Cyrus Ministries International (CMI)

God is eternal. He created us for His plan and purpose. The Bible says that when God created man He blessed them and told them to "Be fruitful and multiply, replenish [fill] the earth and subdue it." (Genesis 1:26)

This eternal plan of God was to be fulfilled by God bringing His life into us through the tree of life, His Son. Man sinned. He listened to the voice of the devil and ate of the tree of death. Satan then reigned over man, seeking to stop the plan of God.

God sent His Son. He blessed Him. He spoke to Him. Jesus, God’s Son, had the Life of God in Him. He became fruitful. He multiplied His ministry. He began to fill the earth. He began to subdue the earth, healing and delivering the people from the power of the devil

Satan crucified Him, using the people of the earth. God allowed this. This was God’s way of destroying Satan’s dominion, given to him by man, and establishing the reign of His Son.

God, in eternity, knew what would happen, and He had a plan for bringing about all His purposes. Through His Son now living in us, we can be blessed by God. We can hear Him speaking to us. We can be fruitful. We can multiply. We can fill the earth. We can subdue the earth.

The Bible says that we have been created by God and given works to do so that His eternal purposes can be accomplished (Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 1:4). The works that we do in His eternal plan are from eternity and are eternal.

There are seven specific things God has given Cyrus Ministries International to accomplish. They are:

1. To be part of His plan and activity of bringing healing to His people so they can be fruitful in their God-given destiny.

2. To feed His lambs, shepherd His sheep, and feed His sheep so they can multiply.

3. To call for His people to come out of Babylon into the reality of living in His New Jerusalem, so that the light of His heavenly Kingdom will fill them and the earth.

4. To help His people know, experience and live in the truth that God is speaking from heaven to them through His Son.

5. To know, declare and establish the foundations of God in His people, so that He can subdue all things through them.

6. To bring the things God has given us into all the nations, so that the earth will be filled (replenished) with His glorious presence.

7. To bless, train, nurture, and impart to His people the things God has blessed us with, so they can be blessed, hear God’s voice, be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it.

These things can only be fulfilled through people living in the reality of Christ living in them. The way these seven callings have been given and imparted to Cyrus Ministries International is covered in the brochure "The Call and Vision of Cyrus Ministries International", which is covered in the next section.

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God has called us to do this. Seven different times in our lives He has given specific directions for our ministry.

1. In 1975, while I (Rich) was in my office at IBM, the Lord inspired me to pray for His church to become a place of healing for people. He sent wave after wave of His Spirit upon me to affirm His desire to use me in this way. Since then we have ministered healing and taught healing seminars under His healing anointing in our home, in our church, in the nations, and most recently in our Big Rock facility. The impartation of healing accompanies the teaching of it.

2. Feed My lambs; shepherd My sheep; feed My sheep. God spoke these words to me while I attended a seminar put on by Campus Crusade for Christ; they were part of my conscious thoughts for several days, as they were being written on my heart. We have always had small groups meeting in our homes, from 1975 until this present time. There were periods when we had over 120 at the several home meetings we had each week. Now God is using us to teach and train others in leading home group gatherings. We have prepared booklets for discipleship training, and a ministry manual to help others learn how to pray for the release of people from spiritual, emotional, and physical bondage.

3. The CMI anointing. In 1977 the Lord spoke to Kay and me about the ministry of Cyrus as described in Isaiah 45. He also brought the anointing He placed on Cyrus upon each of us. Since then He has broadened our understanding of the Cyrus anointing and shown us how He wants to use us as He brings His people out of the spiritual Babylon into His heavenly Kingdom--the New Jerusalem. We are presently being asked to bring others into the understanding and experience of the Cyrus anointing, and we are establishing International Cyrus Healing and Restoration Centers, beginning in Big Rock.

4. Jesus is speaking from heaven. The message of Jesus speaking from heaven during the times of shaking is described in Hebrews 12:22-30. This was one of two words God gave when He called me to visit with Him at Mt. Sinai in 1979. In November of 1978 God told me to go to Mt. Sinai in February of 1979. He affirmed this call by pre-announcing the sex and birth date of our second child. Kay was 8 months pregnant at the time. Tim, our second child, was born, according to God’s word to me, on December 29.^. Jesus is speaking from heaven. We need to live in this reality, and worship and reverence Him. We are personally experiencing a deeper understanding and experience of our being in Christ and of His dwelling in us, and we are training people in listening to, hearing, and responding to God’s voice. He is shaking us individually, as a church, and as a ministry, and He is shaking all of the heavens and the earth. He is establishing His kingdom in all His people and preparing His bride for the coming spiritual battle and for our heavenly and eternal purposes. We are establishing our Big Rock Restoration Center as a place for people to hear from Him, to worship Him and to follow Him as He fills heaven and earth with His Divine will and glory. We expect to have continuous prayer and worship in this facility.

5. God is establishing His foundations in the heavens, on the earth, and in His people. This is the second word God gave me at Mt. Sinai in 1979. This word is based on Isaiah 51:16. Our ministry has been raised up to bring truth into the inner spirit of people, as God reveals the lies they have received, believed, and are acting upon. His word brings truth, which brings freedom and healing. Through prayer and prophetic intercession and declarations, God is establishing His word in our families, communities, churches and nations. He is preparing His bride to reign with Him and to bring forth His judgments onto the earth. We are participating in this work through training His people, helping them to come into their eternal destinies, and through "following God as He unites heaven and earth in Christ." The latter statement is the theme of this ministry. This is being done locally and throughout the nations.

6. CMI is to be an International Ministry, called to serve the Jews and Arabs in Israel, and peoples from many nations. This word came in January of 1990 as the Spirit of God visited another elder of our church and me during an elders’ prayer gathering. During this time God gave us His heart for Israel and told me to lay down Cyrus Ministries. Then He spoke again and said to receive the mantle of Cyrus Ministries International. God has increased our ministry with other nations; now several internationals are coming to our Big Rock facility to receive training, equipping, and impartation.

7. CMI is called to be an international healing, training, fathering, restoring, and releasing ministry. We are to relate with, serve, and oversee individuals, churches and ministries in other locations. This word came during our trip to Kenya in January of 2002. Individually and collectively, 18 leaders from churches in Kenya asked CMI to oversee their ministry. Their Bishop brought the same request. Since that time we have been asked to work similarly with other local and international churches and ministries. Prophetic words from others are confirming these requests. What God has spoken in secret, He is now having His people request. What people are requesting is being affirmed through His prophetic voice in others. We are also networking with other apostolic and fivefold ministries to come under their counsel and fellowship. We have been given use of a facility in Big Rock, Illinois for this purpose. God has also provided a home in this area for us. He is moving our ministry into His place, and He has provided us with a home as we center on building His house in His people and in His world. God is truly expanding His church and restoring His foundations as ministries network.

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Beliefs

We believe in the God of the Bible as described in the Apostles' Creed.

We believe that Jesus is The Son of God; it is only through trusting in His death and resurrection on their behalf that people can come to the Father.

We believe in the Bible as the infallible Word of God

We believe God sends His Spirit to live in us and to manifest His presence among us.

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We have introductory booklets for new Christians. Some of these are, "Meditations on God’s Goodness," "Forgiveness of Sins," "Meditations on the Ministry of Jesus," and "Repentance and Forgiveness."

We have booklets available on subjects for discipleship. Our basic discipleship series includes the following booklets: "Jesus is Lord and Christ," " The Holy Spirit," "Receiving Jesus," "Spiritual Warfare," "The Cross," "The New Covenant," and "Prayer."  Go to the Booklets page to read and print copies.  You may request paper copies of each Booklet by contacting us.

We provide regular training sessions, attended by people from many nations, at our ministry center Big Rock, Illinois. We have recently conducted training sessions on "Ministering Healing," "Fivefold Ministry Gifts," "Meditating on the Word of God," "Shepherding God’s Sheep," "The Bride of Christ in the Song of Songs," and "Dealing with Generational Curses and Sin Patterns." Tapes on many of these topics are available. Go to Contact Us to request copies of tapes.

We regularly cover, on all-day Saturday sessions, the materials in the ministry manual we have produced. Topics include: Dealing with Relationships, Personal Wounds and Spiritual Strongholds, Dealing with False gods and Religions, and Dealing with Curses and Generational Sin Patterns. Go to Ministry Guide to view the manual; go to Spiritual Retreats to find out about Saturday sessions.

We conduct meetings in people’s homes, imparting to leaders the things we have received and to their friends and families the ability to minister to others. Go to Home Groups.

We hold regular "Prayer and Worship Evenings" at the Big Rock Ministry Center. Go to Current Activities.

We go to other churches and groups-- locally, in the USA and in the nations. We minister healing, train leaders, and establish ongoing networking relationships. We have been to Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Romania, India, Israel, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria. We have requests to go to several other nations.  Go to our Itinerary of trips to learn what is scheduled this year.

We oversee ministries and churches in overseas nations, helping them to come into their calling and destiny, using the things God has given us. We help leaders from other nations to spend time with us for training and impartation.  Go to International Ministry to learn more.

We have a regular Children’s Ministry Program called CMI Kids ROCK! In this ministry, children and youth are taught Bible truths in age-appropriate and child-friendly interactive style. Children experience the working and power of the Holy Spirit as prayer and worship are woven into ROCK. Go to Kids ROCK! to learn more.

We meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 9 PM, have Friday night worship at 7PM and Saturday night worship services at 6PM.

See Current Activities & Itinerary for more information.

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Big  Rock Ministry Center

Our Big Rock Ministry Center is located about 4 miles west of the intersection of Highways 30 and 47.  We are on #30 just beyond Sugar Grove.  Cyrus Ministries International is in the building immediately west of the Sugar Grove Self Storage Units, about ¼ mile east of Dauberman Road which is just east of the center of Big Rock.

From I-88 westbound, after the Aurora exits, follow the signs to Rt. 30, heading toward Hinckley .

Learn more at the Big Rock Ministry Center page.

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