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BRAZIL


MALTA
Here
are pictures of myself with His Grace Archbishop Michael
Gunzi and the statute of St. Paul on the Island of
Malta, taken in December 1973.
By
the grace of God and the invitation of David Wulff
(Chaplain to Norwegian sailors), I was privileged to
preach the gospel to Roman Catholic Archbishop Monsignor
Michael Gunzies and changed that country's 1000 year old
law that prohibited anyone who was not an ordained Roman
Catholic clergyman from preaching to the Maltese people.
As
a direct response of our meeting with the Archbishop and
the Chief of Police Enoch Tonna, the doors were opened
for me to preach at the Roman Catholic Seminary and
publicly for the first time since St. Paul and the early
church, at a large auditorium.
Since
that time, churches have been established in Malta, and
unfortunately even a Muslim Mosque and some other
cults! But, praise God that the gospel is now
preached freely in Malta, due to our 1973
breakthrough!
-Max Solbrekken

Rev.
Max Solbrekken with his Grace
Archbishop Michael Gunzi, Dec 1973 in Malta

Rev.
Max Solbrekken with
statue of St. Paul, Dec. 6, 1973 in Malta
Max Solbrekken
Makes
History In
Malta
!
Says Rev. David Wulff, Chaplain to
Norwegian
sailors in
Malta (1974)
Never
in the history of
Malta
has so great a spiritual victory been won, as during
Brother Solbrekken’s Crusade here. The devil launched
all his forces to prevent God’s Kingdom from marching
forward, but in the name of Jesus, his power was broken
and he had to back off.
The first Full Gospel Crusade since the days of
St. Paul
, became a
reality and a glorious victory for the persecuted
Evangelicals. Souls
were saved and miracles of divine healing took place as
Rev. Max Solbrekken brought forth the message of the
Gospel under God’s anointing and as he reached out to
the Lord for the needs of the people in compassion and
prayer!
For
hundreds of years
Malta
has been bound by a primitive form of Roman Catholicism
mixed with mysticism and superstition.
They have been told repeatedly that all
non-Catholics were trying to lead them astray and wanted
only to split and confuse the Roman Catholic Church.
Little did they know that our main intentions
were to bring them back to First Century Christianity,
to signs, wonders and miracles with simple faith in
Jesus as Saviour and Lord!
A new
era has now started in
Malta
as God is beginning to show the people that He is the
same today as when Paul first came to this island.
Miracles began happening right from the very
beginning, even before the Crusade started.
Every time the devil attacked, he was overcome by
the mighty hand of God.
When the Police Department withheld permission to
hold the Crusade, till the last moment, God opened the
way for Brother Solbrekken to meet the Senior
Superintendent of Police personally and God’s Servant
won favour with him. Superintendent E. Tonna asked for
Rev. Solbrekken’s prayers and he also promised all
possible help in the future.
Since the Crusade, Mr. Tonna has been elevated to
the most respected position of Commissioner of Police,
(the highest position in the Malta Police Force).
When
we tried to advertise the Crusade in the leading
newspapers, we were denied that right, and one paper
attacked us in no uncertain terms.
But, God prompted a Maltese journalist to
publicly defend us, and this was the first time that the
Full Gospel Evangelicals received public support in the
Newspapers.
Since
the Crusade, our weekly church services have been
advertised with no charge in the church columns of a
paper which denied us advertising for the Crusade. The
Roman Catholic priests warned against the Crusade from
their pulpits. Roman Catholic professors arrange a ‘Bible
Week’ on Television each evening of the Crusade to
prevent people from coming!
The situation seemed hopeless but God sent His servant Max Solbrekken to
the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, His Grace
Monsignor Michael Gunzi, for a personal audience, which
resulted in His Grace, the Archbishop, wishing Rev.
Solbrekken all the best success in his mission of
preaching Jesus Christ to the people of Malta!
Later,
a prominent priest (Monsignor of the large Cathedral in
Valeta) after meeting us on a busy market street (city
square), asked Brother Solbrekken for his prayers,
saying: “I feel
sick in both body and soul”. One of the professors
who had organized his own ‘Bible Week’ in opposition
to us, later received Brother Solbrekken and myself in
his office at the University of Malta, where we had a
great time of fellowship. God’s servant was invited
into a class of students.
Now,
the doors are WIDE
OPEN in
Malta
for a massive Crusade. This is the time for persistent
penetration of this island with the glorious Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Therefore, I extend on behalf of all the
Christians of Malta an invitation to Brother Solbrekken
to return to
Malta
as soon as possible for another crusade this year!
I
wish to pass on many thanks and much gratefulness to my
good friend, Brother Max, for coming to
Malta
and to the many Canadian Christians for sending him! I
am praying that God will lay it on your hearts to
support this Ministry, so that Max Solbrekken may be
able to return for Phase 11 of the Malta Outreach! We
are waiting with great anticipation for the new book,
‘What Is the
Gospel?’
which we will be distributing to thousands of people in
this country! Jesus is alive, and now is the time to let
Malta
know it!
Please
note: The meeting between Max Solbrekken and Archbishop
Michael Gunzi took place on
Dec. 6, 1973
! This letter is reproduced from the ‘Cry
of His Coming Magazine’, June 1974.
m.s.
BRAZIL


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