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This ministry was officially re-launched in May 2004 with a new
President, Board and focus. It was formed in November 1995,
became inactive in 1999, and was then given to Michael
Spence to help start a new ministry.
When a Communist government came
to power in Mozambique, Michael began at boarding school in
South Africa. During this time he witnessed a thriving economy become one of the world’s poorest
and saw some of the devastating effects of a
'Christian' nation’s Apartheid policies.
He learnt early on that a nation built on a faulty philosophy or ideology
can cause untold injury, pain and loss. Martin Luther
King was right when he said, "Jesus is eternally right.
History is replete with the bleached bones of nations that
refused to listen to Him.”
At 19 Michael became a Christian and realized that God loved
all nations, that He wanted to positively heal and transform
them. William Wilberforce, Lord Shaftsbury, George Muller,
DL Moody, Reese Howell, Isobel Kuhn, John Wesley, Hudson
Taylor, Brother Andrew and other men/women inspired him.
Their brazen faith, their willingness to trust God in the
face of overwhelming obstacles, stills positively effects
the lives of millions of people
around the world.
Michael worked for several years for a multinational corporation
in Europe and South Africa where he learnt the critical importance of good governance,
cross-cultural understanding and just organizational
structures when working on projects seeking to benefit all
employee levels.
In April 1994 Michael left the corporate world to go and study at
Fuller
Seminary in Pasadena, California. He wanted to
learn how the Body of Christ could become powerful
agents of positive change in the lives of individuals, communities
and nations. Immediately prior
to leaving South Africa he participated in a large prayer
gathering organized by African Enterprise
(AE) and local churches. This rally, the Jesus Prayer
Rally, was the culmination of a series of Christian
activities that moved God to directly intervene
in South African political affairs. So much so, that
Time magazine declared "History has thrown up an authentic
miracle!"
In late 1998 Michael joined African Enterprise in their USA office
and a year later the opportunity arose
for him to launch the AE Transformation project. The
timely launching of the first Transformation
video by George Otis, Jr. gave a clear visual representation
for the goals of the project: to bring lasting Godly
transformation to any city by exercising biblical
principles. Principles, methodology and theology from
other ministries and parts of the world were to
cross-pollinate with AE's existing citywide missions to help
achieve this.
All senior AE
leaders were sent a copy of this video and as well as other
pertinent books on the subject. Many from AE's leadership
then received training
from a ministry called Harvest Evangelism (HE) in Argentina,
the USA and Africa. For many years HE has pioneered a
successful reproducible model, called Prayer-Evangelism,
which helps mobilize city churches so that the 'spiritual
atmosphere' within a city becomes positively changed and many
receive Jesus.
At least two AE teams
went a long way toward incorporating HE's strategy into their city outreaches.
AE's Team in
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
was one and the
other was in
Rwanda.
Furthermore, the Founder and former International Team
Leader of AE, Michael Cassidy also became co-patron of
the Transformation Africa initiative, which has involved
millions of Christians from all 56 African nations seeking
Kingdom transformation in their respective nations.
In November 2002 it became clear that the
only way for the essence of the vision and
goals of the AE Transformation project to continue was to
form a separate ministry. Within 24hrs of the Lord
making this clear to Michael, The Kings Court Foundation,
was miraculously given to him. Now, over five years
later, the ministry is involved in research and the
practical application of these findings to encourage and equip many in the Body of Christ
so that the Kingdom of God literally comes 'on earth as it
is in heaven."
With regards research, a
hypothetical Kingdom transformation framework has been
developed over several years. Many have helped give
input into the development of this framework. It is
being verified by researching Kingdom transformational case
studies in Uganda, Guatemala and Los Angeles. The
research of several case studies in Uganda commenced in
November and December of 2007.
Pasadena, Southern California,
is another context for research because it will help in the
practical application of the research findings from Uganda,
Guatemala and Los Angeles. It is believed that
the practical application of findings is important for the
successful validation and refinement of the Kingdom
transformation Framework.
Love Pasadena is
currently the primary vehicle for the application of the
Framework and initial Uganda findings. Several
congregational groups in Pasadena are using the
2008 Global Day
of Prayer as a catalyst or 'accelerator' in this
process.
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