Span-Seven Wonders of the Cross, The
: The Last 18 Hours

After working for sixteen years as an educator, Wilkin van de Kamp served for ten years as a pastor for the German-Dutch Euregio Christengemeente (Euroregion Christian congregation). Since 2010, he has served as pastor-director of Vrij Zijn (Being Free), written more than twenty books, and spoken at international conferences drawing thousands of Christians. Regarding The Seven Wonders of the Cross, Wilkin explains, "At the beginning of 2004, I started a year-long intensive study of the last eighteen hours of Jesus�s life. I studied what historians, doctors, theologians, and others wrote about the suffering and death of Jesus. I not only wanted to understand why Jesus had to go through such tremendous suffering, but to be close to Him in the most difficult hours of His life." Wilkin eventually wrote Het Wonder van het Kruis (The Wonder of the Cross), in forty days, spread out over half a year. The book has become a best-seller in the Netherlands and has been translated into several languages. Heading a national movement, Wij Kiezen Voor Eenheid (We Choose Unity) in the Netherlands, Wilkin hosted the Nationale Ontmoetingsdag van Verootmoediging en Verzoening (National Day of Abasement and Reconciliation) in The Hague on October 6, 2012. National leaders and about three thousand Christians from many denominations confessed before God and to each other that they had spoken about and dealt negatively with one another in the past. This day was viewed as a breakthrough in the ecumenism of the Netherlands� churches. Wilkin is also a co-founder and ambassador for the Christian, humanitarian, non-governmental organization Pan de Vida (Bread of Life) in Peru. Children receive a free, healthy meal once a day at thirty-three locations in different slums. Pan de Vida has also established two child care facilities and an orphanage. Wilkin has felt God�s call to help the church make the majesty of the cross its central theme, a symbol of great love and courage that had never been seen before and will never be seen again. He and his wife, Aukje, have four sons and four granddaughters. Wilkin van de Kamp (1961) ha sido pastor durante veinte a�os de una iglesia carism�tica holandesa que busca la unidad y la reconciliaci�n. Ahora Wilkin se dedica plenamente a escribir y desde 2002 da conferencias en los Pa�ses Bajos y el extranjero. Hasta ahora ha escrito m�s de veinte libros, muchos de los cuales han sido �xitos de ventas en Holanda y han sido traducidos a otras lenguas. Wilkin ha fundado una editorial, una escuela b�blica y de entrenamiento, una revista y muchas producciones televisivas. La misi�n de Wilkin es ofrecer a los cristianos las herramientas y recursos necesarios para encontrar y celebrar su identidad, libertad y unidad en Cristo. Durante los �ltimos a�os Wilkin ha dado conferencias por todo el mundo, en particular acerca de su libro m�s vendido Los Siete Milagros de la Cruz (puedes invitar a Wilkin a dar una conferencia en el sitio web www.the7wonders.eu). Wilkin fue el director del movimiento nacional holand�s Elegimos la unidad. En 2012 organiz� el �D�a Nacional de la Reconciliaci�n� en La Haya. Ese d�a se reunieron pastores, sacerdotes y unos tres mil cristianos de distintas denominaciones e iglesias para declararse culpables ante Dios y ante los dem�s por la manera negativa en la que hab�an hablado unos de otros en el pasado. Ese d�a supuso para los Pa�ses Bajos un avance espiritual decisivo. Wilkin es adem�s cofundador y embajador de la ONG Pan de Vida, que hasta ahora ha fundado 37 comedores en distintos barrios marginales de Per�, donde se ofrece un almuerzo sano y gratis a los ni�os los d�as de escuela. Adem�s han abierto 2 guarder�as y un orfanato. Su hijo adoptado, Carlos, vive con su esposa Mariela en Arequipa, y juntos dirigen los distintos proyectos. //