"Gather My Apostles"

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Dear Brethren,                                                                         Aug. 23 2001

I have been needing to write this letter for some time now. In December and
January (2000-2001) the Lord began talking to me for the second time in two
years, about the war that is coming. In January the Lord spoke to me to just
begin Calling His Church to Order. Since that time the enemy has seemingly
been working in overdrive.

The Fifth Apostles Gathering is Sept. 27, 28 and 29, 2001 in Atlanta
Georgia. It is interesting that this is also the Fifth Anniversary of the
day the Command was given to "Gather My Apostles".

I want to open this letter with a couple of words that were given at
the last two Gatherings.

Prophecy given by Paul Cunningham
At the 4th Apostles Gathering
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 17th  2001

During the course of the singing, I closed my eyes for a moment?
 And I saw a great company on a long train.
And the train cars were all full.  So let me say to you people that this is
not going to diminish but increase.  This train we are on is the Lord's
train and it was heading for a destination.  It was moving down the track.
It started out slowly and gathered speed and gathered speed until it must
have been going about 80 miles per hour.  And then at the end of the
vision, down at the end, a far off place because it was somewhat dark
around, I saw this great light.  And as this great light began to increase,
it turned into white flames.  And some people on the train said. "Oh No!
We'd better get off this train because we don't know what's going to happen
when we get to this white light which appears to be fire."  And I said,
"have no fear, this is God in His glory."  Hallelujah!  We're heading for
the glory!  We are going to see the glory of God!  Hallelujah!  Just stay
on the train!  Hallelujah!  Don't jump off.  Don't get terrified by what
you don't understand, but stay on board because we are heading right into
this humongous cataclysmic white light, which was literally flames of fire,
and it's the glory of God.
"We will see and partake of His Glory, and the Church will be restored, in
order to
reap the Harvest!" This "train" is the Move of God, and He is bringing us
into "Togetherness" in Him, and taking us into Realms of the Spirit, where
we've not been before! This is a Glorious Time, a Time of Restoration and
Victory! Let us "stay on board" so God can do what He must do in us, and
use us for His Glory!" End of Word given through Paul Cunningham.

The following is a vision given to Ken Spoerhase and delivered by him at the
Third Apostles Gathering.

Just a couple of weeks ago I had this little vision, and I saw this body,
this man actually  standing with his hands down around the waist and he was
holding his head. I said this is interesting and I asked what does this
mean. The Lord said this is my body today. Your holding me the head in your
hands. The body is trying to tell me the head what to do. Until you place me
back where I belong. Where I can be the head of my Church once again, my
body cannot come forth.  End of the word given through Ken Spoerhase.

For months prior to the last Gathering, I spent all of my spare time trying
to work through all the technical problems with the video editing setup.
Trying to get those tapes out. There were two companies in the middle of
software and hardware changes. It seemed that the answer was always just a
step away. Before I could get it to work it took a completely new Computer
and a VCR with a time base corrector built in. I never wanted to know this
much about computers, if you know what I mean. I could go on and on about
the technical difficulties I faced trying to get it to work. I want to thank
you all for your patience regarding this matter. The Lord has been talking
to me more about publishing and this is a very good tool for that purpose.

I looked up shortly before the Fourth Gathering and realized that I was in
pretty bad shape physically. I had never been that weak before in my walk
with
the Lord. I began seeking the Lord for my healing. What I am about to say to
you now, I would not say unless the Lord had confirmed it many times
sovereignly. As I sought the Lord He said, what you are experiencing in your
body is representative of the condition of my Body in the Earth. Shortly
after He told me that, I began to get words of confirmation from several in
the Body of Christ. I had told no one what He had spoken to me but several
knew by the Spirit of God and were impressed by the Lord to get the message
to me.

The obstacles and hindrances I faced going into the Fourth Gathering seemed
unrelenting. From booking the Hotel to the preparations to leave for the
Gathering.

One of the Elders Ken Stevenson, was having problems finding a reasonable
airfare to Oklahoma City from New York. The airfares they were quoting him
was from $1600 to $2000. As it turned out he was a day late arriving at the
hotel. There were several who had called me and told me they would be there
who never showed. I know that satan has been fighting this Gathering.

On the morning of the first meeting, I received an email from one of the
Intercessors who always hears from the Lord in her praying. She was telling
me the Lord was giving her a vision of the Apostles and of the Body of
Christ with bandages and crutches etc. This was very similar to a word from
the Lord given a couple of years ago. I knew that the Lord wanted to open
the meeting talking about the condition of the Body of Christ and the need
for healing for the Body of Christ. When I say Body of Christ here I mean
just that it is not a reference to the individual. I encouraged everyone at
the first meeting to minister to one another.

Consider the vision once again, of the man standing holding his head around
his waist. This is not a vision of a healthy Body. Since I began this work
of Gathering the Lord's Apostles five years ago I have seen chaos, confusion
and sometimes insanity operating in and among those calling themselves
Christian. So many doctrines, so many opinions.... so many who are so
willing to pervert the Word of the Living Almighty God because it doesn't
agree with them. They want what they want and seem to be determined to pull
down heaven itself if they don't get what they want. I have seen this spirit
at work
over and over again in this work. Make no mistake this is the spirit of
Lucifer.

On the second day during praise and worship a card was spotted  attached to the 14ft. ceiling above the podium.

After taking it down we saw that it was a Joker with demonic symbols drawn
on it. The card was taken outside and burned. I was told that it took a full
book of matches to burn this playing card. Paul was sure that the card was
not on the ceiling the first day. We immediately as a body began rebuking
any curse that might have been intended by such an act. I suspect that
someone from the hotel (with access) placed it there after the first days
meetings. The hotel seemed to be stealing a lot of my time with their
incompetence.

In this meeting we began the work of Calling the Church to Order after the
directions I have received of the Lord. I was able to discuss some of the
things the Lord had been showing me that I didn't feel comfortable writing
on the internet. The Lord has shown me that He is centralizing the Apostles
with this Apostles Gathering which is at and by His Command. He wants to get
a remnant of His people following after His Word, His Order, and His Ways,
in position as a foundation in communication and fellowship, before war
breaks out. This is very important people. There is coming a time of
judgment and a time of great repentance on
a scale the world has never seen before. We must understand. This is also
not a spectator sport. It is time to Commit to the Lord's Order and Ways and
what He is doing in the earth right now.

On the subject of war, I was able to dismiss what the Lord spoke to me the
first time, when it didn't happen like I thought it might. But when He so
clearly began to speak to me about it again in December and January this
past year, I cannot dismiss it. This makes two years, two separate times in
the months of December and
January that the Lord has talked to me about the War coming. It was not
given just to prophecy but rather as a fore warning to prepare. I have
wondered many times why He chose twice to speak to me about war in the
months of December and January.

There can be no doubt that we are in the last days and time is growing
short. It has been 53 years since Israel became a nation again. It has been
34 years since Jerusalem was reinstated as the capital of Israel. We all
know that even as I write this letter that Israel, the middle east is
sitting on the brink of war.

It has been difficult sitting down to write this news letter. There is so
much that I have been needing to write to you. I have had to draw back from
the battles and all the noise to let some of it filter down. I have been
spending more time in the word of God.

I do not like to write about the battles and attacks that I have to go
through with this calling because so many really can't understand that we
are in a very real warfare. The closer we get to the will of God the greater
the attacks from satan to stop the work.

I just went through an attack by a man who was told that he was not an
Apostle. This man in spite of my telling him he was not an apostle presumed
to stand up with the other Apostles on the last day of the meeting. This has
happened before. When it does happen if I don't deal with it right then and
there it comes back to me as a bigger problem later. The Lord does not let
it slide. When I say the Lord I mean it is the Lord. Every time I have let
something slide rather than take on the battle, the Lord deals with me
severely and I still have to deal with it. The Lord is not playing games.
He is serious and with good reason. There really are false prophets and
apostles out there who seem to be anointed for deception.

This man began deceptively moving into position. When his deceptions were
recognized and rebuked the elders and myself watched as this man exhibited
the very insanity of Satan himself. This man was not the first but the most
obvious displaying the insanity and desperation of Satan..

I have been attacked for utilizing the discernment process. I have done so
at the clear direction of the Lord. I don't have any other choice than to do
it God's way. God is not Bringing forth His Apostles at this time just so we
can have some new church games to play. So many are giving that impression
by their lack of understanding.

In every Apostles Gathering to date the Lord has revealed a little more.
When I closed the Third Gathering the Lord let me know that we were on track
when I sought Him for direction to concluding the meeting. At the Fourth
Gathering the Lord let us know through the vision given to Paul Cunningham
that we are still on track headed for His Glory.

As I have said, shortly after the Lord delivered the Command to Gather His
Apostles, He told me "I have given you the Key that will Unlock my Glory and
the Final Move of My Spirit for these Last Days and for the final harvest".
I have had to walk this out one step at a time following the Lord as
carefully as I can. There are many who have rejected this work because that
Glory has not manifest yet.

In every Gathering there have been those who came to the Gathering for many
different reasons. Some to see if they can Approve of me. Some to challenge,
some to murmur and doubt. Some have acted like this is King of the Mountain
and if they can bring me down they will win. Some just for recognition. All
of these show immaturity and lack of understanding. This is the direct
opposite of being in one accord in prayer and supplication. But it is
another indicator of the condition of the Body of Christ. As I have also
said many times God is not going to pour out his Glory in chaos, confusion
or insanity. Remember it is we who have to get in line with God, not the
other way around.
(John Chapter 1 vs. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full
of grace and truth.  ) Jesus was a direct pure reflection of the Word of God
because He Is the Word. We as the Church of Jesus Christ as the Body of
Christ are to be the reflection of Jesus in the earth. Jesus was not a
reflection of the tainted doctrines of men and devils operating in the
Pharisees and Sadducees. It is the same to day.  We the redeemed of the Lord
are not to be a reflection of the tainted doctrines of men and devils. (John
Chapter 17 vs. 22 And
the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even
as we are one: vs 22 I in them and thou in me, that they may be made perfect
in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved
them, as thou hast loved me. ) It is the will of God to show forth His Glory
in us His People reflecting His Word, His Order and His Ways. The Order,
Ways and opinions of men will not bring forth the Glory of God. It will
cause your faith to be in vain.

Before I go any farther, let me tell you there are some sincere people of
God who put the Kingdom of God and His Business ahead of their own agendas.
There are some sincere and True Apostles of God who are not seeking
recognition, but the Will of God and the Glory of God manifest in the earth
for the World to see.

There have been many ministries that have become very popular and very rich
appealing to the selfishness that is in man. Ministering to the question
what is in it for me. So much so that you would begin
to believe that Christianity is just a very large self improvement program.

Many try to suggest that God would never delegate any authority or direction
to any man and especially not with out their approval. This is born out of
the philosophies of men not of God. Many think that if their heart agrees
with something that they should just begin to lead it. When I begged and
pleaded with the Lord to release me from my vows and to get me out of any
ministry after I returned from overseas. It wasn't because of me it
certainly wasn't because of the Lord. I gave my allegiance to Him with a
pure heart full of Love for Him the redeemer of my Soul. NO it wasn't
because of the Lord. It was because of the condition of the Body of Christ.

He told me then that I would have to continue on in the path that He had set me
in or I would die because there was no other provision made for me. I have
had several people tell me God would never say that to you. God is Love.
That's right, God is Love and He loves His people in the earth so much that
He demands obedience from those He chooses and sends forth. The story of
Noah is our greatest example. However all the servants of God who were
called to seemingly impossible missions knew Him in this Way. All of the first
Apostles except for John had to give their life for the Gospels sake, for
the Kingdoms sake. If all you are doing is having Sunday school or having Church
as a Country Club telling people what they want to hear, there would
certainly be no need to understand this.

When the Lord delivered this command to Gather His Apostles, my reaction was
more of anger. I demanded to know why He was telling me this. I did not feel
like He should give that to me. I wasn't a fool then and I am not a fool
now. I have had to stand and tell the World that the Lord has Commanded me
to Gather His Apostles. It has been a tough road to travel. I knew it would
be when He delivered the Command. I argued and wrestled with God, I lost
many nights sleep in the wrestling. I have been spiritually attacked
viciously more times than I can remember. I have been challenged more times
than I can remember. I told everyone at the Third Gathering that the only reason I had
my neck out there was because of the very formal Command from the Lord. If I
had not received that very formal Command. I would pull my neck out of there
immediately. I would not do this for any other reason than at the Lord's
Command.

Why do I repeat these things? Because so many in the mentality of the
religions of men really don't understand. The job the Lord has given me to
do cannot be done accepting every doctrine and opinion of men and everyone
who claims to be an Apostle. It cannot be done in a popularity contest.
There are many whom I could not and cannot agree with and I am not alone on
this, who spend much time attacking this work. The Church cannot be Called
to Order accepting false apostles for real apostles it cannot be called to
order accepting false doctrine, order and ways. It cannot be Called to Order
perpetuating the chaos and confusion that exist now.

When the Lord established His Church it was not based on a what's in it for
me doctrine but rather the doctrines of a servant. Do we serve Him with all
our hearts and minds as we are commanded or do we only serve Him for what is
in it for us. Again, in a Country Club atmosphere a servant might be looked
upon with disdain. Nor would it be necessary to adapt the mentality of a
soldier serving a King in that atmosphere.

Jesus is our Savior He has come to give us life and life more abundantly. He
has come to give us eternal life in the presence of our loving God. He is
our Provider. He is our protector. He is all in all. It is in Him that we
live and move and have our being. He is our Lord. He is the Head of the
Church. He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We all know that I could
go on and on. He has not called us into Bondage and He will not overrule
your Will. Please understand getting in line with the Will and Word of God
to be a reflection of Him to the World is not Bondage. This is a
conditioning of the systems of men to justify their ways. I want to write in
depth on this subject later.

There is an analogy that I told in a couple of the Gatherings.
When an earthly King builds his Castle or house he has it built to exact
personal specifications it is designed and decorated according to his
approval. After it is built it is not given to the subjects of the Kingdom
to come one and all to decorate or redesign it according to all their
varying opinions and taste. If a subject should enter into the Castle to
rearrange anything they would be immediately arrested and their fate would
be in the hands of that King.

In the United States you can not walk into the White House and presume to
make changes to the house. You would be arrested. And what if it were
allowed for the citizens to do anything anyone decided to do to the house?
What would it look like? What if any who so desired, were allowed to add or
subtract from the electrical wiring to suit their own ideas? Would power
flow? Could a fire ensue? Thank God this is not the way it is.
I know this sounds silly but this is what men do to the House of God with I
might add, satans help. What God has created and designed is not for our
approval and subject to our changes. He did not seek our approval or
council. He is not looking for our approval now. But the Lord God is looking
for our obedience to His Word, His Will, and His Order and Ways. What does
our King think about all the changes men have made to His House?

Listen to Isaiah 14 vs.12, and 13  How art thou fallen from heaven, O
lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations! vs. 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.

This scripture tells us clearly the intent of Satan. It says he did weaken
the nations. In Revelations Chapter 18 vs. 23 speaks of the harlot deceiving
the nations. In Isaiah 14 we see clearly that Lucifer (satan) said in his
heart that he would sit upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of
the north. Sit upon the mount of the congregation! Satan has been trying to
destroy, deceive or weaken the works of God ever since. Has he left the one
power in the earth that has power over him, alone? (The Body of Christ the
Church of Jesus Christ). Not by a long shot. Does Satan want to see the Body
of Christ come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed about with every
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up
into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.  I believe above all
things satan does not want this to happen. satan knows that when the Body of
Christ shakes off the doctrines of men and devils and the true Apostles and
Prophets are standing in their place with the true ministries of God, there
will be nothing satan can do to keep the Glory of God from filling the
earth.

There are two things going on right now concerning the subject of Apostles.
Satan is running a counterfeit along side the true work of God to bring
forth His Apostles. God did not begin to bring forth His Apostles just so we
could have a new and exciting subject to wax philosophical over. He didn't
do it just so we could have some in the current systems of men that hold a
new title. Understand this, false apostles and prophets will NOT be
harmless, they will be destructive. They will be fueled with the greatest
desire for recognition since lucifer said he would be like the most high.
Believe me when I tell you I have already seen this spirit at work. It
really is not pretty. I see many who have created new ministries that can
only fuel this spirit.

God is Calling His Church to Order He is bringing restoration. In my walk
with the Lord He has let me see little glimpses of His Glory. He has let me
see that only His Glory can solve the problems in the Body of Christ and
bring forth the Bride of Christ without spot or wrinkle. All we can do to
help usher this in is to Come to His Order and Ways now. To sit passively by
waiting for a spiritual osmosis, is to be swept down river with the current.
We need to come out of Mystery Babylon Mother of harlots and abominations of
the earth now.

In the Gatherings the emphasis has not been on ministering the gifts of the
spirit or on signs and wonders but to seek the Lord and His Glory. As the
Lord began the last Gathering talking about the need for healing for the
Body of Christ, the Lord manifested the spirit of healing in the last
session. I had received great peace after Ken Stevenson ran down off the
platform and prayed for me. Shortly after that Paul Cunningham who was
sitting next to me just began to repeat, healing is here, healing is here.
The meeting was closed out with Ken and Paul ministering healing to the
congregation.

We have already begun the work of Calling the Church to Order. We have
already begun ordaining those who want to be ordained under the Apostles
Gathering Ministries. (this according to the guidelines of this world
knowing that it is the Lord who ordains). We do need to organize, we do need
to fellowship and associate with each other after the Order and Ways of God.

I am excited about the next Gathering. I have begun to see some
breakthroughs recently. I know many of you have seen a step up in the
intensity of the warfare as of late. Don't be dismayed by it. The Lord is
in Charge. I believe we are in for a glorious time at this Fifth Apostles
Gathering on the Fifth Anniversary of the Command.

I invite you all to attend especially those of you who feel called to the
end times work of the Lord. There is much to do and a short time to do it
in. Again, we do not want any standing up there as Apostles without going
through the discernment process. I want to appeal to all to pray for this
Gathering of the Lord's Apostles. I believe that it is important for all
those who have attended in the past and been discerned as Apostles by myself
or the Elders to attend. The Lord really has been doing a work in us to
prepare us for the days ahead and to walk into the fullness of our Callings.
The Lord's hand has been on every Apostles Gathering. We have had very real
evidence at each of the Gatherings that there were some spiritual markers
being passed. A very real sense that we were being a very real part
of New Testament History in the making. I want to encourage you to read some
of the past news letters posted on the web site.
http://apostles-gathering.com

I would pray that you all would come understanding the reason for these
Apostles Gatherings. Come seriously considering the importance of this end
time Command I have received from the Lord and His Will to Call His Church
to Order. It is about the Kingdom of God.  As individuals we are edified.
But we must put the Will of the Lord above our own.

There is I know, coming a day soon in the Apostles Gathering where the Lord
is going to pour out His Glory on us. (Let's pray it will happen at the
upcoming Gathering.) I have heard from the Lord. But He is not going to do
it with False Apostles standing where there should be His True Apostles standing. He is not going to do it with people murmuring and casting doubt all over.

We are all being called to Maturity. It is time for the Blood Bought, Blood
Washed Redeemed of the Lord to grow up into him in all things which is the
head, even Christ. The Lord wants to heal and raise up His Body in the
earth.

I do love you all and ask the Lord to Bless you with the Very Riches of the
Glory of God in Christ Jesus.
Cary Goodwin

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