InterComm Torch Newsletter

April 2009

ONE GOOD EVANGELIST TELLS ANOTHER

“Dr Ezekiel Udoh (L) & Evangelist Henry Abi"

We were literally laboring in Nigeria, his country, when the unsolicited request for aid arrived at our office. His letter sat in our email cache awaiting our return from the 2003 Hausa Language Recording Project being completed in Jos in the Central Plateau. “My wife and I are mission directors with Africa for Christ Outreach. We are primarily involved in rural evangelism and church planting. Kindly come over to our Macedonia and help us (Acts 16:9)”.

Dr Ezekiel Udoh learned about InterComm while in Cameroon, assisting Evangelist Henry Abi with an Evangelism Program in February 2003. “Write them, Henry advised, they will surely help you just as they have helped me.” It was ironic that we had met Henry Abi through the recommendation of another Pastor in Cameroon. It seems one good Evangelist tells another.

Our Torch Kit rated high on Dr. Udoh’s list of needs for his mission, as the emphasis was on seeking the unreached in rural areas. “Your letter is so timely, he wrote. “I am now writing you from Singapore where I am attending the Haggai Institute. Part of our training is on audiovisual evangelism. So I now better understand the importance of AVangelism. Please do your best to assist us.”

Four months later his package arrived, and he wrote, “In Singapore I didn’t understand the individual lectures as well as I wanted, but then your parcel arrived. As I began to go through the Filmstrips and Videos, I clearly understood their importance.”

“The evangelism tools you sent us a few months ago have helped us to reach out to so many souls, especially those in rural areas. I will soon send you a comprehensive update.” What a joy to see that he had shown media to over 4,000 persons as of the 1st Report. “Since the arrival of InterComm Media Evangelism tools my program has moved to a new level. We are seeing much greater response. In fact InterComm is the only ministry to ever support us since we started rural evangelism. Your tools have helped me put into practice everything I was taught at the Haggai Institute in Singapore. I must confess that your ministry has encouraged me greatly.”

A two year gap followed a ministry move for him to southern Nigeria. “I want to inform you that I am fully back with you. During this time of silence your tools have been a great blessing to our ministry, as we have used them in many towns and villages. Please now send us the Hausa Language DVD’s you completed In our city of Jos. We have friends who will be able to put these to evangelism ministry usage in our country.”

“I just returned from a 2-week mission trip to rural areas of Cameroon. We traveled by local boats, crossing rivers and fishing ports, and visited 5 villages. We preached Christ, and many gave their lives to the Lord.” And so the ministry moves forward, always through the sacrificial lives of men like Dr. Ezekiel Udoh, who loved the Lord so much he can’t wait to tell others about His love. To date we have received Reports listing 130 showings to 14,962 people with 4,412 souls responding to the Gospel invitation.

Please make a special effort to help InterComm during these challenging economic times to continue equipping men and women like Dr Udoh for these kinds of exciting works of evangelism.

THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION

"Mr Maxim Maximov"

One wouldn’t automatically anticipate a Russian Language Recording Project taking place in the country of Kazakhstan, but apparently that is exactly where it is likely InterComm will be pursuing such a Project in the year 2010, Lord willing.

Thanks to the graciousness of Russ Doughten and Mustard Seed International, one of the side blessings of traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to receive the Seed Award for Film Evangelism, was an opportunity to walk the display floor at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention. It was on that floor that we saw the booth for CNL, Russian Christian TV Network and met Mr. Maxim Maximov, President and Founder. We had actually had some correspondence with these Christians, who had been struggling to present Christian television broadcast ministry throughout the former Soviet Union. It seems that Kazakhstan speaks a better quality Russian than might typically be found in downtown Moscow. Apparently, the quality is so good that most people come to Kazakhstan for Project translation purposes.

We praise God for this connection, which we hope will further be enhanced with a stop in Kazakhstan, as we pursue the Cambodian Language Recording Project later this year, if God provides the resources. Each trip is a stepping stone to the next Recording Project, we hope, with much for us to learn in a country like Kazakhstan where we never anticipated the privilege of traveling. Keep tuned to the TORCH for developing details.

SRI LANKA DISTRIBUTION

Word has been received from Priyantha Senapatiratne, Project Leader for the Sinhala and Tamil Languages, that at least 100 video disks a month are being distributed this year to pastors and evangelists around the country for ongoing AVangelism on this troubled island. Please pray for the ongoing commitment of Priyantha and others, who assist him in seeing this quality of ministry continuity going forward.

NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN

For many years, Evangelist Sunday Owolabi has functioned as a Film Evangelist in his country, Nigeria. A Film Evangelist technically is someone who uses 16mm Films and travels from location to location, projecting these stories in an attempt to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Recently, however, he asked to be equipped with a Torch Kit, as it has become more and more difficult to find readily accessible electricity in the village and urban parts of his country. His team set a course for some seaside villages and selected the Filmstrip Story, FAITH’S FAMILY, as their first presentation. Unfortunately, a heavy thunder, lightning, and rain storm occurred, and yet people from 3 nearby villages waited and enjoyed the Filmstrip Presentation. 67 individuals accepted Christ following that showing. The next day, the same Filmstrip, another location, 215 people prayed to receive Christ. Again, on a 3rd day at another location, 112 people, using the same drama story, FAITH’S FAMILY, accepted Christ, following the Gospel presentation.

“Before I used to think of the Filmstrip or the Torch Kit as just for children. Now, I have seen that both old and young people, as well as children, will rush out in response to the altar call and that God can bless this ministry tool and bring people to Christ, even though it is a simpler audiovisual presentation. I have seen that sinners are the same and that God is using these Filmstrips to help viewers understand the message clearly so that the response for the Gospel is the same as it is for 16mm Films.”

SPANISH VIDEOS IN CUBA

Rev Rolando Diaz writes: “I want to express what a privilege it is to have the opportunity of using the Spanish videos from InterComm in 8 different locations over the last few months. Our program has been extremely busy, but we have seen some great results also. Just today a pastor, who lives close by, was planning a special activity for children during his Sunday school time. I loaned him the video, DOMBI, and he used it and considered it a great blessing. 50 children responded to the salvation message. Thank you so much for helping us with your Spanish videos in ministry here in Cuba.”

A PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
by Lane Anderson

“Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai.” These words from the Old Testament Prophet, Chapter 1, verse 3, became the driving theme for a young evangelist God was blessing in large-city arena evangelism. Our film production team produced many documentary presentations for Christian organizations throughout the Ken Anderson Films years, and in the summer of 1962 we traveled to the city of Baltimore where a young Evangelist, John Haggai, was holding such a venue.

Needing a promotional tool to share with leaders of other great cities, looking for such outreach events, our film team carefully chronicled the unfolding real-life drama occurring on a daily basis. A highlight that week for a 16-year-old crew member was press day at the world famous Baltimore Colts Training Camp. There I met Johnny Unitas, arguably the greatest quarterback of all time. Even more exciting to me was meeting Raymond Berry. Unitas to Berry was repeated so often by broadcasters, it became one of the games most respected duos. More important to me and to the disgust of Unitas, Raymond Berry was a born-again Christian. Humble, yet confident in his faith, and an outstanding all-pro receiver as well as was Don Schnick, the all-pro Christian linebacker.

How could we know then that back at the arena God was refining a talented young man, who one day would impact the world in ways Unitas, Berry, or Schnick could never imagine. As these sports legends eventually faded into the Hall of Fame, John Haggai was being prepared by God, not to replace Billy Graham in the arena but to raise up and train Evangelists from all over the world.

God directed John to drop the USA vision and to establish the Haggai Institute in Singapore in the early 70's. Session by session scholarships were given to 40 to 60 leaders from developing nations - all coming together to hone their skills in the latest methods of reaching men - women - and children for Christ. Each returning home thereafter to share and train at least 20 or more to do the same in their own country. More often than not part of that training included Media Classes led by Ken Anderson, who soon invented the word AVangelism - Audio Visual Evangelism.

True enough I could not even dimly see the future God was writing that week in Baltimore. But the path was open regardless to a partnership which endures to this day, as these leaders, now in the multitude of thousands, seek and are equipped with appropriate media to help them pursue their vision for bringing Christ to their nations.

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PROJECT UPDATES

K’ho Dubbing Project
Laptop Computer needed for Vietnam Tribal Language.

$1,000 Needed.
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Spanish DVD Masters
Thank you! This need has been met!
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2009 Cambodia Language Recording Project
5 Films to be placed in the Khmer Language. Full
Budget needed. $80,000
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Russian Set-Up (2010 Project) in Conjunction
with Cambodia Project. $4,500 Needed.

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Disks for National Leaders - $5@.

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Torch Kits - $300 or $25 per month for 1 year.

Funding for Filmstrip Inventory/Postage ($7,000) received!

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- John 2:19

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