Arise America is working toward regional transformation by assisting in the advancement of the Kingdom of God in communities that desire this approach. We are committed to producing resources to help accomplish this goal. We also host bi-monthly conference calls to connect, encourage and equip catalytic leaders in their community transformation movements
What We Do
Our desire is to provide resources to help individuals and congregations who want to make a difference in their community. This includes our book, “God’s Dream – Transformation through Kingdom Advancement”. Take the time to read some of the endorsements from leaders in the Body of Christ in the area of impacting cities and our culture, like George Otis Jr, John Dawson and Jim Hodges ( As well as many others). Then make sure you place your order for this valuable resource. We are also making available on this website our audio book of this title.
Our team is also preparing an on line course on “How to transform your community through Kingdom advancement”. This video course will give the student even more detail in the step by step process of how to build your own transformational movement for your community. It will be well worth the cost and time you invest in these classes.
We also make available a by monthly conference call where you can find encouragement and support for your Community transformation ministry. Just give us your information and our team will give you a call and see if you’re ready for this level of engagement with other community transformers.
We also are a network of churches who want to be part of an ongoing movement of Kingdom Advancers. If you’d like to register your congregation then simply fill out the application form on our network page. We will provide an apostolic covering that involves guidance, support and encouragement. This will also include our monthly newsletter as well as invitations for our regional conferences.
Statement of Endorsement for "God's Dream -Transformation though Kingdom Advancement"
Dutch Sheets
God's Dream" is more than a book-it's a prophetic call to action. Michael Greider masterfully weaves together the story of Huntington, WV, as a living testimony of what happens when the Ekklesia rises in persevering prayer. This is not theory; it's the raw, real, and miraculous evidence of the kingdom of God advancing through a praying people. What's even more powerful is how community leaders-pastors, business owners, and government officials-have united in this move of God, standing together for transformation. If you've ever doubted that God is moving in America, this book will shake you awake. It's a clarion call for intercessors, leaders, and believers who are ready to see heaven invade earth. Read it, let it stir your faith, and then step into your role in God's unfolding dream!
- Dutch Sheets, Best-Selling Author of Intercessory Prayer and Give Him 15
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
George Otis, Jr.
Some wiseguy once said, "Don't give up on your dreams. Keep sleeping." While this may elicit some chuckles in a Comedy Club, the most important dreams don't require sleep... in fact, slumber is the only surefire way to insure they never become reality.
In God's Dream, Michael Greider argues the One who neither slumbers nor sleeps has a vision for turning around our rapidly eroding cities. His solitary challenge is finding a way to engage his own people who, in a disturbingly large number of cases, would rather cuddle up with the status quo than embrace God's dream of community transformation.
This book offers a remarkable account of how this apathy was shattered in one of America's most troubled cities - a process resulting in relentless waves of divine deliverance. Having spent the last 30 years documenting hundreds of transformed communities around the world, I can tell you the principles and stories Michael presents are both authentic and life-changing. You'll be engrossed before you leave the first page.
George Otis Jr. is founder and president of The Sentinel Group, and producer of the Transformations documentary series and The Moving Cloud online channel.
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
Rodney Lord
God’s Dream is a powerful testament to divine turnaround and supernatural reset. The author, a dear friend and trusted co-laborer in the Kingdom, has not only told this incredible story—he has lived it, led it, and continues to be transformed by it. His journey from experiencing community crisis to community transformation is infused with Kingdom principles, spiritual power, and renewed purpose.
Nehemiah asked the king one simple request: “Send me to the city… that I may rebuild it.” Isaiah prophesied that God’s people would “repair ruined cities.” In keeping with this divine directive, this book is a blueprint and field manual for those longing to see their cities transformed through prayer, unity, and bold Kingdom action. Mike’s Spirit-directed leadership has united key leaders to embrace a vision far beyond themselves—the ongoing fulfillment of God’s dream for a people and a place.
If you long to see your city renewed and Christ’s Kingdom advanced, God’s Dream will equip and ignite you.
"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news, announcing peace, proclaiming… Our God reigns!"
---- Pastor Rodney Lord, Sr. Pastor, Freedom Gate Church, Member - Arise America
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
Jim Hodges
My friend and ministry colleague, Mike Greider, has written an excellent, very readable, and faith-stirring book on how Huntington, West Virginia, was transformed from a broken city to a city that is now considered a very desirable place to live.
For several decades now, we the people of God have learned the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ transforms more than individuals. God’s dream, ie., His purpose for history, includes Cultural Transformation and even Civilizational Transformation.
The vehicle by which this transformation is released in different localities is the Ekklesia- Church of the Lord which is described by Jesus in Matthew 5 as (1) the Salt of the earth; (2) the Light of the world; and (3) a City on a hill which cannot be hidden. The release of these realities in our communities begins and is sustained by the prayers of the saints of God. I love the way the author states in the opening sentence that this is a story of prayer. (Might I add, this is a story of effective, corporate, and Spirit-led prayer!).
The historic and future impact of this kind of praying can be found in Scriptures like Habbukuk 2:14. The prophet declares: “for the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of Lord as the waters cover the sea”.
On a personal note, let me mention that Huntington, West Virginia is a city I have known about and visited most of my life. I was born in Charleston. My uncle, Hosea Hodges, was the chief of police in Huntington in the 1950s.
The dream of God is increasingly unfolding in Huntington and, for that matter, it is unfolding in America and the nations of the earth!
You and I can be a part of the implementation of God’s Dream! We can be informed, challenged, motivated, and equipped by this book!
You can also use this volume to teach others to join you in His Dream!
I conclude by honoring the author. He, as a pastor and leader in the Kingdom of God, has and is living and modeling what he writes about in this book.
I pray this book gets wide circulation. There are more cities and nations awaiting for transformation that accompanies the advancement of the Kingdom of God in history!
Jim Hodges
Founder and President of the Federation of Ministers and Churches International
December 18, 2024
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
Dr. Al Warner
When an architect designs a house, windows are portals for light. When Mike Greider wrote God's Dream, documented testimonies from servant leaders in multiple marketplace spheres are the windows that illuminate and inspire. Mike has turned Huntington into a living laboratory from which everyone who is called to love and transform a city can learn.
Each leader is a single jewel strung together by the Holy Spirit with other leaders to create a stunning necklace to display God's glory and redeem Huntington for the Kingdom. Good news: God's jewelry store has no walls, so He has more than enough room to display your city, too! Note: Mike wisely warns the reader not to imitate the plan God gave for Huntington. Grab principles from Huntington, but seek God for His custom-tailored dream for your city!
Rev. Dr. Al Warner, Set Free Inc. Doctorate in City Transformation. Co-author with Bishop Tommy Reid Radical Revolution and Create Wealth to Build God's Dream
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
Tim Cross
Mike Greider has told a story, as well as, declared to many in ministry a paradigm adjustment that, I believe, we need in the Body of Christ, today. As pastors and ministers we have seen ministry as just what happens inside the four walls of a church, or within the confines of a ministry function. What Mike has done here is provide doctrine with practical, and variable results. He has changed how ministry in an area can be seen. Not just to transforminging lives in a local church, but taking those transformed lives out into the market place and the civic arena and transforming whole regions. I believe that this is the new wineskin that we need to have today that the Spirit of God is wanting to pour into. We have to stop looking for just revival, but looking for transformation. Revival is what happens inside the church, transformation is when we take that revival out into culture and work to see, On Earth as it is in heaven. This is a book to be read and reread.
Tim Cross
Pastor Living Word Muskegon
Statement of Endorsement of God's Dream by Mike Greider
John Dawson
Can things change? When you look closely at the trajectory of your town; is it deeply discouraging? Is there hope?
You hold in your hands an amazing story. It is also a case study. I don’t really trust theorists marketing untested plans. I treasure an honest report. This is a handbook and guide that grapples with the details. It shows us the spiritual leadership necessary to lift a city out of a death spiral.
You may never have imagined yourself as a leader, a catalyst for healing. Keep reading. Keep implementing what you learn. You will certainly discover the joy of building an undreamed of future with a team of true friends.
John Dawson
Author
Healing America’s Wounds
The Story Of Huntington WV to the Rest of the World
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We invite you to join the calls by making a tax free donation to this movement. Your donation will help us cover the cost of making our video classes so that people can gain more insights and understanding on how to make this happen in their community. Your donations will also help us as we host conferences in the future that will make available to other people and inspiring testimonies of what God is doing in communities around this nation and other parts of the globe