Reach the Unreached with “JESUS”

#2571179 - "JESUS" Film Teams

Millions of people are living in spiritual darkness. When they watch “JESUS” and receive the gospel in their heart language, their lives are changed.

God is at work reaching them through the work of film teams, ministry partners and you. It’s why I invite your continued partnership. Would you help send and equip “JESUS” film teams?

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Here’s how you can join in the harvest:

The cost to support a film team’s ministry is $38 per day. This amount helps cover meals, lodging and transportation. It also funds their work of follow-up and discipling, as they plant growing churches, visit the faith groups they helped establish and show them “JESUS” and follow-up films to ground them in their new faith.

Perhaps you can send a gift of $114 for three days of a team’s ministry, or $290 to support a week of showing “JESUS” and planting churches. Should you have the financial resources, is it possible for you to support a film team for a month through a gift of $1,160 or for a full year with a gift of $13,920?

The requests for team support and equipment exceed our ability to provide. Many friends are needed to join with these partners, to shine His light in the spiritual darkness. In total, more than $1.5 million is needed for the next three months. That is a very large amount, but the call to take the gospel to the ends of the earth—to an estimated 2 billion people who have never heard the name Jesus—is larger still.

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Thank you for your partnership.

I hope the report below from partner ministry, JESUS Film Harvest Partners, of the Church of the Nazarene inspires you. Through their many “JESUS” film teams, they have planted tens of thousands of churches. Please support workers like these as you are able.

An Inspirational Story of Victory Over Adversity

Here’s a story about a film team in Africa who wanted to reach a resistant village nearby.

In a team report they wrote: “Before we travel to a community, we take time to pray because we believe prayer is the key to successful [film] evangelism.” Since the village was very resistant to the gospel, friends joined with the team in praying and fasting.

For their protection, they first sought a village leader’s permission and support for a film showing. The leader of this village happened also to be the religious leader, the head of the local house of prayer, I will refer to him as Markus.* He immediately rebuffed the team, saying to the “JESUS” film team leader: “No, ... you can’t preach here. You can’t show ‘JESUS.’ This community is of our religion.”

The Power of Prayer Transforms a Community

The film team left the village discouraged. It wasn’t long before the team leader’s phone rang. It was Markus, the village leader. He asked, “Will you please come and pray for me?” The team leader went and the two of them sat to talk in Markus’ house of prayer. Not only did the Holy Spirit provide a breakthrough, but also a miracle. Markus accepted Jesus as his Savior! A few days later, the team leader’s phone rang yet again. Markus asked, “Will you come back to the village?”

When the film team arrived, they found that Markus had shared the gospel with some local youth and they had closed Markus’ house of prayer. Transformed by the power of God, Markus said, “Please let us plant a church here!” He and the new believers wanted to learn more.

So, where a house of prayer had been, a church was born where they showed “JESUS.” “... Many villagers accepted Christ. Markus has become an amazing evangelist who also provides extra security for our team. He comes with us wherever we want to preach. Because he is a respected man in the community, we feel safer. He continues to share the gospel with others and always asks people, ‘Do you want to accept Jesus Christ?’ Many people say, ‘yes.’”

Because of the witness of that religious leader, and the effective use of “JESUS,” they have planted six churches, “... in an area that was once overcome by darkness,” according to the film team report.

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Praise God for the power of prayer! Thank you for being a part of the Jesus Film Project® ministry. Without you, salvation experiences like these would never occur. Here is how you can help send teams to the unreached:

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