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E-Tools Newsletter | January 2010

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Welcome to our first E-Tools Newsletter of 2010! This monthly TCC field report also includes strategic outreach resources to encourage, equip, and empower you to more effectively share the Gospel with all the loved ones in your life as we faithfully serve Christ in Canada together.

Keeping the Cross current…through current events!

I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

(1 Corinthians 9:22-23)

TCC exists to equip the Church to keep the Cross current in our culture, both for the sake of the Gospel and for the salvation of the lost.

Keeping connected with current events in the news can facilitate fantastic ways to become all things to all people, so that by all means we might save some.

World Class Witnesses

First, through keeping connected with current events, God graciously allows us to become “world class witnesses” for Him who love the lost beyond just our own Jerusalem into the uttermost part of the earth. This results in a commitment to pray for the salvation of souls all around the world and for the missionaries who have been called to reach them.

It’s also been our experience that the eternal impact of becoming world class witnesses often extends beyond our personal life and witness into our family life and witness as well! For example, to keep the Cross current with current events, one of the evangelists with TCC now leads his family to set aside the first workday of every week as “Missions Monday”. This involves his children doing basic research on a country and their family taking the week to pray together for God to grant repentance to those who live there.

Conversational Common Ground

Second, through keeping connected with current events, God graciously gives us the conversational common ground we need to relate to as many people as possible in our own local mission field about the bigger matters of life, death, and eternity. The recent earthquake tragedy in Haiti continues to facilitate many such opportunities for Gospel outeach…

By now you have likely been exposed to many of the horrific images of the devastation in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, after the city was hit with a 7.0 earthquake. As local missionaries, it’s times like these that we can feel as helpless as the rest of the world in the wake of disaster.

However, in addition to continuing to pray diligently for the physical needs of all those involved in this tragedy, as per Jesus’ words in Luke 13:1-5, we have also been using this current event as conversational common ground to share the message of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ…while there is still time.

In effort to more effectively equip the Church to “normalize” evangelism with loved ones and strangers, TCC is now developing a special section of our Studio/Street Blog called “Current Events”. Here we will post field reports and audio files of our radio reps using current events in the culture as conversational common ground to lead the lost to the Cross.

Click here to access our very first “Current Events” posting; a Gospel encounter on the street surrounding the subject of Haiti

We sincerely pray that these “Current Events” encounters in evangelism will serve to help you continue growing strong in your own evangelistic giftings!

TCC Radio LIVE: When sharing the Good News goes bad

TCC Radio host Cory McKenna is thanking God for “nine lives” – but not in the way you may think. Not only has He now allowed us to broadcast nine live radio shows, but He also continues to show Himself strong on our behalf…even when doing the right thing seems to go wrong.

Right: Norm Millar of Harvest Bible Chapel of London was our most recent special guest on TCC Radio LIVE

On this month’s episode of TCC Radio live, we extended the program to one full hour in hopes of helping Pastor Norm Millar and Harvest Bible Chapel of London spread the life-giving message that Christians need never be silent about the Gospel. In addition to dialoguing in the studio about various aspects of biblical life and witness, we also enjoyed another real-time Gospel conversation from the studio to the street via cell phone in a segment that we call “wireless witnessing”.

What would you do if things got tripped up by circumstances out of your control when sharing your faith?

Hear what Norm and Cory did when sharing the Good News went bad on live radio!

Our Prayer Pulse for February

Let’s continue partnering together to keep our prayer pulse for TCC and the Church in Canada strong! This month we have a praise report and TWO main prayer points that we humbly ask you, your family, and your church to remember for us in February.

Praise Report from “Urgent Ministry Need”!

In late December, Cory and The Cross Current Team sent out an important message inviting all those on our distribution list to pray about sowing into an urgent ministry need. We praise God for the faithful response of so many of our partners in the Gospel! Thanks to you, we are now in production for The Cross Current TV show after having received sufficient donations for acquiring the computer we need for video editing!

Prayer Points

Expansion & Exposure

Expanding our ministry of equipping local churches in cities across Canada to more effectively share the Gospel message with loved ones and strangers, and
Exposing The Cross Current Radio Show into more markets to facilitate greater Gospel preaching coverage and support for the local churches we partner with

Continue keeping a pulse on our mutual prayer needs

Important Donation Information!

In response to several requests, The Cross Current has now added Automatic Funds Transfer (AFT) as another way to simply and securely give to our local missions ministry in Canada.

For more information on how your tax deductable donations can be set up to transfer automatically between your bank account and TCC, please call our office at (226) 663-1822 or email us at admin@thecrosscurrent.com.

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We again thank God for you and for your ongoing partnership in preaching His Gospel in Canada.

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

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Continue keeping a pulse on our mutual prayer needs

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E-Tools Newsletter | December 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Welcome to our new E-Tools Newsletter! This monthly TCC field report also includes strategic outreach resources to encourage, equip, and empower you to more effectively share the Gospel with all the loved ones in your life as we faithfully serve Christ in Canada together.

“Open Airwaves” Preaching for Christmas!

For the glory of God, this December The Cross Current stepped out in faith to take live outreach radio to a whole new level.

We titled this very special series of TCC Radio Live, “Giving the Greatest Gift”. Just as God freely gave the greatest gift of His only Son, our goal was to freely give His Gospel to all those in our world this Christmas and to equip our listeners to do the same.

In the studio, both Dale Elliott and Richard Spruyt of Grace FM 105.9 in London hosted

TCC founding president, Cory McKenna in discussing the topics of personal witnessing, community outreach, local missions, and overseas missions.

Right: Cory McKenna talks to a non-Christian live on the air during another “wireless witnessing” segment of TCC Radio this December.

On the street, TCC team leader Chris Wood coordinated our Gospel ground troops and also set up the “wireless witnessing” encounters between Cory and two non-Christians from the community via cell phone.

Left: Harvest Bible Chapel Gospel Outreach “GO” Team member, Sharon Enwright, gives a passerby a warm welcome with a hot cup of Christmas cider.

However, the greatest groundbreaker of the entire series had to be the “open airwaves” preaching!

We praise God for the faithfulness of our Director of Ministry Relations, Jeff Mardling, for preaching the Gospel message open air live on air.

Right: Jeff Mardling breaks the sound barrier by preaching open air live for the first time in TCC Radio history!

After leading a group of carolers from the GO Team of Harvest Bible Chapel of London in the singing of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, Jeff used the lyric about “God and sinners reconciled” as a beautiful springboard to powerfully proclaim the true meaning of Christmas to those passing by on that frigid Friday night. TCC has open air preached in several Canadian cities, however, this is the very first time that we have attempted breaking the sound barrier on live radio before. Praise God!

We know that faith comes through hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). As such, we are so thankful for the many

testimonies we have received from Christ-followers across our city of how the Lord has brought faith to the hearts of many loved ones who were invited to tune in to the show and just “happened” to hear Jeff’s preaching. Chris has also been following up with a student of the Baha’i faith who heard the Gospel for the first time throughout the production of this live series. Click here for more on Chris’ Gospel glory story and please continue praying that the Lord brings the increase now that the seed of His word has been sown in their hearts.

Click here to listen to this entire live series on the new and improved TCC Radio website!

TCC Radio: Encountering Islam

Do you know that Islam is the second largest religion in the world after Christianity? Do you also know that there are second and even third generation Muslims living in virtually every major city across Canada and that number is consistently rising every single year? The Lord desires that none should perish and that Christians would be a blessing to Muslims by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Now, we all know that the mere mention of Islam can spark intense and often hateful controversy. But let the record show that we are not going to go there in this series of TCC Radio. When the final credits roll, we are hoping and praying that it will serve as a great Gospel outreach resource that you can confidently lend to your Muslim an non-Muslim loved ones.

Our Prayer Pulse for January

In fact, to equip you for more effective life and witness, please click here to access your new TCC Radio Listener’s Resources including “behind the scenes” Producer’s Notes and special Listener’s Scripts. We trust that these brand new online outreach tools will help you make the most of each episode of the program when sharing Christ with your family and friends.

Let’s continue partnering together to keep our prayer pulse for TCC and the Church in Canada strong! There is only ONE main prayer point that we humbly ask you, your family, and your church to remember for us in January.

Early in the month, our core leadership team will be coming together for our third annual prayer & planning meeting. We have found this time together to be invaluable for helping our team seek the Lord’s face for the year and to grow in stewarding our time and talents for Him.

Please pray that the He will give us the vision and direction we need to continue moving forward in His service to make His Name even greater in Canada this year!

We again thank God for you and for your ongoing partnership in preaching His Gospel in Canada.

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

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E-Tools Newsletter | November 2009

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Welcome to our brand new E-Tools Newsletter! This monthly TCC field report also includes strategic outreach resources to encourage, equip, and empower you to more effectively share the Gospel with all the loved ones in your life as we faithfully serve Christ in Canada together.

“GO Team” Go!

The Harvest Bible Chapel of London “GO Team”

Left to right: Chris Wood, John Gonciarz, Donna Feica, Jordan Baert (Berean Baptist Church), Randy Lutchman, Rebecca Coyne, Bill Dawson, Matt Ainsworth, David Herbert (Southdale Bible Chapel), Tom Woodburn, Tom Briggs. Taking picture: Cory McKenna.

What do you call a group of Christ-followers commissioned by their local church and equipped by The Cross Current to preach the Gospel, while working together to serve the spiritual, emotional, and material needs of the lost in their community? At TCC we call it a Gospel Outreach (GO) Team…and we can help you and your church launch one!

On Saturday November 21st, two months of evangelism training and preparation converged on the campus of the University of Western Ontario (UWO) where TCC and several members of the Harvest Bible Chapel of London (HBCL) GO Team partnered together for an “all-original” outreach.

Right: The HBCL GO Team works together to turn a busy public street corner into “seed sowing central”!

This year marks a double anniversary in the life of Charles Darwin: his 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his controversial classic, Origin of Species. Not only did we enjoy origins/Gospel conversations with over 85 students, parents, and professors surrounding this subject, but we also managed to round up over 40 emails and distribute close to 100 copies of the special “Gospelized” version of Darwin’s book, as republished by Living Waters Publications.

Left: HBCL GO Team member, Rebecca Coyne, uses an origins/worldview survey as a springboard to build a relationship and share the Gospel.

Perhaps the most memorable encounter of the day involved a student named Dan who had an overtly critical reaction to the origins resources we were giving out. Cory was the recipient of Dan’s four-letter words of welcome! After letting our new friend vent for a few minutes, Cory responded by saying: “You must have pretty strong beliefs to react that passionately about a supposed science book! Maybe we’re more alike than you realize!” Cory then began to dialogue with Dan about the fact that we all have faith about what happened in history because none of us were actually there to observe it for ourselves. Further, it’s this personal faith commitment about the past that determines how we interpret the same evidence that we all share in the present. After somewhat diffusing Dan’s desire for fighting about the issue, the Lord then opened up the door to share a very candid conversation about the Creator, His Word, His Son, and His Gospel. Though Dan didn’t commit to showing up at church the next morning, he did give Cory his email and request recontact. Praise God!

TCC exists to equip all the saints in your church for the work of evangelism. We offer both personal and community witnessing workshops to help you more effectively share the Gospel in all your personal relationships and beyond.

In addition to taking the HBCL GO Team through our workshop training, here are a couple other online resources we used in preparation for our origins outreach together that we encourage you to take advantage of as well:

Origins/worldview series called “What On Earth Is Going On?” (TCC Radio)

Article on witnessing to evolutionists called “Hitting the Nail on the Head” (CMI)

TCC Radio: Giving the Greatest Gift…LIVE!

TCC Radio is going live for Christmas! We trust that God will help us help you keep the Cross current and keep the Christ in Christmas in a very unique and special way this holiday season.

Starting on Friday December 4th, our regular radio broadcast and podcast will feature inspirational in-studio Christmas commentary and real-time reports from our field reps on the streets. Invite your family and friends to tune in to hear Gospel glory stories from across the country, open air preaching, and live “wireless witnessing” encounters via cell phone!

Listen to the “TCC Radio LIVE! @ Christmas” commercial

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

Just as God freely gave, we want to do the same by freely giving God’s greatest gift of all to the loved ones in our lives this Christmas! To get equipped for more effective personal evangelism at this most wonderful witnessing time of year, we have produced a free audio tract to share with all of our family and friends.

This very special Christmas episode of TCC Radio has been carefully remixed and reinforced with a Christ-centred introduction to provide non-Christians with an accurate biblical context for the Christmas story. So, instead of just giving your unsaved loved ones another pair of socks this season, why not stuff their stockings and their hearts with a free gift of the greatest free gift of all eternity?

Hear, download, and distribute your free TCC Christmas audio tract

Our Prayer Pulse

Let’s continue partnering together to keep our prayer pulse for TCC and the Church in Canada strong! Here are three strategic prayer points for you, your family, and your church to remember in December:

For the Lord to draw more and more listeners and supporters to TCC Radio, and for Him to bring the volunteer production team we need to launch and sustain our upcoming reality television program on The Stream TV.
For the Lord to help us plan and produce the “TCC Radio LIVE! @ Christmas” series for His glory.
For the Lord to speak to the hearts of more believers about giving generously to TCC’s work of preaching the Gospel in Canada through witnessing, training, and expanded radio/video production.

Continue keeping a pulse on our mutual prayer needs

We thank God for you and for your ongoing partnership in preaching His Gospel in Canada.

For His Glory,

The TCC Team

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Newsletter | July – August 2009

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Welcome to our local missions field report for July and August of 2009! These brief, bi-monthly, Good News letters are specially designed to give you the bottom line on all the latest and greatest happenings, highlights, and Gospel glory stories we encounter as we serve the Church to keep the Cross current in Canada.

A FESTIVAL OF “FIRSTS” IN BARRIE, ONTARIO!

2009 XTM Barrie Team (l to r): Derek Hunt, Tom Briggs, Steven Baptist, Dale Halldorson, John Gonciarz, Jeff Mardling, Chris Wood, Cory McKenna (not pictured: Randy Lutchman)

We praise God for providing us with an awesome day of Gospel outreach on Saturday August 15th in Barrie, Ontario. No less than ten witnessing warriors teamed up for our very first Xstream Team Mission (XTM) Barrie to crash a waterfront festival known as “Caribfest” in Christ’s Name!

Right: TCC Rep Jeff “SONshine” Mardling “breaks the sound barrier” by open air preaching for the very first time! (You’re a champ, Jeff!)

In addition to our own seed sowing army of seven, the Lord also allowed us to hook up with a few brothers from Barrie as well: Pastor Les and Hugh (Harvest Bible Chapel of Barrie) and Derek Hunt, who had joined us on the streets of Hamilton at an evangelism conference we lead in 2008.

Left: Randy Lutchman shares the Gospel at his very first XTM event.

Below: Tom Briggs hits his knees for a full hour to plead with a passerby about repenting and trusting in Christ.

Left: Cory “Rockstar” McKenna preaches about life, death, and the Gospel at sunset on the Barrie waterfront. BTW…that’s Randy “Lazarus” Lutchman under the sheet:)

Click here to hear an (unedited) audio clip of Cory’s open air preaching message!

Click here to view the entire XTM Barrie 2009 photo album

Are you and your church looking to become better equipped to take the Gospel “to the Xstream” in your community? Click here to contact us about onsite and offsite Gospel outreach training in your own hometown!

FROM GLORY TO GLORY…WEEK TO WEEK!

Above is the army of witnessing warriors who teamed up with TCC to fight on the frontline on Friday, July 24th. We praise God for the faithful witness of these saints and also for the many people who heard the Gospel and received tracts in the heart of our hometown throughout this summer!

Envision this: what would our nation look like if every city and town across Canada had a similar army of sold-out soul-winners sowing and watering the seed of the Gospel each and every week? Wow!

Please continue praying that the Lord gives His true Church His burden for loving Him, each other, and the lost.

GO TEAM Go!

Is the Lord moving you and your church to be “burdened beyond” sharing your faith with family and friends into also sharing the Gospel with those who need Christ in your community? Click here to contact us about helping you put together a Gospel Outreach team in your local church!

Also, we pray that the Lord uses the following message that Cory preached at his home church this past summer to touch your heart and mind with the power of sharing our faith together as Christ’s Body:

Faith Worth Sharing | Cory McKenna | Harvest Bible Chapel London

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL…with Randy Lutchman!

We’ve asked our newest TCC team member, Randy Lutchman, to share what preaching the Gospel in partnership with TCC means to him. In the picture to the left, Randy shares the Gospel with a passerby on the busy streets of Barrie.

Being out on the streets with The Cross Current on Fridays and various trips has “exposed” me in a couple of ways. First, I realized how little I really knew about how to share my faith. I could not even get started with friends, family, neighbours, co-workers, etc. but The Cross Current has provided me with training on how to get started and really step out of the boat. I used to think it was enough to be a good example and not say anything. When you look at Peter stepping out of the boat, it is easy to point the finger and say he failed because he started to sink. What’s interesting, is that there were eleven other failures in the boat who are afraid to even stand up, let alone step out. There are a lot of Christians who are failing quietly, not sharing the Good News of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I now find myself sharing the Good News with confidence at the gym, with neighbours, even with fellow Christians who say they are saved, but have no outward change in them. The Cross Current has taught me that when you step out of the boat, the winds will start to blow and doubt will enter your mind. But if you keep your eyes focussed on Jesus and look straight at Him and there is a great cloud of witnesses cheering us on when you feel like you are sinking, Jesus is only an arms’ length away and you will get the privilege of being caught in His arms.

Secondly, being out with The Cross Current has caused me to read my Bible daily with a purpose. When out on the streets, even for only two hours, I now feel totally prepared. The Cross Current gets right into the Word, providing the biblical fuel to share your faith. Prayer is another big part of being prepared. My prayer life has increased, I now have greater view of God and what He can do, nothing is impossible with Him. He is not in a box! He just wants us to be His voice and a witness for Him throughout the world.

EQUIPPING YOUTH IN APPLIED APOLOGETICS

For the third year in a row, Cory McKenna and the TCC Gospel outreach team had a privilege of partnering with the Christian Youth Worldview and Leadership (CYWAL) Conference to provide hands-on training in evangelism and applied apologetics.

Other speakers on the roster included: Rachel Tulloch (Ravi Zacharias Ministries), Daryl Molyneaux (Truth Matters), Dr. David Herbert (author and speaker), Brett Ullman (Worlds Apart), and Cal Smith (Creation Ministries International).

After a five days of intense and interactive small group learning together, TCC took the Word to the streets to lead over 30 teens in a life-changing local mission to preach the Gospel and pray for the needs of the lost on the streets of Guelph, Ontario.

Here is a testimony of one of the teens who took the training:

“CYWAL was amazing for me. I learned so much about my faith and how to defend my faith more stronger I have ever been. The speaker I liked the best was Cory McKenna. The reason why I liked Cory McKenna, was because he explained things so clearly so I could understand them, he made me feel more confident to witness my faith towards other people, he also made me think of the way I should be living and made me start reading the Bible more often…”

WITNESSING WORKSHOP

Congratulations to all those who graduated from our special summertime Witnessing Workshop on Saturday, August 8th at Compass Community Church in London!

Witnessing Workshop Grads – August 09 (l to r): John Gonciarz (TCC), Cory McKenna (TCC), Chris Wood (TCC), Rebecca Coyne, Tom Briggs (TCC), Zander Ayton, Steve Everett, Dale Hallderson, Greg Sceviour, Randy Lutchman (TCC), River Ayton, Brian Arblaster, Skylar Sayers, Elias Baribeau, Steven Baptist, Len Ayton.

CANADA NEEDS CHRIST.

May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! (Psalm 72:8)

Though Canada was founded on Christian principles that clearly recognized the supremacy and sovereignty of God, our country has now been declared as having no official religion. While we praise God for overseas missionaries who are taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth, we all have the opportunity to be local missionaries to the world without even leaving our own backyard!

Canada needs Christ. If you have been following the ministry of TCC for any time at all, you will know that this three-word phrase has become the all-consuming cry of our hearts as we share the Gospel on the streets of Canada each week. In fact, we have recently secured www.canadaneedschrist.ca to develop a special website that will give Christ-following Canadians the opportunity to support local missionaries across our home and native land in partership with The Cross Current!

TCC ONLINE STORE: GRAND OPENING!

After several months of hard work and technical troubleshooting, our online store is finally open!

Now all the radio programs and other relational/spiritual conversation starters you need to more effectively reach out and share the Gospel with all the loved ones and strangers in your life are just a mouse click away!

We trust this online catalogue will help equip you and your church with the field-tested evangelism training, tools, and resources you need to be Christ’s witnesses and train others to be as well.

Click here to take a little “Cross walk” through our new online store!

TCC SEED SOWING STATS | July – August 2009

By God’s grace, The Cross Current continues to share the Gospel on the streets of Canada each week while actively equipping more and more other Christ-followers to do the same!

Here are the bottom line TCC seed sowing stats as of August 31st, 2009:

Evangelism Training – TCC has equipped approximately 300 Christians to biblically share their faith with loved ones and strangers so far this year.

Witnessing – Our local Gospel outreach team personally shared the Good News with over 600 lost souls and passed over 7000 Gospel tracts so far this year.

Access more information on how TCC can equip you and your church to more effectively share Christ

TCC RADIO REVIEW | July – August 2009

Special Broadcast | TCC Radio LIVE!

The Lord continues to break new ground for TCC to preach the Gospel in Canada week to week, and for us to equip His Church to more effectively do the same! For the entire month of August, we successfully broadcast TCC Radio LIVE both “in the studio and on the street” in a flexible new format. Not only was each episode of this special “hot seat” series extended to one hour, but also featured was in-studio commentary with Cory McKenna and his pastor Norm Millar about equipping the Church to engage the culture PLUS a live, “wireless witnessing” Gospel encounter with a non-Christian…via cell phone! The shows were broadcast as part of our regular production schedule.

Click here to listen to a clip of TCC Radio LIVE

Click here to read our other blog posts related to TCC Radio LIVE

Super Series | Witnessing to World Religions

How can we all effectively share the Gospel in all our personal relationships and beyond with those of the various false religions of the world? This TCC Radio “Super Series” on Witnessing to World Religions will not only teach you how, but it will also show you how. The major world religions we will be covering include: Atheism, New Age Movement, Islam, Mormon, and Jehovah’s Witness…just to name a few!

On the horizon | Reality Radio “Extra” Specials!

Shining the Light on Devil’s Night. This coming October 30th, we will be shining the Light of the Gospel into the darkest night of the year in a Devil’s Night broadcast that promises to make the Devil Himself shake in His boots!

Keeping the Cross current at Christmastime. This coming December we will be “unwrapping” a very special Christmas series of TCC Radio LIVE that will “wrap up” with the most powerful Christmas Day reality radio episode you have ever heard!

Click here for the latest TCC Radio broadcast and podcast details.

In closing, we will continue praying that the Lord uses these brief updates to impact your own personal life and witness for Him!

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

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Newsletter | May – June 2009

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Welcome to our local missions field report for May and June of 2009! These brief, bi-monthly, Good News letters are specially designed to give you the bottom line on all the latest and greatest happenings, highlights, and Gospel glory stories we encounter as we serve the Church to keep the Cross current in Canada.

TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE XSTREAM IN TORONTO!

The 2009 XTM Toronto Team: (back – l to r) Mike Vinson, Greg Sceviour, Tom Briggs, Trent Herbert, Kem Chapman, John Gonciarz. (front – l to r) Chris Wood, Cory McKenna, Jeff Mardling

On Saturday May 16th, The Cross Current came together for the 2009 Xstream Team Mission (XTM) Toronto! We praise God for giving us all the favour and grace we needed to host one of the world’s most multi-cultural cities to almost twelve hours of fun-filled, power-packed Gospel outreach!

Do you know that there are over 100 languages spoken in Toronto and virtually every type of false religion is practiced? The Lord allowed us to preach His precious Gospel to dozens and dozens of Atheists, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Scientologists, and New Agers – just to name a few! We also passed Gospel tracts to thousands more and prayed for several too.

Special thanks to: Mike Vinson (pictured right in red) of Harvest Bible Chapel Oakville for partnering with us to represent for this event, and all those who committing to praying for our time in Toronto. Praise God for continuing to bring us all together to keep the Cross current in our culture!

Our next XTM event is scheduled for Barrie, Ontario on Saturday, August 15th. This will be our very first local missions trip to Barrie, so please pray in advance for God’s favour on our time there and for Him to help us develop a strong partner church relationship for this location.

Click here to view the entire 2009 XTM Toronto photo album

Click here to submit an application to join the XTM Barrie Team

Click here to contact us about having your church partner with us at XTM Barrie

Click here to contact us about sponsoring a local missionary for this event

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH TCC REP JEFF MARDLING!

We’ve asked TCC Rep and Board Member, Jeff Mardling to communicate what sharing the Gospel in partnership with TCC means to him. In the picture above, Jeff shares the Gospel with a biker on Canada Day in Ottawa.

The Cross Current is passionately devoted to telling the world about eternal salvation found in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The harvest is plenty but the labourers are few! That’s why TCC also desires to help every church have a heart for the lost, and help every individual believer have a biblical conversation with whomever they come in contact.

TCC has given me the encouragement and resources to effectively talk about eternal matters with family, friends, and complete strangers. It is a fellowship of evangelists who are committed to making the lost souls of this planet a priority in our everyday lives. TCC will not only stand by you with training and technique of how to witness to people, but we are also there for the local church and ready to serve the church in their evangelistic endeavours.

The Lord has been clear in His call for me to minister the Gospel in the streets of this nation, and I am so thankful for the men and women of TCC who give their time and efforts to help me stay faithful to that calling. Prayer, phone calls, and regular outreach events have all had a huge impact on my ability to tell and preach the matchless message of salvation to so many who are perishing.

It is my desire that you be encouraged to obey the command of our Lord to go into the entire world with His glorious Gospel. TCC will stand shoulder to shoulder with you and your church to help you become more enthusiastic and dedicated to witnessing for Jesus Christ. I realize that as I draw nearer to eternity, I have precious few days to speak truth into lives around me; TCC is there to make those days more effective for the glory of God and His Kingdom.

Jeff also serves in TCC church relations and donor development. Click here to email him directly.

REFLECTIONS FROM THE 2009 EXODUS PRO-LIFE RALLY

Trent’s Testimony

The following was submitted by Trent Herbert. Trent is a dear friend and ministry partner of The Cross Current and founder of Truth & Love For Life Ministries.

This year, seven individuals attended the Pro-Life Rally in Ottawa. We carried a casket that advertised the fact that over 2.5 million Canadians have been aborted since 1970 in Canada. That number has now reached over 3 million if the statistics are fairly consistent each year, which equals approximately 100, 000 abortions each year in Canada and 385 children dying each working day. The numbers have decreased recently in the U.S. and Canada. Ten to twelve thousand people were said to be there, but the mainstream media was largely absent.

We have also started taking pro-life signs to the downtown area of London, under the leadership of Dean Idsinga. Recently, my seven year-old daughter and five year-old son were present and giving out many tracts to those who passed by. This is a great way to get children involved in this vital ministry! Children are also great for helping break down barriers, visibly reminding people of the preciousness of young life, and getting the Gospel out. Pro-life ministry is not only a safe engagement of their culture in a radical way, but their young minds don’t easily forget these meaningful times. May we lead the next generation to engage their culture for life issues and eternal issues!

Tom’s Testimony

The following was submitted by Tom Briggs. Tom is a Rep and trainer with TCC who brings years of experience and wisdom to our team.

I had the privilege and honour of joining men, women, and children from Canada and the United States who gathered together on Parliament Hill for the 2009 Exodus Pro-Life Rally. It was a cold, wet, and gloomy day; quite indicative of the prevailing sombre mood of the assembly. The “abortion issue” digs deep to the core of life itself: It is either a matter of surrendering to God’s will and purpose of creation (creating life in His image), or it is a matter of exalting oneself above God by usurping His authority over life and death. The earthly and eternal consequences for self-determination over life and death are staggering: “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life…” (Deuteronomy 30:19-20). I grieve for the aborted babies, but even more for those who support, encourage, and partake in genocidal acts against silent, innocent, and helpless human beings.

Several politicians spoke to those who gathered, putting on a “brave face” in their attempts to encourage the faithful. Yet, they did admit that the pro-life caucus in Parliament was a minority position. All scheduled speakers attempted to generate hope and encouragement in order to carry on with the “life and death struggle”. I was a witness to God’s immeasurable grace and mercy: A few women and men expressed deep remorse and anguish over their part in past abortions. True repentance was evident, and their testimonies of “fighting the good fight” on behalf of the unborn were truly inspirational.

The Pro-Life Rally opened my eyes to two startling facts. Almost all of the participants were Roman Catholic. The news media was conspicuous by its absence. Outside of the small group that I joined for the rally, I did not see any sign or banner (nor did I meet anyone) that would indicate participation in of any other evangelical group. Furthermore, the media coverage was scant at best. Though I searched, I could not find television coverage following the event. My daughter and son-in-law (who live in the Ottawa area) found very little publicizing the event in secular print sources. In addition to that, I found out about post event coverage only through my daughter’s email link showing a short article from an Ottawa daily newspaper. The article revealed (in photographs and print) a strong Catholic presence with my mention of evangelical participation. I was not aware of any media coverage outside the Ottawa area.

In summation, I feel that the issue of protecting life from conception to natural death is an immense spiritual battle that only the Lord can win. This battle will be lost unless the Lord convicts and empowers His Church to reach out to all of Canada with the spiritual weaponry only God can provide. The stench of our sins has reached the nostrils of God; His judgment on this nation is in process. Pray that God will wake up His Church in time to stay the outpouring of His full wrath on this nation. Pray that God will mightily use us as instruments of revival and healing for the nation of Canada and beyond. Be ready and able to carry on the good fight.

TCC SEED SOWING STATS | May – June 2009

By God’s grace, The Cross Current continues to share the Gospel on the streets of Canada each week and equip other Christians to do the same!

Here are the bottom line TCC seed sowing stats at the half way point of this year:

Evangelism Training – TCC has equipped approximately 225 Christians to biblically share their faith with loved ones and strangers so far this year.

Witnessing – Our local Gospel outreach team personally shared the Good News with over 400 lost souls and passed over 3000 Gospel tracts so far this year.

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TCC RADIO REVIEW | May – June 2009

SPECIAL BROADCAST | What Justice Demands

In addition to our regular weekly outreach broadcast programming, we took the fifth Friday at the end of May to produce this very special episode of TCC Radio.

Have you ever wondered what a Christian means when they say that Jesus died for you or your sins? How could someone else die for you and your sins? Maybe you have wondered why Christians who say someone who sins just one single time in this life – which typically only lasts for 80 years or so – will have to spend eternity in Hell unless they are saved? Maybe you have sort of “done the math” and realized that these same Christians tell you that you are going to spend eternity in the Lake of Fire, but Jesus only stayed dead until the third day? How can that sacrifice possibly make up for all eternity? Did He really pay the full price – or did He just get off easy? Journey with us in the studio and on the street as we discover what justice demands…and why.

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THE ROAD AHEAD…

TCC RADIO | LIVE!

The Lord continues to break new ground for TCC to preach the Gospel in Canada week to week, and for us to equip His Church to more effectively do the same! For the entire month of August, we will be broadcasting TCC Radio LIVE both “in the studio and on the street” with a flexible new format. Not only will each episode of this special “hot seat” series be extended to one hour, but it will also feature in-studio commentary with Cory McKenna and his pastor Norm Millar about equipping the Church to engage the culture PLUS a live, street-level Gospel encounter with a non-Christian…via cell phone! The shows will be both broadcasted and podcasted as part of our regular production schedule.

TCC TV | UPDATE

In our last newsletter we reported that God had opened the door for The Cross Current to launch an Internet-based reality television show on The Stream TV network out of Orangeville, ON (click here to read the story and view the reality TV trailer). The first update is that we are still moving forward with the program!

The second update involves our production and program schedule. The Stream TV Program Director has recently confirmed that The Cross Current program can be streamed immediately, IF we are able to produce the episodes ourselves. That’s why we are currently praying that the Lord will bring us a volunteer videographer who loves the Lord and the lost, and has the gifting necessary to help us produce bi-weekly programs.

Could that special someone be you? Or perhaps you know of someone who may be well suited to serve in this vital area?

If so, please click here to email us the candidates’ contact information.

Will you give the gift of the Gospel again and again in Canada?

Click here to learn more about how you can financially partner with us to share the Gospel over the airwaves and Internet with the Church in Canada!

TWEET-TWEET…TWITTER-TWITTER!

For those of you old enough to remember that cheesy Life Savers song from the 80’s…that posting title is for you! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about…you really didn’t miss much.:) However, now that I’ve given you a bit of a hint how old I am, hopefully you’ll extend me a bit of “cyber-grace”!

I grew up in a time when it was totally NOT cool to “poke” friends, but now it’s OK – well, if they are FACEBOOK friends, I guess. I also grew up in a time when being followed by strangers meant running to a Block Parent and “tweet” was just a simple sound that a bird makes – but not anymore. Now I’m told that “tweeting” on Twitter is a high tech way to invite the world to follow what I’m doing and where I’m doing it at any given time of day.

That’s why TCC has jumped on the broadband bandwagon and started “tweeting” on Twitter…and I have to admit that it’s a lot of fun! In fact, we’re going to encourage more of our core TCC team members to not only let the world know what they are doing right now, but we’ll also all be sharing “truth tweets from the streets” too as we invite you to experience more encounters in everyday evangelism with The Cross Current!

Click here to find out more about following TCC on Twitter!

PLAYING IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS

Judah Elias McKenna (May 30th, 2009 ~ June 5th, 2009)

On Saturday, May 30th, 2009, Judah Elias McKenna was born into the family of Cory and Dawn McKenna. As most you know, Cory McKenna is the founder and program host of The Cross Current. We all rejoiced with the McKenna’s at the safe arrival of God’s blessing into their family.

Six days later on Friday, June 5th, 2009, little Judah went home to be with Jesus. These are things that we do not have answers for – only questions. Judah’s time on earth may have been short, but in spite of it, he touched the hearts and lives of those around him. We may not possibly understand what this family is going through but we can witness the way in which we see the hand of God upon the McKenna’s, and how He is sustaining and bringing peace into their lives, home, and ministry.

We would like to encourage you and all believers everywhere to remember them during this difficult time of loss. We thank you in advance for continuing to uplift them in prayer, especially over the next few months.

Click here for the full story on Judah Elias McKenna

HOW COULD A LOVING GOD ALLOW SO MUCH SUFFERING IN THE WORLD?

Click here for your TCC Radio “Quick Q & A” 1-minute answer!

We thank God for you and your ongoing partnership in spreading the Gospel with The Cross Current!

We thank you in advance for praying for our local missionaries on a regular basis and we also humbly ask that you prayerfully consider becoming a “Cross Carrier” who will commit to regularly praying and donating to our local missions ministry in Canada.

In closing, we will continue praying that the Lord uses these brief updates to impact your own personal life and witness for Him!

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

TCC SEED SOWING STATS | May - June 2009

By God’s grace, The Cross Current continues to share the Gospel on the streets of Canada each week and equip other Christians to do the same!

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Newsletter | March – April 2009

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Welcome to our local missions field report for March and April of 2009! These brief, bi-monthly, Good News letters are specially designed to give you the bottom line on all the latest and greatest happenings, highlights, and Gospel glory stories we encounter as we serve the Church to keep the Cross current in Canada.

WINNIPEG WITNESSING!

We praise God that this past March TCC was invited to equip and lead an army of 75 witnessing warriors onto the streets of Winnipeg!

Above: 75 “souled out” students praying together in downtown Winnipeg

Though it was a frigid day weather-wise, we praise God that our breath wasn’t all we saw! We also saw the Holy Spirit move powerfully in the hearts and minds of the young believers we trained and the non-believers He allowed us to share the Gospel with!

Here are a few excerpts from the many Gospel glory stories that are pouring in from the students who continue reaching out in their everyday lives:

“Wow! So much has been happening in Winnipeg since the conference, my whole family has totally changed the way they see people. I just wanted to thank you again for coming here and sharing this amazing truth with us. What is really amazing is the love God puts in your heart for these people. You just so want to see them in heaven and their lives are so important to you all of a sudden. I used to not even think about the people around me but now everywhere I go I can’t help but think if they are going to heaven or not. Nothing else can compare to the feeling of telling someone else about God. I have told all my friends about witnessing and they absolutely love it. You have no idea how this has helped my Christian walk as well.” ~ Sarah T.

“I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed all the sessions. I’ve been moved to share the Gospel with people that are lost. I don’t have any friends that are not Christians but time is running out and I know God has called us to tell others about Jesus. I’m so very grateful for The Cross Current team who are willing to teach others how to witness to the people that are lost. I am very moved by what was taught and I have never felt this strongly to go and tell other people about Jesus. Thank you so very much.” ~ Raechelle P.

“My life has been totally changed by the message you spoke last weekend. After the course I was so pumped up. My friends and I arranged to go witnessing the following Saturday. When we drove home we stopped for groceries, I wanted to give a million [dollar bill tract] away so badly, but my mind was like, “No, this is not the right time”. Then I told myself, I am not walking out of this building with this million in my hand. So I went to the lottery centre and placed it by the coupons. “Someone will get a million”, I thought, and even though I didn’t speak words to someone that same joy returned – the joy of sharing the truth and promise of our savior. I had stepped out and “dropped” a tract!” ~ Jenni T.

Jenni’s email went on to testify as to how she has not only been actively sharing the Gospel with many of her family and friends, but her new-found fire for seeking and saving the lost has become so contagious that one of her Christian friends commented on how obviously excited she is about her “new real, living, talking” part of her faith. Praise God!

On behalf of our entire training team, we extend a very special thanks to all those who took the time to pray for God’s favour on our ministry in Winnipeg. As always, your prayers made all the difference! We also ask you to keep praying that God by His Spirit will continue fanning the flames of evangelism that He has lit through our time together in Winnipeg.

View the entire Winnipeg Witnessing online photo album

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SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH THE GIDEONS

In Romans 10:13-17, the apostle Paul writes:

“For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says,“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” Sofaith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

If anyone trusts in the reality that faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of God, it’s the Gideons! That’s why we jumped at the invitation to preach the Gospel and offer free evangelism training at their regional camp meeting on April 20th. As partners in the preaching and distribution of God’s Word and the Gospel, the Gideons and TCC form what you might call “A Romans 10 Tag Team”!

Here are a few encouraging words of feedback we received from the Gideons after our time together:

“Of course, I’m quite accustomed to the great zeal you possess to get out on the highways and byways to reach lost souls for Christ, and your enthusiasm is just the inspiration we Gideons need to help us continue to get out there to put scriptures in the hands of a very hungry world.”

Don Paulton, Secretary/VP of Gideons London

We thank God for the Gideons and trust that this posting will inspire you to commit their ministry to regular prayer!

HANGING WITH MARK CAHILL!

Above (L to R): Chris Wood, Jeff Mardling, Mark Cahill, Cory McKenna, John Gonciarz, Tom Woodburn

Wow! I know that I safely speak on behalf of our entire TCC Team when I say that taking in Mark Cahill’s teaching at Morningstar Christian Fellowship in Toronto on April 11th was nothing less than a speechless experience! Author of the now legendary evangelism books One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven and One Heartbeat Away, Mark is also an amazing man of God with a sincere love for the Lord, His Church, and the lost.

A very special thanks to Mark for graciously taking the time to personally hang with us for a few minutes after a long couple days of preaching and also for recording a hot promotional plug for TCC Radio.

Hear Mark’s promotional plug now as it will be heard on TCC Radio

Here is the encouraging email Mark sent our team the day following the seminar:

“It was great to meet you and your team Cory! You guys are doing awesome work for God. Thanks for understanding how valuable it is to do things that will matter for eternity.

Let me know if there is any way that I can bless y’all.

Please tell the folks in your network that I said hello and to stay bold!”

Mark

After we spent the morning taking in two of Mark’s seminars, we then took full advantage of our time in Canada’s most multicultural city by hitting the streets and experiencing the power of God’s Word first-hand through several one-to-one witnessing encounters!

Hear our team debrief on the way home after hearing Mark’s seminars and hitting the streets in TO

View more photos from our Easter weekend witnessing adventure

Let’s all be encouraged and let’s also take Mark’s words seriously to stay bold in our life and witness!

BREAKFAST WITH BONNKE!

On April 25th, TCC Reps Chris Wood and Cory McKenna had the privilege of sitting in on a special event breakfast with Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, Founder of Christ for all Nations (CfaN).

On May 1st of this year, Reinhard celebrated his 50 year anniversary preaching the Gospel! However, for the past 30 years he has been called specifically to seek and save lost souls on the continent of Africa – with hundreds of thousands at his massive crusade meetings and as many as 1.6 million people attending one single meeting!

We thank Reinhard Bonnke for graciously taking the time to encourage us in our evangelism ministry and also for recording a promotional clip for TCC Radio too! We also thank John Mitchell of CfaN Canada for connecting us with Reinhard through this event.

Hear Reinhards promotional plug now as it will be heard on TCC Radio

THE TC/TCC TEAM-UP!

This past March The Cross Current had the privilege of training over 30 on-fire Christ-followers at Teen Challenge Farm! The Witnessing Workshop started onsite with several hours of interactive learning before we all boarded a bus and took the training to the streets of London, Ontario.

When we arrived back at homebase, we all let out a shout of praise to the Lord of Jericho proportions and then gave many “glory stories” as to how God impacted our lives and the lives of those we shared the Gospel with!

Here are just a few of the powerful comments that were shared by the Witnessing Workshop graduates:

“I’ve spent my whole life passing death to people, but for the first time in my life…tonight I was passing life!”

“Of all amazing time I’ve spent on the Teen Challenge Farm, this was the most personally impacting yet!”

“Thank you for taking the time to help get started with something God has been calling me to do for my entire Christian life.”

Special thanks to Wayne Flonders and Craig Carlisle of Teen Challenge for taking the lead on evangelism in-house and making our training time run so smooth!

SHARING AND SERVING AT ARK AID MISSION

“What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warm and filled, “without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” (James 2:14-17, ESV)

TCC is a local mission that exists to partner with leaders and their local churches to spread the Gospel in Canada. Serving the needs of the disadvantaged in Jesus’ Name is not only an act of obedience, but it also facilitates a wonderful environment to help precious lost souls see and hear the truth that the only reason it’s even possible for us to demonstrate Christ’s love to them is because God first demonstrated His own love for us! How? In that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us…Amen!

Our team serves specifically at Ark Aid Mission in our hometown of London, Ontario because it’s a Gospel-centred outreach ministry that allows us to serve the needs of lost people while freely sharing the truth of eternity.

Here is a thought about the experience from the servants’ heart of our youngest Ark Aid Mission Gospel outreach team member to date:

“I feel it is important to serve at Ark Aid because I think serving is good to do because it is helping people.” ~ Joshua M., Age: 7

TCC SEED SOWING STATS | March – April 2009

By God’s grace, The Cross Current continues to share the Gospel on the streets of Canada each week and equip other Christians to do the same!

Here are the bottom line seed sowing stats over the past two months and our accumulated field report since January of this year.

Evangelism Training – Over the past two months, TCC has equipped approximately 125 more Christians to biblically share their faith with loved ones and strangers. That’s an accumulated total of 200 since January!
Witnessing – Over the past two months, our local Gospel outreach team personally shared the Good News with over 150 more lost souls and passed over 1000 more Gospel tracts! That’s an accumulated total of over 300 Gospel conversations and 2000 tracts passed since January!

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TCC RADIO REVIEW | March – April 2009

Thou Shalt Not? | March

Law. Some people consider the idea of God laying out a Holy Law which demands complete obedience to be oppressive. This series looks at the rule of law, which the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982 affirms as one of the fundamental principles of our society, and the various purposes it plays in our nation and our spirituality. Does “thou shalt not” mean that you shouldn’t unless you have a good reason, or does it mean never ever do it? What could be the purpose of a Law that none of us seem to be able to keep? Oppression, depression, or obsession? In this series we law down the law.

Operation: Unknown Christian | April

There is an army of secret operatives in our midst. These soldiers are so far “underground” that most people – even their allies – are not aware of their presence. The shocking truth is that one might even be hiding right under your nose! What are we going to do about it, Canada?

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ISN’T IT NARROW-MINDED TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW THE TRUTH?

Click here for your TCC Radio “Quick Q & A” 1-minute answer!

We thank God for you and your ongoing partnership in spreading the Gospel with The Cross Current. We humbly ask that you prayerfully consider becoming a “Cross Carrier” who will commit to regularly praying and donating to our local missions ministry in Canada. In turn, we will continue praying that the Lord uses these brief updates to impact your own personal life and witness for Him!

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

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Newsletter | January – February 2009

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Welcome to our first e-Newsletter of 2009! These brief, bi-monthly email messages will give you the bottom line on all the latest and greatest happenings, highlights, and Gospel glory stories we encounter as we serve the Church to keep the Cross current in Canada.

THE CROSS CURRENT is flowing into THE STREAM TV!

Evangelical researchers estimate that there are currently close to 30 million lost souls in Canada. It is also estimated that over 20 million Canadians and over 1.5 billion others actively surf the Internet. Put those stats together and it seems fitting that our gracious God would allow us to launch an Internet-based reality TV show to preach the Gospel in Canada and around the world!

The Cross Current Reality TV Trailer

Not only can TCC Radio now be heard via podcast and multiple broadcast radio stations, but The Cross Current Reality TV show will soon be flowing into The Stream TV to share the living water of Christ across the web in hopes that God will use the program powerfully to reconcile online sinners to Himself.

The Stream TV is a program producer that buys time on TV stations and networks for the purpose of broadcasting quality Christian programming. It is owned and operated by Quick Study TV and enjoys thousands upon thousands of hits every day and thousands of Internet surfers also download programs from the site on a daily basis as well. Currently people can hear the TCC Radio broadcast in Ontario every Friday at 7:00pm EST on 105.9 FM in London and every Monday and Tuesday at 1:00pm EST on 90.1 FM in Orangeville.

CREATION MAGAZINE LIVE! hosts TCC

Evolution. Just the mere mention of the word in a conversation about Christ can make Christians confused and skeptics more confident. This past January, our very own Cory McKenna was invited to sit in as an “expert witness” on the final episode of the Creation Magazine Live! TV series in an episode called Effective Evangelism in a Evolutionized World, scheduled to air later this year. We trust that the Lord will use TCC’s biblical insights, Gospel glory stories, and unscripted street clips to help equip His Church to engage the culture. Special thanks to Creation Ministries International for allowing us the opportunity of adding value to your vision for this series!

Click here to see all the Creation Magazine Live! pics in our Blog Photo Album

Click here to listen to a street interview that will be featured on the show

TCC preaches “THROUGH THE ROOF” at UWO

Colleges and universities are among the most resistant places in our culture to share Christ. Recent studies indicate that less than one-half of one percent of adults aged 18 to 23 have a biblical worldview. Coupled with the fact that more and more students are professing atheists, it’s been our experience that discussing concepts of faith, truth, and certainly the message of Jesus Christ on Canadian campuses often becomes much more confrontational than one of our typical “soul-winning Saturdays”!

Cory McKenna was recently hosted as a keynote Gospel preacher on the University of Western Ontario campus at an event called Through the Roof. Thankfully, he and the TCC Rep team onsite all lived to tell the story and give God the glory! When the dust had settled, the Good News was shared and our Reps were even extended the opportunity to invite several of the students onsite to take part in a very special video edition of our spiritual speakers corner!

As you watch this video of TCC Rep Chris Wood interviewing Christian UWO students Nick and Amy, think about how you would answer these “foundational” questions about the authority of Scripture!

SOUL-WINNING in SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN!

TCC went west at the end of February where Cory served as a keynote speaker to youth, young adults, and adults at a home education conference. It was so encouraging to spend time in fellowship with another army of young “prairie preachers” and the evangelism and apologetic training was received with joy and gladness!

Click here to read a TCC field report from Saskatoon

NEW CROSS CARRIER VIDEO!

After a wild ride of technical adversity, our new Cross Carrier donor video is finally finished! Special thanks to:

Jon Sodeman of Harvest Bible Chapel London for graciously donating his time to engineer the video and Pastor Norm Millar for letting him!:)
A.J. Vink and Pete Jafelice for sharing their musical gifts and donating the exclusive Cross Carrier theme song, “Trust in You” (Click here to listen to the full version of the song).

If you agree that Canada needs Christ, please take just 5 minutes to watch this short video invitation to carry the Cross with us.

TCC SEED SOWING STATS | January -- February 2009

Despite these dark, desperate, and terribly cold last two months, rest assured that the light of Christ is still shining bright in the great white north!

Here are a couple ministry praise reports over the past two months:

Evangelism Training -- TCC equipped approximately 75 Christians to biblically share their faith with loved ones and strangers.
Witnessing -- Our local street team personally shared the Gospel with over 150 lost souls and passed over 1000 Gospel tracts!

Click here for more information on how TCC can equip you and your church to more effectively share Christ

TCC RADIO REVIEW | January -- February 2009

Got Hope? | January

Got hope? Well, we hope this series will help you get it if you don’t! But what is hope anyway? A desire or wish for something to happen in the future? Nope. It is actually the current expectation of a future event that is sure to happen. And faith is the substance of hope, depending on it to happen. In light of that, is there is anything we can really hope for or have faith in?

Love Endures | February

“All you need is love, love, love is all you need.” So John Lennon says, but is that really true? Well, what better time to find out than during the month of love -- February? And that’s exactly what we did! Who do you love, who loves you, and why? None of us can really answer that question until we know what true love is. Will you challenge the fear in your heart to come along on an adventure with us as we check out what moves the hearts of real people in our culture?