The Gentle Breeze of Jesus

Anyone have the facts about Mel Tari; what he is doing; is his story for real; did he steal money from a friend? What happened to his wife Nona? Should I take his book seriously?

Google is your friend.

From his website:
[quote]It has been said that the greatest revival in the 20th century was on the Island of Timor, Indonesia, where I was born. [quote]

Are you aware of any such revival?

Her is one about the court case he lost for defrauding a supporter.

Mel Tari | Judge Orders Evangelist to Repay Heiress : Courts: The ruling requires Mel Tari, a Dana Point preacher and author, to return the small fortune a Denver woman signed over to him. She is also awarded $250,000 in damages. - Los Angeles Times

There are plenty more.

Keith 99: Yes, I checked out the websites before leaving my original question. I was not looking for secular information; sensationalism journalism. I was interested in responses from Christians who are in touch with the Holy Spirit. Judges and juries have been swayed by the best story teller and the slickest lawyers; not always making the correct decisions.

I was hoping to find someone who knows him, who may have been in Timor in the 1970's, who has some spirit filled discernment. Whether the revival happened like he said or not - there is a tremendous amount of Christian guidance in his stories. I would challenge anyone to read it. It just might change anyone who is open to a closer walk with Jesus.

Like a Mighty Wind is very powerful for me.

here is some information!

from the PDF]
TIMOR REVIVAL - Asia Pacific Theological Seminary.


Just like other great revivals, the Timor revival was also marked by
an unusual presence and holiness of God resulting in repentance and a
holy life. People who had an animistic background confessed their sins
and then burnt publicly all their fetishes, amulets and even their cheap
novels and sheets of pop music.
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One of the most dramatic events that
describes this is recorded by Edwin Orr of Fuller Theological Seminary:
One such, Nahor Leo by name, received a vision in which he was
commanded to surrender all his fetishes to Pastor Daniel, moderator of
Presbytery in SoE–and his uncle. This led to surrender of many such
charms at a service of Holy Communion.
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There was also a transformation of Christian life, from “dead
religion” to vibrant spiritual life. George W. Peters who came to Timor to
question the objectivity of some miracles never denied the fact that the
Holy Spirit has brought new dimension in the lives of the people on
Timor. He testified,
Approximately 50 percent of the adult membership have been affected
by the revivals; the church simply is a newborn body of believers. You
feel this vibrancy of life in the greetings of the Christians, you sense it
in their fellowship, you see and hear it in their singing. You are aware
of it in their public prayers. Seldom I have been touched as I was by
their singing of “What a friend We Have in Jesus” when more than one
thousand people were present for an evening service. The special group
music revealed the same vitality. I was lifted into the presence of the
Lord to experience reality as I have rarely felt it before. Yes, the reality
of God was present. It is a “different church.”
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Peters also said that the church has a new dimension in reading the
Scripture. Those who were not illiterate conducted family Bible studies.
That is what he said,

46
Koch, The Revival in Indonesia, pp. 127-28.
47
Orr, Evangelical Awakenings, p. 189.
48
Peters, Indonesia Revival, pp. 86-87.



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if you search 'flatout miraclefilms' you will find a video posted on youtube 'a few rough cuts' the story of Father Ed Stube spirit-filled episcopal minister from Billings Montana who went to indonesia in the 1960s! similar story!

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Rodger Lewis, Karya Kristus di Indonesia, pp. 312-13 notes that in October 1967, two
laymen from Sumba crossed the Sawu Sea and began to evangelize in Sawu. One
month later, several High-school graduates, Robert Raba, Lukas Gilimangi,
Williams Dju, Robert Mangi, Rekson Uli and Nona L. Gabriel followed their
steps. They finally were able to build two churches in Teriwu and Wadumaddi.

...high school graduate NONA L GABRIEL... (???)

this book is a Church history of Gereja Kemah Injil Indonesia & the missionary work of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Indonesia, 1930-1990. copy in an australian library.

page 283...

Stephen,

Thank you for all the good information. I will check out all of these references. My spirit told me it was true, but if I am going to use it in a small "Holy spirit group", I wanted some support for my discernment. I am not on Face Book or I would contact you. It is interesting you are sending this information now, as it has taken me this long to get my little group to materialize. It is amazing more Christians are not interested in actually becoming acquainted with the Holy Spirit intimately. Thanks.

You might want to check with The Christian Research Institute in San Juan Capsitrano.

They are a Christian ministry that bothers to do the background checks for things like this.

Thank you. I will check it out.