The Shaking of Nations - A Harvest Tsunami Is On Its Way....

After this stark change of plans, those two young leaders found

some like-minded kids in the Santa Clara Valley and set up

what they called a “Jesus commune” in the nearby city of

Campbell. It began attracting a handful of converts, and —

astonishingly — developed them into a powerful outreach

ministry.

To this day I do not know how they got the money — let alone

approval from the property owner — to lease the big house that

they dubbed “Maranatha House.” Their house ministry never

advertised or promoted itself; but increasingly, handfuls of kids

would show up at the door wanting to stay there, or just hang

out.

The commune leaders developed a successful hauling

business that provided support for the ministry. By the end of

its first year, Maranatha House had young people of all types

crowding in to study scripture, be healed, or be delivered of

demonic oppression; and they routinely went out to witness

together in the city. God simply put His hand on that house, and

people were drawn to it.

At its height, Maranatha House became so popular that crowd

control became a regular consideration. One night motorcyles

roared up and a group of bikers in leather jackets came to the

door. When they found there was no room inside, they made