What better day of the year to share the Good News than Good Friday? But, unfortunately, the two policemen who moved us off a public street corner this past April 2nd didn’t share our enthusiasm for preaching the Gospel to the lost of London, Ontario.
Our team of twelve seed sowers hit the streets of our hometown with a simple plan: pray and preach. After sharing the Gospel one-to-one with several people downtown, we busted out the soapbox and began open air preaching. Cory McKenna was the first to break the sound barrier, preaching a message called “What’s so good about Good Friday?”. Tom Woodburn stepped up next, opening the Scriptures to share the true meaning of Easter. However, it was when Jeff Mardling began preaching that we were confronted by the “Bad Cop/Good Cop” tagteam.
“Good Cop” told us that we had to move because we were blocking foot traffic on the sidewalk, which we were not. When that angle didn’t work, “Bad Cop” abruptly announced that we were actually breaking a municipal noise by-law, despite the fact we were not using any form of amplification. Though we knew that our rights as Canadian citizens were being violated, we humbly assured both policemen that we respected their authority and would comply with their request to move, so as not to corrupt our witness for Christ.
Watch what went down on video
As this is the second time we have been moved off public property for preaching the Gospel, we are currently seeking legal counsel and will soon be providing comprehensive training to local missionaries on municipal, provincial, and federal laws pertaining to Gospel preaching in Canada.
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“With Outstretched Arms”: Taking the Gospel to the Jew First
Why does God’s Word say that the Gospel is to the Jew first, and then to the Gentiles? Why was Paul the Apostle willing to give up his salvation for the sake of the unsaved Jews? Many Gentiles seem to forget that Jesus was a Jew. In fact, nowhere was the link between God’s redemptive plan and Jesus more clear and powerful than in the suffering servant passages in the book of the Jewish prophet Isaiah.
Do you know that more Jewish people have come to faith in Yeshua (Jesus) in just the last two decades than in the last two millenia? This special series of TCC Radio will reach out to the Jews with the Gospel and help Christians learn how to reason from the Scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit of God to reveal Yeshua’s true identity to the Jewish people.
Maximize your witness with your loved ones using our Producer’s Notes and Listener’s Resources for this series
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TCC TV Pilot Episodes
Join The Cross Current “In the Studio and On the Street” for this pilot series of encounters in everyday evangelism!
In Part 1, we take you into the studio of Grace 105.9 FM in London, Ontario to talk about witnessing with Pastor Norm Millar of Harvest Bible Chapel. In Part 2, you will experience an encounter in “wireless witnessing”; a Gospel conversation from the studio to the street via cell phone in real-time with a non-Christian!
The clips are raw, the conversations are real, and this is what happens when we step out in faith to share our faith together.
Watch these pilot episodes of “The Cross Current” TV program
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Important Donation Information!
Will you pray about planned giving towards our cause of local missions in Canada?
There are still several ways to give to TCC. However, at the request of several current monthly ministry supporters, we have recently set up an Automated Funds Transfer (AFT) service to securely transfer your tax deductable donations between your bank account and TCC.
For more information on setting up AFT with TCC, please call our office at (226) 663-1822 or email us at admin@thecrosscurrent.com.
Donate to our mission in Canada
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Our Prayer Pulse for May
Let’s continue partnering together to keep our prayer pulse for TCC and the Church in Canada strong!
This month we humbly ask you, your family, and your church to remember to pray for the following:
- Xstream Team Mission (XTM) Toronto (May 15th) – this is our first local mission trip of 2010. We’ll be personally training a large team of believers from several local churches to witness one-to-one and open air preach in the largest and most multicultural city in Canada.
- Teen Challenge Training (May 12th & 19th) - Cory McKenna will be onsite at Teen Challenge Farm to teach a 2-part witnessing workshop.
- All Ontario Youth Convention (May 22nd) - we will be training a large group of youth onsite before venturing offsite to reach out to the community with the Gospel and good works.
Continue keeping a pulse on our mutual prayer needs
