CCFj Now: The Conquerors Strength Team: Jaco Crusade 2009

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This is a long overdue update. Thank you for your patience.

We landed in Jaco the first week of February and set to work right away putting the finishing touches on the planning for our first large scale community wide outreach! We were asked in the summer of 2008 to host The Conquerors International Strength Team, a team of men and women who travel the world spreading the Gospel through their show of extraordinary feats of strength.  The Conquerors were planning a trip in conjunction with The Book of Hope: a ministry whose goal is to see every child in every nation with a bible. BOH has produced a “magazine-like” tract that shares the gospel with children at three age levels by presenting the four gospels in story like form.  This was a project that required many volunteers, and praise God for them. God used this opportunity to unite the local churches in Jaco. We met with the local pastors and mapped out a plan to involve all of the churches for one common goal, to see Jaco reached for Christ!  We planned a week filled with touring all of the local schools in the Jaco area bringing a shortened version of the Conqueror’s stage show, and the distribution of the Books of Hope and a wordless bracelet to each of the children in the schools. We presented to nearly 1000 kids! The doors were opened wide to the gospel in both the local public elementary and secondary schools. 

The week ended with an evangelistic crusade in Jaco’s newly completed central park. The Conquerors presented their show and the gospel to a crowd of about 1500 smack in the middle of the two most popular bars and prostitution spots in town. After their show, they spent almost two hours ministering to the crowd with lines of people waiting to pray personally with the guys and local pastors. They witnessed people being healed and receiving Christ! The local churches, along with Calvary Chapel, provided a team of volunteers throughout the crowd doing everything from serving free water and empanadas, to prayer walks through the crowd, and even picking up trash. It was truly a group effort. The crusade saw about 200 people pray to receive Christ. We were so in awe of how God worked. Pray for further opportunities in the community to continue reaching out to the people of Jaco. Pray for the people who received Christ to be plugged in to a local fellowship of believers.

CCFj Now: The Conquerors Strength Team: Jaco Crusade 2009

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