A similar version of this story is scheduled to appear in the upcoming Easter edition of the Christian Life in London newspaper.

Jesus said, “go”. Go into all the and preach the Gospel. Go and make disciples. To be a follower of Christ is to “go”. The Cross Current is taking this command seriously.

The Cross Current (TCC) is a London-based local missions ministry and outreach broadcast that exists to help pastors equip Christians to “go”. To “go” and personally share Christ with loved ones, and to “go” as a team to share Christ together with the community. We help local churches develop and equip Gospel Outreach “GO” Teams of Christ-followers to preach the Gospel while serving the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and material needs of the lost in the community.

After enjoying several other fruitful ministry missions together earlier this season, on February 13th TCC and the GO Team of Harvest Bible Chapel London partnered together to reach out to the disadvantaged in our community with the Good News, a cup of hot chocolate, and a warm winter coat.

Of all the praiseworthy field reports from that day, we especially thank God that He moved our team to leave the ninety-nine to find the one named “Tim”. Tim heard the Gospel and encountered Christ through the GO Team on Saturday, and then joined us for church the next morning. What joy the Lord brings when we obey Him!

Above: TCC Radio and TV Host, Cory McKenna, shares the Gospel with our new friend Tim on Saturday. Right: TCC Field Rep Tom Woodburn welcomes Tim at church on Sunday!

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It has also been our experience that Gospel outreach brings a sort of “double blessing”. Not only are non-believers blessed by encountering the power of the Gospel first-hand, but we as the brethren also enjoy the blessings of authentic biblical fellowship when we die to self and love the lost as Jesus did…together!

GO Team Testimonies

GO Team missions leader, Chris Wood, says: “There is something amazing and eternal about stepping into the community and serving, praying, and preaching the Gospel. It makes me think: this is the Church the way it should be.”

“Since serving with the GO Team, my focus has totally changed! It is now more of Him and less of me”, says Donna Feica, a GO Team member serving in the area of prayer and follow-up ministry. “The teaching and example the GO Team provides in witnessing continues to encourage me and give me the confidence to actually look for opportunities to share God’s love!”

Norm Millar, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel of London, candidly shares, “Evangelism tends to leak out of the ministry life of any church and so we are very thankful to God for the Harvest GO Team and the TCC leaders who help us keep Biblical evangelism front and centre in all we do.”

It has been said that the mark of a great church is not in its seating capacity, but its sending capacity. May the Lord continue to build great churches that will “go” for His glory in Canada.

More on how TCC can help your local church develop and equip a Gospel Outreach Team to share Christ with your community

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See “The Faces for Radio” on TV!

In our January – February 2009 Newsletter, it was announced that The Cross Current had received an exciting offer from The Stream TV network to launch an Internet-based reality TV show to preach the Gospel and equip the Church in Canada and around the world.

The program was tentatively scheduled to air in the spring of 2009. However, this date had to be postponed after our video editing contact relocated.

An urgent prayer answered!

Late last year, our program director at The Stream TV told us that The Cross Current TV program could be airing on their network today if the episodes were already edited. That’s why we believe that the Lord orchestrated a way for us to purchase a computer from a local church for a very reasonable price to begin editing and producing these shows within our existing team.

Left: TCC Field Rep, Chris Wood, enjoys an “encounter in everyday evangelism” during the production of The Cross Current reality TV program.

So, though we totally understood the seemingly bad timing of sending out an appeal for support so close to the holiday season, late December we stepped out in faith and invited believers to pray about sowing into this urgent ministry need. Our hope was to receive at least half the money required from supporters. This would enable us to move forward while continuing to exercise responsible stewardship as a ministry.

Well, we were humbled and overwhelmed when several supporters stepped up and gave so generously that we were able to purchase the computer outright, with no money owing. Praise the Lord! Now that we have the computer, The Cross Current TV program is already in production and we hope to have several episodes ready to broadcast by late this spring.

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Our Prayer Pulse for March

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

TCC Radio Expansion

Please pray that The Cross Current Radio Show will enjoy exposure into more cities in Canada to facilitate greater Gospel preaching coverage and increased ministry support.

TCC TV Production

Please pray that The Cross Current TV production will run smoothly and that the Gospel-preaching program will begin streaming online as soon as possible.

Continue keeping a pulse on our mutual prayer needs

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