many participant, igniting a passionatedifferences among denominations. fire to share the love of Christ with their “world.” The beauty is this: asHe said, “Haggai Institute focuses they are infused with His light, likeon the one thing we all have in sunbeams passing through a prism,common, Jesus Christ, and His love the Holy Spirit transforms His lightfor all – regardless of denomination, through them into many differentrace, or culture.” colors and hues. No one color is exactly the same as another.One Light, many colors! These different “colors” areDo you remember singing this song represented in the alumni’s uniquein Sunday school? gifts, skills, professional platforms, and personal passions, as well as Jesus loves the little children, in God’s unique calling on each of all the children of the world. their lives. The stories in this issue Red, brown, yellow, black, reflect this principle. Who would and white, ever think of using Star Wars as a they are precious in means to evangelize?! His sight. Jesus loves the little children of You will discover more fully the the world. reality of this “one Light, many colors” at the Haggai InstituteAnd that’s what you’ll see at Haggai Experience, 28 February – 2Institute – red, brown, yellow, black, March, where you will have theand white – God’s children from 186 opportunity to be face-to-face and 3

LATEST NEWSNEW MANDATE FOR SCHOOL OF FAITHTEACHERS “Going to Haggai Institute in 2006,” says Peter Bishop Wahl Abrahams Tham, “drove into my consciousness the reason we are here on this earth.”It is called Teachers Town. The goal: to train Peter has vast experience in human resourcesteachers to evangelize those they teach while management and development. He overseesimparting the knowledge required for the regular his own training consultancy firm (B.E.A.T.curriculum. Consultancy) and also directs and facilitates M.B.A. and D.B.A./Ph.D. programs for PrestonTwo Haggai Institute alumni from Namibia, University in the U.S.Bishop Wahl Abrahams and Dr. Roy Wallace, got But his time at Haggai Institute resulted in a newthe vision for this unique ministry in 1997. venture. As soon as he returned to Malaysia, he put a long-standing dream into action. He turnedAbrahams attended an International Training a small college he had bought in 2000 in Miri,Session in Singapore the following year and took Sarawak, into a full-fledged international college.over as chair of Teachers Town in 2002. Since then,he says, “we have seen amazing growth in Local Peter Tham with some of the students at his college in Sarawak, Malaysia Training Seminars within the city and “It was because of my time at Haggai Institute throughout the training that I saw the potential of serving God nation of Namibia.” through the education business and, at the same time, of fulfilling my passion for the field of Haggai Institute’s education. From a very early age, I wanted to be a teacher.” classes on He set the fees at a moderate level, in order to provide an opportunity for those who would not stewardship, otherwise be able to afford college studies. “Currently we have about 550 students doing motivation, various courses in the diploma-level programs. We are not a Christian college per se, but we have mobilizing, a strong Christian fellowship for the students, and we meet once a week. We also have 18 students Bishop Wahl Abrahams at a training, Teachers Town convocation and leadership development madea deep impact on him. Abrahams says, “It was atransformational time.”4

from Vietnam under our college- Witness in Leadership” were of people receive Christ as Lordsponsored scholarships. direct relevance to his job and and Savior. Another 130, she ministry. reports, have given their lives to“Among them, three were not Christ at other events.Christians at the time of entry, The 2013 review of The Shield of Faith “I have also undertaken missionbut all three became Christians in the Romanian military magazine trips to South Africa, Swaziland,after studying for one semester Gândirea militara româneasca Lesotho, and Namibia and havein our college.” planted five more churches,” His book, The Shield of Faith, she says. “I want to encouragePeter is confident the fellowship has been warmly received by the you that there is no limit if wenumbers will increase every President of Romania, Traianterm because all students, of Basescu, officials in the Ministry Helen Mukumbatheir own volition, accompany of Defense, and generals and stay steadfast in God. Haggaihim to church every Sunday. officers of all ranks from both Institute gave me a big zeal andSo an educational institution is the military and police force. a hunger for the work of God.also a tool for evangelism. As he Thank you all.”says, “God is bringing all these NO LIMITstudents right to my doorstep for 5harvesting.” “I am a changed person,” says Helen Mwenya Mukumba ofVALUES IN THE Zambia. “I know I will impactMILITARY my nation with what I have learned.”Gabi Gheorghias, the only In 2012, she came to Haggaievangelical chaplain in the Institute as a pastor, miningRomanian Armed Forces, has company administrator, andjust released a book on the core founder of God in the Highestvalues of the Christian faith for (GITH) Evangelical Ministries.military personnel. She has since preached at several crusades and has seen over 500It took him two years to collectbiographies of top internationalmilitary leaders, and one ofthe testimonies came from avolunteer (a former colonel inthe U.S. military) who he metin 2012 at the Haggai Institutetraining at the Mid-PacificCenter.During that training, hesaid, “I was encouraged bythe sensitivity of facilitators,participants, and volunteers.”The subjects “Biblical andContemporary Models ofEvangelizing” and “Effective

LATEST NEWS SNAPSHOT OF DISASTER Did Haggai Institute alumni make a difference after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines?Bishop Efraim Tendero Jerry Yaokasin is vice-mayor of to the small islands since they Tacloban, one of the hardest- are the very last to be reached(shown above, in the red shirt) hit locations. Interviewed by by the government aid. When an international newspaper, he we arrived in a big pump boat,provided local coordination and said, “The people were warned. the people were starving. Theirencouragement to the volunteers But they were laughing because crops, trees, fishing boats, andaboard a Norwegian chartered the day before the typhoon it houses were all destroyed by theship, bringing relief goods from was so sunny. They thought typhoon. As one of the leadersdifferent groups in Metro we were crazy telling them to of our Crises Action ResponseManila. evacuate. The first local law Team, I was privileged to visit that we passed under my watch the victims, hear their ordeals,Meldean Pace Llanes wrote, was the forced evacuation and share with them God’s love“I’m directing a project called ordinance. That was early in in the midst of this calamity.”Hope Tent and will be going August. Thanks to that, we wereto Tacloban, Ormoc, and able to evacuate some people to Dr. Gloria Enriquez Fabrigas isSamar to set up tents that the evacuation centers.” a medical specialist assignedwill accommodate 100-300 in the Department of Health atin December. It will also Rachel Millamena wrote, “Just Tacloban City. She wrote, “Mybe the center for Christian arrived from two small islands Haggai Institute experiencerelief distribution, providing where we distributed 4,600 relief taught me a lot of things aboutassistance to any organization packs. “Our team decided to go reaching the lost in my ownwanting to reach out to the sphere of influence. On 6surrounding areas.” November, I started my 24/7 tour of duty at the OperationAmy Castigador, an alumni Center as we evacuated familiesassociation president, working to ‘resilient’ areas. Many refusedwith other alumni from Central to come.”Philippine University, praisedGod for enabling them to Larry San Pedro assistedget through storm-damaged relief efforts and organizedareas to bring relief goods to prayer gatherings of pastors innorthern Iloilo and neighboring the uplands of Aklan, whereprovinces. indigenous groups lost homes, church buildings, and family6 members. The greatest blessing, according to the alumni, is that they are able to keep up the connection with one another through prayer and encouragement, remembering what they learned at Haggai Institute.

Mrs. Linda Cozart “HAGGAI INSTITUTE CHANGEDSERVING EVERYTHING.”WITH AN ACE Inar Brandão, operational pastorDonor Linda Cozart says of Haggai Institute, at Central Baptist Church in Belo“It helps me to feel a small part of the many ministries Horizonte, Brazil, transformedaround the world where our alumni are involved.” his approach to evangelism after attending Haggai Institute.She makes a monthly contribution to help train moreleaders, continuing a commitment she and her husband, He says, “The way I communicate theDoug, began many years ago. Gospel has changed on a level that I cannot express properly. I know I amNot many know that Linda won the Triple Crown title in a better evangelist. In my ministry,Hong Kong, and that as a young woman, she was on her my professional life, Haggai Instituteway to becoming a professional tennis player. changed everything.”“And then,” she says, “I became a Christ-follower and Inar Brandãowent overseas as a missionary.” During training, Inar committed toIt was in Hong Kong that she met her husband-to-be, share the Gospel with 300 people.Doug Cozart, who left his position at World Vision in 1978 Instead, over the following year, heto play a globetrotting role, overseeing Haggai Institute’s witnessed to 600 family membersgrowing network of international leaders. and friends. Now he has set a goal for every member of his church to reachDoug served God through Haggai Institute for 23 years. one other person in the next year and for the number of cell groups to growLinda’s support for the ministry has withstood the test of from 30 to 250 by the year 2016.time. He says, “In my way of thinking,“Haggai Institute,” she says, “is one of the most efficient everyone should attend Haggaiways to spread the Gospel through all the nations, since Institute training because it willthe people who live there know the languages and change the way you relate to yourunderstand the cultures in a way that Westerners family, other churches, and nations.”never can.” For more on this story, visit www.Haggai-Institute.com. 7

LATEST NEWS AFRICAN VISION MIRACLE OF GOD Living in Nigeria, a nation divided almost equally between Muslims and Christians and Nesya Ariella Christable is a baby born of often racked by sectarian violence, prayer. Dr. Olufemi Babalola takes nothing for granted. Her mother, radio broadcaster and alumna Sarah Ranee Pillay of Indonesia, had Dr. Olufumi Babalola (right) in his clinic fibroids in her uterus. Doctors advised her to have a hysterectomy, and when she became Olufemi is one of Africa’s most distinguished pregnant after eight long years of trying, ophthalmic surgeons, in charge of a practice they urged a termination in case the fetus that employs 20 specialists. As vice president became deformed. of the Middle East and African Council of Sarah, however, had learned about the Ophthalmology, he influences his peers from as power of prayer while at Haggai Institute. far north as Turkey and as far east as Iran. She says, “We called on God, who gave life He is also vice president of Nigeria’s Haggai to this baby, that He and He alone would Institute Alumni Association, organizing preserve it.” National Training Seminars, with a goal to train Friends from both her Haggai Institute Nigeria’s national legislators. session and from Indonesia solidly stood “I remember meeting Dr. Haggai at the training behind her in prayer, and Sarah and and being inspired by his life story,” he says. husband, Joseph, have now been blessed “He’s always been a reference point for me since with a healthy baby. They named her Nesya, then. I learned from him that you don’t give up which is Hebrew for “miracle of God.” when you have a goal. With all the breath you have, you persist with it.” Sarah and Joseph Pillay with their For Haggai Institute’s donors, people he believes daughter, Nesya are “planting seeds all over the world,” he has nothing but gratitude. 8 For more on this story, visit www.Haggai-Institute.com.

MOMENTS FROM SOUTH AMERICAIn October, Dr. Haggai, H.I. Chairman Don Dizney and his wife, Irene,and Joe and Tina Gibbs, took a 13-day vision trip to South America tomeet some alumni and friends of Haggai Institute. PERU: In the 1980s, Dr. Jesús Hurtado, an evangelical theologian and clinical psychologist, read a Spanish- language copy of Dr. Haggai’s book Lead On! He is now a national congressman. He said to Dr. Haggai, “The 12 principles you teach in your book are also in the curriculum of Peru’s four seminaries. All the seminary students have learned the 12 principles in your book. They have started 1,000 churches. So, in addition to those who have attended Haggai Institute in Singapore or at the Mid- Pacific Center, many more have learned your principles.”BRAZIL: Belo Horizonte is home to the CHILE: The Presidential Palace in Santiago containsLagoinha Baptist Church, where alumnus a room dedicated to the George Washington of Chile,Márcio Valadão is senior pastor. The Bernardo O’Higgins. Here the group met with aauditorium, which seats 6,000, is filled to dozen local alumni. They all show their enthusiasticcapacity for eight services each weekend. appreciation for their training at Haggai Institute. 9

BRAZIL: Dr. Haggai gave the benediction at the Presbyterian Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro, with Rev. Dr. Guilhermino Cunha. Dr. Cunha, one of the first participants from South America, attended Haggai Institute in 1978 and coordinated H.I. work in Latin America for many years. Since 1981, he has led the great Presbyterian Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro from victory to victory.10

GUATEMALA: Dr. Haggai preached at the church ofalumnus Dr. Jorge Lopez. He spoke at the second and thirdof their four Sunday services. The sanctuary of FraternidadCristiana de Guatemala holds 12,200. The message wasbroadcast by closed circuit TV to their second location.CHILE: The vision trip team met at the Presidential Palacein Santiago, with 1989 alumnus Alfredo Cooper, chaplain tothe President of Chile, and Cristián Larroulet, economist ofthe year in 2008 and former acting Vice President of Chile.Among the topics discussed was Chile’s rapid change fromsocialism to a successful market economy. 11

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In September of 2013, Haggai Institute convened a session of married couples. These 32 top-level couples from 17 countries pioneered a unique training experience – learning side by side with the goal of reinforcing each other’s commitment to Kingdom expansion in future years. Eighty percent of the participants were in marketplace professions. The average age for husbands was 49 and for wives, 45.TOP FIVE CURRICULUM TOPICS THEY HAD 68% 67%NEVER BEEN TAUGHT BEFORE(Percentage of participants) How to Train Others Communicating the for Evangelizing Gospel to the Next 84% 74% 70% Communicating the Communicating the Biblical and GenerationGospel to the Majority Gospel in a Pluralist Contemporary Models of Community Context Evangelizing According to Director Participants work together of Training Raffy on a group assignment Mendoza, “A spouse at the Couples’ Training can serve as an Session. accountability partner, reminding the other 13 of the commitments made during the training. Many couples expressed the benefit of having a common experience of the urgent need to evangelize.”

Dr. Haggai urged the participants to “immerse these days in prayer.”Josephine Limchesing Ching, Andrey Furmanov, Bonaleth Musngi De Vera,Philippines Russian Federation PhilippinesJoint owner and CFO of a printing business Missionary and senior pastor Medical doctor and owner of a 50-bed “My wife and I are committed to tertiary hospital“The training has actually made deliver the message that we heard at “I have decided to be a preacher inme realize that YES, I CAN. I AM the training to the next generation.” my own marketplace, reaching outan evangelist. My husband will be to all my stakeholders.”my accountability partner. We will Agbadu-Fishim James Terseer, Stefano Indra Bramono,share ONE VISION, ONE MISSION, Nigeria IndonesiaONE SPIRIT IN THE LORD.” Lawyer serving as presiding labor Executive pastor with a 1,200-member court judge congregationIvy Thomas Abraham, “I am going to embark on active “I pray that the Holy Spirit willIndia personal evangelism with the help guide me to implement this missionConsultant in obstetrics, gynecology at of God and the leading of the Holy when I return to my country.”Jiwan Jyothi Christian Hospital Spirit.” MIDDLE“I used to think that teaching Titus Koshy, EASTwas not my gifting. But now I am Indiamotivated to train others, to have a Business owner and CEO (3%)multiplier effect.” “The training has helped me understand the urgency in reachingSidny Raquel Cisneros de Lemus, all and multiplying evangelists.”MexicoTelecommunications company CEO and ASIAowner (69%)“I have an urgency to pass on theserevelations to my people backhome.” ALAMTEINRICA (16%) PERCENT OF COUPLES BY CONTINENT ; AFRICA14 (12%)

H.I. NUMBERS ALUMNI As of 30 November 2013, the total number of Haggai Institute alumni topped 92,000. TRAINED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONSThe total of 92,344 consists of By citizenship, our alumni The total number of alumni 27,037 International-trained represent 176 nations and associations stands at alumni (English, Mandarin, territories and work in 186 490 in 107 nations.Arabic), and 65,307 Regional- and National-trained alumni. nations and territories. 15

CFROOMMMUNISMTO SCI-FI Dr. Kiril Svilenov, Orthodox believer, chairman of the Bulgarian Christian Medical Association, and avid Star Wars fan, finds new ways to bring the love of Christ to his people.16

Opened in 1981 by the Bulgarian Communist regime on the site of a historic battle, thenow-ruined Buzludzha Monument resembles a Hollywood film set. [Photo: Copyright Narval]In the classic 1980 film The THE UNFORGETTABLE PAST Empire Strikes Back, LukeSkywalker’s diminutive Jedi Freedom to evangelize ininstructor, Yoda, looks him the workplace is a novelty inin the eye and says, “You Bulgaria – and Kiril remembersmust unlearn what you have all too well what things werelearned.” like before.Dr. Kiril Svilenov identifies There was the eveningwith that statement. when the secret police hammered on the front doorEarly in 2011, he and his of his family’s tiny two-roomwife were ready to abandon apartment. His father, whoBulgaria in favor of the United had given up his position asStates. Then he went to Haggai an Orthodox seminarian toInstitute – where he did a lot of join the Bulgarian Academy ofunlearning. Haggai Institute, Sciences, had been supplyinghe says, completely changed local believers with Christianthe way he thought. resources. But that night, the game was over.“Afterwards, we devotedourselves 100 percent to God.” “My father was taken to be interrogated,” Kiril says. “MyMEDICINE AS MISSION mother, brother, and I were about to be sent to a laborA passionate evangelist with camp. That wasn’t mucha love of science fiction, Kirilearns his living as a family “Every Christiandoctor in the Bulgarian who wantscapital, Sofia. to grow in his faith and beIt’s not easy. Unlike their used as a toolcounterparts in the West, for evangelismmedics in Bulgaria receive and disciplingonly average pay. His clinic in should haveSofia is basic. But his surgery Haggai Institutebelongs to the Great Physician, training.”and patients rarely leavewithout hearing a mention of 17the Gospel.“My work is my calling,” hesays. “Through it I can reachmany people. I want to meetpeople who desire to grow intheir faith and disciple them.”

different from the camps Hitler used municipalities, and government Balkan Haggai Institute Trainingin the Second World War. We would departments. He notes, “The Seminar.”have been murdered or died from amazing thing is that all the officialsexhaustion.” took the Bible with honor and He is also turning his love for respect.” science fiction into a tool forOnly through the miraculous evangelism. For his own generation,intervention of his father’s boss – a It’s a measure of Bulgaria’s return and even for teenagers, the Stardedicated Communist – was Kiril’s to its Christian roots that the same Wars movies are so embedded infather set free. The family continued freedom to distribute religious Bulgarian culture that Kiril can usetheir undercover mission to literature has not been extended to them the same way as Jesus useddistribute Christian literature until the country’s 1.2 million Muslims parables.the Communist regime finally fell in – despite directives from the1990. European Union to do so. “If during my lifetime I see the Bulgarian nation changed – this willTHREE MILLION BIBLES “Twenty years ago, the Bible was be an answered prayer,” he says. burned,” Kiril says. “Now it’sToday, the contrast could hardly be accepted everywhere. We see that as He stays in contact with his ownmore evident. an open door for evangelism.” H.I. classmates from as far away as Mexico, India, and Egypt. He alsoBulgaria’s Minister of Education has SCIENCE FICTION AS EVANGELISM plans to extend his evangelistic workcleared Kiril to distribute children’s by holding seminars on topics likeBibles in state schools for students That open door is precisely why Kiril evolution, apologetics, and abortion.who are in grades first through highly values his Haggai Institute His only limitation is time.seventh – the only place in Europe training.where this is currently happening. His verdict on the Haggai Institute A gifted communicator, he returned experience: “Every Christian who“We call it the Bible Project. It from his training to lead evening wants to grow in his faith and bestarted in 2005, and to date, we sessions at two summer camps. used as a tool for evangelism andhave imported more than 3,000,000 “I used that time to speak about discipling should have HaggaiBibles,” he says. Through the Bible evangelism and discipline. I also Institute training.”Project, Kiril also places Bibles spoke at our first National Trainingwith teachers, politicians, doctors, Seminar held in Sofia, as well as ourMany office buildings like this recall the daysof the Communist regime and have seen littleimprovement since.18

“Twenty years ago,the Bible was burned.Now it’s acceptedeverywhere. We see itas an open door forevangelism.”As a family practitioner, Kiril is able toshare his faith with many people and reachdifferent generations within a family.Dr. Kiril Svilenov poses as a Jedi knight. KIRIL SVILENOV ON STAR WARS AS A PARABLE “Star Wars is one of my favorite movies. I first saw it in middle school. I am using pictures from the movie to reveal truths about the spiritual world. That is what Jesus did. He used parables. He used everyday stories just to bring things closer to our understanding. Like, for example, what is the Force? Letting the Force be with you is like being born again and becoming a Christian. And the light saber – the Bible says that God’s Word is a sword that we can use. It provides light. So who is the Light? Simple things like that give people visual images and help them understand the Gospel.” 19

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