PRAISE: Thank you for praying for our June 1 television broadcasts for International Childrenโs Day. God open the doors for 14.3 million children and families heard the gospel in 10 languages, on 17 stations in 127 countries. Pray for those who responded and requested follow-up. A procedure to remove some skin cancer from my forehead …
10 ways to become a global Christian*
*Eternal Perspective Ministries May 7, 2024 It might come as a surprise to some that if you search the Bible for the words โmissionโ or โmissionary,โ you wonโt find much. To understand the role of believers in reaching the world, you have to dig a little deeper, but itโs worth the effort. When you get …
June Update
PRAISE: Cru, our parent organization has just announced our new president, David Robbins. He and his wife Megan, will step into this new role next month. David has been most recently leading our FamilyLife ministry. Our television broadcasts for International Children's Day, June 1, saw 33 stations broadcast our films; the first five countries to report were: Czech Republic, Mauritius, Mozambique, …
May Prayer Update
PRAISE: Thank God for the very encouraging response to our recent email about the opportunity to provide aid to people through churches in Israel. The outreach also includes the potential of sharing the gospel digitally. In fact, the initial project was not only fully underwritten, but also is helping to pre-fund our next project there …
April Prayer Update
A few days ago my colleague, Tom Terry [JFP's Global Broadcasting Coordinator] shared some early results for our Easter TV and Radio broadcasting. He shared with me what God did;ย youย prayedย and God opened doors. "For Easter 2024, I was asking the Lord for 40 stations and 120 million views. Instead, He gave us 76 stations. Thatโs the highest number …
March Prayer Update
PRAISE: God has opened doors for again airing โJESUSโ on TV for Easter in India, Bangladesh, and Turkey. (During Christmas 2023, Bangladesh saw five times as many viewers as had originally been projected!) Pray also for the audio/drama versions of our films on radio in a dozen of the least reached nations. Lift up our …
February Prayer Update
PRAISE: After three years of major hurdles our South Asia film equipment distribution center has opened. Already several hundred video tablets have been shipped. Pray for the Centerโs operations to ramp up which will include supplying backpack projector sets, tablet sets and NewLifeBox (virtual wi-fi) kits across the region. The final report just came in …
Love Through Caring, Opens Doors for Sharing Jesus
In restricted and even closed areas of the world, initiating a connection with people through humanitarian or โcompassionate careโ is often the only way to begin the process of reaching for Christ. It could be through an immediate need like food and medical care, or something more sustainable like supplying reading glasses or providing a …
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January Update
PRAISE: Thank you for your prayers for holiday television broadcasts; โJESUSโ and our other films, they were seen in at least 48 nations from Southeast Asia to French-speaking West Africa and in the Middle East. Pray for effective follow-up with those who responded. God again provided for my ministry financial needs in 2023, thanks to …
Year-End Report
Over the course of fall I had asked for prayer for several video projects. One was a โYear-end report,โ from our Executive Director, Josh Newell and wife, Holly. Yours truly wrote the script, Holly refined it and Jeff Murphy recorded and edited it. It was a team effort! Please take a moment to watch and …
