Norwegian Visitors

Jens-Petter Jorgensen with a Bishop of the African Inland Church at the Leaders' Conference in 1983

We are very blessed to have Jens-Petter Jorgensen and Oystein Jorgensen with us from Oslo, Norway in Cincinnati this week. Jens-Petter has been a leading figure in the Holy Spirit's revival since the Eighties. He, and several friends, led The OASE (Oasis) Movement that took Scandinavia by storm for three decades.

Jens-Petter was the Daily Leader of the OASE Movement when met in Kenya at a "Leader of Leaders Conference" in 1983. I went to Africa as a result of hearing the Lord call the organization I headed to "Foster a Second Reformation" that unleashed the works of God into the world. I fully expected God to connect me with a group of African leaders and call me to minister in that huge continent.

Was I ever wrong! Jens-Petter and I became friends and discovered that we both shared many of the same spiritual, psychological and relational convictions. One early morning I met Jens-Petter at breakfast and he announced to me that, "I heard the Holy Spirit speak to me last night."

"Wow!" I answered. "What did he say to you?"

He answered with a shocking statement that changed my life.

"He said 'You are God's man for renewing Norway.'"

I was stunned and protested but I soon discovered that God was right. I have had the privilege of ministering there since 1987 and have had many dramatic experiences, made numerous friends and developed a new approach to Christian care and counseling Scandinavia.

Last year I invited Jens-Petter to join our ministry board, making it truly international in scope. He is a wise and insightful friend who is helping guide the next steps of Sweeten Life Systems as we move into the Fourth Great Awakening.

Jens-Petter is a friend, as well as a man of wisdom and insight. Pray for his ministry in Scandinavia and Europe.