GOD ENCOUNTER
Providing Life through Spirit Methods
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OUR FAMILY
OUR HISTORY
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OUR MINISTRY
OUR CALLING
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Married for over 22 years, Joanie and Eric are the proud parents of 3 wonderful sons - Luke, Caleb and David. Before getting married, each was involved in full time ministry. Want to read a little more about Eric or Joanie? Click OUR HISTORY image. The boys? Click OUR SONS image.
JOANIE
ERIC
At 14, Eric had his first God Encounter. It happened in a Baptist church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Later in high school he walked away from the Lord. While at a bar, a friend said to him “lets go…there is nothing here…lets go to an all night prayer meeting.” Walking into a room there was about 12 people seated on the floor praying. “It was bizarre, I had never seen, nor heard anything like it. I had no idea what was going on BUT I felt a real, tangible, God presence. By 3AM I had given my life back to Jesus, was baptized in His Holy Spirit and called to live the rest of my life for Him.”
Eric earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Missions and Cultural Studies from Southeastern College, Florida. He has traveled to 38 countries and refers to himself as a ‘God Adventurer.’
ERIC
At 14, Eric had his first God Encounter. It happened in a Baptist church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Later in high school he walked away from the Lord. While at a bar, a friend said to him “lets go…there is nothing here…lets go to an all night prayer meeting.” Walking into a room there was about 12 people seated on the floor praying. “It was bizarre, I had never seen, nor heard anything like it. I had no idea what was going on BUT I felt a real, tangible, God presence. By 3AM I had given my life back to Jesus, was baptized in His Holy Spirit and called to live the rest of my life for Him.”
Eric earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Missions and Cultural Studies from Southeastern College, Florida. He has traveled to 38 countries and refers to himself as a ‘God Adventurer.’
Luke, Caleb and David have become true warriors for Jesus. Luke and Caleb lived for 3 years in Scotland and David was born in Livingston, Scotland.
They are currently leading worship at Encounter Church Edinburgh. Caleb playing guitar, Luke on the piano, David on the bongos!
Thank you for remembering them in your prayers and should God touch your heart concerning them, please email us and let us know!
God Encounter Inc is a ministry that values the Presence of God above all else. Over the years, a unique ability of releasing God's Presence in a very natural, non-threatening way has been developed. In this way, God Encounter endeavors to introduce the Living God to those interested.
WHAT WE VALUE
Listed below are the personal convictions of God Encounter Inc. These are cornerstones and signposts in guiding the Jarrett Family and the ministry they serve in:
- Kingdom Living over Christian Living
- Spirit Dependance over Human Talent
- Godly Presence over Leadership Ability
- Obeying over Succeeding
- Yielding over Manipulating
- Heart Loyalty over Personal Opportunity
- Supernatural Leading over Collective Wisdom
- Heavenly Longing over Worldly Pursuit
- Godly Relationship over Influential Networking
- Spirit Connection over Crowd Participation
- Spirit Release over Soul Discourse
- Experience over Inherited Blessing
MISSION
To provide opportunities for all peoples to experience God's Presence and follow Jesus Christ.
STRATEGY OF MINISTRY
Release God's Presence through our lives into individual and corporate settings creating opportunity for individuals, students and families to follow Jesus Christ.
BELIEFS
All of the 16 beliefs below are based on the Bible. For detailed information and Scriptural references, click on "More Info".
ALL SCRIPTURES ARE INSPIRED BY GOD. more info
- ONE TRUE GOD–REVEALED IN THREE PERSONS...FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. more info
- THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. more info
- THOUGH ORIGINALLY GOOD, MAN WILLINGLY FELL TO SIN–USHERING EVIL AND DEATH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL, INTO THE WORLD. more info
- EVERY PERSON CAN HAVE RESTORED FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH 'SALVATION'. more info
- THE PRACTICE OF TWO ORDINANCES: (1) WATER BAPTISM BY IMMERSION AFTER REPENTING OF ONE'S SINS AND RECEIVING CHRIST'S GIFT OF SALVATION, AND (2) HOLY COMMUNION IN REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING AND DEATH FOR OUR SALVATION. more info
- THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING SALVATION THAT EMPOWERS BELIEVERS FOR WITNESSING AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE, JUST AS IT DID IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES. more info
- THE INITIAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ‘SPEAKING IN TONGUES,’ AS EXPERIENCED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND REFERENCED THROUGHOUT ACTS AND THE EPISTLES. more info
- SANCTIFICATION INITIALLY OCCURS AT SALVATION AND IS NOT ONLY A DECLARATION THAT A BELIEVER IS HOLY, BUT ALSO A PROGRESSIVE LIFELONG PROCESS OF SEPARATING FROM EVIL AS BELIEVERS CONTINUALLY DRAW CLOSER TO GOD AND BECOME MORE CHRISTLIKE. more info
- THE CHURCH HAS A MISSION TO SEEK AND SAVE ALL WHO ARE LOST. more info
- A DIVINELY CALLED AND SCRIPTURALLY ORDAINED LEADERSHIP MINISTRY SERVES THE CHURCH. more info
- DIVINE HEALING OF THE SICK IS A PRIVILEGE FOR CHRISTIANS TODAY AND IS PROVIDED FOR IN CHRIST'S SACRIFICIAL DEATH ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS. more info
- THE BLESSED HOPE—WHEN JESUS RAPTURES HIS CHURCH PRIOR TO HIS RETURN TO EARTH. more info
- THE 1,000 YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST WHEN JESUS RETURNS WITH HIS SAINTS AT HIS SECOND COMING AND BEGINS HIS RULE OVER EARTH FOR 1,000 YEARS. THIS MILLENNIAL REIGN WILL BRING THE SALVATION OF NATIONAL ISRAEL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSAL PEACE. more info
- A FINAL JUDGMENT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST. more info
A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH THAT CHRIST IS PREPARING FOR ALL PEOPLE, OF ALL TIME, WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM. WE WILL LIVE AND DWELL WITH HIM THERE FOREVER FOLLOWING HIS MILLENNIAL REIGN ON EARTH. more info
“We literally did not know where in the world He wanted us…after praying to God ‘Father, send us to the hungriest people on Earth…through a series of events a real sense from God came to us He was calling us to Scotland.” Eric remembers “we got down on our knees and said ‘Father if this is where you are sending us, we want to tell you that we will go…give us clear outward and objective confirmations to this.” Eric was reading an article the next day about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The author said" here is a $5 bill...who wants it? ‘A large Scotsman came running from the back and grabbed that $5 bill right out of my hand, that’s the way it is with the Holy Spirit, He is a free gift!" Two days later we were watching Peter Jennings of ABC news filming live in Scotland about the Lochnest Monster, Joanie going to the grocery store and running into a lady from Scotland who invited her for tea, on and on it went. “It was as if when we said that prayer ‘Lord are you sending us to Scotland’ that the Heavens were opened and flood of confirmations within a 10 day period happened to us.” Even after they accepted the call and were headed to Scotland the confirmations didn’t stop. In fact at Missions School in Springfield, Missouri Eric and Joanie pulled the curtains back inside their hotel window to discover directly across the street they were looking right at The Scottish Inn Hotel! Around 3 AM on their first night at their motel, the TV awakened Joanie. “A movie was on starring Peter Sellers, filmed in black and white, and it was about an American woman who came to Scotland to try and change the textile mills.” The title of the movie is BATTLE OF THE SEXES. Here is the official movie line tag: Man-eating businesswoman, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman Robert MacPherson en route and he persuades her to help bring his company into the 20th century. The staff, lead by Mr. Martin, have other ideas and a battle between the old and new business methods breaks out. Anyway, while watching the movie, a commercial came on advertising an upcoming music concert, with who else? Scottish rock n' roll legend Rod Stewart! If that wasn't enough while they were showing clips of Rod on stage, one especially caught our attention – “he was wearing a t-shirt that on the back said, ‘God Loves the Scots First’. We looked at each other, shook our heads and smiled. We knew that we knew, we were called by our Father to Scotland!”
Provide a Spirit based Church in the City of Edinburgh where the lifestyle and ministry of God Encounter Inc affects church and business environments.
Mentor & Train Men and Women with the Ability, Knowledge and Gifting to Provide Life through Spirit Methods in business and church environments.
Release Disciples into the Villages and Cities of Scotland, Europe and all Nations as Jesus Christ commanded.
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The assignment of introducing Himself to Mankind has been handed to You and Me. God NEEDS You and Me to introduce His Son to all mankind...mind blowing but true. "How shall they hear unless someone preaches to them? How shall they preach unless someone sends them?”
To Our Partners and those of You who make a One Time Donation, His Kingdom is being advanced and Jesus is becoming famous! Thank You for your belief in us. Without you, this cannot happen.
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