George Otis, Jr. and New Transformations Video Came to Topeka July 15, 2016

     George Otis Jr. is the founder and president of the Sentinel Group, a Christian research, media, and training agency focused on transforming revival.
Best known as the producer of the award-winning Transformations documentaries, a series viewed by an estimated 200 million people in 175 nations, George has also authored six books. He frequently speaks at international conferences.
     It’s Only Cookie Dough. You can view the trailer at www.SentinelGroup.org
     Lynch, Kentucky… A community bathed in mist and shadow on the woody margins of Harlan County. A town where 10,000 people once gathered from around the world to extract high quality coal from seams underneath Black Mountain. A mining operation that set world records, and fueled wartime steel production.
     But it was not to last.
     Another war set in… the war on coal. Decisions made from afar devastated Appalachia, putting thousands of men out of work. As the drills, conveyors, and whistles went silent, community porches and meal tables were emptied of life. Christmas lights blinked out, and summer parades were no more.
     In time, the community’s complexion was marred by rusting mine equipment, broken windows, and collapsed roofs. Drugs and rain seeped in, while hope for the future seemed to trickle out on the silt-laden waters of Looney Creek.
     Only it didn’t.
     Just when Lynch’s story looked like it was ending, things started to get interesting. Behind the scenes, a handful of desperate prayer warriors would not let go.

• “People want to live again instead of die!”— Darlene Hall

• “In the most unlikely person, and in the most unlikely place... that’s where God is going to show Himself… God is in the mix now. And when God shows up, you’ll know it!”— Lonnie Riley

     God led Lonnie & Belinda Riley to resign from pastoring a prosperous Baptist church in Mississippi to return to their hometown of Lynch. Four months later, they joined 250 others in a public prayer meeting in a city park. They asked God to forgive them for relying first on the coal industry and then on government to meet their needs, instead of on God. Falling to the ground, people wept and prayed for 2 1/2 hours, asking forgiveness, and imploring God to provide jobs and to heal their land.
     In the last 14 years, the Rileys have begun 22 separate ministries in Harlan County. Without being recruited, over 30,000 volunteers from 35 states and four countries have come to Lynch to repair homes, clean up parks, build playground equipment in the parks, evangelize and cover the city in prayer, and hold dental and medical clinics.
     As they give aid, they also share the Gospel, so people will know God loves them and is answering their cries for help. As a result, over 2,000 in the area have given their lives to Jesus.