WHO IS EMMANUEL SONI ?
A cross-cultural and multilingual minister, a missionary from Africa and General Overseer of Restoration Church International, Dr Emmanuel M SONI is a revivalist and an experienced leader on Mass Evangelism, on pastoral ministry and on apostolic coaching. Trained, mentored and endorsed by world renowned Evangelists and Apostles (Archbishop Benson IDAHOSA and Dr. TL OSBORN), he is an international Events Organizer and Strategist (Mass Evangelistic Festivals & Crusades, Revival Meetings, Leadership Conferences). He is a TV & Radio speaker and a prolific writer: an author of several books and publications. Founding President of Soni Restoration Ministries International, of Restoration International Embassy and of Global Emerging Missionaries Summit.
He is a Christ-centered Bible believer, an anointed and motivational speaker since his beginnings in the 1980s as a leader wi
the Scripture Union and GBU/ IFES (French version of Intervarsity). He started his pastoral work in 1985 as one of the University Chaplains in the Congo. His outreach encompasses primitives (i.e. the Pygmies), students and faculty as well as Government officials. As a man of faith and integrity, locally and elsewhere, he often ministers live and through the media with his wife, Pastor Astrid SONI and their four teenage children. He believes that nothing is impossible with God and in the name of Jesus Christ all things are possible: salvation, restoration, deliverance, sanctification, holiness, revival, healing or miracles.
MASS EVANGELISM AND REVIVAL IGNITION
Dr Emmanuel Soni has a great passion for winning multitudes to Christ through mass Evangelism. Since 1980’s he has held mass Gospel Festivals (crusades) with many several thousands in single attendance in many nations. Thousands of people have been converted, delivered, healed and set free by his unwavering faith in the name of Jesus Christ. He is a Revival igniter; everywhere he has been, the waves of revival with supernatural signs and miracles, and phenomenal growth happens in local churches. On July 25, 1993 with his wife Astrid he started Restoration Church under a mango tree in Kinshasa. This congregation has become one of the fastest growing churches with many branches in D R Congo, Angola, Congo Brazzaville, Germany, Belgium, Gabon, Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroun … This chain of local churches do not operate just as a denomination but a real family of believers proud to belong to; no wonder they call him and his wife “Daddy & Mommy”.
RESTORATION FAMILY
AUTHOR AND AWARDS
Dr Emmanuel Soni has an outstanding love and knowledge of the Bible, and he has a contagious sensibility to the manifestation and the direction of the Holy Spirit. This makes him a person who is always ready. He has written several books and articles:
–Amazing Facts about the Holy Spirit (How to change Your Spiritual Atmosphere) Dr Emmanuel Soni recent book 300 pages written as a manual on Pneumatology and on Revival) –Poemes de Papa (A collection of poems published in French in 2010) –Comme le Fer Aiguise le Fer (How to develop Dynamic Relationship) A 200 pages book on Christian Networking published in French in 2009.
–Jesus Christ Incomparable (A poem on the person of Jesus Christ) published in French in 1996.
Dr Soni has personally compiled more than 22 handbooks of the courses lectured in his Bible Schools, since 1996, about to be published as his new books.
-He received the 2007 Editor’s Choice Award of the International Library of Poetry and the 2005 Unesco Prize of Leadership from the Institute of Leadership and Management of Kinshasa. -Even though photography is just a hobby for him, he received the prize of the 1997 Best photograph of Kinshasa /R D Congo.
HIS NETWORK OF MINISTRIES
He is the founder and president of Soni Restoration Ministries International (a network of several fast growing Churches and Ministries, Bible Schools, Missionary and Restoration Centers) implanted in several countries of Africa, Europe and America.
In three decades millions of people have been reached, blessed, saved, restored, healed, set free and empowered by his initiatives: thousands of conversions and deliverances; several local churches planted and many community development projects implemented.
His ministry through Restoration Care Centers distributes food, clothing and provides hope and training to the underprivileged children and hurting people.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
In his Bible Schools more than 1,500 pastors and missionaries have been trained (since 1993). Our graduates presently are planting, establishing and leading healthy churches and ministries in diverse places and nations.
His Restoration Leadership Conferences (RLC) and schools of ministry gather several thousands of ministers. These gatherings are primarily for the sharpening of leaders, but also for discussions on crucial local or global issues.
RESTORATION INTERNATIONAL EMBASSY
Restoration International Embassy, a missionary branch of his organization (Soni Restoration Ministries International), focuses on connecting, raising, training, igniting ambassadors for Christ for the restoration of nations.
RIE action is threefold: Reach-Equip-Connect
-a) Reaching the Unreached and the unsaved through personal witness, mission outreaches and mass evangelism
-b) Equipping and igniting believers by conducting revival meetings, by creating caring places and by training Christian leaders, ministers and missionaries
-c) Connecting people with God and with one another, ministers with global harvest, and the needy with God’s provision.
Raising an army of ambassadors for Christ
His passion to raise an army of soul winners and to train believers and students as ambassadors for Christ for the restoration of nations is expressed in Eight Declarations of Mission of his ministry:
Our Motto: “Daring to Care and Save the whole Man and his Environment” (John 7:23; Luke 4:14-19)
Our Position: “Where the Word and the Spirit agree, Jesus Christ is Lord” (Matthew 22:29; Luke 24:44-53; Phil. 2:5-11)
Our Message: “Perfect Redemption in Christ alone by the power of the Holy Spirit according to the Bible” (1Corinthians 15:1-4; Hebrews 2:1-4, 14-15; 10:1-23)
Our Strategy: “Reach – Teach – Restore” (Acts 3:17-21; Joel 2:25-32; Isaiah 58:8-12)
Our Secret: “The manifestation of the mystery of Christ in us for the perfection of every man” (Colossians 1:24-29)
Our Commitment: “Serve God’s Purpose in Our Generation” (Acts 13:36)
Our Mandate: “Until nobody says: ‘I have never heard of Him” (Romans 10:8-17; Mark 16:17-20)
Our Mission Field: “From the public places to the remotest regions of the world” (Acts 1:8; 20:20; Romans 1:11-17; 15:15-25)
GLOBAL EMERGING MISSIONARIES SUMMIT
In order to achieve the motto “It’s All About Connecting” of Restoration International Embassy, Dr Emmanuel Soni in partnership with other local and global ministries is organizing the GEM Summit 2012 in Pennsylvania USA. The objective is to connect missionaries from emerging nations with Western mission minded ministries to share their visions and challenges of the 21th century mission field.
Contacting Dr Emmanuel Soni
Dr Emmanuel and Astrid, his wife are available, when their schedule permits, to help local churches, schools and ministries to preach and teach in assemblies, seminars, conferences, revival meetings or to plan events, outreaches for diverse ministries in the body of Christ for the expansion of the kingdom of God.
Contact: Restoration International Embassy
POBox 261 Grantham, PA 17027
www.sonirestorationministries.org
www.cross.tv/restoration_international_embassy
Email: restoration4revival@gmail.com