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Enterprise,Alabama

How good can comefrom such destruction

EE News Around

the World

American

Church

in DeclineBelievers in Jesus Christ

must engage in lifefstyle

evangelism while

there is still time


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The book o Hebrews tells us that aith is

the substance o things hoped or. It is the

evidence o things not seen.

As we live our lives we all ace challenges

that give us pause. Perhaps its a decision or you

or one o your loved ones. Maybe its trouble at

work or a hard spot in a relationship. Whatever the

case, we all have moments o uncertainty. For all o

us in EE we know this eeling especially when we

approach a person to talk to them about Jesus.It is exactly in those moments that our aith

is tested. There are many people today (even within

the church) that say that you cannot approach people

and talk about Heaven. I listened to a popular radio

show today where the announcer and guest both

agreed that you cannot ask people about eternal lie

in an eastern culture without causing oense. I read

an article this past month rom a amous preacher

who said the topic o eternal lie was o limits in

the west as well. So with all this negative talk about

the eectiveness o personal evangelism its easy

to think twice about witnessing to someone that

you meet, or even a close riend.

I guess the question at its heart is what

you believe about what God said regarding the

eectiveness o the proclamation o the Gospel and

the preparation o the hearts o men and women toreceive it. Either the elds are ripe unto harvest or

they are not. What do you believe?

As we enter the all, new semesters o EE

are starting up all over the world and new trainees are

experiencing the

most amazing

r e v e l a t i o n :

people are

open to hear

about Jesus!

And, most

i m p o r t a n t l y ,

they can be part

o sharing Christwith those around them.

As I write this, Im in Hong Kong at a meeting

o the Board o Directors. Today, Archbishop R. H.

Goodhew (a member o EEs International Board o

Directors) and I were walking near the harbor. While

we walked and talked a young college-age Chinese

girl approached us and began to ask us questions.

Soon we could see that she wanted to talk to us

about Jesus. She was out with her youth group and

they were seeing i there were some olks who

wanted to know how to get to Heaven. When she

heard that we were Christians she beamed. Harry

asked her why God would let her into Heaven and

she said, I believe in Jesus! He died or me!

Harry and I were encouraged by a group o

young people out proclaiming the truth o salvation

through Jesus! She must not have heard the radioshow saying that you couldnt talk about Heaven

within the eastern world. Or she reused to believe it.

Witnessing is, ater all, a decision about

what you believe. It is a matter o aith.

A Matter of Faith

Rev. John B. SorensenExecutive Vice President


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American Church

in Decline

In This IssueEncompassing the GlobeEE News Around the Globe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ExpansionGrowing the Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

EndeavorsAtermath o Tornado in Enterprise, AL. . . . . . . . .10

Everyday PeoplePeople with a Passion or Sharing the Gospel. . . . . .17

Equipping in ActionChurch Profle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

EverywhereHow EE is Impacting the Globe. . . . . . . . . . . . .19

ExperiencesTestimonies rom People in the Field . . . . . . . . . .20

EE AnswerManDiscover How to Handle the Tough Questions . . . . .21

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Estate Planning 9

Visible Results 21

Kids EE cube 22

F a l l 2 0 0 7

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ARCHIVES

Excerpt taken from Dr. Kennedys

sermon titled Reaching the World

for ChristThe goal o my lie is to turn the world right side

up or Christ. Now wait a minute, you say. I

got to church today, even managed to drop a little

something in the oering plate. And now you

want me to change the world?

Yes, I do! You can do it! We can do it! In

the last ve years, Evangelism Explosion has suc-

ceeded in reaching 20 million people or Christ.

Praise God!

Its interesting. I have never had anyone

tell me he was a layman. They are always just

a layman. Well, let me tell you about a layman,

Edward Kimballjust a layman.

He taught a Sunday School class, doing the

best he could; and he was shy. One o the boys in

his class wasnt making much progress, so Kimball

decided to visit him. Instead, he chickened out.Fear gripped him. Finally, ater several attempts,

the voice o conscience won out. Im sure the boy

was startled to see his Sunday School teacher, but

they talked, Kimball shared with him the Gospel,

one on one, and this young man accepted Christ.

Did that make much dierence? The youngmans name was Dwight L. Moodyprobably the

greatest evangelist America produced in the nine-

teenth century.

The Bible says, And they that be wise

shall shine as the brightness o the rmament; and

they that turn many to righteousness as the stars

or ever and ever (Daniel 12:3).

We have lots o stars here on earth: moviestars, rock starts, sports stars. Most o them areshooting starts or alling stars. But Kimball will

shine orever.

You can be a star too by turning many to righteous-

ness. It doesnt say you need to be a preacher or

an evangelist or a missionary. You can simply be

just a layperson, but a layperson that is con-

cerned to win lost people to Christ.

I hope that God will give you the grace to

witness and that He will give you the power o

His Holy Spirit to make it eectual; and that God

will use you to bring someone to Christ this very

week.

UPDATEMost Recent Update on Dr. Kennedy

Following cardiac arrest in December, Dr.

Kennedy was hospitalized, underwent extended

and intense physical therapy, and has now

returned home continuing therapy. While there

have been improvements, they have been slow.

Please continue to pray or spiritual and physical

strength or Dr. Kennedy, his caregivers, and his

devoted wie Anne.


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Over 3000 Trained, St. Louis, MO.

2007 has been a time o great expectation and

enthusiasm or those involved in Dea EE. Creating

the Gospel in American Sign Language was only

the beginning.

Dea EE has also been busily engaged in

putting the Dea EE Gospel presentation on video,

because the dea are very visual in how they learn.

We have been taking extra time working on

learning the outline and then taking it to video, saysBob Nowicki, Director or Dea EE.

Dea EE trainers and trainees o the past

semester went on camera to be taped so that

the dea across North America might have an

opportunity to share their aith eectively and be

able to teach others.

Recently in the St. Louis area, a dea expo

was held that attracted 3,000 people. The dea who

were trained in Dea EE came prepared to share

the Gospel. They brought 2,500 tracks. Many o

them were given out that asked the two diagnostic

questions.

FIJIWhat an exciting moment or the EE Oceania

and EE Fiji leadership team! On Monday, July 2,

the rst EE leadership training clinic started in the

newly completed D. James and Anne Kennedy

International Training Center or World Evangelism.

Participants were so excited to begin that

they arrived beore the center was opened. Within

minutes, lines o people had ormed or registration

Ninety-six people signed up or the training. This

included 40 leaders rom Figtree Anglican Church

in Australia and some rom the U.S.A.

Youth EE and Adult EE training was held

Over 150 people were ed each day or lunch. In

the evenings 50 Fijian participants were ed and

accommodated at the center.

The results were astounding! During the

training, 230 people made proessions o aith

in Christ! Dozens o others are now seriously

examining the claims o Christ. Two o those who

prayed were local pastors, at least ve others were

Muslims and two were Mormons.

The clinicians represented more than 20

congregations and will now go home to implementEE training.

EE plans to build 11 more training centers in

strategic sites around the world.

NCOMPASSING THE GLOBE


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Twenty-three people rom dierent regions

o the continent recently attended productive

planning meetings or the EE Latin America team

on the outskirts o Bogota, Colombia.

As Mexico nears its 25th Anniversary o

EE implementation in September, signicant

development o Adult, Youth, and Kids EE is being

reported. Nahum Vega, EE Regional Director or

Mexico, along with his team will establish twelve

geographical areas to equip more people with the

Gospel. This strategic re-structure includes the

establishment o EE training centers in each o

those areas.

David Gomez,

EE Continental

Director or Ethnic

Ministry, reports

that Level 1 EE has

been translated in

39 dierent ethnic

languages, with leaders in many o those ethnic

groups practicing EE with remarkable success.

Although an architect by trade, Emilio Arana, EE

National Director or Guatemala, Honduras, and

El Salvador announced Gods call to work with EE

ull-time.

Rev. Alexandre Souza, National Director

or EE Brazil, has implemented EE in a variety o

churches. Currently, he pastors the Congregational

Church in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Guillermo Salinas, Continental Director

or Youth EE, plans to conduct twelve

Youth EE clinics in Latin America and equip

250 key youth leaders by the end o 2007.

Mali

EE started here in 1998. In 1999, Pastor Goita

was trained at the French EE leadership clinic held in

Malis capital city, Bamako.

They returned to their local churches and

began the EE ministry in their churches. Twoyears later they organized their own EE leadership.

There were 21 pastors and church leaders who

attended. As a result, many churches were planted

in the surrounding areas. In one village, previously

opposed to the Gospel, there have been 38

proessions o aith.

Joel Coulibaly, is an EE eld worker in Mali.

He is supported through EEs Operation Harvest

ministry. With assistance rom Operation Harvest,

he visited Pastor Goita and helped him with

implementation. Encouraged that someone had

taken interest in his EE ministry, Pastor Goita began

to equip his congregation. He and his team targeted

a village where cult activities were practiced. EE

made an impact in the village and several turned

their lives over to Christ.

The responsibilities o an EE eld worker aresignicant overseas. Because o Joels help, Pastor

Goita continued EE. As a result, a nearby village

heard the Good News o Jesus Christ, and the

Gospel spreads in this part o the world.

To support a eld worker and his/her amily

go to operationharvest.com

Africa

Latin America

EE Latin American Team


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On Monday, July 2, the frst EE leadershiptraining clinic started in the newly

completed D. James and Anne Kennedy

International Training Center or World

Evangelism. Participants were eager

to start. Lines quickly ormed beore

registration. Ninety-six people attended the

clinic including 40 leaders rom Australia

and the U.S.A.

Both Youth EE and Adult EE trainingwas conducted. More than 150 people

were ed each day or lunch. In the

evenings, 50 Fijian participants were ed

and accommodated in the center.

During clinic on-the-job training, 230

people made proessions o aith! Dozens

o others are now seriously examining the

claims o Christ. Two o those who made

proessions o aith in Christ were local

pastors; fve others were Muslims and twowere Mormons.

The clinicians came rom more than

20 congregations and will now go home

and implement the EE training.

It was a magnifcent beginning at the frst

Kennedy Training Center. Eleven others are

planned in strategic sites around the world

Construction on the next center in Kiev,

Ukraine is underway.


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NDEAVORS

It came out o the bluea massive tornado

tearing through Enterprise, Alabama, on March

1, 2007. It was a Thursday, shortly ater 1 p.m.,

when the tornado hit. Who can prepare or the ury

o a tornado that touches down in an instant?

It let a swath o devastation through the

small town located in southeastern Alabama. In

the center o the storms path was Enterprise High

School, where students sought reuge in hallways

as the tornado struck. School administrators and

students had practiced or such a storm. They

knew the protocol, and ollowed it.

Regardless, the tornado ripped the roo o

parts o the school, destroyed a hallway, the gym,

and the stadium. By March 2, eight students were

conrmed dead.

David and Charlene Parrish lived in

Enterprise in the early 90s beore moving to

Georgia in 1994. He was trained in EE at Open

Door Baptist Church in Enterprise.

Ater moving to Georgia, David started

EE in six other churches and became an EE

area representative. In 1999, David returned to

Enterprise to jump-start EE at Open Door. The

church has implemented EE ever since then.

Their connections to the community

remained strong. I attended the uneral o one o

the boys killed in the tornado, David says. Ater

the uneral, I met a woman who had just returned

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recalls her words to him, God must have let me

live through this or a reason, the woman said

somberly.

Dav id shared the Gospel with her and the

woman made a proession o aith in Christ. There

are thousands o people just like her all over this

town, David thought. The only solution to every

hurting person on this earth is the Gospel.

Immediately, David called the pastor o Open

Door, asked him what he thought about hosting a

Youth EE clinic, and the pastor wholeheartedly

agreed. Six weeks later, as the pain held its grip

on this small community, a Youth EE clinic was

conducted.

The pain o losing eight young people in

the prime o their youth was clearly evident. Billy

Tompkins is the Youth

Pastor at Open Door.

He and his wie,

Donna, lost their son

in the tornado.

Sandy Nicolosi,

Youth EE Administrator,

attended the clinic,

one that she called

specialunlike other

clinics we conduct.

They were very serious

about learning the Gospel presentation, Sandy

says. We dont nd that seriousness at all o our

Youth EE clinics.

By clinics end, 57 people had been equipped

with 41 proessions o aith in Christ. It was a

very sweet, sensitive time we had there, recalls

Sandy. Its a small town and the whole town was

suering.

Adding to the grie in Enterprise were several

clinicians who had recently lost loved ones:

One teen clinic participant lost her brother in a

recent car accident

One o the youth pastors lost a brother

A host couple lost thei r 22-year-o ld daughter

to cancer in November

Everyone was either suering or aected

by the suering o the people who they loved there.

They all know each other and work together so even

i you werent directly aected by the tornado, you

were still in pain, Sandy says.

Each o them had experienced, rsthand,

the railty o lie. And it resulted in giving the

Gospel top priority. I had a keen awareness that

all o the clinicians with all o their pain, enduring

all o these sorrows as a close-knit community,

that there was more

o an urgency toward

sharing their aith,

Sandy remembers.

David was glad that

the Lord laid this clinic

on his heart. God and

EE motivated me, he

says.

People came rom

as ar as Baton Rouge,

Louisiana, to help. Two

churches in Georgia sent teams to assist. Open Door

Senior Pastor, John McCrummen, balanced a wedding

with the Youth EE clinic on the same weekend. He

was not araid o risking a little conusion or God-sized

results, David exclaims.

So much good coming rom so much tragedy

is only o God. Something happened during this

clinic, David says, and the results, I believe, will be

much bigger than anything we can see now.

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Will we, as Christians, be held accountable forthe spiritual decay of the world?

Many o us realize that America is not just the physical

leader o the ree world, but very much a spiritual leader also.

When visiting the Western nations, and many o the developing

ones, we discover that the churches oten look to America tolead. To some degree, these churches line themselves up with

what is happening in the U.S. Whether it is good or bad, true

or not, the winds that blow through the American church will

sooner or later fnd their way around the world.

D

oes God hold the American church to a greater accountability than a lot

o other nations? For more than 200 years, the U.S. has been abundantly

blessed by God. She has prospered spiritually, militarily, and economically.

She is the richest nation in the world. Yet, we see the danger signs: materialism,

complacency, immorality, humanism. God has made it clear that to whom much is

given much will be demanded.

Several years ago, Authors Tom Clegg & Warren Bird uncovered some

staggering data in their book Lost in America:

1) Roughly hal o all churches in America did not add one new person

through conversion growth in 2000. 2) In America, it takes the combined

eorts o 85 Christians working over an entire year to produce one convert.

While this data was gathered several years ago, the act remainsmany

pastors are not equipping their people or the work o evangelism.

These statistics and others in the book helped convince Dr. Darrell Farney,

ormer pastor, now EE U.S. Director or the Central Region, to become a missionary

to North America with EE. Through our Share Your Faith Workshops and EE


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clinics, says Darrell, we are helping to train and

equip pastors and their laity in how to communicate

clearly the wonderul Good News o the Gospel.

Dangerous Days Ahead for American Church

What happens spiritually in America over the

next ew years will likely have critical implications

or the entire world. Currently, there is not one

Western nation in the midst o revival. The

spiritual awakenings we hear o are taking place

in Third World countries or developing nations.

Unortunately, Darrell says, some

churches in America are so busy entertaining thesaints that they have lost the emphasis on equipping

the saints.

Our military physically

secures our homeland. Is the

Church spiritually securing it?

From the perspective o the

Body o Christ, there should be

nothing more American and

apple pie than evangelism. It

is time or Christians to unite,

become equipped to share

the Gospel, and train others

to do the same.

What has Happened to Evangelism in America?

Has the importance o reaching with news o

eternal lie given way to tolerance? Have the many

ills acing our society caused Christians lukewarmattitude to spiritual conversions? Consider these

acts: A million and a hal elective abortions a yearWhat happens spiritually inAmerica over the next ew

years will likely have criticalimplications or the entire world.

Currently, there is not one Westernnation in the midst o revival.


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More than a million out-o-wedlock births each year.

Brutal violence reported nearly every day. Substance

abuse is getting worse.

Do Christians Perceive that no one is Listening?

The act is: America needs the message o

Jesus as never beore. Billy Graham put it well when

he said, Its either back to the Bible or back to the

jungle. The jungle is entangling America! This is no

time to keep quiet. Remember, Jesus whole point in

coming to earth was to save the lost (Luke 19:10).

Maybe its Time for an Attitude Check

When you share the Good News with another,

do you ocus on arguments that turn people o? Do

our arguments, however true they may be, create

an impression o conquest rather than peace? Ten

years ago, evangelist Luis Palua made a statement

truer today than when he made it. In the United

States, we evangelicals have acquired a reputation as

harsh, unloving, bitter people. We condemn to hellpregnant women at abortion clinics and homosexuals

marching in Washington. Today, Palua might add

another group to his hit list: Democrats.

Young people are asking, Is

Christianity good? Will it make me

a better person or a jerk? They

ask that question because, in their

minds, Christians are narrow-

minded, judgmental, arrogant, and

angry. They say, I really want

God, and Id rather be a Christian

than a Buddhist or a Muslim. But

Christians look so mean. I dont

want to become like that.

Dr. Ken Silva, EE U.S. Director or the West

Region, reminds us that Jesus was anything but

narrow-minded, judgmental, arrogant, and angry

toward the lost. Now all the tax collectors and thesinners were coming near Him to listen to Him (Luke

15:1). People didnt see Jesus as narrow-minded,

judgmental, arrogant, and angry, says Ken. I they

had, they would not have been drawn to Him. Jesus

modeled acceptance, attention, armation, even

aection toward the lost. That is how He drew them.

That is why so many people wanted to hang out with

Him.

I Christians were more like Jesus today,

Ken said in summary, perhaps sinners would want

to hang out with us, too.

The Groggy Gospel

Dr. Warren Gage, Associate Proessor o

Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary, sees a

problem.

I agree there is something lost about

American Christianity. I was overwhelmed with the

reshness and wonder o the Gospel when I was in

Korea in 2005. In America, we need a revival.

That brings up some other questions. Has

our prosperity numbed us? Has materialism made us

In the United States, weevangelicals have acquired areputation as harsh, unloving,bitter people. We condemn to

hell pregnant women at abortionclinics and homosexuals

marching in Washington.


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complacent? In South Korea,

the whole church embraced

the ministry. Said Dr. Karen

Gushta, then Director oKids EE, I thought again o

how ar we have to go in the

U.S. to get that same kind o

enthusiasm.

The media, and its

subtle tolerance crusade

has been no riend o

evangelical soul-winning.

In addressing a recent

sta meeting, Rev. John

Sorensen, Executive Vice

President o Evangelism

Explosion, said It seems

to me that more and more

people do not want to

discuss spiritual things. During my last trip,

while witnessing, I was called more [bad]names than you can think o.

Says Dr. Gage, I recall the sobering

shake-up we took ater 9/11 when people

suddenly became interested in spiritual things.

But I believe that lasted about a month.

MotivesDo They matter?

Believers who share their aith: What is

their true motivation? Is it love or the lost? Love

or the Lord? Duty?

When we witness, do we perceive that

we are more spiritual than other Christians? Is

it, like many religions, a works aith? Are we

witnessing because o guilt?

One EE trainer

admits, Christians

are good at beating

themselves up. Wereexpending every ounce

o energy today to train

up our kids, and to survive

at home. For now, my

investment is at home,

discipling my own kids.

Thats where God has

me and Im not going to

eel guilty about it.

Scott Smith, EE

Director or Materials,

agrees that people have

busier lives today, but

can still nd opportunities

to share their aith. Yes,

people are busy, but in the course o a day, even

busy people will nd time to reach out. Insteado asking, What would Jesus do? maybe we

should listen as Jesus asks us, How many

people did you let Me love through you? How

many did you give Me opportunity to talk to

about spiritual things?

Adds Scott, We look at EE as a great

training tool. It makes people more sensitive

to the lost. And we try not to expect more out

o it than we should. EE is a part o the big

puzzle o reaching out, discipling, and church

growth.

Our part, Scott says, is to lovingly

share the Gospel and let the Holy Spirit use it

or His glory. Its a win - win situation.


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Reaching out in the heart o the southside o

Chicago is Fellowship Missionary Baptist

Church. The church was ounded by Dr.

Reverend Clay Evans.

Beore acquiring the EE ministry, Fellowship

Church didnt have an evangelism ministry. We

knew we needed a program so we looked to the

Moody Church here in Chicago or direction, says

John Harmon, an evangelism leader. Moody Church

recommended EE.

Johnn ie Wel ls ,

another leader o evangelism

at Fellowship Church, saysthat EE has generated a lot o

excitement. The response

has been overwhelming,

Johnnie says. We literally

do not need a kick-o

banquet to sign people up.

Its taken on a nature o its

own.

One new EE trainee

had tried or years to share the Gospel with her

kids. Using EE, she had a comprehensive Gospel

presentation. She shared it with her kids and all our

o them made proessions o aith in Christ.

EE has also been a wonderul compliment to

Fellowship Churchs Freely Give ministry. Through

Freely Give people can receive assistance with

ood and clothing. Fellowship Church helps with

those important physical needs, and now with EE

they also help with their spiritual needs. On one

Saturday, says John, 16 people made proessions

o aith in Christ.

Fellowship Churchs Senior Pastor, Pasto

Charles Jenkins, saw what EE could do rsthand

He was driving to an appointment when he noticed

some o his church

members in the

midst o EE on

the-job trainingHe stopped to

watch the team

engage two people

He knew, by the

excitement on thei

aces, that the two

proessed Christ as

Savior. Following

this experience, his

desire is that everyone in his church get trained in

EE. For him to see it happen on-the-spot was eye

opening or him, says John.

It is Gods will that Fellowship Missionary Baptist

Church carry the Gospel to the southside o Chicago

with the help o Evangelism Explosion.

QUIPPING IN ACTION

Committed to:

Training dozens in EE

Sending out trainers everywhere

Gospel shared with all ages

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church

Chicago, IllinoisAn EE church since 2006

5000 members

Pastor Charles Jenkins

South Chicago Church Starts EE


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VERYWHERE

Seth Adams, an EE administrator at Cross

Creek Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville,

NC, attended and completed a ve-day EE

teacher/trainer clinic at Northwood Temple

Church in Fayetteville. Ater his graduation

rom the Level I 13-week EE training, he elt

as i he had climbed to the top o a hill. But

ater graduating rom the clinic, he elt like

he had reached a mountain summit! This

is precisely the reason I encourage all o our

Level I graduates to attend an EE leadership

training clinic as soon as possible ater they

nish their 13-week initial exposure to EE,

Seth says.

The clinic gives additional valuable EE

instruction but, more importantly, it gives the

clinician an expanded and more proound

vision or the cross-denominational and

international scope o EE.

Cross Creek Church has sent ve other

Level I graduates to an EE clinic. All o them

have been blessed. None o them have been

disappointed, Seth says. Quite the contrary

is true. I thank God that we have the means

to send Level 1 graduates to EE clinics.

Seth also serves as a Combat Engineer

in the 82nd Airborne Division. The Army has

sent him to many dierent places around the

world.

Tom and Fran Christenson gave up a Jupiter,

FL, business to serve the Lord ull-time with

Evangelism Explosion. Their hearts are now ocused

on reaching India or Christ. They have been serving

EE in New Delhi or eight years and have made great

progress.

They minister in a dicult part o the world.

As they look toward the last quarter o 2007, they

are planning two clinics in Pakistan (one already

conducted in August), and eld testing o EE materials

in the Urdu language.

They are also in the process

o equipping more than 1,000

church planters rom mission

organizations including

Church o South India,

Reaching Indian Mission

International (12 clinics

s c h e d u l e d ) , F r i e n d s

Missionary Prayer Band (17

clinics scheduled), Operation

Mobilization, and others.

They ask prayer or the 3,147

EE clinicians who attended several clinics

throughout south Asia during the rst hal o 2007.

Pray that they will implement EEs 13-week

semester in their local churches, says Tom.

PrioritiesCouple Follows God inServing Full-Time in

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Andys Story

I have gone on several Youth EE mission

trips, but never to a communist country. The Youth

EE mission trip to Bucharest, Romania ,sticks out

in my mind.

It wasnt too long ago when Romania

was ruled by a communist dictator. Today, more

than 10 years later, you could still eel the heavi-

ness that communism has let behind in the

hearts o the people. It was amazing.

Many people seemed distant and cold.

But that wasnt true with the Romanian Christians

we met. Their joy stood out as a light in the dark-

ness. It was amazing to share the Good News

with others there. We saw many people make

proessions o aith in Christ, and their aces would

illuminate!

Youve got to see what Jesus is doing in

the rest o the world. You will never orget it!

Andy Littleton

Tucson, AZ

Libbys Story

Libby Tranbarger is a thirteen-year-old

seventh grader who loves sotball, plays the fute,

saxophone, and drums. She sings on the youth

praise team at her church and also is a member o

the youth leadership team. Libby is a young girl

who epitomizes how laypeople ulll their commit-

ment to the Great Commission.

Recently, during the EE adult outreach

at Libbys church, one o the adult trainees was

absent. Since we needed a third person to com-

plete our team or OJT, says John Holland, EEtrainer, Libby, who is trained in Youth EE, volun-

teered to go with us.

The rst place they visited produced no

ruit. Libby suggested that the team visit our o

her riends who live next to her Papa. They

drove to the location and

ound all our o Libbys

riends at home. It wasnt

long beore Libby was shar-

ing the Gospel. Like a

trooper, recalls John, she

shared the entire presenta-

tion. I stood there in utter

amazement at how atten-

tive her riends were. All our o them prayed to

receive Christ!

Libby was elated. In her enthusiasm, she

turned to John and asked him to nish.

The next day Casey, a seventh grader, who

was one o the our, called and asked i she could

ride in the church van and visit the Wednesday

night youth group.

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I know a lot o nice, good people who arent Christians.

Are you telling me God is going to send them to Hell or notknowing about Jesus?

First it is good to know that God never created man as evil, in act

He reers to His creation as good Gen. 1:26-31. But being created in Gods

image, thereore, with the will to choose, man chose to disobey what he

knew to be right, Gen. 3:6.

God created Hell or Satan and his demons when they chose

disobedience in attitude and action. It was never intended or people. Jesus

said, Depart rom Me, you cursed, into everlasting ire prepared or the devil

and his angels (Matt 25:41).

Ask anyone, anywhere in the world i they have ever done some-

thing they knew was wrong. They will probably laugh and say something

like, Sure, who in the world hasnt? The penalty or sin is death, meaning

eternal separation rom God (Romans 6:23). But God doesnt send anyone

to Hell or not knowing about Jesus nor or any other reason, rather, it is our

sin that condemns us. The truth is, we all have sinned. Thereore, no one is

o the hook, not Billy Graham or Mother Theresa. And its important to

remember that no amount o good works can save us. The Bible says,For it is by grace that you are savednot by works, lest any man should

boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Now God, who is perectly just (Romans 2:6), is also merloved us such that He made a supreme provision through Jesus to

our sin. The Bible says, God is not willing that any should perish, bu

should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). Hes so loving He sent H

Son to die and pay the penalty or our sin so that we could avoid He

have the assurance o Heaven. Christ Jesus came into the world

sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). Sin condemnsChrist saves.

Suppose a man is driving and see signs along the way,

Out. He keeps on driving, goes past police cars warning him, throu

barricade, drives o a cli into the river, and dies. Whose ault is it?

Similarly, no one in Hell will be able to blame God. He doe

people there, our sin has already condemned us. Rather, He wa

ple o the danger and even sent His Son to save them rom

its our own choice i we end up in Hell. In act, Christians are

ones who dont need to worry about Hell. The Bible says,

things have been writtenso that you may know you have

lie (1 John 5:13). I have complete conidence that when

Im going to Heaven.May I ask you a question?

2006 Accomplishments

Number of clinics held1,080

Number of believers equipped

198,080

Number of professions in Christ

4,971,476

15-year estimates

2000 to 2015

Number of clinics held

20,313

Number of believers equipped

4,461,188

Number of professions in Christ

100,895,593

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