The Jesus loves you ball and hope ball both use our media through embedded NextSteps journeys accessed though a QR code.
From our partners with Athletes In Action (AIA):
We’ve distributed around 10,000 Jesus Loves Your (JLY) and Hope balls for the World Cup. The digital tracking data shows that they are actively being scanned and the videos are being watched in 133 countries.
Through this project, we’ve also made an agreement with another ministry for them to license the design and produce it with their own logo and they will be distributing around 125,000 balls this fall following the World Cup.
This just happened in Burundi:
We praise God for the first World Cup screening. Before showing the match, we began by screening the short films from *The Jesus Film*. Nineteen people made the decision to accept Jesus Christ. We will help them grow in their faith so that they may multiply and form groups.
Pray for thousands of outreaches like this and “watch parties” planned in 100 cities across the globe over the next six weeks.
Pray for the circulation of the JLY and Hope soccer balls now and in the coming months.
Pray that the short films (70+ languages) will stir heats to seek to know more about Jesus and a personal relationship with him. Preview the English version of the soccer short film, “Where You Belong” now.
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