Twenty evangelists took to the streets of the cities of Zamora and Toro on Good Friday. Since it is a holiday in Spain, the streets were packed. Thousands received Gospel tracts, heard Matthew chapters 26, 27 and 28 read aloud, heard singing and the preaching of the Gospel.
Twenty evangelists took to the streets of the cities of Zamora and Toro on Good Friday. Since it is a holiday in Spain, the streets were packed. Thousands received Gospel tracts, heard Matthew chapters 26, 27 and 28 read aloud, heard singing and the preaching of the Gospel.
Bill and Diane Jackson, AGWM personnel in Spain relate the story of one young man. “His name is Cesar. He is from Zamora, but had moved away to Zaragoza. It was in Zaragoza where he came to know the Lord. But since coming back to Zamora, Cesar had become too busy for God.
“Cesar was challenged when he saw us out there on Santa Clara, the main walking street here in Zamora. He was impressed with our willingness to be out there openly proclaiming the Gospel. He received a tract, folded it and put it in his pocket and then read it when he got home. He knew that he needed to come back to the Lord. He knew that he wanted to go to the church whose members he had seen out there openly preaching and singing about Christ. He was in church on Easter, at Tuesday night prayer meeting and at the Bible study night. He said that he would be there on Sunday morning for our discipleship class. The Lord is drawing him back to himself.”
Bill goes on to say, “Cesar’s story was a confirmation of what I told a man, a friend of mine, who came up to me and told me that we were giving a very bad impression by being out there on the street. I told him that without a doubt some would think that we were fanatics. I told him others would be convinced of the truth of our message because we were willing to be out there proclaiming it. I don’t think that man was convinced that I was right. “But Cesar’s experience confirmed that I was right. Some are looking for a truth worth living for, or dying for.” Jesus is that TRUTH!
It was a cold, windy, miserable, winter day and the wind was blowing through the plaza with such a force that people looked for cover. And there we were, as usual, lifting up our voices in testimony, song and illustrated sermons. Then it happened: in the middle of the cold wind the presence of God came down and people came into the area from several directions, stopped and listened.
It was an instant crowd and God arrested them; they could not leave. Maritza and I were singing (Maritza had tears as she sang one of her songs about how Jesus had taken away her fear of death). I was glad we had a large team that night because everyone began to do personal one-on-one evangelism afterward. Unless you have seen the spearhead of God’s presence penetrate into the kingdom of darkness, it is hard to explain. I love seeing it first hand; I wish everyone could see what happens when the Glory comes down.
“The wonder of God opening the door for distribution in secular cinemas is that there we can reach people who would not go to a church. Their vision of who God is can be transformed with story. They might just take another look at Jesus as savior, not as a religious relic. Pray with us in the coming months that lives will be changed in May whenEn Apatia (In Apathy) comes to theaters.”Denise shared a synopsis of the story: Young Marcus has received an agnostic upbringing, a legacy of hatred. He now is drowning in a life of excess, but others will pay the price for his actions. Can apathy survive in the face of sacrifice? In the face of death everything will change.
The International Church in Barcelona pastored by AGWM personnel, Dan and Kathy Stump, has seen God’s power at work in changing lives. As people have met Jesus there, they go on to follow the Lord in water baptism. Stump relates: “We have had several baptismal services in these last months. One of them included Marta, a Polish young lady who began her journey of faith at the International Church. She had moved back to Poland, but flew here on a weekend just to be baptized in front of those who had nurtured her walk.”
Jose, a man from the Dominican Republic was also baptized. He gave an amazing testimony. Some months before, he had opened his heart up to Dan Stump in a prayer time telling why his wife had asked for a divorce. He had spent years as a “swinger”, unfaithful to the marriage. After prayers and tears of repentance, Dan told him in faith that God wanted his marriage to continue. He called the next day and told Dan that after humbly telling his wife that he really did not want a divorce, she said that she had changed her mind as well! God has restored their marriage in a wonderful way as they have fully committed themselves to God!