14 Mar, 2007

04 Jan, 2007

A Fifth Trip to India College of Prayer

Kerry and I will travel to India to work with our Kingdom schools, called colleges of prayer for the fifth time in February. We will complete module four and half of module five with a group of about 12 leaders who will form the core of the national teaching staff. These leaders will graduate and be certified in October.

We will also complete a second module with two COP locations begun in October. During the last week of our trip we will travel to a new state and begin Module One with a brand new group.

During our last trip to India, we heard leaders make statements that indicate to us that their paradigm is changing to Kingdom thinking. We praise God for our continued involvement with these wonderful people (See above John with Pastor Manhour a leader in the Ahmednagar COP.)

Hans Weisner from Staten Island will accompany us on this trip. He, along with wife Lori, has been used of God to develop a local church prayer ministry as well as share in leadership for regional prayer in Staten Island and NYC.

Za'har Ministries

On Sunday, January 14, Kerry and John will both minister at Za’har ministries near Norristown, PA. Za’har is a multi-ethic congregation pastored by friends, Stephen and Jewell Matthews.

God has been using the ministry of Breaking Free To Your Destiny on a broader basis. January 25-28, the Shueys will travel to Richmond, KY to minister Breaking Free to a C&MA church in the region, as well as folks from churches in the region.John and Kerry continue to work on a revision of Breaking Free To Your Destiny. They hope to be finished by mid January and as the Lord supplies will send it to publication. The new addition will be 13 lessons which will make it perfect for a Sunday School quarter or a small group.

E-mail

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GOD IS FAITHFUL

We entered 2006 believing that God would meet all of our financial needs. However, we did not know how He would do it. Well, HE DID IT!! We will end the year in the black with all bills paid. We believe that God will do the same as we follow Him in 2007.

Our family

Some of you have asked that we include an update on our girls and their husbands. We will do so periodically. Kristin and husband Andrew Bedi live in Nashville, TN. Andy works for Hospital Corporation of America helping with budgets and accounting for Centennial Hospital. Kristin works for Realty Mortgage Company. They have a real heart for people and minister where they work and at Brentwood Baptist Church. Allie is a social worker in Salinas, CA where she helps at risk families. Her husband, Adam Buzard, is a youth pastor in Monterey. They are doing a great work of discipling students. Their Sunday School class has grown from about 4 to 30.

28 Dec, 2006

We had the privilege of engaging in several strategic Prayer Events in 2006.  In Feburary, we traveled to Washington, PA to engage in a strategic Prayer event for the church in Washington. One key element in this event was the highlighting of a potential leader  for the regional church there.

We went to the Scanton/Wilkes-Barre area three times to work  with Fox and Theresa Mayhoff and the NE House of Prayer.  One of  the trips was to  pray about the  Himilayan Institute in that region.  The regional intercessors began to lay out a plan to pray about the institute and other  regional prayer  needs.  On another occasion, God used John to speak a directive word, which opened  the door for  the pastor to share his vision for outreach, which has already begun in great fasthion.

In April, we went to Reading to participate with Ken Eberly in the Unrelenting Prayer Conference.  The goal was to train leaders to develop regional Houses of Prayer.

In addition, we participated in two regional strategic prayer events with leaders in Rijeka, Croatia and one in Pula, Croatia.  We spoke at a two day unity seminar in Zagreb at the end of the year.

 

28 Dec, 2006

Key Goals To Hand off College of Prayer India

 

We believe wholeheartedly that nationals will reach their people more effectively than outsiders.  Therefore Kingdom Quest ministers as servants to nationals.  Our goal is to  love, encourage and equip.  We desire to hand off  the ministry to nationals.  The process of handing the COP to Indians has begun.  In October, we began to train leaders earmarked to be the presenters in future COP Modules. Out goal is to graduate these presenters  in October 2007 and begin to have them assist us in teaching as soon as possible.  We will take them with us as we teach in new locations with the goal that eventually they will not need anything from us but encouragement and prayer. 

As long as it is needed, Kerry and I will plant COPs in other  parts of India and train believers from many language groups. One dream would be to plant a COP in Bangalore, which is a center for denominations and Christian training  schools.

OTHER  GOALS

1. Spend more  time  with the Lord in prayer, devotion and study

2. Spend time with key leaders, in US and other nations, seeking to build them up in the faith and help them become more fruitful in their callings.

3. Teach in training seminars and conferences whose purpose is to prepare believers to fulfill their God-ordained destiny.

4. Begin COP (Kingdom Schools) in at least two new locations (one a new nation.)

5. Finish the revision of Breaking Free To Your Destiny and  get it printed.

6. Begin other  writing  as God directs.

7. Seek to bring unity to Christ’s Church

8. Assist in seeing women released to their full potential in Jesus

 

28 Dec, 2006

God has been allowing us to develop strategic relationships in 2006. In the US, he has strengthened our relationships with Fox and Teresa Mayhoff in the north eastern region of  the State and Craig and Wendy Bellis (pictured below) from Washington, PA, who have become part of our Kingdom Quest Board.

God has also been strengthening  relationships in other parts of the world as well. In Croatia, we have developed relationships with key leaders in Rijeka: Pastor Milan and Drazenka (pictured to the left), and Cliff and Maria Luckhurst.  In Pula, a city older than Jerusalem, we have a growing relationship with Pastors Danijel and Vecho Lustig.  Danijel pastors and brother Vecho has become a key psalmist in Croatia. In Zagreb, God has given us favor with Zjelko and Lidija, who have begun to call Christians in their city together.  At one recent event, 10 churches partipated, a major accomplishment in this city where .15% of the people know Jesus.

In India, we have continued to grow in our relationships with Sanjay Gawali, Diwakar Wankede and Pradeep Borde. These men have helped us take Kingdom Schools to three locations in Maharasthra State.  We will begin our fourth school in another state in February.

God has  also begun to build a relationship with leaders in Belgium and especially Connely and Madalaine a missionary couple from South Africa. We believe that as we continue to engage in these relationships with these key leaders, we will have personal input and we will assist them in their ministries in their regions.

 

28 Dec, 2006

God has used and expanded the Breaking Free To Your Destiny Ministry in 2006  This ministry assists believers to get their past behind them by helping them to forgive those who have wronged them, to overcome hurtful words that have hindered them and to help repent of sins which have given Satan a stronghold in their lives.

God allowed us to minister Breaking Free… in eight locations this past year.  In the United States, we lead Breaking Free To Your Destiny seminars at the Southeast College of Prayer in Toccoa, Georgia and The Great Lakes COP outside of Cleveland.  In addition, we ministered  Breaking Free at the New Cumberland C&MA Church and Heritage AG in Gettysburg.

We also  had the privilege of ministering Breaking Free in Khandala, India and in Pula and Rijeka, Croatia.  The Rejeka BF  was with a group of churches who are beginning to work together to win their city.

In January, we did a follow up BF to train others how to minister deliverance.

In 2007, we are already scheduled to minister Breaking Free in Richmond, KY and Burkina Faso in West Africa.  We will also complete a revision of the manual in 2007.

 

28 Dec, 2006

Led by  the Lord and with the help of Christ Community Church in Camp Hill, PA, we established Kingdom Quest Ministries in 2004 to  facilitate our ministry in the State of Pennsylvania and in other nations.  We had no idea that God would lead us to leave  our church position to make Kingdom Quest our full time ministry.  However, in January of 2006, commissioned by our pastor and elders that is what we did. This newsletter is a report outlining the work of God during  Kingdom Quest’s first full year. 

We would like to report God’s faithfulness in so many ways.  First, we must say that God develops us and leads us to fulfill His purpose for our lives.  We feel like we are doing exactly what God made us to do!!  When God leads, He also provides. We will finish the year with every bill paid and the  budget met.  Praise the Lord!  In addition, He has supplied Judy Root, who has volunteered to serve as secretary.  She has brought administrative skill and help and has added a creative element to the office.  The rest of this report will detail some of what the Lord has done during 2006 through Kingdom Quest Ministries.

 

14 Sep, 2006

I was sitting at the computer on June 26th reading Breaking Christian News, when this headline jumped off the page: “10,000 Women From All Over the World Expected at Korea Prayer Mountain.”  The article went on to describe “EstherKorea 2006,” an international women’s prayer and fasting conference to be held August 21-24, 2006 at Osanri Choi Ja-Sil Prayer Mountain, South Korea. Upon reading the article, I KNEW I was supposed to go, so I simply prayed, “Lord, if you want me to go, please make a way!”

The rest is history! The Mission Council of Christ Community Church in Camp Hill, PA sent Anna Peachey, CCC’s Church Administrator, and me to this incredible event where we met women prayer warriors from around the world. Co-Leaders, Drs. Joon Gon Kim (called a modern day Mordecai) and Vonette Bright (widow of the late Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ) issued the call to fast and pray for revival in the church and for God to intervene in many crises in the world.  There were also many workshops on such topics as “the Persecuted Church and “Equipping a New Generation of Prayer Leaders.”  An added blessing was a visit to the largest church in the world, Yoido Full Gospel Church, pastored by Dr. David Yonggi Cho.

God allowed me to see passion in prayer like I have never seen, demonstrated in a people who are advancing the Kingdom in their nation. He challenged me to want to be this kind of person.

Thank you for your prayers.                           Kerry

 

14 Sep, 2006

             For some time, God has been laying it upon our hearts to write a series of manuals that would assist individual believers, congregations and regional churches to experience and advance the Kingdom of God personally and corporately.

             This summer the Lord eased our traveling schedule in order for us to begin this process.  The first priority is to update and edit Breaking Free To Your Destiny.  We are nearly out of manuals and BF is in need of updating.

Our goal (though it may be too lofty) is to have the new BF manuals to the printer by October 1.

Pray for the completion of this project. We estimate the cost will be $3000 to $3500. If you feel led to assist with the project, send checks to the address below and indicate that it is for the Breaking Free project.

We would love to finish two other manuals in 2007.

 

14 Sep, 2006

In August, we had the privilege of traveling to Beulah Beach, Ohio to conduct Breaking Free to a group of prayer leaders.  God did a great work in a number of people, two of whom we had the privilege of meeting with privately to assist with some painful personal issues.  God marvelously worked in both lives.

             One  pastor is beginning a BF ministry in his church in October.

In October, we will travel to Maharasthra State in India for the fourth time.  During our time there, we will begin our Kingdom School (College of Prayer) in two new locations and train key leaders from the previous COP.

During the end of our time, we will have the privilege of ministering at the Federation of Evangelical Churches of India Conference in Jaipur, Rajastan.  John will be the key note speaker and have opportunity to  minister four times. Kerry will have the honor of speaking to the women three times.

This will give us the chance to speak to Christian leaders from a number of other Indian States.  We are believing that God will change their congregations and regions.

In November, we will return to Croatia to minister in Rijeka, Pula and perhaps Zagreb.  Deanna Garren will accompany us on the trip. We will finish this trip by teaching in Prepare Int’s Belgium School.

 

07 Aug, 2006

The trip to Croatia and Slovenia was beyond all expectations.  We had been planning this trip to Croatia for nearly two years.  God’s timing was perfect as always.

Since we were last in Rijeka, God has been bringing churches together.  Five of the six protestant pastors now meet for fellowship, prayer and strategizing. We came into this environment.  During our time there, we met with people from the congregations to teach and exhort them to pray.  On the Tuesday after Easter, we met with Pastors and leaders to discuss community transformation and to pray together.  The time was awesome.

Later in the week, we traveled to Pula.  We spoke on  prayer and helped people deal with word curses and forgiveness issues.  We also met with leaders of Pula and Rovinj to talk of unity and community transformation.

We spent significant time with four pastors in Croatia and  every one of them invited us to come back.  The relationship building was amazing.  We feel connected to the people of this beautiful nation and are planning to go back in 2007.

22 Jun, 2006

Our recent trip to India was awesome! 173 persons attended the COP as we discussed how they could get their past behind them. Testimonials came in for quite some time telling of significant changes that occurred in the lives of participants.

In addition, there were very effective conferences with both men and women as we shared with them ways in which their lives can have a tremendous impact upon their cities and nation. In addition, our relationships with key leaders were greatly enhanced. It has been such a privilege to stay in the homes of these wonderful families.

The next time we go back, we will train Indians to teach the remaining modules of the current COP and we will begin the COP in two new locations. We will also visit another country while we are there in order to establish seminars there. By God’s grace, we will be walking through a number of wide open doors during the next several years. Thank you for praying.

17 May, 2006

In the past couple of years, this ministry has been at the forefront of calling for regional unity in order to facilitate the ushering in of the Lord’s Kingdom. The Bible is very clear on this.

Recently, we have become more aware of what this unity will cost. It must be more than joint services (as crucial as these are) and even reconciliation meetings (as necessary as they are).  We must commit ourselves to one another in such a way that we are walking in love and  doing all we can to help one another grow. This will take time, commitment and at times money.  It will take a resolve to love one another even when we see the “less than perfect “ side that each of  us possesses. However, if we are willing to walk in covenant love with those God calls us to, we will see the Kingdom develop.

In these early days of KingdomQuest, Kerry and I are asking “Whose Keeper am I?”

17 May, 2006

The ministry in the State of Pennsylvania has been getting much more strategic in 2006.  Already, we have been to the north eastern part of the  State twice to participate in strategic events for the Church in that region.  The first was the setting in of  Fox and Teresa Mayhoff as leaders of the North East House of Prayer . The second was a tri-state planning  meeting designed to bring unity and strategic prayer, worship and warfare.

Our meetings in Washington, PA were also fruitful with people from various  parts of that region attending.

In April the PA SPN Strategy Board will meet with prayer leaders from around the State who will tell what God is doing in the area of regional prayer  in their areas.

The goal is to increase networking in prayer to help facilitate the coming of God’s Kingdom. 

17 Dec, 2005

In the winter of 1998, John and Kerry Shuey left the church the lead in order to travel in prayer ministry, freedom ministries and missions. Little did they know that they would take an eight year training detour in order to better prepare them for this ministry. However, the time has now come for the Shueys to move full time into this ministry.

In 2004, KingdomQuest was established in order to facilitate the growing prayer and missions ministry.

In January 2006, KingdomQuest will be the full time ministry of John and Kerry Shuey. They will be commissioned by their church, Christ Community Church in Camp Hill, PA on January 1, 2006.

The Shueys ministry includes:

• Serving as Coordinators for the US Strategic Prayer Network in PA. In this capacity, the rally pray for key issues in PA, train believers in prayer ministry and networking prayer leaders from around the State.
  
• Regional Representatives for the Church Prayer Leaders Network. In this ministry, the Shueys train and consult with churches concerning local church prayer issues.
  
• They also serve on the International Teaching Faculty for the College of Prayer. In this ministry, the act as facilatators for the development of COP in India, teach modules in other countries as requested and assist with the development for a core curricula for the world-wide COP movement.
  
• Ministry in the ministry Breaking Free To Your Destiny, which seeks to help believers gain victory over past issues so that they can pursue their God-ordained destiny.
  
• Unity and City Reaching Ministries. The Shueys are committed to seeing entire regions and nations experience the Kingdom of God. They believe one key to all of this is to see the Body of Christ function in unity. Therefore, they minister to regional church groups and consult on city-reaching.

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