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Every campus. Every city. Every virtual community. Every nation, tribe, and tongue. God is still active and moving throughout the earth. This is the theme of a special online global briefing to be held October 3. Over the past 30 years Amy and I have served with various divisions of Cru. This Global Connection event …
Round One: Monica, our third daughter, started moved to South Florida in MArch to start a new job after completing her Master’s Degree. She had planned to live with three friends, but it fell apart one week before she was to move. We prayed together that God would provide housing because none of us had …
In Greece, a beautiful example of unity between the Orthodox Church and Agape Hellas (the name of Cru in Greece) has materialized over the past five years. His Eminence Ignatios, Bishop in the Orthodox Diocese of Volos, and Emmanuel Toufexis, the national director of Agape Hellas, share a similar vision for unity. His Eminence Ignatios …
In one Asian country, our staff members, together with partnering churches and disciples, have launched a strategy of distributing 1 million face masks to reach 1 million people for Christ. They are working with a ministry partner who has direct contact with a company that produces face masks. Each mask is distributed with an evangelistic …
The last two months have involved a LOT of Zoom calls! Bible studies, team meetings, planning times, trainings, even a theology class. Now that the whole world has gone virtual, you might be wondering how things are different at Jesus Film Project. I (Amy) was already hard at work creating digital outreach tools. In the …
In light of COVID-19, tune in Monday, April 6th at 8:00 AM PDT for a unique digital worship experience with Pastor Rick Warren and church leaders from around the world! The global pandemic of COVID-19 has changed so much about how our churches will experience Easter this year. This is the first time many of …
The JESUS film ministry takes our staff members into many unchurched areas. Several of these areas are known for witchcraft, and our staff must sometimes engage in spiritual battles in these places. Encompassing Lake Victoria and snow-capped mountains, Uganda is home to diverse wildlife—chimps and gorillas, hippos and more. The people of Uganda comprise more …
In March 2015, several Tanzanian church leaders were among the 123 leaders from eight countries who attended the launching of the East Africa GACX (Global Alliance for Church Multiplication). At that event, the Tanzanian delegation was inspired by the vision to plant a church for every 1,000 people in their country. Upon returning home, they …
Across Eastern Europe, it can be a challenge to meet spiritually interested people. To solve this problem, Kejdis, our friend and leader of the church planters in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), decided to use social media to engage new audiences. Kedjis and his wife Rudina, began pulling together volunteers to develop Facebook pages highlighting …
We just returned from Ethiopia where we gathered with 114 leaders from 37 countries. This was an alternate gathering for those who could not obtain visas to our gathering several months ago in Greece. As you can imagine, God had the whole thing under his sovereignty and plan. We had no issues with people obtaining …