Newsletter | January – February 2009
Monday, March 16th, 2009Welcome 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!
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?
Listen to this series on TCC Radio
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?
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IS THE BIBLE REALLY TRUE?
Click here for your TCC Radio “Quick Q & A” 1-minute answer!
Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel. Please continue praying for God’s favour on our local missions work in Canada, and we will continue praying that He uses these brief updates to impact your own personal life and witness for Him!
The Cross Current Team
