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Healing Week
A healing week is a ministry process in which an individual is ministered to in each of four areas: Sins of the Fathers and the Resulting Curses, Ungodly Beliefs, Soul/Spirit Hurts and Demonic Oppression.
Healing life’s hurts, through repentance and forgiveness, has become of the utmost importance to us in our ministry at Open Bible Fellowship. Having walked through this healing process ourselves, we know the value and freedom it has brought to lives and marriages, as well as to churches.
Whether we want to admit it or not, all of us have been hurt and wounded by life’s trials and circumstances. It has been our delight and joy to see thousands come into healing at OBF. For some, it has been a dramatic encounter with the Lord. For others, an extended process. So we are excited to see a dream coming true in providing a place where peopled can come away for a few days to pursue their healing in a quiet and safe setting.
These are unique and wonderful days with God’s love and grace being poured out upon His people. It you are hurting and eed the Father’s heart to heal you, we invite you to come and experience the freedom and hope that is rightfully yours to enjoy.
Why a healing week?
Everyone desires wholeness. We all want to be free of those things that lock us into the wounds of our past. We want the quality of life and our walk with the Lord to be improved. Healing life’s hurts and restoring broken relationships is an essential part of the ministry of Open Bible Fellowship. Recognizing that the healing process is different for everyone, we have established a Healing Week to provide a unique opportunity for five sessions over five days of intensive prayer counseling within a safe and quiet environment.
Location
A healing week will take place qithin a quiet, safe setting located at or near OBF.
Meals
You are responsible for all your meals. A list of local restaurants will be provided upon request.
Accommodations
You are responsible to arrange for your own accommodations. A list of hotels in the area is available upon request. Couples are asked to arrive on Sunday evening to begin orinetation and then begin receiving ministry the next morning. Evenings are free to rest and reflect on the day’s ministry and finish helpful related reading assignments.
Application
The application is in two parts. The first, or preliminary application, will ask you to give us in brief summary why you would like the ministry. Completing this part of the application does not mean you will be accepted. Once the preliminary application is received, we will assess whether a Healing Week format would benefit your healing process. If approved, we will be in touch with you concerning a date to attend. At the same time we will send you the second part of the application which will ask for more information about you and your family history. All information will be handled with the strictest of confidence.
Ministry Format
Each day will include a session of prayer ministry and counseling from a certified team assigned to you for the week. The ministry team members are trained and experienced and a Healing Week model. Couples will each receive individual ministry as well.
Costs
The cost is $1,950 for a couple and $1,000 for a single. These costs do not include accommodation or food. Prices are subject to change, so sign up soon.
Prerequisite Reading
In preparation for a Healing Week, you will be required to read the following book prior to your arrival: “An Integrated Approach to Biblical Healing Ministry” by Chester and Betsy Kylstra (Sovereign World Books).
Please pick up and complete a ministry form in detail from the church receptionist desk Monday – Thursday or the Hospitality Center on Sundays. A healing week representative will contact you to discuss available times and dates or to help determine if we can best help you find another form of ministry that will better suit your issue(s).
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Pastors
Senior Pastors: Joel and Linda Budd
Senior Pastors Joel and Linda Budd have an assurance that God is sending revival to America.Together they co-pastor the church called Open Bible Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1983, Joel and Linda came to Tulsa to lead a young church of 40 people who were meeting in a movie theater. Under their leadership, the congregation has developed from an average of forty to over 1,000 during weekend services.
On the Sunday just before Thanksgiving, 1994, Pastors Joel and Linda experienced an “invasion” of the Holy Spirit. On that particular Sunday, God’s glory and power suddenly came into their ministry and their church services changing them, their church and their ministry forever. People were literally swept off their feet and onto the floor. Signs, wonders, visions, weeping, laughter, shaking, Holy conviction over sin and groaning of intercession all broke out that Sunday morning. It began in the first service, spilled over into the second service without break and continued on through the evening service until around midnight. Open Bible has been receiving a steady outpouring of the Holy Spirit in signs, wonders, deep intercession, miracles and healings since that time.
Most recently this Holy Spirit Renewal has taken on a heart for the lost, the poor, the demonized, the broken and the down trodden. Numerous out-reaches are being led by the people.
This young congregation has a growing number of missionaries on the foreign field and new church plants here in America, with international church plants scheduled for the future.
Because of what has been happening in their pastorate, Joel and Linda have a growing ministry to other pastors, churches, Bible schools and conferences that are hungry for a renewal of the Holy Spirit… preparing people for the revival that God is undoubtedly beginning to send to America. They have a desire to impart to other pastors, leaders and individuals what has been given to them.
Residing in Tulsa, Joel and Linda have been married for twenty-nine years, and have three daughters. Cristin, Joelle, and Haley, all loving and serving the Lord, taking an active part in this outpouring of God’s love and power.
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