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Kubamba: Transforming Young People in Africa | Jemimah Opat

Today the Evangelism Podcast features an interview with Jemimah Opati, a member of Kubamba, a ministry from Kenya. Kubamba uses creative arts like music, drama, and DJing to spread the gospel message to young people in schools and communities. The ministry has been doing outreach work in Zimbabwe for the past two months, going to schools and sharing the love of Jesus.  The team has seen many young people respond to the Gospel and give their lives to Christ. Despite the challenges of living by faith, Jemimah finds great joy in the personal relationships and lives that are transformed through Kubamba’s ministry.

Learn more about Kubamba: https://www.kubamba.com/

Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus.

(00:07):
So today I have a special guest with me from

Jemimah Opati (00:15):
Come

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:16):
From Mbba, which is a great ministry out of Kenya.

Jemimah Opati (00:21):
Thank

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:21):
You so much for joining me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Jemimah Opati (00:23):
Thank you for having me.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:25):
So we are in Africa together in Zimbabwe this week, and it has been wonderful to serve the Lord to together with you. And I am so impressed with the team of Ku Baba. Tell me a little bit, what is Ku Baba? What are you guys all about?

Jemimah Opati (00:48):
Well, KU Baba is Swahili slang. Well, it can pass for clean Swahili and it can pass for slang. So in the slang it means to have fun.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:07):
Okay.

Jemimah Opati (01:07):
Yes. And that’s what we adopt. And so we do this through creative arts ads that young people, stuff that young people would relate with so much like DJing, music, drama, and all sorts of creative ads that we have to just spread the gospel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:34):
Now we’re here with a global network of evangelists, the g and e. And last week we did a festival in Guru and I got to preach one night at that. That was really amazing. And then this week we are in Bula. Why

Jemimah Opati (01:53):
Bula

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:55):
The second largest city here in Zimbabwe. And we’ve seen God do some great things here, but the Mbba team has actually been here much longer than two weeks. You’ve been here more like two months.

Jemimah Opati (02:08):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:09):
And you’ve been going school to school, telling young people about the hope and purpose that they can find in Jesus. And so tell me some testimonies. What have you seen God do while you’ve been here in Zimbabwe?

Jemimah Opati (02:25):
Wow, it’s so overwhelming. I’ve seen God give hope, restore, and just affirm both myself and I think the team plus the students and even the teachers, just seeing how their students respond. Having not seen this ever in their schools or going around or such an opportunity, they really, really appreciate. And man, it’s been a full circle moment really for me as a person. I’ve seen God heal and just put together in his own way. Yeah. So I’m so blessed. I’m overwhelmed. I’m just like every other time excited and looking forward to see what he has in store for each and every one of us.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:32):
So paint a picture for me. When Ku Baba pulls up into a school, what happens? What is the team doing, and then what is the message you’re trying to convey to the young people?

Jemimah Opati (03:49):
Alright, so when we pull up in a school, definitely we have to lie us with the administration first to let them know we are there. Then them allow us set up. So we move around with our peer system, like our sound system and everything else that,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:10):
And you have your DJs that can do music?

Jemimah Opati (04:13):
Yes. So we put up our sound system in a span of very few minutes. Everyone knows what they need to do, and then the mics are on, the DJ kit is set, and I mean, the host is ready. They know what they need to do and they just begin.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:36):
And so you start with some hype?

Jemimah Opati (04:39):
No, no, no, not really. Of course some icebreakers. Then we do introduction of ourselves and then we also appreciate the teachers and then now just gel and make them feel comfortable, feel comfortable and comfortable. And then now we can stand and dance and then do a worship session after the dance, which is actually praise and worship, but in a fun way. Then worship, actually worship them, pray for themselves to their God. And then now we do the word, and then we have a skit and then do an altar call. And then just summarize if there’s any other thing that we need to do. We do. So we work with school programs so that we don’t also disrespect their time, their flow of the activities. So if we are given an hour, we work with that. If we are allowed to hours, we work with that. If we are given longer, we work with what we are given. Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:51):
And what is the main message you’re trying to convey to the kids?

Jemimah Opati (05:57):
It’s just that Jesus loves each and everyone of us. Despite where you come from, it doesn’t matter your background, it doesn’t matter your color, it doesn’t matter, whatever. Jesus loves you and he wants that relationship with you. That’s just it. Salvation is the best gift.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:19):
And how do the young people respond? Have you seen a good response?

Jemimah Opati (06:24):
Absolutely. It’s always amazing. I think that’s one of the parts that really just melt my heart because I’m like, the word of God says when you lift praises, he draws men to himself. And just seeing him use us and then drawing so many to himself is, it just breaks my heart to just see the love of God over everyone. Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:57):
One of the things I really admire about Ku Baba is that many of the team members are young professionals who were very successful in their jobs, but they decided to leave their jobs and to serve Jesus in this way full time. And then you’re actually raising money in Kenya from friends and people in order to do ministry. And so you’re living life by faith. You’re not paid to do this. You have to trust God to provide. So what is that like living by faith every single day?

Jemimah Opati (07:39):
I wouldn’t lie. It’s not easy, yo guys. It’s not easy because you like your plan A to Z is Jesus. It’s God all the way. We are not perfect. So sometimes you’re like, yo God, are you really going to pull through here? Are you really going to come through? It’s crazy at times because when you’d expect something and it doesn’t come and you feel discouraged, God shows up in another way. But during that season, it’s tough. It’s tough, but you still have to keep trusting. And actually just the word of God just encourages you. It reminds you that his promises are yes and amen. And he’s not a man to lie, nor a son or man to change his mind. So you hold onto that and he comes through in a different way. So unexpected. Then. Yeah,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:48):
KU Baba has a big team, especially in Kenya, and you’re going into the schools, but you’re also doing Bible studies and outreaches to young people. So tell me the role that you play in Mbba and then some of the different avenues that Mbba uses to minister to young people.

Jemimah Opati (09:12):
Well, yeah, we have a Bible study. Well, it started small, but now it’s huge. But we just maintained the name Bible study we made in a cinema in Nairobi called Nairobi Cinema. We host like 800 to a thousand probably plus every Wednesday from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM or nine. And yeah, that’s just one of it. And then we have the missions team. We have the production team now on air because we now cover on land, on air digitally.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:51):
And you’re also doing a lot of social media,

Jemimah Opati (09:55):
So we have to go where they are, where young people are. We can’t just wait for them to come to us. So yeah, basically in the missions team that moves around. And I am in the discipleship department, which is also really growing. And we are still dreaming on avenues of how to do discipleship because we do ministry far, far, and wide. So how do we bring all these people on a platform that we can share in Bible study and camps and all these things, just part of discipleship. And yeah. I also help in the creatives department. I’ve done theater, so

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:49):
I really love the

Jemimah Opati (10:51):
Drama

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:52):
That you guys do every night at the Gospel Festival, the Mbba team has been doing a lot of hype and dancing, but then also the drama. The other night when I preached right after I finished preaching, immediately the drama began.

(11:10):
The drama begins with Jesus, with God creating someone. And he creates ’em with purpose, but then different sins and distraction and attacks from the devil come. And so some of the different things that she deals with is the temptation of being famous on social media. And then that doesn’t work out. And then a guy comes and they actually take her behind a sheet and throw clothes out over the top, and everyone’s like, ah. And her life just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. And there’s all these different signs that then you put around the

Jemimah Opati (11:53):
Actress’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:54):
Neck, and she becomes so burdened to the point where she goes to the witch doctor for help. And that doesn’t help, becomes tormented by demons until Jesus appears and rescues her. And the music is pretty intense. And Jesus just grabs the demons with the force

(12:24):
Knocks them to the ground. And he takes all of them, the depression, the sadness, all of the thoughts of suicide, the addictions, the witch doctors, curses, everything. And Jesus takes that, puts it on his own neck, and of course dies so that she can be free.

Jemimah Opati (12:47):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:47):
Jesus comes back to life. And so it’s such a powerful drama. And I think young people connect when they can see something as well as just hearing someone preach about it.

Jemimah Opati (13:01):
Exactly. We learn with all our senses. And one of the most powerful senses sites, when you see something, it’s easy to remember even after a very long time. And because it is very dramatic, it etches in your heart and in your mind. So every other time, we’ll always just be remembering it. And that’s in summary, the story of redemption. The story of salvation, that God is constantly, because when you look at God in the whole picture, God is constantly calling this person to himself, no, please stop. Please come here. And the music says it all. And for me, it’s always been powerful. We’ve done it for so many years, but every other time it’s something different and it carries, it’s just fresh every other time. So it is just powerful.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:16):
Yeah.

Jemimah Opati (14:16):
Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:17):
So what is your favorite part about being in CU Baba?

Jemimah Opati (14:24):
Well, I think everything about it. Everything about it. And traveling. I love traveling and getting to do life with people one on one. I’m not a crusade evangelist. I’m not so good on the mic in a big stage. But just doing with people, speaking to them one-on-one, feeling their heart, seeing where they are at, and just speaking into their lives, pouring what I have into them is, I think it’s everything for me really. Cause I’m a very, lemme say, empathetic person.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:11):
Yeah.

Jemimah Opati (15:13):
And I love people. And I feel like even being in Zimbabwe, really, the relationships I’ve got to form with people personally, I really like in Guru some were just coming and crying like, yo, we’re going to miss you, this and that. Very personal relationships. We’ve become friends and family,

(15:40):
We’ve got to learn to disengage. In my mind, I have to do that because I know now I have to go back home. But the relationships will always be there.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:52):
Yeah.

Jemimah Opati (15:53):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:54):
That’s wonderful. Well, if someone wants to find out more about Baba, what are some of social media platforms where Baba can be found and how can we find Kku Baba?

Jemimah Opati (16:09):
Alright. On Instagram at Ku Baba missions, if you just type at Ku Baba missions, it’ll come.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:17):
Maybe you better spell Kmb Baba for us.

Jemimah Opati (16:20):
K-U-B-A-M-B.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:24):
Aba. Okay. So Ku Baba missions

Jemimah Opati (16:26):
On Instagram? Yes. So at Ku Baba missions. Yeah. One word, then follow. Then we have a channel, a WhatsApp channel. Just type in Ku Baba. You’ll find it on TikTok. We also at, which is Ku Babababa.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:47):
Yeah, just look for Ku Baba. You’ll

Jemimah Opati (16:49):
Find Bamba. You’ll find it. Yeah. You’ll find our content there. And yeah, just keep on being blessed. We also have Aku Baba tv. Yeah, I think it’s still working as well.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:02):
That’s awesome.

Jemimah Opati (17:03):
Yeah. So everything is on there. And K Crew, BS K, crew, like double K-R-E-W-B-S, that’s K. Crew Bible Study. CU Bamba Crew Bible study. Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:18):
That’s awesome.

Jemimah Opati (17:19):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:20):
Well, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Jemimah Opati (17:24):
Thank you so much for having me.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:26):
It’s been really wonderful to spend time with you and get to know you some this week.

Jemimah Opati (17:31):
Thank you so much, Mr. Daniel King.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:35):
Bless you.

Jemimah Opati (17:35):
Thank you. Pleasure.

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Forging a New Generation of Evangelists | Charlie Marq

Charlie Marq is from the ministry Forge. Today we discuss their work in equipping evangelists and everyday believers to share their faith and engage in missions work, particularly in reaching unreached people groups.

 

Learn more about Forge: https://www.forgeforward.org/

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Charlie Mark, from a ministry called Forge. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Charlie Marq – Forge (00:13):
Thank you so much. I’m so glad to be here with you. So appreciate it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:16):
We are here in Zimbabwe together, we just met and it’s really been a lot of fun, ministering together. We’ve been out on the gospel

(00:27):
Truck for a few days, going out into the neighborhoods, preaching the gospel and ministering to people, praying for people out there. And we’ve seen God do good things. And then at the festival every night, thousands of people coming to hear the good news. And today we did a children’s event and you had a good illustration. You put two sticks on the ground and challenge kids to jump across the gap and then you widen it wide it until they couldn’t cross the gap. And you use that as an illustration to show that all of us need help in order to get to heaven, to get across the gap of sin. So Charlie, tell us a little bit about Forge and what you do.

Charlie Marq – Forge (01:16):
Sure. Well, forge started in 1986 as Kingdom Building Ministries. God had led my father-in-law, Dwight Robertson, to kind of launch the ministry. And our vision has been the same from the very beginning. It’s really to see a global movement of more kingdom laborers engaging every sphere of society for Christ. And we really believe that the type of people that Jesus called to follow him in the gospels were ordinary people. He didn’t go after the leading synagogue leaders and others who were highly especially trained, but fishermen, business people, tax collectors, working for the government, political revolutionaries, I mean people in everyday places in society. And these are the types of people that he called up close to him to change the world. And so we want to see those types of people sent out into harvest fields everywhere. So that’s really our big picture vision. And we do that through calling people up close to Christ and then equipping them to advance the kingdom in their everyday places through a team of evangelists or speakers, equipping opportunities and discipleship resources.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:18):
And so you are equipping evangelists to publicly share their faith, basically anybody that invites you or anywhere you can go to preach Jesus,

Charlie Marq – Forge (02:28):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:28):
You’re training them up to go out. What does that training look like? How do you equip people?

Charlie Marq – Forge (02:34):
That’s a great question. So there’s a variety of equipping we do, but there’s really two kind of key different ones, or I’ll say three. One is for those who feel called to be an evangelist or an itinerant speaker from place to place, it’s a two year apprenticeship for those to say, Hey, how do I become an evangelist and do that?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:53):
So what does that two year apprenticeship look like?

Charlie Marq – Forge (02:57):
It’s a variety of things. Everything from reading books that are more practically based and going to build their faith and look at people throughout history, biographies or practical books on preaching, there are sermons that they have to write based on certain topics, so evangelistic sermons, camp sermons, and then also equipping sermons to equip believers. So they’ve got to write those and then they preach them at intensives throughout the year and get critiqued on them. So we’ll sit in a room, they’ll preach, they’ll do it. There’s other activities like they needed to do street preaching once they need to go speak for a church service or a camp, a variety of different ministry activities. So that’s kind of what that looks like. And then as far as the everyday believer, there’s a lot of training and focus in the Christian world, so to speak, globally on church leadership and pastors. But we find that the ordinary person church attendee feels ill-equipped. And so we really do exist also for them. And so we come alongside churches and ministries to say, Hey, we’ll provide equipping a life on purpose conference to train your church or a group of churches your everyday believers. And it’s incredible what God’s doing. We just simply say, Hey, I mean if you find forged content online, you’re going to see that we copyrighted most of it straight from Jesus. We just took it. He is like, alright. So we took that in. Jesus’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:19):
Copyright is like, if you’re going to copy it, make sure you copy it. Right,

Charlie Marq – Forge (04:23):
Exactly. So what did he model? He modeled a life up close to people. And we say in the mainstreams everyday places, one life at a time. He’s willing to stop all along the way, people this week here in Zimbabwe have said, Hey, we care about the one, we care about the one Jesus cared about the one. And so we equip people to say, Hey, do that. And what did Jesus do to fulfill that? He would see people stop and spend time. We would literally in the conference, see stop spend time with. And as you spend time with people, you have stories to share. We say, Hey, how has God shown up in your life? Share that. Just share, see, stop spend time and share your God story with people. In doing so, you can invite them also to have, Hey, you can have that in your life as well.

(05:05):
And so that’s kind of a very brief overview of that equipping. But what we found is believers being ignited and empowered. There was a CEO of seven different companies that he runs. Came to one of these trainings at the Billy Graham Library that we hosted and just ignited. Him and his wife went on vacation and they reported back like we’re leading people to Christ on vacation. We never thought we could do this. And he’s like, this is influencing my business. And I think all CEOs need to get this ingrained into their businesses, into their everyday spheres of influence. So it kind of looks like those kind of entities. And then we also have other programming for young adults intensive, like two week up to month and a half program where they can take these concepts but practice them together, put them into action in a variety of places.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:53):
How do people get connected to your program? You have these different apprentices that come. How do you find them and decide to a great question, decide to be discipled?

Charlie Marq – Forge (06:05):
Okay. So as far as, I guess it’s kind of the same whether somebody’s looking to be a speaker or somebody’s like, Hey, I’m a young adult, I want to get on fire for Jesus. Or I’m a church leader and I want my church to be equipped. They find us online or through relationship. We have a team of about 20 speakers. And so when we’re out on the road speaking for camps, retreats, conferences, evangelistic, crusades, you name it, people say, Hey, we like you guys, could you come here? Could you come there? And so really just word of mouth, since 1986 to now, 39 years has mostly been just word of mouth.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:42):
And you are also going into different nations around the world, and you’ve developed strategies for reaching into some very unreached places. Tell me some of where you’re working and what you’ve seen God do.

Charlie Marq – Forge (06:58):
Yeah, so we’ve been in many, many nations, probably well over a hundred throughout our history, but most recently really working in about 20 or so over the last five years. And seeing Jesus just blow our minds. I’m amazed thank him for what he’s doing. I think it’s a revival awakening season. But for example, in Pakistan, there are a high number of not just evangelized regions, but still ethnic people, groups that are 0% Christian, whole tribes, whole valleys, whole regions of people never heard of the gospel. And so God burned Pakistan in our hearts a number of years back about four or five years ago. And so we just went with this vision of raising up more kingdom laborers, ordinary people getting into the harvest. And also what about targeting the unreached people groups? And so God ignited a movement by casting this vision and equipping the churches and challenging them to get outside their four walls and into the everyday places where people don’t know Jesus and what’s really being effective in the Muslim world.

(08:04):
And some of these tough places like Somalia, like Pakistan, where we’re seeing a lot of people come to Christ out of Islam and out of strict, even terrorism. Islam is the love of Jesus. There are people who just see stop, spend time with them authentically care about their life, provide for their needs, meet them at their point of need as a labor saying, I’ll just roll up my sleeves and do what is in front of me. And they’re saying, we want to know about your Jesus now. And so for the sake of security, I’m not going to share exact regions or names of people groups on this, but there’s, I’ll say, scores of people, groups that were 0% Christian just a couple years ago now all have believers among ’em. One particular one went from 0% Christian to 28% Christian in six months.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:51):
Wow. Praise

Charlie Marq – Forge (08:52):
God. Just multiplied. We believe in every life from day one has the opportunity, like the woman at the well or the man with the legion of demons, they encounter Jesus. And from day one, Hey, you can go and share in your village and reach your people and reach your community. And just this ripple effect of dominoes, you may impact Juan, but what’s the next one that comes after?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:13):
Yeah. What are some of the other nations that you have personally visited and share with me some testimonies of what you’ve seen God do.

Charlie Marq – Forge (09:23):
Let’s see. I’ve been to about 30 some now.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:27):
What have you done this year? Let’s talk about,

Charlie Marq – Forge (09:29):
There we go. Yeah. What’s been happening recently, all. So a couple of recent things that have been really incredible in East Africa, we did an evangelistic outreach and had about 20,000 people come. And amazingly almost 4,900 gave their lives to Christ.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:45):
Wow.

Charlie Marq – Forge (09:46):
First time decisions.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:48):
Which country was that? In

Charlie Marq – Forge (09:49):
Kenya.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:49):
In Kenya. Wow.

Charlie Marq – Forge (09:50):
And yeah, I’m western Kenya. That’s amazing.

(09:53):
And I love the, we talk about one life, the individual testimonies. There was a gang member, his wife was killed, a bunch of his friends were gunned down by the police. He was going to commit suicide. And so he was on his way to go commit suicide, passed by the field where this event was happening and decided to stick around, gave his life to Christ, and now has led several other gang members to Christ. There was a girl, because of the shame, unmarried was going to go get an abortion, ended up at this event on the field, gave her life to Christ now has a baby.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:25):
Wow.

Charlie Marq – Forge (10:26):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:27):
Incredible two lives there.

Charlie Marq – Forge (10:28):
Yeah. Hey, that works. And then the other noteworthy, one out of that would be a witch doctor went to that field ahead of time to put curses on the field for the event to fail. And so he came during the event to see how well his curses were working. Not too good, because lots of people came and I guess when I was preaching, he passed out, hit the ground, somebody drug him to a hospital, and he woke up in the hospital and said, I saw that preacher saying Jesus is the way. And so he’s like, I gave my life to Jesus. I’m in my six. I’ve done witchcraft my whole life. Pray for me that I could start a business to provide for my family now. And so that’s the type of thing that’s just incredible to see God do. And we’re seeing young adults across the US as well being ignited for Jesus and families restored at a revive outreach event. Recently, there was a mother and her son who responded, a teenage son, and they wanted to talk to us afterward. And both in tears, she said, I was at the end of myself. I didn’t know what to do. I saw an advertisement online for this event. So I drugg my son here and this is changing everything for us. And he was going, yes, yes, yes, yes. And so the effect of the gospel and people getting up close to Jesus is reuniting families and transforming regions.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:50):
Tell me about what you’ve been doing in the United States. What sense do you have among the young people in the United States for their engagement with the message of Jesus?

Charlie Marq – Forge (12:03):
I think well stats prove that the next generation is the most spiritually open generation that we’ve seen while simultaneously the most anxious generation. So what happens when the most spiritually open and the most anxious collide? I think it collides into a revival opportunity

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:19):
That is interesting. People are very anxious. They went through COVID economic turmoil. It seems like this generation has gone through more than its fair share of trauma and just challenges. And so you can see why there’s

Charlie Marq – Forge (12:37):
Anxiety.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:39):
And then they don’t have the religious hangups that maybe their parents did. Their parents probably maybe came from a religious background and rebelled against it. And a lot of kids these days have grown up with no exposure to much a traditional church.

Charlie Marq – Forge (12:59):
The biblical literacy is also at an all time low. And so they don’t really know. But the cool part is if you’re willing to spend time to answer their tough questions or wrestle through their tough questions with them relationally, they’re in, they’ll listen. They’re all for it. But if you’re like, don’t have the time for it, they’ll move on to someone else or something else quickly. Kind of like social media. Oh, next thing, next thing, next thing. But if you’re that person that will answer their call, sit down at a meal table, say, yeah, let’s talk about your life. What’s your struggle? And love them. No matter what their struggle is, no matter where they’re at, they’re in, you’ve got ’em.

(13:35):
And we’re seeing young adults get set on fire for Jesus and fired up to go represent him wherever they go, wherever that looks like. And when that happens, a heart on fire and a life on purpose, we’re seeing ’em lead people to Christ left and right. It’s incredible. I think we’re going to, I mean right now stats are also, church attendance is higher than it’s been in 10 years. Commitment to Jesus is higher than it’s been in 10 years in the US and it’s all through Gen Z. And something else that’s shifted is it’s through males, former generations, females were leading the charge. Next generation males are leading the charge. And so it’s a really fascinating time of history for that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:13):
Yeah, that’s awesome. Let’s talk about your personal testimony. How did you give your life to Jesus? And then how did you know that you were called to be an evangelist?

Charlie Marq – Forge (14:27):
Yeah, good question. So I grew up with really great godly parents taking us to church. They would share the gospel with us, share Bible stories with us. And so we knew, and they all said, you need to make a decision. Give your heart to Jesus. So I was five years old, walk out of school, get into the van with my mom picking me up from school, and I said, today’s the day, mom. I’m give my life to Jesus. Let’s pray. I’m going to pray with you right now in the car. I just wanted to prayed with her in the car, went home to my three-year-old brother and immediately told him his name is Will. If Jesus comes back today, you’re going to hell. You need to give your life to Jesus. Now, I changed my tactics slightly since then as a five-year-old, but immediately had to proclaim, and

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:11):
That’s very similar to my testimony. I was saved at a very young age, so young that I don’t remember. But I know that I was called to be an evangelist at the age of five, and I preached my first sermon at the age of six. I wish

Charlie Marq – Forge (15:24):
I could have heard that sermon.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:25):
My mom and dad actually kept a cassette tape for the sermon, and I put it up on YouTube a few years ago. I preached 45 minutes when I was six.

Charlie Marq – Forge (15:34):
What? No way.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:35):
And I knew way more back then than I know now. I talk about eschatology and the mark of the beast and don’t get the mark of the, and now I don’t know anything about end times, but apparently when I was six, I knew a lot. That

Charlie Marq – Forge (15:48):
Was it in with the times. I guess you’re watching left Behind, huh?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:53):
It was before left behind. Yeah. But one of the things I say is if you are saved, stay saved. If you’re not saved, you need to get saved. And so even at the age of six, I said like an evangelist. No

Charlie Marq – Forge (16:07):
Kidding.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:08):
Yeah. But it’s neat that God calls people young. So you were saved at a very young age.

Charlie Marq – Forge (16:12):
So that happened then grew up in a church, helping with youth ministry stuff, doing all the things the church family does. But over that kind of time of junior high and throughout high school, I became very arrogant, very confident in myself

(16:30):
In the vision I wanted for my life, I wanted to join the military for an entire career. Ended up being nominated by Vice President Senator for West Point Air Force Academy, full ride, ROTC, scholarships to leading engineering schools. And that’s what I was going to do. Nobody could stop me. My mom would say, are you sure this is what you want to give your whole life to? And I said, stop asking me. This is what I’m doing.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:49):
Wow.

Charlie Marq – Forge (16:49):
And then I ended up at a camp, a youth pastor at the church I was at, said, Hey, we got invited this camp. Could you come check it out with me to see if you’d be good for our church and youth ministry? I said, sure. So I went with him and I had just taken oath to defend the constitution, and it was right before military training would’ve started

(17:09):
End up at this camp, hearing these phenomenal messages by itinerant speakers and evangelists. They’re really exciting and compelling to me. Messages like getting up close to Jesus, what it looks like practically. And I thought, man, I really need to do that. That’s exciting. A message about passion for Christ and willing to suffer for him no matter what, and reach people. And hearing these stories of the book of Acts alive and present now, I was going, wow, I’m missing something here. And then I heard this message on reaching people all around the world, unreached people, and how for that speaker, it started with listening to God in prayer. And I went to the end of his invitation. At the end of the message was just in prayer, ask God if he has anything to show you or you have a question, ask him, go to prayer. And I literally thought, I have never heard about this side of prayer before. I don’t even know what I think about it. So I prayed, Lord, I don’t know what I think. This is kind of weird, but if you have something to speak to me, I’ll listen.

(18:02):
And immediately I saw this picture in my head of a field in darkness, and then fire and light came through the field. What is that? That wasn’t my idea, but it was just in my mind. I didn’t know what it meant. Until later, God was starting to show me, I want you to start fires in dark places. Your fire starter go bring my light to dark places. So I had that happen that same week as I was praying, this thought came into my mind, you’re willing to risk your life for your country. Would you do that for me?

(18:33):
And wrestled with that thought. So I came home from that camp and I heard that this ministry happens to be forge. I had a discipleship opportunity for young people, and I was like, man, I think I need more of this. God’s doing something in my life. So I think they didn’t want me to come. I did all these pranks at the camp. I caused them to write new rules. I caused all the problems, troublemaker. And so they’re like, ah, you can come if you can raise the $2,000 in the next two weeks. Done raise the money,

(19:01):
Came on the next 16 days of training. And while we were there, there was this cross and the team was praying at this cross. And I got down on my knees to pray. And again, these thoughts come. I felt like the Lord was saying, would you surrender the military and put me first in your life? It was an idol. I said, Lord, yeah. I mean, this is exciting. I will. And he said, if you mean it, get on your face. And my immediate thought was, oh, there’s ants and dirt. Who’s going to join the military? Who cares? There’s ants and dirt. And then I said, I don’t want to look like a freak Christian in front of these people who prays on their face.

(19:35):
I didn’t go to a church with that kind of dynamic. So growing up, so I’m going to prey on my face if you mean it. Get on your face. So I get on my face, Lord, I’m in. I surrender. You’re more important. Whatever you want to do with my life, I’m in this absolute surrender moment. And I started to notice a difference from that point of feeling empowered by the Holy Spirit to be a witness, to start to reach people, sharing Jesus with people. All of a sudden, people are coming to Christ. I feel compelled to do it. And I go home and I say, Lord, I don’t know what to do. I’m going to go to the military still unless you tell me there’s another plan. I have no other plan. Took my Bible to the woods, prayed that, and I felt like God said open to Romans one. So I open to Romans one, and all the words are jumping off the page and cutting me to the heart

(20:22):
Set apart for the gospel obligated to preach. I have to obligated to preach to the wise and the foolish. And God started putting in my mind, you’re going to do that. And those wise people are going to be those who know Christ, but could grow in their passion for him. And the foolish are going to be lost people and unreached places and dangerous places around the world. So I’m like, oh, I’m going to travel and preach and do that. And so I said, all right, that’s it. So I called up the military and said, Hey, I’m backing out of my scholarship. I’m backing out of everything. And they literally said, why? I mean, I hadn’t even started. Nobody would back out of that. I was like, well, God told me not to. So they probably said if he comes back, psychological evaluation. So I backed out. I had saved no money for college because the government was going to pay for everything. And I said, Lord, I’m going to have to fundraise the rest of my life. If this is what I’m called to, you’re going to have to provide. I don’t believe I should go into debt to just start that way.

(21:14):
So you’re going to have to provide for college. I applied for a Bible college on Friday and school started Monday, got in, graduated within a month debt free. God provided everything and haven’t looked back since. Been doing this now for about 14 years.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:29):
Wow. That’s awesome. Well, thank you so much for sharing on the Evangelism podcast. Oh, one other question I wanted to ask you. Tell me about how you met your wife.

Charlie Marq – Forge (21:41):
Hey, good question. So yeah, I had mentioned my father-in-law started Forge in 1986. So she was at that camp crazy enough, in the same room at the same time, the same message and invitation I was having my encounter with God, she was having one. She felt like God allowed her to hear children’s voices and laughter and putting a burden in her heart like, I’m calling you to be a mother. And so we had these significant spiritual moments in the same room without realizing what God would do in the future, we became acquaintances. Then for a time after that, I was a youth pastor and needed someone to do music. I knew she was gifted in music. So I called her through that. She said, yes, we became good friends. One thing led to another even where I was like, Lord, should I ask her on a date? I mean, I had put before God, I’m willing to be single my whole life and I surrender this to you, but if you want to give the gift, I’ll take the gift

(22:37):
That kind of prayer. So when that time came, I was like, Lord, is this a good idea? Should I ask her on a date? And I did. And I said, I want to talk with your dad first before we go, but I’d like to ask you. And then that same week, the pastors at the church where I was serving at the time, said, Hey, it was a Valentine’s Week. Are you going on a date with anybody for Valentine’s Day?

(22:57):
I said, no, there’s not really anybody to go with. And they’re like, come on man. What about all these girls that serve in the youth ministry and all the rest? I said, well, funny you ask. I’ve been thinking about Dara and asking her out this week and that same week when I was asking her, and the pastor looks at me and says, my wife and I have been praying about that for a long time. We think you should do it. So that one thing led to another, and we’ve been married now for about 10 years. And it’s a joy. She’s an incredible mother to our two kids. How

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:27):
Old are your kids?

Charlie Marq – Forge (23:28):
Five and almost three.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:30):
Wow.

Charlie Marq – Forge (23:31):
And she’s a great worship leader. Kind of holds down the fort often. It’s a hard behind the scenes job while we travel a lot. And so it’s a joy to be called and do it together in that way.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:44):
That’s awesome. So if someone wants to know more information about Forge, maybe learn more about your apprenticeship program and how to become effective at sharing their faith or even support you guys in the international missions that you do, what is a good website where they can find out more information?

Charlie Marq – Forge (24:06):
Yeah, it’s at forge.org. That’s F-O-R-G-E-F-O-R-W-A-R d.org. And people can go there if they want a discipleship resource, if they want to join us on any sort of trip or see where we’re preaching across the US in the globe and go to an event or say, Hey, we want to do equipping together. Can we collaborate and do an equipping opportunity? It’s all there.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:28):
And you guys have already developed a lot of discipleship material You’re working on more. Tell me a little bit about some of the resources that you have.

Charlie Marq – Forge (24:36):
Yeah, one of the primaries called Multiplying Movements, it’s on our website as well where you can go to multiplying movements.com. It’s basically a discipleship pathway or resource for every believer. Often as I know you’ve seen well around the world, believers are saying, Hey, I want to make disciples, but what do I actually do? Or as evangelist, okay, we’re there, but what’s next for those people when they make a decision? So it’s really designed to be relational, which is highly important, but also with an end goal and vision. And so it’s not only programmatic and it’s not only relational, it’s both designed for one-on-one mentoring or small groups to say every believer can grow in their depth on their heart, on fire, for Christ and their life on purpose. For him to then become a laborer who says, Hey, with my unique gifts, if it’s bacon cookies,

(25:26):
It’s riding a bike, if it’s fly fishing, I can use my gifts to reach others for Christ in my life and now train them to go and do the same.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:34):
That’s awesome. Well, Charlie, thank you so much for being on the evangel of

Charlie Marq – Forge (25:38):
The podcast. Hey, love being with you and just talking about all this.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:40):
Yes, sir.

Charlie Marq – Forge (25:40):
Appreciate it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:41):
Thank you.

 

Building a Local Church with a Heart for Evangelism | Jose Zayas

Pastor Jose Zayas leads a church in Portland, OR, but he has a strong calling on his life for evangelism. Today we talk about how to equip the local church to reach people for Jesus. We talk about creating a culture of evangelism in the church by encouraging members to share their faith and inviting people into their homes for discussion and connection. We also talk about Pastor Jose’s process for putting together an evangelistic sermon.

Learn more about Jose Zayas: https://www.josezayas.org/

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest and good friend with me, Jose Zayas. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast

Pastor Jose Zayas (00:12):
Daniel King. It’s an honor. It really is.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:14):
So you are a pastor and an evangelist, you pastor in the Portland, Oregon area, which is one of the great mission fields of the United States.

Pastor Jose Zayas (00:26):
It’s not the Bible belt.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:27):
It’s not the Bible belt, but you’ve been involved in evangelism for many years and we’re here together in Zimbabwe this week with the global network of evangelists. Both you and I serve helping to, I forget what they call us. We’re the global council or global, it’s something

Pastor Jose Zayas (00:49):
Cabinet.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:49):
Cabinet,

Pastor Jose Zayas (00:49):
Something like that. Yeah. We’re the hangout crew to help just give oversight and guidance as to where

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:55):
It’s, but it has been wonderful being part of the global network of evangelists because their goal is to bring evangelists together to collaborate with many different expressions of the gospel, but with one message. Yeah,

Pastor Jose Zayas (01:12):
Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:13):
So you kind of grew up spiritually under the Louis Palau organization helping to organize events for Louis Palau. Kind of talk to me how that happened. You were a student at Oral Roberts University?

Pastor Jose Zayas (01:29):
Yeah, I was a student studying evangelism and just this passion to share the gospel. But I think you can attest to it when you’re in school, you have all the drive, the passion, you’re getting some foundation tools, but I felt like by the time I was leaving, there was so much more to learn. So my prayer, when people ask me in my senior year, what are going to do next? I’m like, well, more study. I feel like there’s more to learn, or I’m praying that the Lord would connect me with someone who’s doing it because I think things are better caught than just taught. And that’s when Luis Palau came to Tulsa in 1994 to do one of his crusades. And to me that was the aha. My wife and I were in a church that was involved in one of the partner churches, and I’m like, I’m going to go. So I volunteered, did an internship and learned everything I could and fell in love with how they were approaching it. And God opened the door. By the time the actual outreach happened, October in 94, I was finishing the spring of 95. They actually hired me the day after graduation to say, we want to take you on the team and use your gifts to help us reach more people.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:41):
And so what were some of the things that you learned from being around Louise Palau? He was a great evangelist.

Pastor Jose Zayas (02:49):
Yeah, there’s too many, but a few that just stick out. He was a lifelong learner, and so he learned a lot of his methodology from Billy Graham and other teams doing it. So he was humble enough to say, there’s more to learn and you can always grow. And so innovation has always been a part of their ministry. And so just because we’ve done it doesn’t mean we need to always do it exactly the same way that’s in their DNA. And I learned that from Luis Palau. I think a love of the local church. It was never about the event. It was never just about numbers. It’s always about how can we bless the local church, build a local church and equip the local church for ongoing evangelism. And I think just the simplicity of the gospel. So many organizations in a sense try to do too much like this. One thing we do preach the

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:51):
Gospel, the simple gospel and keep preaching the same message over and over again.

Pastor Jose Zayas (03:55):
He had, and it was some British or Scottish quote that he had in his office. God loves it when people speak well of his son. God loves it when people speak well of Jesus and he called it, we need to keep preaching the same old thing, not like the gospel’s old and relevant, but people are looking for the new thing. No, we need to keep preaching the good news, which is the same old thing which people have been sharing for 2000 years until it’s dying day. He kept it to the same old thing, which is not old. But yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:38):
Now you bring a unique perspective to evangelism. You’ve been involved in evangelism for many years and now you’re serving as a pastor. Where do you see that partnership between the evangelist and the pastor? What should that look

Pastor Jose Zayas (04:54):
Like? Yeah, I think, and again, I learned this from Luis Palau, that evangelist has a responsibility to the local church and whatever happens out of their life and ministry, it begins and ends with a real connection to the local church. So for me, the story started, I was just an evangelist traveling our own ministry, but loved, supported by my local church, and I was on the preaching team and they had me do all the evangelistic preaching in our year long. They invited me to do it. So that relationship within the local church wasn’t new, but when our church exploded with growth, the spirit was moving, people getting saved, left and right. Church planting within our city became a reality, and they’d invited my wife and I to help lead one of these new church plants. So for me, I didn’t go into it saying, I’m going to pastor and be an evangelist. It was more of, I just want to bless my uncle church.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:49):
That was it.

Pastor Jose Zayas (05:51):
And I think that no matter what it looks like an evangelist without a deep connection to a local church ends up being a danger for them and for the local church, because an evangelist brings a unique blessing calling insight, wisdom, emphasis like passion for the gospel. So I would say for one to every church pastor, where are your evangelists? Now, they may not all be in your local church, all members and growing there, but there ought to be two, three, at least one evangelists that you’re a partner with all the time because God gives all the gifts for the building up of the whole body. And a church without an evangelist connection is only going to stunt their growth and blessing. So there ought to be a deep connection from the pastor. Where are your evangelists? If they’re in-house better, if they’re also partners and guests, great.

(06:54):
And to the evangelist, likewise, where are you submitted? Where are you growing? Where’s your family? Where are you tithing? Who knows your name? Who knows your name? And who’s praying for you when you’re gone? Who knows where you are, what you’re doing and is interceding for you? My whole life, I don’t say it as a boast, but I learned it from Luis. He was connected to his local church from the beginning to his dying day. And for him, he was the same church. He was planted in the same church for 40 plus years. And I would say with passion, I’ve always had that. Now it just turns out I get the blessing of doing both shepherding, guiding a church. But funny thing, Daniel, I do it from the seed of the evangelist in that there needs to be multiple perspective leadership in Mary Church, you ought to have prophetic, you ought to have equipping and teaching. You ought to have evangelistic, you got to have care. All those Ephesians four gifts need to be expressed. But when we’re in our church, I actually sit in the seat of thinking as the evangelists. But on our team and on our elders and on our staff, we have shepherds teachers

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:08):
To kind of bring balance. Because if you have too much in one gift, the church becomes unbalanced. And it could be unbalanced on evangelism or it could be unbalanced in teaching. And so God gives all the

Pastor Jose Zayas (08:21):
Gifts he does

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:22):
For the edification of the saints and equipping them for ministry.

Pastor Jose Zayas (08:25):
Exactly.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:25):
And we need all of them. So in your church, what does the evangelism component look like of what you do? What are some of the unique ways that you reach out to your community?

Pastor Jose Zayas (08:35):
I just want everyone able and willing, the passionate to share Jesus. So the simplest strategy is in sharing the gospel all the time and making the gospel ordinary language. We want to model and teach. Everyone has the good news and everyone could do it. So our strategy isn’t much event as it is. Who’s on your list? Who are you praying for? Who are you inviting into? And for us as a culture and our church, because Portland’s a very cynical culture, most of our entree to people come to our church is actually coming to someone’s home first. So we’re big on groups. 85% of the people who come on Sunday are in an active group in a home. And so we use the message on Sunday as the tool for conversation in homes. And the goal is invite your neighbor into that conversation. And because we’re all digital and coming, hey, just invite. You’re going to listen to what happened, and let’s have a conversation about the Bible. Bring your questions, bring your doubts. So people often are in someone’s home. And I think the gift of hospitality, a meal together, the life on life, the kids playing together is the bridge, especially in a secular and a skeptical culture like Portland. And so most people end up in a home and then out of that start watching online

(10:00):
And then end up feeling the confidence to come. And we also use tools like Alpha where it’s conversational based. And the majority of the people actually come to Christ though are through our youth group, which is the most healthy sign. And students, inviting students doing the same thing, inviting ’em in their house, inviting ’em to hang out, inviting ’em to youth group, inviting ’em to camps, inviting ’em to concerts, invite. So it’s a mix of relationship and invitation.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:26):
And you really create, which is the same old thing, you create a culture where you celebrate that and encourage people

Pastor Jose Zayas (10:31):
To reach out, celebrate. And we’re given the gospel all the time and every Sunday, even though we do it through the avenue of prayer, rather than come to Christ and do this, it’s hey, begins with following Jesus. And so part of our worship is we pray for one another. And so this morning or whatever, if you would like to receive prayer for anything, there’s a struggle in your family. There’s a struggle in your soul if you would like to start following Jesus. And we do it through prayer team, I think it’s really key. I want people in our church leading them to faith. So I’ll give the gospel. But I think the joy is like if you’re a part of our church, and man, you didn’t get the chance to share it from the stage, I want you Daniel, to have that celebration of Mark May have come to receive prayer, but the first question our prayer team is going to ask is, how long have you been following Jesus?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:29):
Yeah, that’s the most important question there

Pastor Jose Zayas (11:31):
Is. And I had love to pray for you. How long have you been following Jesus? Well, it hasn’t started. Well, can I just remind you what Jose just said? And it’s that culture of expectation and anyone could do that. And I love that I get to do both. I get to do big evangelism like this and also get to do it week by week in the local church.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:57):
So you’re going to be preaching the gospel one of the nights here in Zimbabwe. Give us a little preview, a nugget of what you’re going to talk about and how you pull people to Jesus.

Pastor Jose Zayas (12:09):
Yeah, that’s a good question. I always come with four or five messages stirring in your heart. Partly, I can’t answer it in that we heard from Paul last night, we’re going to hear from Bob tonight. I want to see where they’re at and then pick up in a sense, not do the same exact text or whatever, but to me it’s through story. So I think as of now, it will be my worst day and my best day. And they actually got combined on the same day. That’s the hook. So I’ll talk about, well

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:44):
That’s intriguing. What’s your worst day? What’s your best day?

Pastor Jose Zayas (12:46):
Well, you have to come, you have to listen. So I’ll start with some of the hard moments of my life, and I’ll throw a picture on the screen of an image like, lemme tell you what happened there, and then lemme tell you what happened. People can identify with struggle, especially if you’re coming from a Western context, people might assume you have it all.

(13:08):
So I’ll start with like, man, have you ever been in the spot? Or Hey, have you ever experienced? And that to me, grabs the identity clear statement from Jesus. More than likely it’ll be John 10, 10, there’s a thief. It comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Unless Bob preaches on that tonight. Then you flip it, but simple pointed what Jesus said and then unpack that in story. So lemme tell you what the thief, what happened, which was my worst day. And the thief wanted to steal, kill, and destroy my wife. But she said, I’ve come to give you life and life to the full. Explain what happened to her. And then use that visual and that illustration to remind people what everyone needs to know, created to know God. Sins broken that down. But God’s been after us chasing, wanting to rescue. And we can know it and see it because he sent his very best himself, his son Jesus.

(14:17):
And Jesus died rose again. So I try not to read too much text because in a field, I don’t know if they’ve been to church, I don’t know if they know the Bible, but I want ’em to hang on to one small statement or one small story illustrated through my life. And what do we need to do? We need to receive. And when’s the time to do it now because life and death isn’t how we respond. And it happens that my wife almost died in the hospital and it was the gift that a doctor brought in that she received that gave her new life. So I think visuals help, which you’re such a visual illustrative preacher, so that seems to be your mojo too.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:03):
Yeah. Thank you so much for walking us through that process of how you build a sermon. And I think there’s several elements there that are so important. Putting your own story in it. You’re not just yelling at people, you’re like, this is what is real to me. And then tying it into the gospel. And then I think one of the most important things for every evangelist is to that have that moment where you’re calling people to make a decision. If you don’t call them to decision, what’s the point? And say, apply this to your life. Are you ready right now to cry out to Jesus?

Pastor Jose Zayas (15:38):
Yeah. And depending on the story and people’s background, or if you’re telling someone else’s story, in one sense, the best is personal. My wife received a blood transfusion and it literally saved her life. And it was the gift someone else before my wife was sick, lovingly gave of themself so that at the right time, if my wife,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:05):
The blood saved her

Pastor Jose Zayas (16:06):
Would receive. And it was someone else’s blood that matched her type. So what did she do? She received the gift. She had passed out, but if she didn’t receive that gift, she literally would not be here today. And so God already did everything to say this.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:26):
Wow.

Pastor Jose Zayas (16:27):
But it’s not until the moment where we receive him to those who receive him, to those who call on his name, and Jesus has given his blood, he’s already given it, and it matches our type. It fits. He knows, I mean, the Bible says he understand. He was acquainted with all of our sufferings. He understands exactly what we’ve been going through. Yet his pure life giving blood can change anyway. So I don’t always preach that message, but the same process goes through.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:00):
Yeah, that’s really valuable to think about how you bring a message into being. Yeah.

Pastor Jose Zayas (17:06):
And frankly, I learned it. If you heard Luis’s preaching, it was always personal. It was always story form, and it really focused on the cross and resurrection. He illustrated that more than anything. And so I think as evangelists, we got to think through, we know the gospel, but to the person who doesn’t know it, how can we make it clear? And you’re right, call for a response

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:38):
And relating it to their life so it’s not just an abstract thing. It’s something like that can really help them in their life.

Pastor Jose Zayas (17:45):
Jesus said, the kingdom of God is like,

(17:46):
And then depending on his audience, he flipped the illustrations. He so many illustrations on what the kingdom was like, you think? Is he schizophrenic? No, we forget. He was talking to actionable. He was talking to farmers in farm language. He was talking to sheep herders in sheep language. And so I think his evangelists, we need to think of where are people at and how do I take the real truth of the gospel and so make it vivid that they’re almost, I want the audience to almost be saying, why in the world would I not go this way? Now the spirit does the drawing, but it’s my privilege and your privilege to think through so that it’s so like ding, ding, ding, ding.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:38):
Yeah,

Pastor Jose Zayas (18:38):
Why wouldn’t I say yes to that right now? Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:41):
Amen.

Pastor Jose Zayas (18:41):
Are you ready, Daniel?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:42):
I’m ready. That’s right. Well, this morning when you were doing devotions for the whole team, Desmond Henry leaned over to me, he’s like, Hey, he’s doing pretty good for an OU grad. What is that? So I’m an OU grad too. So I think he was teasing me a little bit. But you’re doing a great job. It’s such an honor to be friends and to serve with you in so many different places and countries. And

Pastor Jose Zayas (19:09):
It’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:09):
Neat to see what God is doing.

Pastor Jose Zayas (19:10):
It is, if I could just take a second what you are. I’ve seen Daniel preach in the school and take a rowdy crowd and have him at the drop of the hat. If you actually haven’t taken the time to hear Daniel preach, I would just say to those watching or listening, get behind this man because the gift and the call and your passion, every time I see, it’s like you’re the first person to talk, the person who’s responding, the first person to jump in, the first person to say yes, and go do it. And you ought to get behind the people with that kind of heart and passion. And if you’re not supporting King Ministries or if you’re doing it at a low level, I would just encourage and challenge you to say, what can we do more to make sure that ministries like this are making a difference? Because there aren’t that many who are just preaching a straight gospel with power. And so you didn’t ask me to say that, but seriously, when you find anointed ministries, get behind them. And it not only blesses him and the world, but it actually blesses our own life when we’re partnering with things that are producing fruit. And so get behind them and get behind the ministry.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:24):
Well, thank you so much for your kind words, and thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Pastor Jose Zayas (20:28):
Love it. Thank you.

 

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Proclaiming Good News | Paul Durham

Paul Durham used to be a pastor, but God called him to be an evangelist. Today we talk about the importance of being faithful with the small things and how God will give us big things to do for His kingdom. We also explore how to battle pride and ego as an evangelist.

Learn more about Evangelist Paul Durham: https://proclaimgoodnews.org/

Summary: 

  • Paul Durham started as a pastor but felt called to full-time evangelism, launching his ministry “Proclaim Good News” in 2011.
  • Paul has partnered with other evangelists to conduct large-scale evangelistic events in Africa and smaller, more targeted events in places like Eastern Europe and Costa Rica.
  • Both Daniel and Paul emphasize the importance of being faithful in small opportunities, as well as the big ones, and how collaboration allows them to achieve more together than they could individually.
  • They discuss the challenges of overcoming ego and pride as evangelists, and the need to give all glory to God.
  • Paul shares his heart for reaching small towns and rural areas with the gospel, in addition to the large-scale events.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus Today. I have a special guest with me, evangelist Paul Durham. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Evangelist Paul Durham (00:12):
Thank you, Daniel. It’s an honor to be here with you, my brother.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:15):
So the name of your ministry is Proclaim Good News, That is a good mission to have. Tell me a little bit about how you became an evangelist.

Evangelist Paul Durham (00:25):
Okay. Well, I was pastoring a church in North Carolina, outside the Charlotte area back in, I started in 2003. Actually. Before that I was just traveling locally, preaching in churches and things. One of those churches ended up asking me to consider being their pastor. The first year I didn’t do it, they asked me again. I eventually prayed about it with my wife and we did. And I pastored a church for about six and a half, seven years. But I always felt called to evangelism. I had a heart to reach the lost, and I felt that pretty early when I first came to know Christ, because I came to know Christ through really listening to Greg Laurie’s ministry on the radio

(01:14):
Huge impact. And I think also God used that to put a passion in me, maybe for the gospel, for the loss for my friends family. So as a pastor, the church needs a good Bible teaching shepherd, and I did my best and God was gracious and kind to use me in that capacity. But I noticed I was kept pushing for the church to be more outreach oriented, more externally minded. But I felt what the people are needing or at least wanting and needing is more shepherding and more Bible studies and more growing in their knowledge of the word and their relationship with Christ. So there was that tension in me, and it wasn’t a large church with the staff or anything, so a lot of it depended on me. And there was that tension inside of me pastoring, shepherding, teaching an evangelist. And we made the decision actually through Jose Z, meeting Jose in Charlotte, learning about his ministry and went with him to Uganda in 2010.

(02:27):
Got a taste of the festival, crusade, evangelism, loved it, God praying about it. And I realized you have to take a step of faith like everything in life. So when God made the transition, he orchestrated the change. I stepped out of the pastoring to go full-time evangelism, big step of faith. I went from having a salary every week to trust in God. Father, please provide. And still to this day, same. So that’s kind of how it began. And that was 2011, we started the ministry. It was originally called Ripe for Life, but with my southern accent, people on the radio and on telephone calls, they couldn’t get ripe, RIPE number for life. It was always ripe for life, all kinds of things. So the board made a decision together. We believe it was the Lord to change the name, to proclaim good news, and we’ve just done that in the last couple of years.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:36):
And so tell me kind of the process of being an evangelist. What are some of the things you’ve done over the years that have really been impactful?

Evangelist Paul Durham (03:44):
Yeah, yeah. Well, we started, when I first started, I started in Africa, east African Nations, back to Uganda, partnered a lot still today our ministry is more a collaborative effort with other evangelists. And even from the beginning, I partnered with PJ Mad and his ministry quite a bit. I’ve learned so much. PJ’s really helped me a lot when I first got started as a mentor. So I would go with him and he and I would partner together and do these crusades or festivals. And it took off. I mean, we were seeing in Rwanda, Africa, in remote areas, they’d be 30, 40,000 people at some of these things. And I was just blown away. And I’m talking about no big stage, no big sound system. It’s like a wooden stage kind of rocking back and forth. Some speakers hanging out of a tree and maybe a light surrounded by mosquitoes we’re just preaching the gospel and folks we’re coming and coming and hungry for the word

(04:49):
Seeing God move. So that’s kind of how it started with this big explosion. And I was, I’m like hooked. Woo. But then reality started to settle in and we’ve done some things and what I have learned, and I think God is showing that it might be encouraging for some other evangelists, every soul matters. And so God allowed me to be a part of some really big things in the beginning. Then I does some things on our own with our ministry, much smaller. We’ve been in Eastern Europe doing affinity events. Maybe there’s a hundred people in a restaurant, but 40 out of a hundred receive Christ a high percentage of salvations, and then we

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:37):
That’s a great miracle in

Evangelist Paul Durham (05:39):
Eastern Europe. Yes. Yeah. Well, praise God, right? Every soul matters. And then we’ve done some things in Costa Rica where in the mountains of, I’ll never forget this, in the mountains of Costa Rica in the coffee country,

(05:53):
Very small town, Santa Maria, if I said that correctly, maybe 10 churches working together, big coffee factory. There was some of the best coffee in the world. But these 10 pastors or 10 churches or so, small festival, about 600 people. But to them, and they told me those pastors, we’ve never had anything like this, their little town square, to be filled up with people and to hear the gospel and see the response, it was amazing for them and for me, but on a much smaller scale than the big thing. So what I’ve learned, and I’m happy with it, small is significant, largest, significant. And you know, us evangelists, I like the big pictures and the video.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:45):
Sure.

Evangelist Paul Durham (06:45):
Small things are significant too, because that one person, I

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:49):
Think an order for God to open up the door for you to do the big things, you have to be willing to do the small things. Because if you can’t talk one-on-one to someone about Jesus, you don’t deserve to be on a platform talking to thousands of people. And God tests our faithfulness in some ways. And what I find often in my ministry is that right after we do a real big successful event and something that’s really great, then God will give me the opportunity to do some small, little, tiny event that nobody knows about. I really think it’s just God testing my heart. I want to make sure you’re still a servant, you’re still willing to serve the one or the few, and then you show yourself faithful and then God gives you another big opportunity Again.

Evangelist Paul Durham (07:37):
I agree. A

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:38):
Few months later,

Evangelist Paul Durham (07:39):
Brother, we are just alike. I concur everything you said. That is exactly my heart. Everything. I agree.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:46):
I mean, today we’re here in Zimbabwe and I was going out on one of the trucks, the mobile rallies, and so we just pull into a little station where there’s little shops and stuff, and I started preaching and no one was listening. I mean, they’re over there shopping, buying tomatoes, and we try to gather a crowd, but the sun is hot, so no one wants to come out of the shade. So they’re all way over in the shop in the shade and stuff. And I was preaching good. I know it’s a good sermon. It works good. I’ve used it a lot for thousands of people, but no one’s listening. I know. And here comes one guy walking along and he is got a beer in his hand. And I said, if no one else is listening, I’m going to talk to him. Talk to that guy. Said, Hey, listen to me. Like, hey. He stopped. He put down his beer, looked at me. He’s like, who are you? I said, Hey, come here, come here, come here. And just started preaching to that one

Evangelist Paul Durham (08:49):
Guy

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:50):
And shared the whole gospel with him. Jesus set you free. Put the beard down as are you ready to give your life to Jesus? He said, 100%, I’m ready. And so right there in the microphone, I had him, there’s one guy

Evangelist Paul Durham (09:06):
Share,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:07):
I mean say a salvation prayer with me. And so Jesus saved

Evangelist Paul Durham (09:11):
That

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:11):
One guy out there who was walking to get another beer today. And Jesus changed his life.

Evangelist Paul Durham (09:19):
Every soul matters. That’s right. Yeah. The 1 0 1, I love those times. We’ve even tried, this is new for our ministry, but I went up to the mountains and really right on the border of North Carolina, Georgia area, me and a friend, and did some one-on-one interviews with people. The challenge I learned, there wasn’t a whole lot of big crowd of people to talk to and was hard to get ’em to stop and talk. But the few that did, the culture, they grew up in the south, in the culture, if you ask them, Hey, what do you think about? Everybody knows Jesus, everybody’s saved, but you still share the gospel with them and end up praying with them and a young man there and a young lady both that we got to just spend time with and pray for them and they pray, I guess more of a recommitment to Christ. But those things matter. And even the one-on-one times in life with people, my dad, man, I remember he’s a hard, my whole life, tough guy, blue collar, southern, tough, exterior mental man. And when I was saying,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:31):
I’m glad you’re a Christian because I mean you’re smiling a lot, I think, man, if you didn’t have Jesus, I think you’d be kind of like

Evangelist Paul Durham (10:39):
That. I may have, well, I grew up in that environment, but my dad, he was hard, tough, may argue with you about anything and always have to be right. And I love him. I love my dad. And today we still have a great relationship. But he left when I was young just to live his life and all. But I got saved. I would try to talk to him. I remember he would just shut me down. It was hard. It was hard. I’d keep praying for him and praying for him. That man finally broke. God got his heart, tough heart, older in life, and God softened his heart and he came to Christ and he told me, now he’s going to church. And he’s

(11:22):
Older, took a while. And I wasn’t even the one that necessarily, I didn’t pray with him on the spot to receive Christ. But all those years of praying and having those conversations, it has an impact on our families. We need to be praying for and serving and loving our families. And anybody God puts in our space, if it’s the one person at work, school, wherever, or the crowd like here, thousands of people in front of you, love them, serve them. Share the gospel, the truth with them like we know Christ changes the life, softens the heart, saves the soul we had love people, serve people and proclaim good news of Jesus to

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:13):
Them. Amen. Let’s talk about the power of collaboration.

Evangelist Paul Durham (12:17):
So

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:18):
We’re here in Zimbabwe with the global network of evangelists, and you’ve done many events with the global network of evangelists. You’ve been in several different countries with them. And right now we’re in Zimbabwe. In a few weeks you’ll be in Argentina with them. And so that comes through collaboration. And I think there’s a principle that together we can accomplish more

Evangelist Paul Durham (12:43):
Than

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:43):
If we were separate. And when you don’t care who logo is on the poster and whose face is on the poster and give all the glory to Jesus, he’s the one who gets the glory

Evangelist Paul Durham (12:56):
Anyways,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:57):
But not care about your logo or your ego. You can accomplish far more for God. And so talk to me about how collaboration has helped your ministry.

Evangelist Paul Durham (13:09):
Oh wow, brother, you are right. I liked what you said. Well, if you don’t care about your logo or your ego, that’s pretty cool, man. I’ll just be quite frank about it. I believe God moves even. You read scripture, the body, we’re a body. It’s us. It isn’t me, it’s us.

(13:30):
And collaboration with evangelist, the factor of partnership and collaborating together, we can do more. Our ministry isn’t a large ministry, it’s like a small business. So if I do something on my own with our ministry, it’s still a significant, but you can do a small thing or only reach a few where if you collaborate together, you can go further and deeper and reach more. So why not pull our resources together? Why not? It takes humility, but pull our resources together. Be willing to say, when Daniel King’s on that stage preaching the gospel, I’m your biggest fan. I’m praying for you, brother. I know you. I love you. I want to see you do well for Jesus. And I want to see those people respond. And then when I’m preaching, it’s good to know these brothers understand the battle. It’s a spiritual battle

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:34):
Going on. Last night you were preaching at the festival and me and Reed Saunders and Jose Zia were on the side looking over the fence and watching you and praying for you while you were sharing the gospel. Thank you brother. And even I was watching the audience and some of the young people were losing interest, starting to get antsy and stuff. And I just started praying. He said, Lord, calm everybody down. Let the gospel hit their

Evangelist Paul Durham (15:06):
Heart.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:07):
Let every word that brother Paul says, come straight from the throne room of heaven.

Evangelist Paul Durham (15:12):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:13):
After me and Reid and Jose started praying, I think it brought a change in the atmosphere.

Evangelist Paul Durham (15:20):
I think you’re right because last night this happens to all of us. Sometimes it’s like you’re just tracking with Jesus and everybody’s listening, this is going well and this it’s like, man, I’m running in

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:31):
Mud. And last night was the first night of the festival, so that’s always the toughest night. Anyway, they gave you the tough

Evangelist Paul Durham (15:38):
One. It was a little bit of a harder audience maybe, and there were a lot of movement. But the ones right up front. And I did sense your prayers, brother, because even as I was preaching, being faithful to the Lord, as much as I know how and give people the gospel, there was a moment there where it’s a lot of movement. This is people are, but the people right up front, all of a sudden there was a time it felt like the Holy Spirit kind of fell over that group right there. They were tuned in right in the middle and up the front and the distractions on the side or in the back didn’t even matter. It was like, God, you’re speaking to these people and those are the ones that responded at the invitation. They prayed, some of them raised their hands

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:27):
And we had a good response last night,

Evangelist Paul Durham (16:29):
But that’s what you said, God allowed me last night to have the honor to proclaim the gospel. And you guys were praying and doing spiritual battle. Sometimes he lets you have the honor preaching to God and the rest of us are there to lift you up,

(16:47):
Pray and help do that spiritual war going on because souls are on the line, man, the enemy if he wants to stop all that. So back to collaboration, we’re so much better together, not just in numbers, but in the spiritual battle and to be able to encourage one another. And if you have a hard night, something doesn’t go well, somebody, we are all people. Somebody might say something that hurt your feelings or whatever. We got each other because you understand, we all go through it, but we’re in it together for Jesus. But that ego thing, I’ll be quite frank, I have to battle that same time. I think

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:29):
It’s in every evangelist. I mean, there’s something, it takes a big ego to stand up in front of a big crowd and to proclaim. And sometimes it can go to your head like, wow, look at me. I’m the amazing man of God. But you got to remember on Palm Sunday when Jesus rode in, everyone was cheering for him and the donkey might’ve thought they were cheering for him.

Evangelist Paul Durham (17:54):
Yeah, that’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:54):
Right. It was the one he was carrying. That’s right. They were not really cheering for us. They’re cheering for the one we carry. We carry

Evangelist Paul Durham (18:00):
Jesus. Yeah, I’m the donkey, that’s for sure.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:05):
But it is beautiful to see collaboration. Collaboration gives you the opportunity to serve.

Evangelist Paul Durham (18:13):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:14):
Really, Jesus said, the greatest in the kingdom is the servant of all.

Evangelist Paul Durham (18:18):
Jesus

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:18):
Said, I’ve come not to be served but to serve. He said that if your faith with the small things, I’ll put you in charge of many things.

Evangelist Paul Durham (18:26):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:26):
So what collaboration does too is it allows you to serve and to be a part of something. And then as you’re faithful in the collaboration, then God will advance your ministry and give you more and more opportunities.

Evangelist Paul Durham (18:45):
And quite frankly too, from the beginning, my heart, I grew up in a small town in South Carolina with my accent. You may have thought I was from Brooklyn. No, I’m kidding. As a joke, small town, South Carolina, and I do have a heart for small towns. I would love if God ever made a way or opened a door through collaboration or on our own to reach some of those small towns like that, like a high school football stadium

(19:13):
And give them something that the cities get a lot, but they don’t get a lot of just like those guys in those mountains of Costa Rica to do that in America or anywhere in the world. I love that. My heart is there, but that’s how I grew up. I understand. You always have to drive an hour or more to get to anything. Nobody comes here. Somebody come here, minister to them. They got all the same challenges. The city, it’s drugs, there’s broken homes, there’s all the same challenges are there too. And people are there, and every person matters. Every town matters. And if God called me to reach those outskirts, fine with me. I love those people. But I love doing this too, and the collaboration and to work together and to be a part of some of the bigger things. It’s beautiful. I just thank God for any opportunity and Phil, use us it all. Amen. It is amazing. Right? It’s all his grace.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:17):
Amen.

Evangelist Paul Durham (20:17):
Yeah, brother.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:19):
Well, brother Paul, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast. If someone wants to find out more information about your ministry or help to support you and all the missions that you’re going on, what is a good website for them? They to find out more information about

Evangelist Paul Durham (20:34):
You. Well, thank you Daniel. It is proclaim good news.org. If you go there, you can find out everything.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:41):
Awesome. Well, thank you for being on the Evangelist Podcast. Thank

Evangelist Paul Durham (20:44):
You for having me, brother. God bless you.

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The Message Trust in Africa | Tim Tucker

The Message Trust is a global ministry that seeks to reach young people, particularly those in urban and marginalized communities, with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Founded over 30 years ago in the UK, the organization has expanded its work to South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other African countries. The Message Trust’s approach combines bold gospel proclamation with practical, transformational programs that address the holistic needs of young people. This includes initiatives like GangStar Enterprises, which provides job skills training and discipleship for youth involved in crime and gangs. The organization also partners with local churches to establish community hubs that offer educational support, sports, and other activities to draw in young people and disciple them in the faith. Under the leadership of South African director Tim Tucker, the Message Trust is focused on equipping the African church to effectively engage youth in urban settings.

 

Learn more about The Message Trust: https://www.message.org.uk/

Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus. Today, I’m here with a very special guest, Tim Tucker from The Message Trust. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast with me.

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (00:12):
Thank Daniel. Great to be here. Thanks for the invite.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:14):
So you are with the Message Trust and right now we are in Zimbabwe, Africa, and it’s been so beautiful to be here with the Global Network of Evangelists. We’ve been doing a gospel festival and you’re from Cape Town, you live down in

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (00:31):
Cape Town. That’s right. Beautiful Cape Town.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:32):
And you came up to join in on all the fun and excitement and I’ve been exposed to the message trust through Ben Jack and he leads one of your outreaches. But kind of tell us a little bit about the message trust, what you guys are all about and what you do.

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (00:47):
Yeah, I mean the message has been formed over 30 years ago in the UK by an evangelist, Andy Hawthorne, and primarily seeking to find ways to reach young people with the gospel, particularly urban youth, marginalized urban youth. Our history was the creative arts, a band that became quite famous, the worldwide message tribe around the world, and just find innovative ways to reach young people with the gospel in language that they can understand. God’s really blessed that over the past 30 years and now beginning to be a global movement of organizations seeking to reach young people in difficult circumstances with the gospel. And we do that through a combination of bold proclamation together with action-based mission and ministry. So what does

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:36):
That look like for Africa? You started in Manchester, which has very unique challenges and now Africa has a different set of challenges, but yet people are the same everywhere and young people are looking for purpose.

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (01:52):
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I’ve been in South Africa originally British came from Manchester, but moved to South Africa in 1998. Fell in love with the well, the continents, the cities and the people and just wanting to see how can we develop a platform to engage young people effectively so that they can become Christ-centered, transformational leaders. That’s really my passion, but it all starts with effective gospel proclamation and attending to people’s hearts and Cape Town in South Africa where we started the first international hub of the message in 2014 is an interesting and fascinating city because we came from obviously Manchester, which is very post-Christian, but minority poor, to a context that is still quite religious in terms of South Africa, but a majority poor environment with all kinds of socioeconomic challenges. So we really had to learn to take the DNA and ethos of the message and contextualize it within Cape Town in a way that will effectively reach the young people in some of the most broken communities there. And that’s been the journey we’ve been on really the last 10

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:00):
Years. So give me a picture of what that actually looks like on the ground. What are some testimonies of what God has done?

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (03:06):
Yeah, I mean we’ve had a big emphasis on working with young people, caught up in crime and gangs. We actually started a small business called Gangstar Enterprises because the biggest challenge for young person we reach in prison or coming out of the gang environment is how do they put bread on the table so they don’t fall back into that lifestyle? So yes, we proclaim the gospel in prisons and in schools, but then we need to create opportunities to flourish in faith and in life. So gang star is to play on the word gang gangster obviously gang is the past, star is the future. And we’ve had numerous, particularly young men come through that process. We train them to become baristas in coffee and alongside that, disciple them to be able to grow in their faith, become integrated in church. Young man by the name of Ele, we met him in prison.

(03:56):
We journeyed with him for about 10 years. He is now leading a global movement amongst ex-offenders with another organization, but just seeing the transformation in his life and God can use him then to invest in others. So we have that kind of rehabilitative and reintegration program with guys out of prison. But then we also do a lot of prevention in schools in mission in some of the toughest communities because we go in, we’re able to preach the gospel effectively in schools. We partner with local churches, but then we start up what we call community hubs, which is discipleship processes. Again, we use sports and music and other things to draw in the young people and to be relevant to them. But then we discipleship doing educational support and really helping them in the whole of life. And again, everything like that is done in partnership with local churches and it creates this gospel centered intervention that can redirect lives that were headed in one direction, which have been destruction and all kinds of antisocial and criminal activities and directs them into becoming incredible leaders within the kingdom.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:02):
And so God’s given you tremendous fruit in Cape Town, but Africa is a big place. What is on your heart for the future, for the rest of Africa?

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (05:12):
Yeah, so I mean three years ago I handed over the leadership to a South African man called Sean. He’s doing a phenomenal job and we’ve just began to lift our eyes and say one of the visions we had was to expand into other African cities. As you’ll know, Africa is the youngest continent on the planet. So it’s very relevant for a youth ministry to be involved. There’s urbanization, there’s massive urban challenges amongst young people. So the first thing we want to do is really equip the church to be able to understand how they can better engage young people in urban communities with the gospel and how they do that in a way that is effectively in discipleship and equipping for life. So we’ve been now identifying key cities that we can work in through invitation by local churches. We’ve just launched in Kampala, in Uganda, we’re in the process of Addis Ababa. We’re here in Zimbabwe to see how can we follow up from the great work of GNE in this festival to then have long-term programs and initiatives here we’re looking at French speaking Africa, but God is really beginning to kind of put wind in the sails of this movement. But the beautiful thing is we’re coming off the back of GE and advance evangelism that has already been going on across the continent and we’re saying how can we then almost piggyback off that to establish these long-term initiatives that can really raise up these gospel central

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:34):
Leaders. Yeah, advance is one of the outreaches of the message trust led by my friend Ben Jack. I’ve been with him in a bunch of different countries and it’s really a unique way to mentor evangelists and help evangelists to build community. And so I’ve used it in some of my mentoring of some young evangelists and a great curriculum, but advances put their material in a bunch of different languages and now it’s starting to spread in a lot of different

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (07:05):
Countries. Over a hundred countries around the world now have some form of advanced groups, tens of thousands of people now being through the training. And for us it’s been vitally important because we are a ministry that is involved in social or what I would call gospel center transformation. We’ve got to be able to keep the main thing, the main thing. And that is that it’s only the gospel that changes the heart and we, in fact, we want to prove that amongst the hardest to reach young people in this continent, a life transformed by the gospel can really become an incredible trophy of grace that then themselves have this ripple effect of impact. So advance means the evangelism means that we are keeping the pure gospel, we’re focused on proclamation, we are equipping the church. And in some ways that’s a gateway for us. It enables us to really build effective relationships with churches to serve more broadly than just through our kind of citywide hubs. And to be on this ongoing journey of equipping the church here in Africa. And we’ve got other great partners. We are also doing discipleship training. We’ve written resources around servant leadership and it’s the combination of equipping the churches here. I think that will ensure that the sustained gospel impacts for the long term.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:26):
So tell me a little bit about your testimony. How did you come to know Christ and then how did you get started doing what you’re doing now?

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (08:35):
Yeah, I mean I’m one of those trophies of grace from a Christian home. My parents, my dad was a first generation believer. He became a Christian university. My mom was German, they met and she comes from believing family. So from a young age had that experie I

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:52):
Would say to a very young age too. And so I tell people God saved me from drug abuse, from alcohol, from before we even did it, before we even did it. He saved me from

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (09:03):
That. Yeah, absolutely. So I’m so grateful. But I had a very mean as a six, 7-year-old, very conscious presence of Jesus in my life. I remember making a public confession. I pregnant, I was seven, was absolutely sure I needed to be baptized. I wanted to repent of my sins. There was no sense that I’m just a good kid and I had a burden for my unbelieving friends at school post-Christian England. None of my kids, none of my friends at school, primary school went to church. I then went to a Christian high school and all those kids left the church during the time of my high school. So that was the environment. It was actually weird to be a Christian in the UK in those days. And so when I left school at 16 and did an engineering apprenticeship and at the age of 17 was wobbling, but I’m the kind of person that I’m either all in or I’m all out.

(09:52):
And God began to speak into my heart. There’s one time I said that I became a Christian when I was seven or communion for the first time. And at the age of 17 in this wobbly place, I remember feeling on pure in church and having to pass on the communion. And a few weeks later there was a message and God really convicted me. And he either said, you’re all in or you’re all out. And by God’s grace at that point decided I’m all in. I talk about that my adult commitment, that I was counting the cost at that age because I knew that to follow Jesus wasn’t a walk in the park by then. And then interestingly, the call to missions also came from a young age. From the age I heard a MAF Mission Aviation Fellowship missionary when I was, was eight years old, speak at our church and at that point felt a call to missions and also to Africa.

(10:49):
There’s a longer story there. Again, I had leaving school and doing an engineering apprenticeship. For me, part of that was, oh, I need something to fall back on to support me in the missionary world. The Lord kind of led me in the end. He had a completely different pathway for millions missions and coming to South Africa and doing youth work and all that story. But you just see how God weaves these things together and at the end of the day, he’s all looking for is a heart that’s willing to be obedient to him. And that’s the only qualification we need to serve him, isn’t it?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:20):
That’s awesome. Well, if someone’s listening and they want to find out more about the message trust or maybe even support some of the work that you’re doing here in Africa, what’s a good website where they can find out about

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (11:32):
You? Yeah, our landing page is message global.org and there’s a lot of flags on there. So you can see the Uganda or the South Africa one Ethiopia about to go on there, as well as some of the other ones around the world as well to see what’s happening. So message global.org is a great place, great place to start.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:49):
Well, thank you so much for being on the Advantage

Tim Tucker – The Message Trust (11:51):
Podcast. That was amazing. Chat to you. Thanks so much.

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Kinda a Big Deal! | Tara Hope Boehlke

Tara Hope Boehlke is an evangelist who has traveled to many countries sharing the gospel. She started as a volunteer helping to give away eye glasses at evangelistic events before being called into evangelistic ministry herself. Tara has developed a ministry of giving out customized aprons and bags to share the message that everyone has great value and is “kind of a big deal” in God’s eyes. She has also published a children’s book called “Petey the Pathetic Dump Truck” that teaches about finding one’s true identity in God. She encourages other women who feel called to evangelism to start small by sharing their personal testimonies and praying for others, and to trust that God will grow their ministry as they are faithful with what He gives them.

Learn more about Tara’s Ministry: https://iamkbd.com/

Transcript:

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Tara Hope Boehlke

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:12):
That’s a tough name.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:13):
Yeah. So Ms. Tara, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:17):
Yeah, it’s amazing to be here. We’re in Zimbabwe, which is just crazy. Who would ever check that on their list of places they wanted to go in a lifetime.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:25):
And you and I have actually been in several places together. I think we were in

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:29):
Zambia.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:30):
Zambia together. Did you go to Kenya?

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:32):
Yeah, Kenya.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:33):
And I think I’ve maybe even seen you in the Portland area before. So God has brought us here for the Love Zimbabwe Festival, and you preached a couple of nights ago

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:45):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (00:46):
It was so powerful when you gave the altar call, many people gave their lives to Jesus.

Tara Hope Boehlke (00:50):
That’s crazy. It’s amazing.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:51):
And so you are an evangelist and you’re a minister. And tell me a little bit about your ministry. You’re kind of a big deal. I don’t know if my listeners know just how big a deal you are, but you’re kind of a big deal. Tell me about your ministry.

Tara Hope Boehlke (01:08):
Well, that all started, I began a long time ago with Andrew Palau, and I worked in just the bunkers, getting people fitted with reading glasses. And that’s when I start learning the gospel. And I did so many countries with him and I had a couple of friends of stunt dudes that said, Hey, you should try Reed Saunders. And he was in Salem Morgan. I’m based out of Vancouver, Washington, and that’s just like an hour away. So I never even met him before I decided I would go to Myanmar with him. And when I went to Myanmar, which they just opened up the borders for that, I was still not an evangelist. I was just volunteering, carrying people’s suitcases and I’m golden with that. But just helping the whole process. After Reid and I met Reid decided he wanted to get me on stage. But when I was in Myanmar, I met this guy named Sonny, and he’s out of Chennai, India. And what a man of God, I mean truly a servant to the nines. And we saw each other in a couple of different countries. So what happened is when COVID hit, I had this crazy idea, God is a creative God and that creative God lives within us, so we should be creating all the time. So I got nicknamed KBD, I think it was in the Dominican Republic. I would pray for something and it would happen. And they’re like, Tara, how’d you do that? And I’m like, I’m kind of a big deal.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:35):
So KBD kind

Tara Hope Boehlke (02:36):
Of big deal. Big deal, a big deal. But what I did is everybody’s kind of a big deal, but they don’t know how valuable their life is. So I created, created a logo. I wish I had something with me. Actually, I have a hat back in my room. But I created a logo. I mean, I just drew it out on a random piece of tissue paper. And it was within three days I had a business license. Everything just happened so quickly. And I said, what I’m going to do is I’m going to create this logo and I’m going to put it on items. It’s going to be a brand name. I didn’t know, I’m not a business woman at all. But I decided what I’m going to do is I got a ahold of Sonny and I said, who has a garment factory in Chennai, India?

(03:21):
And he rescues women from the streets, orphans trafficking, you name it, rescues these women, teaches them to sow, teaches them English, but most importantly teaches them about their value, who they are in Christ, right? They’re kind of a big deal and now their life has great value. So I applied that. I started doing an apron ministry with Reed Saunders and where I would do women’s events and I would give them my testimony. I would give them the gospel, and then at the end of that, I would give them, I’d give them these aprons. I’ve given the story about Susanna Wesley, who would these, she would pray with her apron over her head. Many of you probably know the story of Susanna, but out of Susanna was she had, I dunno, 800 children, just a ton of kids. Some of them were severely disabled. Her husband was always in debtor’s prison and they always fought politically. I just thought that was a funny take on that, all that. But she would sit in her kitchen amongst the cacophony of noise. She had to be there. But she said, when mom was praying, you are going to know her aprons overhead, leave her alone unless you really need me. So out of that came John and Charles Wesley, which most of you know are two, the most prolific man in men in

Evangelist Daniel King (04:34):
Christian and started Methodism.

Tara Hope Boehlke (04:35):
Right? So that being said, that’s been a very, very successful ministry. The apron ministry. I got ’em on these cinch sacks that have gone all over the world where we would go in, we speak in schools and whatnot, we have really these beautiful ax with my logo on ’em. And we teach ’em, even though it doesn’t really translate to other languages, KBD, but it is knowing that they are kind of a big deal. Their life has great value. And I’ve done that with a homeless ministry all over Portland and Vancouver. They’ve been handed out letting people know, especially what’s really interesting is we handed them up to the American Indians up in Washington state. And I thought, well, the Indians in India made these bags and they’re blessed and prayed over and we handed out these cinch sacks that were filled with toothpaste, toothbrush, whatever these neat. And they would give them to the American Indians, say, Hey, you’re kind of a big deal. And it’s the best warm introduction. Their first question is, well, who said that? Well, I’m glad you asked, right? So that’s where the whole KBD thing started. And as it has evolved, I am now we’re at a new season in life. I’m an empty nester and I’m beginning to write and I’ve published my first children’s book.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:52):
Congratulations. So this is a beautiful book, Petey, the Pathetic dump truck.

Tara Hope Boehlke (05:57):
And as you can tell, that’s not a dump truck. But this story is all about this little firetruck that believes he’s a dump truck, but he thinks he’s pathetic and his journey to find out his true identity and what he was created to be.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:15):
He’s really a firetruck, but he thinks he’s a dump truck.

Tara Hope Boehlke (06:18):
And look, he’s all broken and he’s trying really, really hard to be a really good dump truck. He practices all the time and he grows bigger and bigger. You think a truck that big and hauls some dirt, but he’s so unhappy and he keeps on going to the truck maker and asking him over and over again, make me a better dump truck. But ultimately, when he comes to the end of his rope, he makes his last trip, he’s done. Everybody told him how nice the maker was. And at the end of it, he goes, he tells the maker off. He goes, if you just gave me what I wanted, I would be happy. But then something happened in the look of the maker’s face and PD finally asked the right question. He goes, okay, then what am I? And isn’t that what we all should be going to the creator? We spend our whole life trying to figure out who we are and we’re unhappy and we’re struggling and we’re tired and our lives are falling apart, et cetera. And we have failed to go to the creator to find out who we are. Now through all of this process, I’ve learned that I’m an evangelist. I didn’t even know what that was. Luis Palau in Canon Beach Conference Center. I didn’t know nothing about nothing. He goes, Tara, you’re an evangelist. I’m like, cool. What’s that? I had no idea. But that began

Evangelist Daniel King (07:35):
To evolve. That’s me how when you are around evangelists, you begin to see that gifting come out of you. And so being around Luis Palau, I mean he was a great evangelist. And just that word of encouragement, it was really prophetic because now you really are an evangelist. You have proven that he was right.

Tara Hope Boehlke (07:55):
And the more that I’ve learned about what an evangelist is, and it’s really interesting, is when you look through scripture and about, the first evangelist was a woman who was just a shameful, shameful woman, a Samaritan. And she was rejected. Nobody liked her, nobody. One wanted to touch her. And there the savior of the world is chatting her up and it was so profound to her. She had the loudest voice because there the savior, the Messiah who she’d known about and she’s one of the loudest voices. And then you think of,

Evangelist Daniel King (08:26):
And she runs into the village and says, come and see a man and told me everything I ever did. And they’re like, you’re the woman who stole half the men in the village. We don’t even like you, but we’ll come and follow

Tara Hope Boehlke (08:38):
You. That kind of

Evangelist Daniel King (08:38):
Courage. And the whole village came out to meet Jesus. And he stayed there two more days and she brought people to Jesus. I love that story. It’s so encouraging because it shows that if you can just reach one person, maybe someone who’s down and out broken has problems in their life, if you can reach one person, you have the potential to reach an entire village.

Tara Hope Boehlke (08:59):
Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:59):
Their entire community. Amen.

Tara Hope Boehlke (09:00):
And what’s really interesting about this is I see the women and the other women that came out of the tomb, they were crushed. They were like our savior died. They were there to take care of his body and he had risen, he was there. And their excitement as women was so profound. So you have some of the first evangelists were women, right? And what’s even more incredible about that is they both have this encounter with God. And I think it’s that encounter is what is the manifestation that power within us that when we’re able to speak with such fervor and such absolute, I had an encounter with God. And it’s not like any other encounter in the world and it changes you. It makes you fearless, it makes you courageous. And I think, do you remember when the disciples were talking, they came to Jesus. Hey, there’s people over there preaching your name and they don’t even know you. And Jesus is like, if they’re using my name, that’s how powerful his name is. So whether you’re an official evangelist or not, you know what the truth is, you’re still able to tell the truth.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:02):
I like your point about how the women who saw the empty tomb became some of the first evangelists to go and tell people Jesus is a lie. We saw him

(10:14):
And he came back to life and no one believed them. And some people say, well, you can’t really believe that these reports of the resurrection are true. But apologists have pointed out that if you were trying to make up a story, like you’re an author, you write stories. If you’re trying to make up a story and you wanted it to be credible, this is good. You would never put the news in the mouth of a woman because back then they wouldn’t have been considered credible. No one would believe them. But yet we know that the gospel is true because it was these women who came and were the first to share the good news that Jesus is no longer in

Tara Hope Boehlke (10:56):
The tune. And they weren’t afraid, just like the shepherds weren’t afraid. They were fearless because there was something so incredible that happened to them that they could not keep it inside. So my crushing was when my husband had died and after he died, I decided to devote my life completely to Jesus. I still didn’t know what an evangelist was. And I got married a couple years later and we approached Luis Palau and I said, we want to serve God, but we don’t know what to do. And he goes, Tara, you should go with my son Andrew, to Tanzania, but it’s probably too late. But two weeks later, we had our five kids taken care of our dogs, our house. And he took two weeks off of work and we went to Tanzania and I had my first taste of what it was to tell people about Jesus. I was, there was no going back. There was no other life to live. There was nothing else for me to do. I had found out, just like when Pete, he found out at the end of this book, spoiler, the maker said, you’re not pd the pathetic dump truck. You’re Pedro. He gave him a new name. You’re Pedro, the fierce firetruck. I built you to save lives.

(12:07):
And to me, when I understood that I don’t have a lot of education, I don’t have a lot of academics in scripture, but the Lord still built me to save lives. And he proved his point with saying, he’s looking, his eyes roam the earth, looking for somebody that will believe in Him, that will believe what he has to say, that he may encourage them. He just wanting people to say, yes, it’s not about us, but will we say yes? Will we trust him? Will we obey him? And I’m like, I’ve got no place else to go. So I’m yours. What do you want to do? I will go. Who will go? I will go.

Evangelist Daniel King (12:43):
That’s awesome. What advice would you give to women who maybe feel called to be an evangelist who want to be used by God?

Tara Hope Boehlke (12:53):
That’s a really good question. And it is to go to Jesus, pray first. If this is what you’re called to do, start simply start with your family and understand the significance to repentance, turning away from this world and giving yourself fully to the Lord. Understand truly what the gospel is, but start with your family. And that’s the one thing about women. Start with your kids. That’s a big deal. And then you go to your neighbors, start small. And there’s very easy introductions is you just tell your story. Why do you love Jesus? Or just listening to people’s, their hearts are broken, they’re scared. You listen to them, you pray. It’s like, can I pray for you? And then you give your testimony. I used to be scared too. I used to think I was worthless too. I used to be have a disease, whatever it is, you’ve got your story and it’s such an easy introduction into introducing them to Jesus and what he has done for you and what he wants to do for them. There’s no accident that you ran into them, but start small. And when you are a good steward of the small, then all of a sudden there’s a little bit more and there’s a little bit more. I started, Daniel did an incredible devotional the other day about

Evangelist Daniel King (14:09):
Obed, Edem,

Tara Hope Boehlke (14:09):
Obed, I want to say obediah all the time, Obed.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:12):
But

Tara Hope Boehlke (14:12):
He started small and the more he took care of that little bit and it grew bigger and it grew bigger and it grew bigger and it grew bigger. I started, I started literally in these bunkers,

Evangelist Daniel King (14:23):
You’re just passing out eyeglasses.

Tara Hope Boehlke (14:25):
Yeah, reading glasses, practicing the gospel. Thousands of times. I think I about have my doctorates, I’m sure by now. And every time the Lord would win somebody to Christ through me, I was like, this is crazy. This is the best. It’s like the lottery a hundred times a day. And now I’ve had the,

Evangelist Daniel King (14:46):
It is the best job in the universe, isn’t it? To be able to share the gospel, to see people turn from hell to heaven, from sin to Jesus,

Tara Hope Boehlke (14:56):
From death to life,

Evangelist Daniel King (14:57):
From death to life. It is the greatest feeling in the world when you give an altar call and people give their lives to Jesus.

Tara Hope Boehlke (15:05):
And the profound thing is knowing who I was for 40 plus years, I think what’s really, I was talking to Daniel the other day about this book called A Pilgrim’s Progress, and there’s a follow up book called Christiana and

Evangelist Daniel King (15:17):
By John Bunion

Tara Hope Boehlke (15:17):
By John Bunion. And at the end of the book, when

Evangelist Daniel King (15:20):
Christian Classic, every Christian should read both of them.

Tara Hope Boehlke (15:22):
Both of them, because one of them focuses on the man in Ladies read Christiana, read Pilgrims Progress first, but read Christiana because at the end of this book, when she crosses over the river and goes into the celestial city, and she didn’t know the Lord. In fact, her husband got called. Christian got called out of the city of destruction to go on his pilgrimage and left his wife and his children behind because the wife said, I’m not going. That’s crazy. And she even had her sons mock him. And so how I identified with her is I rejected Christ. I rejected his people, I mocked them. I lived my own life. I was the Lord of my own life. And the fact that God called me that he forgave me for my sin was enough for me to just like, I don’t even know the gratitude in that alone.

(16:09):
But then he goes, Hey, you want to play? And I’m like, yeah. So then now I get to do this thing where I’ve been to 45 countries and I’ve got to bring my middle name is Hope. I get to bring the hope. He gave me that name, and I get to give that hope away and it’s the best job ever. I have such a heart and a desire. The other part of me is like I want to take revenge on the enemy for what he’s stolen from me and others. And I can see everybody who’s been lied to and deceived and distracted from their eternal salvation. I know how much the enemy hates us and he’s wicked. And when I get to come in with something as simple as loving them with the word of God, fearlessly, boldly, courageously, truthfully, authentically, humbly, all those amazing, even though kind of a big deal doesn’t sound humble, but still it is. You watch, watch the light enter their eyes. And my daddy did that through me. He chose me, he counted me. He counted me of amazing men and women. What’s the word I’m looking for? He counted me worthy. That’s the word worthy to do such a thing, to wake up my brothers and sisters all over the world. It’s the best life ever.

Evangelist Daniel King (17:23):
That’s awesome. Well, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast. If someone wants to find out more about your ministry, what’s your website?

Tara Hope Boehlke (17:31):
It is i the letter IAM kbd.com. So I am kbd.com. This is the first. In this next year, I’ll have four other books coming out along the line of this. I’ll have this and Livy the Lousy Cowboy Boot, Abby, the Awkward Turtle, come and see what’s going on. And it’s all about my influence was different children’s authors that were Christian, but you didn’t know that they were Christian. But you could read through their books, the message, like Narnia, for example. There was a message there and a teaching there that really is quality for the parent reading it and for the child receiving it. So go there.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:10):
Yeah. So you’ll be able to find pd, the pathetic dump truck on Amazon, on Amazon, Walmart,

Tara Hope Boehlke (18:17):
Barnes and Noble.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:18):
So it’ll be available everywhere,

Tara Hope Boehlke (18:20):
Everywhere on September 23rd, 2025, depending on when you watch this, it’ll be available there as well as on our website. And just my whole heart would say, whether you’re called to be an evangelist or not, you actually are called to tell people, everyone you know about Jesus, there are people burning because you’re not talking to the person next to you. That person will burn unless they know the truth. So be that one.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:44):
Speak one more word to the person who doesn’t think that they’re a big deal, but you know that God wants them to be a big deal. Just speak a word of encouragement.

Tara Hope Boehlke (18:59):
I know what it is to be rejected. I know what it is. The words that came out of my mouth regarding me was so destructive. And it drew me to the point of death several times, whether it was emotionally, mentally, physically, I know what that is. And now looking back on it, I could see where the enemy was trying to stop this from happening because he knew that I am a weapon that was forged in the crushing and in the fire against him and his just wickedness to try to destroy all of us who are made in God’s image. So my encouragement to you to know of your value is to spend time in the Word and find out what he says. I am the words. When you say the words I am, you will believe every word that comes out of your mouth when you say, I am kind of a big deal. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am saved. I am redeemed. I am a child of God. You’ll begin to believe that and know that and live that, and it’s contagious. So go out there and let people know that God is good and that they’re kind of a big deal.

Evangelist Daniel King (20:20):
That’s awesome. Well, Ms. Tara, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Tara Hope Boehlke (20:25):
Yeah, thank you for having me. Oh wait, this is a gift for Daniel.

Evangelist Daniel King (20:29):
Oh, thank you. I love books. I’ll put it in my library and I

Tara Hope Boehlke (20:33):
Or give it to somebody

Evangelist Daniel King (20:34):
Or give it to someone. I especially love books that have such a powerful message that will change people’s lives.

Tara Hope Boehlke (20:40):
All right. Thank you. God bless you guys.

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Brazilian BMX Biker for Jesus | Douglas Oliveira

Today we talk about how to use extreme sports to lead people to Jesus. On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast, we talk to a Brazilian BMX Biker for Jesus…Douglas Oliveira. He flips upside down on the bike, and he helps to turn people’s lives right side up with his preaching.

Learn More About Stunt Dudes for Jesus: https://www.stuntdudes.com/

Summary: 

Douglas Oliveira is a BMX biker from Brazil who uses his talent to spread the gospel.

  • Oliveira became interested in BMX biking as a teenager and developed his skills through practice and visualization, eventually becoming a professional and competing at high levels like the X Games.
  • He has used his BMX talents to evangelize in multiple countries, sharing his testimony and ministering to young people after performing stunts.
  • Oliveira encourages young people to use their unique talents and skills to serve God and help others, rather than just pursuing fame or money.
  • He emphasizes the importance of making the church and ministry engaging and fun for young people, rather than overly rigid or doctrinal.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me all the way from Brazil.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (00:09):
Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:10):
Dougie, thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (00:12):
King.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:13):
Now we are here in Zimbabwe for the Love Zimbabwe Festival, and you have come as a stunt bike rider and you have been absolutely amazing the crowd with some of your stunts. Tell me a little bit about how you learned how to do stunts on a bike.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (00:35):
Well, in Brazil, we lost soccer. Of course, we love skateboarding. And I got in touch with BMX because my friends in school and my cousin. And then I just got interested to see those guys doing tricks and the tv, I was like, oh, I want to do that. I used to love bikes. Anyway, so I just started riding my bike, getting better, and then I ended up going to a skate park where I saw other professional riders and they saw, they said I had talent. I said, all right. So they started supporting me, teaching me tricks, and I was just every day after school working and just trying every day little bit. And I started having this visions, watching TVs, seeing they’re doing tricks, just closing my eyes by faith, just believing I’m doing the tricks, seeing the visualization of the tricks. And then every time I go to skate park, I was learning these new tricks like natural. So kind of like I see that God was pushing me to a place that people are going to help me go up to the place I’m in right now. So it’s basically like you visualize what you’re doing and you

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:35):
Became a professional and have competed at a very high level and even won some prizes.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (01:41):
Yes, exactly. I had a dream to go. One of the biggest competitions in action sports is the X Games. X Games is the dream come true for any action sport riders. And I was in Brazil, I wasn’t not that good yet, but I had faith. Everybody asks me, what are you going to do in five years? Say, I don’t want to go to X Games, I want to go to the world championship. I want to travel my bike around the world to help my family and my friends. Actually five years after that, I ended up going to United States and I rode my first X Games and I did every straight for 10 years riding, making money. I always had this background with teaching kids and stuff. So yeah, got third place in the world championship in England. So all this stuff I spoke before came through after five years. So it’s pretty amazing how God can move through a specific way to train you to what’s coming next with the word of

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:35):
God. And one of the things I really love about you is that you have this amazing talent, but you’re using the talent to build the kingdom of God. And so not only are you a bike rider, but you are an evangelist. And you and I have been together in several different countries. I was trying to think how many countries we’ve been together in now. I think we were in Malawi together, Malawi, maybe Zambia,

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (02:59):
Kenya.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:00):
Kenya. Oh yeah, Kenya,

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (03:01):
So many others.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:02):
And now Zimbabwe.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (03:03):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:03):
And so being around you, I’ve been so impressed that you have a heart for evangelism, and so you do the amazing trick, but then afterwards, when all the kids come over to talk to you, you start praying for them and ministering to them. And so tell me some of your testimony of what God has done in your life.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (03:25):
So basically I came from a background of my cousin’s family and Catholicism, but religious people that spoke about God and marry and Jesus, but act different. And I looked at this as a bad thing. Brazil have a problem with religion that kind of be evangelical in Brazil now is the kind of not good term to the worldly peoples, the peoples. So God showed me a different perspective because the first time somebody evangelize me, they come to me and say, do you want to serve Christ? I say, no. Oh, you’re going to go to hell. I was like, what? Right. Thank you. You want to come with me? So they never explained me. How are God that love me so much? You want to throw me hell? And that’s why he rejected the gospel. But going through so much, my brother was a religious man and I tried to prove my brother that I was trying to prove my brother that he was wrong and God placed a desire in my heart and now I know it’s God to why don’t you read the Bible, prove your brother he’s wrong.

(04:28):
And I was like you, right. So I started for eight years reading the word of God, praying the word, and applying the word of God in my life. And I started get a little weird because things started happening in my life changing for the good way. And I just like, no, no, no, no, no, this is not real. This is not real. For eight years I was trying to reject the true, but then one day I had this encounter with Jesus Christ is supernatural way. And the tree was so deep stuck in my heart that now I understand why God brought me into the situation. So I used the bike to break the religion, thinking about Christianity first. Oh, are you Christian? You have tattoos, you ride bikes? Yeah, I followed Jesus Christ and I started breaking through this. Jesus wasn’t a Christian, he was a Jew.

(05:15):
You Jesus wasn’t a white man. You know what I’m saying? So they started breaking this kind of religions thing of people. And then after like you say, I ride my bike like a normal person, my special gift, and then as soon I see the heart open, I’m able to preach the real gospel and God being so much faithful with me to giving me understanding and knowledge to help others because it’s hard here in Zambia, we have so much going on with the religion, with money, and people get away from God. The people blame Jesus Christ for the wrongdoing of man, but thank God I’m able to actually love them in a way that God loved me. And now understand that God do not send us to hell. We choose between hell and heaven. God loves us so much, they give us the free will. If you want to live eternity far away from God here, God will grant this to you. You’re going to live eternity far away from God. That’s hell. So it is a choice of matter. So learning those kind of techniques from the Holy Spirit helps me to break this down, this religion things, this sick mind of the people and help them come to Christ. Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:25):
We’re here with the global network of evangelists and their motto is one message, many expressions. And so this week in Zimbabwe, we’ve had the bike tricks, we’ve had the clown, we’ve had dancers, we’ve had singers, and then we’ve had evangelists preaching the gospel. And so you see many different expressions of the gospel and the young people really relate so well to some of the non-traditional methods. What would you say to a church that wants to reach young people?

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (07:07):
Bible says that God give us a specific gift to which one individual of us. So we can use the gift to help others and be a great steward of the much form grace of God. And so we need to understand that I might be a hand, it might be an arm bride, might be the elbow we together, the body of Christ, the members and Christ the head. We can reach everybody because how you going to cut this off, right? Say it in Portuguese. How I would be able to minister to somebody that used to be a drunker or a drunker. If I’ve never been in this experience, I think God let we go to all this bad experiences because of our choices, but he let we learn the lesson and to be able to have different gifts and understanding help us reach everybody. So the message I give is do not be hard on the youth. First you need first you need to show them fun and love and let the grow in a church small. And then introducing the doctrine, the Bible, do not be rushing them that time. Build up and I see great young and

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:19):
Make it fun for the young

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (08:21):
People. Yes, fun.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:22):
They want to have fun. They don’t want to sit there in a straight road.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (08:25):
The Bible has so many stars. The disciples having fun, smiling. I think we just need to understand that we know what’s coming after the end of the times, but we need to understand that if we don’t come nice and gentle with love, those kids, they’re going to reject the gospel early and we are going to be the ones that are going to face the judgment on that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:45):
So what would you say to young people who have a skill, something like bike riding or maybe juggling? I like to juggle. What would you say to young people and how they can use their skills for the kingdom of God?

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (09:01):
I tell my friends that in Brazil that it’s not such a thing or it’s one of the most important things I see in my life. It’s helping others. It doesn’t matter if you’re a bike rider, skateboarding, you’re a basketball player, dj, or if you are a construc or engineer or doctor trying to help people. And you’re going to see purpose in your life. I think the beginning of the fate, should we realize and understand what I am good for and who I do the best, how I can use my gifts to help others. And you can see the joy. So helping others with little thing can make a big change in their future. So just whatever you have God gave to you, just give to them, show them, teach them, let they receive and let them experience what you experience and let God use you as a vegetable. And I think the Holy Spirit will guide you and maybe show you some more gifts. Give you more gifts. Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:56):
Dougie, if someone wants to learn more about you, how can they find you on social media? What platforms are you on?

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (10:02):
You can call me Instagram. It’s at O-G-O-G-U-E-T-E is a bmax writer, so you can go in there with Douglas Leyte Veda in Facebook. But we got stunned dudes. We got GE. You can reach out everywhere. Send me a message and I’ll be really happy to answer you and help you with anything I can.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:25):
Awesome. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Douglas Oliveira – BMX Biker (10:28):
Thank you, brother.

 

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African Enterprise: Firefox Youth Outreach | Zweli Sokhela

African Enterprise is a Christian organization that has been working in Africa for nearly 60 years, with a focus on evangelism, youth empowerment, and community development. Today on The Evangelism Podcast, Zweli Sokhela, an evangelist from South Africa, shared his personal testimony of how he came to know Jesus and became involved with African Enterprise’s Foxfire program, which trains and empowers young people to share the gospel through various creative means such as music, drama, and storytelling.

 

 

Learn more about African Enterprise: https://africanenterprise.org/

Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Zweli Sokhela from South Africa.

(00:14):
Wonderful. And you are with African Enterprise is, which is working in many countries all over Africa, doing a phenomenal job telling people about Jesus. And I really like your t-shirt. It says, this is what an evangelist looks like. And so if you want to know what an evangelist looks like, this is the evangelist, the handsome South African evangelist. So let’s talk a little bit about African enterprise. Tell me about what African enterprise does and what the mission is.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (00:47):
Okay. So African enterprise is set up to do evangelism throughout Africa. We currently have 12 offices in Africa. Our main focus is going through different cities of Africa, preaching the gospel, proclaiming the good news that there is Jesus. And we have different pillars that we focus on, which is youth empowerment. That’s where Foxfire is. And then we have woman empowerment, which is more on the community development part of it. And then we also focus on developing leaders. We do believe that an empowered church can bring changed lives. So that’s why our mission is to evangelize the cities of Africa through word and deed, which where the community development comes in. And then also proclaiming the word to all the cities that we normally go and to missions.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:50):
And for how many years has African enterprise been working here in Africa?

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (01:55):
It’s almost 60 years now because it started in 1961 where Dr. Michael Cassidy had this burden to, I would say God gave him the vision to reach Africa through the gospel. And it’s all started in South Africa in Peter Mabe where he, after when he was at university, but then God gave him the call, then he had to go to South Africa to sort of scout to the land. And that’s how it started. The first mission.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:26):
And let’s talk about your testimony and how you joined African Enterprise. Tell me what have you seen God been doing in your life? How did you come to know Jesus and then how did you become an evangelist?

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (02:41):
Yeah, it’s not something that I would’ve chosen, but growing up in a non-Christian family, the reason I’m saying non-Christian, because I grew up going to church, but believe me, if I say there was nothing that was changing about my life

(03:01):
As much as I go in and out every Sunday, which I’m grateful to mom who will take us to church because I think the idea of God started then. But I realized that as I was growing up, I started to, when I was in high school, for me it was more questioning what is this life about? Because as a young person, a black African young person, a male in South Africa, I faced many challenges, even family wise where my dad is always away working to make sure that we are supported as a family. But as a man growing up, I needed him to be present, but most of the time he needed to be away from home so that he’s able to support his family. So then that’s way for me, I started questioning what is life about? And through questioning that, I had an encounter with women who were coming to our house to share the gospel. Obviously you don’t pay attention, you’re a church goer. They’re talking about prayer about the word of God. But something that intrigued me was when they said there is a Holy Spirit who is a person that lives inside you. For me, that was the first time hearing that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:19):
Then

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (04:19):
I pause a bit, then they invited me to their church, which I attended. And then the teachings were quite interesting because my other church was not doing as much teaching, but the preaching was happening. So then they also invited me for a Sunday where there was going to be a special Sunday, there was an evangelist from Texas. And I was like, okay, someone from overseas coming to preach preaching in English, I’m Zulu. Then I don’t think I was able to even speak words in English, but then I attended the church. So while he was preaching, there was something that happened while he was speaking where God gave me a picture of how my heart looks like without him and how my heart can look like with him. And I didn’t like what I saw about my life because I used to drink. I’ll sleep around at some point.

(05:18):
I used to fight with the gangs in the community and all of that. I don’t think my dad was even away until I received Christ. And I was able to talk about the things that I was suffering inside to say, this is what I’ve been going through in your absent, even though you were present in my life. So at that moment, I found myself in front at the call and that when I gave my life to Christ, and that’s how my journey started after high school, I didn’t have funds to go and study, decided to take a gap year, and that gap year led to the evangelists that you see today.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:59):
Wow, wonderful. And so in African enterprise you lead one area called Firefox Fire, Fox Fire. Fox Fire. Sorry, I got to get it right, Fox Fire. So explain to me what is Fox Fire and what do you do?

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (06:19):
Okay, so then as I mentioned that I left school, I did a gap year, which I work in a ministry. So part of my work was doing afterschool support with young people. And that developed an understanding that this is what was lacking in my life. To have somebody that will take time to care for me, to develop me. And as I was doing that, something just spiked inside me to say, you know what? There’s a gap in our youth ministry. And that led into more of the studies I did because the organization where I did a gap here, I ended up staying until for about 13 years working for one organization. But they helped me to develop, to prepare myself for the season I’m in now, where African Enterprise was looking for somebody to lead the Foxfire program, which then I applied, they gave me the opportunity.

(07:25):
Foxfire is a youth empowerment program where we disciple young people for about one year and then they will graduate. So they come from when they finish diametric, which is grade 12, or you finish your university and you want to take a gap before you go and be employed. So we do a two month training with them before we go around South Africa and outside South Africa where we share the gospel, be. We share our life stories, how God have helped us, but we also visit schools where we do life skills. We have found out that especially with us in South Africa, a lot of young people will get a hundred percent in their life skills, but that is more like a subject. But what we bring is how do you apply those life skills in your life so that there’s change, which we are seeing immediate change from that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:24):
And so right now we are in Zimbabwe. Beautiful. We’re here for the Zimbabwe Festival in Guru, and it’s been really wonderful to see what God has done. And you brought a team of young people with Fox Fire here to Zimbabwe and they’ve been ministering all week long. How many young people did you bring?

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (08:49):
So there is five here,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:51):
But

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (08:51):
We have six and team currently.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:53):
Okay. And they’ve been going around and ministering. I’ve been very impressed with them. Today we did a children’s festival. And so one of the young ladies who’s with your team, she shared her testimony and just really a horrible upbringing, very difficult. But then using that to show how Jesus has changed your life is really powerful. And so what type of impact have you seen in the lives of young people who have been a part of Fox

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (09:29):
Fire? Sure. So the one I will highlight is for them to have a safe space to be themselves because in most cases they’ll have to perform to be approved by their peers. But what we have teach them is how to discover who you are in God so that you don’t get approval from anyone else, but you get it from God. Our program has four pillars that is drawn from the book of Luke chapter two, verse 52, where Jesus grew in wisdom, in favor with God and men. So from those four pillars, we can see that there’s a holistic approach in terms of how we nature our young people. So the moment we help them to create a space where they can be adventurous and they can discover themselves, but also on the training that I mentioned for two months, where we help them understand what missions look like, where they can open scriptures, where they can see God in their story, that the pain that you’ve been through is not a waste, but God was preparing you for a season like this. Because when people hear your story, something changed. People that are going through the same thing, people are changed by that. But also we helping them to discover the world outside them, which is why we are here in Zimbabwe. We are using music. The moment you play music, everyone can connect, everyone dance, even if you don’t speak the same,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:07):
The music is fun. Everyone starts dancing and the Foxfire team does some great dances. And then I saw you’re also using drama.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (11:16):
We do. We do. And that’s a way of portraying the message without speaking and people can see it. And most of our dramas, what we have found is that the moment you played on stage, people can identify themselves, but through the play, what we are bringing is how can God help you in the space where you are in? It doesn’t matter where you are at, God is able to reach you from where you are and bring light in your situation, which is why we are using the dramas and the music.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:51):
We’re here in Zimbabwe with Desmond Henry, who’s with the global network of evangelists. And one of the things that Desmond said the other day I thought was so good, he said, young people are not the future of the church. They are the church of today. That

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (12:06):
Is so cool.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:06):
And it’s true when you think about the church, young people need to have opportunities to minister, to use their gifts for God to make a difference for the kingdom of God. And I think that the ministry that you’re doing is so vital to helping young people have an opportunity to use their talents and skills for

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (12:31):
Jesus. Sure. No, definitely. I used to say the future of our country depends on the quality of the young people that we develop. So if we as a church can take time to look at our young people differently to say they are not the future, but they are now church, then we can start to invest properly in terms of developing them and also creating opportunities, which is what we are seeing even because it’s their first time to be in a festival. It’s another way also that is helping them to develop to say, okay, there are different ways to preach the gospel as you’ll know that G and E will say it’s one message, but different expressions.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (13:19):
Yeah. It’s so neat to hear that you are Zulu. I had the opportunity several years ago to do a crusade with some of the Zulu people. We were there at the invitation of the King of the Zulus, and we set up a tent and filled it every day full of people. And I remember we wanted to feed everyone, so we brought three cows live and they butchered the cows. And by after lunch there was nothing left of the cow. I mean, everything was eaten. We had several thousand people there, and every single piece of the cow was eaten. Sure. That’s amazing. But it was so neat learning about the Zulu culture. You have a very proud people, very warrior-like people, but it’s neat that you can take your warrior spirit and do big things for

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (14:18):
Jesus. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:19):
Fight the devil.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (14:20):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think the kingdom has space for everyone. But as you say, because I mean as Zulus, sometimes we hold on to who we are and what we know, but what we sometimes forget is that who we are is who he created us to be in our differences then how do we come together as a family or as a community so that when God looks at us, it’s like, oh, my beautiful children. But sometimes we zulus are very good looking.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:59):
They’re very beautiful people. Creation of God.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (15:03):
Amen. I’ll check that as a country. Yeah,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:06):
Absolutely. Well, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism podcast. I really appreciate it.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (15:12):
No, thank you so much for having me. And it was amazing to meet you and the message that you’ve been also preaching has really been powerful and we thank God for people like you.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:22):
If someone wants to help to support Firefox or to help African enterprise, what would be a good website that they could go to find out more information about what you do?

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (15:36):
Okay, so we do have a website. You just type African Enterprise, but on the website because an international website. So then they will find all the different countries that are part of the website. But our office is South Africa.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:54):
Wonderful.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (15:55):
And all the details and everything is in

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:57):
Well. I so love what African Enterprise is doing and the impact that you’re having all over Africa. It’s really wonderful.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (16:04):
Thank you so much.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:05):
Thank you for being on the Evangelism podcast.

Zweli Sokhela – African Enterprise (16:07):
Bless you. Thank you.

 

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Evangelism in Zimbabwe | Obey Chinosengwa

What is God doing in Zimbabwe? Today we talk to Obey Chinosengwa, an evangelistt from Gweru, Zimbabwe who leads Gospel to All Nations. Obey shares his vision to spread the gospel to every town and village in the country of Zimbabwe.

 

Connect with Obey Chinosengwa: https://www.facebook.com/obey.chinosengwa

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me. Obey Chinosengwa. And how do you say your last name?

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (00:13):
Obey Chinosengwa

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:14):
And we are in the nation of Zimbabwe. It is early in the morning here. We woke up very early and went and did a morning radio program and got to share the gospel on the radio program. And Obey is an evangelist from here in Zimbabwe and he has been helping us with the Love Zimbabwe Festival, with the global network of Evangelists. And I’m so excited to meet you because you have a ministry. It’s called Gospel to all Nations. So tell me a little bit about yourself and about the calling that God has on your life.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (00:54):
Okay, thank you. Thank you. Evangelist Daniel is such an honor and a privilege to be sitting next to you and welcome to our beautiful Zimbabwe. It’s something that I really love to be cross-pollinating with other evangelist like you, and especially knowing that you have been evangelism for a long time

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:19):
Now. It was really cool. You just pulled out your phone and you showed me that you had downloaded some coaching resources from the Global Evangelist Alliance and I had done a coaching call a few months ago for them and you downloaded it and you’re listening to it right here in Zimbabwe. You say on the radio program, you say, ah, I recognize your voice. I heard it before and it’s the evangelist you were listening

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (01:45):
To. Yeah. God works in amazing ways. I downloaded this I think two weeks back. You did the podcast I think three months ago. So I was listening to it. He was talking about the calling of an evangelist and that was amazing stuff. Little did I know in just three weeks time I’ll be sitting next to this great man of God, evangelist Daniel. I’m so much thrilled to be seated next to you. So I’m occupational saying, well, like you said, and I am an evangelist. So I started off in 2017. It’s something that I knew when I was growing up that God has set me apart for some work, but I didn’t really know what it was. So around 2014, I started praying and praying, asking God, what is it? Oh Lord. So in 2014, the Lord did three things in my life. 2014. The first one was he sent another man of God to our city, a person who I never knew.

(02:48):
He came to our university. So in an honored prayer, he singled me out and spoke of this evangelistic calling on my life. Then I said, wow, I didn’t know much about evangelism. Then it steered something in me like Paul speaking to Timothy said, stir up the gift that is in you, which came on you by the lane on of hands by the elders. We have gone ahead of you. So I felt something dropped in me from that day, which resonated with what God has put in my heart. The second thing was after that, I went on a vacation. I started praying, praying, praying, praying. I was in a fasting. I prayed four days, I think I prayed in fasted. Then I went to a different city. When I got there, the first Sunday service I entered after the service, a certain lady walked to me, it’ll be amazing, Daniel.

(03:41):
Then he said, the Lord has spoken to me for you to pray for my son. He’s in China. I knew Zimbabwe. The son is in China, and he’s saying, yes, had a terrible skin disease, and he’s telling me he’s about to be brought back to our country. He’s going to abor his studies. Then I just said, can we pray about it in this week? And we see what God does. Friday, the skin condition was gone and I said to myself, God is doing something. It was just in the same season. So for me, 2014 stands out, Mr. Daniel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:19):
Wow. And so you started to study the lives of great evangelists. You told me that you looked at Reinhard Bonnke’s books. You showed me last night you were reading a book by Oral Roberts, the great evangelist from Oklahoma.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (04:35):
Yeah, sure.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:36):
And so you started feeding yourself on evangelism and then God started opening up doors for you to do evangelism, and in the last couple of years you’ve been doing crusades here in Zimbabwe. Tell me about those crusades. How do you organize them and what results have you seen God do?

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (04:54):
Alright, so like you highlighted, I started studying. I didn’t know how I’m going to do it. The first book I bumped into that is the same year, 2014 was a biography by Bill Graham, written by John Pollock. That’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:13):
A great

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (05:13):
Book. I started reading that book by John Pollock. Then I finished it in around the same year. Then the Lord started tearing something in me. I went on to study Renard Bon. I said this autobiography, and this year actually, I was studying orals from your state, from your city, and I could work in amazing ways. So I started now organizing. The first thing I started doing, I started going in the salons in restaurant preaching on lunch hours. I didn’t wait for people to come to me. I actually went to where the people are. So it was unconventional. People in here in Zimbabwe know evangelistic ministry just working on as a parachurch organization, sometimes it has a lot of challenges. So I had to go to the people like that’s evangelism. I think that’s what evangel, yeah,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:11):
That’s really the heart of evangelism. If you just stay in the church, people don’t have any reason to come to church. They don’t know Jesus. So you have to go outside the walls of the church to where they are, and that is one of the primary callings of the evangelist is to get the church to go outside of the church walls into the community. You got to get the salt out of the salt shaker.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (06:35):
Sure, sure. That’s what makes the food test. So I always say men of God, this is what I always say. If the people don’t come to church, take the church to the people. That’s what we should do. So after that, COVID came, I took a step back. During the COVID season, I stopped this marketplace outreach network program that I was doing going in the marketplace. So when I was post COVID era, I then started organizing crusades. I called them yielding gospel crusades here in Zimbabwe.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:14):
And so you pray for the sick. Yeah,

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (07:16):
Sure,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:16):
Sure. And you’ve seen God do miracles.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (07:18):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. Like the one that

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:20):
Was studied. Tell me about the miracle. Yeah, the woman in China.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (07:23):
Yeah, the woman had a son in China.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:26):
Wow.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (07:27):
He was having a terrible skin condition,

(07:30):
And the skin was said to have thin, and it was now very thin, and they wanted to bring the child back before he finished these studies. So this lady walks to me, we are here in Zimbabwe. Then this lady walks to me, then she say, the Lord has told me you should pray for me. Then I said, oh God, what have I done now? So you see, I’ve always three ways that really resonated with me in looking on Jesus’ ministry. And I believe Jesus was full-time evangelist because he was always on the marketplace. He was always in the villages in the cities and the Bible that is always recurring. He went to the cities and villages and preached in their synagogue, not in his synagogue. So I think he was doing evangelism more. But what? Yeah,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:26):
I’m thinking of Matthew chapter four, verse 23. It says that Jesus went teaching in the synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (08:38):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:38):
So you have those three parts of the ministry of Jesus, the preaching, the teaching, and the healing.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (08:43):
Sure, sure. If actually you look on our profile, Daniel, this is our profile, the three terms that really stand out for me. It’s reach, teach, and preach. This is what Jesus was doing, and now we go the 41, we do a yielding crusade. He was going teaching, preaching, yielding,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:03):
And he went to every town and village.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (09:05):
Every town and village. So it’s like that is what Jesus, I

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:09):
Think God wants you to go to every town and village in Zimbabwe.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (09:13):
Sure, sure,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:14):
Definitely. What are some of the places that you’ve gone to here in Zimbabwe?

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (09:18):
Okay, so I’ve gone to ge. Gezi is around zit area, mano, that’s mano. I’ve done guru as well. And we are going to VMA just two weeks from now. We are going to Buma from the 10th of September to the 13th of September. We are having a healing gospel crusade there, and I’m believing God for amazing miracles. Marriages will be restored, people will be heal. Jesus is going to do it again because we believe we evangelist Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:56):
It’s so wonderful to meet you because I believe that God wants us to go to everyone on earth. Every single person needs to have a chance to hear the message of Jesus Christ. And if we’re going to go to everyone, we need to have evangelists that are raised up in every single country. And so it’s so neat to see that God is raising you up here in Zimbabwe,

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (10:23):
Thank God.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:24):
And Zimbabwe is a big country. There’s a lot of people here. And so I think it’d be so cool for your ministry to develop a plan. How are we going to reach every town, every village, every city in Zimbabwe. And I believe that as you begin to go, God’s going to give you the finances. God’s going to give you the team

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (10:49):
Members.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:50):
God is going to give you the creative ideas, the ways to reach people here in Zimbabwe. And God is even going to take you beyond Zimbabwe. God’s going to take you to other countries as well. But I think it begins here in Zimbabwe and you say, we can reach everyone in Zimbabwe with the

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (11:08):
Gospel. Sure. You actually mentioned something that is very important. When Jesus was talking to his disciples, he was about to leave. Ye said this, it’ll begin in Jerusalem where they were.

(11:20):
It’ll go to Judea to summary Maria and to the rest, to the Atmos parts of the world. So it always begins at home. That is what my grandmother always told me. She always told me that charity begins at home. So actually we have a vision like the term itself of the vision says gospel to all nations. I took it from Mark chapter 13, verse 10. It says, end the gospel must first the preach. And when it says first, it points out on priority. It’s a priority to God. Before Jesus comes back and establishes his ministry, he established his kingdom here on earth for us to preach the gospel or nation. So I took it upon myself to fulfill scriptures. One of the things that I noticed when I was reading through all the gospels, this always comes out this and this so happened that it may be fulfilled. So Jesus fulfilled a lot of prophecies. It was intentional. It was deliberate. Even when he was young, they were moving from place, place, fulfilling scriptures. So I challenge fellowmen of God’s fellow evangelist. Let’s fulfill the word which was spoken of Mark chapter 13, investor in says, end the gospel must first preach to all the nations. So we are going to work in Zimbabwe. One of the ways that I’ve been thinking recently, evangelist is like there must be young evangelists coming up. We form teams around because sometimes I believe in networks.

(13:03):
Maybe we are coming to this province. We are Midlands province right now in guru in Zimbabwe. So we come in Midlands, then we have a set of evangelists. Another one is going to that village. Another one is going to that town, another one is going to, then we eat that province. Maybe in the only four days we eat that province. We move to another province. We do the same thing. Villages. So I believe in networks because at one time Jesus said to them, go into all the cities and villages in which he himself was about to go. So we move. Then Jesus comes there, he said in the cities in which he was about to do something. So when you see an evangelist like Daniel is now in Zimbabwe, I believe God is about to do something in Zimbabwe. And I pray God touches your heart to do things in Zimbabwe.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (13:58):
Amen. Well, this is my first time in Zimbabwe, but it won’t be my last.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (14:02):
Wow.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:03):
And I like what you’re saying about networks. Jesus told us to be fishers of men and fishers. In the days of Jesus, they use nets to go catch the fish.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (14:14):
Definitely.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:14):
So you need a net that works to be a fisher of men.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (14:17):
Wow. I never thought it that way. So it’s a net that works. Wow.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:23):
You have a network so that you can be a fisher for men. Wow. Now one of the things I really like here in your, you have such a beautiful vision, like a brochure that you’ve put together here for your ministry gospel to all nations. And one of the things that you have here is that with the healing gospel crusade, you want to do students to Christ, youth to Christ leaders to Christ ladies to Christ, men to Christ. And so not only are you trying to target many different towns and villages, but you’re targeting different levels of society. So you have some outreaches to students, some to the young people, some to the women, some to the men. And so you’re targeting these different layers of society to bring the gospel to everyone.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (15:17):
Okay. So you see the gospel is actually, we approach it holistically. We don’t want to target the other area, and the other area is lagging. So we have students in colleges, we have to think future. We have to look into the future. What seed are we planting? It’ll amaze you that God, when he was creating everything, he put seeds in them because you are thinking of the future. That’s why I was talking of other young evangelists, catching the mantle, catching them, getting the seed in them of this evangelistic movement that is about to cover the whole globe. So we target the students. They are in colleges. There’s a lot happening in colleges. Say drugs, you see them, you see pornography. People are doing things in the young people are doing a lot of things. So as you look at it, students, they are special group we have to really focus on. Then youth as well. They are those we have gone out of school who are just experimenting with whole lot of things. Whereas maybe they get their life destroyed In that process. We have people whom we have lost to drugs. You know that

(16:41):
Even Oklahoma, you know that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:43):
Yeah.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (16:43):
Then we also go to women, ladies, sometimes we want to take off this Delilah spirit from you can be men of God anointed doing well, but Delilah comes. But we think no one was created. A Delilah. God never makes people bad. He makes them good. They start making choices. So we move and we try to guide in a godly way by being spirit led. Then one important group that is very important, Paul speaking to Timothy. He says, pray for leaders that you may live a peaceable life. So if we do everything, John C. Maxwell, he said, everything rises and falls on leadership. So if we leave out the leaders, I tell you it’ll not go well. Even if you want to reach the world, they may close their borders, they may close their things. But thank God, God has given us grace to raise leaders who are God fearing leaders who change the face of the world, making decisions that are so inclined to the kingdom of God.

(17:56):
So this is how we approach the healing gospel. Cru said, because I believe, like you’re saying on radio this morning, 98.4 fm, you spoke of the spirit, you spoke of the soul, you spoke of the body, and you said, God is interested in all. So when we go on a healing gospel crusade, it’s not me healing. It’s not me as a man of God. It’s the gospel. If you look in Luke chapter number six and 7, 5, 4, 6, and seven, it says you went, people came all around to hear him and to be healed. So what begins first is the healing and the healing follows. So it is something that you first approaches your soul. Then the healing manifest is in the natural. Then you are forgiven of your sins, like you were saying. But have you ever noticed these four letters, H-E-A-L-U? We just remove the L and put an error. It’s year in saw in year in hearing. God is ying our healing. But it depends with what you are going to hear. So our crusades used to be holistic. They have to approach the soul, the spirit, and the body.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:17):
Amen. That’s so good. Let’s talk about the Love Zimbabwe Festival.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (19:22):
Wow.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:23):
You have been helping to organize this from the very beginning. Tell me a little bit about what has already been happening here and then what the expectation is for this week during the Love Zimbabwe Festival in Guro, or how do you say the name of this

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (19:41):
Guru?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:42):
Yeah.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (19:43):
You see, I think God is doing amazing things in this world and he’s bringing people together in love. God is love. Anyway. I think if anyone says who is God? God is love. So God has brought love Zimbabwe Festival to Guru. This is my city. This is where I stay. So God has brought Love Zimbabwe Festival to Guru. We are so much excited. It’s coming for free. Everyone is going to hear the gospel for free. So there’s been a lot of activities targeting the students. We had the schools ministry with co babababa from Kenya. Kenya is here. We have him from the United States. Then we have people from Latin America.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:27):
We have people from Brazil, from Puerto Rico, from the United States, from South Africa, from Kenya. There’s people from all over the world that have come here for this

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (20:39):
Love. So Daniel, there is this spirit of unity that we are seeing that is being brought about by this festival. The churches in Guru are united from all France, mainline churches, Pentecostals, they are all together. The churches you think they are, they don’t blend so well. You have brought us all together. So that’s one thing. I’m thanking the GNE for coming to Zimbabwe for coming to Guru. It’s such a wonderful moment and guru will be transformed. Amen, amen. Amen. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:19):
Well, we’re excited about what God is going to do this week and it’s so wonderful to get to meet you. If someone wants to know more about your ministry, what’s a good way for them to connect with you? Is it through Facebook?

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (21:34):
Okay. Yeah. I am on Facebook or bes, that’s my,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:39):
Maybe you better spell your last name so they can know how to find

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (21:42):
You. Alright, that’s fine. So it’s Obe, OBEY. Then my surname is C-H-I-N-O-S-E-N-G-W-N-G-W-A. So Obe, let me spell the second name again. CHIN or S-E-N-G-W-A.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:12):
Well, it’s so wonderful to meet you. I love your vision. Thank you, sir. And I believe that God is going to do amazing things through your ministry. Thank you so, so much. Thank you. Obey for being on the Evangelism podcast.

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (22:25):
Thank you. Thank you so much. Evangelist. I’m going to, you have this mini request from you. You have been in the field, you have been speaking to nations. It’s over 70 nations. We have traveled only, I think I haven’t traveled as much as you have done, and we are young and you are old. And the Bible says we don’t despise the elderly. So maybe I want you to speak to ask young evangelists before we leave. I was watching you on YouTube, but today we are seated next to each other. So I believe when God brings people together, Paul was praying there, Anas was there. Then the Lord instructed them to be together so that he Anas can release the grace that God had sent him with Cornelius there, Peter there they were connected. So when you have come to Zimbabwe, I believe you have really brought something for young evangelists, not only me, but even for the upcoming evangelists in Zimbabwe. So I’m going to ask you to speak to us and pray for us.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:35):
Yeah. I was called to be an evangelist at a very young age, and that has been a primary focus of my life ever since. And there are many distractions in life. Satan tries to get you to go away from your calling and sometimes he gives a distraction. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s a distraction. But you have to stay focused on the purpose that God has called you to. And if you feel that you’re called to be an evangelist, then make a commitment to God that you are going to be the best evangelist that you can possibly be and tell God, it doesn’t matter what distraction comes or what life brings, I’m going to stay faithful to the calling that you have on my life. In my life, there’s been many opportunities to go in different directions, but that commitment to fulfilling God’s calling in my life has what has helped me to continue in my calling and to continue to reach people for Jesus. And I think that if you will continue in what God has called you to do, to obey, to be obedient to the calling on your life. If

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (24:57):
The Bible says

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:57):
Obey, must obey. If

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (24:59):
You, you’re willing and obedient, if you’re willing and obedient

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:02):
And just tell God that sink or swim, no matter what happens, I’m going to fulfill this calling of God upon my life. And if you don’t give up, you’ll make it. There’s so many opportunities to get discouraged or to give up or to wonder why it’s not happening faster. But if you just continue to do what God has called you to do in big ways and in small ways, then the time will come where God will give you great success. I think one of the greatest secrets of the kingdom of God is faithfulness, just being faithful to the calling that God has on your life. So let me pray for you and pray for all the young evangelists of Zimbabwe dearly. Father, I pray for evangelist obey. Thank you for the calling that is on his life, Lord. Together we lift up Zimbabwe to you, Lord. I pray that Zimbabwe would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that Jesus would be lifted up in this nation. And Lord, I pray that you would raise up a generation of young evangelists that would evangelize all of Zimbabwe, every town, every village, and then be sent from here to other nations around the world. In Jesus’ name, amen. Amen. Thank you so much for giving

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (26:17):
Me such an honor. Such an honor.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:20):
Amen. God bless

Evangelist Obey Chinosengwa (26:22):
You. Thank you for being on the Evangelism podcast. Thank you. Thank you so much, sir. Okay.

 

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One Hundred Million Souls for Jesus | Evangelist Daniel Kolenda

Daniel Kolenda is the successor to Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke and he leads Christ for All Nations. Their ministry has now recorded over 100 million documented decisions for Christ. Today on the Evangelism Podcast, we talk about his new book titled “Furious” about Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. This book contains a powerful revelation of the Gospel that has the power to revolutionize your life.

Learn more about Christ for All Nations: https://cfan.org/ 

Notes:

This interview with Evangelist Daniel Kolenda of Christ for All Nations (CFAN) covers several key topics:

  • CFAN has just surpassed 100 million documented decisions for Christ since its founding in 1974, averaging 2 million salvations per year. Kolenda believes this is just the beginning of an even greater harvest in the coming decades.
  • Kolenda discusses CFAN’s strategy of training and empowering thousands of evangelists around the world to multiply their impact. This includes initiatives like the CFAN Evangelism Bootcamp and the new Christ Royal Nation School of Ministry.
  • Kolenda has recently written a new book called “Furious” which provides a fresh, narrative-driven exploration of the Book of Galatians and the gospel message. The book aims to transform readers’ understanding of the power of the gospel.
  • Looking ahead, CFAN is focused on expanding their crusade efforts to new regions and continuing to raise up the next generation of evangelists to participate in the “decade of double harvest” that Kolenda believes the ministry is entering.

 

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Daniel Kolinda is the successor to Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke and he leads Christ for All Nations. Their ministry has now recorded over 100 million documented decisions for Jesus Christ. Today on the Evangelism podcast, we talk about Daniel Coda’s new book titled Furious. It’s about Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. This book contains a powerful revelation of the gospel that has the power to revolutionize your life. Jesus said,

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:43):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist

Evangelist Daniel King (01:05):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King and I’m excited about telling people about Jesus. Today I have a very special guest with me, Daniel Kolinda from Christ for All Nations. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (01:20):
Thank you. From one Daniel to another. It’s great to be with you today.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:24):
Well, you are a wonderful friend and it is so exciting to see what Christ for All Nations is doing around the world. And C Fan just recently passed a major milestone. Tell me about that.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (01:40):
Yeah, I’d love to. First, I just want to say to you, Daniel, thank you for the work that you do as well because we’re both evangelists and we share a heart for the nations, and you’ve been going for many years preaching the gospel around the world. And I’m really thankful for what God has done through your ministry. You’ve actually helped us here in training of evangelists. You’ve been one of the trainers that’s come into our bootcamp and helped impart to the next generation. So thank you for that and love and appreciate you very much. Yeah, our ministry, Christ for All Nations, founded by the late Evangelist Bonnke back in 1974. So we are now a 50-year-old ministry. We just passed the 50th birthday and we also just surpassed as of a couple of weeks ago, the landmark of 100 million documented salvations since the founding of the ministry. So that averages out to 2 million people a year coming to Christ, which is something that I’ve never heard of it before. It’s not, I don’t take any credit for it. It was very much a team effort and of course Evangelist Bonky for many, many years before I even came along. But we are celebrating and so thankful for what God has done. We’re really living in the greatest harvest of all time.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:58):
It really is an amazing milestone. When Reinhard Bonnke passed away, I remember that there was an average of about 1 million people who had given their lives to Jesus every year of his life. And then you have continued the Harvest. CFAN as not slowed down or slacked off ever since. Reinhard went on to heaven. CFAN has been aggressively going after souls. You haven’t lost the purpose. So tell me a little bit about what that was like going from being under Reinhardt’s leadership to now you leading Christ for All nations.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (03:35):
Yeah. Evangelist Bonnke passed away in 2019. He was 79 years old and at that time we had seen 79 million documented decisions for Christ. So you can kind of do the math and see how it’s increased, but actually I became the president of the ministry 10 years before he died. And so I was very firmly in the captain’s chair, but Evangelist Bonnke and I worked together very closely over those 10 years. And he was more than just a mentor to me or a good example. He was really like a father in many ways. And when he passed away, it felt like losing a father. It had that kind of impact on me. I don’t know that I can say that I’ve even now fully processed the difficulty of that loss, but because of his incredible wisdom in the way that he structured transition, and he chose me for successor long before he passed and worked with me to see that transition happen very smoothly in terms of the ministry impact we have not ceased after he passed away or slowed down.

(04:45):
In fact, we have increased. And the Lord began to speak to me in 2017 about the upcoming decade that we’re living in right now. And the Lord told me it would be a decade of double harvest. And the reason that it would be that way was because we would not just be adding, we would be multiplying. And so we really began to put emphasis and intention into investing into the next generation and multiplying laborers and evangelists for the sake of the harvest. And at this moment, there are over 5,000 evangelists that have been trained through Christ for All nations. They are literally spread out all over the world and they’re working very much together with each other and with us to see exponential impact all over the world, which is why we’ve seen these numbers just continue to skyrocket. And I believe that actually we’ve only touched to the very, very beginning of this, just the tip of the iceberg.

(05:37):
I believe that we’ll see by the end of this decade we’ll see 150 million salvations. And then I believe that’s just again the priming for an even greater harvest. Because imagine with these thousands of evangelists now spread out all over the world with their own ministries and their own influence, and God is blessing them and using them. I we’re in for the following decade to be a billion soul harvest decade. And I don’t say that just as wishful thinking or grand faithful talking. I mean based on the numbers that we’re seeing on the ground and the fruit that’s already coming in, if we just project forward, it looks like we’re in for an even greater season of harvest yet to come.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:16):
This is one of the greatest harvest of souls in history. And heaven will record what is happening during this decade of time. The decade of Double Harvest. Heaven will celebrate the millions of people that are coming into a relationship with God. I’ve had the privilege of teaching many of the C fan evangelists with the Evangelism Bootcamp, and it was such a tremendous privilege to be able to pour into them and to be a part of that, to come down to your headquarters there in Orlando. And just recently I have been with some of the CFAN evangelists in different parts of the world, and it’s absolutely amazing to see what God is doing through them. Just a couple months ago I was in Finland and there’s a group of evangelists there that went through the Evangelism bootcamp that now are doing crusades and outreaches in Finland.

(07:21):
And it’s not just first generation, it’s second and third generation evangelists that have gone through the CFAN training system. And then just last week I was in Thailand with evangelist Daniel Es. We were doing a Jesus camp together and we had 176 evangelists come from 15 different provinces across Thailand to be trained. And we took them out to do outreaches. And in the outreaches we did, we had 607 people give their lives to Jesus. And then some of those that have been trained just this week I got a report, they have been doing youth events and over 9,000 young people have given their lives to Jesus, God. And this is all a fruit of what CFAN is doing to train these evangelists. Talk to me a little bit about this strategy of going beyond being just one evangelist on the platform to training many evangelists.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (08:24):
Well, I really do believe in the principle of impartation. When you look at the story for example of Elijah and Elijah or Moses and Joshua or Jesus and the disciples, which would be the greatest example, you see this emphasis on not simply doing the work of the ministry but passing it on. And in fact, Jesus, what’s interesting with the ministry of Jesus, the very first thing that you read about in the gospels that he does as he launches his public ministry, as he chooses 12 disciples, these are the ones that will on after he’s gone. Now, I mean in our time, usually succession plans are saved for the deathbed. A preacher or a minister or a leader doesn’t think about who’s going to take on the ministry after they’re gone until they’re dying. But with Jesus, that was the very first thing that he did.

(09:11):
He chose the ones that would carry on because he understood that this would be, I mean, think about it. If Jesus hadn’t picked 12 disciples, we probably wouldn’t know who Jesus was because who would’ve written the gospels, who would’ve taken the witness of what they saw to the nations of the world? And so I really felt coming in to Christ for All Nations. I was 28 years old when I became the leader of the ministry. Evangelist Bonnke was still very much around, but I felt myself often asking the Lord, why me? Why did you pick me for this? I’m not a great preacher like Evangelist Bonnke. If you knew Reinhard, he was just a very, very special man. And I never felt like I was in his league in any way, and I still don’t. But I felt like what the Lord told me my assignment would be was not simply to carry on the ministry, although I am doing that and I continue to preach in the Crusades and carry the baton that he passed to me.

(10:04):
But also I felt like the Lord said that my job was to utilize that platform that had been built by Evangelist Bonnke and so many others to launch not only my own ministry but a whole generation of others to give it away. It’s the parable of the feeding of the 4,000 or the 5,000 where Jesus takes these pieces of bread and fish and he puts them in the hands of the disciples and he tells them to give them away. And you might think you can imagine those disciples, they’re all hungry. There’s thousands of people there, and they’ve got just a few crumbs of bread and a little piece of a fish in their hand and they’re thinking themselves, this isn’t enough for me. How is this going to be enough for the multitudes? But they found this amazing secret that as they gave away what they had been given, it began to grow and they actually never ran out and actually had baskets full of food left over at the end. And I think this is a spiritual principle. It says that when Jesus took that bread, it says he blessed it and then he broke it. And I think that God only blesses what he breaks and when he breaks, it’s for the sake of multiplication and distribution. As we give away what we have, he gives us more. And that’s been my experience and the experience of the ministry. And I think that the best years of our ministry and of our lives are ahead of us still because of this incredible thing of multiplication.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:28):
Now, if someone’s listening and they feel a calling to evangelism, what are some ways that they can get trained? I know you’re launching a brand new school of ministry. Are there still opportunities for people to get trained through that? And what are some of the other things that CFAN is offering?

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (11:47):
Yeah, of course the Christ for All Nations School of Ministry is an incredible opportunity to be raised up and trained. We still have the bootcamp, it’s not running right now, but if you come to the School of Ministry, you’ll be in the line for the bootcamp as well. Also, we have schools of fire. We have the fire camps. Jesus Camps is a derivative of the fire camps, as you know, which is like a one week long intensive where you get linked with the Christ for All Nation’s family. We call it the Evangelism Alliance, which has thousands of evangelists linked together, working together. And really what we do, we have different levels of training. Some are very in depth, some are customized for people that want to do gospel crusades like Chan is known for. We have a training called One-to-One, which is designed just to help people share the gospel with their neighbor and their friends in a one-on-one way.

(12:37):
It’s a one day training. So we’ve got all these different levels. But I found that the great thing is that I remember early when I first started doing evangelism and I was trying to do gospel crusades, I saw what Evangel Bonnke was doing. This was before I was working with him. And I looked at these super massive gospel crusades and I thought to myself, how do you even get started doing something like that? It just seems overwhelming, it seems impossible. Where would you begin? And I found that by just giving people the tools and the resources to be able to begin, then that ability to take the first step results in God just blessing the steps and providing more. Like Evangelist Bonnke said, even God can’t steer a parked car. So on some level, you’ve got to be able to get busy and take the first step.

(13:26):
And we have been able to do that very effectively for many of these evangelists. And now some of the guys that we’ve trained, as you said, they are quickly becoming and sometimes already are in different places of the world, the leaders of evangelism in their respective regions and countries. And like you just said, everywhere we go in the world, we see them and God is raising them up and using them. I think that in many ways, they have themselves become heirs of the legacy and the heritage that God has entrusted us here with at Christ for all nations. They’ve become carriers of that same torch and that same fire, and it just goes on and on. And it will outlive both of us, Daniel and I believe it will continue until Jesus comes.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:08):
Amen. Not only are you leading Christ for All Nations, but you’re also pastoring nation’s church, which is a local expression of the Global Sea fan vision in the Orlando area. And you’re also writing books, and you’ve just recently written a brand new book called Furious. Tell me a little bit about this new book that you’ve just about to come out.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (14:35):
Well, that’s a perfect segue, Daniel, because the evangelistic ministry and the pastoral ministry kind of come together at this point because as evangelists, we love the gospel as every believer should. But for us, it is where we live. We live in the revelation of the gospel and in the preaching of the gospel. And as a pastor, I don’t preach as evangelistically in my church Sunday after Sunday, as you can imagine, but I still always find a way to slip the gospel in there no matter what we’re doing. And that was especially easy recently when I decided to do an expository series preaching verse by verse through the Book of Galatians. Now, the book of Galatians is one of the most fascinating books in the entire Bible. It was written by the apostle Paul. It is a fiery book. It is a raw book. It is a book that seeds with emotion and passion.

(15:30):
And Paul is fighting for the gospel against these people call the Judaizers that are trying to convince new believers, gentile believers in Galatia to go back under the law of Moses. And he’s refuting their doctrine and debating with them. And there’s just a lot of interesting backstory and there’s a lot of context to Galatians that’s very important for somebody to grasp it. If you don’t grasp it, you might read Galatians and not even really understand what’s going on. I was enjoying preaching expositorily verse by verse through Galatians in my church every week people were coming up to me and just telling me how much it was transforming them and changing them and opening their eyes, and people asked me to write something. So when I got to the end of the series, I thought, I’ll just take my sermon notes and I’ll put ’em together in sort of a casual commentary, nothing scholarly, but just to help people guide them through the book of Galatians.

(16:24):
And as I was working on it, I just felt frustrated and I didn’t really grasp why do I feel this way? And then it occurred to me just expository book, like a commentary going through Galatians, doesn’t do it justice. It’s so much more dynamic than that. And I began to think about how can I really help somebody to understand at a very deep level what’s happening in the book of Galatians? And then suddenly I felt like the Holy Spirit just touched me. I really do believe the idea came from the Lord. And I suddenly saw it was a vision of this scene where the Apostle Paul is sitting in a room and he’s dictating the book of Galatians to a scribe. Because if you know how Paul wrote his letters, he very often utilized a scribe. He would dictate, the scribe would write down what he was saying, and I imagined what would it be like if you could sit in that room where Paul is dictating the book of Galatians and hear this conversation unfold between him and his scribe and have Paul himself telling the backstories in dramatic flare and in really engaging fashion, what would it be like if you could absorb not just what he was saying but why he was saying it, and the logic behind his words and the heartbeat that drove him to write the book of Galatians?

(17:42):
And so that’s where I started, and I just began writing this book not really knowing if I could even finish it or if it would have the continuity needed to bring it out. And as I was writing, I just felt like the Holy Spirit kept helping me page by page, chapter by chapter. And what we ended up here with is something that is really unique. I’ve never read another book like it. When you read the book, you will literally go through the entire book of Galatians verse by verse, because Paul’s dictating it throughout the course of the book, but you don’t feel like you’re reading the Bible. You feel like you’re reading a novel. It’s a story, and it’s exciting and it’s colorful, and you will naturally absorb all of these things, the logic and the context of the book of Galatians. And by the end, I think you’ll have a deep revelation, not only of what Galatians itself is saying, but the gospel understanding the gospel and the importance of the gospel on a totally new level. I think it will be very transformative to people who read it.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:38):
So bring it forward for us from the Galatians who read this letter over 2000 years ago to today. What do Christians today need to understand about the gospel that you can find in the Book of Galatians?

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (18:55):
Well, there’s so many things, and the reason that the Galatians still speaks to us so much today is because it touches on, there was a very specific issue in the Galatian church, but the underlying layer to that is something that it is characteristic of all human nature, and it is this desire and this attempt to constantly take the wheel. It’s kind of like, well, Jesus saved me by grace through faith. There’s nothing I could do to earn it. But then there’s this temptation to grab the wheel and say, okay, Lord, now I can take it from here. And we may not think of it that way consciously. We wouldn’t express it that way with our words. But at the same time, there’s this tendency to feel like, well, I’ve got to add something. I’ve got to do something. If I can just be a little bit better, then God will love me a little bit more.

(19:46):
If I can just pray more, if I just read my Bible more, if I just live a holier life, then God is going to really accept me, then I’m really going to be part of his family. And again, for the Galatians, they were being tempted to supplement the work of the cross by going back to the law of Moses. Now, that’s not the biggest issue now, although I don’t know if you know this Daniel, but there is a big movement right now where people are being drawn back into. Some of ’em will call it like Hebrew roots theology. There’s different names for it. I’m not talking about Messianic Jewish believers. That’s a different thing. But this is people who are trying to persuade even today gentile believers in Jesus that if they really want to be pleasing to God, what they have to do is observe the law of Moses.

(20:31):
And you see people returning to the feasts and the fasts. And I’ve even seen people go so far as they stopped wearing clothes with mixed fabrics in them. I had one friend that I heard that he was getting into some of this Hebrew roots stuff, and he was, again, is a gentile believer. And then we pulled up to his house one day and he came out, and I was shocked when I saw him come out of the house and he was wearing a black coat and a black top hat, and he’d grown his beard out and the sides of his side burns were curled, and he was dressed like an Orthodox Jew because he literally believed that God wanted him to fulfill the law of Moses in order to be more pleasing to him. And it’s interesting because Orthodox Judaism didn’t even emerge until hundreds of years after Christ.

(21:17):
So this wasn’t even something that was around in the time of Jesus. And yet you can see how insidious this temptation to slip back into law and into performance and into the work of our own hands is not just for those following Hebrew roots theology, but for every believer. The Book of Galatians, it’s one of those books, Galatians and Romans are what sparked the Protestant reformation in some ways. Many of us, I would say probably the majority of your audience is a product of the Protestant Reformation. But I believe that we need constantly to have a fresh reformation in our own hearts, which is turning away from the work of our hands and our striving and our efforts to please God and putting our focus back on the cross, the finished work of Christ and the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

Evangelist Daniel King (22:04):
So one side is people going back to the law, and then there’s another movement where people take grace to the extreme and say, we can do anything and say, we’re not subject to any of the laws. We don’t have to obey anything. We can do anything we want and live any way we want, and God will still love us. So how do we as Christians stay holy, but also walk in the knowledge of what God’s grace has done for us?

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (22:39):
Well, this is something that Paul addresses in the Book of Galatians because again, you can imagine that one of the things that the Judaizers were accusing Paul of is being lawless and promoting some sort of a lawless approach to the gospel, maybe to win the approval of people. And Paul addresses this after he lays out very clearly the gospel he gets into in chapters three and four, and especially near the end of the book, he really begins to focus on how do we live a life that is pleasing to God? So it’s not just that, oh, Jesus died for you now go do whatever you want, just live any way that you want. No, the power of the gospel is that Jesus died so that we could become children of God. And now that we are children of God, the Holy Spirit comes to live and dwell on the inside of us, and the Holy Spirit changes us from the inside so that we, by our new natures in Christ naturally live lives that are pleasing to God, and we naturally bear the fruit of the Spirit. By the way, you know that whole passage on the fruit of the spirit, love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, long suffering, yet all these things that comes from the book of Galatians where Paul is describing to these Gentiles, how you can actually live a life that is pleasing to God, and you cannot do that. This is the crux of the matter. You cannot do this apart from the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in your life.

Evangelist Daniel King (24:04):
It sounds like this book really makes the Bible come alive in a very real way. And so I hope that everyone who’s listening will get a copy of it. How can they order a copy of your new book Furious?

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (24:19):
Well, it’s available everywhere where you buy books. If you get ’em on Amazon or I don’t know what’s out these days, Barnes and Noble, but we also have it available on our ministry website. You can go to CA n.org that stands for Christ for All Nations CA n.org, and you can find it there as well and anywhere else that you buy your books.

Evangelist Daniel King (24:42):
And I’d really encourage you, if you’re listening to go to the CAN website, CA n.org, and on there you can find out about all the opportunities to be trained in evangelism. And if you want to help support an evangelistic ministry that is making a difference around the world and has an amazing track record of over a hundred million souls, I’d really encourage you to become a supporter of C Fan and help them on a monthly basis, give them a gift to help them with one of their crusades. It will be a huge blessing.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (25:19):
Thank you, Daniel.

Evangelist Daniel King (25:21):
Yeah. Well, tell us kind of what comes next for CA. What are some of the big plans that you guys have coming up?

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (25:30):
Well, again, our big focus the next five years, we we’re doing crusades all over the world, expanding territory into new regions, and really focusing on training up new evangelists. And that really is the heart of the ministry and the vision that God has given us. I believe that we’ll see over the next five years, over a million Africans become part of the Evangelism Alliance. We have a strategy for this, and I’m just looking forward to the greatest season of harvest that we’ve ever seen coming up just ahead.

Evangelist Daniel King (26:02):
Amen. Well, Daniel, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast. I appreciate it.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda (26:08):
Thanks, Daniel. God bless you.

Evangelism Podcast Host (26:09):
Are you called by God to be an evangelist? Do you want to lead millions of people to Jesus? Do you desire to be trained in the practical side of building a ministry? Then check out the Daniel King School of Evangelism. Learn how to be an effective evangelist from Dr. Daniel King’s 20 plus years of experience. Daniel King has done crusades all over the world in over 70 nations and is seen over 2 million people give their lives to Jesus. But it wasn’t easy. There was no crusade school. So Daniel traveled the world learning from and observing top evangelists, noticing how they successfully won souls for Christ. Now he wants to share decades of knowledge and experience with you. Topics of the Daniel King School of Evangelism include what is an evangelist, how to be a master soul winner, how to give an altar call, how to organize a crusade, how to raise money for your ministry, and much more. If you want to be an evangelist, but don’t know where to start, the Daniel King School of Evangelism is for you. Enroll today in the School of Evangelism by going to Daniel King ministries.com/evangelism. Thanks

Evangelist Daniel King (27:12):
So much for listening today. I am excited about telling people about Jesus, and I want to invite you to be a part of helping us to rescue people from Hell and take them with us to heaven. There’s two things you can do to help. First of all, can you go find the Evangelism podcast on Apple iTunes and leave us a positive review by giving a review, you will help other people find these valuable resources about sharing our faith. And second, would you become a financial partner with King Ministries. Every single dollar that people give us enables us to lead at least one person to Jesus. And so that means for only $1, you can help start a party in heaven. And so today I want to invite you to become a monthly partner. You can start out for just a dollar, but if God puts it on your heart to do more, of course you can do more. But please go to king ministries.com and become a monthly partner with us today to help us to lead more people to Jesus. Thank you so much, and God bless you.

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What is God Doing in Thailand? | Phumiwanet Methiakrakul

On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast, Evangelist Daniel King and Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul of Thailand about the “Everyone Thailand” vision to reach 7 million people in Thailand with the gospel, which would be 10% of the country’s 70 million population. They discuss the strategic location of the city of Pitsanulok (where Daniel King is doing a crusade) as a crossroads of Indochina, with China building infrastructure like roads and railways connecting the region. We are targeting a strategic location for our upcoming crusade in the middle of Southeast Asia.

Learn More About Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul: https://www.sadudee.org/

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King, and I’m excited about telling people about Jesus. I’m so excited to be here in the nation of Thailand with Pastor Pu. Can you say your full name, please?

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (00:13):
Yeah, my full name is Pastor Poom. I serve the Lord as Pastor in the prayer church, Bangkok, Thailand.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:23):
And you are part of the National Committee for Everyone Thailand.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (00:30):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:30):
Tell me a little bit about the vision of Everyone Thailand.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (00:35):
Yeah. The vision from everyone. Thailand. We would like to bring the gospel to the unsaved people. At least 7 million in the whole country in Thailand? Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:48):
What’s the total population of Thailand?

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (00:51):
The population is 70 plus.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:54):
70 million people.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (00:56):
Yeah, 70 million.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:57):
And so the goal is to reach at least

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (01:00):
10%. 10%,

Evangelist Daniel King (01:01):
And to see at least 7 million people come to Jesus. And this would be a huge miracle because of course at this time, Christianity is, I’ve heard one or 2% of the

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (01:13):
Nation in the Christianity is lesser than 1%. If you in include with the Catholic, yeah. Is a little bit 1% plus a little bit.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:26):
And so the goal is that at least 10% of the nation

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (01:30):
Would

Evangelist Daniel King (01:30):
Hear about Jesus and respond with faith in Jesus.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (01:35):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:36):
What a great vision. It comes from the Lord and it’s so beautiful to see what God is doing in many different provinces and areas around Thailand. Today we are in the city of Piston law, which is a region right in the middle of Thailand.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (01:57):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:58):
And so many different evangelists are coming and each evangelist is assigned to a different area of Thailand,

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:03):
Of

Evangelist Daniel King (02:04):
Course. But my assignment is this city of

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:08):
Pilo

Evangelist Daniel King (02:08):
And we’ve been having a Jesus camp and it’s so beautiful to see all the people

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:14):
That

Evangelist Daniel King (02:14):
Have come that are hungry to learn how to share about Jesus. What do you see that God is doing here in Piston low this week?

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:21):
It’s amazing. You see, piston law is a strategic province. Is a province is like the Indochina intersection.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:34):
It’s the intersection

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:35):
Intersection

Evangelist Daniel King (02:36):
Of Indochina

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (02:37):
Indochina. So that is mean that the mainland China, the Chinese, they will built up the road from the China cross to this city and then from the China down to Malaysia and Singapore, and they will build up one more line from Vietnam, Cambodia across this city to Myanmar and to India.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:07):
Wow. So really this is a very strategic place. The city of PIs Lo. So you’re saying that the Chinese government is building roads and infrastructure from China

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:20):
And also railway

Evangelist Daniel King (03:21):
In a railway down through Lao Laos, the nation of Laos. Into

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:28):
Thailand. Into Thailand,

Evangelist Daniel King (03:29):
All the way down to Bangkok and then onto Malaysia.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:33):
Yes, of course.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:34):
And then with the harbor and Malaysia, then you have access to Singapore, to Indonesia.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:39):
Indonesia.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:40):
And then from Cambodia

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:42):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (03:43):
Vietnam. So Vietnam come through Cambodia

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:46):
To

Evangelist Daniel King (03:47):
Piston law and then onto Myanmar in India.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (03:50):
India.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:51):
And so this city is very strategic. It’s the crossroads of Indochina. And I think it’s so special that God has assigned me to come here. The committee was praying which evangelists was supposed to go to which place, and God brought me here to this city. And I really believe that we will see a spark of revival here in this place that is going to spread all over Southeast Asia.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (04:21):
Yes, yes. It’s really amazing. You see, since that we have Dr. T Osborn came to Thailand two, three times. The last one that I was the director Cru for.

Evangelist Daniel King (04:35):
So you were the director,

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (04:37):
Director for

Evangelist Daniel King (04:37):
Dr. TL O Osborne, the great missionary evangelist. Yes. He came to

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (04:42):
Thailand. Yes. Yes. He came to Thailand the last time that he came to Bangkok on the 2003 after the Cru, then he finished in Bangkok. We brought him to go to the Northeast Conan province and he make the two province for the crusade. And each cru is filled with over 20 20,000 in the

Evangelist Daniel King (05:10):
Ade. And

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (05:10):
The people got saved and people got healing. And the people, so many people, it’s amazing on those times.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:18):
Well, I remember when I was a young man,

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (05:21):
I

Evangelist Daniel King (05:21):
Was going to victory Bible college in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And TL Osborne was one of our teachers. And he came and he talked about Thailand and he talked about all the miracles that God had done here in Thailand. He told one story about a man who was a leper, who was healed many years ago in the late 1950s, early 1960s. And then he became a pastor and planted many churches. And it was so neat here at the Jesus camp yesterday, the son of the leper who was healed at a Tia Osborne crusade. He was my translator. And so Tia Osborne, he told that story. And I remember when he told it, I began to pray and say, God, I pray that someday that you would send me to preach the gospel in Thailand. And I began to pray for Thailand. And now here I am. Yeah. It’s amazing. Yeah. God has sent me here. And it’s so neat with that one miracle that God did in the life of the leper many years ago, it now extended into the next generation, in the next generation. And even that story inspired me to be an evangelist. And so that shows the power of one miracle. When God does a miracle in someone’s life, it can change the entire family. Of course it can change the entire destiny

(06:51):
Of an entire region. And God can bless multiple generations, all because of one miracle,

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (06:58):
Praise God. And we will believe that the Lord will do more, not just only for this event that you coming to this event this time. So the cruise said here in the city of epi, the law, it’ll go on and on and on and on. Last night when I got back to my hotel and I keep praying and the Lord saying to me is so many words, one of the confirmation that he going to use this piece of the law inside a strategic province. That many, many speaker, many evangelists will come to this place. It is over and over many years in the next 10 years, many, many times. And they will bring the people from this city and the city, the unserved people from the outside country, they will come and see what happened in this area. And then they will bring the good news from this city back to their own country as well. So last night, I keep praying, Lord made you do it in your ma way. Yeah.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:10):
Amen.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (08:11):
Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:11):
Well, you are one of the key pastors here in the nation that has invited everyone Thailand. And it’s so beautiful because different nations from around the world are sending evangelists and pastors

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (08:26):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (08:27):
People to help disciple

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (08:29):
Here

Evangelist Daniel King (08:29):
In Thailand. And really this vision of everyone, Thailand is to call the entire body of Christ from around the world to pray for Thailand

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (08:38):
Praise,

Evangelist Daniel King (08:39):
To come to Thailand, to join with the church of Thailand in the vision that God has given you to reach people for Jesus here. And so we are very honored to be a part. It is such a privilege to join with the churches of Thailand. You have been praying for so many years

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (09:00):
For

Evangelist Daniel King (09:00):
Thailand to be saved, for Thailand to come to Jesus. And God has heard your prayers. And now he is sending people from all over the world to participate. And so I am very grateful to the Lord, to be one of the evangelists who is participating in this. And we are going to be having a gospel truck for this province of piston low. It arrives today. It’s God has provided the money for the gospel truck, and we are going to send it from village to village, from place to place doing gospel truck outreaches. And we’re going to be doing youth campaigns and music festivals, and then we’ll have a big crusade here. And so we believe that many thousands of people will come to Jesus through these efforts.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (09:53):
Yes. So I would like to ask many of your team and also the leader and the pastor and also the church member in your city, Oklahoma, and also everywhere in SA or any country in the world keep praying for Thailand. So we would like to see the believer will increase from the very little bit percentage will growing up more than 10% or 20% and 30%. So our goal is if the Lord will, we would like to have seen Thai people God saved in South Africa. Yeah. We would like to see on that. So that why we keep praying. Please keep praying for us for the next 10 years. Yeah, please.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:41):
Amen. Tell me again the story of Tal Osborn when he first come.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (10:46):
Oh,

Evangelist Daniel King (10:48):
Just tell me.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (10:52):
So

Evangelist Daniel King (10:52):
When Tia Osborne first came to Thailand, the people saw Jesus. Tell me about

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (10:57):
That. Okay, so the first time Dr. T Osborne came to Thailand at the South City name is drunk. On those time that during that he pushed on the nighttime, the Lord Jesus appeared himself on the top, on the loop of the church, close to the coconut tree,

Evangelist Daniel King (11:17):
Next to the coconut tree,

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (11:18):
Next to the coconut tree, and the people that saw the Lord Jesus and the new bar, and they cry for help. That is a marvelous thing that the Lord appear himself for them.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:30):
Wow. What a great testimony. Thank you for sharing. Thank you. Well, let’s finish with a word of prayer for Thailand and let’s pray that God would pour out his spirit upon this nation

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (11:44):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (11:44):
We would see a great harvest.

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (11:45):
Thank

Evangelist Daniel King (11:45):
You. Would you lead us in a prayer for the nation of Thailand?

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (11:49):
Yeah, please. Yeah. Okay. May I pray in Thailand?

Evangelist Daniel King (11:52):
Yes, please pray under

Pastor Phumiwanet Methiakrakul (11:54):
Language. Every Father, right now, I pray you made send your mighty power of the Holy Spirit through every area, every province, and every soul, every heart, Lord made you open their eye that they can see open their eye. Hope opened their eyes at the as Dr. T Osborn, that he came to Thailand on the first time in the beginning that he start ministry at the south. The people they can see you at the coconut tree and the people that knew down and they cry and they ask for help. Lord Jesus, may you live yourself to the whole country, every province, every city. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Lord, I believe that the new believer will come up and rise up, hallelujah. From the very little of the percentage, maybe just only one percentage. Lord, will you increase to five percentage, 10 percentage, 30 percentage and 60% percentage. And Lord, and more and more increase up, hallelujah, until before that you come in. Thank you Jesus. We pray in your mighty power name, in the name of God Jesus. Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (13:40):
Amen. And so please pray with us for the nation of Thailand. Pray that God would pour out his spirit on this nation. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism podcast. Praise a lot. Thank you. Amen.

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Leper Healed in Thailand | Pastor Richard Sangwien

Pastor Richard Sangwien’s father was healed of leprosy and jaundice after attending a crusade led by evangelist T.L. Osborn in Thailand. After his miraculous healing, Richard’s father became a pastor and planted several churches, leading many people to Christ. This miracle has now impacted multiple generations. On this episode of the Evangelism Podcast you will learn how one miracle can have a ripple effect that changes lives for many years to come.

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. My name is Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, pastor Richard, thank you for being with me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (00:14):
Thank you so much for inviting me to join with the Evangelism Podcast.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:18):
Now you have been my translator for the last couple of days here at the Jesus camp in Phitsanulok, Thailand.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (00:27):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:27):
And I was so happy to meet you because your story is part of the reason that I have come to Thailand. Wow. So many years ago, pastor Richard, I was a student at Victory Bible College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And the great evangelist, Dr. TL Osborn, he came to teach at the school and I remember that he talked about Thailand and he shared stories about what God had done in Thailand. And one story he told was about a man who was a leper. And this leper came to one of Teal Osborne’s crusades many years ago, late 1950s, early 1960s, somewhere in there. And Jesus healed the leper and then he became a pastor. And when Dr. Osborne came back, he met the man who had been a leper, who is now a pastor. And so he shared this story and I remember that story impacted my life so much and I decided that I would pray and ask God to send me to Thailand to preach the gospel. Now, many years later, I’ve been praying for Thailand and asking God to provide an opportunity for me to preach here and now, here I am, I’m in Thailand. We came to this conference and I discovered that you are the translator

(01:56):
And the leper, the miracle story, the miraculous story of the leper. I found out that story is your father.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (02:06):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:06):
And so now tell me the story from your father’s perspective. What did God do in his life?

Pastor Richard Sangwien (02:14):
Yes. When I was young, he told me that he used to be the monk in the Buddhist temple is the monk. And he got saved through something that is very special because he want to kill himself because he very shameful. And then he lost his hope so that he said that because I am got this disease, I cannot be in front of the people. And I lost everything. He lost everything actually, because he want to get healed. That’s why he went to see, that’s long, long time ago. Thailand is medical treatment is not like now this. That’s why he went to many of witch crab doctor and he lost everything until he said that I am going to make a decision that I want to kill myself. So that he tried to kill himself three time. Wow. Yes. And then first time is not success. The second time, not success, but third time almost success,

(03:37):
He went down from my village because my village is in province, northern of Thailand. And he came down from his province and came to city of Xang Mai, one of the city of Xang. They have the big river there across the city and they have bridge. Many people came to that bridge and jumped to the river, kill themselves. And my dad also, he make decision, this is the last time, last choice. So he came down and then he want to jump, but he came from the village late. He arrived the city at night. And then he said, oh, I need to stay overnight here. And then he stay in the market, the market because no hotel, he stay in market. And then in the market, people keep talking about one of the hospital we call Western Hospital that our kings donate, gave the land to the missionary and to set the start hotel there. No, no hospital, special hospital for the labor. And then he also, when he heard this, because at those time Thai people don’t trust the western medicine

Evangelist Daniel King (05:23):
Because

Pastor Richard Sangwien (05:23):
It’s something is news, but it’s something that click, it’s his heart change his mind. What another choice. Maybe my last choice because I went to many doctors, which doctor? Witch graft doctor. And then he said, ah, I might go to western doctor, something like that. In the morning he crossed that bridge, the bridge that he want to jump. And he crossed that. And then he went to the hospital that is a missionary hospital. And then he got saved in that hospital. He gave his life to Jesus at the missionaries,

Evangelist Daniel King (06:10):
Told him about

Pastor Richard Sangwien (06:11):
Jesus. And one of the key, his changes his life is he feel the love of the doctor and nurse who are missionary. They’re not European, but they’re so kind and they’re so gentle and love him and do everything because his hand is like this. And his

Evangelist Daniel King (06:40):
Fingers, the leprosy had caused his fingers to fall off. Yeah, fall off like

Pastor Richard Sangwien (06:44):
This. And then also he got some wool and smell, but the doctor and nurse took care of him very well.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:55):
Wow.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (06:55):
So I said that, wow, why these people, Christian, he heard Christian, but bad name, but why? They are just good person full of love like this. And then it starting open his heart for the gospel. And then the missionary keep continued to share the love in action and also share the gospel. So finally he opened his heart to receive Jesus

Evangelist Daniel King (07:27):
Christ. So then at what point did he go to the Tal Osborne? C.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (07:32):
And then after that he still have lepers and then

Evangelist Daniel King (07:38):
He still had leprosy, still have.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (07:43):
And also he have another disease. He have jaundice.

Evangelist Daniel King (07:46):
Jaundice. It makes your skin to become very yellow.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (07:48):
Very yellow.

Evangelist Daniel King (07:50):
Even

Pastor Richard Sangwien (07:50):
Your eyes turned

Evangelist Daniel King (07:51):
Yellow. Yes.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (07:52):
His eye. And he got very serious until he’s so weak and he almost died. So that’s why he made one of missionary over there send him down to T Osborne far away from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. Yeah. That’s a lovely way by train. And also because he’s sick, my mom have to come together with him. And so that my mom and my dad have to brought me together with them and with my brothers. And we came down as a family. This is the first time that I met t Osborn and also,

Evangelist Daniel King (08:33):
Wow. How old were you at that time?

Pastor Richard Sangwien (08:36):
About seven

Evangelist Daniel King (08:37):
Years old. A little boy.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (08:38):
Little boy. A little boy.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:39):
And so you came with your father down to the crusade. And at crusade Jesus

Pastor Richard Sangwien (08:45):
Did a miracle. That is the first miracle in our family. And the Lord is saved his life. He almost died very weak. And then my wife carried him to the crusade. And then at that first night in the crusade, his Steve yellow have lepers. And that night, the Lord is did a great miracle in his life and my family.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:17):
Wow.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (09:18):
Yeah. Because when he finished the crusade and he stay in that area, and then when he woke up in the morning, my mom just turned her face to see his face. Saw his face. She surprised. Wow, what’s happening? You look like not yellow. You’re not yellow, and you’re not yellow. The jaundice has been healed, be healed. And she checked with his eye and because his guilt is come back normal, it’s totally, completely healed. And he get the strain come back. And then the leprosy also, the Lord healed him. Totally. And he checked because they have to check the blood. Right. Normal. And so

Evangelist Daniel King (10:08):
After your father was healed of leprosy, he became a pastor.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (10:12):
Then he became a pastor, and actually he became the pastor. And he worked among the leprosy people, the lepers.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:25):
And he planted several churches

Pastor Richard Sangwien (10:27):
Through working with them and then take care of them. And then at that time, he worked with the Finnish mission, full Gospel Finn Mission. And then he shared the gospel and he, whatever, that he got the love from the visionary he learns. And he very impressed at that moment. He did the same thing with all the lepers.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:55):
That’s

Pastor Richard Sangwien (10:55):
Why he planned more than seven churches in two district in northern of Chiang Mai.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:03):
And now you continue the legacy

Pastor Richard Sangwien (11:06):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (11:06):
You are a pastor. What’s the name of your church?

Pastor Richard Sangwien (11:10):
My church name is

Evangelist Daniel King (11:12):
The Be a Blessing church. And tell me about your family because now God is blessing the entire family because of what God did in your father’s life.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (11:20):
Wow. That is great blessing. When I look back, because my dad, his labors, he’s poor, but he have heart for God and he very faithful to serve the Lord. And he has the man of faith and he plant the churches and he keep telling us and toss us about Jesus because we are just only one family in our village to be Christian. Sometime I feel that I am stranger among the friends, but I have seen his faith and his faithfulness to the Lord Jesus and his love is impressed me so much. Well, one day I come and pray to the Lord because I want to see Jesus. I said, I still believe, I still remember that I was 11 years old. I said that, Jesus, if you are real, if you are God, could you please show yourself to me? I can see if I see you.

(12:25):
And now I know that Jesus the same. You’re the God that my father believe I can have experience. So that at that night he don’t show me as I expect, but the holy spirits come to me. I feel with the love of the Lord, and I feel with peace and I totally surrender my life to him. And then I cry and I said that, yes, no, now I know you are real. And then I submit my life to serve the Lord. Because my dad, he always pray that all his kids should be serving God to be the God’s servants. So the Lord answer his prayer.

(13:18):
And from that day until now, more than 50 years ago, I follow Christ and serve the Lord. My church. We have organization. I am taking care about 30 more than 30 churches in Thailand now. And also my family, one of my brother, he’s a pastor, one of the church in my organization and also my dad before he became to be Christian, he have a wife already, but he, because he want to commit himself to die, he want to make the suicide and he throw everything out from his life. So he have one daughter there, daughter with that’s wife. And then when he got saved, he come back and try to converse his ex-wife and his daughter. And finally his daughter got saved. Wow. And then he tried to pray. He told me that he prayed for his daughter seven years. Wow. He prayed for his son-in-law altogether nine year. And then whole family got saved. And this family have one son now. He’s one of the pastor. He’s a great pastor. I think he have one big church here in Thailand. Pastor Liberty Church. At Liberty Church. Yeah. We were there

Evangelist Daniel King (15:12):
For the everyone Thailand conference Conference in February. And it was so beautiful to see what God is doing there. They have such a beautiful building, beautiful facility. God has blessed them in a great

Pastor Richard Sangwien (15:23):
Way.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:24):
And so the miracle that God did in the life of your father has continued down through the generations. Even his story impacting my life. And so I think it’s so neat that now you and I are here together and you are translating when I get to preach the gospel in Thailand, and I believe that this generation that we will see many miracles that will continue for many years to come. Now you also lead a team of intercessors for Thailand. What’s the name of the team?

Pastor Richard Sangwien (15:54):
This team we call intercessor for Thailand.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:58):
Okay. So on my evangelism podcast, I’m asking people to pray for Thailand. Oh,

Pastor Richard Sangwien (16:03):
Wonderful.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:04):
Can you give us some of the key things that people should be praying for as we pray for Thailand?

Pastor Richard Sangwien (16:12):
As everyone know around the word that Christians came, URI came to Thailand for a long, long time. Somebody said, that is a great yacht, the graveyard of missionaries. Yeah. I know that. You pay the price everything. Almost 200 years next on the year of 2028 Easter 200 year, we will celebrate that. But we have just only less than 1% Christianity here in Thailand. So the main key, and we would like every one of you to pray for us in Thailand, is we want to see this nation change. Actually, we have national goal together among the Christian in Protestant in the year of 2028. We want to see 1 million Christians and one and 10,000 churches and 10,000 pastor. Now we have about 600 something plus Christian here. So we need you to pray for us, and we want to see by the year of 2030 2030, we want to see more than 10% of the Thai people become to be Christian.

Evangelist Daniel King (17:36):
Amen.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (17:36):
This is the intercessor in Thailand. We mobilize and we teach them. We encourage them to pray for our nation that the Lord will do. Great thing among us is we want to see that the great revival and Thailand shall be saved and many people will come back to the Lord. So we put our heart and food of faith, we pray for our nation. This is, we want you to order intercessor everywhere in the world. You can pray for us of our national goal. And we want to see, it’s not just only Taal, but we want to see that we break through.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:22):
Amen. Yeah. Well, let’s finish the interview with a prayer for Thailand. Wonderful. We have just one minute left, but can you pray in the Thai language for Thailand to come to

Pastor Richard Sangwien (18:34):
Jesus? Yes. Shall we pray to generation out? Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (20:01):
Thank you Pastor Richard for being on the Evangelism podcast.

Pastor Richard Sangwien (20:04):
You’re welcome. Thank you so much. God bless you.

 

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Crypto: What Do Ministries Need to Know? | Shawn Wilderom & Crypto Will

Today on The Evangelism Podcast we talk about crypto with Shawn Wilderom & Crypto Will. What do ministries need to know about crypto? What are the advantages to ministries using crypto? If a ministry wants to accept crypto donations, what platform is best for doing so? Is crypto a good way to transfer money to other nations? If someone wants to invest in crypto what is a good way to get started? All this and more…

Learn More About Shawn Wilderom and Crypto: https://www.digitalassetconsultants.co/

Learn More About EnGiven: https://www.engiven.com/ 

Summary: 

How ministries can utilize cryptocurrency to accept donations, transfer money internationally, and invest in crypto assets.

Key points:

  • Ministries can accept crypto donations through platforms like Engiven, which have low fees and are easy to set up.
  • Crypto can enable faster and cheaper international money transfers compared to traditional banking methods like wire transfers.
  • Investing in crypto, especially high-growth assets like Bitcoin and altcoins, can generate significant returns that can be used to fund ministry activities.
  • The guests provide advice on how to get started with crypto, including using exchanges like Coinbase and seeking guidance from experienced crypto investors.

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Today on the Evangelism Podcast, we talk about crypto with Sean Rim and crypto will, what do ministries need to know about crypto? What are the advantages to ministries using crypto? If a ministry wants to accept crypto donations, what platform is best for doing so? Is crypto a good way to transfer money to other nations? If someone wants to invest in crypto, what is the best way to get started all this and more. Let’s go.

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:48):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist,

Evangelist Daniel King (01:11):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have two very special guests with me, Shawn Wilderom and Spencer (Crypto Will), and both of you are crypto geniuses. Shawn, you’ve been a friend for a long time and actually your wife is on the board of King Ministries.

Shawn Wilderom (01:36):
That is correct.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:36):
And so we’re so grateful for you being part of the ministry. You have gone with me on several mission trips. We’ve been in the Philippines together and we’ve been in Belize together and so appreciate you. You are an expert on crypto.

Shawn Wilderom (01:56):
That is correct.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:57):
And so on today’s episode, we’re going to talk about how ministers can use crypto to do what God has called them to do.

Shawn Wilderom (02:06):
Let’s get after it. I’m excited.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:08):
Alright. So the first thing I think everyone needs to know is if they have a website and someone comes to the website and wants to make a donation so they can give with credit card, they can find the information to wire money to the bank. But a lot of people now are investing in crypto and I think it’s important for ministries to be able to accept donations with crypto. Is there a way that people can make donations with crypto?

Shawn Wilderom (02:40):
Absolutely Daniel. And one of the best ways is a vehicle called Engiven a lot of companies do partner with and given. So they will be able to get with and given, go to the website and get signed. That’s the quickest way. There is no upfront fee and the fees are just ongoing, very minimal, just like doing and processing the PayPal or a credit card whenever someone does give to their ministry.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:04):
Okay. So you have a lot of crypto. Do you give to any ministries using crypto?

Shawn Wilderom (03:10):
I do, but only whenever at a certain point of the cycle. And I can get into that later or in another podcast, but right now I’m investing heavily into crypto. But I will eventually and do when the timing is right, give a lot of percentage of my gains each year into ministries that do offer crypto.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:34):
So talk to me a little bit about your giving philosophy. Really, one of your gifts is entrepreneurship. You’re very much an entrepreneur. Ever since I’ve known you, you’ve always looked for business deals, been really good at getting into a bunch of different businesses, and God brought you to crypto. And your goal is to make a lot of money in crypto because along with your entrepreneur gift, you also have a gift for giving. And so your goal is to help ministries around the world to do what God has called them to do. And so talk to me a little bit about what crypto can do for you to reach your goals of being the giver God has called you to be.

Shawn Wilderom (04:19):
I feel like Lou Gehrig, Lou Gehrig talked about he consider himself the luckiest man in the world because of baseball. Crypto is that way. To me, it has opened up so many avenues and ways to give more because the Bible says given all given to every give work, and not just Daniel King Ministries and a few other ministries and a couple of churches, but to give to every good work. And whenever we give to every good work, that means that we have to be successful and live a life significance that is far and above what we can never ask, think, or dream. And so we have to really ask the Lord what we are going to do with what he has given us. Too much is given, much is required. And so every time that there’s a new crypto or a new project that is in the crypto space, the Lord put that in someone’s mind. And I’m asked the Lord every day about what the next project, the next big thing is going to be because I want to be that guy. It has to be somebody might as well be me.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:19):
Now, when you first got into crypto, you kept asking me, Hey Daniel, do you accept Bitcoin? I was always like, sure, I’ll take a Bitcoin. And at that time Bitcoin was about $20,000. And I said, Sean, you can give me a Bitcoin. If you want to give me a Bitcoin, I’ll accept it. And you didn’t give me a Bitcoin, you should have given a Bitcoin because now to give me a Bitcoin, it was worth a lot more because Bitcoin recently went to its highest mark. What’s Bitcoin doing these days?

Shawn Wilderom (05:50):
It’s 107,000 at the moment.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:52):
So now it’s a much bigger gift. If you want to give me a Bitcoin,

Shawn Wilderom (05:55):
That is correct.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:56):
You should have given it to me then it would’ve been,

Shawn Wilderom (05:58):
I think I offered that to you on April Fool’s Day.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:01):
Oh, it was April. Now you and I actually you love April Fool’s jokes. It’s my

Shawn Wilderom (06:08):
Favorite holiday.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:08):
You try to get me every year. And so I’ve stopped responding to your text messages in early April. One time I sent you a text with a picture of me in the Denver airport, it’s like, Hey, can you come pick me up? And I wasn’t there. But it didn’t fool you at all? Nope.

Shawn Wilderom (06:26):
I don’t listen or I don’t have any phone calls I receive or I don’t reply to text messages.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:30):
Yeah, I don’t think your promise to give me a Bitcoin wasn’t April fool’s joke. I really think that that was a prophecy.

Shawn Wilderom (06:37):
Well, we can show you how to put a button on your website and get you started with that right away.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:43):
Alright. So Spencer, you are a business partner with Sean.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (06:49):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:49):
Tell me a little bit about how Sean helped you get into crypto and your story of how that’s helped you.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (06:56):
Yeah, so crypto for me has really been a lifesaver in a lot of ways. And when I initially wanted to get into crypto, like all things that I’ve done previously in life, whether it’s sports or music or any of the other hobbies that I’ve had throughout life, I’ve wanted to learn from someone who’s already doing it at a high level. And so I initially, when I was reaching out to contacts and we had a mutual connection that was able to put me in touch with Sean. And at the time Sean had already had extreme levels of success trading crypto and navigating that market. Well, at the time I was actually going through a really extreme health battle. I had a severe cervical spine injury. I’ve had 12 medical procedures in the last three and a half or so years. And crypto and good financial planning has allowed me to really afford the care that I need has put an amazing gift into my life.

(07:54):
And so being able to experience success in the crypto market for myself to work with an amazing mentor that has turned into a brother who has turned into a business partner that been extraordinary. And my big why on why we wanted to start our business and start this consulting firm is my eventual goal. And something that God has put on my heart is to be able to sponsor other people who have had similar spine injuries that can’t afford or can’t have access to the care that has allowed me to even be here today. And I’ve had platelet rich plasma injections into muscle and ligament tears. I’ve had stem cells taken out of my bone marrow and injected into different injury sites and nerve hydro dissections. And none of that type of care is covered by insurance. And so crypto literally in a way has saved my life and God’s put it on my heart to pay it forward and through the successes of our ventures, that is going to be my next step. And the next thing that I really want to do is to be able to help and sponsor those who need that kind of care that don’t have access to it today.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:03):
Now you’ve really become somewhat of a crypto expert and you have a YouTube channel.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (09:10):
Yes sir.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:10):
How does someone find your YouTube channel and get some of your wisdom in the crypto world?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (09:14):
Yeah, absolutely. So my full God-given name is William Spencer Jared. I go online by crypto will and my YouTube channel is called Fresh Prince of Crypto. It’s spelled P-R-I-N-T-S. It was named after my great-grandfather always wanted to do something with that name given that my parents called me Spencer from day one. So to find me, if you’re looking for market analysis, fundamental or technical analysis about crypto, ongoing education about the crypto market, you can find me on YouTube at Fresh Prince of Crypto and then across other socials as well.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:47):
So just give me a crash course in crypto. Everyone’s talking about it on the news, but a lot of people maybe don’t fully understand what it’s all about, how it works. Just kind of walk us through the very basics. I’m not much of an expert in crypto, so you’re going to have to keep it really simple, but just walk me through the basics of how crypto works and how it can help people.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (10:13):
Yeah, absolutely. So at its root, it is the blockchain technology that powers cryptocurrency and simply put, it is a public distributed ledger that records transactions. And there’s a technology called nodes. We don’t need to get into that today that actually solve mathematical equations and algorithms to generate different cryptocurrencies. There’s other mechanisms, but that very simply put is the basis of crypto. It’s a digital form of money that is protected by cryptography, which is codes and algorithms that protect the currency itself as far as why, and that’s really the big thing that I think people want to understand is what is the use case of crypto? And there’s many, the easiest ones to recognize are a store of value. Bitcoin is the most widely known and it is considered a sound store of value and it’s considered very hard money.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:15):
So historically, people have used different things to store value. In the beginning you would have a barn full of grain and you would get a little seal in Babylon and they’d signify that you had this barn full of grain. So it was like real grain that had real value. And then later people started using shells or different things as currency, and then they would use gold, something that’s rare in order to exchange value. Gold doesn’t have much value in itself unless you’re buying jewelry for your wife, but as a store of value. And so then you have fiat currencies like the US dollar that is a government backing a particular currency. And the problem we have with the dollar right now is extremely high inflation. And so a dollar in your pocket is only worth 50 cents compared to what it was worth five years ago. I mean, that’s how bad inflation has become. And so basically crypto, as I understand it, is a way to store value that people trust. Now why do people trust crypto to be a store of value?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (12:27):
Yeah, absolutely.

Evangelist Daniel King (12:28):
Is that a good question?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (12:29):
That’s a fantastic question. I’m happy to answer it. So the core value proposition of Bitcoin itself as one of many cryptocurrencies is it has a finite max supply of 21 million. And once the 21 million have been created, 95% of which have already been mined are in existence today. Once 21 million are created, no more will be created. So as a hard fixed supply, unlike the US dollar, which we can print infinitely. And the other piece of it is it has a deflationary mechanism. So every four years, the new Bitcoin that gets mined or released into the market goes down by 50%. So you have a desirable asset with a hard fixed supply that goes down in the available supply by 50% every four years. So it has become an extraordinarily sought after asset that has utility value to do things like payments and transactions. And yet also because of the fact that once 21 million hit you can’t make any more, it has become a sound store of value. It’s actually become the highest, I should say, the fastest growing ETF in the history of ETFs due to its value storage capabilities.

Evangelist Daniel King (13:46):
So Bitcoin is the crypto that most people have heard the most about, but there are way more coins than just Bitcoin. Sean, what are some of your favorite coins and which ones have you been able to make a profit in?

Shawn Wilderom (14:03):
Well, there’s been quite a few. I’ve made some profits in, one of them is on my shirt right here. It’s XRP. It is not like Bitcoin. It’s not peer to peer like Bitcoin was created, this is what banks are going to use. And they have a lot of contracts with banks to replace the SWIFT payment system because it is so much faster and so much cheaper to send money all around the world.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:30):
Now, that’s something I wanted to talk about is being able to send money to different places because this is really valuable for evangelistic ministries like my ministry. In fact, this coming week I need to send money to Thailand. We’re going to be doing an evangelism conference coming up in Thailand. And so I need to wire some money. It goes through my bank using the SWIFT code, which was, I don’t remember when it was invented, but back in the fifties. In the fifties. And so it’s a little bit slow. It takes a few days for it to get into someone’s account. And with crypto, tell me what advantages crypto might have for sending money to different places.

Shawn Wilderom (15:17):
Well, the Swift payment system, the reason it takes several days is because it goes through every central bank, every country you’re sending money to, and sometimes it’s a central bank that’s not even the end country. And every time the central bank gets their hands on it, they take their fee. And so it’s very, not just laborsome, but it also takes a lot of money.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:37):
I think it usually takes me, it costs $45 to send a wire usually.

Shawn Wilderom (15:42):
And so with XRP, it should cost you less than a penny and it will be there in seconds. And it depends on what type of wallet that you’re sending it to, what country. They have to also have a wallet or an exchange that they are receiving the XRP on and then it’ll be that quick. It’s instantaneous. It’s amazing technology.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:04):
And then some different governments around the world are, they’re against Christianity. And so they actually track money because they don’t want Christian ministries sending money into help bring people to Jesus. And so do you think crypto could be used by ministries to get resources to sensitive areas around the world?

Shawn Wilderom (16:32):
I think if ministries are going to be using crypto, they’re going to be a lot more welcomed in those countries because every country is going to follow the us, which we are now seeing a lot of regulation that has coming up and has already been approved, especially with the Genius Act that got approved two weeks ago through the Senate. And so every country follows the us. It’s still the world reserve currency. And so they will want to follow, all the countries will want to follow the US and what they’re doing. And so I believe if ministries in the future now and in the future start using crypto, they’ll be much more received in these countries you are wanting to minister in.

Evangelist Daniel King (17:15):
Okay. So Spencer, walk me through the basics. If someone wanted to put some of their money into crypto from very beginning, they’ve never done it before, how would they go about doing that?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (17:28):
Yeah, absolutely. So depending on where they are in the world, the first thing that they’re going to have to have access to is an exchange. There’s decentralized exchanges, they’re centralized exchanges, centralized exchanges worldwide. Like Binance is the largest one globally here in the us the most popular is Coinbase. That’s really kind of ground zero. That’s the foundation is to have a platform to buy and hold cryptocurrency. And is that as simple as putting an app on your phone? It can be. We actually don’t always use apps on the phone just for our security reasons. Things like sim card swapping and things like that. In our experience, doing it on a laptop or other device can actually be a little more secure. So that’s something to pay attention to. But it is as simple as going to the website, making sure you have the right one.

(18:23):
There are going to be some copycats. So there are some things security wise to make sure that are taken care of and boxes to check. But once you get to that point, it is a simple process. It’s as simple as if you can sign up for a Facebook account, you can sign up for a crypto account. Once you have your account, whether it’s Binance or Coinbase, you can usually, in the case of Coinbase, that’s what we use here primarily in the us you can connect it right to your bank account, send dollars to the Coinbase exchange, and then buy crypto from there.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:55):
And so on that exchange, then you could have access to doing many different types of coins.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (19:03):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (19:03):
And so let’s go back to Sean. You were about to tell me some of the different coins that you like and what you’ve invested in.

Shawn Wilderom (19:10):
Well, the ones I like the most are the ones I make the most money on. And the most money I have made the most on is Sheba. And Sheba was a 400000% return in nine months. That’s a 4,000 x.

Evangelist Daniel King (19:22):
That’s amazing because no one gets that type of returns anywhere else.

Shawn Wilderom (19:26):
It is absolutely amazing. That’s why I’m in crypto. People ask me why I’m invested in crypto and not other asset classes is because this one is the smallest. It’s not just the newest, but the smallest has the highest demand and has the potential to be at or near or even surpass other asset classes that are several hundred trillion in the future.

Evangelist Daniel King (19:47):
So if someone wants to invest in crypto and they need some coaching to get started, that’s something that you guys do. Tell me a little bit about how someone can get connected to you if they want to be coached through the process of what to invest in, what to look for. I know to me it seems a little bit like the wild wild west. It can be kind of crazy out there. And so it would be really valuable to have an expert like Sean. How many hours do you think you’ve put into studying crypto over the last few

Shawn Wilderom (20:21):
Years? Over 20,000 hours. And they say you’re an expert on anything if you have at least 10,000 hours of,

Evangelist Daniel King (20:27):
So you’ve put a lot of time into becoming an expert, and I’m an evangelist. I don’t have time to put 20,000 hours into crypto, but with maybe hooking up with you guys, it could help shorten that experience level that I would need and even help to get me started to know what to do, what to invest in what not to invest in mistakes. Okay. So what’s your website if people want to get coaching from both of you?

Shawn Wilderom (20:59):
It’s digital asset consultants.co. So digital asset consultants, one word.co. And then we also can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Digital asset consultants or our personal pages, which is Spencer, Jared and the crypto mentor, Sean Wilder.

Evangelist Daniel King (21:18):
And so Spencer, tell me a little bit if someone does need mentoring or they need more information about crypto, tell me about some of the different options that you offer and different levels of, I know you have a newsletter, you have some different things that you’re offering. What can people learn from you guys?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (21:34):
Yeah, absolutely. So to your point, we do a monthly newsletter. The next iteration of that, we’ll go out in July. And then from our core book of services, we work with financial advisory firms and then we work with personal investors as well. For a personal investor, we offer either one-on-one consultation and coaching, and we’ll meet someone where they are in their current crypto journey. We’ll work with someone who’s an absolute beginner, who’s maybe heard of Bitcoin, heard of crypto, understands the opportunity, but has no experience. And then we’ll also work with seasoned investors and traders. And so we’ll work with anyone with any skillset in between. And then we also do a group, a small group where we actually do things like live market analysis, either once or twice a week. We have chat access, we’ll share the things that we’re doing, our strategies, how we analyze the market.

(22:30):
We help to really, we just don’t want to give a fish. We want to teach how to fish too, if that makes sense. So it’s ongoing education, market analysis. We share our plays and we really want to educate people to do this for themselves and not solely rely on us forever. And so we want to add value in both ways. It’s kind of two levers at the same time, if you will. And then we’re also getting ready to launch, this will be out in the next two to three weeks, a webinar series as well for absolute beginners. We’re going to be doing a cryptocurrency and blockchain 1 0 1, and that’s going to be once a month. And then we’re going to do live market updates twice a month where we go through several super popular cryptocurrency, some of the larger market cap crypto projects. And we wanted to launch those to be a little more accessible from price point for anyone who wants to really get their feet wet and decide, Hey, is this something I really want to invest in? So that way it’s kind of a little teaser, if you will. So we have something for everyone regardless of where they’re at in their crypto journey. Today,

Evangelist Daniel King (23:34):
I have a friend who’s an evangelist. He has invested in crypto and some of his investments have done really well. And so every time he needs to do a crusade, he liquidates a little bit of his crypto and puts it into doing a crusade. And so I’m like, that is awesome. Praise God that you’re able to do that. And so Sean, let’s just finish. Give me the best reasons why people should get involved in crypto. I usually don’t do investment advice on my podcast. And if you’re listening, you need to pray about this, see if this is right for you, if you have the capacity to play in this area. But Sean, why do you think someone should get into crypto?

Shawn Wilderom (24:23):
The entire crypto digital asset space is only $3 trillion. There are most of the asset classes in the world, and there’s not that many, there’s just a few. Most of them are over a hundred trillion dollars. You’re talking about the Dow Jones, the s and p, the QQQ, that foreign exchanges, that bond market, the real estate market. And gold for instance, is 10 times more valuable than right now than the digital asset space, which is over $20 trillion.

Evangelist Daniel King (24:50):
And so you’re anticipating that there’s going to be enormous growth potential in the digital asset market in the next

Shawn Wilderom (24:58):
Five to 10 years. Absolutely. And so if you want to make the most money, you want to get into the fastest moving car, you do not want to be in the slowest car when you’re in a race. We’re in the race for just so many things here in the world, but we are in the race. You’re in the race for winning souls. And so whenever you’re wanting, not just necessarily to get rich quick, but also to just live a life in significance and able to give to every good work and make generational wealth for your family so you can get out of the rat race, because that’s one of the biggest races that people have. And if that is more than enough reason, I think that we should be able, please contact us soon if that’s interesting.

Evangelist Daniel King (25:57):
So Spencer, same question. Why should someone get into crypto?

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (26:00):
Yeah, so like Sean said, I think there’s tremendous growth upside for this entire industry. I believe that most financial markets will either in part be traded on blockchain technology, if not more than, and we’re seeing developments already to where the treasuries, the bond market and where tokenized stocks, equities are starting to hit crypto rails as these kinds of use cases grow. And I think we’re at the infancy. I kind of attune where we are in the crypto market today to where the internet was in the mid to late nineties where it’s already growing, but Bitcoin is actually growing at a faster rate right now at this stage in the game than the mobile phone or the internet. So this is a rapid growing technology that has tremendous upside. And right now, personally, we always have to understand what the risk is. It is a volatile asset class. There’ll be some winners, there’ll be some losers. But when it comes to crypto exposure as a whole, my personal framework is it’s riskier to be out than in right now because of where we think this market is going because

Evangelist Daniel King (27:06):
You miss the opportunity of this potential growth. Yes, sir. Alright, Sean, one more question. If I get on Coinbase, get a wallet, get set up to accept donations, when can I expect you to give your first Bitcoin to King Ministries?

Shawn Wilderom (27:27):
Whenever you get that set up, just let me know. Send me a link.

Evangelist Daniel King (27:30):
Alright, that’s awesome. I’m going to get it done today. You’re like, I was expecting you to say next April 1st for sure. Alright, thank you guys so much for being on the Evangelism podcast. Really appreciate it. Thank you for your wisdom. I think this can really help us out in the ministry to start thinking about the crypto space. We need to be wise in what’s happening in the world. And this is one of the biggest things that’s happening right now. So thank you, Spencer. Thank you Sean for being on the Evangelism Podcast. It was fun. Thank you, Daniel.

William “Spencer” Jared – Crypto Will (28:03):
Thank you for having us.

Evangelism Podcast Host (28:04):
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Evangelist Daniel King (29:06):
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Church Planting and Evangelism in Finland | Anniina Halonen

Pastor Anniina is the outreach pastor at the oldest Free Church in Finland, which was established back in 1884. She is passionate about church planting and evangelism, and on today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast, she shares some of the ways they reach people for Jesus in Finland. One of her favorite methods is an Evangelism Explosion course, where they teach people how to have spiritual conversations with their friends and family. Anniina is also in the process of planting a new church. They started with just 7 people two and a half years ago, and now they have around 30 adults and 10 kids. Today you will be blessed as you hear about what God is doing in Europe!

 

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, pastor Anina here in Tampere, Finland. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Anniina Halonen (00:14):
Yeah, such a privilege.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:16):
First, I want to say thank you so much for hosting our team here. We have been at your church each day this week, and you have fed us such delicious meals and opened up the church, and thank you so much for your hospitality.

Anniina Halonen (00:32):
You’re welcome. And we really enjoyed having you guys.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:36):
So tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do at the church.

Anniina Halonen (00:43):
Yeah, well, first of all, I’m a mom, three kids and I have a husband and we live here in ra and I work for the Evangelical Free Church here. And I’m the outreach pastor. So my responsibilities are church planting and evangelism, which both are things I love so much.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:04):
What a great job to have. That’s wonderful. Now tell me a little bit about the history of the free church, because it is here right in the center of the city and it has been here for many years. When was it first begun?

Anniina Halonen (01:18):
Yeah, it’s actually the oldest free church in Finland and it was established 1884.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:25):
So it’s very historic.

Anniina Halonen (01:26):
Yeah, it was a really long history.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:29):
So as an outreach pastor, you want to reach people for Jesus.

Anniina Halonen (01:34):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:35):
How do you do that? What are some of the ways that you reach out to people here in Finland?

Anniina Halonen (01:40):
Yeah, great question. Well, one of my favorites is an EE course. I get to teach people how to have evangelize and every week we meet someone like our friends or relatives and we have spiritual conversations. We get to share the gospel and we see a lot of people come to Christ through that. So that’s really special because things don’t like that much to talk to strangers, so that’s really easy to talk to someone they already know. So things are sometimes shy and they don’t like to talk to strangers. So we found out that it’s a very easy way to talk to the people they actually know and invite them into spiritual conversations. So that’s wonderful and it’s a great way to reach people.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:24):
That’s wonderful. And so you are currently planting a church nearby here. Talk to me about that process of planting a church.

Anniina Halonen (02:33):
Yeah. Yes. We are planting a church. It’s my first church plant.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:38):
Congratulations.

Anniina Halonen (02:39):
Third church plant of our church. So we are being a mother church and planting many churches. And now we’ve been like, our church plant is two and a half years old and we started with seven people and now we’re about 30. So we have 30 adults and about 10 kids. Most of them have been already believers, but we have few that have come to know Christ and we’re dreaming that we’re going to reach a lot of new people because when we started God said that the harvest is ripe and we should take courage. So we’re hoping to reach limb palace for Christ. That’s where I’m planted.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:15):
The other day, my wife Jessica went out witnessing with you and she told me that she was even learning from you about some of how you were approaching people. And one of the things she said is that people would say, no, I don’t want to talk about it. And you would ask them, where are you on your journey with God and are you at the beginning? Are you at the middle? And people would begin to respond to that and answer. And my wife says, oh, that is such a good way to reach people for Jesus because then they could open a conversation and start to

Anniina Halonen (03:50):
Talk. Yeah. And we do street evangelism also. Once a month we have a tent here at the Center Square and we offer coffee and tea for people. And that’s also a great way to interact with people. But once you’re offering something to eat or drink and people, they are actually interested in spiritual things though many times we have this feeling that they’re not, but they actually are.

Evangelist Daniel King (04:14):
What do you feel is the spiritual atmosphere here in Finland? And for the people who are listening, how can they pray for the Church of Finland?

Anniina Halonen (04:24):
Yes, we need prayer. I think things are open. We’re open nowadays since because of the wars that are going on in the world and the pandemic and everything. But one thing we are lacking is a great discipleship culture. The things are pretty lonely and pretty. You have to survive on your own. So at my church plan, I’m trying to create this culture where the church is like a family. They actually get to know other people and invite them into your lives. And you want to share your life and learn together how to follow Christ. So I think you can pray for spiritual mothers and fathers and mother and fatherhood would rise up and the Church of Finland. And also that we would have more courage and boldness to share the gospel. And I’ve love to have you guys here to support us and go together to the streets. That has been so amazing and such a big blessing. That’s been also our prayers.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:26):
It’s been really wonderful to see that the team of Americans and the team of Fins going out together and really seeing God do great things.

Anniina Halonen (05:34):
That’s true. I’ll be so excited about that too.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:37):
Well, thank you so much for your hospitality and again, thank you so much for inviting us here and it’s beautiful to see what God is doing in Tamara.

Anniina Halonen (05:47):
Yeah, thank you so much.

 

Come Alive Finland | Matias Toivainen

Matias Toivainen is an evangelist from Finland. Matias and his team have been doing incredible work across Finland, traveling the country with a “Jesus truck” and holding powerful gospel campaigns that have led many to give their lives to Christ. On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast, we will hear about the amazing testimonies and salvations they’ve witnessed, as well as Matias’ involvement in the Global Evangelist Alliance and his heart for pioneer missions to unreached people groups around the world.This episode will inspire you to be a bold witness for the gospel, wherever God has called you. Let’s dive in!

Learn More About Matias Toivainen: https://www.armofgrace.com/team/matias-toivainen

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King and I am very excited to have with me a special guest today, Mattias from Finland. Thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Matias Toivainen (00:10):
Yes, thank you for having me, and thank you for being in our country

Evangelist Daniel King (00:13):
Now. It’s very exciting what God is doing in your nation and over the last two months, your team has been working very hard to do multiple outreaches in multiple countries. Tell me about that.

Matias Toivainen (00:27):
Basically what you see behind us is something that we’re calling the Jesus truck. And so we had an idea, our dear friend Henry is here, he’s been leading the Send Finland and we’ve been doing an evangelism campaign, a crusade in Helsinki, our capital city. And so we had an idea, we got together last autumn and we just decided, hey, a lot of the different cities are starting to ask for evangelism in their town. What can we do? And so the send had touring teams and we had this kind of crusade ecosystem that we had been kind of pioneering here in Finland. And so we decided, let’s join forces, let’s go on a tour around the country. They send touring teams come, they mobilize the churches, they activate them, especially the young people. They’ve been doing a great job with that. And then we bring the truck and set up in the middle of the city and do kind of a crusade style proclamation gospel campaign. And so this is our, I believe, 11th stop. We started on the last day of April and through the very cold finished spring, we’ve been going until now in the middle of May we finish here in tame with you.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:33):
Well, tonight was just such a beautiful night. Many people were here, many people gave their lives to Jesus, and you’ve been seeing Jesus do really wonderful things in Finland. What are some of the testimonies of what has happened while you’ve been doing this evangelism across Finland?

Matias Toivainen (01:50):
Well, I must say I was really impressed by God in my own native town in lti. This is a town where I lived for five, well, I lived for many years, but for five or six years I preach the gospel every day with some exceptions. I’m traveling and sometimes not. But about approximately every day I was preaching for five or six days and five or six years. And in all that time I got to lead one person to Christ.

(02:16):
And so now we came with the Jesus truck after all those seeds being sewn in the past, we came back now five years later with the Jesus truck and we set up our preaching. And until tamper lofty, my native town was the biggest city. We had multiple churches working together. The biggest catches coming. And I remember one guy, he was walking through the market square where we had the campaign and he was walking with a book in his hands. He was on his way to the library to return a book that he was holding in his hands called What Is Christianity? And he was on his way to return this. He said, he has been seeking God, he’s been trying to find the truth. And as he was walking to the library, he saw the big sign with the Jesus tour and said to himself, nobody in my life has been talking about Jesus here on this square. And so he stopped to listen. He heard the clear gospel being preached. He saw people getting healed and he decided to surrender his whole life to Jesus. And I remember the pastor was crying with him, praying with him for like five minutes, and this guy was so impressed by how his life changed. And so we see this happening in our country now where people are searching for God, they’re seeking after him, God is drawing them. And so obviously we know our role to just go and tell them

(03:31):
About who Jesus is and call them to follow.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:33):
Now you’re a graduate of the Christ for All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp with Daniel Kolenda, and I had the privilege of being one of the teachers for that camp. And it is so beautiful to see what you and some of the other bootcamp grads are doing here in Finland and around the world. It is really amazing. And so I’m just so excited that those seeds that were planted in your heart are now bearing fruit in so many different places. You look at what God is doing through the Evangelism Bootcamp and it’s in Africa and in Asia and now in Europe and in Central and South America and in North America, the whole world in Australia too, the whole world is being shaken by the gospel. And so where before there was one or two evangelists, now there is teams of 10 or 15

Matias Toivainen (04:25):
Evangelists.

Evangelist Daniel King (04:26):
Now you have started an organization here and you are particularly focused on pioneer missions and doing evangelism in difficult to reach places. Tell me a little bit about what God has been doing in Gambia.

Matias Toivainen (04:42):
Well, first of all, I must say thank you so much for teaching us in the bootcamp. We all remember very well. You took a whole week and then I think another week to teach us about gospel messages and crusade organizing and things like this. And so we were very blessed. And like you say, all over the world now, we are working

Evangelist Daniel King (04:59):
Now you teach your own class, now you see the it’s work to do a crusade.

Matias Toivainen (05:03):
It’s true, it’s true. Actually, we just had people preaching now who went through our training two months ago

(05:09):
And now she was preaching to her whole or to her own hometown, the gospel. And so we’ve been actually raising up our kind of vision is to do our part in finishing the great commission, specifically like you say in the unreached nations, unreached people groups where there is no church, there are no believers. 40% of the world live in unreached people groups, and so we want to go after them. You mentioned Gambia, it’s a Muslim country in Africa, it’s only about 2 million people, 96 to 98% Muslim. And so the great opportunity though is it’s a small country and they all speak English. It’s a young population and there’s full freedom of religion to share the gospel. There aren’t major issues with persecution against Christians. And so we share the gospel to the youth. We organize these youth campaigns where the children and the young people come and hear about Jesus.

(06:07):
They experience healing the Holy Spirit. Also, we are doing something called Jesus camps. And so our heart is to kind of go where we’re most needed and make ourselves useless. And so we say the power is not in the white skin, the power is in the gospel. And so we want to raise up the local people and just pass on to them what we’ve received from Daniel Kolenda and yourself and other teachers to pass it on to them and release them to run with the gospel. And so that’s what we’ve been doing in Gambia and in about 40 other countries, 45 other countries with like you say, a focus in the unreached world. And we’re also doing a crusade this year in Gambia with another bootcamp graduate and his team, Jacob Ebersol, you may have had,

Evangelist Daniel King (06:51):
Yeah, Jacob’s a good friend. I’ve had him on the podcast before and he’s a great evangelist.

Matias Toivainen (06:56):
Yes, definitely

Evangelist Daniel King (06:57):
Full of faith.

Matias Toivainen (06:59):
And so the guys are around now. Five years ago the bootcamp started and imagine what can happen in the next five years.

Evangelist Daniel King (07:07):
Yeah, I remember in Tanzania I was doing one of the Capitalis crusades with Christ for all nations, and there was a man who had been Muslim, but he came to Jesus. Jacob Ebersol had led him to

Matias Toivainen (07:25):
Jesus. Oh, I remember.

Evangelist Daniel King (07:26):
And he got baptized. It was such a beautiful story of what Jesus can do.

Matias Toivainen (07:31):
Yes. In Khama. And he was about to become an imam and deep in the Islamic process and world. But yeah, Jacob went and pulled him to

Evangelist Daniel King (07:43):
Christ. Yeah. So tell me a little bit about some of the other countries that you’re looking at.

Matias Toivainen (07:51):
Yeah, so one of the things that, so we have an organization registered in Finland called Arm of Grace International. And so it’s kind of a Finn team doing pioneer missions. We do India, we do Bangladesh, we do Thailand, also some disaster relief, Ukraine, Bangladesh. We help some children get rescued from the sex trafficking and be taken into a safe home. One of the things we also do is we’re hosting kind of an international ministry called Jesus Camps. And this is an equipping ministry where our goal, again is to raise up local national people in their own country to preach the gospel in their own city, in their own language to their own people. And so this is our first calendar year doing that. We’re working in about 50 countries all the way from Russia, Israel, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and most of Latin America.

(08:58):
And so yeah, there’s just something that God is doing with raising up an entire generation to preach the gospel. The way we think about it is traditionally missions has worked kind of like a pyramid where the man of God comes and everything is gathered around them to support their ministry. And so what we see God doing is kind of flipping the pyramid upside down where he brings the servants or the ministers to come low and just build what the rest of the church ought to be doing. So that’s where we kind of see our place in a lot of places. And some places, like in some countries in South Asia, there is no evangelism, there are no evangelists. And so then we want to be the first ones to kind of just come alongside the local believers and believe with them for a new breakthrough in evangelism. And so we’ve seen that happen in Bangladesh, in India, and just places where traditionally it was thought of as impossible. And we’ve been told for 10 years that you can’t even get into the country to try, but God is doing something supernatural.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:03):
God is opening the door. Let’s talk about the Global Evangelist Alliance.

Matias Toivainen (10:08):
We

Evangelist Daniel King (10:09):
Just completed here in Finland, the World Pentecostal Conference, and many Pentecostal leaders from around the world came here to Finland for that. And it was hosted by Dr. Billy Wilson, who also leads Empowered 21. And so under Empowered 21, there is a group of evangelists called the Global Evangelist Alliance. And we had a meeting and there were so many Finnish evangelists that are excited about evangelism. And so you want to empower evangelists from here in Finland to go around the world. And so talk to me a little bit about if someone wants to be part of the Finn Evangelism Group, what shall they do?

Matias Toivainen (10:51):
Well, yeah, God is doing that here in our country too, which makes me rejoice. I’m looking behind me. There’s Consta, 19 years old, there’s family, 25 years old. There’s all these people. Most of these people, they have received training from us and also been sent to the Mission Field Consta. I found him as a 17-year-old, and I could see God has a calling for him as an evangelist. And so when he was 18, I brought him with me to Asia and he was preaching to hundreds of Muslims and seeing the Sikh healed.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:25):
And

Matias Toivainen (11:25):
Now he’s been actually leading missions and equipping others.

(11:29):
And this is something that God is doing in Finland. He’s raising up the goers again. And like you mentioned, we have the Global Evangelist Alliance Network, also very fresh, started here in Finland with about 70 people on the first call. Lucas Stein is leading that group with myself and some others. And yeah, you can just find Lucas Stein or myself, Mattias to, I’m sure it’ll be written somewhere here on the episode. And just send us a text. Hey, you have a network of evangelists in Finland. How can I be a part of that? And we’ll connect with you.

Evangelist Daniel King (12:05):
If someone has a heart for Pioneer missions and wants to help you to reach some of these nations that are on reach that have such a huge number of people that need Jesus, how can they find out more about your ministry and even support you with what you’re called to do?

Matias Toivainen (12:22):
Definitely. You can go to our website, arm of grace.com or you can go to our Instagram page, arm of Grace International. And so we definitely need the help to go and bring the gospel to the people who have never heard it before. And also I recognize there are some people who God is calling to go and come with us. And so we definitely, it’s only a matter of laborers. The harvest is out there, the harvest is open, the harvest is ready. Send us a message, we’ll find a way for you to get to the field. Most likely this autumn, this November, we’re bringing a group of Finnish people who answered the call in the sand to come to Cambodia with us. And we’re there with other bootcamp graduates, Dario Justina and others just go to the unre, tell them about Jesus and even planting churches

Evangelist Daniel King (13:14):
And

Matias Toivainen (13:14):
Just come

Evangelist Daniel King (13:16):
In the past, there’s been a great move of Finn missionaries,

Matias Toivainen (13:21):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (13:22):
As I’ve traveled around the world, I’ve met Finnish missionaries. My wife was a missionary in Papua New Guinea for a year, and she met finished missionaries there that were helping to translate the Bible. And she said, even in the hot tropical nation, they were finished missionaries because they all had a sauna in their house, proper Finn missionaries. But I believe that God is now raising up a new generation of fins that will have an impact on the world.

Matias Toivainen (13:50):
Yes, it’s true. I have lived on the mission field for about 26 years. So when I was nine months old, my family moved to Kosovo.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:02):
Wow.

Matias Toivainen (14:02):
They were the first Finnish missionaries, I believe, to be in Kosovo where Christianity, as we know it is only about 30, 40 years old. And so I’ve grown up kind of in the missions world on a few continents in many countries. And what I saw was a very different kind of approach to missions. It was very kind of humanitarian development aid, a bit political, social. There was a reluctance to kind of take risk in terms of preaching the gospel or making disciples in areas where it’s not so where it’s a bit more hostile. And so when I answered the call for myself as a 15-year-old and I went, God sent me to all these places where things haven’t really been going that much in the recent past with the gospel message, I was always alone. Nobody would come with me. I was alone. It was hard. I didn’t see any fruit. People were discouraging me from going. But now something has happened in the past few years where wherever I want to go, I’m never alone. And a lot of the times it’ll be fins around me. It’ll always be people from sea fans somehow.

(15:17):
But a lot of the times it’ll be fins also.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:21):
Amen.

Matias Toivainen (15:22):
Well,

Evangelist Daniel King (15:22):
May God raise up a mighty army of Finnish evangelists and always, if I had a ministry in Finland, I’d name it, finish the great commission, or it is finished. But praise the Lord. God is using fins to do great things for his kingdom. So Mattias, thank you for being on the Evangelism podcast. I appreciate

Matias Toivainen (15:41):
It. Thank you, Daniel. And thank you for pitching the gospel to our people,

Evangelist Daniel King (15:44):
And thank you for helping to organize this great event here and all the different events that you’re doing around Finland. It’s so beautiful to see what God’s been doing.

Matias Toivainen (15:54):
Thank you. Yes. Well, really it’s our team, brother, pat and others. But

Evangelist Daniel King (15:58):
Yes,

Matias Toivainen (15:58):
We’re with you. Thank you. Come back to Europe.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:01):
Thank you. God bless you.

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One on One Evangelism in Finland | Aaro Kumpulainen

Today on The Evangelism Podcast, I talk with Aaro Kumpulainen who recently led an evangelism training workshop in Tampere, Finland. We talk about the core elements of the gospel message: the problem of sin, the solution of Jesus’ sacrifice, and the choice to put one’s faith in Jesus.  We also cover the importance of presenting the gospel clearly and directly, without forgetting to talk about Jesus. You will be blessed as you listen today.

Learn more about Aaro: https://www.armofgrace.com/team/kumpulaiset

Transcript:

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me. Aaro, thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Aaro Kumpulainen (00:11):
It’s a pleasure. Thank you for having me

Evangelist Daniel King (00:13):
Now say your full name.

Aaro Kumpulainen (00:14):
My name is Aaro Kumpulainen . Try to say it with me Aaro.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:20):
Well, thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast and today we are in Tamara, Finland and we have just completed in evangelism training in how to witness one-on-one. And you were the instructor and you did an excellent job. We filled the room, packed jam full of people. Some of them were some of my team members from the United States, but there were many, many finished people that came. And let’s talk a little bit about what you covered in this workshop today. What do you feel is the most important thing that you told

Aaro Kumpulainen (01:02):
Everyone? Well, obviously at the evangelism training, the most important thing is to get the gospel correct When you share people about Jesus, don’t forget to share about Jesus.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:15):
Something you said was really good. You said that evangelism is not just about debating. It’s more than just smiling at people. It’s more than feeding the poor. Of course, all that is very good. It’s more than just saying Jesus loves you, but it’s actually leading people to a point of decision. And so you present the gospel, you talk about Jesus, and then you bring people to that point where they either says, yes, I want to receive Jesus, or they reject him and walk away. And we can’t make them make the choice, but we can present Jesus to them. And one of the things you said just now that I thought was so good is that when we tell them about Jesus, you have to make sure that you tell them about Jesus. And you said, when you make chicken soup, make sure you don’t forget the chicken.

(02:06):
Amen. And so Jesus is the most important thing when we must make sure. I had a really wonderful interview with Aaro in Finland, but unfortunately one of the cords on my microphone had a short in it. And because of that there was lots of hisses, crackles and pops, which I’m sure that you have heard on this recording. And so I really apologize for that. And part of my interview was not usable. It was impossible to understand, but I still wanted to present the teaching that Aaro did on evangelism because I thought it was really good. And so I’m going to give you his notes that he taught in Finland, and then we will continue with the rest of the interview with him where the audio was a little bit better, not perfect, but still I apologize for the problem. So in this workshop, Otto broke down the gospel into three essential parts.

(03:17):
The problem, the solution, and then the choice. The problem is sin. God created us to be his friend, but then sin separates us from God. It leads to a broken relationship. Sin is breaking the will of God. And sin is things like lying, lust, stealing. It leads to bitterness, brokenness, guilt, shame, fear, emptiness, and ultimately eternal destruction. But the solution is Jesus. Jesus lived a sinless life. He died on the cross because of his love for all of humanity. He suffered the punishment for our sins. He was buried. He rose from the dead and is now alive. And he invites you to freedom. And so after you present the problem and the solution, then you leave the person with the choice. And the choice is to put your faith in Jesus and come to a place of repentance where you turn away from your sin.

(04:27):
And so faith in Jesus means that you trust Jesus for salvation. You turn away from your old life, you turn to Jesus. And so you give people the choice. Do you want to follow Jesus? Jesus is the king of the world. He wants to be the king of your life. Do you want your sin forgiven? Do you want new life? Do you want to be filled with the Holy Ghost? And so the reason that you present the problem first is that if you don’t know you have cancer, you don’t want to take cancer medication. But once you find out that there’s a problem, then suddenly the cancer medicine becomes a lifesaver. And so then when you present people with a choice, you tell people that it’s not about trying harder, it’s about trusting in Jesus. And we should ask people which direction they want to go.

(05:21):
Do you want to follow Jesus or do you want to go away from Jesus? And the more we show people that we care about them, the more we can talk about sin. And so he also had a great thought. That is if you see yourself as a soul winner, then you’ll be disappointed when you minister to someone and they don’t get saved. But instead of thinking of yourself as a soul winner, think of yourself as a sower, someone who’s planting seeds. Because when you plant a seed, you will feel successful every time you share, whether it immediately produces a harvest or not. And so we’re looking for open hearts. We’re not looking to have arguments with people, but in order to start a conversation, we go out witnessing. We don’t apologize. We’re children of the king of kings, we’re God’s representatives. And then one other thought that he had that I thought was really good, he said, evangelists are not born brave.

(06:26):
But you become brave with practice. And that’s true because the more that you talk to others about Jesus, the easier it becomes. And so the first time you go out witnessing, you might feel kind of hesitant. You might feel unsure about yourself, a little nervous, not sure what you’re going to say. And so you’re not born brave. But after you go out a hundred times a thousand times and you’ve had many, many conversations with people about Jesus, the easier it gets. And you become brave because now you have practiced. And you know that sometimes you’ll be rejected, sometimes you’ll be accepted. Sometimes you’ll find an open heart. Sometimes you just plant a seed. But you become brave because you know that the Holy Spirit is working through you, that the Holy Spirit will give you words to say God will help you in ministering to people.

(07:21):
And so those are some of the great ideas that were presented at our witnessing workshop in Finland. And now let’s go back to the finish of my interview with Otto. And hopefully despite the hisses cracks and pops that was caused by a bad wire, you still can get the gist of his spirit and what he’s trying to say. Otto is a great evangelist, and I was so impressed with his patience in witnessing one-on-one. Him and I ministered to one person in the park that when we finished praying for him, he had tears in his eyes. He was a drug addict, addict, a man who was cussing, playing rock music, but yet took a moment to have a spiritual conversation. And by the end of this conversation, this man was crying and said, I don’t know. I’ve never felt this way. I don’t know what I’m feeling, but I feel something different when he prayed the prayer of salvation with us. And so let’s go back to the interview. Here we go. Now you’re a graduate of the Christ for All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp. Tell me, what are some of the things that you learned in the bootcamp that you are putting to work in your ministry that God’s called you to now? I had the privilege of being one of the instructors for the bootcamp,

(08:49):
And it’s so amazing to see what God is doing around the world through people that have gone through the C Fan bootcamp.

Aaro Kumpulainen (08:56):
Yeah, absolutely. The Christ For All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp has helped me a lot, and I’m very grateful to evangelist Daniel Kolenda and other instructuctors like even Daniel King for teaching me a lot about just even the relationship with God. We cannot just be evangelists who just do do, but we need to be in the place of receiving from the Lord and seeing God and ourselves correctly. So even the foundational things I learned there, but the greater things that I could not find anywhere else other than from s and so far, how to put into words this beautiful mystery of the gospel.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:40):
Well, we’re here in Tamara, and we’re going to be doing several days of evangelism here in just a few minutes. We’re taking teams of people actually out on the street. We are not just teaching them in the classroom. We are going to go out and talk to people. What do you hope to see God do here in Tamara?

Aaro Kumpulainen (10:03):
Well, I hope to see what God has promised to do so we have a great trust that he will do it. So we want to see people have not just conversations and not just make decisions for Christ, but really to have an encounter with the living God, even on the streets during some short prayer moments or during while they listen to the gospel. That’s something will really change in their heart, that they will become part of this new wave of people who are on fire for God and that they would want it in such a way that they will come to the gatherings of believers here, even the Jesus tour events, the campaign nights, and to become disciples, to come into relationship with disciple makers and really go in the things of God and really even become missionaries or pastors or whatever their calling is as businessman, sharing the gospel wherever they go. Thank you so much for having me here.

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Excited to Tell People About Jesus | Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi

In this episode of the Evangelism Podcast, I interview Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi, a long-time listener of the Evangelism Podcast,  He is a young and passionate evangelist from Finland. We discuss the spiritual climate in Finland and the growing movement of young Finns who are boldly preaching the gospel. We talk about our outreach in the central square of Tampere, Finland, which Christopher believes is a significant moment of public proclamation of the gospel in the nation. We highlight the powerful work God is doing to revive the gospel message in Finland through Spirit-filled evangelism.

Learn more about the ministry Christopher is with: https://www.armofgrace.com/team/christopher

 

Transcript:

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I am in the nation of Finland and I have a very special guest with me. Christopher, thank you for joining me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (00:15):
What an honor to be here. Thank you for inviting me.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:18):
And you have already been listening to the Evangelism podcast for a long time. Tell me, what are some of the things that you’ve liked about listening to the episodes of the Evangelism podcast?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (00:32):
Well, you have Sir Daniel, you have a lot of expertise and you really shine for Jesus and you’re really excited about telling about Jesus and you’re doing it really well. So practical fix things like giving an outer call, how to do it. You speak straight about deliverance and stuff like that. We need the fire of the Lord and you’re really releasing it through your podcast for many to see like wow, God can move when we fully surrender to him. And he wants to use people like me, people like you. It’s not for just like crusade evangelists who have adult together, but normal believers can get it and go with it when they just listen to the podcast and they can preach.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:21):
Well, that’s the purpose of the podcast, is to tell the stories about what Jesus is doing around the world to talk about evangelism and then to expose people to these great testimonies of what Jesus is doing around the world. And so today we are in the city of Tamara in Finland. I heard that it is the fourth largest city in the country. Someone told me. Second largest city, do you know?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (01:49):
It’s the second.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:50):
It’s the second. So this is the second city of Finland, and we are going to be doing an outreach right in the Central Plaza in downtown Tamara. Tell me a little bit about what we will see Jesus do there.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (02:07):
So I’ll tell you a little backstory. So we were doing an outreach with some of my friends and after that we spoke that what has God spoken to us? And I shared a burden that’s been on my heart since I did as if I’m fire camp, that we need to proclaim the gospel. So the words I said was that the gospel must become public. And

Evangelist Daniel King (02:33):
So you felt like God spoke those words to you? Oh yes. That the gospel must become public.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (02:39):
It was like a team with the Holy Spirit, really hard conviction. And I had some struggle. I decided to see it. But when I came home from fire camp Daddy was easy. We all like this crazy culture. We preached together, hallelujah. And people were getting saved, the Lord and Holy Spirit was moving so powerful. But here I was asking like, Lord, would you open? And God stops me here and there like, Hey Christopher, I have a crusade gospel campaign ready for you. Preach to them. And then I was like running

Evangelist Daniel King (03:10):
Away. You’re from here in Tamara

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (03:12):
Or

Evangelist Daniel King (03:13):
You’re from nearby?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (03:14):
I’m originally from Thailand, Estonia, but I live here in Tampa.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:17):
You live here? Yes. So when God started to speak to you about the gospel must be public, this is about this city that you’re living in, God placed it on your heart.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (03:27):
Oh yes. So what I really feel like is that this, what we are going to do, this campaign is really prophetic declaration that we will release the sound of the gospel here because so many in this generation, they heard about Jesus, maybe by name, they know religion, but they never even heard the real gospel and especially what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus. So people actually, many are getting really, really hungry. No one is teaching in the religion classes anymore, know this kind of barrier that, oh, we’ve seen this thing. But people are really getting more and more like, okay, someone needs to teach. What is this all about? Who is Jesus? And so

Evangelist Daniel King (04:13):
After you went to the Christ for All nations fire camp, then you just got on fire for sharing the gospel and you’ve been traveling to different places. Tell me where you’ve been.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (04:26):
I’ve been to Kenya for youth campaigns also in Cambodia, which is a Buddhist nation and The Gambia, which is still a Muslim nation, but

Evangelist Daniel King (04:35):
Not soon. And so now you’re right here. Now a lot of people they say, why do you go so far away when there’s people right at home that need Jesus? And I like to say that the light that shines farthest shines brightest near at home. And so it’s wonderful to see God do something in Kenya and Cambodia and Gambia, but you must also be a witness in your hometown. And so that’s what we’re doing this week.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (05:00):
Yes, sir. So I really feel like God has spoken to me because he has called me into many places outside and the word of God says, we have to preach to all. So many people have never even heard the name of Jesus. How could we not let them know? But God has really spoken that while I’m there, he’s also taking care of the home. Of course, we have to obey in here. We have to take care of our friends who preach the gospel to them boldly and share the love of Christ with them. But God has really grown me in this trust that he has to handle when we obey, when we go, he loves us so much and he wants to take care of our own nation and bring revival in here. And as my friend had a saying, what he heard from the Holy Spirit that as I saw into crusades into big gospel campaigns, we were as a nation rep also in gospel campaigns.

(06:02):
So I really believe the blessings and the boldness that God is growing in this mission field, for example, preaching to Muslims, which is crazy thing to do when we come back, we receive the Holy Spirit, what he has done in us, and we can be so much bolder. And even though we less time in here, we can bring the fire of the Holy Spirit. And we’re so much more effective in here since the fire camp. I’ve been traveling much more outside, but it actually has made some ways and equipping for me to have so much more harvest in here. And yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:40):
Yeah. So we’ve been watching on Facebook, the Jesus Tour, and this is a group of the Christ for all nations evangelism bootcamp students that have come together and said, we must reach Finland for Jesus. And I’ve seen in city after city with a big gospel truck going and preaching the gospel. And so you’ve been helping out with a few of the different events you helped out in Helsinki and here in Tamara. Tell me a little bit about what you’ve seen happen in the Jesus tour.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (07:16):
Well, one of the most remarkable things was in Korea. I wasn’t there myself, but it was a small town and we put in the city square, the gospel truck, and we preached the gospel and we were thinking, is any people coming here? Because there was very little. But then it happened that in the outreach before the actually event, our team met a person, a young man who had metal in his heart because of problems held and they prayed and he started to test his chest and everything. And the problem, the metal was stopping and hurting, it was gone. And I don’t know exactly what happened, but seems to me like metal is gone and this guy is going all over and he shares to all his friends around. And they came as a group like here in Finland, a group of young people coming to a gospel campaign. And then they give their life to Jesus, most of them there. And then they come for discipleship in the evening. And local youth pastors got to really connect with them. And some of them are still following Jesus today and going with the gospel.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:36):
So what is the spiritual climate here in Finland when you begin to share the gospel with someone? How do people respond?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (08:46):
I think people want to see something real in here. And we have to be really honest as we preach and sincere that this what we carry. We have to know that the gospel we’re preaching is good news. And when people see that in us, they’re also open. What on earth is this? We heard about religion and stuff. We don’t want to deal with the empty things, but okay, you carry something real, you really met Jesus. And when we speak to gospel and we go in boldness in faith, we pray for healings and stuff and people are like, I didn’t know that there was a God who can do that. And there is lots of reaction.

(09:31):
Someone’s, for example, ankle gets healed, whoa, this can happen to me. And this really surprising stir up hunger. And I believe that even though there’s a lots of secularism and there is also a lots of depression, all kinds of bad stuff and lots of speaking that into this generation and in this nations also, that they’re rejected Christ. But when we actually preach the gospel and come in the power of Jesus, so many people are actually open, open and it’s getting even more and more open. And especially the young teens, I’d say like 13 to 15 year olds, they’re so open. I’m not even surprised when we stopped by a group of five or six people maybe. And we just do a mini gospel campaign to them. We share the quick gospel and we give an altar call like, Hey, do you want to receive Jesus? And they answer. And oftentimes many of them want to give their life to Jesus. And it doesn’t even surprise me anymore.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:36):
Yeah. Last night we were with our team from Houston, Texas. We brought 20 people here with us and we’re at McDonald’s and there were a group of teenage girls there, and one of our team members started to share with them about Jesus and said, would you like to pray a prayer of salvation? They said, I’ve never heard of that before, but yes, I want to. And so the girls prayed, they repeated the prayer of salvation and then afterwards she says, wow, I feel so good now. I feel so good. And she’s like, this feels so good. I have to go tell my friends about this. This is crazy. She’s so excited. And then she ran off and grabbed her friends and brought them back and says, you have to also pray this prayer. It makes you feel so good. And it was so neat to see how open they were, because at first they asked, are you Christian?

(11:25):
He says, yes, I was born a Christian. But of course, you also must make a choice to follow Jesus. And I think that’s probably a common thought here in Finland that people think, because I’m part of a traditional church, then I go to church on Easter and on my wedding day that I’m a Christian. But then every person must make a choice to follow Jesus. And when she prayed that prayer and made that choice to follow, Jesus felt so good on the inside and immediately she became an evangelist. I mean, it was just like the woman at the well in John chapter four. She rushed off and she got her friends and brought them back and says, you have to pray this prayer too.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (12:06):
Amen. And what you mentioned that she went out to preach to others. We’ve seen when people have come with the fire of God and they’ve been preaching the gospel and people have got touched, that those who actually want to follow Jesus, many of them, they want to go and preach forward. This is really actually really radical culture shift in Finland right now. Before there was, let’s say 3, 4, 5 years ago, there wasn’t so many who were going, but now we had circuit writers coming in here like, Hey, we are not ashamed of the gospel. We have the fire comes in Finland, like hallelujah. And people are raising in such boldness that I myself, even as I’m teaching them, well, I might have both. They’re going, going with the gospel and it’s going from disciple disciple generation to generation like new believers and new believers. They preach the gospel and we have this culture.

(13:04):
And one example is I shared the gospel in a Bible study with my friends. We shared to one guy and he got saved in there radically. And he started preaching everywhere. And many of his friends got saved and they started preaching forward and people started getting many, many, many saved. And some of them now are preaching through rap, even in the gospel campaigns in Jesus store, one of his friends has been sharing the gospel with the power of the Holy Spirit. You can really sense the Holy Spirit on these guys. And their friends have been having this culture where they preach in YouTube and suddenly there’s 1 million views on video here in Finland where there’s only 8 million people. And this really radical, I will preach the gospel. I’m not ashamed of the gospel culture as really writing here. Like the lady, Hey, I got share for this is what I experienced. It’s not my personal thing or something, but it’s kind of automatic in this culture that of course we preach. So that’s been a really big shift. I’m so grateful for.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:14):
Yeah. So God began to speak to you about preaching the gospel publicly.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (14:19):
Oh yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:20):
And now we are here. We are doing the Jesus tour. We will be in the central square preaching the gospel publicly. Amen. That word that you began to pray for is now coming to pass. It’s a real miracle because God brought the Jesus tour after 11 cities. This is the last city. And so we’re expecting God to do the greatest here at the last. And God brought our team all the way from the United States to come and partner with it. And so it’s a really miracle. What do you believe in God for here on Tamar? What would you like to see God do in the next couple of nights?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (14:59):
His holy presence coming upon us? And we have here 15 churches involved. So I really dream that all of these churches and people who come here would get a taste of the gospel and the power of the simple clear gospel. And they would take the torch to everywhere. And I believe in Jesus culture, what is normal, for example, in Helsinki, two hours from here, there’s a metro. Okay? We didn’t metro, we will preach, we will worship, preach, and I believe this. We’re going to worship. We’re going to fill the city with the noise of Jesus in the middle of pride and all the other noises. And this is going to be everywhere. That’s what I believe.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:41):
Yes. If sin can be lifted up loud, why can’t we lift up Jesus loud?

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (15:45):
We got to have to.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:48):
Amen. Well, let’s finish by praying for God to send his fire to Finland. And if you could pray, but don’t pray in English, pray and finish that God would send his fire to this nation.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (16:03):
Yo. Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:55):
Ah man.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (16:55):
Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:56):
Well, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi (16:59):
Thank you so much, brother. We’re

Evangelist Daniel King (17:01):
Glad to have you here.

 

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Reaching Muslims in Liberia | Pastor Ostranuel Kamara

Welcome to The Evangelism Podcast, where we explore the joy and power of sharing the gospel with the world. Today, we have a special guest – Pastor Ostranuel Kamara from Monrovia, Liberia. He was born a Muslim and today Pastor Kamara shares his incredible testimony of coming to faith in Jesus after a miraculous encounter, and how God is now using him to reach his own Muslim village with the good news. Tune in as we discuss the importance of evangelism and how God is opening doors for the gospel, even in the most unexpected places.

Connect with Pastor Kamara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pstostranuel.kamara

Summary: 

  • Pastor Kamara was born a Muslim in a village near where the evangelistic crusade of Daniel King is taking place. He had a powerful conversion experience and became a Christian after hearing a voice asking him about where he would spend eternity.
  • Pastor Kamara’s village is predominantly Muslim, with no churches present. He has been praying for years to bring the gospel there.
  • During the crusade, Pastor Kamara’s family members and friends from his village attended and some, including his non-Christian uncle, accepted Jesus.
  • Pastor Kamara and Daniel King feel that God is opening doors to plant a church in Pastor Kamara’s home village, which has previously been resistant to Christian evangelism.
  • They pray for the Muslims of Liberia to come to know Jesus as their Savior, not just as a prophet.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King and I’m excited about telling people about Jesus. Today I have a very special guest with me, Pastor Kamara from Monrovia, Liberia. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast. Thank you so much.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (00:16):
It’s a privilege being with you

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:18):
This week. Now you and I have known each other for almost 10 years now. You came to my house in Tulsa, Oklahoma 10 years ago, and you asked me to come to Liberia

(00:33):
And you began to pray that God would send me to Liberia. And now because of your prayers, here I am and so excited that you are able to join us for a crusade here in Hun Liberia. And tell me a little bit about how we got connected. We’re both members of the International Convention of Faith Ministries ICFM. And we’ve met each other several times at the conferences that they often have. And one of my good friends, pastor Tom Brown from El Paso, Texas, he actually ordained you. How did that come about? How did you meet Pastor Tom Brown?

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (01:13):
It’s a friend of mine that were following Pastor Tom Brown on to Pastor Tom Brown website. And he loved the teaching of Pastor Tom Brown. And within that time he told me that, look, I see this bishop, I mean pastor at the time, he was not a bishop yet. And then he told me that I think he would like to be connected to him. And then I had opportunity and I just got my visa to go to the US. And then I arrived and it was a senior year, the ordained Bishop Toran as a bishop. And then he sent for me and he received me. And then he said, the law is asking him to ordain me. I was trying to hesitate, but then, and the law told me yes. And then since Tom Brown ordained me, it took a new ship of my ministry.

(02:02):
And then he also introduced me to our CFA International Convention of Faith Ministry. And while we were discussing, because I had a plane and I be praying because I came from Lofa County here district at that time it was a district a time, just maybe 20 minutes to 15 minute drive from here. And it is a Muslim time dominated, no church had ever been dead. And I’ve been praying, oh God, I need men to come and help like a miss call. And then when I was telling Tom Bryan, I said, look, my heart is to take the gospel back to my people. And he said, oh, I got an evangelist that I know. I want to introduce him. And at the time your mom was at his church, your mom and died?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:50):
Yeah, my mother and father were at his church.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (02:52):
They went to visit there and so it was high. He connected us. And you opened an arm to me and you invited me and I flew to Taw and you took me, you took me to your house, you took me to or university. You came in a lot of places to give me some sizing and we discussed and I told you that I want you to come to Li and said we should pray about it. But then the eboard, I came and then Coronavirus came and we couldn’t connect again. But here today you are in and my prayer is,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:27):
Well, it shows that your prayers are powerful even though it took some years for me to make it. My desire is to come to every nation and to preach the gospel. And I’m so happy that God has finally brought me here to Liberia. And so I actually didn’t give you any warning that I was coming on Sunday night. I landed at the airport and I remembered that you were in Monrovia. And so I just sent you a text message and called you on the phone and you answered and you said, oh, Daniel King, it’s so good to hear from you. And I told you I was coming here to hon and you decided to come with us.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (04:10):
Yeah, when I saw your text, the first, there was a jaw that hit me because this is what I’ve been praying for. And then later when we did a call and you say, can you come over? Maybe we have lunch, breakfast together. Then we can discuss. And then I was able to get to you the next one. So when you told me about coming to Calon, in fact without plan, I knew it was God timing. So I don’t need to put anything in place because this is what I’ve been praying for all this year. And you are telling me tomorrow morning we’re leaving and I just went to my wife, I said, look, we are soldier. When the loss goes right dead, it remind me of what the scripture talk about, the raptured, when Jesus come, when Jesus come, we’re in you. The Bible said the one that is on the hot stop, we not come down. Yes, we not come down. We not come down. You remediate two will be lying on the bed and one will be taken and so forth. So we are already it. So I told the world that if Jesus will come to rapture his church and I’m on the street, I’m not going to go back to make no plane. So I just thought about, I said, okay, I’m going with

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:28):
Now. It’s really special that you’re here with us helping to do this crusade in this place because you were actually born in a village very near to where we’re doing the crusade. And you were born a Muslim.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (05:43):
Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:44):
Tell me a little bit of your testimony. How did you come to know Jesus as your Lord and Savior?

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (05:49):
Okay, about 30 years ago, maybe 32, 33 years ago. I remember when I was 17 years, 17 to 18 years ago when the war was here, we have the classes and the first thing that happened to me in four year district, I’ve not explained it to you yet. In four year discipline, when you came in and they drove the rebel and I came to see a brother, what was there, we were sitting like this and this guy had an arm. One of the rebel had an arm, and then we were, they said up, but we have some civilian here, where are you with arm? He said there was no rhyme was in the arm. And he removed the magazine, we could see no rhyme and he put it back. We were playing with it, but then I was sitting opposite to him. And then I don’t know, his hand touched a trick out and the gun fired going to hold the sun. And where I was sitting right to my stomach and then I don’t know, I can’t explain up to my, he

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:48):
Shot the gun right at you?

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (06:50):
Yes. And you weren’t injured. And I saw the chair wore, had a mac, but then actually my spirit left me like I was dead and everybody rushed to me, but they are looking in my stomach. They can’t see no arm. And I’m just waiting to forward and died and I’m looking like that. And I had a trauma for good three months every time I think about it. And I was not safe at that time.

(07:14):
And even the God who God spared your life, and even the rebel God who did that shooting, literally walked to me and said, you are not an honor man. God have you for the purpose. Can you imagine? He was saying that. And then I have to go back to my hometown assembly home from full foia. And then one evening I sat at the back porch of the house and I was just thinking about life. This is a war to country. No school. I was not going to school. Things were difficult. And I started thinking how this life is going to be. And then I heard the voice audibly, if you die, what will you spend eternity. So I turned to see that maybe someone was speaking to me, but I saw nobody and the word repeat the second time and I become trouble. And immediately when I become trouble, then I started talking, okay, but then I think I need to be serious in saving God.

(08:07):
But I thought it was a Muslim way, so I wanted to maybe I was not committed as a Muslim to a certain level so that I went to my uncle. I said, I think I need to be more committed because the voice that I heard, what will you expect in eternity? Hell or heaven. But then just within that time I heard and inward it were leading me. Leave, go back to Monrovia, leave, go back to Monrovia. And the road was black. The rebel was on the window with the gold. So I walked from here almost to Monrovia. Wow. It took me five to six days walking in

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:43):
The forest. Yeah, even driving the other day it took us over eight hours driving. So you were just walking through the

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (08:48):
Forest. I’m just walking through the forest wherever there will be a night we sleep. The next day we continue along with my brother that they just threw you down there. One of my brother, the other one, I said, he’s the head of brother. We walked together and my mind was actually going back to Monrovia that since there is war here and then I can go to school, I need to go to school. So let me get to Monroy, go to school. And then when I got to Monrovia, I met my father because my father had already left from, he was living innoVi, my biological father. His brother was here. And then he told me, he said, I’m glad that you came. I want you to go to see Mary. That was a Kelly school and that was a bigger school. Then there’s a lady that told me, no, my church have a school.

(09:32):
Can you attend the school? But then they had a school in the church building on Sunday they have service. On Monday they remove the chair and they do the partition and they had classes. So my father said, that is not a school to the standard. I want to send you to a best school of standard. But I told he said no, because I’ve been convinced. But I think that God orchestrated it that way. And when I went to school, none together was talking to me. She already told the pastor that this guy is a Muslim, he’s coming. So I started going to the school, which was a Christian school, and then she was teaching the Bible and I was not interesting. I don’t want to take the Bible. And she said that you Muslim? I said, yes, I am. And she use the same word.

(10:17):
If you die, where will you spend eternity? Have you ever thought about that? Then it came to me. When I went home, I was trouble the whole night. And the whole night I was trouble. So I became confused like the Bible’s a multi to M in the divided of decision, but the law is near the body’s of decision. So my prayer that I did, that was the best prayer that I ever could do. I said, I want to know if Muhammad is the way of Jesus is the way. That was what was pond in my mind because I was not in the midst of this to I’m a Christian or a Muslim, and then that night is a fair to sleep. And Jesus appeared to me in a dream. He came almost to the cloud and on the open feet and he said, I am the way the two and the alive.

(11:02):
But one of the things that discovered when I look at his face, I could see love and clear for his eyes. And then he said tongue. When I turned him, he said, I saw the wide open feet and I saw people were being tortured, was suffering. And he said, preach to them. And when I opened my mouth to preach, I saw a lot of people were being heal. And I wake up that morning and I went to school and we had a chapel and the cover for and I gave my life, and there’s a peace that came into my heart and the peace I’ve never experienced in my life, all in me was trouble. But I see the peace and the kind. And then I said to Jesus, when I came, I was so excited and tell him, my father said, guess what, today I accepted Jesus.

(11:57):
I’m going to church on Sunday. He said, look, look, look, you may have been deceived by those white people who brought this gospel here. I said, no. So he just left it. He thought I was joking. The next morning I went to church. When I came back, he said, what did you from? I said, I went to church. He said, I told you not to go to church. So we had one of our uncle that live around the, and that Sunday evening they called me and they said, your dad said you went to church? I said, yes. He said, do you know that you’re not supposed to go to church? You are a Muslim. What are you doing? I said, I have seen the truth and the truth will set me free. And he beat me on my head, slapped me on my head. I don’t know where the bone came from. And I said, you can kill me right now. But I have seen the truth and the truth. And Jesus had revealed himself to me and he told me He’s the way, the truth and the life.

(12:54):
And then that high, I will curse out of the house. My father said he was not going to take care of me the game pay my school fee. But Jesus did everything. But the good part about it, after 15 years, my father finally accepted Jesus Christ. And when I asked him, because he walked to my church at the time, I started the church. And then I asked him, I said, what brought you here? He said, something just told me God. And I asked him about, he said, I believe the God. He said, I said, what make you to believe? He said, from the day you walk out of the house and you told me that you are going to serve Jesus, I’ve been watching your life and I see your life. And then there what I know that the scripture will said that you are episo written on our heart, read by every man that when we become a living bible, when people look at the kind of life you live. And I say, I believe because they live, you live. And then my father accepted Jesus Christ as a Lord and personal savior. Then all my sister that was in Monrovia, we had a meeting and he said, anyone want to become a Christian? Follow him. And my father had two wives and I began to talk to him. Now you accept Jesus Christ as a Lord person, savior, you need to marry one wife. And he left the other wife and he married

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:18):
The other wife in the church. And we officiated the wedding of my father. I preach and officially the wedding of my father.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (14:29):
And the good part about it, everything he had, he give it with Brenda, all the charm.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:36):
He was tying charms around his waist.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (14:38):
Yes. For protection. Because where he was working, they fought each order for power.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:44):
So he cut off all the

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (14:45):
Charms, all the juju beads. Yes, all those beads cut it up and I burned it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:50):
You burned

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (14:51):
It?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:51):
Yes. Wow. And so Monday night we had a pastor’s conference in Monrovia

(15:01):
And you brought a group of ICFM pastors that you’ve gathered together. And I preached on evangelism in the importance of going everywhere and telling everyone about Jesus. And then we began to pray for people. And God gave me a prophecy for you. And I don’t prophesy often, but when I hear the voice of God, I speak it out. And so I just felt that God was saying that in your village, that you were born in, that you would start a church in that place. And I prophesied that, expand your vision. You have a wonderful church in Monrovia, and we started talking about the village that you were born in and you haven’t been to the village for 30 years. Yes. Plus. Plus 30 years plus. And so I said, God wants you to plant a church in that place that you were born in because the village that you were born is a Muslim

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (16:04):
Village.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:05):
Everyone there is Muslim, Liberia

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (16:07):
Has today. There is no church there. As we’re speaking now,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:11):
Liberia has many Christians, but there are pockets of Islam all over Liberia. There are whole villages that have no churches. No

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (16:20):
Churches.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:21):
And so even though some people look at the demographics and say, oh, most of Liberia is Christian, there are still many Muslims that need Jesus here in Liberia. And so your village is a Muslim village. And so you hopped in the car, came with us up here to Calon, which is just very near your village. And you immediately started calling your family member saying, Hey, I’m going to be in the area. Can you come to the crusade? Tell us what happened.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (16:52):
Some of them, the first thing that started, I called my sister while we were on the way and I said, I will be in VMA in the next two hours. And she came, she was so excited. She said, I’m going with you to the crusade. Wow. And the next day she followed. And then when I got there, I called my uncle and I called some of my friends and read the tape. And then they were so excited and I told them, this is the emergency trip. I did not plan to come to the village, but I’m going to be to the village. I mean to just maybe a 15 to 20 minute drive. But what happened yesterday? And you prophesied. So when my uncle came, he was so excited. When you pray for him,

(17:39):
He said he fear something that you have never feared before. And when you left, he told me, he said, from today I will be called Pastor Peter, because his name is Peter. He is not even a Christian yet. But he says, I will be called Pastor Peter. He have not yet even said, but when you pray for him. And then he said, I will be Pastor Peter. And I brought Joe to me. And last night when we came back to the crusade, why you were ministering. And I walked down the aisle and behind the profile I call him and we started talking and he told me not, I’m ready now to accept Jesus Christ and his wife. And he accepted Jesus Christ. And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:24):
After the crusade last night.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (18:25):
Yes. And I led him to Christ also world by word. And he told me that right now, if you’re ready to play in a church in ma, our hometown, I’m going to be the first man to be the disciple of Jesus Christ. And then we talk a lot. He was so excited. I could see a joy and happiness on his face that, I mean, I have never seen him. These are people you don’t tell them about Christianity before. And I’ve been praying over 30 years for this village.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:00):
Wow.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (19:02):
I go,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:03):
This is the younger brother of your father?

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (19:05):
Yes, the younger brother of my father. From one mother and one father. Wow. So you’ve been praying for this village. I’ve been praying for the village for over 20 some old years that Jesus, if I, this morning I received a call from one of the friend that we grew up together and he said, you in, but we heard that you’re supposed to be coming here, but we are waiting to work to do anything you going to do. You want to be part of it

(19:40):
And God have opened the door. I read a scripture yesterday from Psalm 60 verses eight and nine, and God said, who will bring me to a strong city who will lead me to either? And there are strong city taken by the strong men, demon, the strong men, but God is looking for people. So I mean you just an answer, God bring you. This has been the first of it. Come over a decade to have a crusade in Koala. I know foia, it been happening, but in this is the first. So you broke the hatch, you break the stronghold over the ceiling. You have been the first for over decades, even when I was a little child growing up here, we have not seen no crusade like this here. This is the first of his car.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:37):
And you were at the crusade last night. Tell us what you saw. What impact do you feel the crusade had?

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (20:43):
In fact, the first thing I saw, the hunger of the people,

(20:47):
The cry was just increasing and increasing. And lastly, when you minister, I could see from the people, they were so hungry. But one of the things that happened is that when a lady came up who been blind, could see for several years, nine could see, and even he was trying to touch your nose. The whole place went, wow. I mean, this is the doing of the Lord. And we believe that you are sin by God. It is our prayer that you come back again because you are just started the fire. You need to come back and keep fleeing the fire. Amen. I’m so happy I’m one of the happiest person on the face of the island. Now I’ve been praying for my village to know Jesus Christ. And now they are telling me if my brother and I, we were discussing, he said He going to give my number to one of my uncle who have access to the learning, that they would make an arrangement to give a land to start a church. Wow. Praise God. It’s a miracle. It’s a miracle. And this is a city, and this is a village that when we were growing up, every missionary that come, they will not accept the missionary. The missionary will go to the next village,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:11):
But they

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (22:12):
Will accept you

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:13):
Because you’re a son of the village.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (22:14):
They have already accepted me. I’ve been receiving a lot of call that they are ready to accept me. It means that Jesus had opened the door. And guess what? This year when we started the beginning of the year before the watch night, I was praying, and the Lord said to me, 2025 is a year of open doors. I was not looking at either side. I was looking at maybe open door to other nations, other continent. But now I know it’s an open door to my hometown. Hallelujah. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:53):
Well, it’s so exciting to be here. It’s so exciting to be a part of this miracle bringing Jesus to this Muslim village in Liberia. And I believe that the church that you plant will grow strong and powerful and you will be able to disciple your uncle and he will be Pastor Peter. He spoke the prophecy even out of his own mouth before he even became a Christian. But then last night, he gave his life to Jesus. And so God is working here. Let’s just finish by taking a moment to pray for all the Muslims in Liberia. Jesus loves Muslims.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (23:38):
Yes,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:39):
Jesus died for Muslims. And Muslims have great respect for Jesus. They call him the prophet Issa, and they know that Issa does miracles in the Quran. Jesus does many miracles, and I’ve seen all over the world that Muslims will come to Jesus when they see him do miracles. And so let’s just take a moment to pray for the Muslims of Liberia that they would see Jesus not only as a prophet, but also as their Savior. Go ahead and pray.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (24:12):
Father, in the name of Jesus, you said, who will bring me to the strong city? Who will bring me? Father, we make ourselves available. Lord, we thank you for the testimony that Muslims are coming to Jesus Christ. We thank you for this ing. We thank you for your seven Daniel King that you are sent. Father, we know that this is a Macedonia call that will been calling, Hey, we need you. And today here is he. We thank you for using to break the stronghold over the city that today the fire has spread above. Father, I thank you that today my own people are calling for the church for Jesus to be in the Muslim lion. Father, we thank you, oh God, because you have opened the doors and no man will shut the door. I thank you for many who are already hot, been softened because you said the heart of the king is in your hand. You are already soft in your heart. We thank you that my will be saved, my will be delivered. My will be liberated. In the name of Jesus, we pray for all the Muslim in Liberia. We pray for all the Muslim in the world that day. We come to know Jesus. Lord, as you appear to me, appear to them one by one in the name of Jesus. Thank you, father, for saving my people. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:51):
Amen. Thank you Pastor Ku for being on the Evangelism podcast. I’m so glad,

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (25:59):
And I want to say this is one of the greatest thing that ever happened in my life to see my people being saved. I’ve been praying. Praise God. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:13):
Thank you Pastor Kuma.

Pastor Ostranuel Kamara (26:14):
So keep praying for us. We need your prayer. Amen. Amen.

 

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Evangelism in Sierra Leon | Orenta J.S. Macauley

On this episode of The Evangelism Podcast, I connect with my  old friend Apostle Orenta J.S. Macauley, (I call him Solomon) from Sierra Leone. We talk about what God is doing in West Africa. Prepare to be inspired as was talk about how to catch, keep, and spread the fire of revival. One note before we get started. I had a problem with a bad microphone when I recorded this and there are lots of hisses, crackles, and pops. Please forgive the bad sound.

 

Connect with Pastor Orenta J.S. Macauley on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omacauley

Summary: 

  • Evangelist Daniel King interviews Apostle Orenta J.S. Macauley, a pastor from Sierra Leone, about their longstanding friendship and shared vision for reaching West Africa with the gospel.
  • Macauley shares his experiences of planting a church in a predominantly Muslim area of Sierra Leone and the challenges he has faced, as well as the miracles he has witnessed.
  • King and Macauley discuss the opportunity to do large-scale evangelistic crusades across West Africa, leveraging resources and teams from different countries in the region.
  • They express a desire to build a “crusade machine” that can move from country to country, preaching the gospel and reaping the spiritual harvest, while calling on viewers to support this vision financially.

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, pastor Solomon from the Nation of Sierra Leone, and it’s so good to have you with me today. And not only are you a pastor, you’re also an apostle. So tell me your full name.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (00:50):

Well, I’m Orenta J.S. Macauley. And tell me the name of your church. I’m as Mission of Hope International Church. And you are in Freetown? I’m in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone East part of Freetown. Wonderful. Well, I love Sierra Leone. We’ve been there. We’ve done a crusade in Sierra Leone and we want to go back. And so you and I have been friends for many years. Yes. Tell us, where did we meet? How did we meet?

You Had a friend called Trey. Trey Twyman, yeah. Yes. Who was a missionary when he was in ORU University.

(00:56):
So they came from missions in Ghana. I was in Ghana already as a missionary pastor under Reverend Doctor said, so we went for missionary trips in then he said a lot about you that he has a friend who loves missions. He loves reaching out to the law souls. And he said, the way I saw your drive, I want to connect you and Solomon, so you and Daniel so that you can reach out to the world. Then we spoke, I think he reached out to you. Then the following year you had an opportunity to come with Born to Ghana. So

Evangelist Daniel King (01:31):
We

Orenta J.S. Macauley (01:31):
Met,

Evangelist Daniel King (01:32):
Both of us. Were very young at that time.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (01:34):
You were very young.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:35):
And I came and stayed a couple of days With you. In Ghana? Yes, in Ghana. And we were talking about doing crusades in Ghana, doing crusades since Sierra Leone, other parts of Africa. And we were just dreaming together as two young men, two young men, wondering what God would do with our lives. And so I had the opportunity to introduce you to Dr. Tia Osborne, the great missionary evangelist. And what did you see with

Orenta J.S. Macauley (01:58):
Dr. Osborne

Evangelist Daniel King (01:59):
There?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (02:00):
Well, that really motivated me and gave me a fresh fire by God and not turn him back. That’s why we still in the race.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:06):
Amen.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (02:07):
Yeah.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:07):
And so after some years in Ghana, then God sent you to Sierra Leone?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (02:14):
Yes. Back to

Evangelist Daniel King (02:15):
And you planted a church there. Church, yes. Tell me about that

Orenta J.S. Macauley (02:18):
Process. It’s a tough process. Looking at the community where God sent me is a dominating community of Muslims. The first year of the church, six months we went down. Yes. And we told our ourself, come today, come tomorrow, the gospel of Jesus who be preached there. Because when I listened to The Osborn, he said a lot of things about the challenges or going to places where there are domination of people that are against the faith. So the trials will be there. So we started again after a year, another attack came again to the church. And the community rules up that they don’t want the church in that community. They don’t want the church. It’s an Islamic area. Everybody there is a Muslim, but God’s so good by the grace of God and prayer, like you said, catch the fire. Keep the fire, spread the fire. So the

Evangelist Daniel King (03:14):
Fire, yeah, that was the message yesterday at the fire conference here in Liberia. I told the people catch the fire and then you need to keep the fire because some people lose the fire. So you’ve got to keep it bright and then you have to spread the fire. And you said something very good today. In your message, you said that fire always changes what it touches. How did you say that?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (03:42):
I said that whatever fire touches changes completely,

Evangelist Daniel King (03:45):
Completely.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (03:46):
It

Evangelist Daniel King (03:47):
Makes

Orenta J.S. Macauley (03:47):
Everything

Evangelist Daniel King (03:47):
Different. And that’s what God has done in your life. You got touched by the fire of God, it completely changed you. And here many years later, you’re serving the Lord. Now I remember back many years ago, in 2007, we were doing a crusade in Guatemala. Guatemala. And you wanted to come and we had plans. You were going to come to the crusading, Guatemala, see how the crusade took place. And then we were planning to sit down and talk about the next step for doing something in Africa, coming to Ghana. And tell me what happened. It was a tragedy. Really. Tell me about it.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (04:27):
What happened? You sent me the visa for Guatemala and I never knew I have to take a transit visa for Mexico. So bought the plane, came to Amsterdam, and then transited to Mexico. Then from Mexico I was stopped at the airport that I need a Mexican transit visa before I coast to

Evangelist Daniel King (04:46):
Guatemala. And you didn’t know that? We didn’t know that. You didn’t know that? I didn’t know that. And so I remember you were calling on the phone, can you help me? Is there anything you can do? And we were busy with the crusading Guatemala, and we didn’t have any contacts in Mexico. And so you stayed there for two days under arrest at the airport. They wanted you to get a transit visa. And it was so sad because you were just trying to come to the crusade. And so they sent you back home.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (05:15):
Back

Evangelist Daniel King (05:15):
Home, and you never made it to that crusade. And so now 19 years later,

Orenta J.S. Macauley (05:23):
19 years later,

Evangelist Daniel King (05:24):
You have come to a crusade that I’m doing here in Liberia. And so you’re 19 years late, where were you?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (05:32):
Well, I was still doing the Lord’s work coming back in Sierra. Leon. Sierra. Leon need it needs to done because it’s a population with Muslims. And the Muslims are going rapidly. The church is diverting from evangelism to socialism. Yeah. The churches are diverting from evangelism to socialism.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:56):
And so how that work in the churches, instead

Orenta J.S. Macauley (05:59):
Of preaching the gospel gospel, they’re preaching another gospel. They’re not preaching about winning souls running after the lost. And we are losing many people. Wow. Yeah. Going back to Islam. Wow. Yeah, because when the Muslim, a Christian, it forces you not to go to church. It stops you completely. We had those things come on, but in my church, we break the rules. I have a pastor whose husband is a Muslim. He’s anal, but he comes to church. Wow. Yeah. We’re dragging into church gradually. And

Evangelist Daniel King (06:34):
So God is working in his life. God is working. He’s really, really

Orenta J.S. Macauley (06:37):
Working.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:37):
Wow. What a miracle. Well, the last time I was in Sierra Leone, we had a cameraman who came from the TV news station

Orenta J.S. Macauley (06:52):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (06:52):
We hired him to come with us to take pictures because it said he would be good at taking pictures. And on the first day he told us that he was a member of the Mandingo tribe. And the Mandingo tribe is like 99% Muslim to be Mandingo is to be Muslim. And they’re very proud people. They’re very strong, very proud. And so he came and he was taking pictures every day. And that was during the time of COVID. And so the big crusade was actually canceled because one week before we came, they made a rule. No large gatherings. So we decided instead of doing the big crusade, we would go from village to village. So instead of bringing many villages to the crusade

Orenta J.S. Macauley (07:40):
Location,

Evangelist Daniel King (07:41):
Every day we went to seven villages and we’re preaching. And so I was there with my friend, he’s an evangelist, his name is Will Jones, he’s got a great ministry. And me and brother Will, were going from village to village. We were preaching and in every village, many of them were Muslim villages. We saw miracles. Jesus was healing so many Muslim people. And so this man from the Mandingo Trap, he was taking pictures of every person that was getting healed. And so then on the last day, we had a big baptism service in a river. And we invited everyone from all the villages who had given their lives to Jesus. And they all came to the river and we baptized them. I think it was over 300 people. And the night before this cameraman, he came to us and he says, tomorrow I want to be baptized. Wow. We said, wow. He said, do you know what that means? That means that you are turning away from Islam and you’re turning to Jesus. You’re becoming a follower of Jesus. He says, yes. He says, all week I’ve seen Jesus do so many miracles. He says, I must become a follower of Jesus. And so we baptized him. It was a huge

Orenta J.S. Macauley (08:54):
Miracle.

Evangelist Daniel King (08:55):
And then when we went back to Freetown, we sent a pastor to his house and he baptized his whole family. He had a couple of wives, many, many children. Everyone got baptized and they all became followers of Jesus. And so God is working in Sierra Leone. Now you’ve come here to Liberia and it was not easy for you to get here, easier than Guatemala. But tell us the road, the journey that you took to get here.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (09:27):
The roads are bad. I did a video. I’ll send it to you on the ocaa. We have to cut down from the hills and the ocaa has to come up. So it’s about almost three hours on an ocaa. And the road is not paved. It’s muddy.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:41):
How long did it take you to get from Freetown to the border? Took me like four hours. Okay. So the roads there are good, they’re good. But then you got on a motorbike, got on a motorbike, and it’s just dirt, roads of dirt, path, roads. And you came across the border, across the border to the city of Ung. And we’re doing a crusade here this week. What have you seen at the crusade so far?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (10:05):
I’ve seen the hand of God mighty moving, very mighty. And last night it was amazing. It was really, really amazing that the woman was completely blind, said she has not been seen a visualist all gone. I received her the steps and I excitement was unexplainable, like somebody having deprived sight. And now he can see her excitement was uncontrollable. That’s why you were saying I reacted that way.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:36):
Yeah. I announced on the first night of the crusade, tomorrow night we will pray for blind eyes. And so many blind people came and I preached on blind Bartimaeus from the Bible. He was sitting beside the road, and as Jesus was leaving Jericho, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, son of David have mercy on me. And the people said, be quiet, don’t yell so loud, buddy. He yelled Louder, Jesus. I told the people, if you cry out to Jesus, then you can receive a miracle. And last night I asked the people to begin to cry out to Jesus.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (11:13):
Then

Evangelist Daniel King (11:14):
Everybody lifted their hands high and they began to shout. They said, Jesus. Jesus. And when that happened, there was such a strong anointing that came on the crusade field. Exactly.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (11:25):
We had Mary miracles because of the rain. We couldn’t take them. There was a woman who came to me. She had stroke and she has not been able to walk. She was the one raising the crutch when he said the survey, the crowds did not allow it to come forward. By the time she was coming, the rains were coming heavily.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:43):
The people with the crutches

Orenta J.S. Macauley (11:44):
Were coming forward. There were many were walking. She walked. She had stroke for three months and she has never walked. Wow.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:52):
Well tell about Sierra Leone. Do you think it’s possible to do crusades in some of the Muslim areas of Sierra Leone? Yeah. And what would you like to do there? What does God put

Orenta J.S. Macauley (12:04):
On your heart? What is the crusades? The dream we had 20 more years back together when we start to reach out to the lost Sierra Leon. Leon is ready. Like you said, today the harvest is ready. And like you said, it’s a time. Harvesting has timing. I wrote that thing and I began to ponder about it. When you plant a crop, it tells you about six months this crop will produce. So every harvest hasty. And if you

Evangelist Daniel King (12:36):
Miss it, the harvest will never come in.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (12:39):
Yeah. You’re going to lose

Evangelist Daniel King (12:40):
Some crop. The crops will just rot in the field.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (12:43):
Yeah.

Evangelist Daniel King (12:45):
So you feel like this is God’s time for Syria.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (12:47):
It’s goes timing. When I heard that you come into Liberia, I said, this is God’s breakthrough because there was a crusade in the city. It was mega. They have to break some compounds just for the crowd to be accepted. And that was

Evangelist Daniel King (13:04):
Massive. God has really put West Africa on my heart. And the neat thing is, is that when you have a passport from West Africa, it opens the door for you to go into other countries. And so it’s called, what’s it called? The Ewa KOAs. ECOWAS

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:26):
Passport. That’s what

Evangelist Daniel King (13:27):
Does that stand for?

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:27):
Do you know? It stands for West Africa and economical. It’s a union of,

Evangelist Daniel King (13:33):
So all the different countries here have made an agreement. And so it’s like Liberia, Sierra Leone,

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:39):
Guinea, Guinea, Ghana,

Evangelist Daniel King (13:41):
Ghana

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:42):
And Bina. Faso. Nija. All inside

Evangelist Daniel King (13:45):
Ivory Coast.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:46):
Ivory Coast, Senegal.

Evangelist Daniel King (13:50):
And so Nigeria here in Liberia with the ministry of Brother Billy

Orenta J.S. Macauley (13:56):
Bimba.

Evangelist Daniel King (13:57):
We have a truck. He has a ministry. It’s called Liberia for Jesus. But God has given him a truck, a sound system, a platform. And with this crusade setup, we can cross the borders because with the truck, we can get special insurance that will allow us to go to any of these countries in West Africa.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (14:18):
Exactly.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:19):
And so what I am asking God for is a crusade machine that will go from country to country, from place to place, from village to village, town to town. And that we could do not just one or two, but hundreds of crusades across this entire region of West Africa. And we can build a team. We can have some team members from Sierra Leone, from Liberia, get some team members from Ghana, Nigeria, people that are on fire for God. And together we can build a reaping machine that will bring in the harvest because it is harvest time.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (15:01):
It’s harvest time.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:02):
And to just go from city to city, town to town, village to village, country to country, nation to nation, preaching the gospel and bringing in the harvest. What do you think? You think that’s a good idea? That’s a

Orenta J.S. Macauley (15:13):
Brilliant idea.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:14):
You want to be part of the team.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (15:16):
I’m already done living Sierra Leon crossing

Evangelist Daniel King (15:19):
For 20 years. You’ve been praying to be part of the team. I don’t think it’s by accident that God has brought us back together at this

Orenta J.S. Macauley (15:25):
Time. I know. I know. It’s not really an accident that she really said to have a drive for Christ. Like we discussed, many have depart from the faith. I kept thinking about that word from the first night we sat at the dining room, were eaten. We said, many have departed from the faith and for God to keep us on this thing. It means he has a bigger plan. And to all our viewers who are listening, I will tell everybody that the support to the king’s ministry is not in vain. It’s a fulfillment of a heaven mandate. And God will really bless you.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:06):
Amen. Yeah. If you want to help support us, go to king ministries.com and give a donation today. We still need more equipment. This part of Africa is very hard on equipment. Last night it rained and some of the equipment, we are so worried it might get wet. We were wet actually to you and I were completely soaked when we got back. My shoes were squish, squish, squish puddle in my shoes. And every piece of clothing on my body was, you ring out the water, it was just completely wet. But it because the conditions here, so we need more equipment. We need to buy a big generator that costs about $12,000 to get a big generator that’s good

Orenta J.S. Macauley (16:54):
For wheel.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:55):
That has the wheels. That has the wheels to run the sound system. We need more sound equipment. We need another truck. You know what we really need? We need a land cruiser to be able to go anywhere

Orenta J.S. Macauley (17:07):
Across countries

Evangelist Daniel King (17:08):
Because sometimes the roads are very bad. They’re very bad. Exactly. And so we need the best land cruiser, Toyota Land Cruiser. And I went to look at one in Monrovia yesterday or a few days ago with Brother Bimba. And for maybe 50, $60,000, we can get a good Land cruiser that can take us anywhere here in West Africa, anywhere. And so I’m trusting God. I’m saying, God, send us the team, send us the equipment. We want to do crusades across this entire region of Africa.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (17:39):
Well, for our viewers around the world, and I want to say it’s a blessing. I’ve followed Daniel King for the past 20 years. So when I you online and I was following the Crusades, I said, wow, the dream is still on fire. Daniel is on fire. He’s just,

Evangelist Daniel King (17:57):
You got to keep the fire.

Orenta J.S. Macauley (17:58):
I know. And you really keeping it. And you spreading the fire. And you spreading the fire. And I want to tell all those, you can spread the fire with whatever support the Lord lays on your heart. Sometimes it’s not necessary that maybe you can leave your office, but your finances can be of a great benefit. And I want to say I’m already part of it. Although the work of an evangelist to meet out to the Lord souls and those who the Lord will touch. I know providing the vehicle, providing equipment for evangelism, it’s a breakthrough. It’s a spiritual breakthrough because nothing that is done for the Lord is in vain.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:41):
It

Orenta J.S. Macauley (18:42):
Saves generations. I have a testimony of a man who roofed the church and his son was suffering poem. There is an English woman, somebody who just, and the day he made the provision to just roof the church, his son was completely heal. Maybe somebody’s watching this today, and you’ve taken a lot of pills, medications. You are asking yourself how this happened. Just see the King’s ministry. I can buy that vehicle for the King’s ministry. Maybe no one not to. I can provide the trucks. I can provide the generator. I can provide the equipment. The Lord just laid up upon your heart. Just be a blessing to king’s ministry and it’ll be the greatest testimony, not only for you, but for your generations. Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (19:38):
Amen. Well, brother Solomon, thank you so much for coming here to Liberia to meet with me. It’s my pleasure for trying to come many years ago to Guatemala. I know. And I believe God’s brought us together again for such a time as this. Amen. And so thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

 

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Lance Alves | Gospel Trucks for Africa

Lance Alves, his wife, and their five kids are called to be missionary evangelists in Central Africa. God has given him the mechanical ability to turn a normal truck into a tool that can be used for evangelism. His trucks are transformers for Jesus. In less than five minutes, a normal truck can turn into a  platform with a sound system for preaching the Gospel in a marketplace or village. Today on the Evangelism Podcast he shares about his plans to reach Africa using Gospel Trucks.

Website: https://alvesministries.org/

 

Summary: 

Lance Alves, a missionary evangelist, and his family are called to reach Africa with the gospel. They have developed specialized gospel trucks that can be set up in just 5 minutes to preach the gospel and perform baptisms in marketplaces and villages. The trucks are equipped with sound systems, power, and other necessary equipment to effectively reach large crowds of up to 100,000 people. Alves and his family, including his 5 children, are planning an upcoming 7-day mission trip to Central Africa during which they will conduct 35 outreaches in schools, prisons, and unreached villages. Their goal is to efficiently reach as many unreached people as possible with the gospel.

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:00):
Lance Alves, his wife and their five kids are called to be missionary evangelists. In Central Africa, God has given Lance the mechanical ability to turn a normal truck into a tool that can be used for evangelism. His trucks are transformers for Jesus. In less than five minutes, a normal truck can turn into a platform with a sound system for preaching the gospel in a marketplace or village. Today on the Evangelism podcast, he shares about his plans to reach Africa using gospel trucks.

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:50):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries, and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies, and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist

Evangelist Daniel King (01:12):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Lance Alves, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast,

Lance Alves (01:26):
An honor to be with you today.

Evangelist Daniel King (01:28):
Alright, so Lance, you and your wife Heather, you were missionaries in Central Africa and now God is sending you back. You’re called to be an evangelist and you are building trucks. I’m so excited about the trucks that you’re building. Tell me a little bit about them.

Lance Alves (01:47):
Sure. So the trucks that we’re building are made for to do volume. So the five minutes set up and tear down, it’s very simple, very easy, and we can show the gospel many times in a day. It’s very simple. So everything’s prebuilt in and simple, but everything’s in it.

Evangelist Daniel King (02:11):
Now, where I met you was the Tulsa State Fair here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and you had your truck parked at the state fair. And as people were going by, you were ministering to them and even had a baptismal baptism like pool

Lance Alves (02:30):
Where

Evangelist Daniel King (02:31):
People who got saved. You gave them an opportunity right there at the Tulsa State Fair to be baptized. And one of the things I really loved about you is you have five kids and all five of your kids are involved with you in the ministry. So tell me a little bit about your kids, how old they are and what they do in the ministry.

Lance Alves (02:51):
Sure. So I have five kids ranging from 11 years old to three. And every one of them since being born in some way has been part of it. And so even from when we were on the streets of San Francisco, they were all on stage, even as we were rocking the baby carrier. And we just made a place for them in our ministry as a family. We felt that God had wanted us to do that. And so we never left them out. We always found a way that they could get involved. And some things that we would try to do is make it fun for them, so find their interest, but also make it fun. And at the end, we all really had a great time.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:35):
I recently saw a picture on your Facebook page where your kids were doing a puppet show. And it really brought me back to when I was a kid because when I was 10 years old, my parents became missionaries to the country of Mexico. And to be part of our family was to be part of the ministry. And so I did thousands of puppet shows on the streets of Mexico. I used to dress up like a clown, run through the streets and invite people to come to the service. And then we would do dramas and my dad would preach and I would pretend to be Jesus. And my sister would pretend to be a crippled lady and Jesus would touch her. And suddenly she was healed. And then my dad wanted to crucify Jesus. And so it was a great way to grow up. I’m a big believer that God does not just call individuals, he calls families to the ministry. And so talk to me a little bit about what you feel the call of God is upon you, but then how that it extends down to your whole family.

Lance Alves (04:32):
Sure. The calling that God has put is all of Africa. And so it’s not one particular region but the entire continent. And also there was other places that Lord had showed me that he would one day open up. And so we’ve never been one place only, but utilizing equipment, specialized equipment and people and be able to, for our family, that they could share the gospel, be part of it in almost a sense of multiplication. That was very important to us as a family. And so the kids have been able to be involved in music and puppet shows as you mentioned. And also they’ve been able to, if we had any food involved, they were part of that sharing what’s next, praying for the sick. And really it is just been an honor.

Evangelist Daniel King (05:35):
One of the things I really like is your focus on building these trucks for evangelism. And God’s given you a very mechanical mind, an innovative mind for taking a truck and turning it into a tool that can be used for evangelism. And the reason I think this is so important, what you’re doing is because we need to develop the infrastructure of evangelism. Think about it. When a church is wanting to minister to people, they do a capital campaign to raise money to build a church building. And the reason that people give to build a church building is because for a church, that’s where the ministry takes place. But it’s different for an evangelist. An evangelist doesn’t do his ministry inside a church building because the evangelist is going after people who are lost and who need Jesus. And so the evangelist is out on the dusty fields of Africa.

(06:39):
It could be a marketplace, it could be just a soccer field, it could be out in the jungle somewhere. That’s where the ministry takes place. And the evangelist needs to amplify his voice so that hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of people can hear. So the ministry for an evangelist takes place not in a church building, but on a platform. And one of the things about doing crusades that I’ve learned is it is really expensive sometimes to rent platforms, to rent sound systems. And so I think the church needs to make some investment in the infrastructure of evangelism to build trucks, to build sound systems that can go from place to place and do evangelism in brand new places. And God’s given you a really innovative mind for developing this. So tell me a little bit, you’ve got your first truck, your second truck, and then you’ve got some plans for bigger systems. Walk me through what you’ve already built and what God has put on your heart to build in the months and years to come.

Lance Alves (07:46):
Sure. A long time ago, my mom had noticed that when I was playing the guitar, that I would listen to how other people were playing their styles. And I would really focus in and she noticed that I was always trying to make it better. I would come home, I would take that same song. I would work on how different things could be a little bit more efficient and make the sounds a little bit better. So when I look at equipment, I look at how can I make it more efficient? How can I reach more people, how can I do it cheaper and stronger and be able to do even more? So there’s a lot of variables in my mind that I pray through and really analyze. So the first truck, I call it state truck number two, or that’s our oldest daughter, Isla. We named it after each one of our kids just at home. But our first stage truck takes five minutes to set up and tear down. Everything is pre-built. So I pay attention to the sounds of the speakers, what it’s giving off of. I pay attention to every little detail from the,

Evangelist Daniel King (09:00):
So tell me a little bit about the stage truck. Sure. It actually has a stage built into it.

Lance Alves (09:06):
Yes. It’s like a box truck and it opens up on the passenger side, and there’s speakers that are connected. It’s all run by iPad. There’s a generator on board, and so there’s outlets, there’s lighting, light switches, fire extinguishers, and it’s built to San Francisco code, which is the top code for building and

Evangelist Daniel King (09:30):
Stuff. So you bought a truck and then you started innovating and building the different aspects of what it would take to turn it into an evangelistic tool?

Lance Alves (09:41):
Correct.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:42):
Okay. So you got your first truck, now you’re working on a second truck.

Lance Alves (09:46):
Yes.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:47):
Alright, tell me about that.

Lance Alves (09:48):
Okay. The second truck I looked at how I wanted to do something different. So the first truck opens up kind of, I don’t know how to explain

Evangelist Daniel King (09:59):
Audio. The side kind of opens up.

Lance Alves (10:01):
Yes, from left to right on each side. The second truck, I wanted to do something different. Each truck, I get bored after a while. So second truck, I was noticing that some trucks were folding down on one side. Well, I wanted to do something different. So I wanted both sides to fold down the driver’s side and the passenger side still have five minutes set up. I wanted sound system running all the every open space. So we’re running 180 degrees of sound. I visualized that there would be people and I wanted them to hear the gospel clearly, even in the very back. And so that was something that was a challenge, a creative challenge, and that was really exciting for me.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:44):
And so what size crowd can these

Lance Alves (10:46):
Trucks reach? Sure. So the first truck can easily do 1000. Second truck can easily do 5,000

Evangelist Daniel King (10:55):
In the years to come. You have plans to build systems that can reach the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands. So tell me what comes next.

Lance Alves (11:05):
Sure. I run across different sound technicians and they give me graphs and all that kind of stuff and explain how it can’t work. Then I look at it and I pray and really check it out. And I say, okay, what are they seeing and what are they not seeing? I try to say, well, why can’t it work? And that’s how I approach it, why can’t it work? And so then we do that. So the second, or not the second, but the next equipment includes shipping containers. It’s very important for me to know that I could ship it to any country in the world via ship. And so everything is connected. So imagine three shipping containers and from one plug, that’s it. One plug the side sound towers plug into each side of the center stage shipping container. And so everything is running through that one plug. And again, that will take one hour sediment tear down with a minimum easy if not more, but 100,000 people.

Evangelist Daniel King (12:11):
Wow. And God’s already given you the blueprints, the plan to make that happen. I think that will be such a valuable tool to use to evangelize. And so let’s talk about your plans to evangelize. Tell me, it sounds like you want to do not just one crusade a month, but you want to have this equipment once it’s ready to just be going full time.

Lance Alves (12:37):
That’s right. In my mind, it is about efficiency being effective. And I really truly believe that the roughly 3 billion or so unreached people can be reached a lot faster than people actually realize. When you look at it on paper, put everything on numbers, and then you break it down how it is to reach those people and really come up with different steps to reach those people, it can really be done a lot faster. And so what we need specialized equipment, we need teams of people that are willing to do that. So the equipment takes a big load off of people. But here’s the thing, we can do multiple outreaches per day and then we could lead up into a bigger crusade and we’ve got to have all specialized equipment to do that. We could do training for evangelism as well and make it take equipment. And I want it to be fun for people. So imagine a missions trip that blows your socks off. You’re able to take rides in bush planes land right in the middle of the jungle where there’s no runway. You’re able to utilize different types of equipment that people would never have thought about in use of advantage of them, and you’re able to reach people.

Evangelist Daniel King (13:52):
That’s exciting. Now, coming up really soon in August, you’re going to be doing a mission trip to Central Africa and you’re taking your entire family, so all your kids are going with you. Tell me about what you plan to do on that trip.

Lance Alves (14:06):
Sure. So we’ll have, over the course of seven days, we’ll do 35 outreaches, five outreaches a day, and be back.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:13):
What are you going to do in your free time when you’re not? No five outreaches a day. That’s that’s a very aggressive schedule. No sitting around the hotel.

Lance Alves (14:25):
Well, actually that’s right after breakfast

Evangelist Daniel King (14:27):
And

Lance Alves (14:27):
Then being back, leaving the last outreach by 5:00 PM and being back at the hotel for dinner. So that’s our thing. And we have an hour in one powerful one hour event, and we allow for travel time in between. And so that’s how we’re able to really analyze things, how we could be efficient. Everything’s very simple, easy, and everything is just compiled into that one hour.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:55):
And so that’s going from village to village? From marketplace to marketplace.

Lance Alves (14:59):
That’s right.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:59):
And doing 35 outreaches in just one week.

Lance Alves (15:03):
Every school, prison and village. So we pick out, we map in unreached particular area and we look at every village, school, prison along the way. And we want to make sure that nobody’s left out.

Evangelist Daniel King (15:18):
And so you’re not just going to easy places, you’re specifically targeting places where there’s unreached people groups.

Lance Alves (15:25):
That’s right. Going into difficult areas. It doesn’t bother us. So in fact, even in different parts of the states, we take people with us and they’re very nervous, but we say there’s nothing to be afraid of. So

Evangelist Daniel King (15:42):
That’s right. Well, if someone wants to participate in your ministry, pray for you guys, maybe give to help you with what you’re called to do. What is your website? What’s the best way for people to find out more information about you?

Lance Alves (15:58):
Sure. They could go to alves ministries.org. That’s A-L-V-E-S ministries.org.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:04):
And tell me a little bit about the long-term passion that God has put in your heart for evangelism. Just talk to me about how you knew you were called to be an evangelist. What’s your story? How did you develop this in your life?

Lance Alves (16:21):
Sure. The Lord had called a absolute nobody, a zero, somebody who was stuffed in the lockers, picked on, beat up on, and God had a plan. And I laid everything before the Lord. They said I was convulsing for two hours, but the Lord was showing me what he wanted and if I would just trust him and believe him. And so we’ve seen a lot of powerful things. What we believe that God has is to reach again, every unreached people and that they’ll hear the gospel in a way that they can understand very simply, and that God would accompany with signs, wonders, and miracles and be able to connect them to churches for discipleship. And so we wanted to see both our family involved and other people and just multiply that. It can become in time, really a powerful evangelism movement. And so that’s certainly within our heart.

Evangelist Daniel King (17:30):
Amen. Well, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism podcast. Let’s finish with your favorite scripture about evangelism. What scripture do you like to preach about to inspire people to get involved in God’s plan for humanity?

Lance Alves (17:51):
Yeah, I think first of all, it’s an honor to be with you. It is actually a portion that comes from the story of Samson. And where Sams hint had tied Fox’s, their tells together, he had sent them out and there was nothing ordinary or special, rather about the foxes. They were just foxes. But the thing is that they were sent out two by two. They were accompanied with this flame and they were sent out into the harvest field. And I believe that that was almost that moment where Samson had done that. It was really resembling what Jesus does today.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:35):
Amen. Well, brother Lance, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast. It’s

Lance Alves (18:40):
An honor. Nice to be with you. Thank you.

Evangelism Podcast Host (18:43):
Are you called by God to be an evangelist? Do you want to lead millions of people to Jesus? Do you desire to be trained in the practical side of building a ministry? Then check out the Daniel King School of Evangelism. Learn how to be an effective evangelist from Dr. Daniel King’s 20 plus years of experience. Daniel King has done crusades all over the world in over 70 nations and is seen over 2 million people give their lives to Jesus. But it wasn’t easy. There was no crusade school. So Daniel traveled the world learning from and observing top evangelists, noticing how they successfully won souls for Christ. Now he wants to share decades of knowledge and experience with you. Topics of the Daniel King School of Evangelism include what is an evangelist, how to be a master soul winner, how to give an altar call, how to organize a crusade, how to raise money for your ministry, and much more. If you want to be an evangelist, but don’t know where to start, the Daniel King School of Evangelism is for you. Enroll today in the School of Evangelism by going to Daniel King ministries.com/evangelism.

Evangelist Daniel King (19:44):
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Evangelism Podcast Host (21:05):
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Evangelism Now | Evan Herrman

Today’s guest is Evan Herrman—a passionate communicator, devoted family man, and the CEO of Evangelism NOW. From a young age, Evan has loved the Church and ministry, a calling that led him to earn a degree in Theology from Oral Roberts University. He has dedicated his life to helping others grow in faith and purpose. But Evan’s journey hasn’t been without obstacles. As a child, he struggled with reading and writing—graduating high school with only a seventh-grade reading level. Yet through determination and faith, he overcame those early challenges. Now, as an author, he wrote a book called Evangelism Now that inspire others to overcome their own evangelism barriers and boldly live out their faith. Evan believes that everyone has a unique story to tell, and he’s on a mission to empower people to share their testimonies and make a difference in the world. In this episode, we’ll hear Evan’s incredible story of perseverance, purpose, and passion for evangelism—and how he’s using his life to bring hope to others.

Learn More About Evan Herrman: https://www.evangelismnow.us/

Buy a copy of Evan Herrman’s book: Evangelism Now: https://amzn.to/4j65C7y 

Key Points: 

  • Evan Herman has a passion for evangelism and has dedicated his life to helping others grow in faith and purpose. He has overcome personal challenges to become a published author and ministry leader.
  • Evan and Daniel have collaborated on successful evangelistic outreach events at the Tulsa State Fair and Broken Arrow Rooster Day Fair, where they saw hundreds of people make decisions for Christ through free prayer booths.
  • Evan’s book “Evangelism Now” covers different styles of evangelism that Christians can use, including invitational, testimonial, acts of service, digital, and intellectual approaches. It also addresses common myths and misunderstandings about sharing the gospel.
  • The conversation touches on overcoming anxiety and fear about evangelism, emphasizing the importance of trusting in God’s grace and simply taking steps to step out in faith.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Today’s guest on the Evangelism Podcast is Evan Herman. He is a passionate communicator, devoted family man and the CEO of evangelism. Now, from a young age, Evan has loved the church and ministry. It’s a calling that’s led him to earn a degree in theology from Oral Roberts University, and he has dedicated his life to helping others grow in faith and purpose. But Evan’s journey hasn’t been without obstacles. As a child, he struggled with reading and writing, graduating high school with only a seventh grade reading level. Yet through determination and faith, he overcame these early challenges. And now as an adult, he has written a book, he’s become an author, and it’s brand new. It just came out. It’s called Evangelism Now this book is going to inspire you to overcome your own evangelism barriers and boldly live out your faith. Evan believes that everyone has a unique story to tell and he’s on a mission to empower people to share their testimonies and make a difference in this world. On this episode of the Evangelism Podcast, we’ll hear Evan’s incredible story of perseverance, purpose and passion for evangelism and how he’s using his life to bring hope to others.

Evangelism Podcast Host (01:28):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:51):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King and I am excited about telling people about Jesus. Today I have a very special guest with me, Evan Herman, and he is the author of a brand new book called Evangelism. Now in the name of your ministry is Evangelism. Now

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (02:13):
Question, who picked out my name for the ministry?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:18):
I think it was a great name. Your name is Evan and your ministry name begins with Evan. So evangelism now, I think it just made sense as a name for your ministry, and so I’m so proud of you. You’ve now written a book, you’ve published it, and it is called Evangelism Now, cultivating Influence That Matters. So congratulations.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (02:41):
Thanks, man. I really appreciate it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:43):
And I’ve kind of been watching you on your journey as God has been blessing you in your ministry. A couple of years ago we did a great outreach together at the Tulsa State Fair and in Broken Arrow too. And so walk us through that outreach. It was really your idea, your genesis, and so walk us through how God gave that to you and what results we saw.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (03:09):
So the very first time I did the Tulsa State Fair Outreach, I did a prayer booth on the inside building and I mostly ran it by myself. And I prayed with people that would come by or I’d ask if they’d want prayer. Never saw any salvations the first time I did it. And then I had a life-changing moment. I did another prayer booth. Ironically, it was that Rooster Day Fair, which is currently going right now in Broken Arrow. Okay. Yeah. And Daniel and Kevin, you guys came out to, that’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:43):
Kevin Wagner.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (03:44):
Yep. Kevin Wagner, the

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:45):
Wagner Ministry is a great friend,

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (03:46):
Came out and we did evangelism and prayer there and I think we saw 50 people get saved. And for me, watching you lead people to Christ in that environment, it changed my own thinking and my own patterns of evangelism to then when we went back out the next year to Tulsa State Fair, I think we led like 480 people to the Lord.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:12):
Yeah, it was great. And Tulsa State varies a great place. Every year over a million people go through their over a 10 day, 11 day period, and they’re just walking around with their Turkey, Turkey

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (04:28):
Legs,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:29):
Leg in one hand and a coney

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (04:30):
Dog,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:31):
50 gallon big gulp in the other hand. And they’re just looking for something to do. And so at our booth, we all had shirts on. I should have worn it, dang it. And what did the shirt say?

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (04:46):
They said, free prayer.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:48):
So free prayer. And so we just as people are walking by, stop people and say, Hey, is there anything that you need prayer for? And some people are like, why are you out here? And they’re upset about it, but the vast majority like, oh yeah, I need prayer. I say, you need to pray for my grandma. She’s dealing with cancer right now. Pray for my uncle. He’s really going through a tough

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (05:11):
Time,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:12):
Usually family members that they want to pray for. Sometimes people are like, everything’s okay, but why don’t we just pray for world peace?

(05:18):
And so then what we would do is we’d just grab ’em by the hand and say, let’s pray together. And whatever it was that they expressed that they needed prayer for, say, a dear father, I pray for a grandma who’s dealing with cancer. I pray that you would heal her, send your healing angels to her. By the stripes of Jesus, she is healed in Jesus’ name. And then usually I’d have ’em by the hand. And before I’d let go, I’d say, I need to ask you an important question. If you died tonight, would you go to heaven? Or where would you go? Make really sure that you’re going to heaven with me and then take the opportunity to present the gospel to them. All of us are sinners. Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and Jesus rose from the dead. And the Bible says, everyone who calls on Jesus will be saved. Would you like to call on Jesus right now? And it was amazing how many people were ready right then in the fair, ready to call in

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (06:16):
Jesus. We even had people that came back later like, Hey, I didn’t do it, but I want to remember there was a guy on the first day of the fair who said, Hey, I’m going to come to you guys sometime this week and we’ll pray. And then three or four days later, this guy comes to our booth sobbing and we’re just like, what’s going on? What happened? He goes, I just found out my mom died last night.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:43):
And so in that moment, he turned to the people that were offering free prayer, knew that he could get a prayer.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (06:49):
Yeah. So not only did we pray with him, but he’s like, I need to give my life to the Lord. And he did. And so many more stories. We’ve seen healings. I mean, there’s this one girl, she had a broken wrist because she was angry and punched a brick wall. And I have photo evidence of what her hand looked like before we prayed for it. And then she came back the next day and she showed it to me and the swelling was gone, the discoloration was gone. She made it a point to come back like, Hey, it was broken, I couldn’t move it. And she came back. And so we saw God do many miracles there as well. We got to preach under the beer tent, remember that?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:34):
Yep.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (07:34):
There was an area where they would drink and we got to preach there on a Sunday morning service. And that whole idea of the Tulsa State Fair came to me because I was just like, God, what should I do? I want to do tent ministry, I want to do evangelism, but I have very little finances, I have very little support just because I’m new into evangelism. And I just felt like go where people are at. And that became kind of the key area where I found a lot of success in the ministry for praying with people. And I actually calculated Daniel, we probably over the three or four years that we did that prayed with over 10,000 people individually.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:24):
Yeah, that’s amazing. The number of people that you’re able to impact and people need prayer, people are hurting, they’re going through things. And so I think that this is an outreach that more churches need to do. Churches are always looking for a good way to do an outreach. This is a good way to get your church members involved in evangelism. And it is really soft because if someone is not comfortable necessarily with sharing their faith, everyone can pray with someone.

(08:54):
And so if you’re there part of a team and everyone has on a free prayer. And so if your church is interested in doing this type of outreach, we actually, after the outreach was done, we put together a manual on how to do it. You wrote some of the chapters and then I contribute some, and Kevin Wagner contributes some, and that’s available on my website. So just type into a search engine free prayer, Daniel King Ministries, and it’ll pop up. And you can also download the logo for t-shirts, the logo for banners and stuff. And go ahead, take this and use it in your church, in your ministry. It’s a great idea that is really easy for people to do and produces tremendous results. And I think every church should have a booth at their local state, fair or local out. If there’s a community day, your church should represent itself out there and get people outside of the four walls of the church and into the community praying for people. Alright, so Evan, now you have written this book, evangelism Now, and it’s beautiful. I love it. And just walk us through some of the content of this book and what you’re telling people about evangelism.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (10:17):
I’m going to first start off with why evangelism is important to me. And that’s the very first chapter of the book. And I had a very unique experience with where I believe now looking back on my life, where the mantle of evangelism was placed on my life. Danielle, I was always a Christian. I believed in God, I led people to Jesus. But then there was a moment in my life where everything switched and I became aggressive and bold towards evangelism. And believe it or not, it was a promise that I made not to God, but to Satan, that I would try to take as many people to heaven with me as I possibly could. There was an event that happened in my life in 2013 where my wife gave birth to a premature stillborn daughter and we knew for about a day that our daughter was already gone and we just had to wait for the birthing process.

(11:16):
And then what ended up happening, Danielle, is the next day the birth happened and we had my daughter’s body with us for about seven hours. Daniel, I had prepared myself for her death. I had come to grips with that realization, she’s gone, she’s coming out and we’re going to get to spend time with the body and we’re going to cry. So we did all that. But Daniel, what I wasn’t prepared for was seven 30 that night when the nurse walked in and said, Mr. Herman, and I’m holding her. She goes, it’s now time for us to take her body. I was not prepared for that moment,

(11:57):
And I had to hand my daughter’s body over to the nurse never to see her or to hold her again. The amount of pain, desperation, anxiety, fear, it felt like life itself was being sucked right out of me. Remember swimming as a kid and being held underwater to the point where you became desperate and frantic for air. It felt like that, but a million times worse. So my daughter’s gone, it’s seven 30, my wife’s tired, she starts falling asleep, and there I am laying on the fake pink hospital couch, crying my eyes out for hours. And then about 9, 9 30 rolls around and I say, God, I don’t blame you. You didn’t do this. Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. I know you didn’t need another little angel. I know you didn’t take my daughter and I know that you were a good God no matter what with all that being said, Lord, where’s your love?

(12:53):
And all this because I don’t see it and I desperately need to see your love. And he gave me a picture in my mind of seven 30 when I had to hand my daughter’s body over and that pain and that desperation and the anxiety and life itself being sucked right out of me. And I said, God, I don’t get it. Why is this the picture that you showed me when I asked to see your love? And I heard him say this because Evan, that is exactly how I feel. Anytime any of my children live a life without ever knowing my love. And in that moment while already being a Christian, already leading people to the Lord, salvation in heaven became so much more real to me in a way that I had never experienced before because I now understood the pain of a father’s heart who loses a child, who never gets to experience his love.

(13:42):
And that was transforming in my life. And so for me, that was a moment and a time and a place where that mantle of evangelism was placed on my life. So that’s kind of how this book starts. It starts off heavy, but I wrote it because I know most people, once they start reading the book, sometimes they just stop. And I want it to hook people in to, okay, this is why it’s important to me. But throughout the rest of the book, what it does is it teaches people that there are different areas that we are gifted in evangelism. For example, you and I are very bold in being able to do crowd work or to speak. Not everyone has that gift. You and I both do digital ministry and you are far better at it than I am apparently by your YouTube results lately. Congratulations, by the way. That’s amazing. Thank you.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:31):
We’ve been working hard at it.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (14:32):
150,000 plus subscribers on YouTube. A round of applause, Daniel. That’s amazing. God is doing some great stuff through your ministry. So there’s those of us that can do digital ministry and have an impact. There are those that, you know what? I’m not as bold as those guys and I want to do digital ministry. Well, you know what? Can you mow a yard for your elderly neighbor? Can you pick up groceries? Can you go buy a meal for the family that just lost a loved one? There’s a lot of areas with an evangelism where you can serve people. And let’s say you struggle with serving. You’re like, I don’t know what gifts or talents I have. Well, how about this? One of the most basic things in evangelism is from the woman at the well. There’s a story where the disciples in Jesus, they come to a well, and there’s this woman who is drawing water from this well at midday and midday is important.

(15:33):
Why would you draw water in the most hottest part of the day when most of the women would draw it in the morning? It’s because this lady was an outcast. She was an adultery. She was essentially the town prostitute and no one wanted to be around her. And I talk about this in the book, how she was one of the first evangelists for Jesus because once the disciples went into the town, her and Jesus had a moment and then she recognized that this is the Messiah, that this is Jesus. And after having that connection and that moment with him, she went back into town and used the sin that everyone knew that she come committed and say, Hey, this man told me all that I have done wrong. I believe him to be the Messiah. Come out and look. She invited people. She didn’t preach the gospel to them.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:22):
Yeah, often the best way to reach sinners is to reach a sinner.

(16:26):
She runs into the village says, come and see a man who told us everything I ever did in the entire village comes back to see Jesus. And meanwhile, the 12 disciples are in the town buying food. They’re professional preachers. They’ve been following Jesus around. They’ve seen all the miracles that Jesus does, but not one of the disciples brings a single person back to Jesus. And Jesus gets a little angry with them and says, guys, open your eyes. You save four more months. And then the harvest, I tell you, the harvest is ripe. It is ready right now. And they didn’t really understand what he was saying, but what he was saying is all around us, there are people that need a touch from God and you miss them.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (17:08):
And it’s simple by that style of evangelism that she participated in was invitational evangelism. So there’s six different styles of evangelism in the book that I talk about that a person can.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:20):
So let’s go through those different styles. What are some of the different styles of evangelism that you see?

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (17:25):
You have invitational, you have your testimony, and I have a training that’s on my website that you can learn how to craft your testimony both in one and two minute segments to 10 to 15 minutes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:41):
And so what is your website? I saw that you have that free e-course on how to put together your testimony. What is your website?

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (17:48):
Evangelism Now us.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:51):
Alright. So if you want to go through Evan’s course on how to put together your testimony, you can do so at evangelism now us. And if you want to support his ministry, I’d encourage you to go there and support his ministry, help him with the evangelism that he is doing all over the state of Oklahoma. And your heart is to start doing more around the world for sure.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (18:18):
Absolutely. So we have

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:19):
Invitation. You just need supporters.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (18:20):
I do. I do need supporters. So we have invitational, we have testimonial, we have acts of service. So the service approach, let’s see, I don’t have everything memorized. We have digital and then we have

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:35):
Intellectual evangelism,

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (18:36):
Intellectual, so intellectual evangelism, we see a lot of that. It’s called apologetics. We see a lot of the online and apologetics is when you really know the historical context and the scriptures well, where you’re kind of debating people almost. That’s probably one of my weakest areas, but one of my more fascinating areas that I love. And so you can jump into evangelism in any one of these spots.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:59):
And I’ve been trying to develop in all these areas in my own life, obviously when I preach from a platform, you want to clearly communicate the gospel. So I’ve become a student of preaching on a platform. So studying great evangelists like Billy Graham, how did they communicate the gospel? And then how can we adapt their methods to communicate the gospel today? But then intellectual evangelism. I wrote a book on proof God is real, it’s basically an apologetics book and a bunch of atheists really hated that book. So it was a great book.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (19:38):
That’s awesome.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:39):
I got so many comments like you’re such an idiot. You don’t know anything off that book. And then digital evangelism, IM doing the YouTube channel and so I’m presenting the gospel 60 seconds at a time, just one little gospel story at a time.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (19:55):
And you’re reaching 17 and 30,000 people per video. I mean Daniel, can you imagine standing in front of a crowd? I’m sure you have of 17 and 30,000 people, but most of us have not. And that would be hundreds of thousands of dollars to create. However, for your time on what you spend on the digital side of the ministry, you’re reaching those people in 62nd segments and those are just seeds being deposited. So I mean, again, kudos, that’s amazing. But I

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:25):
Think this is something that anyone can do,

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (20:28):
Correct?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:28):
If you have a testimony, if God’s ever done for you, anything for you and there’s ever been a miracle in your life, just take that, record it as a two or three minute testimony and post it on Facebook and I’ll bet all your friends will watch it and you’ll be able to reach some of them for G. And at the of it, just say, Hey, if you want to know more about God or if you want to make sure you’re going to heaven, then reach out to me. I want to pray with you.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (20:55):
I love that you said that. I think you met my wife. I’m not sure, but my wife is very meek. She’s not very outgoing. She doesn’t post videos. And this year she posted one video that she decided to talk to the camera and it was a testimony of what she went through when we lost our daughter so many years ago, dude that got like 800 views.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:23):
They probably like her way more than they like you.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (21:25):
That’s very true. Most people do. But this girl never posts stuff

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:31):
And

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (21:31):
Then all of a sudden her one post reached 800 people. I mean, how many pastors would kill to have a church audience of 800 people? I mean,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:43):
Absolutely. Yeah. So I think that there is a method and a style that works for everyone. You may not ever see yourself on a stage preaching to 10,000 people at a time, but the great commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel, every creature is for every single believer. And so there is a style of evangelism that will fit you, that you can use to reach people for

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (22:10):
Jesus. Daniel, in this book as well, there’s two things I want to also hit. We have a lot of excuses as Christians. I call them myth understandings, myths or misunderstandings that we have about preaching the gospel and it’s in here. And I want to encourage those that want to learn more. If you do struggle with false beliefs or false identity of preaching the gospel, there’s stories in here that will help you overcome your own objections to preaching the gospel. And then also a lot of people feel unprepared like, Hey, what about this question? What about the topic of homosexuality? What about the topic of God?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:52):
Do you remember in Broken Arrow that one time we had a woman who we were not saying anything about homosexuality or anything, but this one woman just came up to us, was very upset and she was a little bit drunk,

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (23:08):
And then she got arrested

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:09):
And got belligerent and police ended up coming over and arresting her and we’re like, we’re just loving people. We’re just trying to pray for people. Why are you so

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (23:19):
Upset? Well, so that topic is a very culturally sensitive topic. And so how as believers do we handle that? Not many of us feel strong or comfortable enough to be able to have that conversation. But in the book it says, Hey, here’s how you can have that conversation.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:34):
And I think you have to realize that you rely on the Holy Spirit and in the moment the Holy Spirit is going to give you words to say absolutely. And often people that have serious objections, the thing that they’re arguing about is not the root issue. The root issue is they need to feel the love of God. And so sometimes you don’t need the right answer to the argument because the argument is not the real problem. The real problem is that they need to feel God’s love. And so you got to love

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (24:08):
People. That’s presence based evangelism where you’re just there with someone in that moment, time and space, and your presence is witnessing to them. And as we were kind of talking about that, Daniel, something that it made me think of, oh dang it, now I lost it. At least you can edit that out.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:30):
We’re not editing, we’re live here.

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (24:32):
Are we really?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:32):
Alright, so let’s talk about anxiety that people feel because sometimes people are like they feel this deep anxiety. You remember what

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (24:43):
You were. I remember what I was going to say. Okay. So a lot of times when we are sharing the gospel, we don’t know what to say or what to do. And you brought it up earlier that the Holy Spirit will help you. There’s a scripture that says, those that sow to the spirit will reap the spirit. And those that sow to the flesh will reap corruption of the flesh. As you sow to your spirit of evangelism and presence with the Lord, he will give you, like Daniel was saying, the words to say in those moments, whether you realize it or not. And I was kind of sharing this earlier. There are moments in my life, Daniel recently, that I realized that I wasn’t trusting God going before me into a situation. I struggle with anxiety, I struggle with some health issues recently. And so I tried to make conscious decisions.

(25:30):
Should I go, should I not? I’m not feeling great. And someone said, Evan, you’re not allowing God to show his grace for you in those moments because you’re predetermining. It’s going to be too hard and you don’t go. You need to trust that God’s grace is sufficient enough for you in those moments and then trust God by going. And I was just like, oh, you are right. And so lately in my own life, I’m relearning this lesson that I’ve learned before of learning how to walk things out by faith and trust that God’s grace will be sufficient for me in the time of need. And so I wanted to add that to it. So now let’s go back to what you were saying.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:06):
Yeah. So I was asking this question about anxiety. People that say, I know that I’m supposed to be witnessing, but I don’t know really what to say. How should people deal with the anxiety they might feel about sharing the gospel?

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (26:23):
Well, first I just want to say anxiety is a very real human experience. And so one, don’t beat yourself up for feeling that way because if you start beating yourself up and you feel guilty or ashamed or condemned, then that’s Satan tormenting you in him, digging his claws into preventing you even further from being able to share the gospel. So understand that you are in a spiritual war when you’re wanting to do this, and when you start sharing the gospel, you’re going to feel a spiritual war. When you have anxiety, it can come from a fear of lack of preparation or knowledge, but I want to encourage you, just like the woman at the well, she did not have the knowledge or preparation. She invited Jesus. So there is an element to any area or style of evangelism that you can participate in to start getting over anxiety.

(27:14):
And the biggest way, Daniel, that I’ve learned how to get over anxiety in my life is just doing it. If I’m struggling with wanting to swim because I’m scared of swimming, just getting in the pool, whether it’s in real estate and I don’t want to make cold calls, I’ll tell you the best thing that helps me do it is just making cold calls. And then you get acclimated to that temperature, you get acclimated to that environment, and then you’re emboldening yourself because now you’re realizing you can do things that you thought you couldn’t do. And that’s just from the social context. Anxiety can also be chemical anxiety can also be stuff from food or environmental. And so it shares different stuff about anxiety and how it relates to sharing the gospel in the book as well. But more than anything, most Christians fear being rejected by other people. And you know, who wasn’t afraid of being rejected Jesus, and he did it anyway. You will be rejected. And guess what? That’s okay. It’s okay. Know that people are going to yell at you know that people are going to get mad at you, but they’re not rejecting you, they’re rejecting him. And as you face the rejection, you’ll become more emboldened and you’ll become more spirit led to be able to share the love of God with other people with kindness and compassion.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (28:43):
Amen. Well, if you want the book by Evan Herman, just type in on Amazon, Evan Herman Evangelism. Now you’ll be able to find the book. Go to his website Evangelism Now Us. And let’s finish up today, Evan, by praying for people that maybe have anxiety about sharing their faith, would you go ahead and pray for them?

Evan Herrman – Evangelism Now (29:08):
Gracious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I thank you for the work of the cross that you have gone through to give us freedom from our sin and salvation, from the corruption of sin so that we can live eternally with you. Father, I thank you that you faced and your son faced separation of each other, that Jesus faced physical torture and death. There’s nothing on this side that can even compare to what you’ve gone through. So let us stand firm and the boldness that Jesus had leading him to the cross, that the spirit of God through the power of the Holy Spirit that is living and active inside of us will help us know what to do and what to say, and that there’ll be freedom and peace in our hearts and our minds that have already delivered us from fear and anxiety. That comes from the evil one, that I think that we recognize that we are in a spiritual war and battle. And we’ll stand firm on the foundation of who Jesus Christ is and will stand firm on scripture. And for those of you that are listening, I encourage you to memorize scripture because as you memorize scripture and those thoughts and feelings of doubt and temptation come up just as Jesus spoke to Satan when he was being tempted in the desert, he spoke scripture, I encourage you to speak scripture over your life, over your heart, over your mind, and over your circumstances and situations. We speak peace. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (30:49):
Amen.

Evangelism Podcast Host (30:50):
Are you called by God to be an evangelist? Do you want to lead millions of people to Jesus? Do you desire to be trained in the practical side of building a ministry? Then check out the Daniel King’s School of Evangelism. Learn how to be an effective evangelist from Dr. Daniel King’s 20 plus years of experience. Daniel King has done crusades all over the world in over 70 nations and is seen over 2 million people give their lives to Jesus. But it wasn’t easy. There was no crusade school. So Daniel traveled the world learning from and observing top evangelists, noticing how they successfully won souls for Christ. Now he wants to share decades of knowledge and experience with you. Topics of the Daniel King School of Evangelism include what is an evangelist, how to be a master soul winner, how to give antar call, how to organize a crusade, how to raise money for your ministry and much more. If you want to be an evangelist, but don’t know where to start, the Daniel King School of Evangelism is for you. Enroll today in the School of Evangelism by going to Daniel King ministries.com/evangelism.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:50):
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Our Vision: The World! Our Passion: Souls! | Mike Francen

Mike Francen has traveled to over one hundred nations in his quest for souls. Millions of people have said “Yes!” to Jesus in his massive Gospel crusades. He has written more than forty books and he has over three million copies in print. On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast you will be inspired as you hear the stories of the lessons he has learned and the victories he has seen as he has traveled around the world telling people about Jesus.

Learn more about Mike Francen: https://mikefrancen.com/

Transcription:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Mike Francen has traveled to over 100 nations in his quest for souls. Millions of people have said yes to Jesus in his massive gospel crusades. He has written more than 40 books and he has over 3 million copies of his books in print. On today’s episode of the Evangelism Podcast, you’ll be inspired as you hear the stories of the lessons Mike Francen has learned and the victories he has seen as he has traveled around the world telling people about Jesus.

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:49):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies, and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:12):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Dr. Mike Francen. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Mike Francen (01:24):
Daniel, thank you so much. It’s an honor to be here with you, especially you said we’re going to talk about evangelism. I thought I’m there. I don’t need to pray about nothing.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:31):
Well, I want to begin by just saying thank you to you for your ministry. You have now gone to over a hundred nations. You’ve seen over 13 million people that you have led to Jesus, and you are one of the evangelists who inspired me so greatly. When I was young, I always knew I was called to be an evangelist, but I didn’t know how to be an evangelist. And so you did a conference here in Tulsa, Oklahoma called the Regions Beyond Conference. You had Reinhard Bonnke, TL Osborn, and you were speaking at this conference. And man, that conference has lit a fire under me and ever since I’ve been busy traveling and preaching the world. So thank you for your heart for evangelism.

Mike Francen (02:16):
Well, thank you for picking up the inspiration, the information, and just taking it to the nation. So thank you. You can present a lot of things to a lot of people, but a lot of people don’t do anything. I tip my hat to you, my friend, because you’re out there doing the stuff.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:32):
Well, let’s start at the beginning. How did you first go to the mission field? I remember that you had met the great Nigerian evangelist, Dr. Benson Osa, and he helped to inspire you to start doing evangelism.

Mike Francen (02:49):
Yeah, I wasn’t raised in a Christian home, never went to church. My parents, nobody was saved to my family in basketball. I’m a sports football, basketball, track, tennis, anything there was, I played it, but basketball was my God. And I was playing college basketball up in Minnesota and wasn’t living for God and another story for another time, how I got there. But after that first season, I accepted Jesus and somebody gave me one of Tal Osborn’s book, soul winning out where the sinners are. And when I opened that book, I saw the pictures of these mass crusades all over the world. And God birthed the vision of me that this is what I had to do. This was my lot in life. This is my purpose was to go to the nations. Now, I was raised on a farm, Bradford, Minnesota, population 97. I wasn’t raised in a church home, never went to church, never read a Bible.

(03:35):
And I claimed I was an athe. I told people basketball was my God, but now I get saved and I see this book and all of a sudden now I’ve got to go to the nations. But I didn’t know how to get from where I was. We can never let the where we are become the who you are. Where you are right now is not who you are. And where I was that just making $25 a week as the missions director of a church didn’t have any missions, but I was a director of it living in the boiler room in the basement of the church. And now I get this letter one day from a pastor. I didn’t know him, don’t know he knew me. I mean, I’m just barely 20 years old. And I get this letter saying, there’s a man by the name of Ben Anita Hosa, he’s coming from Nigeria.

(04:16):
They said he’s a Billy Graham of Africa. And I knew who Billy Graham was at that time, but I’d never heard of Osa and said, would you pick him up? He’s going to be here for two weeks of meetings. And Daniel, the first day I went to pick him up, 15 minutes after I met him, he said, I want you to come and stay with me in my home for three months in Nigeria. He said, you get your ticket there. And he said, you’re going to be my guest. And he wanted me there in six weeks, Danny, I was making $25 a week. I knew if I saved all my money in six weeks, it wasn’t going to be enough to get the $1,600 airplane ticket I had. I didn’t know how to get from where I was to the place God wanted me to be. And a lot of people watching, it’s like, God, how do I get to that place?

(04:55):
One day you may get a letter. And so anyways, the last day where there OSA stands up and he said, son, stand up. He said, this is my son in the ministry. He’s very well in his body, but very sick in his finances. He said, he’s going to come and live with me in my home for three months. And he turned this pastor on the stage and he said, and you’re buying his airplane ticket. And he did. And six weeks later I was there and didn’t know this when I got there, but TL and Daisia Osborn were there dedicating his new 25,000 seat Miracle Center Cathedral. And that’s where I met TL and Da Osborn and TL just took me in. That’s why I moved to Tulsa because he gave me office space in this building. But that’s how it all started. And after I was there for those three months, and I saw TL and Daisy Osborn there the first week, and then Jerry cve came and did the crusade with them, and Rick Shelton came and did the crusade with them and saw these mass crusades, 57, a hundred thousand people. And at the end of that three months, I said, Benson, I said, why 15 minutes after you met me, did you invite me to come here? He said, I know what God told me about your life, you to learn how to do big crusades. I said, what am I supposed to do now? He said, son, go down and do likewise. So this was in the early eighties in December, January, I got an airplane, went to the Philippine, started doing my first crusade. Now I’ve been doing it for 45 years and a hundred.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:12):
Tell me about that first crusade. I remember reading the story in one of your books, and you’re a prolific writer. You’ve written a bunch of different books, but I remember this story that Benson Osa very boldly proclaimed. The blind will see, the lame will walk, the deaf will hear. And so you took that and ran with it.

Mike Francen (06:34):
Well, he said, son, go Don and do likewise. And that’s how he advertised. Bring the blind lift on Crips and God will heal him. My first crusade in the Philippines, I actually went there for six weeks, did three crusades, but I got on the airplane, I had $120 in my pocket. I had no partners, I had no bank account. I had $120. Went and met with a handful of pastors in the city, never had a crusade. And there was nine pastors. They got together and my pastor, the church I was working with, they said, Mike, you’re too young. You have no experience, you cannot go. So I went anyways, and I get there and meet these pastors. I left that meeting, they took a vote. I was too young, had no experience, so I couldn’t go. So I made up these tiny little posters, bring them blind, the deaf and the cripples and God will heal them.

(07:17):
And there wasn’t many of ’em. And I made two 15 second radio spots, bring the blind, the deaf and the cripples, and Jesus is going to heal ’em. And that’s all I had was to afford two second or two 15 second spots. I got there the first night, Daniel, I’d never seen so many sick people in all my life. And I said, my God. I went behind the, I said, my God, what have I done? I’m too young. I have no experience. I cannot do this. And then a thought came to me. I didn’t come in the name of a church. I didn’t come in the name of religion. I didn’t come in the name of Mike Francine. I came in the name of Jesus Christ. And when that thought came, a boldness came and I went up and I took the microphone. I preached like I’d done it a thousand times before. Preach, want to eat a host as much as God will single you out, shared those testimonies. He shared like they were mine. I figured they were God. So it’s community property and just went out and the blind and the deaf and the cripples and that very first crusade, we saw 4,000 people except Christ. And now we’ve done almost 400 crusades around the world, seen almost a little over 18 million people come to Christ and just been out there doing this stuff just like you are.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:19):
Well, I remember I wanted to learn how to do crusades. So I went to your office, which was here in Tulsa, and asked you if I could come to a crusade and you invited me to an event that you were doing down in Santa Ana, El Salvador. And so I went two weeks early because I want to learn how to do crusades. And your crusade director took me around the neighborhood, showed me how to make a glue pot and glue up on a telephone pole and put a poster up on it and how to go talk to pastors and everything. And I remember that crusade in Santana, I mean it was a football field that was completely packed full of people, as many people as you could put on a football field. On that football field.

Mike Francen (09:04):
Yeah, that was, I think I’ve done five crusades in El Salvador. And the one I had just prior to that was in San Salvador, El Salvador. And that crusade, we rented 3,722 buses. We had almost 4,000 buses we’d rented. People say, oh, that’s cool. This is logistics. Where do you park that many buses? How do you get those people back on those buses? Anyways, when we went there, a great story about that. When we went there, the president of El Salvador came the last day. He said, this is the biggest meeting of any kind in the history of Latin America. So when I went back to Santa Ana, which you were there, and I went back there and the president sent the chief of police over all El Salvador was there with us. And after that crusade was over, and in that one in San Salvador, we had eight soccer fields side by side packed to overflowing.

(09:52):
So you saw the one, we had one soccer field, this one was eight of ’em. We had hundreds of thousands of people there. But the last, you may have not have even heard this, I didn’t hear until after. But the last night after the crusade, we had a special dinner for some of the pastors and their spouses, I think there’s about a hundred of them there. And the chief of police that the president assigned to come with me, he said, Mike, I got to tell you what just happened. I said, tell me. He said, as you left, the team left the crusades over. The miracles were many that week. And he said there was a man there laying on the ground, beating the ground, cursing God. I mean, we’re done. We’ve left. I mean there’s still thousands of people that are dispersing. And he said, this man’s beating the ground, cursing God.

(10:32):
And he said, stand up. He said, I cannot stand. He said two of his officer went and picked him up. He said, how can you curse God after this week of miracles we’ve just seen? He said he was 50 years old. He said, when I was 10 years old, I fell in a hole and it broke my spine. He said, for 40 years, my legs have been dead. He said, I prayed, God, if you’re real, I want somebody to give me a wheelchair. He said, I see these empty wheelchairs on the stage of people that were healed. He said, God, if you’re real, give me an empty wheelchair. And he said, everybody’s left. He said, I didn’t get a wheelchair. And so the chief of police is telling me, he said, as he’s telling me the story, he said, all of a sudden his body slurred, shaken.

(11:06):
And he said the officers let him go. And he was standing all of a sudden started walking. He wanted a wheelchair. God gave him a new set of legs for first time in 40 years. He stood and walked and he fell on the ground and started praising God. So it’s just doing the stuff. It’s bringing the good news of who Jesus said, not what he’s going to do, it’s what he’s already done. And Daniel coming into your studio here and looking at your office and all the amazing posters and pictures you have all over the wall of what you’ve been doing for the last how many years of ministry for you?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:37):
Yeah, I went to that Santana Crusade probably about 25 years ago, and I’ve been doing evangelism ever

Mike Francen (11:43):
Since. Beautiful, beautiful. Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:47):
But what it did is seeing all those people that planted a seed in my heart to believe that God could do the same through my ministry.

Mike Francen (11:55):
And that’s when I went with Eda Hosa and I saw TL and Jerry Seve and these crusades, they planted a seed in me. And so we just seed people with it. TL seeded me with it. I’ve seeded you with it. You’ve seeded others people and people just run and do it. Nike nailed it. Just do it. Just do it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:12):
Well, two thirds of God’s name is go. So you just got to go and do.

Mike Francen (12:19):
Absolutely.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:20):
Okay, so you mentioned Dr. Teal Osborne. You did many Crusades where you and Dr. Osborne shared the platform together and you learned so much from him. What were some of the key things that you learned from the ministry of TL Osborn? Oh, wow.

Mike Francen (12:37):
In fact, I’ve got a book I’ve written called TL Osborn. Remember where it’s about two hundred eighty three hundred pages of things that I’ve learned from tl. So many things. One of the things that I learned from tl, see, God never called us to change. The world told us to love the world. If I think I’ve got to change you, that means I’ve got to find fault with you because you’ve got to change. But if I go in and love you, if I go in and love the world, then God will change them. One of the things, but one of the things that really stands out about tl, and I preach at his crusades, he preached at my crusades. I spent many, many afternoons and evenings with him in his home or him in my home. And one of the things about TL is his legacy of love. I had him come and speak to the five nights of the crusade I did in the Philippines.

(13:26):
And this is one of the things that really struck my crusade directors. He was in his eighties at that time. I mean, he wasn’t inre by any means. He was strong, maybe mid seventies, 80 years old. And there was one night after the crusade, and you know what it’s like, everybody wants to touch you, and he stepped off the stage. We’re starting to get in the car, and so the car’s being surrounded and they’re shaking the car everybody wants to touch. And Teal said, stop. So he stopped the car because he saw this little crippled boy in front of the car about to get run over and teal stopped the car. He got out in the middle of that crowd and my crusade directors are freaking out. It’s like, God, how are we going to control this crowd? Now? He went out there and he just went and prayed for this boy, and it was a waterhead baby.

(14:13):
This baby’s maybe two and a half years old. Baby’s got this huge head, legs are crippled, never walked, never moved. Its legs in its life. And TL just went and prayed, and I saw that here’s a man, 75, 80 years old, knows he’s going to get mobbed by the people. My crusader is like, oh my God, how are we going to do this? It was his compassion for people, his love for people, his heart to help the hurting, to lift those that are beaten down by religion. And TL always said, he said, said, religion is superstition. Religion is man’s ideas of what God is like. Religion puts burdens on people and then refuses to help them bear those burdens. And so teal goes down there, and so the next day I’m up there preaching, just praying as those that were here to testify, that boy, that teal got out of the car, stopped in the middle of everything, out of a compassion of love, he went out and stopped the car that baby’s head shrank to half its size. That baby held my fingers and took its first steps for the first time in its life because Teal was moved with a compassion, with a heart of love. Even though the ministry was finished for the night, we thought the crusade was over. The testimonies are done. Amazing things happen is compassion in his heart of love for people. Just force one more, one more prayer.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:28):
The motto of your ministry has been our vision, the world, our passion souls. Talk to me some. Did I say that right? Absolutely. Talk to me some about how your vision is for the whole world. I mean, you’ve always been a huge visionary thinking about how do we win the whole world to Jesus? And then talk about having a passion for souls.

Mike Francen (15:53):
Before I got saved, I saw this picture. It was like a sunset and there was a caption underneath it. It meant nothing to me. I didn’t understand that. I thought, well, that’s nice. But it said, the greatest use in life is a spend on something that will outlast it. I thought that doesn’t make any sense, but it’s a pretty sunset picture. The week I got saved, I saw that poster again. It made total sense. The greatest use in life is suspend it on something that will outlast it. The only thing that’s going to outlast is life is eternity. I’ve got to take my life and God, I mean immediately put this heart for souls. I thank God, and I say this with a reason. I thank God I wasn’t raised in a Christian home. I didn’t learn religion. I didn’t have to unlearn anything. My Bible school is what I saw TL Osborn do and Reinhard Bonky do.

(16:37):
And Vincent, Nita Hosa, do you just believe God and do it? And it happens. And so our vision always been to the nation. It’s been to the unreached people. A lot of people go to the same place everyone else has gone. That’s never been my heart. It’s never been my vision. I want to go to places where Christ is not named. And today the church eagerly awaits Christ second coming when the vast majority of the world is not even yet to hear about his first coming. His last command should be our first concern. And so these things and realizing who Jesus was and he came to seek and to say, and that’s just been in me from day one. I just had to be. And so when I started working with that church up in Minnesota, they made the decorat of evangelism. They didn’t have any missions.

(17:21):
And so I built a puppet stage, went out to the parks, just did puppet evangelism for the kids, went door to door. I just did everything I knew. But see, that’s where I was, but that’s not who I was. Put your hand to do whatever you can right now and God will take you from where you are and make who you you’ve actually being created to be and the nations of the world. And I’ve spoken hundreds and hundreds, if not a thousand churches here in the us. I just spoke at an awesome church here a couple of days ago, and I’ve speak in a lot of churches and conferences and here in Australia and Canada and Europe and things, but the nations that have yet to hear the cities that have yet to hear, that’s my heart. Oswald j Smith, who coined the classic phrase, why should anybody hear the gospel twice before everyone has had a chance to hear it? Once those words ring, it is just really his passion for souls that really guides my efforts.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:15):
TL Osborne told you to always put pictures in every book that you write, and that’s one of the things that really inspired me. I remember one time you were at a conference and you had a table there, and when you left and took down the table, you just left all your books out on the table for anyone to come and take, and you were seating them into people’s lives. So I went and grabbed a copy of every single book that was on the table. I remember flipping through that book and looking at the pictures of the crusades, the pastor’s conferences, the train track to glory renting ships to go down the Amazon River. And I remember just seeing these pictures of the amazing things that God has done. And now you come over here to my house and you saw on my wall, I’ve got my victory wall, beautiful.

(19:09):
All the pictures of the great crusades that God has done. And what people don’t understand when they look at those pictures, sometimes I show people pictures and they think it’s just ego like, look, I got to preach in front of a big crowd. But what people don’t understand is that every single one of those pictures represents a miracle where you are raising the money in order to do the crusade, you have to go with blood, sweat, and tears, often fighting government forces or political things or religious spirits to make that crusade come to pass. And so you’ve seen so many victories around the world and you have so many pictures. What can you do to encourage evangelists that the price is worth paying in order to see people come to Jesus?

Mike Francen (20:06):
One thing that comes to mind, many things flood my mind to my psyche in that question. When I was in, I won’t say where, but I was in crusade in Africa, and a very prominent minister came into the conference in the morning and I was talking to him. We were talking with different people and he was talking about TL Osmond. He said, oh, Tommy Lee. He said, I’ve told Tommy Lee that talking about TL Osmond. He says, I told Tommy he’s a fool. He gives these vehicles to these pastors and they use him as buses. Are they selling? They pocket the money? He said, he’s just a fool. And so I thought, well, so I went back and when I got home, I went to Teal’s home and I mentioned that to him. He said, you know what, Mike? He said, I’ve heard of that happening a couple of times.

(20:51):
In fact, I wrote this in one of the chapters in my book, tl Osmond remembered. Tio said, Mike, what’s the option? He said, the option is to do nothing and that’s not an option. And I thought, wow, what’s the option? The option is do nothing. The option is don’t give anything. The option is not to send out a book. Maybe they sell the book. I’ve seen some of my books, none of my books, I sell for more than $20. I’ve seen some of my used books on different places for $69. I thought, my God, they’re getting four times. I’ve given away 3 million of my books around the world. I want to see people. And that’s what you’re doing. That’s why I tip my hat to you. And I did what I saw ts were doing because it worked. You’re doing what you saw me doing, what you saw TL doing, and it’s working.

(21:34):
And it’s like we don’t have to do anything new. And when we rented the trains and did a tour across India, did it across Thailand, took boats up the Amazon River, I chartered 3, 7 20 sevens invaded. Honduras took 400, some believers went. They shut down the international airport. Why do you do those things? I want to grab the attention of a nation. I want people to know that we are there. And when we chartered those three planes and went into Honduras, vice President, first Lady met us there, 400 people from America came with us. They closed the city down for us. We were like the Presidents. And in that stadium, we filled the stadium to overflowing. And they said there was four times more people outside the stadium that couldn’t get in. And I heard this years afterwards that when the pastors went back the next day, they had to take down the stage. They said there was 32 empty wheelchairs and 122 sets of crutches left on the stage of people. Real. We never even heard their testimonies. But what drives us is compassion for people. People are hurting. People are bound with religion. And that’s why we got to go, because religion doesn’t give ’em the offering. The politicians don’t have an answer. We have it. We have it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:41):
Amen. What are some of the greatest victories that you’ve seen and experienced? Wow,

Mike Francen (22:52):
You talk about some of the opposition we’ve had political opposition of any kind. Every kind you can imagine. I’ve had, I don’t know how many times people have come to kill me and I’m a nice guy. I don’t know why people want to kill me all over the world. People want to kill me. And we were doing a crusade in Zema bed Islam. I mean, it’s a Hindu stronghold with an S, an accent of the radical sect of the Hindus. And we went there the day before we got there, they beheaded six people. And it was on the newspaper front page. These six bodies is six heads. And so the next slave came to my team and they said, listen, Mike Francine preaches said they’re looking for you. Oh no, they’re looking. We got posters all over. They beat up our guys that are putting up our posters.

(23:35):
And I said, Mike, Francine and preaches tonight. We will kill ’em. Well, they’d just behead six people. And so I get there that night, and we probably, I mean for how crusades, they start out small. We start off maybe 30, 40,000 the first night. And so I get there, I can’t find my interpreter, I says, and they said he’s under the stage. And I said, Akka, what are you doing? He said, the next site said, if I interpret, they’re going to cut my legs up. Well, they just cut off six heads of the people the day before we got there. I said, get up here. Usually we’ve got 50, 75, a hundred pastors on the stage. There was nobody on the stage that night. None of the pastors wanted to sit up there. Oh, no. And so we had 38 ax lights around the stage with AK 40 sevens.

(24:17):
They said, you preach, we will kill you. And when you hear of churches being bombed or trains being burned, it’s an ax lights. And so I get there the first night and I said, well, this is my last message. This is going to be a good one. And that night there was 12, 13, 14, 15. Little boys and girls had poll. They never walked or Ced Day in their lives. One after the other got up walking those 38 people that came with their AK 47. So they laid down their guns, raised their hands to Jesus. I was doing another crusade up in Zeba, not Nabad, I’ll think of the name. So nobody had ever crusade there before. Four years before we got there, American evangelists went there. The day he arrived, they put ’em in jail and deported them. And so we get there the first night, they tried to get our permits pulled, and so the next lights, and so they went to the chief of Police.

(25:08):
They said, I didn’t issue the permits. I can’t pull the permits. They went to the mayor. I didn’t issue the permits. I can’t pull the permits. And so we got through the first night and the first night, I mean amazed. The frog Boy got healed. This boy had callouses on the tops of his knees and feet and arms just dragging his body like a frog. Had polio as a baby, got healed. Miracle after miracle. So the next day, because they wouldn’t pull our permits, they brought charges against me. I was in violation of the Magical Remedies Act. And so we had to go to court every day, all morning, all day, because I was in violation of the Magical Remedies Act because of the miracles, and they wouldn’t pull our permits. And so now the crowd’s getting huge. And so on that last day, they took out full page ads in the newspaper for riots in the streets against me and against the crusade, and that I was to be stoned that night.

(25:59):
I’m a nice guy now. They want to come and stone me. And so we get over there the first night, of course, there’s nobody on the stage again, and not only being charges against me, but they also brought charges against the chief of police, which was a beautiful thing because when he found that out and when he saw the ads and they were calling for me to be stoned, he sent hundreds of his police officers there that night. A mob came over 200 had stones in hand. They came and arrested him, went on. I mean, they were just less than a hundred yards away from stone and me, and now they’re being arrested. And so we’ve seen countless victories like that all over the world. But if you don’t have opposition, you’re not doing something right. You do something right, do something God’s way. Opposition’s going to come. We can’t worry about the devil. He’s just doing his job. We do our job. He becomes

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:45):
Irrelevant. I learned a lot in my early years from talking to you. You had me to your office several times

Mike Francen (26:54):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:55):
Were very gracious, spent a lot of time with me encouraging me, even though I was young and didn’t know anything back then. What advice would you give to a young evangelist who has a heart for evangelism and wants to do something big for God?

Mike Francen (27:10):
First of all, and this is one of the things I tell people, I don’t care about how old you are chronologically, but those young in ministry just started. You may be in your teens, you may be in your fifties, you may be 80 years old if you get started. One of the things I see today, which is it’s sad. So many of these guys today, they’re trying to be somebody. They want to be somebody. They want to make a name. When I started out, I wasn’t trying to be anybody. I was just trying to serve God. I remember the first crusades I sleeping in, abandoned home, no furniture. I slept on a shipping crate and no electricity, no water, no nothing. Abandoned home. I had rats running over the top of me all night long. And so one of the greatest things I would say, find somebody that is doing or has done what you want to do, what’s in your heart to do?

(27:54):
Because I did this with t Osborne, and you start praying for them. You start reading everything that they’ve written. You start listening to everything that they’ve spoken. You start praying for them on a regular basis. You start sowing seed into their lives. That’s what I do. TL told me for a long time, I was his largest monthly supporter, and TL said, every month, he said, Mike, you’re doing more than I’ve ever done. You keep it. No, no. I would tell somebody that wants to find somebody who’s doing or has done what you want to do, you start praying for ’em, start gleaning all you can. Maybe God will open the door for you to become friends with ’em. Maybe you’ll never meet ’em. But you start sowing into them. You start praying for them, you start following them. You start doing everything you can because God will use that. And I could go into a lot of things when I brought TN Daisy to India and I paid for all that to come over how God exploded our finances through those things. That would be one of the best things I could tell

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (28:40):
Us about it.

Mike Francen (28:43):
I know we’re going over our minutes here. It’s good, but this is good stuff. This was a real turning point in my ministry, Daniel, years ago. I was in my early thirties I guess, and Tal and Daisy hadn’t been to India in 30 years. And so I went over to Teal’s home and I said, I want to bring you and Daisy to India. And I said, I’m going to pay for it. I’m going to set it up. I said, it is going to be one of your great crusades you’ve ever done. And so I’m sitting there thinking in my mind, alright, I’m going to set the budget. At that time, $50,000. It could have been 50 million at that time for me, that was way stretching my faith, and I still had eight or nine of my own crusades I was doing that year. I said, tl, I’m going to fly you and Daisy over.

(29:30):
And I’m sitting there thinking I’m going to fly him over business class. So I talked to my travel agent back when they still had that back in the day, and I said, how much is a business class? Two tickets. And he said, it’s $7,500. I thought, wow, that’s a big chunk. And so I thought we’ll do a five day crusade. And so I thought, I’m going to put them up with a suite at the nicest hotel in Hyderabad, India, the Oberoi Hotel, and I’m going to pay for that for a week. Then I’ve got myself and a few of my team people that we’ve got to pay for this hotel and then the five day crusade. So $50,000 we can do it, right? I mean, this is back around,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (30:03):
Back when 50,000 was a lot of money.

Mike Francen (30:04):
It was a lot of money. It was huge money to me. And so then I heard tl, he wasn’t saying it to me, but I heard him telling somebody. He says, yeah, after all these years of ministry, he said, we only fly first class. I thought, oh no, I budgeted business class called my travel. How much is the difference between first class and two business class tickets? He said, well, two business classes, 7,502, first class is 15,000. I thought twitching. It’s like, oh, Jesus. I was stretching my faith at that. And then TL said, he said, Mike, he said, we’re going to go all that way. He said, let’s not do five days. Let’s do 10 days. I thought, okay, and he said, I’ll help pay for it. I said, no. I said, I’m going to pay for it. And I’m sitting there thinking, I didn’t know how I was going to raise 50.

(30:44):
Now we’re going to 60, now we’re going to 70,000. And TL said, Mike. He said, if we’re going to do that, he said, let’s do a pastor’s conference, a fire conference and a women’s conference. I thought, okay, we’ll do a one day pastor’s conference on Saturday, do a women’s conference on Sunday afternoon. He said, no, we’ll do that after the 10 day Crusade. So now we’ve extended the hotel from one week to two weeks now. He says, no, we’ll do the women’s conference the week following that, we’ll do the pastor’s conference. The week following that, I thought, dear God, now we’re not in a hotel for a week now. We’re in there for a month, and so now our budget goes to 80,000, 90,000, a hundred thousand. I’m TL said, I’ll help pay for it. I said, no, no, it’s okay. I didn’t know I was going to get 50.

(31:29):
And then TL said, I don’t like to do conference like that unless we’re going to give away books. He said, let’s give away a hundred thousand books. He said, I’ll pay for it. I said, no, I’ll pay for it. I had no idea. Nowhere we’re at 125, 130,000. Then a month before the meeting, we had to put, there was a government building. I had to put $5,000 down on that building for the women’s conference a month before the meeting. It burns to the ground. We didn’t get our $5,000 back. Now I got to get a new venue. Now, the budget at $137,000, I didn’t know how I was going to get 50. I thought that was beyond my faith. Tal kept saying, I’ll help. I said, no, Tal, I’m going to take care of this. Daniel. To this day, I don’t even know where the money came from.

(32:09):
I didn’t let Tal put in a dollar. He wanted to. The money came in supernaturally. When I left India, that crusade was totally paid for 100%. We paid for all of it. I had $7,000 in my pocket. I got back here to Tulsa. I bought me a Yamaha Vigo motorcycle, and I just cruised for a week because I see your pictures out there and I’m sitting there thinking, I know what kind of stress went in that I know what kind of pressure went in that I know what kind of finance went, I know what kind of battle. I know what kind of war is that. So I see those because I’ve lived this for 45 years. But when I got back from that, God supernaturally brought the money in and our finances exploded after that. I mean, we went from a few hundred thousand dollars a year to two, 3 million a year, 4 million year, 5 million a year.

(32:55):
I mean, and it was that thing, catalyst, because I decided, that’s why I say find somebody who’s doing, who’s done what you want to do. You start sowing into them. You start praying for them. You start reading everything they’ve got. You start picking up the little things. That was a huge turning point in our ministry. And every January I’d sit down with our staff and I said, how much is in the bank? And whatever was in there, could have been a thousand, could have been a hundred thousand. I said, we’re giving it all away. We’re starting out with seeding, but find somebody who’s doing it, seed them. Pray for them every day. Read their stuff, glean from, and you go watch ’em. See what God does.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (33:32):
A seed has great power and it will always bring in a harvest. And so you have seeded your work, your ministry all over the world, and to this day, you continue to do crusades to preach the gospel. You can never get an evangelist to retire. They just keep going because it’s a calling that comes from God.

Mike Francen (33:53):
Yeah, I mean, this is not what we do. It’s who we are. How do you stop being who you are? There’s no retirement. I’m going to be who I am till the day I die, and if I’m 94 years old, which I believe I’m going to live to, I don’t know why I believe that. I can’t say God told me. I just think that maybe it’s 84, maybe it’s 104. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter. To the day I die, I’m going to live and breathe this in evangelism, and it’s not who I am. It’s not what I do. It’s who I am. Can’t stop being that.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (34:20):
And so if you are listening and you would like to help Dr. Mike Francine with his next crusade, he told me he’s going to Puerto Rico soon, or if you want to invite him to come to your church or you want to get hold of one of the books that he’s written, what is the best website to find out some information about you?

Mike Francen (34:39):
Just go to mike francine.com. This is Mike Francine is F-R-A-N-C-E-N, Mike francine.com. You’ll see all kinds of videos on there or iCal films. There are lots of things on there, so you can keep up with this that way. And I want to say this, Daniel, I love what you’re doing. I love who you are because who you are, it’s expressed by what you’re doing that’s hanging on the walls outside of this studio and everybody that’s watching this that will sow a seed into your ministry. I’m going to give you my book in a digital format. It’s called Dream Big. I’m going to give that to you and anyone who will write in that’s listening, watching this right now, and you say, Daniel, I want Mike’s book. I’m sending a seed. I don’t care how if it’s $5 or $500,000, whatever you send, Danny’s going to give you my free book, dream Big. I’m going to send that to you digital, and you’re going to say, Hey, listen, I watched Mike and you on your podcast sent. Here’s my offering, and Daniel will make sure that you get a dream big.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (35:42):
Well, that is extremely generous of you, Dr. Mike, thank you so much for your inspiration. Thank you for your example, and thank you for sharing with us today on the Evangelism Podcast. It’s great to have you here,

Mike Francen (35:56):
Daniel. It’s been my honor, and again, I tip my hat to you. I salute you and everybody who’s watching God’s big enough to honor your wisdom and your mistakes. I’d rather err on the side of trying to do something for God than err on the side of sitting there waiting on God. So Daniel, I appreciate you, my friend. I honor you. Thank you.

Evangelism Podcast Host (36:13):
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Evangelism Coach Daniel King (37:14):
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Ryan Aitken | Spirit of Revival in Thailand

Thailand is a nation ripe for revival, and God is on the move! In this episode of the Evangelism Podcast, we hear from Ryan Aitken, a missionary who has experienced firsthand the powerful work of the Holy Spirit in Thailand. Ryan shares his vision for stadiums filled with Thai people running to the feet of Jesus, and how he has been leading gospel outreaches and crusades across the country, seeing thousands come to Christ. Get ready to be inspired and challenged as we explore how God is moving in Thailand, and how you can get involved in reaching this predominantly Buddhist nation for Jesus. The time is now for a great awakening in Thailand!

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Notes: 

  • Ryan Aitken is a missionary in Thailand who has a vision to see stadiums filled with Thai people running to the feet of Jesus. He helped organize the “Everyone Thailand” initiative in partnership with the Global Evangelist Alliance.
  • The “Evertone Thailand” initiative involves large gospel crusades across Thailand, as well as the use of specialized “gospel trucks” that can be deployed to local events and markets to preach the gospel. Over 1,000 people have responded to the gospel through the gospel truck ministry.
  • The goal is to support the Thai church in reaching their nation for Christ, with plans for 21 crusades across the country from November 2022 to April 2023. More gospel trucks are being built to support this effort.
  • Donations are being sought to sponsor the gospel trucks, with each one costing $50,000 to build and equip. The vision is to have a gospel truck visit every province in Thailand.
  • The ministry is also focused on training and raising up Thai evangelists through schools of evangelism to support the outreach efforts.

Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m very excited about telling people about Jesus. And today I have a very special guest with me, Ryan Aiken from

Ryan Aitken (00:12):
South Africa.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:12):
South Africa. Married to an American and now we are together in the nation of Thailand. And so God is moving here. Ryan, tell me a little bit about what brought you here to the nation of Thailand.

Ryan Aitken (00:25):
Yeah, so it was 2018 when I came out and did, I was invited out to do ministry in Thailand, actually at a local church here in Bangkok. We did a healing conference and God really moved and in that time I saw a vision actually of stadiums all across Thailand being filled with Thai people. And then I saw them running to the feet of Jesus, hundreds of thousands of people. And God spoke to my heart and said, I want to bring a move of God in Thailand, which is only 1% Christian about, there’s a debate on that, but I want to bring a move of God to Thailand that would be a witness to the rest of the Southeast Asia, what God can do. And so then, yeah, then we made plans as my family now we then left California and then moved to Thailand and so been here since then.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:14):
And so you are also a graduate of the Christ for All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp. And I was one of the teachers there.

Ryan Aitken (01:22):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:23):
So I’m so excited about the fruit that God has given you here. I feel like God will give me one or two little diamonds every time you get someone saved in my crown in heaven. Amen. But it’s just so wonderful to see what God is doing through your ministry. You’ve been starting to do gospel outreaches throughout Thailand. So tell me about that. What have you been seeing God do?

Ryan Aitken (01:46):
Yeah, so I was here before Covid and then I was then stuck in America during Covid and I was like, God, wow, am I stuck in America? And so at that time I was coming across a post on YouTube of the advertisement from C Fan for the bootcamp, and the God said, this is why I brought you back to America during Covid. So that’s when I did the bootcamp and then straight after that I feel like I received a grace then to do these crusades in Thailand. And so I came back to Thailand. We purchased a very large gospel truck, kind of like a transformer truck. And we then started doing these large crusades around Thailand. We’ve done numerous, numerous crusades in different cities all across the nation. Were literally thousands of people receiving the Lord. And at that time we also felt burdened to raise up the next generation of evangelists. So we started a school of evangelism here and we now have right now running our sixth school of evangelism up in the northern part of Thailand. So we are both actively really going for it with the gospel from one-on-one on the streets to the large crusades and raising up the next generation of Thai evangelists.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:58):
So it was about 18 months ago, we were together in Jakarta, Indonesia at a meeting of the Global Evangelist Alliance, empower 21. And the goal of the Empower 21 is to reach everyone on earth with authentic encounter with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit before 2033, the 2000 year anniversary of the first day of Pentecost, and then the resurrection, the ascension of Jesus up into heaven. And so this is a massive initiative to reach people all over the world. And so the Global Evangelist Alliance is like the tip of the spear going into different nations and evangelizing. And every year we’re choosing one or two different countries to focus on. So last year we did El Salvador and saw God do amazing things in El Salvador. El Salvador is a small country, 6 million people, but we had 34% of the nation that was actually in our services face-to-face, 250,000 people that got saved and 4,000 plus churches that participated. So we saw God do amazing things in El Salvador, but we were there in Jakarta, Indonesia, and we started to pray what would be the next nation that God would give us to focus on? And Mattias Vander Stein came, he had just come from Thailand and went and visited so many churches and provinces across this nation and he gave us a report and we started to pray about what God would have us do and we felt like the Holy Spirit gave a resounding shout of yes to Thailand.

(04:38):
And you remember that moment? Yeah. It was really a divine moment. The Holy Spirit came into the room, we started to worship God together and the churches here in Thailand have been praying for God to send revival for so many years. And many missionaries have worked here, many ministries have worked here, but I think it’s a new day for Thailand. There is a new openness for people to hear the gospel and the churches have a project called Love Thailand where they are focused on winning people to Jesus over the next decade. And so we really felt like God called us here an answer to the prayers of the churches of Thailand. And that was wonderful. And so immediately the Global Evangelist Alliance started working to develop relationships throughout the country. And then in February of this year, we had a wonderful conference, everyone, Thailand, and I forget all the numbers, but it’s like 2,500 people who came, about 1200 churches represented at everyone Thailand. And the people were just so enthusiastic. We had such wonderful times of worship and praying for Thailand. And so it’s really beautiful to see what God is doing. And you’re very involved in organizing and the setup of it. Tell us some of kind of the anticipation of what you feel God is going to do during this next season here in Thailand. That’s a long story.

(06:15):
Wanted to get through it so we could just celebrate what God is doing here.

Ryan Aitken (06:18):
So the love Thailand one network has really been burden for to reach Thailand, but up until this point they really didn’t know how to do it. And then all of a sudden God then puts it on our heart of the GA to come and then join hands with the local tar churches to see the vision that ultimately God already impregnated the tar people

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:44):
With. Really, I think it’s important to point out that we are coming with a spirit of servanthood and not saying this is what we want to do, but to say God has been putting this on your heart. How can we serve the Thai church and be a part of what God has put on your heart to do?

Ryan Aitken (07:02):
Yeah, God had really been working in their hearts. And so us coming now to join arms with them to see their nation turn to the Lord is really something that many say. This is what we’ve been praying for decades, is this opportunity where the internationals and the nationals join arms to see this harvest. And so we are really excited. Our crusade season begins in November this year going through till next year, April. And as of now we have 21 crusades planned all across the nation, every district of the nation. And we really believe that more and more crusades will be added as we go along, but we really feel

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:44):
So if you’re listening and you have a heart to come to Thailand, there is something for you to do here. Amen. We want to get you involved, we want to get you plugged in. And so reach out to my ministry, Daniel King, go to the everyone thailand.com for more information about it. But if you want to be a part of it, we want you to be involved. So we are calling the entire body of Christ. There’s place for pastors to be involved, for evangelists to be involved, for discipleship ministries, for prayer ministries. We are calling the entire body of Christ to focus on Thailand over the course of this next year because we believe God’s going to do something magnificent here.

Ryan Aitken (08:30):
Yeah, definitely. All hands on deck. When God highlights a nation like Thailand, we really want to come and do what God’s doing. So if you’re free and available, join us to see Thailand saved. It really is Thailand’s Tom. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:45):
Okay, so part of the strategy for everyone Thailand is gospel trucks.

(08:51):
So at everyone Thailand conference in February, you had the first gospel truck built and it was parked right out front in front of the conference, and it’s this truck, it’s like the size of a bread truck and it has the side that transforms into a platform. So you just put the side of the truck down and you can preach from that. And then it has a sound system that’s attached to it with a generator. And so this truck can go anywhere across Thailand to preach the gospel. And I saw people coming into the conference and they were so excited. Everybody wanted to take a picture with the truck. They were so excited. And when they heard the vision of using the gospel truck to go out and witness here, everyone was so excited about it. Here in Thailand, there are many night markets.

Ryan Aitken (09:41):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:42):
So this truck is the perfect tool to pull up to a night market. Everyone’s out there in the cool of the night shopping, you just put the side down, have a band from one of the local churches begin to minister, and people gather together and then you can share the gospel with them. And so there’s one gospel truck and you have already been using it, but we actually need a fleet of gospel trucks to really impact this nation. So tell us kind of what results you’ve seen with the truck that has already been built and what are you doing with it?

Ryan Aitken (10:18):
Yeah, so the one that we’ve already been built has been going literally every week out doing outreaches in different places around Thailand. And it’s been incredible. Just this month alone, we reached over a thousand people with the gospel and with over 250 people receiving the Lord and then being placed into the local churches. And we really feel the wind of the Holy Spirit on this project because the miracles have been incredible. The first ever gospel truck, there was a gentleman there that had a tumor on his neck and he couldn’t speak. He was in a lot of trouble. He couldn’t eat, couldn’t drink properly. And during the very first gospel truck, the power of God touched him and that tumor shrank. And then we did another gospel truck in a different area and he came on the second gospel truck event to come and testify, saying that now he’s speaking, the tumors has disappeared, he’s eating, he’s drinking, and his life has literally been plucked from death.

(11:20):
So we have then been seen a flood of incredible miracles like gland eyes opening, deaf ears opening, all to point to the authenticity of the gospel message that has been preached from these small gospel truck events. This first truck that we’ve launched has been a massive success, really. It has a lot of the, we don’t need many churches, but we just need a few and we can do it year round during the rainy season, and it’s not a lot of preparation to try and put it up. And I would say the big factor is different from a large crusaders in a large crusade, we are inviting people to come to our event and we put on, musicians are playing, we’re giving away prizes, but with the small gospel trek, we go to them and we need both forms of evangelism to reach this nation.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:13):
And this is a great way for local churches to get involved in evangelism. It gives them a part that they can play.

Ryan Aitken (12:19):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:20):
Then we’re training up evangelists. You’re doing schools of evangelism and training up evangelists, and so we need places to send them. So this gospel truck is going to be a tool that is going to be tremendously effective in reaching people for Jesus here in Thailand. And so you have one, but you have more coming. Tell me about what’s coming.

Ryan Aitken (12:38):
Yeah, so we have another four more, actually there’s four more are being modified right now. So

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:45):
The process has

Ryan Aitken (12:46):
Already started. It’s already started. So there will be done by the end of April. And then at the end of April we then we have selected four more evangelists that have a team and strategic places around Thailand to begin to bless that region, those provinces in that region with the gospel truck ministry. So every church in Thailand has the ability to sign up to invite a gospel truck team to come. And as of now, we are in station one in the north of Thailand, the northeast, sorry, the southwest central and then the south of Thailand. So we are spreading out the gospel trucks.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (13:27):
So my province that I’ve been assigned, so for everyone Thailand, we’ve divided the nation up into about 20 different areas where large crusades will take place with evangelists coming. And so I was assigned to the province of piston, did I say that right?

(13:47):
Yeah. We are going to do a gospel truck there. I’m going to be doing an evangelism training school at the end of July. And then we will send a gospel truck there that they will, the churches are going to start using it to evangelize that entire region of Thailand. And so in my province there’s 95, and so I’m going to challenge the local churches to do an outreach in every single one of the 95 Subdistricts between August to February when we’re going to do a big crusade there in that city. And so by the time we do the crusade, we will be able to say that we have done evangelism throughout the entire region, but we don’t have a gospel truck yet built for my region. And so I am praying that God would put it on someone’s heart to sponsor a gospel truck for the region of Pi Lu. And so what does it cost to build and then to run it for equip,

Ryan Aitken (14:53):
Equip

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:53):
And equip it.

Ryan Aitken (14:54):
So the cost is $50,000 for the truck and it’s a brand new truck. So there’s longevity that for many years to come, we can use it. And that includes the customizing of the stage and all of the equipment. So obviously you need the sound desks and the musicians need the instruments and everything that needs to the lights, the speakers, everything for the running of the small gospel trucks. So the total is $50,000.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:18):
Okay, so for my district, we’re going to do 95 outreaches and we need $50,000 to build a gospel truck for the province of piston ou.

Ryan Aitken (15:29):
And

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:29):
So I want to ask you to pray about being a part of that. Maybe you could do the 50,000, maybe you could do 10,000, maybe you could do a thousand, but if we had 50 people that would do a thousand each, we can build a gospel truck for piston ou. But if you want to do that, go to my website king ministries.com and donate today for the gospel truck in piston loo. But then we also need more. Right now you’re already working on five, but there’s actually 77 provinces here in Thailand. And this is a big faith goal, but I think the faith goal is that we could have a gospel truck for every single province across this nation. And so maybe you could do five gospel trucks or you could sponsor 10 gospel trucks, that’d be half a million dollars. But this is going to have long-term impact because for many years to come, these gospel trucks are going to be going from place to place sharing the gospel, and it’s going to be a tool that the local churches can use to reach out to the nation of Thailand.

Ryan Aitken (16:39):
Exactly.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:40):
And so we need your help. Please help us to send gospel trucks to Thailand. We need a fleet of gospel trucks. Go check out the website everyone thailand.com. You can see the whole vision there of what God is doing here in the nation, but we want to invite you to be a part.

Ryan Aitken (16:57):
Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:59):
Okay. And so tell me more about the plans coming up over the course of this next year. What are some of the outreaches that everyone Thailand is going to be doing

Ryan Aitken (17:11):
From, basically from now until October is the, we’re entering into the rainy season. So we’re not doing any large crusade events, but we are focusing now on the large crusade planning and also the equipping of the saints and really the raising of the evangelists in Thailand. So we are now going into the phase of training and you mentioned that you’re going to be doing the training I think in

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:34):
July. In

Ryan Aitken (17:35):
July.

(17:36):
And so that is the phase that we are in. We’re going to do evangelism training, discipleship training, Jean-Luc Skel and his ministries. They’re going to be doing the healing and deliverance training and preparation for all the crusades. And then as soon as we hit November, I believe the first crusade is going to be in the city of brewery room with Pastor Henry Ava and Pastor Henry Ava has done many crusades in the past in Thailand. And we really believe this will be a big, big explosion that would hopefully send ripple effects through the nation of excitement for all the next 20 other crusades that would take place. So that’s what we’re looking at. And for the rest of the year, we are now also parallel with that launching the small gospel truck project continuously.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:23):
And so we are so excited about what God is doing here in Thailand and we really feel like this is God’s time for Thailand, that God is opening heaven over this nation and pouring out his glory. And so I want to invite you to be praying for Thailand, pray that God would give us a great harvest of souls here in this place. Pray that many people would be saved, pray for discipleship to happen. Now one of the main questions that evangelists get is what do you do about follow-up? And I really like the follow-up plan with the gospel truck because right on the gospel truck really big, you have a QR code. And when someone scans the QR code, they instantly get access to many resources to help them grow as a new believer, to learn more about the story of Jesus and then will be able to continue to follow up on the people that get saved. And so tell us some about, it’s pretty sophisticated actually, but tell us about the follow-up plan with the QR code.

Ryan Aitken (19:32):
So we have the QR code both at the crusade events and the small gospel trucks. And anybody that’s signs up through it, they go in through a program led by jesus.net. I dunno if you guys are familiar with that ministry, but they’re really focused on then helping people in their new beginnings with Jesus, their first discipleship phrases. But also if the person has not yet made a decision for Jesus, they also facilitate them on a journey till they make the decision for Jesus. And ultimately they link up with a call center where somebody is personally discipling them and then leading them to a local church. So this isn’t addition to the more traditional ways where as soon as the pastors and the churches receive the information, they follow up the new believers. This is an addition to that. So this is something that we are now implementing into the everyone talent project as brand new. Traditionally we only focus on those that receive the Lord, but this actually focusing on those that have not quite ready to receive the Lord. They just need some more information connection and then that would lead them to the Lord. So this is brand new

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:43):
In here in Thailand. It’s such a small percentage that are Christian. That is actually a really big decision for someone to decide to follow Jesus. And sometimes it takes a process to get them to that point. And so wherever we are, sometimes we plow the ground, sometimes we sow seeds, sometimes we water the seeds and God is the one who gives the harvest.

Ryan Aitken (21:05):
Yeah, exactly.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:06):
So wherever they are on the journey, we want to take people from step to step until they become a follower of Jesus and know the peace that only Jesus can give.

Ryan Aitken (21:16):
Yeah, exactly.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:17):
So Ryan, you are living here as a missionary in Thailand. You need people to support you, to help you with the crusades and the outreaches that you’re doing. If someone wants to support your ministry, what is your website? How can they get more information about you?

Ryan Aitken (21:34):
So we have a website called spirit of revival ministries.com. And if you just go onto that website, it has all the information of what we are doing of the schools that we host for the local people. We have an online school, we do evangelism training in India and other countries. And then if you feel like you want to join the team and partner with us, we would be more than welcome. The more that we have partnership, the more we can do as it is with the ministry.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:03):
Amen. Well, let’s finish by praying together for the nation of Thailand and pray that God would send a great harvest here. Would you like to?

Ryan Aitken (22:11):
Yeah, let’s pray. Father, we want to thank you for Thailand and we thank you yes,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:16):
Lord,

Ryan Aitken (22:16):
That it is Thailand’s time and God that your eyes are on Thailand right now and we thank you for all the preparation that has been taking place that the local churches in Thailand are rising up to the occasion and they’re seeing that it is harvest time in Thailand. And so Lord, we just submit this project that everyone Thailand project into your hands, Lord. And we ask, just like the seed that gets sown in different types of soil, we declare that this seed of the everyone Thailand project in Thailand would produce a crop 60, 80, a hundred fold that Lord at the end of, sorry, next April, that we would see something that would be extraordinary above and beyond what we could think or imagine that we would see a nation turning to you. So Lord, we just thank you for this Lord, and we pray that as pastors and leaders and evangelists from around the world link up arms to form a massive net, that we would see millions receive Jesus over the next 12 months, God we love you and we give you all the glory and we thank you for what you’re doing.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:22):
Amen. Thank you for being on the Evangelism podcast.

Ryan Aitken (23:25):
Yeah, it’s an honor. Thank you, Daniel.

 

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Kevin Tallaksen | Permeate Evangelism Spreads the Gospel

Kevin Tallaksen is being used by Jesus to reach people in the Northeast of America. He is sharing the Gospel on the streets and training churches to be bold in sharing their faith. Today he shares with us some of the secrets of doing  effective street evangelism. As you listen you will learn key questions that help start conversations about God with people from many different religious backgrounds and even those who have no religious background at all.

 

Learn more about Permeate Evangelism: https://www.permeateevangelism.com/ 

Summary: 

Kevin Tallaksen leads Permeate Evangelism, a ministry focused on creating a culture of evangelism within the church. Tallaksen shares his testimony of how he was radically saved and called to street evangelism, especially in the largely secular Northeast region of the United States. He discusses effective strategies for street evangelism, such as using signs with thought-provoking questions to start conversations and listening to people’s worldviews before sharing the gospel. Tallaksen also describes his approach to training believers to share their faith, focusing on the heart motivation and practical skills for articulating the gospel message. He emphasizes the importance of helping people count the cost of following Christ rather than just pressuring them to pray a quick prayer.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Kevin Tallaksen is being used by Jesus to reach people in the northeast of America. He is sharing the gospel on the streets and training churches to be bold in sharing their faith. Today he shares with us some of the secrets of doing effective street evangelism. As you listen, you will learn key questions that help start conversations about God with people from many different religious backgrounds, and even those who have no religious background at all.

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:47):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries, and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:09):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Kevin Tallakson. Thank you for joining me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Kevin Tallaksen (01:25):
Yeah, thank you for having me. Super excited. Love evangelism and love what you’re doing of getting the word out.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:31):
Well, you lead a great ministry called Permeate Evangelism. Can you tell us a little bit about what you do at permeate?

Kevin Tallaksen (01:41):
Yeah, so permeate evangelism, our desire is to create a culture of evangelism within the church. And a lot of times in the culture is, oh, just invite ’em to church or the pastor or the evangelist will share the gospel. But we believe in Ephesians four where the evangelist is actually partially to equip the church. And so we’re trying to create every believer to be on mission and to be sharing the gospel in their everyday life. And we do that through three areas. The first is trainings, in-person trainings, how to share the gospel in everyday life. We do that at a lot of churches and groups. We have a training coming up in New Jersey this week with over a hundred people, 16 churches represented. So we’re excited that God’s taking territory in that sense. We also do social media content, different trainings, how to share your faith, examples of street evangelism. And then the last thing that we do is we go and do, we do evangelism together. I believe, and we can go more into this, but street evangelism is not for everyone. I don’t want everyone to be street evangelists, but it’s a great place for people to learn how to share the gospel on the streets. Then they’ll see, wow, this is powerful, this is simple. I’ll go do it at my workplace. So I almost see it as a training ground in addition to the impact that it has to unsaved people as well.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:05):
That’s amazing. Well, let’s start kind of by talking some about your testimony. Kind of tell me where you came from, how Jesus saved you, and then how you found out that you were called by God to be involved in evangelism.

Kevin Tallaksen (03:21):
Amen. Alright, so I grew up in a church. My dad was an elder, good solid biblical church. Heard the gospel many times. I was turned off by, got into some drugs, drinking, partying in high school, planned to do that in college. But my parents were like, you need to go on this one mission trip. And I was like, I hate God, why would I do that? But the people on that trip impacted me the way they love Jesus. I was like, whatever they have I want. And lo and behold, they told me as Jesus read the Bible, really impactful conversion experience at age 18, God really just completely transformed my life from drunkenness and he freed me from that addiction on the spot. And I went and told my friends. So from the early age, my first time I got, when I got converted, I basically said, look, I got to follow Jesus and I can’t do that stuff anymore.

(04:16):
And I went and told my friends. So it was almost from the first day, go and tell someone. But then about three weeks later I got baptized and I went off to college and I got mentored by a fantastic pastor and also a street evangelist. And I always tell people I got ruined by the street of evangelists. And so I was on the street sharing the gospel within probably two months. But one thing that’s really impactful to me with evangelism, about three months after I got saved, I was playing ping pong with a Chinese student at my college. I love ping pong. And I was like, Hey man, do you know who Jesus is? Because he just radically changed my life. It’s like, who’s that? And he had no idea. And so that really drove me. So many people, not only in America but around the world, don’t know Jesus.

(05:02):
And so that stuck with me with that. So long story short, I went into was continuing to do evangelism, teaching Bible studies, leading youth groups, was an elder at my church, always had a passion for evangelism. But it came to a point about five years after I got saved, I was doing a lot of apologetics and I felt I was convicted. I was not sharing the gospel, I was just trying to win debates. I was like, okay, let’s reel this back. But also I was like, I’m here with one person or two people sharing the gospel. What if I got 10 people to come out with me? And so that’s what stirred me about 10 years ago. I need to get other people sharing the gospel that’s much more effective than just one person. So then I started doing a lot of trainings and God kept increasing the work even though I was just simply doing what the Bible said and just showed that God was in it. And that’s when permeate was born about a year and a half ago where God’s like and people telling like, you got to do this. And so that’s where we’re at today. A little bit of a high level overview.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:05):
Now you’re on the east coast of the United States and it really is a mission field. A lot of people think of the great awakenings that happened over there in New England and that day is long passed. It’s very secular. And so you’re interacting with people that really need Jesus. Tell us some of the experience of your interactions and what you’ve seen God do.

Kevin Tallaksen (06:33):
Yeah, it’s a great clarification because America is obviously huge. It’s almost multiple countries within, and really the northeast, there’s not many believers. My mentor, and we always talk about probably less than five, maybe 10%, but probably less than 5% are believers and following Jesus. And so it gives you an idea that there’s not many what we’ve seen and especially college campuses. I really believe that’s an important time period to look at and it shows where the culture is and also where it’s going. It’s been shocking. I would say about half of the people that I talk to when I ask the question, do you know who Jesus is? And the way we approach it, I do questions rather than just preaching at them. About half the people don’t know who Jesus is, or maybe if they’ve heard of him, which most do, they really can’t tell what he did or really more detail of why he did what he did. And so I really believe it’s an unreached people group in the Northeast in a lot of ways that the urgency needs to be to get there. But I really believe in what permeate is doing is such a small thing of God’s greater work. I’m seeing churches realize we need to get outside these walls and share the gospel of Jesus Christ. And so I am so excited. I think the harvest is truly plentiful in the Northeast.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:59):
Amen. You are right in the middle of the harvest field. So you’ve been doing a lot of street ministry and usually when people have an idea of a street evangelist, they picture someone who has a megaphone and they’re yelling in people’s faces, is that what you’re doing? Or what strategies are you using when you’re going out in the street to do evangelism?

Kevin Tallaksen (08:24):
And as flip one 18, Paul’s like whatever the motive is, as long as they’re preaching the gospel, great. But what I’ve seen in the Northeast, as soon as you have a megaphone and stuff, people usually tune you out. So what we’re trying to be creative, so our most common strategy is to have signs with questions. I really believe in evangelism. We need to use words we need to proclaim, but there’s also scriptures that we need to listen and understand. And so we have questions such as what percentage of people are good? People love judging morality or what is the purpose of life? Or we have this sign where it says two words, two words to describe your life. And God, what I’ve seen is let people share what they believe, what their worldview is. I listen intently caring about what they say, and then when you can listen well, you gain a trust. And then I can proclaim the gospel. I can connect what they are saying to what Jesus in the Bible says. And we’re seeing people come so much further in the walks and their conversations. And if we were just preaching at them, there’s times I street preach, there’s times where it’s effective. But by and large, if we can listen first and communicate to people where they’re at, it’s been so much more effective as well.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:42):
I really love that in the Constitution we are guaranteed the right to free speech. And so we have the freedom to speak, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that people will listen. And so in order to get someone to listen, you really have to show that you care. Someone said one time that people don’t care how much until they know how much you care. And so really by listening to someone, you can meet them at the point of their need with what they need at this moment from God. And then as you listen, you show that you care and then you can quietly direct them in the way that the Holy Spirit leads you towards God. So as you’re listening to people on the streets there in Northeast America, what are some of the things that people are saying? What are some of the concerns that people are talking about?

Kevin Tallaksen (10:38):
So definitely still in this culture, there’s a culture that a lot of people still go to church when they’ve grown up. So that hasn’t left completely, but there’s definitely a lot of church hurt, if you will, of a misunderstanding and bad experiences. So we talked through that. One of the main questions too is why does God allow suffering, especially in the world environment, we see the starving people. The war is why does God allow it? Where is God? And so we can communicate about that. We have some, I think effective approaches to that as well. A lot of people also don’t believe in absolute truth. And so this is important. If we just went right to Jesus and say, Jesus is true, or Jesus is good and kind and loving and forgiving, they say, well, that’s nice for you but not for me. And so what I have to start with before going to the gospel is, do you believe that there’s one absolute truth or is it up to each person? And so this relativism is very rampant within our society. And I would argue not just in the Northeast, I’ve been to other parts of the country that before we get to Jesus talk about that this truth that I’m communicating to you is not just for me because it changed me. It’s for all people. And so reasoning with them that absolute truth is a thing, and then this Jesus is the way, the truth, the life. So relativism is very rampant.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:09):
And when someone starts asking questions from that type of worldview, what are some of the things that you say to bring them to the truth of Jesus?

Kevin Tallaksen (12:20):
So with the relativism, I just let them repeat after themselves of, and I ask them, how does that make sense if someone else disagrees? What if someone has a different view of morality? And they’re like, we really don’t know. And so a lot of it is not me with a zinger that has this answer, it’s reasoning and asking them why and what leads you to believe that and to show them examples of that. So I think that’s the first thing. And then I tell them, look, the relativist worldview is actually not rational. And most people would disagree because if their best friend was murdered, they would absolutely and objectively say that that was wrong. And so I try not to go that extreme, but sometimes we do. And then I tell them, look, there is an objective standard of morality. There is an objective truth and it is God.

(13:15):
And then I go through the gospel asking them who Jesus is. I ask him about what his repentance and belief mean. And it’s amazing that people that came up and were basically arguing relativism, they don’t even question it because we led them to show that it’s irrational and we led them to the gospel. And I’m seeing people just completely undone after sharing the gospel. So it’s not like I have this perfect worldview like argument. It’s I just presented the gospel in Romans one 16. The gospel is the power of God. And so my thing is show them the holes in their worldview that it doesn’t make sense, and then bring them to the gospel that transforms their minds and ultimately their heart.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:02):
Another component of what you do is training believers to share their faith with others. And you mentioned that you’re about to do a training at a church in New Jersey. Walk us through that. What would you tell members of a church that would help them encourage them to share their faith and then help them to get over any fears or hindrances and then giving them what they should say? Kind of walk us through the whole

Kevin Tallaksen (14:33):
Process. Yeah, absolutely. The first thing, first and foremost, we talk about the heart because I really believe evangelism is an overflow of the heart. It shouldn’t be just because we have to or whatever. So we talk about openly, why do we not share the gospel? Most times it’s fears of different things, but I have people talk about it within tables and we take polls so everyone sees, oh wait, we’re all scared. And I think that lessens it of it’s not just me, it’s all of us. And then we talk about the whys, the commandments and all that. But one of my favorite passages that I love to go through, two Corinthians five, that we share about the fear of God, and I don’t believe we should just not fear. We should redirect our fear of others and of even our pride and all these things redirect.

(15:23):
And if we fear God, like Isaiah and Isaiah six where he fell down his feet, what did Jesus respond with? He touched his lips and said, go and I’ll give you words. And so fearing I don’t tell people, don’t be scared, just man up or whatever. I say, look, fear God. And then second Corinthians five, it says, the love of Christ compels us. And so this is not a fear that drives us away, but drives us towards God. And then the two Corinthians five, it also says that we are ambassadors. We have no power in and of ourselves to save people, but we are the sending party, the sending entity being God has all the power that we would ever want or need. And so similar to an ambassador from us going to another country, they’re just usually a business guy, but because they have the sending entity power, that’s where it is.

(16:14):
So we start with the heart issue, that process, then we go through the practical of how to articulate the gospel. I’m convinced most Christians don’t know how to articulate the gospel, the true gospel. And I’ve asked many, many Christians, most don’t know. And then we go to how to start conversations, answering the common tough questions. So equipping them. We do different breakouts on different world religions as well. Really what my mindset is with training is yes, there’s place for deep apologetics. I love talking through that. But the majority of Christians, they just need to be taught the basics of the gospel, the heart of it, and the next steps. They don’t need to be taught mind stuff. They need to be empowered and encouraged by the Holy Spirit and the gospel. So that’s a little bit of how we approach it. Of course, it looks different at every church and training, but that’s a little bit of how we approach.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:11):
You mentioned that often people have trouble articulating the gospel. Could you share the gospel with us? How do you present the gospel?

Kevin Tallaksen (17:22):
Sure, yeah. And there’s not one transcript or way you approach it, but I like to start from the beginning, the creation that God created us, and it was good that he created us for relationship with God. Adam and Eve then rebelled, sinned against God, and so do we. We’ve all lied, stolen, and the result of that is the fall and death and ultimately hell, that we are separated from God as Isaiah 59, 2 says, but God in his love and sent Jesus, who is fully God, fully man, lived the perfect life preaching good news, he came ultimately to die in our place for our sins. Not only dying for our sins, but rising from the dead, proving that he is God, proving that he is conquered our sins and conquered and satisfied the judgment of God. He calls all men and women to repent change of heart and mind towards believing in Christ alone for forgiveness. That is not by works, that we are saved, but by grace through faith. Then not only that, he adopts us as his sons and daughters, and one day will be glorified in heaven forever and we’ll inherit eternal life. And so that’s in a nutshell, a couple of the key features of the gospel that I believe are important.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:36):
That’s wonderful. And it’s beautiful. It’s always wonderful to hear the gospel presented. Okay. What are some of the different hesitancy that people would have about witnessing and how do you help them to overcome those fear?

Kevin Tallaksen (18:54):
Yeah, would you say specifically about street evangelism or just witnessing in general?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:59):
Let’s do both. I mean, street evangelism probably people are intimidated about going out in a wild arena just to talk about many different faiths.

Kevin Tallaksen (19:11):
So with street evangelism, what I’ve seen is I just tell people, you don’t have to say one word, just come. The only thing I ask is sit behind me and pray I need it. What I’ve seen from that is incredible. Not everyone jumps in and starts talking. I just remember one engineer guy, not a street evangelist guy, he just sat behind and listened. He was like, that was incredible. And he went back to his workplace and he shared the gospel with 10 of his coworkers in two weeks, multiple went to Bible studies all because he heard just some evangelism taking place in the simplicity and power of it. So street evangelism, the way I get people to come out is listen first and let the Lord do the rest with every day evangelism. I really believe teaching that heart of evangelism and redirecting our fear to God helps, but also giving testimony examples.

(20:06):
I am even working with some pastors of sharing at church services, examples of church members sharing the gospel just to encourage, wait, that person did it. I can do it too. So that encouragement, but also very helpful tools. So I have this business card even of starting spiritual conversations that people seem to really like that it’s just like 10 questions front and back with some explanation of simple questions like, what’s your spiritual background? You can ask that to anyone. And so giving some tools to help people start conversations. I’ve seen help people to share the gospel in everyday life, but it’s not like if you go to a training, it’ll be great. It takes time. We do a training at churches every year like refreshers and stuff. And so changing a culture and a mindset, it takes time, but it’s worth the lift. It’s worth the time because this is the great commission.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:05):
So you mentioned your card with 10 questions. What are some of the other questions that are good for opening up spiritual conversations?

Kevin Tallaksen (21:13):
Yeah, so what’s your spiritual background’s, Greg? Because no one’s going to be offended at that. Have you ever thought about eternity? And so again, the questions are designed to be open-ended so they can share their view or also like, Hey, I really believe in prayer. Can I pray for you in any way? So again, that simple. But then some of the indirect ones, those are spiritually direct. I’ve actually found the simple question of what did you do? This weekend is not spiritual at all. I was in corporate America for 10 years, and I would just ask that for people and I would share, Hey, yeah, I hung out with friends, watched some sports, and I went to church on Sunday. It was awesome. It’s amazing when you just mentioned about your faith that it’s important to you. People are perked and you can tell without asking a spiritual question that they want to learn more.

(22:07):
And they’ll ask maybe, oh, what church do you go to? Or, oh, I used to go to church. And then it’s a total open door. So we try to ask questions that are open-ended, listening to them, getting to know them genuinely, and then bridging that to the gospel and spiritual conversations. One of the biggest things with evangelism in everyday life is you have to be intentional about praying for it, about being aware of your surroundings, listening well, and God is so good at giving us doors to walk through. We just need to be bold and looking at the door to walk through it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:45):
How do you feel about bringing people to a point of decision where you’re asking them to pray with you for salvation or to make a commitment to follow God?

Kevin Tallaksen (22:57):
Yeah, there’s a lot of different views on that, and I think there’s grace in it for us personally, especially with street evangelism. I’ve seen it done where a lot of people just, just repeat after me pray. Not that that’s bad and it doesn’t invalidate a salvation because it can do that. What I’ve seen is a lot of people say yes because they want to end the conversation, and there’s sometimes a wrong motivation from the evangelist that, oh, I got another number. So what we try to do is challenge them to count the cost, read the Bible, plug them into Bible studies. And we’ve seen that effective in real converts, not only converts, but disciples. The great commission doesn’t say to make converts to disciples, but at the same time, we have to be careful to not make it hard to enter the kingdom of God.

(23:43):
So we do have seen people saved even on the streets, but one guy, I remember last year at the boardwalk in New Jersey, we shared the gospel. He was literally just crying as we were talking about Jesus. So I was like, something’s up with this guy in a good way. And he was saying, I’ve heard people that were Christians, but I never knew the message. And he’s like, this is what I’ve been looking for. And so what I did, I said, look man, I’m going to pray for you, and I would challenge you to pray to God yourself based on what you heard. I prayed over him, prayed that the Lord would fill with his Holy Spirit. He then prayed and it was the most simple non-Christian East prayer, but it was so genuine. And I really believe that if we’ve been faithful in preaching the gospel effectively, they will know what to say to God. And so giving them space to pray, but without forcing them or kind of putting this unneeded pressure on them, and again, there’s grace and other methods, but that’s our view on that is, yes, God can save immediately, but let’s share counting the costs and let them in their own heart and mind and words call out, cry out to Jesus because he hears them.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:53):
Amen. That’s wonderful. Well, Kevin, thank you so much for sharing on the Evangelism podcast today. If someone wants to find out more about you or to invite permeate evangelism to come to their church, how can they get in touch with you? What’s your website?

Kevin Tallaksen (25:14):
Yeah, so our website is permeate evangelism.com. So simple with that. And then my email is kevin@permeateevangelism.com. We’re also on YouTube X, Instagram, Facebook. So anywhere permeate evangelism is, and like you said, we travel. We’re actually, we are in India. We are going to North Africa to do some training and work. I’m training some African, so we pretty much are global now, and of course in the us. So anything we can do to help spread a culture of evangelism within the church, we want to be there to support the church. We believe in the local church. So glad to talk with anyone that’s interested.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:52):
That’s awesome. Well, I so love your heart, Kevin, and thank you so much for sharing about reaching people.

Kevin Tallaksen (26:01):
Amen. And thank you for your heart and your work in the kingdom of God. And we pray that more people will come to know Jesus.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:08):
Amen.

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Go Viral on YouTube with Christian Content | Brian Romero

Brian Romero is one of the most popular Christian YouTube influencers in the world. He has over five million subscribers on YouTube. Today we are going to talk about how to go viral on YouTube with Christian content. You are going to learn how to use YouTube to evangelize a social media generation in a digital world.

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Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Brian Romero is one of the most popular Christian YouTube influencers in the world. He has over 5 million subscribers on YouTube. Today we’re going to talk about how to go viral on YouTube with Christian content. You are going to learn the secrets on how to use YouTube to evangelize a social media generation in a digital world.

(00:34):
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:39):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries, and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies, and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist Daniel King.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:05):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus. Today. We have a very special guest with us, Brian Romero. Thank you for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Brian Romero (01:19):
Hey, Daniel, thank you so much for having me. I’m truly blessed to be here, and I just counted an honor and a privilege that you chose me to be a guest on your show. Thank you so much.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:30):
Well, I’m so excited about what you’re doing. You are one of the most popular Christian content producers in the whole world on YouTube, over 5 million subscribers, and you’re growing every day. And not only are you using YouTube to evangelize and to tell people about Jesus, but you’re also helping other people to learn how to use YouTube to evangelize. And so I’ve been part of your coaching group the last couple of months, and we’ve seen really amazing results on our channel. I’m really excited to tell you, Brian, just this weekend we went over 1 million views for the first time

Brian Romero (02:15):
On

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:15):
Your channel. Wow. Praise God For me. That’s really amazing. And when I started in your program, I had maybe three to 4,000 subscribers, and

(02:26):
Just yesterday I looked over 35,000 subscribers now, and so it’s growing. He’s the Lord. Thank you Father. Thank Father. Just this last week, we’ve been growing by five, 10,000 subscribers every day. So I think I’m going to hit that a hundred thousand mark. I see on the shelf behind you, you got your a hundred thousand YouTube thing and you got your million, and so it’s just amazing what God’s doing through you. But let’s start by just talking a little bit about your testimony. Where did you come from and how did all this happen for you?

Brian Romero (02:59):
Yeah, wow. First and foremost, your results are incredible. I just thank our Heavenly Father every single day that he’s given us this amazing framework that helps people all around the world hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, because that’s what it’s all about, right? Us pressing record so that people around the world have the chance to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior because that’s ultimately what changed my life. My life changed when I had my first encounter with Jesus Christ. I grew up Christian my whole life. I am a Christian home. We sat around in the living room and my mom, she read the Bible to us. We went to Sunday school every Sunday. I’m the youngest of three boys from Los Angeles, California, and we dressed up every Sunday. We were dressed up nice to go to church. We were the only family out of our entire family who went to church.

(04:00):
So we got made fun of and we got called names. But I realize now that I went to church just off of duty or tradition, like, Hey, my mom said, go to church. We went to church because ultimately when I was able to make decisions for my own, I left the church. And so about in high school, I stopped going to church. I got into music and I was in the music industry. I was a record producer and a rapper signed to a very, very big label. And I was just in the kingdom of darkness at that time. No foundation, no scriptural foundation. And now I realize that I never had a relationship with Jesus. I went to church every single week. We read the Bible, but just out of duty. Never had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and being in the entertainment industry, I got caught up in drugs.

(05:01):
I got caught up in alcohol. I spent my whole twenties really addicted to drugs and addicted to alcohol. I had my first child at the age of 25, and then I had my second child at the age of 30 and really had no foundation, no scriptural foundation at all. I was plagued with alcoholism, plagued with drug addiction. And I got to the point years later when I was 36 years old, that I finally had an encounter with Jesus Christ. I went to rehab for five years in and out of rehab, inpatient, outpatient. I went to drug court. I checked myself into drug court to, I figured if I went with all the felons and stuff that I would be healed and cured. I went to see psychiatrists. I went to see therapists. I couldn’t get no help. I spent five years in and out of programs, couldn’t get any help.

(06:04):
It was just really, really bad. I ended up losing my family. I ended up losing my house, my car, my cars, everything that I had worked hard for. All the businesses that I own. I lost it all to drugs and alcohol. My girlfriend, who’s the mother of my wive’s, she moved to her parents. I was sleeping in my mom’s couch in her living room. And one night I just had a dream where Jesus said, Hey, Brian, follow me and I’ll wipe everything that’s plaguing you. And on February 1st, 2021, I accepted Jesus Christ into my life as my personal Lord and Savior. And the very next day, I couldn’t remember how alcohol tastes, couldn’t remember how I didn’t have any just remembrance or temptations or any urges to do illegal substances. Everything was completely gone, wiped away overnight like nothing ever happened. And my life changed from there.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:09):
Praise God.

Brian Romero (07:09):
I saw God start to restore my life. My family, a few months later, me and my wife, who was my girlfriend that left me at that time, we ended up getting married. It’s like if God just slapped his finger and everything changed. And that was the moment where I told myself, this is what I want to do. I want to preach Jesus. I want to tell everybody how this one man who knew everything about me saved my life. And I haven’t looked back ever since. I’ve been in full-time ministry ever since that day I sold my no. I gave away my businesses, I gave ’em away to friends. Some of those still exist now. I just gave away my whole life. I said, I want to do full-time ministry. I want to help people that are also plagued with drugs and alcohol. I want to help people that feel like they have no purpose in their life.

(08:05):
I want to help people that want to change their lives and start a new life in Christ. So that’s my passion. And the crazy part about all this, a year after I gave my life to Christ, I heard the Holy Spirit say, Hey, Brian, get on YouTube and share your story. Share your story with the world. And I did. And it’s funny because I got on YouTube the first three months, I only had 30 subscribers. Nobody was watching my videos except for my family members. And that’s when I met a YouTube coach who taught me everything about going viral and the rest is history. Now, I coach over a hundred students right now who are currently going viral on YouTube. YouTube has changed my life. By the grace of God, I have achieved over 5 million YouTube subscribers and under two years and now like you mentioned before, now I’m showing people how to do it.

(09:06):
It’s how to use YouTube to reach people around the entire world to reach a relationship with Jesus Christ, which I think is the most important thing, especially right now. I believe we’re in the last days. So I just believe right now, the only thing that can save us is a relationship with Jesus Christ. And that’s why I’m on YouTube. That’s why I teach people how to go viral on YouTube. The Bible says, freely we have received, freely we should give. So everything that God has gave me wisdom on, I just want to get it out. I want to get it out to people that want to see people be saved. I want to get it out to people that want to see Jesus content on the forefront of social media. I want to help people that just want to preach Jesus, to preach salvation, to preach restoration, reconciliation, everything that comes with the gospel of Jesus Christ. And by the grace of God, I’m here on your show just preaching about everything that God has done in my life. But it doesn’t stop there. Now, it’s time for us to go and help people so people can help other people and we can reach the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:16):
I love it. One of the things I really love about you, Brian, is your heart for an evangelism. You are very successful on YouTube, but you’re using it to reach people for Jesus. And so one of the strategies that you teach that I really love is using YouTube shorts as a way to build subscribers and to catch people’s attention. But then on every single YouTube short, you can tag a long form video. And so on your YouTube shorts, then you tag and you take people to a long form video where you explain how someone can give their life to Jesus. So accept Jesus now. And so you, you’re challenging people as they’re watching in this 60 seconds, you get a chance to grab their attention and say, Hey, if you want to meet Jesus, then watch this video. I tag down below. And in that long form video, then you’re taking the time to give people some scripture and help them to come to Jesus. Share some of the testimonies that you’ve heard from people that have just run across you on YouTube. And Jesus changed their life.

Brian Romero (11:31):
So just to add a little bit of context to that, so I have a framework directly from the Holy Spirit to put Jesus content in the forefront of social media. So social media has all kinds of content, but it’s fascinating to me how we can make a video about Jesus or the miracle power working of Jesus or testimonial videos and we can get them to the forefront. And I know people who are watching this broadcast right now is I know when you’ve scrolled, you’ve seen Jesus content amongst all the other content. And we use this thing called the Hook, hook call strategy, which is we hook people with, for instance, I’ll use a very simple one.

(12:27):
If you want to see a miracle of Jesus, watch this video right now. So people are like, oh, I want to see a miracle video of Jesus. They’ll stay now. We’ve hooked them, they’ll stay watching the video and in the middle, and we do the second hook, which is like, Hey, but that’s not even the crazy part. We just keep just showing the goodness of our father through a video and people are just being hooked to this video. But at the end, this is the kicker at the end, we do a call to action, right? It’s like, okay, we already got their attention. We’ve got their attention for about 45 seconds. So now they want to do something. So it’s something called the call to action to where we say, Hey, if you want to accept, you saw this testimony video. But now if you want to accept Jesus into your life today, subscribe to my channel right now and watch the video that I pinned below.

(13:16):
And the video that we pinned below is a salvation video. It’s an eight to 12 minute gospel presentation of the gospel of Jesus Christ and how we’ve accepted Jesus Christ, the working power of Jesus Christ, and now how it could be made for anybody who’s watching. And the crazy part is my salvation video has over 600,000 views and over 15,000 confirmed salvations, people who have watched the whole video and has left a comment on our video that they’ve accepted Christ. So we have over 15,000 confirmed salvations from people all over the world, and the testimonies are mind blowing. So when

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (14:02):
That’s absolutely amazing, grew up, I mean to right from your studio in front of a camera, you’re able to impact a huge multitude of people and you’re using this hook, hook call. And Jesus said that he’s going to make his disciples fishers of men, and it’s appropriate for fishers of men. To use a hook, you got to have a hook. If you’re going to be a fisherman and

(14:28):
Then you have the internet, it is a net that we can use to bring people to Jesus. And so in the past, you have these great evangelists like Billy Graham that would fill stadiums filled with people. But nowadays, especially here in America, sometimes it’s really hard to get people to come to a live event because if you have a group of teenagers, all the teenagers are just on their phone looking at videos. And so you have to go to where people are and you got to find a way to hook them. And so you’re hooking their attention and then bringing them in to hear more about Jesus. It’s so

Brian Romero (15:05):
Beautiful. And the amazing part is that on my YouTube channel, the Brian Romero podcast, I have over 260 million views, and it’s all for Jesus content. Every single piece of video is Jesus content to help people into a relationship with Christ. And that’s just mind boggling to think of. 260 million people have heard the gospel of Jesus Christ because we’re uploading content of the gospel, which is just incredible because, and you asked me to share some testimonies from these videos, and I want share one that changed the way I viewed church in 2025. So we’re used to, or I’m used to the Western church and how it looks, we think about the church in our local neighborhood and we drive to it every Sunday We go. Every Sunday. I was doing a live stream, a prayer live stream one day when I received a comment from a 12-year-old girl in Saudi Arabia, and she said, Hey, Brian, I want to thank you because you’re the only way that I can hear the gospel in my country.

(16:26):
Jesus is illegal here, but now I can hear the Bible because of your content. When I received that message, it completely changed my life. I said, wow, this is bigger than we could ever think or imagine. For instance, I have 5 million YouTube subscribers, but I have over 260 million views on just YouTube alone. So think about all the stories that we don’t know about. I think about people in rural areas in the world and third world countries who all they have is a device, and this is the only way that they can get access to the gospel. So ever since then, it’s put a pressing on my heart to get out there, not only to create content, but to raise up other Christian content creators to go out there and reach people who don’t have access to the gospel or to reach people that are just lost in this world, that are looking for a purpose, that are looking for something great.

(17:28):
They know there’s something greater out there for them. They just haven’t found them yet. And I’ve had the honor to coach over 400 Christian content creators that are going viral, that are reaching millions and millions of views. These results are just me. Now imagine edit, just like you shared your results. Now imagine all these other Christian content created. I believe we are going to reach every single person on this planet that we can physically can’t because of the strategy that is straight from our Heavenly Father. So when you receive comments like that, it changes. You We’re just used to our western kind of church and how we perceive the church, but when you get a message from somebody says, Hey, you’re the only way that I can listen to the gospel in my country, that’ll change you forever.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:19):
Yeah. One of the things I love about you, Brian, is that you are taking these concepts that have worked for you. You’ve tried them, you’ve proven them, ideas that are proven to go viral, and you’re not hoarding them or keeping them for yourself. You are sharing them with a whole community of Christian content providers. And this is something that anyone can do. You don’t have to be special. You don’t have to have a technical background necessarily. You don’t have to be a super cute influencer. These principles work for pastors. They work for people that just have a heart to share the gospel mothers correct. Anyone can use this. And you make it so simple by sharing these simple ways that people can first build their audience and then start to share the gospel. And so tell us a little bit about your community and how people can avail themselves of your

Brian Romero (19:23):
Coaching. So I just have a heart to serve. I was in the kingdom of darkness. I was in the entertainment industry, very, very dark there, and I did everything that the Kingdom of Darkness told me to do. I said to believe in myself, to only look out for myself to be self-serving, to take care of my needs. So when I did everything that the Kingdom of Darkness told me to do, and it pulled a rug under me and it almost killed me, I realized if I do everything that the kingdom of God says to do the opposite, to help others, to put other people’s needs before myself, if I do everything that the kingdom of God says to do, then instead of losing it all, I can gain it all right? So I went in with that mentality was, okay, I just want to help people. And what is it good?

(20:19):
What good does it do if God has revealed all this to me? And I just keep it for myself? So it’s like, let me help others. And I know with Scriptural, but I know there are just great heavenly spiritually, physically rewards for giving back and for teaching other people what I’ve been blessed with and how it’s changed my life. So that’s just my heart. My heart is to serve. When I gave away my business, I went to my church and I just said, Hey, how can I help? I was a volunteer staff for a year and a half every single day, 40 hours a week, just helping out. And then that’s when they hired me as the youth pastor here at our church. And that’s when I realized I need to give. I need give everything that God has given me. I just need a release.

(21:08):
I can’t hold onto anything. What good is it if I just hoard all this stuff that our Heavenly Father has given me? And that’s when I created the Kingdom Academy. I said, I’m just going to give it all anything that I know. I’m going to give it all the scripts, everything. And I believe I live a truly blessed life because of having that hard posture of just wanting to serve, wanting to help others, not keeping anything for myself, and making sure that the gospel is pushed forward. And that’s what the Kingdom Creator Academy is all about. Like, hey, it’s a community of Christian content creators who first want to see the gospel of Jesus Christ in the forefront of social media, but then second, who also want to see others being raised up so they can go out into the digital mission field and reach law souls for Jesus Christ.

(21:57):
And that’s what the Kingdom Creator Academy is. I want to help people. To me, I would love for others to create their own coaching programs to help other Christian content creators, or even if it’s Christian entrepreneurs, Christian business coaches, whatever it is, to raise them up to go out into the internet and to put the gospel of Jesus Christ out into the forefront. That’s my heart, and that’s why I’ve created the Kingdom Academy, is to duplicate myself, but in all areas, not just in content in all areas, to raise up other content creators to raise up other groups. There should be a hundreds of Kingdom of Kingdom Content

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:42):
Academy. Sure.

Brian Romero (22:44):
Academy, I apologize. There should be hundreds of that because ultimately it’s for the kingdom and it’s going to lead people to Christ.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:52):
Yeah. I’m going to put a link to where you can access the Kingdom Creator Academy right below the description of the podcast that you’re listening to today. And so I’d encourage you, if you want God to use you in the area of social media going viral on YouTube, veil yourself of the Kingdom Creator Academy, join the community, get coaching from Brian, and learn how to implement these strategies to make you effective at using YouTube to lead people to Jesus. And I think this is so important, Brian, because I follow a lot of different churches and people, and a lot of churches, they’ll just put up their Sunday morning service or something. It gets like 23 views, 22 people watching and stuff. But a church could take your strategies, develop their audience, and suddenly, instead of ministering to 20 people, they could be ministering to thousands of people every single week. It’s amazing.

Brian Romero (24:02):
Correct. Yeah. And what’s the best part about all of this is that any, there’s only one prerequisite. There’s only one prerequisite to join the Keenan Creator Academy. And that’s just to have a heart for people, to have a heart for people, for them to receive the love of God that we’ve received and to receive the salvation that we’ve received. And you might think like, well, I’m not too savvy with the technical stuff, or I don’t have a camera or No, all you literally need is just a heart for people, a heart for the kingdom and your cell phone and you’re good to go. And then from there on, I have this thing called 1% better every day. From there on, you can get 1% better every day with your content. You can get 1% better every day with your equipment. You can get 1% better every day with being on camera and your voice, tonality, if you have a heart for people, for people to receive the love of God, the same love that you’ve received. That’s all you need. And I’ve made it super, super affordable. This program is very, very expensive, but I made it affordable for anyone to be able to join, to join or opt out at any time because my heart is just to get gospel content out into the forefront of social media. I would love that. Every time you’re scrolling, you’re just seeing Christian content creators out there preaching the gospel and getting people to a relationship with Christ.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:29):
And you’re right, it is very affordable. I’ve seen other people that are charging thousands of dollars for what you make available for a very low monthly charge. People can jump in and if it’s not for them, they can jump back out again. But if they find that it’s useful to helping them go viral on YouTube, they can stay in the community. And something about having that community is really valuable because you can listen to the stories of others, see how other people are going viral, hear what is really working right now. And I think together we can achieve more than if we are separate.

Brian Romero (26:11):
Right. And nobody should have to do this alone. If you’re a content creator right now and you feel like I just don’t know what to do, you feel like you’re by yourself, you shouldn’t have to do it alone. That’s why community is so important to be in community with other Christian content creators who can help you, who want to see you succeed, who want to see your testimony, be out there and help people get to Christ. No, just like we come in community every Sunday at church, Christian content creators should in community, be in community. There’s a lot of spiritual warfare. As soon as you press record and you upload onto YouTube, there’s going to be major, major spiritual warfare. But what better to be in community with other people who are currently where you want to be, or they’re currently having a lot of success on their channel and we’re just helping others. It is just a community of people wanting to see others succeed because like I mentioned before, it’s all for the kingdom of God. It’s for Christ to be glorified. A lot of people say, Hey, Brian, why should people join your academy? And it’s like to put Jesus at the forefront of social media. That’s it. We are redeeming the internet. We are redeeming social media. People say, oh, I have to fast. Social media or social media is so toxic. That’s why we’re coming in here to change that perception of social media.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (27:43):
Yeah. One of the things that made me excited about using social media to reach people is a few years ago, I started watching some atheists on YouTube, and they had hundreds of thousands of views on some of their atheist content. I was like, Jesus needs to be represented here on YouTube as much as the people who say there is no God. And really, I think that now there’s a trend that Jesus is coming back. Even in my comments, I’ve been using the last couple of weeks, some of the Jesus illusion video. So it’s like this picture of a normal nature scene, but then if you squint your eyes, you can see Jesus. And so many people are seeing it and they’re like, oh, I love Jesus. Jesus is so awesome. In the comments, there is excitement on the internet for Jesus. And I think that is so beautiful that Jesus can be lifted up even in the midst of all the secular content that’s out there.

Brian Romero (28:45):
Correct. And what’s making it easier for us? We’re seeing right now, we have a student 24 days, 24 days that he’s been doing content creation, has over 25,000 YouTube subscribers. And I realized that what’s making this easy for us is that as the world gets darker and darker believers and Christian content and Jesus, it is just shining brighter and brighter and brighter. So I know as we’re approaching the final days or we’re in the final days, but we’re approaching Jesus, returning the darker and darker, this world gets the brighter and brighter Christian content. It’s just going to be on the internet, it’s going to shine, and it’s going to bring hope to millions of people, billions of people across the world.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:34):
Amen. Well, Brian, thanks so much for being on the Evangelism podcast. It’s so great to have you here and you for your coaching. Thank you for the community you’ve built to help other people go viral on YouTube. If you want God to use you in the YouTube arena, first of all, I encourage you, go subscribe to the Brian Romero podcast. You can just type it in and the Google search and Brian will pop up. And so go follow him, see his content. And then if you want to take the next step and begin to develop viral content of your own, then I encourage you to follow the link that I’m going to post down below on the description and join the Kingdom Creator Academy, kingdom Creator Academy, and you can be a part of it and get in there, get all the secrets, all of the coaching from the technical side to the script writing side. There’s a lot of little tiny things that you just tweak just a little bit. That can be the difference between

(30:42):
50 people seeing your video and a hundred thousand people see the video. Correct. Just a little tweak. And so you begin to see the little tricks and tips that help these videos go viral. And it’s all to glorify Jesus to bring people to Jesus. The purpose of this is to lift Jesus up in a secular realm where people are just sitting there scrolling through their phones. They’re just all day long, and you might have 60 seconds to capture their attention, but you can preach a message about Jesus in 60 seconds. And then you can even disciple people like Brian. You have people that you are discipling 60 seconds at a time, and you are helping them to grow in Jesus. It’s so wonderful. So thank you so much,

Brian Romero (31:31):
Brian. Yeah, no, thank you for having me. And I always say this, anybody can press record. Anybody can press upload, but not everyone can go viral. And that’s what we’re here for, to help you guys go viral, to reach the entire world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Evangelism Podcast Host (31:50):
Are you called by God to be an evangelist? Do you want to lead millions of people to Jesus? Do you desire to be trained in the practical side of building a ministry? Then check out the Daniel King School of Evangelism. Learn how to be an effective evangelist from Dr. Daniel King’s 20 plus years of experience. Daniel King has done crusades all over the world in over 70 nations and has seen over 2 million people give their lives to Jesus. But it wasn’t easy. There was no crusade school. So Daniel traveled the world learning from and observing top evangelists, noticing how they successfully won souls for Christ. Now he wants to share decades of knowledge and experience with you. Topics of the Daniel King School of Evangelism include what is an evangelist, how to be a master soul winner, how to give an altar call, how to organize a crusade, how to raise money for your ministry, and much more. If you want to be an evangelist, but don’t know where to start, the Daniel King School of Evangelism is for you. Enroll today in the School of Evangelism by going to Daniel King ministries.com/evangelism.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:52):
Thanks so much for listening today. I am excited about telling people about Jesus, and I want to invite you to be a part of helping us to rescue people from Hell and take them with us to heaven. There’s two things you can do to help. First of all, can you go find the Evangelism podcast on Apple iTunes and leave us a positive review by giving a review, you will help other people find these valuable resources about sharing our faith. And second, would you become a financial partner with King Ministries. Every single dollar that people give us enables us to lead at least one person to Jesus. And so that means for only $1, you can help start a party in heaven. And so today I want to invite you to become a monthly partner. You can start out for just a dollar, but if God puts it on your heart to do more, of course you can do more. But please go to king ministries.com and become a monthly partner with us today to help us to lead more people to Jesus. Thank you so much, and God bless you.

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The Vision of EveryONE Thailand | Mattheus van der Steen

Mattheus van der Steen leads Harvest Fields International. He is from the Netherlands and he is known as The Flying Dutchman. Today we talk about reaching everyone for Jesus in the Asian nation of Thailand. Mattheus explains how crusades and Gospel trucks will be used to spread the Good News across this nation that is only 2% Christian. Make sure you listen all the way to the end of today’s episode because we will be giving away free scholarships to all my listeners for the Christ for All Nations School of Ministry in Orlando, Florida.

Learn more about Mattheus van der Steen: https://harvestfieldsinternational.com/

Help us purchase a Gospel Truck for Thailand: https://everyonethailand.com/ 

Apply for your free scholarship for the Christ For All Nations School of Ministry: https://cfansom.org/ 

Key Points: 

  • Daniel King and Mattheus van der Steen are part of the global Evangelists Alliance and are focused on reaching Thailand for Christ.
  • They believe God is doing a special work in Thailand, with an “underground revival” happening and thousands being saved and baptized.
  • They have launched the “Everyone Thailand” vision to reach 7 million people in Thailand with the gospel over the next 12 months through gospel trucks, crusades, and other evangelistic efforts.
  • They are training hundreds of evangelists and working with thousands of Thai pastors and churches to coordinate this nationwide evangelistic push.
  • They are calling for sponsors to fund 77 gospel trucks that can be used to reach villages and towns across Thailand, making a significant impact.
  • They are also promoting the Christ for All Nations School of Ministry, which is offering full scholarships for the first year to train up evangelists and ministry leaders.

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:05):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m very excited about telling people about Jesus. Today. I have a very special guest with me, Mattheus van der Steen from the Netherlands. Thank you for being with me.

Mattheus van der Steen (03:17):
Thank you so much. Eventually, Daniel, they’re actually calling me the Flying Dutchman,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:22):
The Flying

Mattheus van der Steen (03:23):
Dutch Flying Dutchman arrive here in your studio.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:25):
Well, thank you so much for coming to Tulsa and it’s wonderful to see you. A couple of years ago it was so wonderful to be in Amsterdam for the Everyone Conference, which you worked so hard to organize and to set up, and it was so beautiful because people came from all over the world who had a passion for evangelism.

Mattheus van der Steen (03:48):
Yeah, I think that was still until this day, the most significant, I would say, a courageous moment for the church history, that five 6,000 global leaders with impact reaching millions of people with all the networks together came together around the theme, the Great Commission. How can we work together to reach every person with the gospel of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit? I mean, just think about that day, nomination leaders, church leaders talking about how can we work together to see our area, our nation changed. So for us it was supernatural. The Great Commission is of course for us as evangelists, it was like heaven. I mean hearing church leaders talking about winning souls for Jesus. Yeah, it made me cry. I mean they were speaking our language and what for me was the most beautiful thing was that the existing church leaders and fathers and mothers actually are saying, we need needy evangelists. We want to embrace them. When I started 25 years ago, the ministry Evangel Daniel, that was not the case. I mean, most evangelists were, how do you say that? I don’t want to be sounding sad, but we’re lonely,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:11):
Isolated, ignored, ignored. No one understands. You come back from a big event and thousands of people would get saved and come back to a church in Europe or America and they’d just say, oh, did you eat anything weird? No passion for all the people that are coming to Jesus.

Mattheus van der Steen (05:29):
True.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:31):
But I think it’s a new day for evangelism in the world.

Mattheus van der Steen (05:33):
That’s what I say. It’s a courageous moment. It was like literally a new chapter of a book opened for evangelism. So I really think this is the time for a whole generation to rise up in faith. There are a lot of churches around the world who are embracing the great commission but don’t know how to do it. So here we are as evangelists. It’s really time to move forward and to be very radical about this.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:56):
And it was at conference that God gave Dr. Billy Wilson a vision to reach everyone on earth and to personalize the great commission to one by one to make sure that everyone has an encounter with Jesus. And the goal is that everyone would have an authentic encounter with Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit before the year 2033, which will be the 2000 year anniversary of the giving of the Great Commission, the death and resurrection of Jesus, the ascension of Jesus up in heaven, and then the day of Pentecost and how appropriate it would be to celebrate the original day of Pentecost by giving God a gift of thousands and even millions of new souls coming into the kingdom of heaven. And so this vision was launched and we are already starting to put it into practice. And so both of us are part of the global Evangelist alliance.

(07:00):
And last year we went to El Salvador and we saw God do tremendous miracles in El Salvador. We actually had 34% of the nation that was with us face, face-to-face in the services, which was amazing and 250,000 plus people that gave their lives to Jesus. But El Salvador is an easy country, many churches there, many Christians already. It’s a small country, only 6 million. And we were praying, we were at a meeting in Jakarta, in Jakarta, Indonesia, and we were praying and saying, God, where should we go next? And you had just taken your entire family on a trip across all of Thailand and you came and you brought a report to us and you said, guys, I think God is doing something special in the nation of Thailand and we could see a harvest of souls in Thailand. And we all began to pray about it. And do you remember when we started to pray, it felt like the Holy Spirit came into the room and when we ask God and say, God, should we go to Thailand, it felt like the Holy Spirit shouted, yes, I want to see Thailand say it was

Mattheus van der Steen (08:16):
Loaded. It was so amazing. It was so amazing. And again, it’s very touching again to hear you speak about everyone vision right now. I really feel like God’s anointing is on this. I mean, what does it mean to personalize the great commission? And when we talk about everyone, we talk about 8 billion people, right? Eight plus billion people, Dr. Billy Wilson told us that around 5.3 billion people don’t know the Lord. Why are we speaking right now? It means like 2.7 plus billion people know the Lord. What if these 2.7 billion people, and some of them they’re listening right now to your podcast, are making a commitment to personalize the great commission in their lives. So imagine with us that in less than it’s 2025 right now, in less than eight years, we have the opportunity of reaching 5.3 billion people all around the world. And we only can do this together. No one is called to run this race alone. It’s too big for one ministry. That’s what I love about this whole vision. So 4 billion people around that number are living in Asia.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (09:26):
We can’t reach the world for Jesus without thinking about Asia.

Mattheus van der Steen (09:30):
It’s say 45% is living in Asia. So if we talk about reaching everyone, I really love that there is a lot of focus right now on Asia. And again, let’s not forget America, let’s not forget Europe and all the other continents, but in Asia there’s a huge harvest. And again, Jesus is the Lord of this harvest. So when you say, I came back with a report and I love that we can talk honestly about this stuff, it’s really in faith like with my natural eyes. So I don’t want to encourage everyone who’s listening with your natural eyes. It was almost impossible. I mean, I saw the biggest giants walking around in Thailand, in any other nation when it comes to disunity, when it comes to networks, when it comes to people having a heart for the great commission. I mean, I really had to choose to look in faith and seeing the spiritually realm what God wanted to do.

(10:30):
But what I kept hearing was the famous word, Matt, it’s kairos time for Thailand. When I walked in Thailand in the south, seeing less than 1% people being a Christian, people getting actually in some of the areas in the south, people are getting persecuted there. Another strong religion, very active. I kept hearing the Lord say, but it’s my car’s time. When eter steps into our time, everything changed. And so I think the Lord was really challenging us to just really step in faith and say yes to talent. Even though there are incredible things happening in Thailand right now. We keep hearing from missionaries working there for 25 years, 30 years, that since two years they feel like there’s an atmosphere shift. So what do I mean with that? There’s a missionary in the north working for so long, they’re plowing, facing a lot of persecution. People are very antichrist resisting now. They have this ministry have lines of people. I saw videos. Benji Morph is very involved in this ministry. They want to stay unknown though, but they say that we saw on the video thousands of people on the monthly base are getting baptized right now in rivers. There is an underground revival happening in Thailand.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:53):
And actually I heard that a lot of that is in the district that I’m assigned to Luke. And so I’m so excited. I’m like, wow, I got the best place to go. God is moving in such a tremendous way.

Mattheus van der Steen (12:07):
I make sure eventually it’s Daniel, you do your crusade near the river because this is really a thing they want to get baptized. There has been a new report out two weeks ago and they had one line of three kilometers. Again, I come from Europe, so it’s like 1.6 miles I think of people waiting to get baptized. I

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:26):
Mean, what a miracle. It’s a miracle what a day of Pentecost type the thing to do where they had 3000 people saved in one day. So we just had a wonderful launch event in

Mattheus van der Steen (12:40):
February America itself

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:42):
For everyone Thailand. And it was so beautiful. We were at Liberty Church there in Bangkok beautiful church facility and filled the place up with pastors and leaders from across Thailand. And we started to talk about what does it look like to see a harvest here? And I saw so many that just had a great heart and a great passion for seeing God do something wonderful in Thailand.

Mattheus van der Steen (13:15):
And what really touched me about this, because people said before what you want is not possible. Even a Thai pastor said it’s not possible to get so much pastor around the great commission, but when the Lord speaks a word, just obey that. Just follow it. Don’t look and hear what all the critics are saying. Be open for correction of course, but really following the Lord. And I think that’s what we did together in faith. We moved forward and in the end we had around a thousand churches and 2000 plus pastors from every province. We have 77 provinces in Thailand. Being there hearing the vision, how can we work together in reaching talent for Jesus, our vision for the coming 12 months, and I do believe it’s God’s vision, is reaching 10% of the whole population of Thailand with the gospel of Jesus Christ. So there are around 70 million people, 74 million people, some say 72 million people.

(14:10):
So we keep it like, oh, we say 70 plus million people. That means that the coming 12 months and all your listeners, I want to challenge them to pray about this, to be part of this. Everyone can be part of this through enriching talent with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We want to reach 7 million people through gospel trucks, through crusades, like what you’re going to do through outreaches, through different types of evangelism. The Jesus film, the Jesus film is there. We are working together with the chosen. We try to get the whole chosen series in the Buddhistic nation on national television. Can you imagine that? It’s big. It’s wild. So really I do believe that between now and 12 months, we are going to see a major change in Thailand. While we are speaking, we have 12 young evangelists in Thailand. Right after the launch, they saw 17 and a half thousand teenagers coming to Jesus this morning. I got a report that the last week they saw seven of thousand teenagers surrendering the life to Jesus in schools in Thailand. That’s happening right now.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:15):
Wow.

Mattheus van der Steen (15:16):
So quickly we talk about the last four or five weeks, 25,000 teenagers are rescued for eternity. And that’s great news.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:24):
Amen. Well, I’m so excited about what God is doing in Thailand and it’s such a privilege to be a part of it. One of the things that I think is so beautiful is that when evangelists partner together with the local churches, you have these churches in Thailand that have been there for many years and they love God. They’re praying for people to be saved. They love the people of Thailand and they’ve been praying to say, God, do something in our nation. And God spoke to us from outside the nation, from Europe, from the United States, from Africa, all these evangelists and put Thailand in our heart. And really it’s the answer to the prayers of the churches of Thailand,

Speaker 3 (16:09):
A hundred percent.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:09):
And now when we join together, we can dream big and in the natural a dream might look impossible, but with God, all things are possible. And one of the anointings of an evangelist, I think, is to bring people together in unity and to bring different churches. Maybe one church doesn’t talk to another church that they have had a disagreement 50 years ago and so ever since they haven’t gotten along. But we can come and say, guys, let’s focus on the great commission, the words of Jesus to go and to bring all creation to the foot of the cross and to meet Jesus. And that’s something that every single church can agree

Speaker 3 (16:54):
On

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:55):
And that we can all can say yes, we may have different theology in different areas, but we agree that everyone needs Jesus.

Mattheus van der Steen (17:03):
That’s right. And I really love what you’re saying. That was a thing. So touching that when we came into Thailand and did a pioneering trip there, we kept hearing from the generals, the fathers of faith there that their desire was to see at least 1 million type people coming to Jesus, at least 10,000 new churches. So it was almost like the Lord already prepared the way. The question was how are we going to do that? The why is very clear, but how are we going to do that? So most leaders felt like that. The whole everyone talent vision was really connected with their vision. And I am pretty sure that if we do a podcast around maybe this time a little bit later, next year, 2026, we can tell the listeners, listen, this is what God has done. Five, 6 million type people surrendered the life to Jesus. Not only that, they are in training schools, they are in discipleship courses. The history of Thailand is going to be changed.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (18:02):
I’m going to be going to Thailand in just a couple of weeks. And so in my city we’ve put together committees of local pastors and they have been talking what is the best strategy for reaching people in our area? There’s many different strategies and we’re not saying you have to do it one way or one strategy, but we’re saying let’s do everything we can to focus on the great commission during this time. And one of the things that was so exciting at the everyone Thailand launch event was seeing the very first gospel truck, which was built, and I saw so many people, they came in, it was parked right beside the front door door and everyone was taking pictures. They’re standing up there pretending like they were preaching. But I think that this gospel truck is a strategy that is going to work because there’s so many villages in neighborhoods throughout Thailand.

(18:56):
How are we going to reach them? Well, let’s take young tie people, teach them how to share the gospel and send them out into the village. And so the truck, it was so beautiful, it has a platform, it comes down out of the side of the truck and then it has a sound system. And in just a few minutes you can set it up, set up the sound system, put some chairs out and invite people to come. And you could have 50 people, you could have 200 people, you could have 500 people just with this little truck. But we realized that one truck is not enough. That’s true. At first, I think we were saying maybe we could do 12 trucks,

Mattheus van der Steen (19:32):
10

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:32):
And 10. Let’s do 10 of these gospel trucks. And then we said maybe we could do 50. And then I remember the moment in the conference where you stood up and said, there’s 77 provinces in Thailand. Why shouldn’t we believe God for 77 gospel trucks?

Mattheus van der Steen (19:53):
And the whole thing, like pastors, I never saw pastors. This were not young people. Pastors stood up, it was a holy moment. And they start to cheer and clap. And I felt like to weep, I said, Lord, this pastors really are hungry. What I love Avengers, Daniel is that in Thailand you have to realize that they’re a little bit more, it’s a little bit more, how do you say that? Different than here in the states. So they have night markets. So every night you have night markets in the villages. That means when it’s dark, people are coming out and they’re going to shop in the night market. It’s one place in the city center. So to have a gospel truck there, it’s almost like free advertisement. There are always people in the night market. Normally we do our crusades in the night because it’s more cooler, it’s more effective.

(20:42):
So we can reach 500 to a thousand people per night just through a gospel truck. So right now we are training several hundreds of evangelists. They’re all on the list right now to get trained in Thailand, to be an evangelist for the gospel trucks, there are 80,000 villages all over Thailand. So imagine with us that in five years, if we have 77 gospel trucks and we do two or three small village crusades per week with a gospel truck, because we don’t have to do the weekends. On Monday, there is a night market. And on Sunday and on Thursday we can reach in less than five years every village in Thailand with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:27):
So in my district, there’s 95 sub-districts and I’m hoping that we can go and do an evangelistic campaign in each of the 95 sub-districts between this August and when my crusade will happen in February. And so at the end of July, I’m going to go and do a week of training in evangelism. And the pastors have said that they can give me 50 young people to train for the first part of the week. And then the second part of the week will have over 300 pastors and leaders and the people from the churches come and be trained in evangelism. And then each of the churches will take that truck out and begin to do these night markets, going to different villages, going to different places to share the gospel. And the truck will be used every night throughout the week. So a different church will use it each night. So each church will build an evangelism team and then take the truck out and so that the truck will be used full time. But each church is responsible for sending out an evangelism team once a week and say, guys, at least once a week, can you take Monday night? Can you take Tuesday night? And between August and next February, we want to do 95 mini crusades, the truck. It’s going to go from place to place. And I think we’re going to see such tremendous fruit.

Mattheus van der Steen (22:54):
That’s an amazing strategy. I like that a lot. So it would be great.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:57):
So I’m already talking to the pastors and they’re already excited about, they saw the truck and now I got to go to them and say, now we need to trust God to provide a truck for us.

Mattheus van der Steen (23:09):
Amen. And I think that’s where your listeners can really pray and consider joining us. What I love about this gospel truck is you don’t need like $10,000 to do a crusade with a couple of hundreds of dollars. You already can do a two, three night crusade with a gospel truck.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:26):
Yeah, once you have the truck, because a lot of the expense of doing a crusade is renting a sound system, renting a platform, and getting transportation there. But with this gospel truck, what we’re doing is we’re building the infrastructure of evangelism. So think about a church here in America. A lot of churches will do a capital campaign in order to build a building. Why? Because the building is where all the ministry of the church takes place. And so here in America, a church will raise 15 million, 20 million for building a new gymnasium so that they can reach the youth in their community. And so then every week they bring the youth to that gymnasium to preach to them. Well, think about doing evangelism. The evangelism doesn’t happen in a church building because lost people don’t come to church because they’re lost. So somehow you got to go to them. And so in order to do all of these evangelism trucks, what we need is a capital campaign to invest in the infrastructure of evangelism because the evangelism will take place on these trucks. And so investing in a truck is investing in a church building, but the truck goes from place to place doing evangelism. And so this is a great investment for the body of Christ to say, Hey, we want to reach Thailand for Jesus and 77 trucks. That’s big faith. What was the cost of doing one truck? The first truck,

Mattheus van der Steen (24:59):
50,000 per year. And that’s including also the maintenance and a small celery for an evangelist

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:05):
And then paying for some of the gasoline to take it from place to place.

Mattheus van der Steen (25:09):
We have all a whole detailed plan. It’s like an incredible organization to have 77 gospel trucks on the road every day. But there’s a very solid plan for that. We have great contracts and deals with a Japanese company or a building, this gospel trucks. And what I love as well about this gospel trucks is that we all using the same Q air code. Everything in Thai people love. What do we use here? Messenger or WhatsApp group? That’s the lying thing. Everyone is doing lying. That’s how they communicate. It’s like a sort of Instagram. Sure.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:45):
It’s like WhatsApp,

Mattheus van der Steen (25:46):
Facebook. So we are all using one QR code. So all over til people scan this QR code and through the chosen and jesus.net, we give them an opportunity to really start a journey with Christ. So I do believe we can reach millions of people the coming years with the gospel through the gospel trucks. And I think this is really important. Kingdom key.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:11):
Okay, so if you’re listening, I want to ask you to sponsor a gospel truck. It would cost $50,000

Mattheus van der Steen (26:19):
Or partly,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:20):
Or you could do part of it. But I want to go for someone who will do the whole

Mattheus van der Steen (26:25):
Gospel truck. Yes, your logo will be on the gospel truck.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:29):
So can you sponsor a gospel truck, give a gift of $50,000, help us do a gospel truck for one year. Now if you’re an evangelist, what I want to challenge you to do is do this through your ministry. You can come and you can do some of the first crusades with the gospel truck and then through your ministry, sponsor it throughout the entire year. And you can be a part of helping us to reach Thailand. If you’re a church, why can’t your church sponsor a gospel truck to go all year long in the nation of Thailand?

Mattheus van der Steen (27:03):
Yeah, five years.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (27:03):
And think about what an impact it will have going every single week, day after day, from village to village, from marketplace to marketplace. I think one gospel truck could be responsible for reaching a hundred thousand, 200, 500,000 people with just one gospel

Mattheus van der Steen (27:22):
Truck. That’s true. And that’s happening when you are sleeping. So example, you’re going to give while you are sleeping in the night. It’s 12 hours difference. Of course in Thailand, just the thought when you’re watching Netflix or you are in your prayer live or you’re on Sunday morning in church, that gospel truck is used to win full-time for at least five years on a weekly base. People for Jesus for eternity. I love that thought. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (27:50):
Okay, so if you want to sponsor a whole gospel truck or maybe you could do a part of a gospel truck, you can go right now to everyone thailand.com. So everyone thailand.com and donate and give towards gospel trucks. And if you want to sponsor my gospel truck, I need a gospel truck for my area, contact me www.kingministries.com.

(28:17):
We need not just one. We need at least 77 gospel trucks so that we can have one in every single province throughout the nation of Thailand. And I believe right now, God is speaking to you. You need to go and help us to sponsor a gospel truck.

Mattheus van der Steen (28:34):
Yes.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (28:35):
And we need evangelists that will come and adopt a gospel truck and come and you could even do multiple trips to Thailand, get your gospel truck working, get it started in a province, and then you could come back two or three times. Then you’d already have your equipment there. You could be doing crusade after crusade impacting the nation of Thailand. And Vinces

Mattheus van der Steen (28:56):
Daniel. Thailand is beautiful. I mean it is beautiful. I mean incredible islands. The people are I think the most nicest people on planet earth. They’re so humble. So hospital, the hospitality is great. And what I love is the food. The food is the best. People said, are you getting sick when you go to Thailand? I said, no, because everything really is around tourism. You don’t really get sick in Thailand. So the street markets are great. I really want to challenge everyone. Come with us. Go to Thailand. Experience is incredible culture and most important, see, revival. See Jesus moving through your life.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:36):
Another thing I wanted to talk about is the Christ for All school of ministry. And so you’re helping evangelist Daniel Kolenda with Christ for All Nations to launch this. And it’s going to be an amazing training center to help train up people who have a passion for ministry, a passion for evangelism. Tell me a little bit about that and how people can find out how they can go and be a student for the school of

Mattheus van der Steen (30:06):
Ministry. Well, I’ve actually very great news because we have some spots available for everyone who is listening right now. And we want to offer you all your listeners a very special deal. That’s a free scholarship for the first year.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (30:20):
A free scholarship.

Mattheus van der Steen (30:21):
Yeah, free scholarship. It’s really worth $5,000. We have the most amazing speakers. You are part of it, of course. Evangelist Daniel Klin and myself will we be teaching every week. We have a lot of C and evangelists coming over, but we also have Cindy Jacobs, Randy Clark, Ben Fitzgerald, Heidi Baker, the list goes on and on and on. We have like 28 international global speakers who’re going to pour out everything they received from the Lord in this school. This school is really based on the fivefold ministry. We want to train people to find their place in the harvest. There are a lot of students, they dunno what to do with their life. We really want to invite every person you’re called by God, not just as an evangelist, but like you are called in a fivefold ministry, including in the business and you want to make a change, please come to the school. We starting August 26th this year in Orlando places of all places, we have already 300 students. We have a cap of around 350 students. So again, I want to give all your listeners a free school leadership. If you’re interested in it, go right now to CFAN. It’s www.cfansom.com.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:38):
Yeah, cfan.org. They have information up about it and apply and get your scholarship.

Mattheus van der Steen (31:45):
Yeah, get your scholarship and come to Orlando and we come to train you. You can choose for a one year or a two year. We have even agreements with some of the universities, so it’s also academic. So besides like importation, great opportunities for outreach and great teachings, we have also an academic site in built into the school. So they actually get credits. So when you do our SOM school, we have agreements with SEU, we have agreements with the Oral Robert University and all the Christian universities around the states that you actually can get credits for that school year or you do the two year school.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:24):
And if you have a heart for evangelism, it will be fired up by being at Christ for all nations. The great ministry of Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda, they have just finished their 50th year. They did 50 crusades across Africa in one year in their 50th year. Just tremendous faith. And to see what God is doing through their ministry. And they’re training up so many evangelists,

Mattheus van der Steen (32:47):
5,000 right now

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:48):
Around the world and it’s so amazing.

Mattheus van der Steen (32:51):
And they see around half million people like facts coming to Christ every month right now. So it’s like it’s an amazing ministry where they multiply, train, equip, and give them opportunities. So if you want to be part of this amazing school, please come and see us in August in Orlando.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (33:07):
Amen, Florida. Alright, well let’s finish with praying together for Thailand. Yes, we need your help in Thailand. It’s a big vision. We need people to be involved. We need evangelists to participate. We need churches to come help us with discipleship, to do leadership training. There’s so many opportunities for people to be involved. You can come and sponsor a gospel truck, find a businessman who will go and sponsor an entire gospel truck. I mean, we need your help for Thailand, but let’s just finish by praying together for Thailand and what God is going to do

Mattheus van der Steen (33:43):
There. Yes, let’s pray. Lord, we just want to thank you so much for this podcast and we thank you God for shaking the nations. We thank you Lord that we living in ous moments and we thank you Lord that you have said so clearly. Yes to Thailand. And Lord, we want to say yes to you. And I want to pray together with Aventus Daniel and all our listeners right now to this podcast, Lord, that your will will be done. That every stronghold will be broken over Thailand. That every person who’s living in darkness in deep darkness, Lord is facing eternal hell. We thank you Lord, that Lord your light and your glory and your love and your power and your resurrected power, your covered in blood will invade every person’s life living in Thailand right now. Lord, we proclaim your covenant blood over all the 70 million plus people living in Thailand. We thank you Lord that strongholds and demonic forces will be broken. We thank you Lord that we are going to see your light be is seeing every corner of darkness in Thailand. We thank you Lord for your glorious light. We thank you Lord for eternal life. We thank you Lord for your blessing in your hand upon this nation up into the government and up to the king. We thank you Lord that Thailand shall be saved in Jesus’ name.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (35:08):
Well, thank you so much for listening to the Evangelism podcast and come work with us in Thailand. Let’s see. Jesus do amazing things. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mathias, for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Mattheus van der Steen (35:19):
See you next year. I.

 

Andrew Scarborough | Follow Up for New Believers

Andrew Scarborough is doing follow up of new believer in Cambodia that has seen an 80% success rate. On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast he describes his method of turning decisions into disciples. Andrew grew up as a missionary in Indonesia working with his parents.  Unfortunately, in his late teens he fell away from the Lord, but in a miraculous encounter with a believer, Andrew came back to Jesus. His gratefulness for how Jesus brought him back and saved him is now his motivation for reaching out to the lost. Keep listening, you will enjoy hearing his story!

Learn More about Andrew Scarbrough and his ministry: https://fireandrain.international/ 

Transcript: 

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Andrew Scarborough from Australia. Thank you for coming to the Evangelism Podcast.

Andrew Scarborough (00:13):
Oh, it’s such a joy to be here. Thank you so much for having me here in your amazing studio here in Tulsa. Thank you so much.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:20):
Yeah, so we’ve been together a couple of times. In the last year we were in Indonesia together at a conference with the Global Evangelist Alliance for everyone Asia. And then we were just last month in Thailand together for the everyone Thailand. We’re trying to reach that entire region of the world for Jesus. And you’ve actually grown up as a missionary in that part of the world. So tell me a little bit about your background and

Andrew Scarborough (00:52):
Yeah, that’s right. Yeah, so my parents were involved in missions in Indonesia. They’re still involved in missions in Indonesia. And so I was there from when I was seven to when I was 10, and then again when I was 15. So that was a huge, I guess, eye-opener and experience for a young Australian guide to live in. I had a pet monkey and we had to learn another language and different culture, different food, and it was a joy. It was a real joy. And I think obviously the most exciting thing was seeing what’s possible when you share the gospel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:32):
Yeah, that’s awesome. And so you’re called by God to be an evangelist. It sounds like We have a similar upbringing. I was raised as a missionary in Mexico, and even as a teenager, my heart was beating for souls to be saved. And it sounds like you caught the same bug. How did you know that you were called by God specifically as an evangelist?

Andrew Scarborough (01:56):
Yeah. Well, I would say growing up I wanted to impress my parents. So at first it was as most kids do, at first it was I want to be a missionary like my parents. I want them to be proud of me, all of that. I soon worked out that that doesn’t really work. It doesn’t quite fill that void per se, and

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:19):
God has no grandkids, he just has children.

Andrew Scarborough (02:22):
That’s it. So I had to really work out my own identity in him. I ended up being a drunk. I was suicidal. I totally drifted away. And it wasn’t that I didn’t know that God was real. I knew that he was real. But the question for me is, am I good enough for him?

(02:42):
Just as I thought, could I ever be good enough for my parents? Could I ever be a great missionary like them? Now it was, can I be good enough for God? And I came up with the answer, no, I can’t. And then I was in a bar one night and a man came up to me, I’d never met him before, and he said, first thing he asked was, do you love your parents? That’s rather weird. Kind of like Jesus with the woman at the, well, tell me about your husband. And he says, do you love your parents? I said, okay, what do you want? Why are you here? And he said, I want you to know there’s a great love out there for you. I said, who are you? He says, I’m a Christian. I said, oh, I used to go to church. He says, then you know exactly what I’m talking about.

(03:24):
He looked me in the eye and said, God loves you so much. You have to come back to him. And in that moment, I mean obviously my whole world was transformed. I realized that scripture, that while we’re still sinners, Christ died for us is true. And that in my filth, in my sin, he had died for me. But then afterwards I thought, what if I could do for others what that man did for me? What if I could go to others and tell them about Jesus and the good news of the gospel? And that really began the journey for myself. It was no longer about trying to please someone or trying to prove something. It was a genuine, there are people out there, they dunno if they’re good enough for God. They don’t even know some that there is a God or who Jesus Christ is. I need to tell them.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:14):
And so how old were you when that encounter took place?

Andrew Scarborough (04:17):
I was 19. So a friend of mine, he says, Andrew, you got your season of the spirit of stupid. That’s what he calls it. So for about six months, I really just tried to escape life. And then when I had that radical encounter at 19, I then became a pastor for about 10 years. I thought you want to

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (04:41):
Be, where did you pastor? In Australia?

Andrew Scarborough (04:43):
Yeah, in Australia and in America. So we planted a church in California while I studied at Fuller Seminary. And yeah, that was really good, but still, even as a pastor, because I just didn’t know you could be an evangelist. The amount of evangelists that are full-time in Australia, you could count on maybe one to two hands. It’s just not something that we really have. We have pastors, so you want to work for Jesus, you go and become a pastor, and then we have traditional missionaries that live in country, but someone that travels around equipping the church, preaching the gospel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:19):
So do they look at you a little weird sometimes when you tell people you’re an evangelist in Australia?

Andrew Scarborough (05:24):
They do, yes. It’s always you. You’re an evangelist, like a tech evangelist? No, not a tech evangelist. Like an evangelist for Jesus. They’re like, ah, who do you work for? Well, we run a ministry and it blows people’s minds. But yeah, in America, maybe a little bit more common. But then in America, people think, oh, you’re an itinerant preacher and you go from church to church. And I say, no, no, no. We actually go out over,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:52):
Yeah, the evangelist isn’t looking for meetings. He’s looking for lost souls, the true

Andrew Scarborough (05:56):
Evangelists. That’s it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (05:58):
Yeah, I agree. Wow. So you went to Fuller Seminary and I saw in your cv you recently completed your ma, and what was your degree in?

Andrew Scarborough (06:09):
Yeah, so my first master’s at Fuller was in global leadership, and my most recent one was in, it was an in professional ministry. So I was looking at crusade follow-up and what that looks like.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:23):
Okay, so let’s talk about that. You’ve been doing crusades this last year. You’ve done some really amazing things in Cambodia. And so the number one question evangelists always get asked is, well, what do you do about follow up? That’s a great place to start. What do you do about follow up, Andrew?

Andrew Scarborough (06:43):
Yeah, well, we are really trying.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:47):
I love that question because even people that have never evangelized, they’ve never shared their faith with anyone. They’ve never discipled anyone they know. They got to ask that question, what do you do about follow up? It’s like, well, what do you do about evangelism? Are you going out preaching the gospel? Let’s talk about getting people saved and then let’s talk about follow up.

Andrew Scarborough (07:05):
Yeah, absolutely. And look, it is like the, it’s the classic question that you always get is, but where are they now? What about follow up? What about discipleship? And I think when I first started out in evangelism, I would say, look, we are the midwife. It’s our responsibility to birth the baby, and then it’s up to the parents to raise the baby. The evangelist brings the soul to Jesus. The local church raises the baby three kids in. For my wife and I noticed something with the midwives is they make sure that the baby is actually drinking, is actually putting on weight, is actually getting a little bit healthier or developing before the midwife exits the relationship. So what we’re seeking to do is marry disciple making movements with evangelism. And I know this is something that the team working in Thailand is going to be really focusing on as well. How do you marry those two movements? So you have evangelism, but then instead of just expecting the person to come to church on a Sunday, which in my research it shows that you get about two to 6% of people will actually end up in church on a Sunday and continue with Jesus if we try the approach of just see you at church. But if you go to them and you start discipling them straight away, straight after they make the decision, it jumps up to 80%. And so we tried that. That’s phenomenal.

(08:44):
We tried it in Cambodia. So we went into a village, we preached the gospel and all these decisions. Then we said the next day we got the 80% from a friend of mine, Benji Morph, and I thought, Hmm, I want to try this out. Well, the next day we said, we’re coming back tomorrow to do a follow up, to share more about the Christian faith, how to read your Bible, all of this. We came back to the village and 80% of the hands that were raised we’re sitting under the same tree ready for discipleship. And they’re asking great questions, do I still go to the temple? How do I read my Bible? Where do I start? We were like, oh, this is amazing. But we found that the number to hold true, that about 80% will actually be there if you go to them versus, Hey, come on to a church.

(09:37):
And especially in these regions where there’s not many Christians and there’s not many churches that can be an hour drive, that can be a two hour drive to get to a local church. And that’s hard when we need to make it easier for people to walk with Jesus. I do think the Holy Spirit really does the convicting, and I don’t think we can. Sometimes we try and formalize it a little bit and we try to almost take too much credit or put too much pressure on us. I think if someone really gave their life to Jesus, they’re going to do everything they can to follow him if it’s true. But I do think we have a responsibility to at least get them to a place where they’re beginning that journey. So what we are trialing is we would go in as the evangelist for the beginning of the discipleship, either us or other people that were involved in the campaign. Then we pass it over to a local pastor. Now he’s got some establishment there. So yeah, it’s a little bit different to the standard follow-up form passed over to the local church, still working with the local church. But rather than just giving them a phone call, inviting them to church, we are saying, all right, pastor, let’s go. We’re going back into that location or back into the village and we are going to do discipleship.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:03):
Yeah, that’s awesome. Now, I think the place that you and I first met was at the Christ for All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp.

Andrew Scarborough (11:12):
Yes, that’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (11:12):
That ‘s the minstry that Daniel Kolinda helps to lead, the Ministry of Reinhard Bonnke. And just tell me some of what you got out of that training from the Evangelism Bootcamp and then how you’ve put that into practice in different parts of the world.

Andrew Scarborough (11:30):
Yeah, look, I would say that bootcamp was a game changer for me, and I’d encourage anyone to do keep upskilling, keep doing some sort of training. Like I said, I already had a master’s at the time. I was working for a ministry called Youth for Christ, two PAs, a company car, a phone, a laptop, all expenses paid. It was great. And then the Lord said, do this bootcamp. And I’m like, but I’m already established. I know what I’m doing. I had no idea what I was doing. The bootcamp taught me how to preach the gospel in such a crystal clear way. I almost felt like before the bootcamp, I didn’t even know how to preach the gospel, even though everyone called me an evangelist. And then the other thing that it did is it showed me what’s possible when you stretch yourself. And I think that’s why I like spending time with people like yourself, evangelist Daniel King, because you show me what’s possible.

(12:37):
And I think as you get around evangelists that have done more than you, that have learned more than you, and you glean from them, then you’re able to say, if they could do that in Nigeria or if they could do that in Kenya, maybe I could do that in Cambodia. Maybe I could do that in Indonesia, maybe I could do that in Thailand. And yeah, it’s also given me a great network. I think the GEA Global Evangelism Alliance, the C fan Evangelism Alliance, any of these networks are so helpful because you need someone to join with you in a crusade, join with you in a training. You’ve got a family or a network to run with.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (13:16):
Absolutely. It’s great to be around people that think big,

Andrew Scarborough (13:20):
That

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (13:20):
Have big faith and are trusting God to do amazing things. I think it stretches your own faith and you see what is possible through God. So you grew up in Indonesia, you’ve been doing stuff in Cambodia, and I think it’s just so beautiful that in your ministry, God’s really given you a focus on Asia in Africa over the last 50 years, especially with Reinhard Bonnke, we’ve seen such a great move of God in Africa, and now I think it’s Asia’s turn. It is a great harvest field. Talk to me some about what you see God doing and what you hope to see God do in Asia.

Andrew Scarborough (14:00):
Yeah, look, it’s a great question, and if I think about it too much, I’ll probably tear up because the reality is a lot of these nations, they’re 2%, they’re 3%, they’re 1%, they’re 4% Christian. In the last two to three years I’ve been in Japan, Singapore’s got a lot more Christians, but so does Indonesia. But I’ve been in Japan, very low percentage. I think it’s less than 1% Christian. Then I’ve been in Singapore, been in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and I look at these nations and as we do evangelism on the streets, people say things like, one gentleman said, I’ve been waiting 14 years for someone to tell me about Jesus. Another person said, I’ve been waiting eight years. I thought you had to be born into a Christian family. I had no idea I could become a Christian. There was even a religious leader. I could put it that way, that one of the followers of their faith came to them and said, I have anxiety, I have depression.

(15:10):
What do I do? And this religious leader said, I can’t help you, but I hear that the God of the Christians can help you. What you need to do is start to pray to their God that he would send you one of these Christians. And so this religious leader, not from the Christian faith, counseled one of his own followers to pray for a Christian to come. And then obviously a Christian came and he and his whole family got saved. And I think that Asia is crying out, send us the missionaries, send us the evangelists. And it is so ripe. It is beyond ripe. It blows my mind how people are like, we’ve been waiting. We just didn’t know this good news. And so where you could argue that some nations are saturated in missionaries, I think a lot of nations still crying out for missionaries.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:06):
In the early years of my ministry, I focused a lot on Latin America, and we’ve seen God do great things there. But the last few years I’ve been trying to focus more on the 10 40 window. I mean, because there’s just such a huge harvest there of people that are waiting to hear about Jesus. They just need someone to come and tell ’em. And so I’m so excited about what God is doing in Thailand. You’re going to be involved in some of the evangelism training in Thailand. Kind of talk me through what does evangelism training look like when you do evangelism training? I know even while you’re here in America this week, you’re driving around in an rv and I saw you’ve been doing some evangelism training for churches here. What does that look like?

Andrew Scarborough (16:53):
Yes, I would say that evangelism training, we do cater it a little bit to the context. So Asia is very different to Africa, and then America is very different to Asia.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (17:07):
But

Andrew Scarborough (17:07):
In general, I try to deal with the four main excuses that I’ve seen to sharing your faith. So the number one thing I see is people say, I don’t know how. So we just equip them in the basics. Things like three circles or bridge to life or Roman Road. There’s so many Jesus at the door. There’s so many tools that you can equip people with. The second reason people say they don’t share their faith is it doesn’t work in my own life, so why would I share it? And so we really encourage people, you need to fall in love with the Lord again. And if we have a little bit longer training, we really spend some time ministering to the individuals as well. And then the last two, they’re fairly related to each other. One people would say, fear of man. So we really pray for people.

(17:55):
I think a lot of the challenges in evangelism actually have to do with people’s own identity and fears. And we just need to break those and always tell this story. I say there was in Australia, there was a deadly snake in my backyard. I’m very scared of snakes. I don’t like them at all. And we are famous for them in Australia. But with that snake, I became a warrior and I went out with my boots and my shovel and I was going to kill that snake. I couldn’t find it to kill it, unfortunately, but I scared it away. And the reason I wasn’t scared of that snake, even though I was a little bit is because my children play in the backyard. And my love for my children was so much greater than my fear. So I used to tell people, if you’ve got fear of man, you actually need to spend time falling in love with the lost again.

(18:45):
And the last reason that we kind of disarm or dismantle in our training is people say, well, I actually haven’t thought about it. I haven’t let the reality of the lost world break my heart. I haven’t actually, I’ve put it in the two hard basket or the don’t think about it basket, but the reality of hell, the reality of people that don’t yet know Jesus, spinning eternity away from God. I just don’t let it touch me. So we encourage people to pray and we pray and pray and pray in these trainings. During the trainings, we weep over the loss. And just a fun story for you. We were just in Nampa, Idaho, and I said, before we go out on the streets and preach the gospel, we were doing a training with about 30 people from that church. I said, let’s pray for the lost.

(19:37):
And I knelt down next to a window and began to pray, Lord, save America, Lord save Idaho. And as I’m praying a couple walking off the street into the church, I get up, they take one look at me, I’m covered in tears. So I think that freaked them out. They turned around, walked away. And so I grabbed the pastor, I said, go, go, go get them. Get them. So he runs outside and it turns out that there was a couple and the gentleman had just come out of prison. He was trying to get his life together. He needed some food. Well, they prayed for him. The girl, she got healed from pain in her shoulder and they said, we’ll be at church in the morning. Well, that morning I preached the gospel and both of them responded, gave their lives to Jesus. But it showed me the power of prayer. We are literally crying out for the lost, the lost walked into our prayer meeting, and then now their lives are transformed and they’ve got food in their bellies and also spiritual food. So I think a training should go beyond just head knowledge, but into an encounter with the Lord, a heart for the lost and then an activation. So we always activate people and get them out on the streets sharing the gospel. Faith without works is dead. We got to do something. So we get them out there.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:58):
Yeah, that’s awesome. I love what you’re saying about prayer and allowing God to break our hearts and look at people as he sees people. So let’s just take a moment right now and pray for lost

Andrew Scarborough (21:11):
People,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:12):
The lost people of Asia, the lost people of the United States. Would you lead us in a prayer?

Andrew Scarborough (21:17):
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Father, we just thank you so much for the privilege of knowing you. And I pray for the lost in Asia. I pray for the lost around the world that you would send forth laborers into the harvest. And for anyone listening or watching this right now, I just pray, Lord God, you’d move their hearts to preach the gospel and to see many come into the kingdom. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:46):
Well, if someone wants to know more about you or your ministry, what is your website? How can they find out more about you?

Andrew Scarborough (21:54):
Yeah, so it’s fire. That’s FIRE because my accent can throw the Americans fire and rain International. So it comes from Elijah and the prophets of Bal, that story, and what I say is if we want to see the spiritual drought broken over a nation, we need the fire of God to first fall on the people of God. So it’s revival, but it’s also evangelism. So fire and Rain, international, that’s the website.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (22:23):
Awesome. Well, I’d encourage you to go to Fire and Rain International and support the ministry of Andrew and just help them and all of the evangelism that they’re doing and pray for them get connected. And so Andrew, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast.

Andrew Scarborough (22:43):
No, thank you. And I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you, Daniel, because you are a champion of the evangelist. And so thank you for having this podcast. And I’d encourage you to share this podcast with your friends, let people know about King Ministries because I tell you, it is great what God is doing through your life, Daniel, and I’m so thankful for the way that you champion, not just the ministry that you are doing and reaching the lost, which is incredible, but you champion others as well. So thank you for this great resource.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:13):
Well, thank you. Bless you.

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Daniel King Preaching on Boldness for Evangelism in Thailand

On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast you will hear Daniel King minister on “Boldness for Evangelism” at the EveryONE Thailand conference in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by the Global Evangelist Alliance. Over two thousand pastors and church leaders gathered together for this kickoff event to evangelize Thailand. The nation of 70 million people is only 2% Christian, but the churches of Thailand have a goal to increase the number of Christians to be 10% of the population. This would represent a total of 7 million souls coming to Jesus. The goal of EveryONE Thailand is to take the Gospel to all 77 provinces of Thailand over the next eighteen months!

Transcript: 

Evangelist Daniel King (00:05):
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Are you happy? Oh, I am so happy to be here

Translator (00:12):
Home. Happy man.

Evangelist Daniel King (00:15):
I love Thailand and Jesus loves Thailand, and I want to say thank you for having me. It is such an honor to be here between the time of Jesus’s resurrection

Translator (00:38):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (00:38):
The time of his ascension up into heaven. Jesus had one thought on his mind, and Jesus repeated this thought many different times

Translator (00:55):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (00:55):
In many different ways. And so each of the gospel writers record this thought in a slightly different way. And so these are the last words of Jesus before he went into heaven.

Translator (01:18):
Let’s

Evangelist Daniel King (01:19):
Read them together.

Translator (01:20):
Hello, my aunt

Evangelist Daniel King (01:21):
In Matthew chapter 28, verse 19. Jesus

Translator (01:29):
Says,

Evangelist Daniel King (01:30):
Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,

Translator (01:34):
The man of

Evangelist Daniel King (01:38):
Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit in teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. So in Matthew 28,

Translator (01:57):
Jesus

Evangelist Daniel King (01:57):
Tells us to go and make disciples of all nations. I want everyone to lift your hand high in the air,

Translator (02:11):
Lift

Evangelist Daniel King (02:11):
Your hand high, and I want you to say, go and make disciples of all nations. Hallelujah. Now turn with me to Mark chapter 16, verse 15. Jesus said, go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Translator (02:49):
Whoever

Evangelist Daniel King (02:50):
Believes in his baptized will be saved. Whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Translator (02:59):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (02:59):
These signs will accompany those that believe in my name. They will drive out demons.

Translator (03:11):
They will speak in new tongues.

Evangelist Daniel King (03:14):
They will pick up snakes with their hands. When they drink deadly poison, it will not harm them. They will place their hands on sick people and they will get well. And so in Mark, it says, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Translator (03:42):
I want

Evangelist Daniel King (03:42):
Everyone to raise your hand high in the air,

Translator (03:47):
Say, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, Tuon to everyone in Thailand, tu,

Evangelist Daniel King (04:08):
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now look at me at Luke chapter 24, verse 47.

Translator (04:20):
It

Evangelist Daniel King (04:20):
Says, repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations.

Translator (04:35):
So

Evangelist Daniel King (04:36):
Luke tells us, forgiveness of sins will be preached to all nations. So lift your hand high in the air. Forgiveness of sins

Translator (04:55):
Will

Evangelist Daniel King (04:55):
Be preached in his name

Translator (05:00):
To all nations, including

Evangelist Daniel King (05:08):
Hallelujah. Yes, hallelujah. Now turn with oh, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Now turn with me to John chapter 20, verse 21.

Translator (05:21):
Jesus says, peace be with you. And

Evangelist Daniel King (05:27):
Again, he said unto them,

Translator (05:31):
He

Evangelist Daniel King (05:31):
Said, as the Father has sent me, I am sending you, as the Father sent Jesus.

Translator (05:47):
Jesus

Evangelist Daniel King (05:48):
Is sending you

Translator (05:53):
Lift your hand high in the air all the way in the back, lift your hand,

Evangelist Daniel King (06:01):
Say, as the Father sent Jesus,

Translator (06:09):
Jesus is

Evangelist Daniel King (06:10):
Sending me.

Translator (06:18):
Hallelujah. And then Acts chapter one, verse eight.

Evangelist Daniel King (06:26):
You know this verse,

Translator (06:28):
But you shall

Evangelist Daniel King (06:30):
Receive

Translator (06:30):
Power after the Holy Spirit comes upon. You will be my witness in

Evangelist Daniel King (06:41):
Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and to the uttermost ends of the earth, including Thailand. Lift your hand up to heaven. Then say, I receive power when the Holy Spirit

Translator (07:12):
Comes upon me, and I will be a witness to Bangkok, to all of Thailand, to Cambodia, tammar Singapore, Singapore here

Evangelist Daniel King (07:38):
And to the ends of the earth.

Translator (07:41):
Let on supply.

Evangelist Daniel King (07:44):
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Clap for Jesus. Hallelujah. And so five times, Jesus repeats this thought.

Translator (07:56):
Matthew

Evangelist Daniel King (07:57):
28, go make disciples.

Translator (08:02):
Go

Evangelist Daniel King (08:02):
Into all the world and preach the gospels.

Translator (08:06):
Luke

Evangelist Daniel King (08:07):
24, forgiveness of sins will be preached to all nations. John 20, as the Father sent me, I am sending you Acts one, you’ll receive power to be a witness

Translator (08:28):
The ends

Evangelist Daniel King (08:28):
Of the earth. Oh, hallelujah. Now, how many of you know that if Jesus repeated himself five times,

Translator (08:40):
Some

Evangelist Daniel King (08:41):
We should listen to the words of Jesus? Can I tell you a story?

Translator (08:48):
One

Evangelist Daniel King (08:49):
Morning my wife woke up and the first thing she remembered was that there was no bread eat in the house. So my wife said to me, can you go to the store and buy some bread? Yes dear, I will do that

Translator (09:12):
By.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:13):
So then we’re eating breakfast. There’s no bread again. She says, go to the store and buy some bread. I will do it. And then I’m taking my children to school. We’re walking out the door and my wife sticks her hat out

Translator (09:37):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (09:37):
She says, don’t forget the bread. I love you honey. And then I’m dropping my kids off at school. My phone rings, hello,

Translator (09:54):
Hello.

Evangelist Daniel King (09:54):
Yes, I’m going to the store right now. I’m going to buy some bread. Don’t worry, I’ll bring it back. I love you too. And then I go to the store. I buy some rice. I buy some vegetable, and then beep, beep.

Translator (10:17):
It’s a text message. It’s from my wife. One word.

Evangelist Daniel King (10:26):
Do you know what the word was? Oh, you are so smart. Here, bread. Now, what would happen if I got

Translator (10:38):
All the way back home and I forgot to bring the bread? I

Evangelist Daniel King (10:48):
Would be in trouble.

Translator (10:51):
Now,

Evangelist Daniel King (10:51):
What happens if Jesus returns and we forget what he told us five times to do.

Translator (11:04):
Matthew

Evangelist Daniel King (11:04):
28, go make disciples. Mark 16, go unto all the world and preach the gospel. Luke 24, forgiveness of sins will be preached. 20.

Translator (11:21):
As

Evangelist Daniel King (11:22):
The Father sent, Jesus is sending me, you’ll receive power

Translator (11:31):
To

Evangelist Daniel King (11:31):
Be a witness. How many of you think we should obey the words of Jesus? Raise your hand. Amen.

Translator (11:42):
Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:44):
I want to tell you another story. When I was 14 years old, I went on a mission trip to the country of Jamaica.

Translator (11:57):
Mission trip.

Evangelist Daniel King (11:59):
Jamaica is a very hot country. And so all day we were running through the neighborhoods, passing out flyers, inviting people to come to the crusade

Translator (12:09):
T. And then when nighttime came, we

Evangelist Daniel King (12:17):
Wanted to return to our hotel,

Translator (12:20):
Take

Evangelist Daniel King (12:20):
A shower

Translator (12:22):
And go

Evangelist Daniel King (12:22):
To bed. But all the water in the hotel was shut off. So we said, what do we do? One person in the group was a smart missionary. In the hotel, there is a pool of water in wash in the pool. We went to the pool and we began to wash ourselves. And as we’re playing in the pool, I noticed that on the side of the pool, there was a light that had smoke coming out of it,

Translator (13:10):
And there

Evangelist Daniel King (13:10):
Were some sparks. So very foolishly

Translator (13:18):
Swam over to investigate

Evangelist Daniel King (13:22):
The smoking light.

Translator (13:27):
When

Evangelist Daniel King (13:27):
I was looking at the light, electricity entered the

Translator (13:32):
Pool

Evangelist Daniel King (13:35):
And it shocked my

Translator (13:36):
Leg

Evangelist Daniel King (13:38):
And it scared me because you can die from electricity.

Translator (13:43):
I shot die. I pulled myself out of the pool and I began to walk away, and I was thanking God. I said, thank you, God for saving me. Thank you for saving me.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:01):
I was six steps away from the pool. Suddenly I remembered all of my friends were still

Translator (14:10):
In the pool.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:14):
I became concerned for their

Translator (14:15):
Safety. I rushed back over to them. I said, guys, get out of the pool. You stay in the pool, you’re going to die. Do you know what my friends did? They laughed at me. I said, no, get out of the pool. And I started grabbing them, them pulling them out of the pool. And finally they all got out the pool.

Evangelist Daniel King (14:49):
And thank God that one died that day. But then God spoke to me and God said, Daniel, I want you to have the same

Translator (15:02):
Passion,

Evangelist Daniel King (15:05):
Saving people from hell as you had saving your friends from the pool. You see many people, they get saved and they walk away saying, thank you God for saving me.

Translator (15:27):
How

Evangelist Daniel King (15:27):
Many of you are saved today? Thank God that you’re saved, but let’s not forget about all of the people

Translator (15:42):
Who

Evangelist Daniel King (15:43):
Are in danger

Translator (15:44):
Of dying in going to

Evangelist Daniel King (15:45):
Hell.

Translator (15:48):
So

Evangelist Daniel King (15:49):
Thank God that you are saved,

Translator (15:53):
But

Evangelist Daniel King (15:53):
Let’s not forget about the people that need to be rescued.

Translator (16:01):
I

Evangelist Daniel King (16:02):
Want to rescue as many people as I can. Are you passionate about leading people to Jesus?

Translator (16:10):
Do you

Evangelist Daniel King (16:10):
Want to rescue people from this danger of going to hell?

Translator (16:17):
Someone

Evangelist Daniel King (16:17):
Said that Christianity is like one starving man who finds bread.

Translator (16:27):
He goes and tells all the

Evangelist Daniel King (16:29):
Other starving men where

Translator (16:30):
They can

Evangelist Daniel King (16:31):
Find bread.

Translator (16:36):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (16:36):
When you

Translator (16:36):
Have Jesus, you have the bread of life. Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (16:45):
Hallelujah. I want to tell you another story. Do you like stories? Yeah. One time I went with my family to visit a cave.

Translator (17:01):
The

Evangelist Daniel King (17:01):
Cave went very far down into the ground

Translator (17:07):
And they had a path you could

Evangelist Daniel King (17:09):
Walk into the cave. So as we walked down, they told us stories about the original explorers, men and women who would explore using nothing but a tiny candle.

Translator (17:31):
When

Evangelist Daniel King (17:31):
We reach the bottom of the cave,

Translator (17:35):
Two

Evangelist Daniel King (17:35):
Kilometers under the ground.

Translator (17:39):
They

Evangelist Daniel King (17:39):
Said they wanted to show us what the dark cave was like. They asked us to sit down on a bench and then the guide walked to the light switch and the guide turned off the lights and suddenly it was dark.

Translator (18:01):
It

Evangelist Daniel King (18:02):
Was so dark I couldn’t even see my hand in front of my face.

Translator (18:09):
I

Evangelist Daniel King (18:09):
Couldn’t see the people in my group. It was dark. But then she reached into her pocket and the guy pulled out a cigarette lighter. And I thought, this cave is so dark that a small cigarette lighter will not make much

Translator (18:34):
Difference.

Evangelist Daniel King (18:39):
We were in a room about the size of this one.

Translator (18:44):
Let me

Evangelist Daniel King (18:44):
Tell you,

Translator (18:46):
When

Evangelist Daniel King (18:47):
She lit the cigarette lighter, suddenly we could see the entire room. We could see the whole cave.

Translator (19:00):
All

Evangelist Daniel King (19:00):
The people in the group,

Translator (19:03):
The cave was very dark, but all it took was one light to light up a dark cave. Some people

Evangelist Daniel King (19:20):
Have told me the nation of Thailand is very dark. I have heard that there is a lot of darkness here.

Translator (19:32):
But I want to

Evangelist Daniel King (19:33):
Tell

Translator (19:34):
You that

Evangelist Daniel King (19:36):
When it is dark,

Translator (19:37):
What all it takes is one

Evangelist Daniel King (19:41):
Light. Everyone hold up one finger like this and say one light say, I am a light in the midst of a dark world. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Matthew chapter five, verse 16. Jesus said, let your light so shine before Ben.

Translator (20:22):
See your good works in

Evangelist Daniel King (20:26):
Glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Translator (20:31):
You were called by God be a shining light.

Evangelist Daniel King (20:38):
In the midst of great darkness,

Translator (20:42):
There

Evangelist Daniel King (20:42):
Might be great darkness. But I tell you today, Jesus is a great light. Jesus is shining bright in Thailand, shining bright in your

Translator (20:58):
Life,

Evangelist Daniel King (21:02):
Light in the midst of the darkness,

Translator (21:05):
And Jesus is ready to use you.

Evangelist Daniel King (21:10):
Lift your hand and say,

Translator (21:11):
Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (21:12):
Hallelujah, hallelujah. I want to give you another illustration.

Translator (21:20):
And

Evangelist Daniel King (21:21):
For this illustration, I need some volunteers. I have chosen two young men.

Translator (21:29):
Could

Evangelist Daniel King (21:30):
The two of you come stand right here, please? Yeah. Come stand right here.

Translator (21:40):
My

Evangelist Daniel King (21:40):
Time is going. You

Translator (21:41):
Got to leave my,

Evangelist Daniel King (21:44):
What is your name please? Jay. Everyone say hello, Jay. And you are Joseph. Everyone say hello, Joseph. Hello Joseph. For this illustration. Jay and Joseph are going to represent two pastors. Both of them have been called by God to plant a church. Both of them are men of faith.

Translator (22:21):
Both of them are men who love to pray. And so Pastor Jay, you

Evangelist Daniel King (22:32):
Are a man of prayer, but there’s one difference between the two of them. Their prayer is a little bit

Translator (22:41):
Different.

Evangelist Daniel King (22:44):
And so you have just started your church, and the first thing that you pray for

Translator (22:52):
Is

Evangelist Daniel King (22:53):
Chairs for the church. I want to give you the microphone,

Translator (22:59):
Microphone,

Evangelist Daniel King (23:00):
And I want you to just say, God, give me some chairs. Pray for chairs in your church.

Translator (23:11):
Go,

Evangelist Daniel King (23:33):
Okay, I want you to run over there. Come and sit in the chair right here.

Translator (23:39):
Okay?

Evangelist Daniel King (23:41):
Now, pastor Joseph

Translator (23:43):
Adan. Joseph,

Evangelist Daniel King (23:44):
You are also praying. But there is a difference in what you are praying. Your prayer is, God, help me to lead someone to Jesus.

Translator (24:00):
Give me

Evangelist Daniel King (24:01):
A soul. Can you pray that? Okay. Pray that God would help you to lead someone to Jesus. Okay? Pastor Joseph, I want you to look at the people out here. Look for someone who looks like they need Jesus. Go find someone that needs Jesus and bring them here. Look right here. We don’t point

Translator (24:57):
Over

Evangelist Daniel King (24:57):
Here.

Translator (24:57):
Go find

Evangelist Daniel King (24:59):
Someone who needs Jesus. You must go quick because Oh, who wants to receive you? Yeah. Come. Oh, come on. Look. Let’s clap for Jesus. Look, someone is coming. Say Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah. Okay, pastor Jay, now you have started your church.

Translator (25:25):
God has given

Evangelist Daniel King (25:26):
You chairs. But your second prayer request, give me a guitar in our church. We need music. So you begin to pray for a guitar.

Audience Member (25:43):
Can

Evangelist Daniel King (25:43):
You pray for a guitar?

Audience Member (25:48):
Amen.

Evangelist Daniel King (25:58):
Okay. So Pastor Joseph, Joseph, you’ve led this young man to the Lord, and you have been teaching him to also pray for people to be saved.

Translator (26:11):
We must pray for Thailand. Let I know we can pray for people to

Evangelist Daniel King (26:15):
Be saved. And so are you ready to pray? Be a short prayer for Thailand.

Audience Member 2 (26:28):
No, do it in English. Do it in English. Okay.

Evangelist Daniel King (26:31):
So dear Lord, heavenly Father, we thank you Lord for Thailand. We thank you, Lord that your

Translator (26:36):
Eye and your love is for Thailand. And we just pray, Lord, that Thailand belongs to you in name.

Evangelist Daniel King (26:49):
Now, I want each of you to go look for someone who looks like they need Jesus and grab them and bring them back here.

Translator (27:00):
Don’t

Evangelist Daniel King (27:00):
Bring just one go. Bring two up here. Bring two

Translator (27:03):
Quickly.

Evangelist Daniel King (27:03):
Somebody who needs Jesus quickly, quickly. Who needs Yes. We’ve been praying for her to be saved. Hallelujah. Who else? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, pastor Joseph is finding someone else. Yeah. Come on. Clap for Jesus these people. Hallelujah.

Translator (27:28):
Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (27:30):
And now, pastor Jay, in your church, you need a computer.

Translator (27:37):
Computer.

Evangelist Daniel King (27:38):
And so you begin to pray. God, give me computer. So God is answering his prayers.

Translator (27:57):
But this church, pastor Joseph,

Evangelist Daniel King (28:01):
He is having an all night prayer meeting. He’s saying, let’s pray for the loss to be

Translator (28:07):
Saved. Let’s do a three

Evangelist Daniel King (28:11):
Day evangelism training. Let’s do a five day evangelism training.

Translator (28:18):
Let, let’s take

Evangelist Daniel King (28:21):
The small gospel truck,

Translator (28:22):
Let

Evangelist Daniel King (28:25):
Go to the village and tell people about Jesus.

Translator (28:29):
So

Evangelist Daniel King (28:30):
Everyone is

Translator (28:31):
Praying for Thailand to be safe. Sister,

Evangelist Daniel King (28:37):
Can you pray? Pray for Thailand to be safe.

Audience Member 2 (29:20):
Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.

Evangelist Daniel King (29:23):
Hallelujah. Wow. I can feel the presence of the Holy Spirit here in this place.

Translator (29:34):
Wow. Can you feel the Holy Spirit? Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (29:40):
Sister, I love you. So beautiful. Can each of you

Translator (29:47):
Go

Evangelist Daniel King (29:47):
Look for someone who needs Jesus?

Translator (29:51):
Grab

Evangelist Daniel King (29:51):
Them and bring them here

Translator (29:54):
Quickly.

Evangelist Daniel King (29:57):
You can get one, you can get two. Yeah. The Bible says, go out into the highways in the byways.

Translator (30:12):
This

Evangelist Daniel King (30:13):
Word compel is a very strong

Translator (30:15):
Word. You’ll go and

Evangelist Daniel King (30:18):
Bring people to Jesus.

Translator (30:21):
You don’t

Evangelist Daniel King (30:22):
Just sit in church.

Translator (30:25):
You go out

Evangelist Daniel King (30:27):
And you take people and bring them to Jesus. Look, everyone is coming to Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Wow. Can we clap for Jesus? Look at all of these people. They’re finding peace in Jesus Christ.

Translator (30:53):
Look how pops.

Evangelist Daniel King (30:55):
They’re finding healing in Jesus. They’re finding salvation in Jesus.

Translator (31:01):
Let’s clap for

Evangelist Daniel King (31:02):
What Jesus is doing

Translator (31:04):
In Thailand. This is so beautiful. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Evangelist Daniel King (31:29):
And then in one night,

Translator (31:33):
K,

Evangelist Daniel King (31:38):
Jesus returns. Pastor Jay, when Jesus returns, I’m sorry, but you cannot take your computer with you to heaven, and you cannot take your guitar with you to heaven. And Pastor Jay, when you get to heaven, you’re going to be standing in front of the throne of God.

Translator (32:34):
So

Evangelist Daniel King (32:34):
You cannot take your chair with you to

Translator (32:36):
Heaven.

Evangelist Daniel King (32:40):
You’re a man of faith. So you go to heaven, but you can’t take any of these things with you to

Translator (32:46):
Heaven.

Evangelist Daniel King (32:50):
But Pastor Joseph,

Translator (32:52):
Joseph,

Evangelist Daniel King (32:52):
Where’s Joseph, pastor Joseph,

Translator (32:55):
Joseph,

Evangelist Daniel King (32:57):
Not only do you get to go to heaven, but look at all of the people

Translator (33:07):
That

Evangelist Daniel King (33:08):
You will bring with you to heaven. The only thing you can take with

Translator (33:17):
You to heaven is people. Sometimes we pray for things. God, give me me a new house. Give me new shoes. Long time. Give me a new bicycle. But you

Evangelist Daniel King (33:37):
Cannot take the house, the bicycle with you to heaven. The only

Translator (33:43):
Thing you can take with you to heaven is people.

Evangelist Daniel King (33:51):
This is what God cares about.

Translator (33:55):
This

Evangelist Daniel King (33:55):
Is what God loves.

Translator (33:58):
God loves people, and God wants the people of Thailand to be in heaven with

Evangelist Daniel King (34:08):
Him.

Translator (34:10):
So pastors, I

Evangelist Daniel King (34:13):
Have a question to ask you. What kind of church do you want?

Translator (34:21):
Like

Evangelist Daniel King (34:21):
This or this? Tell me what do you want? Let’s pray. Dear heavenly Father, you love people and because you love people. We love people. You love us, and because you love me.

Translator (34:53):
I love people the same way that you love people. God fill my heart with compassion. Compassion for the lost. I pray for the people of Thailand. Look at the time to come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Evangelist Daniel King (35:18):
Help us to care about people. Help us to bring people to Jesus. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Translator (35:31):
Amen.

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The One Minute Witness | Tom Elie

Tom Elie, the founder of Oasis World Ministries, developed a simple yet powerful tool called the One Minute Witness—a method that makes evangelism easy, natural, and effective. In this episode of the Evangelism Podcast, we’ll discover how this tool is changing lives, hear incredible testimonies of people coming to Christ, and learn how YOU can use the One Minute Witness to boldly share your faith. If you’ve ever wanted to tell people about Jesus but didn’t know where to start, this episode is for you!

Learn about the One Minute Witness: https://www.oasisworldministries.org/one-minute-witness

Learn more about Tom Elie: https://www.oasisworldministries.org/

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Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Tom Elie, the founder of Oasis World Ministries, developed a simple, yet powerful tool called The One Minute Witness, a method that makes evangelism easy, natural, and effective. In this episode of the Evangelism Podcast will discover how this tool is changing lives, hear incredible testimonies of people coming to Christ, and learn how you can use the one minute witness to boldly share your faith. If you’ve ever wanted to tell people about Jesus but didn’t know where to start, this episode is for

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:51):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies, and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:13):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest with me, Mr. Tom Elie, thank you for joining me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Tom Elie (01:27):
Our privilege, man. Thanks for having us.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:29):
Alright, brother Tom, tell me a little bit about how you got started doing evangelism.

Tom Elie (01:36):
14 years old, I was in the front row. I brought my best friend at 14 years old to hear an evangelist named Lowell Lundstrom and he was sort of a country band guy and the church didn’t know anything about that back then. And my best friend got saved and I thought, what could be more fun than this than helping people find Jesus? And that’s where I first sensed the call to the office of an evangelist or to be an evangelist. That’s where it sort of all began is watching other evangelists. Yeah,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (02:05):
That’s awesome. Lowell’s daughter is a friend of mine. I’ve been in class with her at Oral Roberts University, Londa Lundstrom Ramsey. They were a great family of evangelism back in the day doing gospel singing all over North America. Alright, so tell me about doing crusades. You’ve been to India and other parts of the world. Tell me about it.

Tom Elie (02:30):
I was pastoring and God told me to double my prayer time and seek his face, not his hand. And after a month of that, God brought two people to me, one from Kenya, one from India, unsolicited. They said come. And so we went and by God’s grace been 50 times to India. We’ve gone into the rural areas where they never had an open air festival or crusade before. And we’ve done about 125 of them, me and my team. And we went to the areas where they had many had never heard the gospel before. And so it was very exciting. We saw so many people healed and touched and it just impacted my life so greatly to be around people who love to hear the gospel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:15):
That’s awesome. Well, you’ve developed a great tool for witnessing, it’s called the One Minute Witness. Tell me a little bit about how you developed this tool and how God has used it.

Tom Elie (03:31):
About 2006, I came back from one of my India trips and the Lord said, Hey, you’re doing a great job, but Tom, why aren’t you sharing your own faith in your own town in Minnesota, in Minneapolis? And I realized that I was not afraid to preach to thousands. I was afraid to talk to one. I didn’t have a good tool that I was comfortable with in sharing my faith with strangers or friends. And the Lord spoke very clearly to me. He said, Tom, you do not have a fear problem. You have a compassion problem. And he said, you are not looking at people the way I look at people, I look at people through eyes of compassion. I see them like sheep without a shepherd. They’re lonely and depressed and discouraged and fearful. You tend to look at people, you judge them how they look, their status, their education, how they talk, how they appear.

(04:22):
God says, I don’t do that. I just love people because that’s who I am. And he said, you need to start seeing them through my eyes. And once you see through eyes of compassion, then you’ll want to share your faith with them. He said something very clearly to me, Daniel, he said, Tom, I need you to step it up, but if you don’t, I will find someone else. I’d immediately raised my hand, even though I was all alone in this room, this prayer room, and God was talking to me. I said, no, here am I. Send me and don’t find somebody else. It was sort of like an Esther moment when Morde Kay. I said to Esther, you need to go. You’re called for this time, but if you don’t go before the king uninvited and try to rescue the Jews, I will raise up someone else and you and your family will miss the blessing.

(05:13):
So I said, no, don’t find someone else. So I went that very day or the next day and I talked to my friend George, and I said, George, let’s share our faith every day this week. He said, oh yeah, let’s do it. And we didn’t have a tool, we just did it. And I really thought that most of America was not open to the gospel because most of our churches in America have plateaued or are in decline. But I was totally wrong, Daniel. People were so open. And that week I shared with 11 people and three people prayed to give their lives to Jesus and I couldn’t even believe it. So I said, let’s do another week and then another week. And finally we got to that spot. We said, why would we stop? Let’s just do this. Let’s make this our lifestyle. And then about three months later after that, after God could trust me that I was going to do this, then he gave me this tool, the one Minute witness, and I said, if you’ll give me a tool that treats people with compassion and where I can confidently do this, then I will help spread this.

(06:14):
And so that became our focus instead of we did the crusade and then we do during the pastor school like you, we do this one minute witness with all the pastors and we train them, then we take them out two by two to the streets and actually do it for an hour and they come back so excited. They said, we never thought it could be this easy to share our faith, our people this open and hundreds can come to Christ. And so then we started putting it into other languages and other languages and it just grew and grew and grew. And by God’s grace, now we’re in about 70 nations and this is in 68 languages, but I do it in my own life. In fact, right now, right before this call, before this recording, excuse me, I went out just to take a walk around the block and get some exercise between calls and I saw a man walking his dogs and immediately the Holy Spirit, the very first thing I thought, share your faith with him.

(07:14):
Well, as we were approaching each other, the dogs were a little restless and I’m not a big fan of dogs. So it’s like, okay, I went one way, he went the other. Well, I went around the block and now he’s coming my way again. And so this time I said, okay, I’m going to obey Lord, I’m going to do this. And I started sharing and asking him about himself. And here he’s got a husband, so he is a homosexual, but we say, what’s the best thing that’s ever happened in your life? He said, I was born in Brazil and I came here and all that. So finally I said, and then another lady pulled up that knew me and she’s passionate for Jesus. And so she saw him. And so I said, well, may I tell you the best thing in my life? And I told him and then she piped in and said, come to our church, you and your husband are welcome. Come to our church, let God speak to you, let God touch you. And it was just a welcome. We don’t agree with it obviously, but it’s come and let the Holy Spirit touch your heart and speak to your heart. And so he might come this Sunday, but it’s so relevant and it just works wherever we go, in every culture, in every language. In the Muslim world, it works excellent because it’s personal, it’s short and it’s relational and it’s my story. No one can argue with my story. So it really works

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (08:35):
Well. I’m very familiar with the tool and I’ve actually used it and taught it. I was a couple of years ago in the nation of Malawi with Desmond Henry from the Global Network Evangelist and with Alan Green, who’s a great evangelist. And you had sent some of the one minute witness tools with us. And so we had a pastor’s conference and we taught them how to use it and then we empowered them to go out and to share their faith with others. And many people came to the crusade that night as a result of the one minute witness. And so we saw it powerfully at work. Alright, so let’s talk about the actual tool. Just walk us through how someone can develop the one minute witness in their own lives. How can they put together their own story to be able to share the gospel with someone?

Tom Elie (09:32):
Well, I’m going to show you, here’s the one minute witness. It’s just a little pocket book booklet, 24 pages, but everybody gets to write in their own story. Everybody has a story and we want to train people to be comfortable. We think that every mature believer should know how to share their faith. That is just like elementary. Every believer should know how to share their own faith story. And everyone has a story. So what we do is we go on page five, I’ll show it to you real briefly here, but on page five is the five fingers of this one minute witness. It starts with permission, then it goes to before Christ, your turning point after your decision. And if I never met Jesus. And so if it’s okay with you, I’d like to demonstrate on here,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:21):
Is that okay? Yeah. And I really like that you ask for permission. Why is that important to ask permission before you get started?

Tom Elie (10:27):
Because a lot of people, if we start with Jesus, a lot of people have bad experiences and people are so busy today that they feel that if you honor them, they feel honored if you ask permission. So for example, we say, like I just said to this guy who was walking his dogs right now, I said, Hey, I am working on, we did some chitchat, we talked about his dogs, we talked about whatever. Where do you live? All this. And I said, Hey, I’m working on this assignment. I’d like to ask this question to somebody every day. Is that okay with you? So it takes some of the weirdness out of it. And so it’s like common question. I said, what’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you? And he said, oh, I’m from Brazil originally. And my family came here. Actually, we came on a tourist visa then overstayed five years.

(11:16):
But then we went through the process and we actually got legalized as citizens. He said, that’s probably the best thing to come to America. And so we talked about that and said, oh, that’s what a great privilege. Yes, it’s a great country, we got our faults, but it’s a great place to live. And then I said, Hey, well, so may I quickly tell you my best friend? Of course they always say yes. And so now I have permission to talk about Jesus, but I built a bridge to them, permission builds a bridge, plus it shows honor that I’m not just saying, Hey, let me tell you something. It’s not preaching at them and it’s showing an interest in them. But there’s actually several questions you could ask. That’s the one we print. But during Covid, everyone was wearing masks. So I would say, Hey, I know there’s a lot of fear in the world.

(12:04):
May I tell you how I overcome my fear? And they say, oh yeah. And so then I go into my one minute witness, or if I’m with a young married couple or just a dating couple, I would say, Hey, my wife and I have been married many, many years. May I tell you our secret for success? Oh yes, please tell us. Then I go into my, I said it has to do with a decision I made when I was a teenager, and so then I start my one minute witness. There’s a lot of different on-ramps you can use into it depending on what people are working through. Yeah.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (12:38):
Okay. So then you have these three sections. You have before Christ, you have the turning point and then you have the after decision. So can you kind of give us a demonstration of how you would do each of those parts?

Tom Elie (12:50):
Yes. In fact, I tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to time it for you right now and assuming I have permission, so from number two to five is one minute. Okay? So now I don’t say before Christ because I don’t want to start with Jesus. I want to start with my brokenness because a lot of people when they hear something religious, they shut you down right away because they’ve had some bad experiences. Even this guy is walking his dogs. He said, that’s what happened. I went to church, I was raised evangelical, he said in Brazil, but I had some bad experiences and so people tend to shut things down. So I want to start with my brokenness first. That catches the fish. In about 10 seconds, I caught my fish. They say, wow, that’s how I feel too. So I’ll start with that.

(13:34):
But I start with, there was a time in my life, you can see it. It says, there was a time in my life under bc that’s my opening line, and then I’ll go there. So here we go. So assuming I have permission, may I tell you the best thing ever happened to me. You say yes. Okay, here we go. Well, there was a time in my life that I had no peace in my heart. I was wondering what’s my purpose in life and what happens when I die? Number three. Then one day my parents brought me to a Christian Church and I heard about a God who loves me and wants me to be in heaven, but I found I was not eligible because heaven’s perfect. And of course I’m far from it. But he made a way when I realized that Jesus died for my sins and rose again, I invited him to forgive me and really be the leader of my life, not just Sunday, but every day.

(14:22):
Number four, since I’ve met Jesus, I have new hope. I have purpose. I have the promise of heaven and five. And if I had never met Jesus, I know my life would be very empty. I would still be searching for my purpose. So thank you for listening the same. Jesus loves you very, very much. So there I just timed it for you. And it came out at 52 seconds. So that’s the one minute witness. And then you can always take it further than that. If they’re listening, if they’re not really listening that much, if they’re feeling a little distant, you could say, Hey, or today his dogs were acting up. I say, Hey, check out my website. And we have a website we give to everybody. I’d like to give to people on the call today, it’s called frosty grapes.com, frosty grapes, frosty grapes, frost.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:12):
There’s got to be a story behind that name. What does it mean?

Tom Elie (15:15):
The story is that there’s no meaning to it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (15:18):
Okay,

Tom Elie (15:19):
Give me a phrase that has no meaning, but’s catchy. Okay, there’s no hidden meaning, anything like that. It’s just frosty grapes.com and it’s a digital tract is what it is. And so that if I’m a waitress, I’ll write it down. The other day I was getting my blood drawn and these ladies were okay. Yeah, okay, write it down. Frosty grapes. Yeah, we want to check that out. It’s intriguing. Or you can actually, you can take it further. And in our booklet, we teach people how to go further and we ask ’em three questions. So how about you? Do you think you’re going to heaven someday? Okay, number two, how do you think somebody gets to heaven? And you can usually tell from that answer if they really understand grace. And number three, again, permission. May I tell you how the Bible says, you can know for sure you’re going to heaven. And they always say Yes. Then we do the A, B, C or 1, 2, 3, admit, believe, confess, admit, I’m a sinner. Believe only Jesus can forgive me and confess my sins, but confess him as Lord, meaning the boss of my life. And I said, does that make sense to you? Probably 90%. Well, they always say yes. But then I say, I don’t say, would you like to give your life to Jesus? I say, what would stop you from giving your life to Jesus? And probably 85% say nothing would stop me.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (16:38):
Hey, that’s a great line. I really like that. What would stop you from giving your

Tom Elie (16:42):
Life to Jesus? Yeah, if they understand what I just said. Does that make sense to you, the ABCs? Yeah. Well, so if that makes sense, well then what would stop you?

(16:51):
And it’s good for them to think it through what would stop me and sometimes the relationships or other issues in their life. And so you can take ’em so far, but I had some autobody work done this week on my car, and I met the owner at the end, did my one minute witness, and he prayed with me to give his life to Christ. And so there’s two things that happen, Daniel, when we share our faith, the gospel goes out to people who will never come to church. But number two, I become a stronger disciple when I share my faith, my faith roots deeper. And I think that’s why God asked us, it’s not a great suggestion. It’s a great commission. He put it in our hands. He could have done a lot better with having the angels do it, in my opinion, because we’re so unfaithful at times.

(17:45):
But I think the genius of the Holy Spirit is that we, it’s not just about sharing with them. It’s about we grow stronger when we share. And I know that we’re losing so many of our young people when they go to secular colleges, even though they grow up in our churches. But if these young people were faithfully sharing their faith, they would be so much stronger in their faith. And so I feel strong, and if it’s okay, I’ll just give the website. People can look at this tool called One Minute witness.org, one minute witness.org. And there’s many languages on there, but you can get trained, actually, you can write it out on that website and it’ll email it right back to you. And you can see this booklet. There’s also handout sheets that you can print off for your church. And there’s a children’s handout sheet because there’s a children’s booklet as well starting at age seven. But we’re trying to give this into as many denominations, as many Parachurch ministries say, please use this tool, take it because it really works. And it’s probably one of the easiest ways to do it. So everyone has a story. We just need to help people rehearse their faith story so they’ll be confident in sharing it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (19:02):
So looking at your adult hand sheet right now, and can you kind of walk us through how someone could develop their own story? So first on bc, you say, describe your life before Christ. Finish the sentence with three adjectives or phrase. There was a time in my life when, so how would you help someone to develop that part of theirs?

Tom Elie (19:25):
Yeah. So I would help them dream about what was your life like before Christ? Were you fearful? Were you lonely? Were you searching prideful, greedy, lustful, arrogant? Were you successful? But still searching? Just give them some ideas. Many people say, I was alcoholic or I was an adulterer, or I don’t encourage ’em, but if they want to be that open, that’s fine with them. But I was addicted. We were all addicted to sin, obviously. And so it is just putting ideas. And then we give ’em about a minute to just write in their story. Then they practice it with a partner because in our training, everyone has a partner two by two. Then we go to the next one, which is the tp, the turning point. So this is the very first time we mentioned Jesus. Now, so the first one, BC is about 10 seconds, because remember, this is a one minute witness because people lead very busy lives. Number three is the turning point that takes about 20 seconds. And there’s two parts. Can you read those two parts there?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (20:32):
Yeah. Oh yeah. The turning point. How did you hear about Jesus? And then one day, so you say, and then one day, and then finish this sentence, when I realized Jesus died for my sins and rose again, I invited him to,

Tom Elie (20:48):
So you’re telling your story. So think back, how did you first hear about Jesus? And you start by saying, and then one day, so for me, I said, then one day my parents brought me to a Christian Church, and I heard, but maybe it’s your parents, maybe it’s your pastor. Maybe it’s someone invited you to a crusade or gave you a gospel track. Maybe you were all alone and God just talked to you. Maybe you were watching tv, a Christian program. But that’s your part of your story. So include that in your story. So I’m curious for you, Daniel, who was the first person who told you about

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:21):
Jesus? Well, it had to be my mother. I’ve been saved as long as I can remember. So I was probably saved at the age of two or three. My parents remember me having an encounter with the Holy Spirit when I was four years old. And then I got called into the ministry at five and started preaching at the age of six. So when I share my testimony, I get all the saying, God saved me from lying, from a life of cheating, from a life of stealing. God saved me from adultery, from alcoholism, from drug abuse. Let me tell you what, God saved me for, murder, everything. Because I was saved when I was only three years old. And I’ve been walking with Jesus ever since, and it has been wonderful. And so I don’t really have much of a before Christ. I kind of joke around and say, before Jesus came to my life, I used to crawl around with the wrong crowd. I used to poop my diapers and I would disobey my mom. But then I met Jesus and he changed everything.

Tom Elie (22:25):
I think that’s a key thing for kids that are growing up like me too in the church, probably Okay, before Christ, I dishonor my parents, I disobeyed. Maybe I lied, maybe I stole something. Maybe I disobeyed God, I don’t know. But you find some smaller things like that that kids can relate with. For me, I chose, there was a time in my life where I had no peace in my heart because every kid knows when you lie, there’s no peace, because all of us have done wrong, and we know when we’ve done wrong

(22:59):
And there’s no peace. So I can say, there was a time you feel guilty for it, right? Feel guilty so there’s no peace. And then the other two things I said, there was a time in my life when I was looking for my purpose, the common thing for all humanity. Everyone in the world asked two questions. What’s my purpose? What happens when I die? Those two questions, no matter what creed or nation they’re from, everyone wants to know that. So for me, I said I took a common approach that there was a time in my life I had no peace. I was wondering, what’s my purpose? What happens when I die? But others can do it. Do you remember when you were three years old or four or five? Do you remember any of that?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:38):
I remember when I was four and had an encounter with the Holy Spirit, and I remember starting to preach at the age of five or six, incredible. But the actual moment of salvation, I don’t really remember. I mean, I just grew up in it,

Tom Elie (23:54):
And I don’t either,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (23:55):
Which praise the Lord. I mean, it’s a great testimony.

Tom Elie (23:58):
It’s a tremendous story. Yes, it is. But I’m amazed that I’ve had people as young as three or five years old that remember praying to give their life to Jesus

Evangelism Podcast Host (24:07):
So

Tom Elie (24:08):
They knew they were a sinner. And yeah, that’s the third one. And that last part is we want them to memorize that. When I realized Jesus died for my sins and rose again, I invited him. We say, memorize that part because it’s not enough to say, I got saved, and then one day I got saved, and then one day I found God because you and I know what that means, but they don’t know what that means.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:31):
Yeah.

Tom Elie (24:32):
So we have to come back to the core message of the gospel is the death and resurrection of Jesus for my sense. So we say, memorize that part. When I realized Jesus died for my sins and rose again, I invited him to, what’d you ask him to do?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (24:48):
And then you have the ad after decision since I’ve got Jesus. And then you describe the positive benefits Jesus has made in your

Tom Elie (24:57):
Life, and that might be the opposite of what you wrote on number two, or it could be something else. I have joy. I felt such tremendous

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:04):
Peace. I felt joy. I’ve direction and guidance in my life.

Tom Elie (25:09):
Exactly. Exactly. I have new friends. Maybe he healed your marriage, maybe he healed your body. I have, have peace, all these things. Yeah. But then the last one is a little scary. I say, if you never met Christ, I know you don’t know this for sure, but just take a guess what your life would be like today. And people don’t have trouble. They go, wow, that’s a scary thought. But to my surprise, I’ve had many people say they would be dead. And so I’ve asked them, why would you be dead? Why do you think that? And they said, because most of my friends before Christ are now dead. And so I would be just like that. But then we close with this. Thank you for listening. So we bring it back up. Thank you for listening. This same. Jesus loves you very, very much. And that’s how we close it.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:57):
And so then if they want to know more, you say, may I tell you what the Bible says? How you can know you’re going to heaven. Then you go into the A, B, C, admit that you’ve done wrong. Believe that Jesus died to forgive your sins. Then confess that you’ve sinned. And then you have the key question, what would stop you from totally surrendering your life

Tom Elie (26:17):
To

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:17):
Jesus Christ today? If

Tom Elie (26:20):
There’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:20):
Nothing stopping them, then you ask them, with God’s help, would you be willing to turn away from what the Bible calls sin and follow Jesus daily? Then I noticed you have the salvation poem here. You would take people into a prayer of salvation, either using the salvation poem

Tom Elie (26:35):
Or

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:36):
A prayer. You say salvation poem for us.

Tom Elie (26:42):
I’m sorry,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:43):
Can you say the salvation poem?

Tom Elie (26:44):
Oh yeah. Jesus. You died upon a cross and rose again to save the lost. Forgive me, Lord of all my sin, come be my savior, Lord and friend. Change my life and make it new and help me Lord, to live for you.

(26:57):
So it’s actually a song. It’s written by a good friend of mine, Matt McPherson. But this song is now in, I think, about 180 languages around the world. If you go to salvation poem.com, you’ll see it. It’s a song and it’s written and sung by all these different languages, and it’s on CCB n Superbook for the kids. But it’s sort of like, that was a cool story too. Matt said, God, give me an idea that’ll change the world. And God said, write a poem. And he said, I remember when I was a kid, we would pray this poem at bedtime. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. But it wasn’t about salvation. So he said, I want to write a salvation poem that kids can learn and they can pray this.

(27:44):
And so, yeah, it’s been very effective. Or you can just pray the A, b, c prayer with them as well. But then what we encourage people to do is congratulate them. What I do when I always ask two questions after they pray, number one, did you mean that prayer from your heart? And to my surprise, Daniel, a hundred percent say yes. Even if they’re sort of looking around, they say, oh, yes, I meant that prayer. And then I say, what happened? And usually they say something like, I feel a weight has lifted off of me. I feel peace. Now, we know it’s not a feeling. Salvation is not a feeling, but the spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. So somehow the Holy Spirit connects with us, and then I say, well, congratulations. And hey, I’d like to stay in touch with you.

(28:33):
Could I call you tomorrow and share one of my favorites, Bible verses? And so they always say yes. So I get their phone number and then I call ’em. And sometimes they want to receive calls, sometimes they don’t. So you got to be ready. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But I say, Hey, get your Bible and turn to John three 16 and 17. And I have them read it to me and I say, please read it out loud to me. And I do that. I don’t want to read it to them. Because many people, especially in American Catholic churches, they were taught, don’t read the Bible because you might misinterpret it. But I want them to read the Bible and realize they can understand it. And so I say, read it to me out loud. And then I say, what does that mean to you?

(29:12):
If they don’t understand, say, Hey, read it again. But they’ll always understand because the Bible’s not hard to understand. And so then we talk about that verse and other things and encourage ’em. And then I say, Hey, can I call you again in a couple of days and share another one of my favorite verses? And they always say yes. And that’s how you start the discipleship process. And eventually you become their friend, and eventually you get them to your church or get them to a church that’s near them. But you try to just keep being their friend. And sometimes, like I said, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. You’ve got the parable to sower, four different kinds of seed. Only one had lasting fruit. But I found this, Daniel, that the average person hears the gospel about seven times before they receive Christ. And I might be number four. And if I did it respectfully and kindly to them without condemnation, I can just bump them one step closer to Jesus. So yeah, it really works. It really works.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (30:14):
That’s awesome. Well, Mr. Tom, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast with me and explaining this valuable tool. The one Minute Witness, could you share again, first of all, share the website for your ministry if someone wants to find out more about you?

Tom Elie (30:31):
Yeah, one minute witness.org, one minute witness.org. And the name of our ministry is Oasis World Ministries. So it’ll hook you up with oasis world ministries.org. But that’s the main thing that we’re about, is teaching people and training pastors and leaders. If you have a pastor, would like your youth pastor or children’s pastor to be trained in this tool, go to the website and call us. And we would love to see your church trained so it changes our life when we learn how to share our faith,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:04):
What tremendous resources you’re offering to the body of Christ. And on that website, you can download some of the training sheets and some of the information about how to use the one minute witness in your own ministry. And so, Mr. Tom, thank you so much for being on the Evangelism Podcast. My pleasure.

Tom Elie (31:22):
God bless.

Evangelism Podcast Host (31:24):
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Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:25):
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Radical Faith and the Prayer of Freedom | Beatty Carmichael

Beatty Carmichael is the author of the book, The Prayer of Freedom. He used to attend a cessationist church that did not believe in the gifts of healing, but when he saw God healing people his theology changed. In his book he describes a four step process (repentance of sin, forgiveness, breaking unholy soul ties, and commanding healing) that leads to supernatural healing. On today’s episode of The Evangelism Podcast, we discuss the link between healing and salvation and how evangelists can use healing to bring people to Jesus.

Learn more about Beatty Carmichael: https://getradicalfaith.org/

Order Beatty Carmichael’s book: www.ThePrayerOfFreedomBook.com 

 

Transcript:

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (00:00):
Beatty Carmichael is the author of the book, the Prayer of Freedom. He used to attend a cessationist church that did not believe in the gifts of healing, but when he saw God healing people, his theology changed. In his book, he describes a four-step process that leads to supernatural healing. On today’s episode of the Evangelism Podcast, we discuss the link between healing and salvation and how evangelists can use healing to bring people to Jesus. Jesus said, go

Evangelism Podcast Host (00:45):
Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast with Dr. Daniel King, where Daniel interviews full-time evangelists, pastors, missionaries and normal everyday Christians to discover how they share their faith, their powerful testimonies, and amazing stories that will inspire you to reach people with the good news. And now here’s your host, missionary, and evangelist

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:08):
Daniel King. Welcome to the Evangelism Podcast. I’m Daniel King. I’m excited about telling people about Jesus today. I have a very special guest, Beatie Carmichael. Thank you so much for joining me on the Evangelism Podcast.

Beatty Carmichael (01:24):
Well, thank you Daniel. I’m excited about being here

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (01:27):
Now. I really love that you have a passion for healing. Nearly two thirds of adults struggle with relationship conflicts, chronic pain, migraines, anxiety, depression, and people these days are looking for freedom. They’re looking for healing, and you have been given a prayer by God that helps them. And so let’s talk a little bit about healing and about your background. Tell me a little bit about why this is so important to you.

Beatty Carmichael (02:00):
Yeah, well, it’s real interesting. I actually come from a line of seven generations, consecutive generations of medical doctors. So these are guys who are healing through the science of medicine. And I never went into medicine. I actually have a small business. We help real estate agents generate listings. Here in the United States. There’s a little company called agent dominator.com. But about nine years ago, the Lord started to really prick in my heart a desire to start to pray for people and to heal them. I started watching some, you may have seen some of these videos like Father of Lights and the Holy Spirit revisited and things of that sort where people were praying and God was instantly and miraculously healing. I came from a legalistic church and never heard anything about that. It was a cessationist church. And so I was blown away. And over the years as we’ll share maybe a little bit more in the story, the Lord started to move me in that direction first with a gift appealing. And then he took it away and taught me how to lead people into a prayer of basically a prayer of repentance and confession. And the same 90% of the people are getting healed with really dramatic stuff. So that’s a really short nutshell of what’s happening over here.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:23):
That’s amazing. And so this prayer that God has given you that helps to lead to healing

Beatty Carmichael (03:30):
Is

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (03:30):
A four step prayer method. And you just quoted 90% success rate, 87% success rate on your website. Why do you feel that this prayer is having such a tremendous impact on helping people to receive healing?

Beatty Carmichael (03:48):
Because it follows exactly what God said to do. See, a lot of times we read the Bible, but we read it with the paradigm glasses on the paradigm that says, this is what it should be saying. So we pass over everything that doesn’t fit that paradigm. And that’s what happened with me. And then as I started to move this direction, I started to see the Bible that was very clear, is very clear in one basic thing on this that sin creates consequence and if you repent of that sin, the consequence gets removed. And we see it throughout scripture in Deuteronomy as the Israelites were about to move into the promised land. Moses is writing God’s writing through Moses technically, and he says, if you do not serve me, if you do not follow me, in other words, if you sin against me, he says, I’m going to bring all of the diseases of Egypt upon you and all kinds of other diseases you’ve never heard about.

(04:50):
Then you see in, I think it’s Psalm 32 or Psalm 38, Daniel is saying, because I did not confess my sins, my body was wasting away. Then you pass forward into the New Testament and Jesus heal this lame man at the pool and he finds him later in the temple and he says, go and send no more that nothing worse may happen to you. Then in one Corinthians 11, Paul is talking to the believers and he said, when you come together to have a dinner of communion, the Lord’s dinner, he says, some of you are not paying attention to what’s happening. You’re rich. You bring all your food and all your drinks. You have poor people. You have a feast and get drunk and they’re starved. He said, that’s why this is a sin by the way, that’s why some of you are weak, others are sick and others have died.

(05:48):
And then you see in James five where he says, call for the elders if any of you are sick. So he’s talking to believers in the new covenant and he says in James five 16, confess your sins and you shall be healed. So the reason this works is because it’s the pattern that God has presented throughout the Bible in terms of guiding his people to say, obey me. There’s consequences, and if you disobey me, simply confess and those consequences disappear. What was really cool, just to delve in on this just a little bit more, when I had the gift of healing, the Lord gave me a gift of healing. I’ve seen hundreds of people heal instantly. That’s how the gift works, right? Glaucoma and pains and all that type stuff. But then when he took it away, he directed.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:38):
Let’s dive into that a little bit.

Beatty Carmichael (06:40):
Okay.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (06:40):
Why do you feel God gave it to you and then how do you think God took it away? Talk to me a little bit about that.

Beatty Carmichael (06:46):
Yeah, so lemme give you the bigger picture of the story because it is all part of what I’m doing right now with this process. It’s a book I wrote that outlines this whole process for people called the Prayer of Freedom. But the Lord gave me a gift of healing October, 2016 because I came from a legalist at church, a church that said, Lord, please heal this person if it be your will. I really didn’t know if it was God’s will to heal. And so I spent six months studying the scriptures and came to that obvious conclusion. You’re probably going well, duh. But for me it was a little bit new for me that it was God’s will to heal. So I started to, that’s a

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (07:28):
Great revelation. There’s so many people that are stuck in churches that are really hesitant to even believe that there is a gift of healing and they say God can heal if he wants to, but we don’t really think He really likes to do it very much today and it might happen, but is very rare and I think God is a healer. He wants to heal people.

Beatty Carmichael (07:53):
Well, you know what I found very simply is so if we look at scripture, scripture says that Jesus was the exact imprint of God the Father and Jesus did nothing that was outside of God’s will. Everything Jesus did was God’s will, which means that Jesus represented God’s will on earth and Jesus refused no one for healing that came to him. He healed every single person that came to him. So that tells me that his heart is to heal and my church is a cessation. At my past church, I was there for 35 years and we did not believe that the supernatural gifts existed. They were only for the time of the apostles and then they disappeared. So that was the conviction I came in with on this. But then just like what happened with Peter, if you remember, Peter goes and preaches at Cornelius’s house for those that are tracking along on this, he sees a vision and the comes down with all these unclean animals and God says, all arise, Peter, kill and eat.

(08:59):
He says, no way. I’ve never eaten unclean food. He says, what the father has cleansed no longer consider unclean. So then he gets an invite to go to a Gentiles home named Cornelius. And as he’s preaching the gospel, before they even say, I want to repent, I want to be baptized, the Holy Spirit comes upon them and they all start speaking in tongues. Then Peter comes back to Jerusalem and all of the legalistic Christian Jews come up to him and say, how dare you should never go to the Gentiles because the gospel is only for the Jews. And then Peter said, well, let me tell you what God did. And they changed their doctrine, their understanding of doctrine by observing with empirical data what God was doing. And that’s what happened with me when God started to heal through me. Then I said, well, I guess I was wrong. God is showing me something new. So I’ve changed my doctrine that supernatural gifts are for today. The horrible part about this, the SAT part, I went back to my church because when I started praying for people one third were instantly healed. One third of everyone, I’m degenerative discs, lupus, arthritis, all kinds of just crazy things, mostly in the realm of pain. And when I went back to my church as a mega church, I went to the senior pastor and told him, he said, well, Satan can heal too. Then I said, well, that doesn’t sound right. I’m sharing the gospel.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (10:30):
Why it didn’t do that.

Beatty Carmichael (10:31):
Yeah, it violated his doctrine. So it had to be Satan. I said, well, it can’t be Satan because I’m sharing the gospel. I’m using this as an opening to then share the gospel with people. So I then went to my next senior pastor and he said the same thing. Well, Satan can heal too. I said, okay, I’ll never learn anything from you guys, and I can’t trust anything I’m learning from you guys either if you’re that blind and if you’re willing to reject what’s clearly something supernatural happening simply because it violates doctrine. So that was the beginning of my gift of healing. I started to press in, I guess if you look backwards in my lineage, medical doctors, back in the time of my dad and the sixth generations behind him, they were scientists and they’re constantly experimenting with things to see what worked because they didn’t really understand the human body.

(11:25):
Well, I carry that same scientific approach in marketing. It’s all about science, all about testing and tracking. So I started to do the same thing with my gift of healing because I realized if only one third of the people were getting healed at Jesus had prayed for them, 100% of them would’ve been healed. So what’s different? And so I started press and realizing that there was still room to grow and I saw it increase incrementally a little bit, and then something happened and I went out one day and 90% of the people were healed with more dramatic things than I’d been seeing before. And all it was was fasting.

(12:07):
I fasted for about 36 hours before going out and praying for people and everything opened up. So I then said, Lord, what happened? He said, you were fasting and you carry more authority when you fast. So fast forward, I would go out to people, go out to Walmart and other places like that and just share the gospel, asked to pray for people and then share the gospel if they were not believers. And then the Lord led me into deliverance, which is casting out of demons, right? So here’s another supernatural thing. My other church didn’t believe in either, but yet you start casting these things out and you realize it is true. Now, I know there are different types of deliverance methods. The method I use is I would have the Holy Spirit bring up the first demon spirit that he wanted me to address, and I would interrogate that spirit and ask him, what gives you the legal right to be there?

(13:06):
Because I understood that he had a legal right. And if you can break that right, then you can get him out. So the legal right was 100% of the time an unrepented sin. I remember one guy, he was just in total despair. Everything he was doing in life was just falling apart. He’s 32 years old. And the first spirit that came up was the gatekeeper. He was actually the first one that entered this guy and said, what gave you the legal right? He said, playing with a Ouija board at seven years old. So I went back to Josh, I said, what he’s talking about, he said, I never played with it. I didn’t want to. He said, my sister was playing with the Ouija board and she communicated to me through it. Well, just that little bit of participation was an open door sin, a legal right.

(13:53):
And so I had Josh repent of that and then we could get that spirit out. And so as I started to do deliverance and started to see people being healed through deliverance, and then I’d go out to Walmart and places and I’d see people being healed simply by commanding healing, the Lord started press on me. That is the same thing. It’s the spirit leaving and that’s why it’s so instantaneous. And then so I’m out there praying and got 90% success rate. And in a period of two weeks, this was about three years ago, I went from 90% success rate in healing down to 10. And it startled me, and I don’t know if you’ve ever had a gift, but it’s sort of like something you love to do because it is really, not only is it fun, but it’s meaningful. It’s changing people’s lives. And then you lose the ability to do that and you really go, oh my gosh, what’s gone on?

(14:49):
And you feel a little sorry in yourself that something happened and I can no longer do what Lord’s called me to do. So I asked the Lord, I said, what happened? He said, I took away your gift of feeling. I said, why did you do that? He said, because now I want you to do it based on authority. And when he said that, I understood exactly what he meant. He meant through repentance. So when I would do deliverance with people, I had about a three minute prayer that I would have them repeat after me. That’s nothing but repenting. I repent of this. I forgive people. I have unforgiveness towards, I repent of this and that and this and that. And all the way down the line, it’s just a general blanket prayer of deep repentance. So I would go out to Walmart now and someone needs prayer for healing.

(15:38):
I said, well, can I lead you in short prayer? I would lead them into repentance and then pray for them. And I saw 90% of them heal. As I started to perfect the process and started to figure out what things were, the triggers behind different issues, the Lord guided me to systematize it. And that’s what led into this book that I wrote called The Prayer Freedom, which is basically in the back a worksheet of listing out different categories or types of sins that people may have done over their lives, 18 different categories. And by going through that, people get to repent on their own. I don’t have to be anywhere involved. And I’m seeing 87 to 90% of the people instantly healed everything from mental illnesses like PTSD and anxiety and depression and panic attacks to chronic pain like arthritis and lupus and just pain everywhere that the doctors can’t figure out.

(16:38):
I’m seeing addictions completely clear up. I’m seeing even acute pain like one lady. So I teach in an addiction recovery center, and these ladies have all kinds of issues because if you’ve ever known anyone in addiction, there’s just a lot of other issues in their life that just get heavier and heavier. And one lady had just come through major shoulder surgery where she had been in a car accident three years earlier, but because she didn’t have insurance, she didn’t have any money to have it set and surgery on it. So they literally just gave her a sling and she held it at a right angle and it healed all broken. So then she goes into this addiction recovery center, they have insurance. So she went to the orthopedic surgeon and he said, this is going to be incredibly invasive. I’m going to have to drill through your bones, break them apart, reset them, wire them together, and then you’re going to have at least 12 weeks of recovery and then a long recovery of physical therapy to get that shoulder moving again.

(17:41):
So she was in one of my classes and I was just leading the class into a very short version of this prayer of freedom. Her name is Jacqueline. I said, well, how does your shoulder feel? It was like on a zero to 10 level, it was a 10 in pain. She starts moving around and she said, I don’t feel any pain. I think all the pain’s gone. And some of her friends who’d been with her through this process, their eyes were kind of bugging out because they were saying, that’s impossible. The surgery was only four weeks earlier. I mean, she still had the scars and everything and said, well, look, move it around. See how much mobility and range of motion you have compared to your other arm. So she starts moving both arms around in the same range of motion, full circles all the way up, all the way down, completely miraculously healed.

(18:33):
She went to the doctor two weeks later for a six week checkup. The doctor was blown away. He’d been a orthopedic surgeon for 20 years. He’s never seen anything like this, but I see this type of result consistently. And you asked earlier, why? Because this is what God’s word said. God promises, if you confess your sins, he will heal you. And all I’ve done is figure it out with God’s guidance. How do you strategically confess your sins? So you consistently get healed of all kinds of things that you wouldn’t believe to actually have a sin root, and it doesn’t have to be something that you did today. I was exercising. I like to exercise a lot and I use free weights, dumbbells and barbells and bench press and stuff. And I was moving some chairs and one of the chairs twisted my hand and pulled all the ligaments in my right thumb on my right hand and just grabbing anything would just be a shooting pain.

(19:32):
And I go, I grab something ow. And I tried to exercise and I couldn’t. And this is one of those disappointment things. You love to do something and now you can’t. And I’m going, dad, come. It’s going to take six weeks before it heals. And after a week of this, I got frustrated and I thought, oh, I just need to use my own medicine. I have what I call a forcep recovery process. Basically you asked the Lord if there’s any sin tied to the root of this issue, bring it to my mind. You repent of it. If it’s tied to anyone, you break unholy soul ties and then you command the pain out. So I did that. And the only thing that came to mind, so I’m in my late fifties now, and the only thing that came to mind was a time when I was about five or seven years old, my grandmother and mom were talking and I was trying to talk to my mom on something and my grandmother snapped at me.

(20:23):
Oh, shut up baby. Just like that. And it hurt me. And as you can tell, I’ve always remembered it. So I said, oh Lord, I forgive my grandmother. I break all unholy soul ties. I release all judgments against her and now ligaments, I command you to be healed. And I checked it out in nothing. But the next day when I woke, I realized everything was healed. I could grip anything as strong as I wanted. No pain at all, totally healed. And all I did was repented of something from early childhood. And this is what I’m finding, this is what’s working.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (21:02):
A lot of the people who listened to this podcast are excited about evangelism. They’re either missionaries or evangelists or local church pastors that are wanting to reach their communities. How does healing and evangelism work together?

Beatty Carmichael (21:22):
Well, if you actually look in what’s the biblical model of evangelism, we have only one person labeled as the evangelist, and that’s Philip. And if you read and see what he does, it says he goes out and he heals all the people, and then there’s a big crowd that shows up and then he shares the gospel. That’s kind of how I got started with this. I remember when you do this enough, you kind have your favorite experiences. One of my favorite experiences, I was at Walmart. I was just out there, and this is the funny part too, Daniel, I thought God was giving me the gift of healing to share the gospel because that was kind of my heart. I’ve always been always wanting to share the gospel wherever I go. And yet I found that 95% of the people or more of those that I prayed for were already Christians.

(22:20):
And I started to recognize that he was sending me to his children more so than to the open market. But always ask everyone the same question. And I came up at Walmart. There was this kind of a big black guy, dude, and I just walked up with him. And the way I do it is, Hey, I out praying for people. Is there anything I can pray for you about? Because I learned that if they say yes, God’s probably doing something in their life and then they say, no, then God’s not doing anything and I don’t need to worry about it. So I keep on moving. And this guy said yes and said, how can I pray for you? He said, well, I’m a truck driver and just pray for my safety and stuff. I spend a lot of time on the road. So I did that.

(22:57):
And now that gives me a door to, I found that once I pray for someone, then I can ask them a question. We can engage. So I said, Hey, could I ask you a couple of spiritual questions? He said, sure. I said, have you come to the point in your spiritual life where for certain that if you were to die today you’d go to heaven? He said, I think so. I said, well, if you were to die today and God were to ask you, Joe, why should I let you into heaven? What would you tell him? So he started to give me this ho hum and maybe a little bit of works answer. And so you could tell he didn’t really know and he probably wasn’t really a believer. I said, well, can I share what the Bible says about how to know to go to heaven and how you actually get there?

(23:42):
He says, Nope, I don’t want anything about, I don’t want to hear anything about that, just about a complete turnabout on the conversation. I said, well, hold on. What’s going on? Because what’s wrong? He said, my stepdad is a preacher. And he comes home and he drinks and he beats my mama. Then he goes up on the podium at church and tells people Stay away from liquor, and then we catch him in the church office with a church secretary, and I just don’t want anything to do with that. I said, fair enough. I totally get it. Let me ask you a question. And then, because in my mind I’m saying, Lord, how do I get through to this guy? And God prompted me to ask him, let me ask you, do you have any pain or sickness that you would like to get rid of?

(24:30):
He said, yeah, I’ve got this horrible back pain in my back. I’ve had it for three or four months and everything I’ve tried, nothing causes it to go away. I said, well, let me ask you a question. If I were to ask God to heal your back and the pain instantly leaves, would you think that’s a miracle? You say, oh yeah, and if he did that, then would you trust me to be able to tell you what God’s word actually says? And you would believe that it’s true? He said, yeah, if you could do that, absolutely. I said, okay, then get ready. And I said, Lord, I know how much you love Joe. And as you take all that back pain away in Jesus’ name, back, pain be gone. And when I said that, his eyes bugged open, you could what just happened? And he’s kind of looking around like this. I said, what do you mean? He says, all my pain is gone. I mean, he was startled. He was moving around checking that back. And I said, well, I told you God was going to heal it because he wants a relationship with you. Can I now share what his word says about having that relationship? And I led him to Christ. So you can use the process of now that was gift of healing, but this process is very similar. Can I demonstrate with you real quick on this, Daniel?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (25:51):
Let’s go for it. Yeah.

Beatty Carmichael (25:53):
Let me ask you before I demonstrate, let me first ask you, do you have any pain or any anxiety or depression or glaucoma or anything in your body that’s not working or hurting or anything that you can measure?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:10):
Not particularly right now, but let’s pretend.

Beatty Carmichael (26:14):
Okay? So even though you’re not, you’re some of your listeners, God’s

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:17):
Giving me good health right now. Praise the Lord.

Beatty Carmichael (26:18):
Yeah, I figured coming on this call that you would have nothing. Most of the times when I did these podcasts, the host always has something. You were in Thailand recently on one of your podcasts. Are you in Thailand still?

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (26:35):
Three weeks ago I was in Thailand. Last week I was in Ethiopia. Now I’m back in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So we’ve seen God heal people in all three settings. In fact, last week in Ethiopia, we preached to about 20,000 people in a big crusade service. And I talked about how God heals, and we had one guy who had a tumor the size of a grape on his back here. And as we prayed, the tumor fell off his back and he was completely healed. I love it. And that was one of many different miracles that we saw. God

Beatty Carmichael (27:09):
Do I love it. Well, the reason I was asking on Thailand too, because I had just gotten off a podcast with a host, he’s from New Zealand, but he’s moved to Thailand as a missionary, and the Lord’s called him to be full-time in podcasting too. So I went through the same thing and it blew him away because the pain in his back just instantly left. But as coming on your show, I was thinking, I don’t think Daniel’s going to have anything. He’s probably pretty, pretty locked down in those open doors. So lemme give you the four step process, then I’m going to lead your audience how to do it.

(27:45):
So by the way, this is what I call the simple version, right? It’s just very simple, very strategic. It doesn’t free people of everything, but it frees them of significant things pretty quickly. And the four step process is number one, we’re going to ask God to reveal to us any unrepented sin that we need to repent of that’s tied to whatever my issue is. Then number two, we’re going to repent of that sin. And if that repentance is forgiveness because unforgiveness is a sin, we’re going to forgive that person. Number three, if any of the things we’ve repented of are tied to another person, we’re going to break what’s called an unholy soul ties, basically a spiritual connection between the two and release any judgements for as you judge, so shall you be judged. So that’s another type of scent. And then number four, we’re going to ask God to remove that issue and then we’re going to command that issue to be removed.

(28:47):
And so this gives everyone a simple step that they do on their own. And it has, so far, I’ve not seen anyone that it hasn’t eliminated what’s happened. So let me kind of roleplay you through this. So the first thing I’m going to do, let’s say that you have back pain, okay? Back pain is the most standard type of thing. First thing I’m going to do is I’m going to have you classify it in a level zero to 10, 10 being most, let’s say yours is eight. Okay? So now the process is, and I’ll lead you in this process, and everyone else can just follow along. So once you identify your issues, just follow after me. Lord Jesus,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:35):
Lord Jesus,

Beatty Carmichael (29:36):
I repent of my sins.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:38):
I repent of my sins,

Beatty Carmichael (29:40):
And I want your help to get rid of this back pain.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:43):
And I want your help to get rid of this back pain.

Beatty Carmichael (29:46):
If there’s any sin I need to repent of,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:48):
If there’s any sin I need to repent of

Beatty Carmichael (29:51):
Or any person I need to forgive or

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:52):
Any person I need to forgive,

Beatty Carmichael (29:55):
That’s a root of this pain,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (29:56):
That’s a root of this pain,

Beatty Carmichael (29:59):
Bring it to my attention right now.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (30:01):
Bring it to my attention right now.

Beatty Carmichael (30:03):
Okay, so now that’s step one. Step two is anything the Lord brings to your mind, repent of or forgive. And here’s the verbiage. It’s very simple. It’s not, oh Lord, I’m so sorry I did this, blah, blah. No, it’s just I repent of blank. And if you did it with someone else, let’s say I repent of stealing money from John, or maybe you stole money with him. I repent of stealing money with John. I repent of sleeping with so-and-so. Whatever it is I repent of. And if you did it with someone else, you’d call out their name. And if you don’t remember the name, just call out the description. I repent of stealing money from the guy in the blue hat because it’s important that you make this connection in your mind with who it is that you did this thing with or to if anyone comes up that you need to forgive. Forgiveness is a choice. It’s not an emotion. It doesn’t matter how deeply they hurt you and wounded you. It doesn’t matter how atrocious it was. Simply say, I forgive John for I forgive four. So that’s number two. Number three is now just a simple statement. It goes like this, and you can repeat after me. And I break all on Holy soul ties with

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:29):
I break all on holy soul ties with

Beatty Carmichael (31:33):
And release all judgments against

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:35):
And release all judgments against

Beatty Carmichael (31:38):
Those people. I have named

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:39):
Those people I’ve named.

Beatty Carmichael (31:41):
Okay? And now we’re moved to step four, which is get it out. And Lord Jesus,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:47):
Lord Jesus,

Beatty Carmichael (31:48):
I ask that you remove my back pain right now.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:51):
I ask that you remove the back pain right now.

Beatty Carmichael (31:54):
Take it from an eight to a zero,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (31:55):
Take it from an eight to a zero.

Beatty Carmichael (31:57):
Okay? So that’s the petition. Now we’re going to declare it in Jesus’ name.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:02):
In Jesus’ name

Beatty Carmichael (32:03):
I speak to you, spirit of back pain.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:05):
I speak to you, spirit of back pain,

Beatty Carmichael (32:08):
And I command you out

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:09):
And I command you out.

Beatty Carmichael (32:10):
Go to Jesus,

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:11):
Go to Jesus,

Beatty Carmichael (32:13):
Get out right now.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:14):
Get out right now

Beatty Carmichael (32:16):
Back. Go from an eight to a zero

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (32:18):
Back, go from an eight to a zero,

Beatty Carmichael (32:21):
And that’s it. So now what happens is is you’re going to, in almost every case you’ll see that back pain code from an eight to something. Sometimes it goes to a zero. Frequently it’ll only go to a six. So you check it out and recalibrate it. And if it’s not a zero, you repeat step four again, Lord, I ask that you now take this from a six to a zero in Jesus name, I command you out. Go from a six to a zero, and then it’ll probably go down to a four or two. And I find that usually doing it twice or maybe three times, it takes it all the way to a zero. And if there’s no movement at all, it stays at an eight. Then you go back and say, Lord, bring to my if this is a spiritual route, because more than 90% of everything I’ve seen has been a spiritual route, go back and ask the Lord if I missed anything, would you bring it to my mind right now?

(33:21):
And just give a moment for the Lord to bring anything up to your mind that any other sin or any other person to forgive. And then you repeat that whole process again. By the way, I had this on my app, so if you are interested, I have an app called Get Radical Faith. You can just download it from any your Apple store or your Google Play. And for my audio listeners, I mean the video, this is my app and there’s the second button on it is called The Prayer Freedom. Because what I’ve done is the Prayer Freedom is a book, the first half of my book teaches you and shows you in scripture where all of this is found. And the second half is a in-depth process to go through everything in your life and get rid of all of these open doors that cause torments in your life.

(34:12):
All kinds of frustration and a very thorough process of getting rid of it. Everything from these are what I call activity sense, something I’ve done, but there’s also, I call ’em agreement sense. They’re basically like curses or generational iniquities that you have to handle a different way. And so this handles all that. But in the book, I use my app as additional teaching resources. So once I’m in the Prayer of freedom section on the app, if you slide all the way down to the bottom of that section, you’ll see the simplified prayer. And this is where you can go in and either use it with someone or you can actually pray it on behalf of someone else. You see biblically the authority as priest and as parents to repent on someone else’s behalf. You see this in job, he sacrifices on behalf of his children and God calls him a blameless man.

(35:10):
And that’s why Satan was not able to attack him because there was nothing that Satan could accuse because Satan is the accuser. The only thing he does is he accuses of unrepented sin. Once you repent, he can’t be, you can’t accuse, and that’s why Job had to hedge of protection around him. Then you see priests that come and they bring repentance on behalf of the people. A triesman will come and bring a sacrifice to the Lord for a sin, and the priest takes that sacrifice and presents it before the Lord. So the priest is the mediator between God and man on repentance. You see this? I’ve seen it so many times. It’s real interesting, just as a parent, you can repent on your children’s behalf. Now keep in mind repentance. Let me say, you can confess on your children’s behalf. I use repentance and confess pretty much interchangeably. But because repentance is a legal process in a legal courtroom, then it’s not so much based on emotions. It’s based on the technicality of that legal process. I know, I see. You may want to pause and ask a question. I’m probably going a little too fast or something, I’m not sure.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (36:27):
Go ahead.

Beatty Carmichael (36:28):
Okay, so let me back up and give you the framework of this. My son, the Lord took him into the heavenly courtroom one time. He said, I want to show you how all this works. So my son goes into heavenly courtroom and up on his right, on the DA says God the Father, and on his left is a demon spirit. And that demon spirit is accusing my son, his name is Beatty, Jr. Is accusing my son of all kinds of sins that Beatty has committed. And I was asking him, are they real sin? Every single one was absolutely correct because that’s the role of Satan, the accuser. He’s basically the chief prosecutor and his whole authority is his ability to prosecute unrepented sin. So then the Lord told my son, plead the blood of Jesus. Alright, so then Jesus, my son says, I plead the blood of Jesus, and instantly the demon spirit disappeared.

(37:28):
Why? Because those sins were wiped away, but they weren’t wiped away until my son appeared in court and defended himself by repenting of it. So this is a legal process in the courtroom, and as you start to dig into, and I go in this in the book, but you start to look through scripture, see, everything’s based on these laws, and there’s a legal structure in the heavenly realm. Usually God is positioned as on the throne, which is a ruling authority. And if you rule there are laws, and you see the tormentors, you see in Matthew 18, you have the parable of the unmerciful servant. Peter comes up to Jesus and says, how many times should I forgive my brother? And Jesus says, 70 times seven. And he tells a story of a king with a servant who owes him a lot of money. The guy can’t pay, so the king’s going to throw him in jail.

(38:24):
He said, no, no, please have mercy on me. I’ll pay, but give me time. So the king said, okay. Then that guy goes to his little servant who only owes him of trifle, and because he couldn’t pay, he throws into prison. So then the big king gets upset, goes to the big servant, says You unm merciful servant, I’m going to throw you into prison to be tortured until you pay back everything that you owe. I love the ESV and the ESV just says to the jailer, but if you look at the footnote, it says to be tortured because jailer in the Greek means one who elicits the truth through use of the rack, which is a torture device. And the root word of jailer is basso, which means to torture. So this whole aspect is about torture. And the importance of this parable is the next statement.

(39:16):
Jesus says, because he’s not talking to the Pharisees, he’s not talking to the crowds that follow him. He’s talking to his closest disciples, Peter and the 12. And he says, so too, will my heavenly Father do to you my closest disciples, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart, in other words, he says, if you have an unrepented sin, my father will turn you over to the tormentors until you repent to that sin. And that’s the basics of all of this. And so just by repenting or repenting on someone else’s behalf, if there’s an authority structure there, then we can free people. And I’ve seen people get freed of all kinds of things.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (40:04):
That’s

Beatty Carmichael (40:04):
Wonderful. So evangelism, simple process to do in a crowd, people get healed. And then you can say, now, let me tell you about this Jesus that just healed you because now it’s demonstrative.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (40:15):
Yeah. One of my favorite verses about healing is Psalms 1 0 3, verse three. It says, he’s the God who forgives all of our sins and who heals all of our diseases. So in that verse, you see how forgiveness and healing are intertwined. They work together. I like to say that forgiveness and healing are like two sides of the same coin. And throughout scripture you see this mingling of forgiveness and healing. You’ve mentioned the passage in James that says, confess your sins and the Lord will heal you. And then even the Greek word, so-so which means healing can also mean for salvation. And so when the woman with the issue of blood came and touched Jesus, Jesus says, your faith has healed you. And if you look in different versions about half the version, say your faith has saved you, and half the version say your faith has healed you.

(41:17):
And the reason is that Greek word means both salvation and healing. And so you see how these two concepts are intertwined, and I think this is really valuable for evangelists to understand is that God ministers both forgiveness and healing. They work together. And I like your system of leading people in asking God for forgiveness, confessing their sins, forgiving others who have hurt them, and then to declare their healing and then trust God for the miracle. And it’s amazing what Jesus can do when we come to him in faith, asking for forgiveness and then asking for healing. Well, thank you so much Mr. Carmichael, for sharing about your book. If someone wants to get a copy of your book or if they want to find out more about your ministry, what is a website that has information about you and how can they find your book?

Beatty Carmichael (42:19):
Best place to go is you think that those, so the title of the book is The Prayer of Freedom, and so simply put the word book at the end of it, the Prayer of freedom book.com. And I say that because if you go to Amazon or go to Google and just type in the prayer of freedom, there’s so many things about prayer and freedom, you’ll never find the book. But if you go to the prayer freedom book.com, there’s a link straight to the Amazon, you can get it worldwide regardless of where you are. It’s also on Kindle. You’ll get information about me there. So really that’s the best place to go. There’s also discounts if you want discounts on the book, especially like if you have a ministry or you have a storefront, you want to do something point of sale and just use your store as a ministry opportunity to share freedom for people. We got discounts there.

Evangelism Coach Daniel King (43:10):
Awesome. Well, thank you so much Mr. Carmichael for being on the Evangelism Podcast. I appreciate it.

Beatty Carmichael (43:16):
Well, thank you, Daniel. I sure have enjoyed it.

Evangelism Podcast Host (43:19):
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Evangelism Coach Daniel King (44:20):
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