Just imagine: A true spirit of unity, repentance and mission in each church member’s heart. A 10-day worldwide prayer session has grown from Jesus’ heart to His followers.

No one expected a dinner conversation by a few pastors at the Fall workers’ meeting to go global. For months, the Holy Spirit had been leading each of these men to pray for power — in their own personal lives and in the lives of their members. Around a table at Camp Wawona one October evening, the Spirit gathered them together for conversation. “To my extreme joy and gladness, they were discussing 'real' church growth. I’m talking about true conversion, [people] on fire for Christ,” says Dennis Tello, Lemoore church pastor. “We started to imagine. What would happen if we all at the same time were in sack cloth and ashes pleading for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, first in our own lives, then in our churches.”

These 10 men shared their dream with their fellow pastors at the January conference ministers’ retreat. Just 14 days later, hundreds of people worldwide had heard and wanted to be involved.

Now, imagine all of the churches in California petitioning the throne of God at the same time, for the same thing, for 10 days. Then, imagine all of the churches in North America, then all of the churches around the globe — praying at the same time for the outpouring of the latter rain. Hence, Operation Global Rain.

Individuals and church families will be connected through the web. Each day, from June 27 to July 7, Bible verses and Spirit of Prophecy quotes will be available each day for unified petitions.

Thanks to the Internet, 3ABN and the Hope Channel, word is quickly spreading. In a February interview on 3ABN, Ivor Myers, pastor of the Templeton Hills church, had the privilege of sharing Operation Global Rain. Other Central California pastors have been interviewed as well.

To get involved, go to www.operationglobalrain.com.