Click here for our July 2011 Prayer Letter. Here is a wrap up of our summer and our staff conference. For more details, questions, or concerns, feel free to contact us or go to www.ccci.org/cru.
July 2011 Letter
And here is what John Piper had to say about the name change.
Here are other endorsements from Christian leaders.
May is Internet Evangelism Month. Everyday millions of people are on the internet, and what a great place to reach them – at a time they are in need. People have questions about God, Jesus, and life topics. They may not know anyone who they trust to provide the answers to their questions. They want to know Jesus and how they can have a personal relationship with Him.
I’ve been an Online Missionary for about a year, and have corresponded with over 300 people, from all over the world. That’s over 300 people who want to know the truth about Jesus. Being an Online Missionary is evangelism in slow motion because email is slower than face-to-face conversations. With internet evangelism, I’ve had conversations with people I’ll never would have met otherwise. Watch the video below to learn how you can be involved. Technology has given me the opportunity to share the truth about Jesus and how He loves us, with people from different cultures, countries, and stages in life. And you too can do this too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItVsZzhQFJ0
Click here for our April 2011 Prayer Letter. We had the privilege of meeting one of Margaret’s Online Missionaries.
April 2011 Letter
Click here for our March 2011 newsletter. As always, we would love to hear from you and pray for you.
At 10:45PM, Pacific time, 1,500, 285 million people were exposed to the love of Christ in the form of a website through Global Media Outreach. This was all God and His love for all peoples, tribes, and nations. Visitors from over 100 countries came to know that God loves them, that they have been forgiven of their sins, and that they can have a personal relationship with God. Seeing over 1.5 Million people hear or see the Gospel is not about what man can do, but what God can do. As Great Commission 2020 was rolling over, I was in a room with about 20 other people all waiting to see the same thing I was, 1.5 Million people be given the opportunity to know Jesus. What the 1.5 Million people do or decide to believe is God’s role. Our team was responsible for giving the people the opportunity and leaving the results to God. Most likely, I’ll never meet anyone in person that clicked on one of our sites today, but maybe in heaven, I’ll meet someone, from the Middle East, or Central Asia, who was introduced to God and started a personal relationship with Him by visiting one of our websites. I see it as a privilege and honor to work with people who have the same vision of giving as many people possible the opportunity to know Jesus and trusting God for the results. Margaret and I will continue to trust God for big things and keep leaving the results up to God. God is bigger and more powerful than anyone of us could imagine, and that is really exciting. Tonight, at 2AM, as I am rolling into bed, I think of Ephesians 3:20, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
Here are the final numbers for March 24, GMO’s first day to expose over 1 Million people:
1,094,614, Gospel presentations
111,859, Indicated Decisions
13,514, Emails sent to GMO
Only God knows, the hearts of these visitors and the decision they made. It is very humbling to know that every single person was led by the Holy Spirit visit our sites. God is at work and He will continue to be at work leading people to have personal relationship with Him. For some, it might have been their first opportunity to hear about Jesus, and for others, it might have been to 10th opportunity to hear about Jesus. It will be exciting to meet all these people in Heaven!
So what does it look like share the Gospel with 1 Million people in a day? After being awake virtually all night and encountering a few challenges along the way at 8:57 PM, in Houston, we celebrated with a few guests as Great Commission 2020 rolled over 1 Million. This wasn’t about getting a million people to a website, but it was about giving people multiple opportunities to know Jesus personally. There was great cheering and excitement as we approached 1 Million, but at the same time we all felt the magnitude of what it meant that over 100,000 people indicating a decision for Jesus. Only God knows the heart of each person, but over 1 Million people read or heard the Gospel today. The final numbers won’t be in for a few more hours, but over 1 Million people heard or read the Gospel, over 108,000 people indicated a decision for Jesus, and over 13,000 people emailed GMO asking questions or wanting more information about Spiritual topics. Today, there was great rejoicing in heaven with the new believers, brothers and sisters in Christ!
Great Commission 2020 with 1 Million visitors
As we approach giving 1 Million people the opportunity to know God personally, there is a buzz here in Houston. We are all excited to see God move people to have a personal relationship with Him. We are approaching 1 Million visitors it is really exciting to see people from all over the world be exposed to the Gospel and email us with questions.
It’s 3:30 AM, and we’re up checking on our servers and systems. We’re being reminded that God is in control.
We have Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, and numerous other ways for people to express themselves. At GMO, we give people the opportunity to email us questions, comments, and thoughts. Just tonight, someone emailed us, from their cell phone, from 4stepstogod.mobi from India: “I’m done with life. Nothin happy left. Wanna die. What to do?” This is a real person who is looking for answers, and one of our Online Missionaries will respond to them in the next 48 hours. We are about reaching people such as this individual. Please pray for this person and that he or she may know that God loves them and their is hope.
real person, real comment
