Rwandan gospel music duo and couple, René Patrick and Tracy Agasaro, are set to host a sequence of worship live shows they describe as the start of a broader imaginative and prescient to create prolonged moments of fellowship with God by means of worship and reward.
The primary live performance of the brand new worship expertise dubbed ‘In Christ Now', will happen on July 25 at Kigali Convention and Exhibition Village, bringing collectively worshippers from Rwanda and past for what the couple hopes will likely be a chronic worship expertise centred on celebrating life in Christ.
Talking forward of the live performance, René Patrick stated the imaginative and prescient dates again to 2019 throughout preparations for A Love Journey, a thanksgiving live performance held to mark 25 years since Rwanda's liberation.
“Whereas making ready that live performance, we acquired a revelation about creating prolonged worship gatherings the place individuals would spend vital time in God's presence, with no different agenda besides fellowship with Him by means of worship,” he stated.
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He added that on September 23, 2022, the title 'In Christ Now' got here to him, together with a clearer understanding of what the worship gatherings would turn into.
In keeping with René Patrick, the initiative seeks to ascertain a worship platform targeted on intimacy with God and the enjoyment believers expertise by means of their relationship with Jesus Christ.
Quoting Acts 17:28 — “For in Him we reside and transfer and have our being” — he stated the gatherings are designed to assist individuals expertise the truth of residing in Christ.
Though the organisers hope the worship expertise will ultimately be held extra incessantly and in numerous places, it should initially happen every year.
“If it have been potential, we’d maintain it incessantly and in as many locations as we may in order that extra individuals may encounter and benefit from the life present in Christ,” he stated.
“For now, we consider it is going to be an annual gathering, by God's grace, the place individuals come along with one function—to fellowship with God as members of 1 physique whose head is Christ.”
This 12 months's version will formally launch the worship motion. The programme is predicted to run for a number of hours, that includes uninterrupted reward and worship led by ministers from Rwanda and overseas.
“It will likely be a protracted worship expertise marked by steady reward and worship as totally different ministers take turns main individuals earlier than God,” René Patrick stated.
He defined that what units In Christ Now aside is its emphasis on fellowship with God somewhat than efficiency.
“There’s a distinctive grace that solely the Holy Spirit can reveal—the love that God has for us,” he stated. “The main focus is on experiencing God's presence amongst believers and creating sufficient time for real fellowship with Him.”
He added that each the music and instrumentation have been deliberately designed to assist worshippers join personally with Christ.
A pair dedicated to ministry
Reflecting on their journey in ministry, René Patrick and Tracy Agasaro attributed each milestone to God's work.
“We thank God for the various testimonies He has created in individuals's lives by means of what He has chosen to do by means of us. We take no credit score in any respect. It’s totally His work,” René stated.
Wanting forward, the couple hopes to see individuals of all ages, each in Rwanda and all over the world, uncover and embrace the life present in Christ.
“Our need is to see many individuals, younger and outdated, expertise this life and are available to know the depth of God's love,” he stated. “As a household, now we have devoted our lives to this mission.”
Whereas acknowledging that a lot of their ministry has resonated with younger individuals, they burdened that the message is for everybody.
“We particularly need to see younger individuals reworked as a result of they’re usually those we really feel known as to succeed in. However this invitation is for all individuals, in all places,” René added.
