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KKLA and FRANK PASTORE

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Recently, Frank Pastore and KKLA 99.5 FM asked me to guest host for a couple of nights and I anxiously agreed. Many people don’t know that I hosted my own radio program during my college days at Ozark Christian College in Joplin MO.

There is something about radio, television and technology and social media that warms my heart in regards to sharing Jesus with the world. You see anyone, at anytime could just happen to tune in and could hear the gospel and be the difference in eternity for that individual. In fact, if you look at the “counter” in the right side of my blog you will see that over 7730 different visitors have logged on to this blog from 92 different countries. AMAZING!
Yes, I still love the proven “old school” technique of sharing one on one with someone but to ignore the potential opportunities that media brings is to ignore the promises and hopes of a great harvest for the Lord. I say….. Let’s do BOTH! Let’s talk face to face with everyone we know and share our faith daily and then also use our resources of time, talent and treasure to reach the masses through modern technology.
For that purpose I want to continue to ask you to support KKLA 99.5 FM Los Angeles and the Frank Pastore show, heard nightly from 4 to 7 p.m. Who knows but this very night God might touch the heart of someone that you have been witnessing to earlier in the day.
And now “here’s Rapid-Traffic from the Azusa Pacific University Traffic Center!”

The book “UNLEASHED” has arrived!

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As this years President of the North American Christian Convention (www.gotonacc.org), which will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio from July 5-8 at the Duke Energy convention center in downtown Cincinnati, there was much planning and praying over a two year window of time.

Working together with a creative executive team, we came up with the theme “UNLEASHED: the church turning the world upside down”. The idea is taken from the book of Acts where the first century church was so empowered by the Holy Spirit of God that it (the church) literally IMPACTED the culture of it’s day. The church today needs to recapture some that power and influence. The early church was NOT afraid to stand for truth and righteousness. I am afraid we have become so politically correct that we fail to stand for anything moral today.
Prayerfully at this years convention we are going to preach through the book of Acts and uncover and recapture some of the traits of the first century church.
Each of our nine speakers will be speaking on one of those traits.
We then asked the nine speakers to write ONE CHAPTER to be put in book form that will be available at this years convention and each of them agreed. So here is the line up.
Dudley Rutherford “Unleashed” Acts 1:8
Daryl Reed “Kaleidoscope” Acts 1:8, 10:1-48
Greg Nettle “Innumerable” Acts 2:41-47, 4:4
Mike Breaux “Pandemonium” Acts 4:13-22
Phil Allen “Shaken” Acts 4:23-31
Dave Stone “Lavishness” Acts 4:32-37
Jeff Vines “Hazardous” Acts 5:17-42
Francis Chan “Kinetic” Acts 13:42-52
Jeff Walling “Unequivocal” Acts 20:22-24
The idea of course is that people can come to this years convention and listen to the speakers and then pick up a copy of the book and DVD (life group material) and go back into their local church and preach through the UNLEASHED theme. God unleashing his spirit upon the church and then unleashing his church upon the world.
Please consider joining us at this years NACC (July 5 – 8) in Cincinnati, Ohio and pick up a copy of the UNLEASHED book at www.callonjesus.com or amazon.com today!

Call on Jesus and the Conductor

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Jeff Marsh is a famous international conductor, who I met while serving jury duty in Chatsworth, and he is a member of our church. He helps conduct our orchestra, and recently, he sent me these pictures and a very kind note. I thought I’d show these pictures to you… Notice he is wearing a Call on Jesus shirt and using it as a witnessing tool. I love stories like this and wanted to share it with you. Can you please pray for Jeff, as God has put him into some very high circles that he would continue to let his light shine and use his gifts to point people to Jesus?

Below, you will find a couple pictures of Jeff conducting members of the Seattle Symphony last March. There were 80 musicians in the orchestra and about 35 in the choir.


A Baptism in Japan!!!!

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A friend named Mike Ackerman and his wife our doing missionary work in Japan and he recently sent out an update explaining that they had their FIRST BAPTISM. My heart rejoices with Mike and his desire to serve in Japan. He is such a talented young man and could easily work any where in the world, but God has burdened his heart for the people of Japan. Please read his post and pray for him and his work and consider sending him prayer and financial support if God so leads you.

Keep up the Great work Mike. Praying for you today.

His letter….

Dear Friends,It has been an exciting and busy start to 2010. We have begun holding our weekly church services. There is more I wish I could tell you than I have room here to do, but it has been a great start! We have had a number of people consistently coming, and I think there have been new people every week.

The most exciting part of this past month came just this past Sunday. A woman named Kyoko made a decision to follow Christ and was baptized. She has come to every service except our first event in December. Part of what is neat about her story is that none of us knew her a month ago. She was invited to church by an acquaintance I invited a couple months ago.

It is clear that she had been searching for something, and the neutral ground of our sports bar church provided the context for her to learn about the love and grace of God.

There are literally millions of people in our city who haven’t been to a church and heard the Gospel. We thank God that Kyoko was able to make her way to our church and hear!My friend Reo who plays drums in our worship band sounds like he is really considering taking the step to put his faith in Jesus. He has been at every service, and him and I continue to meet up every once and a while one-on-one.

A couple weeks ago he told me that coming to church, along with having relationships with our team, has really impacted him. He said he is trying to find his way in life and wants to learn more about God. Him and I will begin going through a short book together that introduces Christianity.

Please be praying that those times serve to help him find a relationship with Jesus Christ.I wish I could share more of what is happening, but I hope you are encouraged that the prayers and financial support are helping the Kingdom advance here in Japan.

This coming year looks to be a challenging year for us financially, so please pray for God’s provision. Lord willing, there will be many more people like Kyoko who are able to hear the Gospel at Mustard Seed Christian Church and respond in faith!

Mike, Erin, Brayden, and Cooper

Haus Edelweiss

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The HAUS EDELWEISS One of the classes I attendedRobert (just got out of surgery) and his wife, Sunny. I do not like the Texas hat… hahahaTell me this is NOT beautiful

I am getting ready to preach at Haus Edelweiss outside Vienna, Austria.

TCM International Institute originally began as a church planting organization that evolved into a ministry that smuggled Bibles into the former Soviet Union. After the cold war ended, this ministry began training leaders and preachers, equipping them to lead, pastor and develop Christians and churches throughout Europe.

Today, TCM International Institute is the largest Bible college of its kind in Central Europe.

They currently have 751 students from Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

They have 13 satellite campuses and are fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

MOST, if not all, of the students make and live on about 100 dollars a MONTH, so TCMI raises full scholarships for all of its students. I sat in on one of the classes today and listened to one of the best Bible courses I have ever heard. They bring in teachers and preachers from all over the U.S.A and the students who graduate are getting the absolute BEST INSTRUCTION possible. I heard things today that I wish I had learned while I was going to college.

A friend of mine, Tony Twist, who is a great man of prayer, leads this unique and WORLD CHANGING organization. It is operated by over 300 volunteers who come to Haus Edelweiss to cook, serve, and clean for the students and faculty. It is truly a labor of love.

We currently have two church members, Robert and Sunny Torres, working here on a FULL TIME basis. YOU should HEAR THEIR STORY.

If you EVER wanted to take two weeks and go on a short term missions trip, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO. Firstly, it’s one of the most beautiful settings in the world. About 6 miles up the road is Beethoven’s summer home, where he wrote Ode to Joy. Secondly, all you need to buy is an AIRLINE ticket. Your room and board are FREE. Thirdly, your work will enable students to be FULLY trained to take the gospel ALL over EUROPE and ASIA.

The question is……………. Can you raise the money for an airline ticket? Can you come for two weeks????? Are you willing to simply GO????? If so….. These two weeks will be LIFE CHANGING for you, for the people you serve, and for the people who will hear the gospel from the students you serve. WOW!!!! How can you NOT COME???????