Newsletter May 2009

Day of Prayer

Recently Campus Crusade for Christ held its semi-annual Day of Prayer. Part of our Miami Metro team (Dean and Jan Beal, and Eric and Chris Schlottman) met at my place to pray for Campus Crusade ministries and the world in general. The praises and prayer requests I downloaded from the internet were voluminous. Here are some highlights of praise to give you a sample of what is happening with ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ around the world:

Australia – many international students are coming to Christ through Campus Ministry

Singapore – over the past six years Agape International Training has trained and sent out 170 missionaries who are working faithfully in the field

Korea – 604 staff and students in 33 teams went to nine countries for short-term winter missions. They shared the gospel with 2,490 people of whom 1,080 indicated they received Jesus as their Savior.

India – 880 churches were established in the northern State of Haryana in 2008. West India now has 60 teams of church planters.

Francophone Africa – More than 150 young people at an evangelization rally in Burkina Faso went out on bicycles to declare the gospel in 60 villages, resulting in 2 new churches planted. In Guinea, twenty denominations took part in an evangelization campaign using the film “Fiftieth Year of Jesus.”

Zimbabwe, Africa – Global Aid Network (GAiN– a ministry of Campus Crusade) opened the doors for sharing the gospel by providing more than 5 million meals and 500 high-capacity water filters to help curb hunger and a cholera epidemic

France – use of the new Magdalena film (a version of the Jesus film for women) yielded positive results. Women leaders of the Baptist and Independent Church Federations have publicized the film in their magazine.

Switzerland – over 2,500 youth attended the Praise Camp and committed to making a difference for God in their country.

Argentina – 230 students attended the annual 8-day Training Camp to build their vision and equip them for on-campus movements.

Ecuador – Over the past two years, doors have opened to allow working with army leadership and families. This outreach was recently highlighted in Worldwide Challenge magazine.

JESUS film – more than 1,050 translations are now completed.

EveryStudent.com online outreach – now in 27 languages; 5.78 million visits with 102,299 decisions last year.

Bridges International (Campus Ministry Outreach to international students in the USA) – over 1,100 students from 47 nations attended the “Vision 08” winter conference, with 102 coming to faith in Christ during the conference and others since then.

Here’s Life Inner City – several hundred college students participated in 7 inner-city projects during spring break. They worked with children, distributed food and blankets to the homeless, and shared their faith wherever they went.

Military Ministry – has shipped 2 million Rapid Deployment Kits containing Bibles and other materials to our troops since 9/11.

Christian Embassy – United Nations – exposed over 200 diplomats to the gospel at the Christmas outreach dinner. Many requested a Bible, a Jesus DVD or a book related to knowing God.

Of course, so much more is going on and the needs are great. If you would like to pray for the many outreaches of Campus Crusade, go to -- http://www.globalprayermovement.org/ Each month focuses on a different ministry of Campus Crusade or a part of the world. The focus for May is Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. You can also explore the archive of past newsletters.

Thank you so much for your prayers and support!