Rory Synoground Ministries International
Pastor Rory Synoground
Dear Partner and Friend,
Grace and peace to you
this Christmas season. As I sit down to write to you today, I am filled with
gratitude, for what God has done this past year. I want to personally thank you
for standing with us. Your prayers, your faith, and your faithful partnership
truly matter, and they continue to make an eternal impact.
This month, as we step into Christmas, the Lord directed us into a new teaching series built around one defining truth: True Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship marked by supernatural miracles.
Christmas is not merely the season. It is a revelation. It reveals what true Christianity looks like. While we often say, “Jesus is the reason for the season,” that statement goes far deeper than December. Jesus is not only the reason for Christmas, but He is also the reason for every season of our lives. He is why we live, why we breathe, and why we have hope.
True Christianity was never meant to be a cold system of rules, rituals, or religious traditions. Jesus did not come to establish a new world religion. He came to reveal the Father and to restore us into an intimate relationship with Him. Religion focuses on performance, but Jesus revealed the way to a true and intimate relationship with the Creator of the Universe as Father.
In Scripture, believers were first called Christians in the city of Antioch, not as a compliment, but as mockery. They were known as “little Christ ones.” Before that, they were simply recognized as those who walked in the Way. Jesus Himself said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). True Christianity is about walking a certain way, a path which comes from engaging in a true and intimate relationship with God. This Way of living does not come from trying to perform for Him.
Jesus made this unmistakably clear in John 17:3 when He said, “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Eternal life is not about observing rules or maintaining tradition. Eternal life is knowing God intimately as Father—Abba—Daddy God.
Religion teaches people how to perform. A relationship with God teaches us how to rest. A child should never be made to perform to be accepted by their parent. A child should find security, unconditional love, value and purpose in their relationship with their parents. That is what Jesus reveals through His relationship with God as Father. That is what is available to us now through Jesus Christ. When that truth settles into your heart, it brings healing, restoration, and freedom. It produces a supernatural way of living in your life. That is the heart of the message God has called us to preach.
When your relationship with the Father is real, and intimate, and not based on performance, supernatural miracles begin to follow.
Scripture tells us in Acts 10:38 that God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power, and that He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. Why? Because God was with Him. Miracles were not accessories to Jesus’ ministry; they were evidence of the Father’s presence and His relationship with His Son.
The Kingdom of God is not in word only, but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20). Where the presence of God is experienced, transformation takes place. Where intimacy with the Father is cultivated, supernatural results follow.
I am standing here today as living proof of that truth. At seventeen years old, I broke my neck in a car accident. I should have been paralyzed from the neck down. But because of the faith of my parents, because they had been hearing and believing the Word of God through the Word of Faith message from ministers like Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Hagin, they knew how to pray and what to speak. My mother received a Word to speak to me from Father God while I was begin transferred in the ambulance that day. She said “Rory I keep getting this Word from God, it’s the scripture verse from that rock band Stryper you listen to, By His stripes you are healed” (Isaiah 53:5) I immediately said with joy, “I’ll take it.” By the time we made it to the next hospital the X-rays told the story. One X-ray showed a broken neck. The next showed no break at all. I was completely healed by the power of God. Two X-rays. One miracle.
Many of you reading this letter are living testimonies of that same truth. Healings, restorations, provision, and transformed lives have taken place, not because we bring religion to you, but because we bring you the way to have a true and intimate relationship with Father God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
I want you to know how deeply grateful we are for you. You are not just supporting a ministry; you are helping advance a message that sets people free. Because of your prayers and generosity, people are being introduced to true Christianity. Families are being restored. Hearts are being healed. Miracles are happening.
As we celebrate Christmas, my prayer for you is that you would experience fresh intimacy with God as Father. May His presence fill your home. May His Word dwell richly in your heart. And may your life continue to be marked by supernatural evidence that God is with you.
Thank you for standing with us. Thank you for believing in this vision. Thank you for helping us declare that true Christianity is intimacy with God, marked by miracles.
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas. We love you, we pray for you, and we are honored to walk this journey of faith together.
If you have any prayer requests let us know and we will pray for you. I will continue to pray Psalm 91, Ephesians 1:13-23 and Ephesians 3:14-21 for you and your family. God bless you richly in all things.
With deep gratitude and love,
Pastor Rory Synoground
TOGETHER WE ARE REACHING THE WORLD
"THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE...." (John 17:21)
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