Miracles Still Happen!
April 2010
“A blind man came forward and I prayed for him and the man’s sight was restored. It was incredible and that night I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t believe what God was doing through me.”
 Few would have thought this couple, who met in a Birmingham nightclub in 1979, would go on to such exploits - including Lorna and Amrik themselves.
“We worked at the same factory but didn’t know each other,” reminisced Lorna, 56, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. “We grew close but Amrik’s family were arranging a marriage for him. I had been in Birmingham for a while and wanted to go home. Amrik came too.”
Back on the Emerald Isle, the new couple were first told about God’s love by Lorna’s sister, Brenda. Her words of wisdom made a deep impression and by January 1981, both had become Christians. Still, Birmingham-born Amrik, now 50, was in for a hot reception when he returned home.
“My dad in particular was very angry and much of my (Sikh) family didn’t want much to do with me. It was very hard but I knew I had made the right decision to follow Jesus. I had a peace that I knew came from Him.”
Married in 1982, the Singhs attended (HPC), then one of the most popular local churches, and led a house group. The group soon outgrew the house, attracting 30-40 people from all walks of life.
Massive
 As the 1980s neared its end, a friend and fellow HPC member, Emanuel Ikefabio, moved back to Nigeria to study for the ministry. He honoured his promise by inviting Amrik to speak his new church in Surulere, Lagos in May 1989. Amrik recalled: “Before I left the organisers asked me for a photo – I thought it was so that whoever was picking me up from the airport would recognise me. That wasn’t it! When I got to Lagos that photo was in massive posters everywhere encouraging people to come and see miracles at a crusade led by Evangelist Amrik Singh! I thought ‘wow’ then ‘what am I doing here?’”
Over 16,000 people came and there was a nervous Amrik, his long gown somewhat hiding his knocking knees. “The Holy Spirit told me, to ‘call one person forward and I will heal them to show you this is about me not you.’
“A blind man came forward and the Holy Spirit told me to lick my thumbs and rub them on his eyes. It was really hot and I feared the threat of disease, the sweat on his head, on my hands and the microphone that was being passed around.
“I prayed for him but kept my hands to myself. The Holy Spirit said. ‘I hope you enjoyed yourself. Now do what I told you.’” He did and the man’s sight was restored. That night 3,000 people became Christians, and Amrik an insomniac: “It was incredible and that night I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t believe what God was doing through me.”
Restored
 That was the first of many miracle-filled mass meetings Singhs led in Nigeria and across Africa. They watched as a woman’s missing eyeballs grew back and her sight restored in Lagos, Nigeria. In Tanzania, a woman eventually gave birth to a healthy child despite doctors telling her the £40,000 she spent on IVF treatment was unsuccessful.
Why don’t we see such things so often here? “Our faith is diminished here because we have so much,” explained Lorna. “In poorer countries people put their faith in God, they have no alternative and He comes through for them.”
“People in those places are much more joyful than us,” continued Amrik. “It was never hard to find the venues for our crusades because we’d hear the people singing from far away. We were ministering in Rwanda during the (1994) genocide and people whose relatives had been raped and killed were still so joyful.”
As the Singhs reputation spread, their missions took them even to countries often intolerant toward Christians. Capable of drawing 15,000 to a single meeting in Tanzania and over 8,000 in Pakistan, the Singhs were often assigned armed guards by local authorities.
Incredible
 “We have seen incredible things,” said Lorna. “Were we scared sometimes? Yes, but God’s kept us. In some countries, the people know there might be trouble but they came because they want to hear the Gospel so much.”
Under TWM, the Singhs often started churches led by local people to ensure the inroads that were made continued after they left. Now, they have close to 100 fellowships in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and Britain (multi-lingual churches in Sheffield, Manchester, Leicester, Walsall and Birmingham). TWM have also established several training units, built Bible schools and churches, giving them a presence in five continents.
“Many churches have missionaries they send out,” explained Amrik. “We are different - we are missionaries who have churches.”
Lorna said: “God told us clearly that we are an operations centre, to teach and care for those that come to us, recognise their gifts and help them into ministry.”
“If someone had told me in 1989 what we’d do, I’d have thought they were crazy,” laughed Lorna.
Amrik added: “What us travel to thirty countries without much in our pockets? Unbelievable! We live by faith (donations and gifts - the Singhs make no money from the church. When in the UK, Amrik works as a builder and renovator). We believe that if God calls you to work for Him, He’ll make it possible.”
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