Spain

Creative Family Evangelism in Spain

On The Red Box, a street evangelism ministry founded in Madrid, Spain by AGWM personnel, Jacob Bock, has spread to other European countries, and even to other continents. It has trained far over one hundred street evangelists. For the last number of years, there has been an annual conference held for these street evangelists. One fellow in Honduras knows of the ministry through its website and is also a follower on Facebook. He got excited when he saw that there was a conference scheduled in Madrid recently. Why? Because his sister lives in Barcelona, Spain, five hours from Madrid. His sister is not a believer in Jesus, the Savior. So what did he do? He called her and said he had a surprise for her and a gift. He bought her a plane ticket to Madrid, paid for her registration to the conference and told her that he really wanted her to go.

So Wendy showed up at the conference! She had no idea where she was going and that she would be sitting all day in the middle of 100 open-air evangelists! There was an amazing presence of God in the very first day of meetings. Before long, a couple of highly effective evangelists spotted her and went after her soul. With cheeks full of tears and a repentant heart, Wendy gave the control of her life over to the Lord Jesus! Jacob Bock states, “ have to admit that I just experienced one of the most creative ways to get one of your family members to hear the Gospel!”

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 00.25.47.pngOn The Red Box, a street evangelism ministry founded in Madrid, Spain by AGWM personnel, Jacob Bock, has spread to other European countries, and even to other continents. It has trained far over one hundred street evangelists. For the last number of years, there has been an annual conference held for these street evangelists.

One fellow in Honduras knows of the ministry through its website and is also a follower on Facebook. He got excited when he saw that there was a conference scheduled in Madrid recently. Why? Because his sister lives in Barcelona, Spain, five hours from Madrid. His sister is not a believer in Jesus, the Savior. So what did he do? He called her and said he had a surprise for her and a gift. He bought her a plane ticket to Madrid, paid for her registration to the conference and told her that he really wanted her to go. 

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So Wendy showed up at the conference! She had no idea where she was going and that she would be sitting all day in the middle of 100 open-air evangelists! There was an amazing presence of God in the very first day of meetings. Before long, a couple of highly effective evangelists spotted her and went after her soul. With cheeks full of tears and a repentant heart, Wendy gave the control of her life over to the Lord Jesus! Jacob Bock states, “ have to admit that I just experienced one of the most creative ways to get one of your family members to hear the Gospel!”

Miracle in Barakaldo, Spain

The pastors of the church in Barakaldo, Spain, David and Gemma, as well as the whole church congregation are very brave evangelists. They go out on the street every week and preach the Word and witness. But recently, when a team from San Jose, California came to join in evangelism, they were blown away. They had not seen people in their town, who evidently react strongly against the Gospel, stay to listen when the name of Jesus or even the word, "God" is spoken. When the preaching began, the people stayed and listened attentively. A miracle was in the making. People raised their hands in the street for salvation. Again, with only one or two exceptions, every time an altar call was given, right in the street, people raised their hands and waved them to signal that they would give their lives to God. Gemma compiled a list of about 50 of their names and just under half of those people gave her their cell phone numbers. Another miracle.

About 11 new people showed up for church the following Sunday. To actually enter an evangelical church is a huge step for them. A miracle! When the altar call was given, 8 of the 11 people that were in the church for the first time, stood up in front of everyone to give their lives to Jesus. Obviously, they had come to the service with that intention and this was after a day or more of thinking about it. They got up Sunday morning, decided to find the church and attend the service and it seemed they had already decided to give their lives to Christ. A miracle. The presence of God, His Holy Spirit giving people faith and courage, the conviction of sin…all were a miracle.

Information provided by Scott Smith AGWM Personnel in Spain

301.jpegThe pastors of the church in Barakaldo, Spain, David and Gemma, as well as the whole church congregation are very brave evangelists. They go out on the street every week and preach the Word and witness. But recently, when a team from San Jose, California came to join in evangelism, they were blown away. They had not seen people in their town, who evidently react strongly against the Gospel, stay to listen when the name of Jesus or even the word, "God" is spoken. When the preaching began, the people stayed and listened attentively. A miracle was in the making.

People raised their hands in the street for salvation. Again, with only one or two exceptions, every time an altar call was given, right in the street, people raised their hands and waved them to signal that they would give their lives to God. Gemma compiled a list of about 50 of their names and just under half of those people gave her their cell phone numbers. Another miracle.

923.jpegAbout 11 new people showed up for church the following Sunday. To actually enter an evangelical church is a huge step for them. A miracle! When the altar call was given, 8 of the 11 people that were in the church for the first time, stood up in front of everyone to give their lives to Jesus. Obviously, they had come to the service with that intention and this was after a day or more of thinking about it. They got up Sunday morning, decided to find the church and attend the service and it seemed they had already decided to give their lives to Christ. A miracle.

The presence of God, His Holy Spirit giving people faith and courage, the conviction of sin…all were a miracle.

Information provided by Scott Smith
AGWM Personnel in Spain

Hearing the Gospel in Avila, Spain

A team from Norway came to Avila, Spain to evangelize on the streets along with AGWM personnel, Scott and Marisa Smith. There are some amazing testimonies of what God did there. An example was when three of the team were sharing Jesus with a young man. Right there as he experienced God’s presence, he started to cry. Moments later two teenaged girls came up and asked them if they could tell them what they had been sharing with the young man as they wanted to hear it, too. People coming up and asking to hear the Gospel…a new thing happening in Spain. The team emphasizes praying for the sick. Scott was with two members of the team, witnessing to a teen, and one of the Norwegians asked the girl if she had an injury. She answered “Yes”, for she had hurt her knee playing soccer. So the Norwegian asked if they could pray for her to be healed. "Of course", the teen answered and they prayed. Then after prayer, the Norwegians started to walk off and Scott turned to the teen and asked if she felt any difference. She answered “No”. So the Norwegians were asked to pray again for healing and after, a look of amazement came over the teen-aged girl's face. She was healed right there in the street. She also gave her life to the Lord and asked that the team witness also to her friends.

Scott goes on to tell that along with AGWM personnel, Kevin and Karen Prevost, they were in line for lunch when a man heard them talking in English to the Norwegian team. “He spoke to us in English and after conversing for a while asked if we could have lunch with him in a couple of days which we did. Turns out he has a PhD in economics and is the dean of the law and social science departments at the University in Avila. We had a two hour lunch with him and talked only about the Lord. There is no doubt that he believes in God but he now sees that he needs to make an commitment and make Jesus the Lord of his whole life. An amazing conversation.”

The team went every day to the main square when the high school students get out on their break. They have 30 minutes before they have to go back to class so the team gave a couple of testimonies and a short salvation message and then went out and talk one-on-one with the students. Scott tells about a day when many of the high school kids came right over, not waiting for the team to go to them. One day, one of the Norwegians went with the pastor's daughter. They prayed for a teenaged boy's shoulder. The next day this unsaved young man came up and said that he had been healed! One of his friends came up and asked if he could have prayer for his knee.

God is meeting hungry and open hearts in Avila!

10003395_752129414809041_2451533349169927852_n.jpgA team from Norway came to Avila, Spain to evangelize on the streets along with AGWM personnel, Scott and Marisa Smith.  There are some amazing testimonies of what God did there.  An example was when three of the team were sharing Jesus with a young man.  Right there as he experienced God’s presence, he started to cry.  Moments later two teenaged girls came up and asked them if they could tell them what they had been sharing with the young man as they wanted to hear it, too.  People coming up and asking to hear the Gospel…a new thing happening in Spain.

The team emphasizes praying for the sick. Scott was with two members of the team, witnessing to a teen, and one of the Norwegians asked the girl if she had an injury. She answered “Yes”, for she had hurt her knee playing soccer. So the Norwegian asked if they could pray for her to be healed. "Of course", the teen answered and they prayed. Then after prayer, the Norwegians started to walk off and Scott turned to the teen and asked if she felt any difference. She answered “No”. So the Norwegians were asked to pray again for healing and after, a look of amazement came over the teen-aged girl's face. She was healed right there in the street. She also gave her life to the Lord and asked that the team witness also to her friends.

10259487_752130261475623_3308042472647487161_n.jpgScott goes on to tell that along with AGWM personnel, Kevin and Karen Prevost, they were in line for lunch when a man heard them talking in English to the Norwegian team. “He spoke to us in English and after conversing for a while asked if we could have lunch with him in a couple of days which we did. Turns out he has a PhD in economics and is the dean of the law and social science departments at the University in Avila. We had a two hour lunch with him and talked only about the Lord. There is no doubt that he believes in God but he now sees that he needs to make an commitment and make Jesus the Lord of his whole life. An amazing conversation.”

The team went every day to the main square when the high school students get out on their break.  They have 30 minutes before they have to go back to class so the team gave a couple of testimonies and a short salvation message and then went out and talk one-on-one with the students. Scott tells about a day when many of the high school kids came right over, not waiting for the team to go to them. One day, one of the Norwegians went with the pastor's daughter.  They prayed for a teenaged boy's shoulder. The next day this unsaved young man came up and said that he had been healed! One of his friends came up and asked if he could have prayer for his knee.

God is meeting hungry and open hearts in Avila!

Taking the Gospel to the Streets of Spain

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.

10174942_728944330479227_7940011963516513360_n.jpgTwenty 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.”

IMG_115.jpgBill 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!