Hundreds of new African film teams need to be mobilized and equipped, especially in areas where millions have never once heard the gospel. Reaching people in these areas is so important that a very generous donor has offered a $100,000 matching gift. He will match what you send for film teams, doubling your impact. With that matching gift in mind, I think of two critical needs:

➤ One is for new film teams to take the gospel to civil war refugees who have fled South Sudan. The refugees are living in crowded camps in northern Uganda. Staff there have a deep, burning desire to train and mobilize many pastors, who will form these new film teams. They will go to the camps, into rural and urban areas presenting JESUS and other films like Magdalena. Once mobilized, trained, and equipped, South Sudan staff want to plant 9,000 churches in three years! More than $397,000 is needed for this historic mobilization.

➤ Several new translations (dubs) of JESUS have been released for Mission 865 language groups—24 largely unreached peoples in Tanzania and Zambia. Teams need to be mobilized and equipped to take JESUS to these people, so they might learn of the gospel in their heart languages, the languages they understand. Reaching them now is critical. Islam is spreading into these nations, offering money and schooling for the poor. Without news of the gospel, they could easily yield to the aggressive advances of a religion from the North. Twelve new teams must be launched with new translations of JESUS.

Would you feel moved to take the gospel to people who have never heard, by making these much-needed teams a reality? And would you also help support existing church-planting film teams? That $100,000 matching gift offer will apply to both new and existing teams.

As you may know, the cost to support one church-planting film team averages $42 per day. During a day you support, a team could be meeting with new fellowship groups, answering their many questions about the exciting new life they’ve each received. Or a team may meet with a church’s leaders, mobilize new outreach groups, or they could be traveling to a remote showing site, preparing to show as many as 3,000 people the gospel.

To send these teams to reach South Sudanese refugees and unreached people in Tanzania and Zambia, as well as other teams, could you send a gift of $168 to support four days of a team’s ministry? The matching gift offer will double your gift, resulting in more than one week of ministry (up to a maximum received of $100,000). You may be able to send $126 to support three days of a team’s work. Doubled, your gift will still make six days of ministry possible. Perhaps you can give more people the good news through a gift of $294, which can also be doubled, resulting in two weeks of showing JESUS.

And should you be among those who have greater financial resources, perhaps you can cover the cost of one month of a team’s work through a gift of $1,250 which can also be doubled, resulting in two months of ministry. Your gift of $2,500 (when doubled) would send a team out for four months—the entire summer, proclaiming the good news and following up and discipling those who respond. If you can support a team for an entire year, please pray about a very generous gift of $15,000. The matching gift offer could also double your influence and impact, resulting in two teams reaching the unreached.

Lastly, may I invite your regular intercession for these teams. As more and more go into difficult, resistant areas (like the reports I shared), they face broader, more fervent opposition. They need much prayer! So ask for the mighty angels of God to go with them, to surround them, and enable their work, unimpeded…all to His glory.

Jesus Film Project is honored to serve in a key partnership role with many ministries, churches and denominations, providing translations of JESUS, training and equipment. Church-planting film teams help mobilize, train and equip lay people to plant churches. More than $1.1 million is needed to mobilize these new film teams and support existing teams for the next few months. As you pray and give, you will be going with the teams, making their ministries possible, working in partnership with dedicated workers as He transfers unreached people out of the domain of darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son. If possible, please mail your gift by July 31, 2018. Or you can give securely online on this page or by calling (800) 387-4040. And please know that every gift matters. Gifts for film teams through stock, IRA and donor advised funds are all eligible to be doubled through the generous matching gift, up to $100,000 received. Thank you for however you can help.