Gathering Together Event
April 3-4, 2020
Charlotte, NC area
2 days. 12 speakers. 3 worship teams.
For several years there has been a strong desire among some to pull churches and ministries in this local area, Charlotte, North Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina together.
In 2003 the Lord initially put it on one's heart to ask
several ministries with similar connections to somehow, someway, work together in
areas where they could, to bring the Lord’s Body together in unity. Only one replied, writing back, "It will never happen."
It is not about big names, big churches or big ministries. It is about being the Body of Christ, together, as Jesus Himself prayed in John 17. We believe His prayer will get answered - one way or another.
That one and only response back then, now 16 years later, must change. It is still on the Lord's heart, and now in an even greater measure.
The Lord again
spoke in October 2018 that it was time to once again attempt to bring local
churches and ministries together, if even for a day or two.
Now is the time for all types, many walks, from several churches and ministries, to come together. Now is the time that the world may see one Body of Christ, believers in Jesus (Yeshua), be as one, if even for two days.
Can
I get a witness? There will be One New Man, one Body of Christ, all believers walking and serving in His plans and purposes. We pray it will happen in our cities here.
We truly hope so.
Below are those who are committed to making a go of it, who comprise the leadership team for the event. We are bringing together male, female, Jew, Gentile, black, white, and all in between. Read on.
2020
GATHERING TOGETHER EVENT
LEADERSHIP
TEAM
Cathy
Hargett, Highway to Zion Director
An ordained minister and the founder and director of Highway to Zion
Ministries, Cathy has been actively serving in the Messianic faith movement for
over thirty years as a worshiper, leader, teacher, writer, speaker, and
exhorter, with a personal mission statement of ministering first to the Lord
and then to others. In recent years, she has played an active role in
leadership and relationship building with both Israeli Messianic believers and
Gentile believers, partnering with ministries in Israel and here in the United
States.
Cathy oversees and directs many outreaches which include speaking at churches
and organizations, offering Assemblies and gatherings with Messianic speakers,
worship and dance, educational opportunities, special events, and raising
support for Messianic believers in Israel. She also regularly travels to Israel
taking believers on prophetic tours for immersion or service in obedience to
the Word of the Lord to her heart to help others walk out their spiritual
destiny
Life experiences include being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother,
businesswoman, entrepreneur, and business owner, with many years of serving in
marketplace ministry prior to founding Highway to Zion Ministries in 2006.
Cathy and Dale, her husband of over 47 years, plus her son, Brandon, and his
family, including her two much-loved grandchildren, Jackson and Rose, and her
two cats, Shmuel and Elijah, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Jorge Parrot, CMM Missions Director
Jorge Parrott has been
the President of Correll Missionary Ministries since 1998. CMM has hundreds of
national and foreign pastors/missionary leaders serving around the globe.
CMM World Missions (www.cmm.world) helps connect people who are hungry for
genuine, authentic relationships with the Lord and our network for His purposes
globally to fulfill the Great Commission. Our heart’s desire is that we may
align our hearts with the Lord and our network of apostolic and prophetic
leaders. Unlike many other ministries, we send ninety percent or more of all funds
received annually to the nations.
We bring friends like you to the table of God’s love for common unity, with
heavenly strategies and divine encounters as we go on bold faith adventures to
experience transformation in individuals, communities, and nations, for the
glory of the Father. We are here to love, connect, equip, and send. Like the
Apostle Paul, we desire to see everyone complete in Christ. We want to build
God’s Kingdom, not man’s.
Jorge and Anna Marie have been married for 40 years and have 3 grown sons,
Orion, Matthew, and Jonathan and one grandson, Julian. Jorge has over 30 years
of experience as an entrepreneur and has earned a Doctoral of Theology and a
Ph.D. from North Carolina College of Theology and a Doctoral Degree in Global
Leadership from Primus University. He serves as Founder and President of CMM
College of Theology. www.CMMtheology.org offering accredited Christian Degrees
globally since 2007.
Jorge leads a team that handles communications and logistics with overseas
pastors, missionaries, business, and government leaders. CMM offers spiritual
covering, ordination, Church and School planting guidance and training,
discipleship training, donor relations, networking, and relationship building,
and administration of the U.S. and foreign fields along with Ephesians 4
equipping, prophetic training, cross-cultural training, long-term missionary
training, placement, short, mid, and long-term mission trips, humanitarian aid,
disaster relief, sports ministry, business, 7 Mountain
Mandate Training, women’s and leadership conference planning, guest speakers
series, conferences in different languages and cultures for this strategic time
in history. CMM ordains (at various levels) with 501c3 covering and donor
relations for itinerant ministers, missionaries, mobilizers, and intercessors.
Jorge is ordained by Rick Joyner President of MorningStar Ministries and a
Senior lifetime Chaplain with the IFOC, (International Fellowship of
Chaplains). Jorge has taken courses with The International Critical Incident
Stress Foundation, (Group Crisis Intervention and Advocacy for Emergency
Services Personnel) which is approved by the United Nations in disaster
response. Jorge has received specialized training in these areas: crisis
intervention, trauma, grief and loss, critical incident stress, depression,
divorce, death counseling, ethics, confidentiality, and law, with specialty
training in the areas of law enforcement, industrial chaplaincy, and
correctional chaplaincy.
Jorge has completed his doctorate and Ph.D. in
Theology with North Carolina College of Theology.
Jorge speaks and teaches internationally in the prophetic, Holy Spirit and the
living Word of God. Jorge carries the Father's heart releasing joy and the
supernatural. He shares the Apostle Paul’s heart found in Col. 1:28 (AMP) “We
proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with
comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may
present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in
Him—the Anointed].”
Pastor
Lathan Wood Senior Pastor, Movement Centre
“Give me something that
transcends what I see; something that speaks to the core of me.” - Lathan Wood,
Sr.
Frustrated and wanting
more, Lathan Wood began his spiritual journey as God birthed an idea within him
that would transcend the very structure of what church would become for his
ministry.
Stepping out on faith was no easy feat; a
month after the birth of his youngest son, Lathan relocated his family from the
place he called home in Georgia, for more than thirty years, to Charlotte,
North Carolina. In a state of complete obedience, God birthed the Movement
Centre; whose mission is to ignite people to pursue purpose. With a collective
vision and a ministry-minded pastor, over the past six years, The Movement
Centre has continued to expand its reach, offering a unique spiritual encounter
with Christ to a forgotten generation. Bridging the gap between new school and
old school values, Lathan’s primary mission is to develop a biblically sound
congregation and to educate his members on how to walk with power and authority
in their spiritual gifts.
To date, he has
ministered for over 20 years in different platforms both in and out of the
pulpit with one goal: to empower others to uncover the richness of the Word of
God and endow them with tools needed to pursue God’s purpose for their lives.
Having over 20 years of experience, Lathan has assumed numerous ministerial
roles and has received many accolades for his service in the Kingdom. In 2017,
he developed IgniteU, a four-semester, intensive, in-house Theology program
that equips students for effective Kingdom work.
Professionally, he wears
many hats that have allowed him to learn an array of skills. From his multiple
real estate investments, to his passion for songwriting, composing, and
producing, Lathan has years of professional experience in a variety of
industries, including community relations, project management, youth
development and customer service. He holds a Master’s in Business, a Bachelor
of Arts in Business Management, and an Associate’s degree in Music. With the
echelons of academia at his fingertips and his spiritual keenness, Lathan Wood
knows that he is just at the beginning of walking into the many places God has
called him to be.
Aside from being
committed to his personal and professional progression, he considers his greatest
achievement to be the ones that walk with him daily: his wife of 15 years and
partner in ministry, Pastor Kelli Wood, and his two natural children, Lathan,
Jr. and Kaiden.
Steve Martin, Love For His People Founder and President
Steve served with the
Christian ministries of Derek Prince, Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, and Barry and
Batya Segal from 1987-2010, all having a national and international outreach
focus. During that time, he made 14 ministry trips to Israel, China, India,
Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom.
In 2010, Steve and his good wife Laurie founded Love For His People, Inc, a
501©3 non-profit humanitarian aid ministry, primarily to support Messianic Jews
in Israel, and to share the truth of God’s plans and purposes for the Land of
Israel and the Jews. This work touches the natural and spiritual lives with
needed encouragement and strength.
From 2011-2018 he served with several ministries and secular non-profits in the
Charlotte, North Carolina area, including Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association, Samaritan’s Purse, Covenant Keepers, Charlotte Center City
Partners, and Charlotte Rescue Mission. He currently serves also as the Office
Manager at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, SC (Dr. Peter Wyns).
While on his overseas journeys Steve enjoys sharing written journal entries
with family and friends back home, through social media. His light-hearted
stories give an up close and personal touch for those reading along. His
extensive collection of photos taken during these trips, of both local scenery
and common people on the streets, has touched thousands through their varied
images.
His regular messages Now Think On This are posted on the
ministry's Love For His People and Now Think of This blogs. They also
appear on Facebook and Twitter, featuring words of spiritual enrichment, along
with selected photos. His 20 books to date, authored and published through the
ministry, are available in paperback and Kindle versions.
Steve enjoys writing, photography and growing the ministry of Love For His
People, Inc., to reach the nations with love, truth, and hope in Jesus Christ,
Yeshua HaMashiach.
Since 1994, Steve and Laurie have lived in the Charlotte, NC area, after having
homes in Illinois, Michigan, and Florida. Now married for 42 years as of
October 2019, they enjoy having their four adult children, spouses, and 7
grandchildren close by in North Carolina.
*We will keep you posted if you ask.
loveforhispeople@gmail.com
May 1, 2019
Confirmed speakers:
Cathy Hargett, Jorge Parrott, Lathan Wood, Chuck Smith, Bruce Franklin...
