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Enterprise,Alabama
How good can comefrom such destruction
EE News Around
the World
American
Church
in DeclineBelievers in Jesus Christ
must engage in lifefstyle
evangelism while
there is still time
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The book o Hebrews tells us that aith is
the substance o things hoped or. It is the
evidence o things not seen.
As we live our lives we all ace challenges
that give us pause. Perhaps its a decision or you
or one o your loved ones. Maybe its trouble at
work or a hard spot in a relationship. Whatever the
case, we all have moments o uncertainty. For all o
us in EE we know this eeling especially when we
approach a person to talk to them about Jesus.It is exactly in those moments that our aith
is tested. There are many people today (even within
the church) that say that you cannot approach people
and talk about Heaven. I listened to a popular radio
show today where the announcer and guest both
agreed that you cannot ask people about eternal lie
in an eastern culture without causing oense. I read
an article this past month rom a amous preacher
who said the topic o eternal lie was o limits in
the west as well. So with all this negative talk about
the eectiveness o personal evangelism its easy
to think twice about witnessing to someone that
you meet, or even a close riend.
I guess the question at its heart is what
you believe about what God said regarding the
eectiveness o the proclamation o the Gospel and
the preparation o the hearts o men and women toreceive it. Either the elds are ripe unto harvest or
they are not. What do you believe?
As we enter the all, new semesters o EE
are starting up all over the world and new trainees are
experiencing the
most amazing
r e v e l a t i o n :
people are
open to hear
about Jesus!
And, most
i m p o r t a n t l y ,
they can be part
o sharing Christwith those around them.
As I write this, Im in Hong Kong at a meeting
o the Board o Directors. Today, Archbishop R. H.
Goodhew (a member o EEs International Board o
Directors) and I were walking near the harbor. While
we walked and talked a young college-age Chinese
girl approached us and began to ask us questions.
Soon we could see that she wanted to talk to us
about Jesus. She was out with her youth group and
they were seeing i there were some olks who
wanted to know how to get to Heaven. When she
heard that we were Christians she beamed. Harry
asked her why God would let her into Heaven and
she said, I believe in Jesus! He died or me!
Harry and I were encouraged by a group o
young people out proclaiming the truth o salvation
through Jesus! She must not have heard the radioshow saying that you couldnt talk about Heaven
within the eastern world. Or she reused to believe it.
Witnessing is, ater all, a decision about
what you believe. It is a matter o aith.
A Matter of Faith
Rev. John B. SorensenExecutive Vice President
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XPLORE
American Church
in Decline
In This IssueEncompassing the GlobeEE News Around the Globe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ExpansionGrowing the Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EndeavorsAtermath o Tornado in Enterprise, AL. . . . . . . . .10
Everyday PeoplePeople with a Passion or Sharing the Gospel. . . . . .17
Equipping in ActionChurch Profle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
EverywhereHow EE is Impacting the Globe. . . . . . . . . . . . .19
ExperiencesTestimonies rom People in the Field . . . . . . . . . .20
EE AnswerManDiscover How to Handle the Tough Questions . . . . .21
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Also in this Issue
Lord What Do You Want 5
Estate Planning 9
Visible Results 21
Kids EE cube 22
F a l l 2 0 0 7
Evangelism Explosion International
Every Nation Equipping Every
People Group and Every Age
Group to Witness to Every Person.
Editor: Rev John B Sorensen
Content Development:
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ARCHIVES
Excerpt taken from Dr. Kennedys
sermon titled Reaching the World
for ChristThe goal o my lie is to turn the world right side
up or Christ. Now wait a minute, you say. I
got to church today, even managed to drop a little
something in the oering plate. And now you
want me to change the world?
Yes, I do! You can do it! We can do it! In
the last ve years, Evangelism Explosion has suc-
ceeded in reaching 20 million people or Christ.
Praise God!
Its interesting. I have never had anyone
tell me he was a layman. They are always just
a layman. Well, let me tell you about a layman,
Edward Kimballjust a layman.
He taught a Sunday School class, doing the
best he could; and he was shy. One o the boys in
his class wasnt making much progress, so Kimball
decided to visit him. Instead, he chickened out.Fear gripped him. Finally, ater several attempts,
the voice o conscience won out. Im sure the boy
was startled to see his Sunday School teacher, but
they talked, Kimball shared with him the Gospel,
one on one, and this young man accepted Christ.
Did that make much dierence? The youngmans name was Dwight L. Moodyprobably the
greatest evangelist America produced in the nine-
teenth century.
The Bible says, And they that be wise
shall shine as the brightness o the rmament; and
they that turn many to righteousness as the stars
or ever and ever (Daniel 12:3).
We have lots o stars here on earth: moviestars, rock starts, sports stars. Most o them areshooting starts or alling stars. But Kimball will
shine orever.
You can be a star too by turning many to righteous-
ness. It doesnt say you need to be a preacher or
an evangelist or a missionary. You can simply be
just a layperson, but a layperson that is con-
cerned to win lost people to Christ.
I hope that God will give you the grace to
witness and that He will give you the power o
His Holy Spirit to make it eectual; and that God
will use you to bring someone to Christ this very
week.
UPDATEMost Recent Update on Dr. Kennedy
Following cardiac arrest in December, Dr.
Kennedy was hospitalized, underwent extended
and intense physical therapy, and has now
returned home continuing therapy. While there
have been improvements, they have been slow.
Please continue to pray or spiritual and physical
strength or Dr. Kennedy, his caregivers, and his
devoted wie Anne.
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Over 3000 Trained, St. Louis, MO.
2007 has been a time o great expectation and
enthusiasm or those involved in Dea EE. Creating
the Gospel in American Sign Language was only
the beginning.
Dea EE has also been busily engaged in
putting the Dea EE Gospel presentation on video,
because the dea are very visual in how they learn.
We have been taking extra time working on
learning the outline and then taking it to video, saysBob Nowicki, Director or Dea EE.
Dea EE trainers and trainees o the past
semester went on camera to be taped so that
the dea across North America might have an
opportunity to share their aith eectively and be
able to teach others.
Recently in the St. Louis area, a dea expo
was held that attracted 3,000 people. The dea who
were trained in Dea EE came prepared to share
the Gospel. They brought 2,500 tracks. Many o
them were given out that asked the two diagnostic
questions.
FIJIWhat an exciting moment or the EE Oceania
and EE Fiji leadership team! On Monday, July 2,
the rst EE leadership training clinic started in the
newly completed D. James and Anne Kennedy
International Training Center or World Evangelism.
Participants were so excited to begin that
they arrived beore the center was opened. Within
minutes, lines o people had ormed or registration
Ninety-six people signed up or the training. This
included 40 leaders rom Figtree Anglican Church
in Australia and some rom the U.S.A.
Youth EE and Adult EE training was held
Over 150 people were ed each day or lunch. In
the evenings 50 Fijian participants were ed and
accommodated at the center.
The results were astounding! During the
training, 230 people made proessions o aith
in Christ! Dozens o others are now seriously
examining the claims o Christ. Two o those who
prayed were local pastors, at least ve others were
Muslims and two were Mormons.
The clinicians represented more than 20
congregations and will now go home to implementEE training.
EE plans to build 11 more training centers in
strategic sites around the world.
NCOMPASSING THE GLOBE
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Twenty-three people rom dierent regions
o the continent recently attended productive
planning meetings or the EE Latin America team
on the outskirts o Bogota, Colombia.
As Mexico nears its 25th Anniversary o
EE implementation in September, signicant
development o Adult, Youth, and Kids EE is being
reported. Nahum Vega, EE Regional Director or
Mexico, along with his team will establish twelve
geographical areas to equip more people with the
Gospel. This strategic re-structure includes the
establishment o EE training centers in each o
those areas.
David Gomez,
EE Continental
Director or Ethnic
Ministry, reports
that Level 1 EE has
been translated in
39 dierent ethnic
languages, with leaders in many o those ethnic
groups practicing EE with remarkable success.
Although an architect by trade, Emilio Arana, EE
National Director or Guatemala, Honduras, and
El Salvador announced Gods call to work with EE
ull-time.
Rev. Alexandre Souza, National Director
or EE Brazil, has implemented EE in a variety o
churches. Currently, he pastors the Congregational
Church in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Guillermo Salinas, Continental Director
or Youth EE, plans to conduct twelve
Youth EE clinics in Latin America and equip
250 key youth leaders by the end o 2007.
Mali
EE started here in 1998. In 1999, Pastor Goita
was trained at the French EE leadership clinic held in
Malis capital city, Bamako.
They returned to their local churches and
began the EE ministry in their churches. Twoyears later they organized their own EE leadership.
There were 21 pastors and church leaders who
attended. As a result, many churches were planted
in the surrounding areas. In one village, previously
opposed to the Gospel, there have been 38
proessions o aith.
Joel Coulibaly, is an EE eld worker in Mali.
He is supported through EEs Operation Harvest
ministry. With assistance rom Operation Harvest,
he visited Pastor Goita and helped him with
implementation. Encouraged that someone had
taken interest in his EE ministry, Pastor Goita began
to equip his congregation. He and his team targeted
a village where cult activities were practiced. EE
made an impact in the village and several turned
their lives over to Christ.
The responsibilities o an EE eld worker aresignicant overseas. Because o Joels help, Pastor
Goita continued EE. As a result, a nearby village
heard the Good News o Jesus Christ, and the
Gospel spreads in this part o the world.
To support a eld worker and his/her amily
go to operationharvest.com
Africa
Latin America
EE Latin American Team
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On Monday, July 2, the frst EE leadershiptraining clinic started in the newly
completed D. James and Anne Kennedy
International Training Center or World
Evangelism. Participants were eager
to start. Lines quickly ormed beore
registration. Ninety-six people attended the
clinic including 40 leaders rom Australia
and the U.S.A.
Both Youth EE and Adult EE trainingwas conducted. More than 150 people
were ed each day or lunch. In the
evenings, 50 Fijian participants were ed
and accommodated in the center.
During clinic on-the-job training, 230
people made proessions o aith! Dozens
o others are now seriously examining the
claims o Christ. Two o those who made
proessions o aith in Christ were local
pastors; fve others were Muslims and twowere Mormons.
The clinicians came rom more than
20 congregations and will now go home
and implement the EE training.
It was a magnifcent beginning at the frst
Kennedy Training Center. Eleven others are
planned in strategic sites around the world
Construction on the next center in Kiev,
Ukraine is underway.
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NDEAVORS
It came out o the bluea massive tornado
tearing through Enterprise, Alabama, on March
1, 2007. It was a Thursday, shortly ater 1 p.m.,
when the tornado hit. Who can prepare or the ury
o a tornado that touches down in an instant?
It let a swath o devastation through the
small town located in southeastern Alabama. In
the center o the storms path was Enterprise High
School, where students sought reuge in hallways
as the tornado struck. School administrators and
students had practiced or such a storm. They
knew the protocol, and ollowed it.
Regardless, the tornado ripped the roo o
parts o the school, destroyed a hallway, the gym,
and the stadium. By March 2, eight students were
conrmed dead.
David and Charlene Parrish lived in
Enterprise in the early 90s beore moving to
Georgia in 1994. He was trained in EE at Open
Door Baptist Church in Enterprise.
Ater moving to Georgia, David started
EE in six other churches and became an EE
area representative. In 1999, David returned to
Enterprise to jump-start EE at Open Door. The
church has implemented EE ever since then.
Their connections to the community
remained strong. I attended the uneral o one o
the boys killed in the tornado, David says. Ater
the uneral, I met a woman who had just returned
rom the uneral o another tornado victim. David
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recalls her words to him, God must have let me
live through this or a reason, the woman said
somberly.
Dav id shared the Gospel with her and the
woman made a proession o aith in Christ. There
are thousands o people just like her all over this
town, David thought. The only solution to every
hurting person on this earth is the Gospel.
Immediately, David called the pastor o Open
Door, asked him what he thought about hosting a
Youth EE clinic, and the pastor wholeheartedly
agreed. Six weeks later, as the pain held its grip
on this small community, a Youth EE clinic was
conducted.
The pain o losing eight young people in
the prime o their youth was clearly evident. Billy
Tompkins is the Youth
Pastor at Open Door.
He and his wie,
Donna, lost their son
in the tornado.
Sandy Nicolosi,
Youth EE Administrator,
attended the clinic,
one that she called
specialunlike other
clinics we conduct.
They were very serious
about learning the Gospel presentation, Sandy
says. We dont nd that seriousness at all o our
Youth EE clinics.
By clinics end, 57 people had been equipped
with 41 proessions o aith in Christ. It was a
very sweet, sensitive time we had there, recalls
Sandy. Its a small town and the whole town was
suering.
Adding to the grie in Enterprise were several
clinicians who had recently lost loved ones:
One teen clinic participant lost her brother in a
recent car accident
One o the youth pastors lost a brother
A host couple lost thei r 22-year-o ld daughter
to cancer in November
Everyone was either suering or aected
by the suering o the people who they loved there.
They all know each other and work together so even
i you werent directly aected by the tornado, you
were still in pain, Sandy says.
Each o them had experienced, rsthand,
the railty o lie. And it resulted in giving the
Gospel top priority. I had a keen awareness that
all o the clinicians with all o their pain, enduring
all o these sorrows as a close-knit community,
that there was more
o an urgency toward
sharing their aith,
Sandy remembers.
David was glad that
the Lord laid this clinic
on his heart. God and
EE motivated me, he
says.
People came rom
as ar as Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, to help. Two
churches in Georgia sent teams to assist. Open Door
Senior Pastor, John McCrummen, balanced a wedding
with the Youth EE clinic on the same weekend. He
was not araid o risking a little conusion or God-sized
results, David exclaims.
So much good coming rom so much tragedy
is only o God. Something happened during this
clinic, David says, and the results, I believe, will be
much bigger than anything we can see now.
Youth EE clinic participants in Enterprise, AL
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Will we, as Christians, be held accountable forthe spiritual decay of the world?
Many o us realize that America is not just the physical
leader o the ree world, but very much a spiritual leader also.
When visiting the Western nations, and many o the developing
ones, we discover that the churches oten look to America tolead. To some degree, these churches line themselves up with
what is happening in the U.S. Whether it is good or bad, true
or not, the winds that blow through the American church will
sooner or later fnd their way around the world.
D
oes God hold the American church to a greater accountability than a lot
o other nations? For more than 200 years, the U.S. has been abundantly
blessed by God. She has prospered spiritually, militarily, and economically.
She is the richest nation in the world. Yet, we see the danger signs: materialism,
complacency, immorality, humanism. God has made it clear that to whom much is
given much will be demanded.
Several years ago, Authors Tom Clegg & Warren Bird uncovered some
staggering data in their book Lost in America:
1) Roughly hal o all churches in America did not add one new person
through conversion growth in 2000. 2) In America, it takes the combined
eorts o 85 Christians working over an entire year to produce one convert.
While this data was gathered several years ago, the act remainsmany
pastors are not equipping their people or the work o evangelism.
These statistics and others in the book helped convince Dr. Darrell Farney,
ormer pastor, now EE U.S. Director or the Central Region, to become a missionary
to North America with EE. Through our Share Your Faith Workshops and EE
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clinics, says Darrell, we are helping to train and
equip pastors and their laity in how to communicate
clearly the wonderul Good News o the Gospel.
Dangerous Days Ahead for American Church
What happens spiritually in America over the
next ew years will likely have critical implications
or the entire world. Currently, there is not one
Western nation in the midst o revival. The
spiritual awakenings we hear o are taking place
in Third World countries or developing nations.
Unortunately, Darrell says, some
churches in America are so busy entertaining thesaints that they have lost the emphasis on equipping
the saints.
Our military physically
secures our homeland. Is the
Church spiritually securing it?
From the perspective o the
Body o Christ, there should be
nothing more American and
apple pie than evangelism. It
is time or Christians to unite,
become equipped to share
the Gospel, and train others
to do the same.
What has Happened to Evangelism in America?
Has the importance o reaching with news o
eternal lie given way to tolerance? Have the many
ills acing our society caused Christians lukewarmattitude to spiritual conversions? Consider these
acts: A million and a hal elective abortions a yearWhat happens spiritually inAmerica over the next ew
years will likely have criticalimplications or the entire world.
Currently, there is not one Westernnation in the midst o revival.
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More than a million out-o-wedlock births each year.
Brutal violence reported nearly every day. Substance
abuse is getting worse.
Do Christians Perceive that no one is Listening?
The act is: America needs the message o
Jesus as never beore. Billy Graham put it well when
he said, Its either back to the Bible or back to the
jungle. The jungle is entangling America! This is no
time to keep quiet. Remember, Jesus whole point in
coming to earth was to save the lost (Luke 19:10).
Maybe its Time for an Attitude Check
When you share the Good News with another,
do you ocus on arguments that turn people o? Do
our arguments, however true they may be, create
an impression o conquest rather than peace? Ten
years ago, evangelist Luis Palua made a statement
truer today than when he made it. In the United
States, we evangelicals have acquired a reputation as
harsh, unloving, bitter people. We condemn to hellpregnant women at abortion clinics and homosexuals
marching in Washington. Today, Palua might add
another group to his hit list: Democrats.
Young people are asking, Is
Christianity good? Will it make me
a better person or a jerk? They
ask that question because, in their
minds, Christians are narrow-
minded, judgmental, arrogant, and
angry. They say, I really want
God, and Id rather be a Christian
than a Buddhist or a Muslim. But
Christians look so mean. I dont
want to become like that.
Dr. Ken Silva, EE U.S. Director or the West
Region, reminds us that Jesus was anything but
narrow-minded, judgmental, arrogant, and angry
toward the lost. Now all the tax collectors and thesinners were coming near Him to listen to Him (Luke
15:1). People didnt see Jesus as narrow-minded,
judgmental, arrogant, and angry, says Ken. I they
had, they would not have been drawn to Him. Jesus
modeled acceptance, attention, armation, even
aection toward the lost. That is how He drew them.
That is why so many people wanted to hang out with
Him.
I Christians were more like Jesus today,
Ken said in summary, perhaps sinners would want
to hang out with us, too.
The Groggy Gospel
Dr. Warren Gage, Associate Proessor o
Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary, sees a
problem.
I agree there is something lost about
American Christianity. I was overwhelmed with the
reshness and wonder o the Gospel when I was in
Korea in 2005. In America, we need a revival.
That brings up some other questions. Has
our prosperity numbed us? Has materialism made us
In the United States, weevangelicals have acquired areputation as harsh, unloving,bitter people. We condemn to
hell pregnant women at abortionclinics and homosexuals
marching in Washington.
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complacent? In South Korea,
the whole church embraced
the ministry. Said Dr. Karen
Gushta, then Director oKids EE, I thought again o
how ar we have to go in the
U.S. to get that same kind o
enthusiasm.
The media, and its
subtle tolerance crusade
has been no riend o
evangelical soul-winning.
In addressing a recent
sta meeting, Rev. John
Sorensen, Executive Vice
President o Evangelism
Explosion, said It seems
to me that more and more
people do not want to
discuss spiritual things. During my last trip,
while witnessing, I was called more [bad]names than you can think o.
Says Dr. Gage, I recall the sobering
shake-up we took ater 9/11 when people
suddenly became interested in spiritual things.
But I believe that lasted about a month.
MotivesDo They matter?
Believers who share their aith: What is
their true motivation? Is it love or the lost? Love
or the Lord? Duty?
When we witness, do we perceive that
we are more spiritual than other Christians? Is
it, like many religions, a works aith? Are we
witnessing because o guilt?
One EE trainer
admits, Christians
are good at beating
themselves up. Wereexpending every ounce
o energy today to train
up our kids, and to survive
at home. For now, my
investment is at home,
discipling my own kids.
Thats where God has
me and Im not going to
eel guilty about it.
Scott Smith, EE
Director or Materials,
agrees that people have
busier lives today, but
can still nd opportunities
to share their aith. Yes,
people are busy, but in the course o a day, even
busy people will nd time to reach out. Insteado asking, What would Jesus do? maybe we
should listen as Jesus asks us, How many
people did you let Me love through you? How
many did you give Me opportunity to talk to
about spiritual things?
Adds Scott, We look at EE as a great
training tool. It makes people more sensitive
to the lost. And we try not to expect more out
o it than we should. EE is a part o the big
puzzle o reaching out, discipling, and church
growth.
Our part, Scott says, is to lovingly
share the Gospel and let the Holy Spirit use it
or His glory. Its a win - win situation.
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Reaching out in the heart o the southside o
Chicago is Fellowship Missionary Baptist
Church. The church was ounded by Dr.
Reverend Clay Evans.
Beore acquiring the EE ministry, Fellowship
Church didnt have an evangelism ministry. We
knew we needed a program so we looked to the
Moody Church here in Chicago or direction, says
John Harmon, an evangelism leader. Moody Church
recommended EE.
Johnn ie Wel ls ,
another leader o evangelism
at Fellowship Church, saysthat EE has generated a lot o
excitement. The response
has been overwhelming,
Johnnie says. We literally
do not need a kick-o
banquet to sign people up.
Its taken on a nature o its
own.
One new EE trainee
had tried or years to share the Gospel with her
kids. Using EE, she had a comprehensive Gospel
presentation. She shared it with her kids and all our
o them made proessions o aith in Christ.
EE has also been a wonderul compliment to
Fellowship Churchs Freely Give ministry. Through
Freely Give people can receive assistance with
ood and clothing. Fellowship Church helps with
those important physical needs, and now with EE
they also help with their spiritual needs. On one
Saturday, says John, 16 people made proessions
o aith in Christ.
Fellowship Churchs Senior Pastor, Pasto
Charles Jenkins, saw what EE could do rsthand
He was driving to an appointment when he noticed
some o his church
members in the
midst o EE on
the-job trainingHe stopped to
watch the team
engage two people
He knew, by the
excitement on thei
aces, that the two
proessed Christ as
Savior. Following
this experience, his
desire is that everyone in his church get trained in
EE. For him to see it happen on-the-spot was eye
opening or him, says John.
It is Gods will that Fellowship Missionary Baptist
Church carry the Gospel to the southside o Chicago
with the help o Evangelism Explosion.
QUIPPING IN ACTION
Committed to:
Training dozens in EE
Sending out trainers everywhere
Gospel shared with all ages
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Chicago, IllinoisAn EE church since 2006
5000 members
Pastor Charles Jenkins
South Chicago Church Starts EE
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VERYWHERE
Seth Adams, an EE administrator at Cross
Creek Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville,
NC, attended and completed a ve-day EE
teacher/trainer clinic at Northwood Temple
Church in Fayetteville. Ater his graduation
rom the Level I 13-week EE training, he elt
as i he had climbed to the top o a hill. But
ater graduating rom the clinic, he elt like
he had reached a mountain summit! This
is precisely the reason I encourage all o our
Level I graduates to attend an EE leadership
training clinic as soon as possible ater they
nish their 13-week initial exposure to EE,
Seth says.
The clinic gives additional valuable EE
instruction but, more importantly, it gives the
clinician an expanded and more proound
vision or the cross-denominational and
international scope o EE.
Cross Creek Church has sent ve other
Level I graduates to an EE clinic. All o them
have been blessed. None o them have been
disappointed, Seth says. Quite the contrary
is true. I thank God that we have the means
to send Level 1 graduates to EE clinics.
Seth also serves as a Combat Engineer
in the 82nd Airborne Division. The Army has
sent him to many dierent places around the
world.
Tom and Fran Christenson gave up a Jupiter,
FL, business to serve the Lord ull-time with
Evangelism Explosion. Their hearts are now ocused
on reaching India or Christ. They have been serving
EE in New Delhi or eight years and have made great
progress.
They minister in a dicult part o the world.
As they look toward the last quarter o 2007, they
are planning two clinics in Pakistan (one already
conducted in August), and eld testing o EE materials
in the Urdu language.
They are also in the process
o equipping more than 1,000
church planters rom mission
organizations including
Church o South India,
Reaching Indian Mission
International (12 clinics
s c h e d u l e d ) , F r i e n d s
Missionary Prayer Band (17
clinics scheduled), Operation
Mobilization, and others.
They ask prayer or the 3,147
EE clinicians who attended several clinics
throughout south Asia during the rst hal o 2007.
Pray that they will implement EEs 13-week
semester in their local churches, says Tom.
PrioritiesCouple Follows God inServing Full-Time in
India
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Andys Story
I have gone on several Youth EE mission
trips, but never to a communist country. The Youth
EE mission trip to Bucharest, Romania ,sticks out
in my mind.
It wasnt too long ago when Romania
was ruled by a communist dictator. Today, more
than 10 years later, you could still eel the heavi-
ness that communism has let behind in the
hearts o the people. It was amazing.
Many people seemed distant and cold.
But that wasnt true with the Romanian Christians
we met. Their joy stood out as a light in the dark-
ness. It was amazing to share the Good News
with others there. We saw many people make
proessions o aith in Christ, and their aces would
illuminate!
Youve got to see what Jesus is doing in
the rest o the world. You will never orget it!
Andy Littleton
Tucson, AZ
Libbys Story
Libby Tranbarger is a thirteen-year-old
seventh grader who loves sotball, plays the fute,
saxophone, and drums. She sings on the youth
praise team at her church and also is a member o
the youth leadership team. Libby is a young girl
who epitomizes how laypeople ulll their commit-
ment to the Great Commission.
Recently, during the EE adult outreach
at Libbys church, one o the adult trainees was
absent. Since we needed a third person to com-
plete our team or OJT, says John Holland, EEtrainer, Libby, who is trained in Youth EE, volun-
teered to go with us.
The rst place they visited produced no
ruit. Libby suggested that the team visit our o
her riends who live next to her Papa. They
drove to the location and
ound all our o Libbys
riends at home. It wasnt
long beore Libby was shar-
ing the Gospel. Like a
trooper, recalls John, she
shared the entire presenta-
tion. I stood there in utter
amazement at how atten-
tive her riends were. All our o them prayed to
receive Christ!
Libby was elated. In her enthusiasm, she
turned to John and asked him to nish.
The next day Casey, a seventh grader, who
was one o the our, called and asked i she could
ride in the church van and visit the Wednesday
night youth group.
XPERIENCES
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I know a lot o nice, good people who arent Christians.
Are you telling me God is going to send them to Hell or notknowing about Jesus?
First it is good to know that God never created man as evil, in act
He reers to His creation as good Gen. 1:26-31. But being created in Gods
image, thereore, with the will to choose, man chose to disobey what he
knew to be right, Gen. 3:6.
God created Hell or Satan and his demons when they chose
disobedience in attitude and action. It was never intended or people. Jesus
said, Depart rom Me, you cursed, into everlasting ire prepared or the devil
and his angels (Matt 25:41).
Ask anyone, anywhere in the world i they have ever done some-
thing they knew was wrong. They will probably laugh and say something
like, Sure, who in the world hasnt? The penalty or sin is death, meaning
eternal separation rom God (Romans 6:23). But God doesnt send anyone
to Hell or not knowing about Jesus nor or any other reason, rather, it is our
sin that condemns us. The truth is, we all have sinned. Thereore, no one is
o the hook, not Billy Graham or Mother Theresa. And its important to
remember that no amount o good works can save us. The Bible says,For it is by grace that you are savednot by works, lest any man should
boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Now God, who is perectly just (Romans 2:6), is also merloved us such that He made a supreme provision through Jesus to
our sin. The Bible says, God is not willing that any should perish, bu
should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Hes so loving He sent H
Son to die and pay the penalty or our sin so that we could avoid He
have the assurance o Heaven. Christ Jesus came into the world
sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). Sin condemnsChrist saves.
Suppose a man is driving and see signs along the way,
Out. He keeps on driving, goes past police cars warning him, throu
barricade, drives o a cli into the river, and dies. Whose ault is it?
Similarly, no one in Hell will be able to blame God. He doe
people there, our sin has already condemned us. Rather, He wa
ple o the danger and even sent His Son to save them rom
its our own choice i we end up in Hell. In act, Christians are
ones who dont need to worry about Hell. The Bible says,
things have been writtenso that you may know you have
lie (1 John 5:13). I have complete conidence that when
Im going to Heaven.May I ask you a question?
2006 Accomplishments
Number of clinics held1,080
Number of believers equipped
198,080
Number of professions in Christ
4,971,476
15-year estimates
2000 to 2015
Number of clinics held
20,313
Number of believers equipped
4,461,188
Number of professions in Christ
100,895,593
Reaching Every Person with the Gospel
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