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Elder T

Background​

  • Location: Delaware
  • Ministry Role: Elder in Encounter Church network
  • Personal Journey: Transformed from skeptical believer to powerful witness
  • Key Relationships: Close ministry partnership with Elder Rich and Tony

Spiritual Journey - From Skepticism to Faith​

  • Initial Skepticism: "I was a little skeptical, because I've been in church all my life... you don't see signs and wonders and miracles"
  • Honest Assessment: "I've been around Christianity and church and religion and so forth... What is T's name? You don't see signs and wonders and miracles"
  • Divine Encounter: Personal healing experience that transformed his perspective
  • Current Status: Powerful witness and elder in tributary network

Hidden Heart Condition and Healing​

  • Concealed Illness: "I had been having some significant chest pains myself. I had been referred to cardiology back here in Delaware, and Rich didn't know about it, only nobody knew about it"
  • Divine Revelation: Apostle received word of knowledge about T's heart while driving to beach
  • Supernatural Experience: "as soon as he got into the first sentence, I just passed out. I could hear everything, so I wasn't unconscious, but I couldn't move"
  • Complete Healing: "it wasn't until a couple of days later... I realized I had not had a single chest pain"

Physical Manifestation During Prayer​

  • Prayer Experience: "My whole body just went limp. I know the seatbelt was holding me in, but I couldn't say anything, I couldn't move"
  • Conscious but Immobilized: "I even tried blinking my eyes, I couldn't do anything, my eyes were closed"
  • Instant Recovery: "As soon as he said amen, my eyes popped open, and I looked over at him"
  • Witness Perspective: "I realized nobody knew, nobody, nobody but me"

Tony's Stroke Healing Witness​

  • Beach Restoration: "the public anointing just hit. And Tony, he dropped his cane, and he took a breath, and he just took off across the yard, just leaping and running and jumping"
  • Personal Impact: "I'm looking at him, and I know what it was like 10 seconds prior to that... is this real life? Like, did that just happen?"
  • Cane Testimony: "He dropped his cane, I picked up his cane. I was a little bit confused because it was like, this just happened right here"

Seven Questions Miracle Participation​

  • Bible Study Group: Participated in Elder Rich's strict Bible study seeking spiritual answers
  • Question Preparation: "we had to do seven things we weren't quite clear on. And we said, we'll write them down"
  • Divine Answers: "he answered all seven of them without us telling him what we actually had questions about. It was mind-boggling"
  • Witness Confirmation: Verified that Apostle had no prior knowledge of their prepared questions

Meth Addict Deliverance - Spiritual Eyes Opened​

  • Prophetic Challenge: Heard Apostle's specific prediction about young man's meth addiction
  • Skeptical Response: "being the somewhat of a skeptic I was, I was like, oh yeah, we got it now... if he's wrong about this... then okay, now I know"
  • Confirmation: "when that dude got back, and Apostle told us, hey, you got a drug problem. He says, you're addicted to meth, and the guy goes, yeah, it's been three years"

Witnessing Spirit Departure​

  • Visual Experience: "I was watching over Apostle's shoulder... when he laid hands on him... this guy took a, he like exhaled, and he bent over, like at the waist"
  • Eye Contact: "I looked right into his pupils, and as he opened his eyes, the tears ran down his eyes"
  • Spiritual Recognition: "I knew immediately that that thing that was on him was gone, right there"
  • Personal Impact: "tears just started running down my face"

Beach Ministry Multiple Miracles​

  • Comprehensive Witness: "there was so many miracles. I mean, him, his girlfriend, the guy, Francois, that came there and tried to break up our thing there, the little boy walking around, his angel, the weather"
  • Divine Orchestration: Witnessed supernatural coordination of events and manifestations
  • Paradigm Shift: Complete transformation from religious skepticism to supernatural faith

Girlfriend's Revelation and Healing​

  • Dead Son Recognition: Witnessed Apostle's revelation about woman's deceased baby
  • Precise Details: "I did have a son, but he died when he was a baby, and that was the scripture that we have all this often"
  • Physical Healing: Observed supernatural knowledge about woman's medical condition
  • Comprehensive Ministry: Saw complete restoration - spiritual, emotional, and physical

Delaware Elder Ministry​

  • Regional Leadership: Serves as elder for Delaware area in tributary network
  • Testimony Power: Personal transformation provides credibility for ministry
  • Skeptic Background: Unique ability to reach religious skeptics through shared experience
  • Witness Authority: Firsthand knowledge of supernatural ministry validates claims

Key Quotes from September 25, 2025​

"I was a little skeptical, because I've been in church all my life... you don't see signs and wonders and miracles"

"I looked right into his pupils... I knew immediately that that thing that was on him was gone, right there"

"is this real life? Like, did that just happen?"

"I realized I had not had a single chest pain"

"being the somewhat of a skeptic I was, I was like, oh yeah, we got it now"

Ministry Philosophy and Approach​

  • Evidence-Based Faith: Requires genuine supernatural demonstration over religious performance
  • Honest Testimony: Openly shares initial skepticism to establish credibility
  • Experiential Authority: Speaks from personal encounter rather than theoretical knowledge
  • Witness Power: Uses transformation story to reach other skeptics

Future Vision and Calling​

  • Delaware Ministry: Continues developing tributary ministry in Delaware region
  • Skeptic Evangelism: Uniquely positioned to reach religious skeptics and intellectuals
  • Network Leadership: Key voice in elder leadership meetings and strategic planning
  • Testimony Ministry: Powerful witness for authentic supernatural Christianity

Elder T represents the transformed skeptic within the Encounter Church network - someone who came from traditional religious background but had never experienced genuine supernatural ministry. His dramatic personal healing and witness to multiple miracles provides unique credibility for reaching other religious skeptics. His honest testimony about initial doubts followed by undeniable supernatural encounters makes him particularly effective at bridging the gap between traditional Christianity and kingdom power demonstration. His role as Delaware elder positions him to replicate the tributary model in his region while maintaining the authentic supernatural foundation that transformed his own life.

Transcripts​

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| 2025-12-16-gary-apostle-delmar-ministry-over-distance | 2025-12-16 | Ministry to Unbelievers Over Distance - Phone Call with Apostle Delmar |