Biblical Dynamics for Revival Today: Lessons from the Life of King Hezekiah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439275030)

Dr. Raphael Thomas is Elder/Pastor of Annotto Bay Gospel Chapel, St. Mary, Jamaica. He is also the Chairman of the Gospel Chapel Education Centre, which he was instrumental in founding in 1990. He is the immediate past Chairman and current Executive Director of the North-Eastern Missionary Conference, which is a fellowship of 32 Christian Brethren Assemblies in Jamaica. Raphael holds a Doctor of Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Clinical Christian Counseling from Central Christian University, a Master of Arts from the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the Jamaica Theological Seminary. He is a visiting Lecturer in Caribbean Evangelism, Dynamics of Church Growth, Biblical themes in Counseling and Pastoral Care and Counseling at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology. He also taught Expository Preaching at the Jamaica Theological Seminary and Introduction to Missions at Midland Bible Institute. Raphael has been a Christian for 32 years and has been serving as an Elder/Pastor for 23 years. He has a passion for preaching and teaching the Word of God. He has spoken at Evangelistic Crusades, Bible Conventions, Christian Camps, and Mission Conferences, in Jamaica and overseas. He carries a burden for Global Evangelization. Raphael is also a member of the faculty of Haggai Institute, Maui, Hawaii where he facilitates the course "The Biblical Mandate for Evangelizing." In 1984, while he was still a teenager, Raphael was named the Year of the Bible Personality for emerging the champion in the Jamaica Youth for Christ Year of the Bible Competition. In that competition Raphael memorized and recited 1100 verses of Scripture (one-eighth of the New Testament) and won a trip to the Israel and Jordan. On a number of occasions, Raphael has fasted for revival, sometimes for periods lasting 40 days. In this book he shares his heavy burden for revival. Raphael and his wife Velda, are both Accredited Workers with the Christian Brethren Assemblies in Jamaica, and are involved in the work of the Lord locally, regionally and nationally among the assemblies. They have two sons, Timothy and Nathanael and currently reside in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, Jamaica.