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Story number 4 for 14 Sep 2000

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Meanwhile, Christian radio is changing the lives of people in the United Kingdom. A listener to the only radio stations that airing Insight for Living in the U-K says she had purchased a message from Chuck Swindoll and it was instrumental in leading someone to Christ. “I lent him the tape, which was the trials and crucifixion of the Lord. And, two days after I had lent him the tape he phoned me and told he had been to church that day, during his lunch hour. He had gone into a place on his own and prayed and asked God’s forgiveness.” She says the international ministry of Insight for Living is having an impact on personal evangelism. She says the ministry encouraged her to do something with her faith. “It caused me to be a witness apart from not.” Pray that many others in the U-K will be moved to share their faith.

Story number 5 for 13 Sep 2000

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And finally, AMG International is getting into the Olympic fever. As the Opening Ceremonies are slated to get underway in Sydney, Australia on Friday, AMG’s Muriel Lovestrand explains how they’re involved. “We’re sending a team from Greece to minister especially to Greeks who come and also Greeks in Australia. One of the other things we’re doing to take advantage of the Olympics is, on Sunday the 17th, we’re going to place a sports-related ad in newspapers in major cities around the world. In response to that ad, the people will get a booklet. The Gospel is very clear in this booklet.” Lovestrand adds that this effort needs prayer: “…that the Holy Spirit will prepare hearts of those who should receive the Gospel message at that time, realizing that many of these people come from countries where the Gospel hasn’t penetrated.”

Story number 3 for 13 Sep 2000

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Christian education in southern Africa is getting a much-needed shot in the arm. Doctor Phillip Renicks is with the Association of Christian Schools International and was there recently hosting an All Africa Conference. “The thing that it did was, really united the Christian school movement across sub Sahara Africa. There was just a sense of God’s presence there. There was a sense of feeling that we have a goal, a task that needs to be completed and we want to work toward that.” Renicks says as governments in Africa struggle to fund and staff schools, they’re providing need educational opportunities with one thing in mind. “The Christian school is the greatest tool for evangelism and discipleship that the church has today. Evangelism is a very key part of what we would consider to be important in Christian education in southern Africa.”

Story number 4 for 13 Sep 2000

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Elsewhere, children around the world are becoming missionaries to their families with the help of the Book of Hope. The group’s mission is to affect destiny around the world by providing God’s eternal Word to all the children and youth of the world. More than 30 million young people in 90 countries will receive a copy of the four Gospels this year, and most bring it home to show their families. The group is on the verge of a milestone in their ministry this week when the 100 millionth child receives a copy of The Book of Hope.

Story number 3 for 12 Sep 2000

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Olympic athletes and spectators will be on the receiving end of an evangelistic outreach in Australia. The International Bible Society is distributing scripture and other material to point people to Christ. Suz Hyde is a part of IBS’ World Outreach Team. She says giving away the More than Gold Interactive Guide will be a part of their outreach. “It includes things like some of the sports records and a spot for people to enter who wins the current medals as well as giving short quotes being an athlete as well as being a Christian. In the end, it also presents very clearly a short presentation of the Gospel.” Hyde says this distribution will be international in scope. “We’ve got it in two version of Chinese, French, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Greek and Albanian. I believe we’ve also prepared it in the Czech language.” Multiple English versions are also available. Some 500-thousand copies of the booklet will be distributed.

Story number 4 for 12 Sep 2000

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Meanwhile, we turn to Russia, where a recent mission involving JAARS and Wycliffe Bible Translators helped set a course for the church there. JAARS’ Jim Akovenko explains the point of his visit. “Our purpose was to go to St. Petersburg, Russia to encourage the newly formed Wycliffe organization. In the ‘New Russia’, as they call it, they have formed this organization to mobilize Russians to go out from Russia to the remaining parts of the world where translation is needed.” Akovenko adds that the future for the spread of the Gospel is a hopeful one, because: “We found it very encouraging to see that they were above ground, public and they had a sense that they were a privileged group now to be involved in the church worldwide. That seemed to give them a whole sense of ‘This is working out.’ It was a different sense of how is this new organization going to engage the church in Russia.”