Videos
Re-Digging the Wells of Revival
As 2023 approached, Francis Anfuso sensed God had extraordinary things in store. So, I went to a place where God had met me in the past. The YWAM Base in Chico, CA. It was there, while fasting and praying I recorded short, insightful, often prophetic videos over seven days. Here they are.
Read MoreJesus Blessed My Life
“I stand in awe at all You’ve done. I kneel amazed You call me son. I sit and see my dreams complete. And lay my life down at Your feet.” Francis Anfuso “When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter,And our…
Read MoreHEALING RACISM – One Relationship at a Time
In life, we can’t do everything, but we can do something. We can tell someone who believes we hate them, that we actually love them. They may not believe us, but over time, if we stay at that table, with genuine love and compassion in our hearts and actions that demonstrate our true motive, our…
Read MoreFrancis Sings Wedding Song to Suzie on 45th Anniversary
Every five years, Francis sings the wedding song he wrote for Suzie and sang to her on their wedding day, November 1, 1975. This year, Francis sang it to Suzie on their 45th Anniversary. The flame of their love burns bright. “Love never Fails.”
Read MoreFrancis Shares About His Aborted Children – SHORT
Francis shares about being the father of two aborted children. In this raw and emotional video interview with an Australia radio show, Francis traces his journey through shame: from denial to acknowledgement, to forgiveness and healing. He knows he will see his two sons, Noah and Caleb again, and so, while admitting his former cowardice,…
Read MoreBrave Conversations – Victory Over Shame
Francis shares about being the father of two aborted children. In this raw and emotional video interview with an Australia radio show, Francis traces his journey through shame: from denial to acknowledgement, to forgiveness and healing. He knows he will see his two sons, Noah and Caleb again, and so, while admitting his former cowardice,…
Read MoreFrancis Crowd Surfing Out At His Retirement 10/7/18
After pastoring The Rock of Roseville church for 21 years, Francis retires a few months shy of his 70th birthday. He invites a packed house of 500 of his friends and family to celebrate. As the evening closes, he surprises everyone, puts the pulpit on its side, and crowd surfs out.
Read MoreLeaving the Legacy of a – Champion
What we do in life, echoes in eternity. We each leave a legacy on Earth and into eternity. We have each received an inheritance from our Creator. The Father has given us a unique part of who He is. We came from Him, onto Him we shall return. We were created to be fruitful and reproduce what God has given us. To…
Read MoreThe Cruise or the Cross – Titanic
Are you preparing for the luxury liner or the life boat? Are you betting your future on the fleeting comforts of the cruise ship or the guaranteed safety of a tiny boat? The luxury liner will sink. Only those taking refuge in the lifeboat will be spared. Everything that can be shaken will be, until our lives, as God intended are…
Read MoreStand & Fight – For Those You Love
Years of compromise have left much of the Church powerless; a shell of her potential. Having loved lesser gods, she entangled her heart, pursuing meaningless pleasures. Bound by the cares of this life, divine opportunities are squandered. Who will rescue us from this half hearted slumber? God is calling the Elijah’s of this day to move in power.…
Read MoreCultural Storm is a Perfect Storm
A cultural storm of epic proportions is brewing. It is a perfect storm. The convergence of many storms into one giant storm. No one will be spared. It will engulf the whole Earth. So there will be nowhere to hide, no safe corner other than the Chief Cornerstone. No peaceful place, besides the Prince of Peace.
Read More1857 Prayer Meeting Revival
In 1857, America was in trouble. Corruption in business and politics was rampant. People were addicted to gambling and greed. Immorality and the occult dominated many people’s lives. There was widespread atheism, agnosticism, apathy and indifference to God. If there was ever a time when a revival was needed, it was then at this bleak…
Read MoreMocker Becomes One of Histories Greats – George Whitefield Story
As a boy, he was a self confessed liar, thief, and a gambler, addicted to cursing, foolishness, and fantasy. In his teens, he would mock local preachers, even storming into a church service, trying to break it up. George Whitfield was barely 15 years old when he tended bar for his mother and stepfather. But…
Read MoreWilliam Booth & the Salvation Army
General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, taught his officers both men and women, to fight fear with faith. When a threatening mob covered an officer’s jacket with spit because of his commitment to follow Jesus, William Booth encouraged him. “Don’t rub it off. It’s a metal.” Since 1865, the Salvation Army’s mission…
Read MoreWhy You Are In Your City
What would it take for Christian leaders in your city to be wholeheartedly united? What would happen if a pastor in your city was murdered and his body was dumped at the steps of City Hall? Would anyone care? You bet they would. And at that paradigm shifting moment, if a senior leader from one…
Read MoreWhy Leaders Need Intercessors
If a pastor or leader is desiring to see God move in a supernatural way, they are involved in spiritual warfare. The enemy of their soul will not give up ground unless there is focused understanding that we are in a life and death spiritual battle. An intercessory team is the key to his safety and accomplishing…
Read MoreUnlikely Friendships
“Unlikely Friendships” Require Intentionality – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” (Proverbs 17:17) All of the seemingly “Unlikely Friendships” on this video required courage, commitment, significant effort, ears that were open to listen, and hearts that were willing to, at times, forgive and try again.…
Read MoreThree Key Questions We Ask Ourselves
When Francis’ father died, though his picture was placed on the front page of the New York Times, he died empty, having never answered life’s three most basic questions. The same questions each of us ask ourselves everyday: Am I enough? Do I have enough? Have I done enough? Am I enough? Is fed by…
Read MoreThe Walk – Riddle of Spirit & Truth
One of the greatest challenges facing this generation is solving the riddle of spirit and truth. Jesus told us clearly it would be, when He said, “But the time is coming–indeed it’s here now–when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23, NLT) How critical is it for each of…
Read MoreThe Smartsville Revival
Smartsville, California is located right next door to the northern California gold rush towns of Timbuctoo and Rough and Ready. In the early 1970s, it had a booming population of 200. It was there in late 1971, six months prior to my arrival, that a band of newly converted hippies purchased the rundown Smartsville Hotel…
Read MoreThe Skin We Live In
In 2014, 30 regional Christian leaders from Sacramento, CA embark don a Journey to Mosaic (J2M) throughout California. It was a four‐day experiential ethnic immersion bus trip exploring historical and present‐day injustices and challenges in our multiethnic society. It unpacked portions of the African‐American, Asian-American, and Hispanic‐American experience. The goal was to provide a safe…
Read MoreSacramento’s Christian History
Sacramento, California’s Christian history has seen a world-renowned 1849 Gold Rush, which ultimately brought caring pastors to serve the thousands who showed up searching for treasure. One hundred and twenty years later, a Jesus Movement saw thousands of young people get saved. Over the next few decades, mega-churches brought the gospel to multiplied thousands, and…
Read MoreRunning After Jesus
All of us are running after something. We each chase what we hope is better than what we have. What will last . . . fulfill . . . change us . . . free us. But is what we pursue real or an illusion? A miracle or a mirage? Will it complete us or strip us of hope? Do…
Read MoreRevivals Are Birthed In Unity
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I can be; but praise God, I’m not the man I once was.” We may…
Read MoreRace & Revival
Six, multi-ethnic leaders from the Sacramento region (Bishop Sherwood Carthen, Pastors Joy Johnson, Alex Vaiz, Eva Rodriquez, Scott Hagan, and Francis Anfuso) dialogue about what is needed for God’s people to come together as one. Jesus prayed in John 17:21, “…that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in…
Read MoreMy Mother the Intercessor
My mother was an intercessor. She stood alone, calling out for the broken lives of her husband, children and hundreds more. Facing many challenges in her young life, she was driven to the only One who could help a young wife with an unfaithful, yet gifted, husband. She shared her dilemma with her father. He…
Read MoreMLK March For the Dream
Would you worship with us? Would you stand with us? Would you walk with us? Would you link arms with us? If we did not agree on every political issue in God’s Kingdom? Don’t we have more in common than our differences? If we attended different places of worship. Can we still pray together. If I ask you to walk a mile…
Read MoreLeadership Roles That Spearhead Revival
Nothing just happens. Rain doesn’t fall from a clear sky. There’s a cause and effect for everything. God looks for someone willing to stand for Jesus, to separate from the sleepy pack…to usher in His Spirit. Scripture states, “The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.“ As…
Read MoreJoy and Tears in Revival
Revival! What does it mean? There are many misconceptions about this word. Is revival a morbid experience for hyper-melancholies, or an over-used advertisement describing nothing more that spiritual excess? Neither one! True revival is a move of God. It’s God pouring Himself out upon His people so that we may be revived enough for the lost to…
Read MoreJourney 2 Mosaic Racial Reconciliation
In 2014, 30 regional Christian leaders from Sacramento, CA embark don a Journey to Mosaic (J2M) throughout California. It was a four‐day experiential ethnic immersion bus trip exploring historical and present‐day injustices and challenges in our multiethnic society. It unpacked portions of the African‐American, Asian-American, and Hispanic‐American experience. The goal was to provide a safe…
Read MoreHosting a Police & Fire Banquet
City Awards Banquets began for police officers and fire fighters serving in Roseville, California in 1999, two years before the 9/11 attack took place in 2001. They have continued every year since, except during the COVID-19 virus crisis of 2020. Firefighters and police officers are still giving their lives in serving their communities, and so an evening…
Read MoreHeaven is Coming!
Jesus said, “May Your Kingdom come soon. May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) Jesus was Heaven coming to earth. God is still sending heaven. The Holy Spirit came to Earth to bring an eternal deposit of Heaven. The revelation of being “perfectly positioned” gave us a glimpse of how to live: Heaven…
Read MoreGreatest Revival of All Time
What are considered the greatest revivals of all time….who were the revivalists at the forefront of these extraordinary moves of God….and what exceptional graces, found first in the life of Jesus, did they model so passionately that the church in their day was transformed and millions of lost souls were saved? Do the answers to these questions hold a key to unlocking strategies that could in some way help unleash an outpouring of God’s Spirit in our day?
Read MoreGreatest Boxing Comeback – James Braddock
You can’t see who a person really is until they’re knocked down. Their response when things are going well, is deceiving. But when they fall on their face, you see who they really are. It was the middle of the Great Depression. Americans were struggling under the weight of economic heart. Many were unemployed. James J. Braddock…
Read MoreGod Loves America 9/11/01
On September 11, 2001, an invisible enemy attacked our nation. The wickedness of the crime and its heart wrenching loss of life brought us to our knees. We will never forget it. That night, our church was filled with hundreds of shaken people praying, crying out to God, asking for His mercy and protection. Many…
Read MoreCharacteristics of a Revivalist
Nothing just happens. Rain doesn’t fall from a clear sky. There’s a cause and effect for everything. God looks for someone willing to stand for Jesus, to separate from the sleepy pack…to usher in His Spirit. Scripture states, “The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed…
Read MoreThe Greatest Survival Story of All Time
It’s been called the Greatest Survival Story of all time. In late 1914, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail with a 27 man crew, many of whom had responded to the following recruitment news. “Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return, doubtful. Honor and recognition in…
Read MoreEnd Racism In America
Pastor Lance Hahn said, “I asked an African-American brother of mine what the problems were in America today. And he began to explain it to me. I watched his whole body change. I watched his emotions rise up. I watched him begin to tear up, and I felt, ‘Why is there divide between me and…
Read MoreEight Old Testament Revivals
Arthur Wallis described revival as “…Divine intervention…It is God revealing Himself to man in awesome holiness and irresistible power. It is man retiring into the background because God has taken the field. It is the Lord…working in extraordinary power on saint and sinner.”[1] When we study revivals throughout history, the first and best accounts come from…
Read MoreD. L. Moody Rescues Little Girl
D. L. Moody was one of two million Americans saved in the 1857 Prayer Meeting Revival. During his lifetime, he led hundreds of thousands of people to Jesus. His love for prayer and souls was a testament of his relationship with God. At one point, Moody had the largest Sunday school in America, with over 1,000 children…
Read MoreConversations That Never Ended
Where do these hostile thoughts come from? Thes painful memories so unresolved? Why do they besiege me? How can I find refuge? My mind is battered by conversations that never end. Run away emotions, assault at will; a plague of doubt. Foreign armies invade my inner life. Bottle wars, self hatred, depression, a legion of lies batter territorial spirits seek to possess all…
Read MoreRevivalist Charles Finney’s Salvation
He’s been called the Father of Modern Revivalism. Charles Finney is considered by some to have had the most lasting results. Ten years after one revival in the early 19th century, 80% of the many thousands who made commitments to Christ were still faithful followers of Jesus. His salvation was no less spectacular.
Read MoreChaos vs. Creation Theories
A astrophysicist gives a poetic assessment of how a godless Universe came into existence, followed by a Francis expressing the biblical model. It’s entertaining, and yet startling. That such a knowledgeable man could believe that the unfathomable Universe could come from chaos, as opposed to the mind and heart of a Almighty Creator.
Read MoreFrancis Sings Wedding Song to Suzie on 40th Anniversary
Francis surprises, Suzie, his beautiful wife of 40 years, by singing his emotional wedding song, “Suzie, I Won’t Fail You!”, at a Rock church service on their 40th anniversary. Their twin daughters, son-in-laws, and seven grand-children are all present. It is a moving tribute to the bride of his youth.
Read MoreFrancis Sings Wedding Song to Suzie on 35th Anniversary
Francis surprises, Suzie, his beautiful wife of 35 years, by singing his emotional wedding song, “Suzie, I Won’t Fail You!”, at a Rock church service on their 35th anniversary. Their twin daughters, son-in-laws, and a few grand-children are all present. It is a moving tribute to the bride of his youth.
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