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Heart4Revival is a website meant for hungry Christians who want to see the great move of God in their lives and our nation. Here you can be inspired and learn what it takes to position yourself for Revival.
CONTRIBUTORS
IVAN RASKINO
IVAN RASKINO is one of the voices calling for revival and discipleship in our nation. He is a Bible teacher, engineer, pastor, and author. He has served with deep compassion for decades and has discipled many leaders.
Ivan's walk with God started later than usual. He had been a successful marine engineer and naval architect, traveling all over the world. In his 40's, he was gripped by the amazing love of God. He decided to give up a lucrative career and get into street ministry.
One astonishing path was starting a street and slum church, called Valley of Praise. His congregation? People from the streets and slums, people from the red-light, people who were hurting and badly damaged. They had come in search of a better life, only to find that Mumbai city is a brutal mistress for the poor. On these barren pavements, he led many to the Lord and witnessed the great power of God to heal and save.
Over the years, he traveled to the length and breadth of Maharashtra and taught for years to villagers.
Today his passion is to see revival and discipleship go hand in hand — to people from both, city and rural backgrounds — to both, the well-to-do and the poor.
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Bert is passionate about enabling others to take their life to the next level. He is an author, entrepreneur, church leader, and speaker. He was fortunate to witness two revivals - one during his college days and another at Shillong. These were astonishing events with amazing signs in the sky to miraculous healings.
His spiritual journey began as a teenager and getting to know the Lord Jesus. Everything from then on was devoted to following Him. Soon after college, he decided to work for the poor. Working with other dedicated and talented people, he worked in the violent Chambal region. This place is infamous for having given the word 'thug' to the world where the murderous Thugee tribe once roamed, deceiving and strangling their victims. (Thugg in Hindi means deceiver.)
With the team, he set up small industries to provide employment. One was blanket weaving and another was carpet weaving. After 5 years of difficult work, he moved back to the city along with his wife and young son who was born in the village.
Since then he has started and run companies in marketing, advertising, and IT. In his current company, he has trained thousands of leaders in top companies like IBM, Cognizant, Tata and many more.
His all-time favorite topic is the Presence of God and discipleship.
