San Antonio Missions Outreach

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Carl

Here is the report from Linda on the San Antonio Missions Outreach:

We had our outreach on April 7.  Four adults and 2 children, passed out 800 tracts (compared to last year’s 200).  We ran out!!  We plan to go again this season.  Thanks!

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Two years of First Thursday

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Carl

The First Thursday of April marked two years that we have been gathering for prayer

April 2012

once a month for our Nation, Leaders and revival. We have two groups. One in Carrollton at City Hall. And one in Dallas at HOBI International. The First Thursday monthly prayer meeting was launched from the National Day of Prayer in Carrollton, TX in May 2010. As that prayer meeting was concluding a couple of us asked each other “why do we only do this once a year?” We chatted among ourselves and decided on the spot that there was no reason not to do this more than once a year. So we started meeting the First Thursday of each month for prayer. Next Thursday, May 3rd, marks the 2nd anniversary of that National Day of Prayer meeting that kicked this off.

This prayer meeting will use the ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) model of prayer. We have four pastors from the community coming to share a word with us on each of these four areas and lead us in prayer.

  • Jerry Witham, The Ridge Church, Lead Pastor
  • Dr. Luke Biggs, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Senior Pastor
  • Greg Voss, Word of Life, Pastor
  • Max Docusen, Victory Assembly, Senior Pastor

In addition, we are pleased to be able to start the meeting with special recognition. You are invited to join us. Join us on May 3rd. Join us each month on the First Thursday of each month. In Carrollton, we meet from noon to 12:30 the First Thursday of each month at the flag poles in front of City Hall (NE corner of Josey and Jackson).

For more information see the Pray, Learn, Go site or the First Thursday page.

You can RSVP for the prayer meeting on our Facebook event.

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Toronto Blue Jays Outreach

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Carl

Here is Eldon’s report from Toronto of the outreach at the Blue Jays game:

John 4:35 – 38, states ….”Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.  And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.  For in this the saying is true: One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered their labors.”
What a joy it was share the gospel one on one with many entering the Blue Jay Game!! Since it was an afternoon game and many that were asked, from our area(Niagara region) were working I went alone. Did not feel one bit alone, as the Lord always goes ahead and had the wonderful opportunity of handing out between 400 – 500 tracts.
The other amazing thing that I ran into, was two people from one church in Toronto area were handing out tracts, as well as 3 from North of Toronto doing likewise. They were unfamiliar faces to me, even though I pastored in Toronto for 20 plus years.
We give Him the praise and glory for all that received the gospel that day.
Let us always remember that many will sow, and when we have the privilege of reaping, we have entered the labors of that have gone before us. To Him be the glory.
Trust that each one of us will continue to be faithful servants of our Lord Jesus Christ, whether it be at an event such as planned, or in our daily encounter with people.
Go Fishing, until the nets are full,
Eldon
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Pittsburgh Pirates Outreach

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Carl

Here is the MLB 2012 Outreach report from Jennifer:

We were at PNC Park for the Baseball game, in Pittsburgh. There were two of us.  Beth handed out tracts while I open air preached.   When open air preaching I give out stuffed animals to everyone that will take the good perston test.  It was only about 20 seconds to a minute between each person that I took through the the good person test each time. I had several Christians come and thank me for sharing the Gospel.  The one guy I witnessed to was in his early 20’s and afterward his parents came over and thanked me for sharing with their son.  They were so grateful.  We had a great time sharing the Gospel and did not have any negative encounters.  The weather was beautiful and we were both blessed by the event.
Thank You for including me.
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Story of the tract

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Carl

It is interesting how God uses tracts. I’ve had occasions where I hand a tract to someone and they say “someone just gave me one of these yesterday.” This afternoon I got an email from a tract club member who had this interesting story of how a tract crossed a mans path…

One week I was in jail for ministry to the inmates and I was discussing some of the ways people think that they are going to heaven.  I showed them the ridiculous ticket to heaven card I got from the crystal cathedral and explained that it was powerless to insure eternal life.  Conversely I brought out the get out of hell tract to further illustrate, when one of the inmates exclaimed I have one of those.  I asked where he had obtained it thinking there very well may be a fellow Bezeugen in Montana.  He explained that he didn’t exactly have it but his father did and had tried to use it at his bail hearing with dismal results.  I asked if he recalled where they had gotten it and he said they found it in a 12 pack of beer.  They now have it proudly displayed on their refrigerator.  Only god knows what the true impact is from these tracts.  The one thing we know for sure is that anyone that receives them can not claim ignorance of the gospel.

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Ministry Update

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Carl

A lot has been happening with Bezeugen Ministries since our last update. I thought it would be good to capture some of the highlights.

  • We presented the Basic Evangelism Training Seminar for the 49th, 50th and 51st times. These three seminars were well attended with over 75 people trained to share the Gospel. If you are interested in having a seminar at your church or small group please contact me.
  • We have expanded our college outreaches and are now working with three community colleges in the Dallas County Community College system. We are doing monthly outreaches at Brookhaven, Richland and North Lake Colleges. We have connected with some students at each campus and plan to get the students involved in the outreaches.
  • We continue to share the Gospel weekly in the Dallas West End
  • The May mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club was mailed to over 900 people. The tract club continues to grow. We are sending renewal postcards to people after they have been a member for more than a year. If you receive one of these post cards and want to continue receiving tracts from us then please follow the instructions on the card to renew your membership.
  • We organized a Major League Baseball outreach in North America that reached hundreds of thousands of people with the Gospel.
  • We organized the Texas Rangers outreach where 40+ of us handed out over 15,000 Gospel tracts.
  • We hosted our First Thursday Day of prayer in Carrollton, TX. Next months National Day of Prayer will mark the second anniversary of hosting these monthly prayer meetings in Carrollton.
  • Our study group has completed half of the of the School of Biblical Evangelism. Our group meets at Stonebriar Mall in Frisco. And we even have one participating remotely who is in the Texas prison system.
  • We have several guest authors on the As You Go BLOG. I pray you are encouraged by the posts there!

We are excited about what the Lord has in store as we continue to seek to serve and glorify him. This summer we are planing to take a trip to Missouri and Illinois to do some teaching. We will continue to seek opportunities to do monthly outreaches at local sporting events. Above all, we will continue seeking to share the Gospel and encourage you to do it “as you go”.

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Rangers Outreach

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Carl

On Saturday, April 7th, as part of the Major League Baseball outreach, we took a group of over 40 people to the Texas Rangers game to share the Gospel. We were blessed to have a group of students from the Gospel for Asia School of Discipleship join us.

We divided the group into five and split up around the stadium. Each group was able to preach the Gospel open air, hand out tracts and talk to people one on one. We had three tracts for the outreach: a Back to back american League Champion bookmark featuring the Rangers home schedule, a Rangers trivia tract and a generic baseball trivia tract. With 5,000 of each of these tracts (15,000 of them in all) we optimistically thought “what if we were able to hand them all out.” The stadium holds over 45,000 people so that would be about 1 in 3 people. Even though we did not think we could hand out that many tracts, we brought a couple thousand extra tracts too!

We arrived at the game about two hours before the game started. We set up on each corner of the stadium. As people walked to the stadium they were greeted by members of our team and received tracts and heard the Gospel preached.

With any event like this it is important to pray. We prayed with members of the whole nation wide outreach three days before. We prayed before we drove to the stadium. And we had people praying for us while we were there. The outreach went extremely smooth. One security guard challenged the use of the bookmark tract. He called me telling me we could not solicit and asking who gave permission to use it. I told him what corner I was at and said if we wanted to discuss it he was welcome to come talk to me. I then asked a couple people to pray. By the time he arrived and asked if I was Carl, I said yes. He said that he had talked to his supervisor and found there was no issue.

We continued handing out tracts until the game started. Group by gruop we ran out of the baseball tracts. We pulled out the other tracts we had brought. As the crowds dwindled, we wrapped up. We realized that we had handed out over 15,000 Gospel tracts. That means that nearly 1 in 3 people received a Gospel tract from us.

Then as a group we walked back to the cars stopping at Subway for dinner and fellowship.

 

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Springfield Cardinals Outreach

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Carl

Greg Marlin sent me this note about their outreach at the Springfield Cardinals exhibition

Frontpage

game against the World Champs!

Check out the front page of the News-Leader today and read the first paragraph.
We had a good day at the ball park. There was a large standing crowd outside the stadium before the gates opened. Bruce and myself preached to them and I think the message was well received. Some people were certainly listening. I think overall we gave out around 1,200 tracts with 6 people helping. Steve is working on editing and posting a video that I took of Bruce stoplight preaching with his cross as the crowds walked by with us handing tracts to them. During this stoplight preaching time we had one interesting young Jewish woman walk past us while cursing at us and the cross then saying the “F” word about Jesus. I know Nick Smith was able to get into a good witnessing conversation while standing by the smokers area outside the stadium.

Let’s continue to pray for all the seed that was sown yesterday and the many more soon to come MLB outreaches across the country.

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April First Thursday Day of Prayer

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Carl

Here are the suggested verses for the April First Thursday Day of Prayer.

  • Adoration: Psalm 9:1-2
  • Confession: 1 John 1:5-10
  • Thanksgiving: 1 Chronicles 16:34
  • Supplication: Phillipians 4:6

You can join us in Carrollton, TX at City Hall at the NE corner of Josey and Jackson at noon. Or at HOBI International in Dallas at noon or 3:30PM. At the HOBI location, please contact Craig for access through security.

If you are interested in starting a First Thursday prayer group in your area please contact me and I’ll add you to the map.

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Rangers Outreach Logistics

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Carl

This Saturday, April 7th, will be the Rangers Outreach as part of the MLB Outreach. We are expecting somewhere between 40-50 people to help with this outreach. There will be two meeting locations to join up with the group. The first location is at the Gospel For Asia parking lot in Carrollton. The second is at the Rangers Ballbark in Arlington. If you are interested in carpool/caravan, then please meet at the GFA location. Here are the logistics:

  • 3:45-4PM – Arrive at GFA (1800 Golden Trail CourtCarrollton, TX 75010)
  • 4:00-4:15 instruction & prayer
  • 4:15-5 – drive to Arlington. Park at location P in the map below. Direction can be found here.
  • 5:00-5:15PM – walk from parking to main location (about 1 mile walk on Randall Mill)
  • 5-7:15 – Outreach. Game starts at 7:05
  • 7:15-7:30 – walk back to cars
  • 7:30-8 – drive back. May stop for dinner en route back if there is interest
We will divide the group into FIVE sub-groups. Groups 1, 2 and 3 will work the East side of the stadium. Groups 4 and 5 will work the West side of the stadium. Groups 4 and 5 will be slightly larger than the other three so that we have people to spread out from the main locations for those groups down the road and out towards the parking areas. The map below shows where the groups will be positioned:


View Rangers Outreach – April 7, 2012 in a larger map

Group 1 / Main Location: This will be the main meeting location at 5:15 and also at 7:15.  Intersection of Ballpark Way and Randall Mill.  We will open air preach and have the main location for the outreach here on the NE corner of this intersection. We will also position people on the SE and SW corners of the intersection.
Group 2 – Ballpark Way midway between Randall Mill and Road to Six Flags. There is a lot of foot traffic from the parking lots and also buses that unload right at this location. Stay on the sidewalk within 8 feet of the street.
Group 3 – Ballpark Way and Road to Six Flags. We normally open air preach from the SE corner of the intersection. The NE and NW corners are also good for handing out tracts. Spread the group out on three of the four corners of the intersection.
Group 4 – Home plate entrance of the stadium at Nolan Ryan and Road to Six Flags. There are normally fences up the road to the cross walks. Set up on the side of the street away from the stadium where the cross walk is. Also position people up the street at the intersection of Legends Way.
Group 5 – Randall Mill and Nolan Ryan. At the World Series we open air preached from the SE corner of the intersection. Spread the group out over the SE, SW and NW corners of the intersection. Additional people can be deployed south on Nolan Ryan and West on Randall Mill on the north and south sides of the street.
General Rules
The general rule is the there is public property everywhere around the stadium as long as we are within 8 feet of the public street. We have found that it is “easier” to stay on the side of the street away from the stadium. However, technically we can be on the stadium side of the street as long as we stay within 8 feet of the street. A copy of a letter stating our free speech rights will be distributed to each group at the outreach.
Tracts
We have 15,000 baseball themed tracts for the event. We also will bring another 5,000 or so additional tracts.
Additional Information
Please RSVP to the Facebook event or email Carl to let him know you are attending. At the main location we will have water, additional tracts, and supplies. Should any issues arise with the authorities (Rangers security or Arlington Police) then contact Carl at 80-BEZEUGEN (802-393-8436). Please follow bezeugen on twitter for updates and information during the event.
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