Ministry Update- January 2012
January 22, 2012
During the past 15 years, more than 1.5 million people have immigrated to the United States from the Middle East alone. Most have never developed a meaningful relationship with someone who truly follows Jesus. Instead of taking the gospel to their countries, God has brought many of them to us.
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This past Christmas, The JESUS Film Project partnered with four church denominations to distribute a multi-language JESUS DVD. The DVD includes 16 languages, and is designed to facilitate reaching the nations among us for Christ. As a result of this partnership, thousands of DVDs were distributed.
A Persian man living in California received the DVD and watched it with great emotion. He saw that a free copy of the Holy Injil (New Testament) was offered, so he contacted the JESUS DVD response center asking for a free copy in Farsi, his heart language.
People at the response center contacted one of their partner pastors whose church is in the area where this man lives. The pastor was excited to reach out to the man and agreed to send a Farsi New Testament, as well as some information about their church.
A few weeks later, the man contacted the pastor. They had a long conversation in which the man said he was having dreams of Jesus. The pastor was able to lead the man in the prayer of salvation over the phone and then invited him to come to the church, as well as to the midweek Bible study. An invitation to a special dinner was also extended and transportation was set up by members of the church to help minister to this new believer.
A very interesting dimension to this story is that this pastor became a follower of Jesus several years ago through the JESUS film while attending an American university as a foreign student.
Praise God for opportunities to share with people the multi-language JESUS DVD and for partners working in follow-up. You can get more information about ordering a copy of this DVD by clicking here.
We thank God for this new year and look forward to what He has in store for us. We are so grateful for your prayers and support to our ministry. It is through your partnership that we are able to reach people around the world in their heart language through film.
