Is your Church involved in Hope 08?


'The vision for Hope 08 is that the whole church goes to the whole nation for a year and beyond and that we tell our country about Jesus, with our words, because we believe in preaching the gospel of the cross of Jesus Christ, but with our lives, because we want to say that believing in Jesus changes our lives - we can't if our lives don't look different!' (Mike Pilavachi: founder of Soul Survivor)

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Dave Parkinson said…
Hi Neil, thanks for the comment. I do appreciate it and my back pain is easing up and feels more of an unstretched muscle at the moment so i feel my friends prayers and the work of God and i appreciate your prayers. Thanks brother. God Bless
January 24, 2008 at 10:07 PM
pastorbrianculver said…
we have over 70 churches here and have not heard a thing about HOPE 08. Each church here, pretty much stays to themselves. You won't see them getting out into the streets reaching the lost. They are too scared they might offend someone. I support any person who wants to evangelize. I am doing it daily and I am trying to train as many people as possible so that they can be equipped to reach the lost. thanks for the post Neil
January 30, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Question of Identity said…
Dave:
NO problem - it is good to pray. We have a mighty God who believes in healing both body and soul!

God bless

Neil
January 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Question of Identity said…
Pastor Brian

Thanks for coming onto this blog. Thanks for your comment. It is great that we can share our thoughts - even though we are in distance thousand of miles apart - we are brothers in Christ!

People here in England I think will be surprised that America is having the same problems regarding thinking that people will be offended if we evangelise. We only have to look at the video below with Evangelist Tony at Cerritos College - to see if done well - no one could reasonably be offended.

Keep on keeping on evangelising and bringig souls to Christ our Saviour!

Neil
January 31, 2008 at 11:57 AM
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