History

The network is now less than six years old. It was launched after the leader and founder Dan Cunningham, received two visions from the Lord. The first came in the month of October, 1998 and the second followed in December 1998. After much prayer about the visions he had received he contacted leaders to come together in a place near Dumaguete Called Bacong, to explain what Father had placed in his heart. This meeting took place in April 1999. In the month of June 1999, River of Life Network was birthed. As of this date the network has over 900 leaders from seven Islands here in the Philippines and growing almost daily.

Here is the two visions explained as Dan received them. In the first one he saw a mountain with a river flowing down and coming into a valley. It was very beautiful and full of life. As the Lord took him down the river it became a large body like a sea. As he was brought closer to the body of water, from the water came a bad odor. He asked the Lord; what is this? What does it mean? The Lord said to him; this is my church. His response was no Lord! This can not be your church, it stinks. The river had become stagnant. Then he was shown a large dam that had held the river back from flowing. The dam was made from large stones each of them having different names of men’s works. Beyond the dam the riverbed was dry and along the banks there was no life. Dan began to ask; what are you showing me? What does this mean? The Lord said Dan, when is a river not a river? The first answer was obvious; when you dam it up. The Lord said, because the church is not allowing my blessings to flow out. The Lord began to take Dan through several scriptures, Psa. 46:1-4,Gen. 2:10-14, Ezek. 47:1-12, John 7:37-39, Psa. 38:8. While meditating on Gen, 2:10, the Lord spoke to Dan the second time; a river is not a river while it is still a stream. This was when he received the second vision and revelation. The second vision looked like a flat area of land with many streams running into one area and making a large body of water that then flowed out. When Dan asked, what does this mean? The Lord spoke and said, Adam and Eve were streams and I told them to be fruitful and multiply, creating the many other streams that would join together to flow out. The full revelation of what was received is too long in detail to write here now. May we only comment on some things, which are obvious to most readers? The word, River in Gen. 2:10 is not a correct translation. The word in Hebrew is Nehar, which means, a stream or bubbling brook. The second root word from the word Nehar, is Nawhar, which means to assemble together to flow out. Father said, all my people I have created and placed on the earth are streams. I am the river that flows out to them and causes them to become my streams.

Father told Dan that He was asking him to gather together as many streams as possible so that His river would flow out to the sea of humanity, to bring healing to the nations.

Dan knew what Father was asking was not easy. He ask God, what about all the different doctrines, different visions? Lord, there are too many to bring unity. How will I do what you are asking? The answer came after several weeks of telling God why and how it could not and would not work. Father told Dan; you begin by networking their gifts and resources. This we have begun to do!!