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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000362
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00:11 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪ 00:26 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:28 WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AGAIN. 00:30 THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU 00:32 TO BE INFORMED ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FROM PROGRAM TO PROGRAM TO BRING TO YOU INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED 00:45 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH EITHER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY OR HERE IN THE U. S. 00:59 MY GUEST TODAY IS ONE OF MY FELLOW PROGRAM PRODUCERS. WELCOME GERALD. 01:04 GERALD IS A MUSICIAN. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE 01:09 KNOW THAT, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ORDERED HIS CDS AND DVDS KNOW THAT. 01:16 HE OFTEN HAS SUPPORTING MUSICIANS WITH HIM AS WELL. 01:19 IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME OUTSTANDING PIANO MUSIC, YOU NEED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH 01:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ASK FOR SOME OF HIS MUSIC CDS. DO THEY HAVE A NAME? 01:36 YES. WE HAVE TWO CDS OUT. THE FIRST CD IS SACRED PIANO CONCERTOS. 01:44 THE NEW CD IS ENTITLED GLORY OF GOD IN MUSIC. 01:53 ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:04 YOU'LL WANT TO ASK FOR THE NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 02:08 AND ALSO ASK ABOUT GERALD'S MUSIC CDS. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK, GERALD. 02:14 THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, YOU TOLD US AN EXCITING STORY ABOUT YOURSELF 02:20 AND ABOUT GOD'S AMAZING MIRACLE INTERVENTIONS IN YOUR LIFE. 02:27 HE HEALED YOUR DISABLED HAND SO THAT YOU COULD ONCE AGAIN PLAY THE PIANO. 02:37 NOW DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED, IN COOPERATION WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, 02:40 FOR YOU TO PRODUCE VIDEO PROGRAMS. 02:44 THEY ARE BEING RELEASED IN PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE MOST CHRISTIANS HAVE NOT BEEN. 02:54 THEY ARE BEING RELEASED IN PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE MOST CHRISTIANS HAVE NOT BEEN. 03:02 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COLLAGE YOU SHARED WITH US PREVIOUSLY. 03:17 THUS FAR, PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THREE LANGUAGES, 03:25 NAMELY FARSI, ARABIC AND ARMENIAN. 03:31 LET'S RUN A FEW CLIPS FOR OUR VIEWERS SO THEY CAN GET AN IDEA. 03:37 THE NAME OF THE FARSI SHOW IS A BETTER TOMORROW. 03:40 THE NAME OF THE ARABIC SHOW IS MESSAGE OF PEACE. 03:44 THE NAME OF THE ARMENIAN SHOW IS STEPS TO CHRIST. 03:51 AND LATER I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TITLES. 03:53 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 04:03 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 06:32 LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, GERALD. LET'S START WITH THE ARMENIAN. 06:41 THE TITLE STEPS TO CHRIST IS BECAUSE ARMENIA IS A POPULATION THAT IS LARGELY CHRISTIAN. 06:49 TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT OUR HEART AND OUR CONVICTIONS MAKES THAT TITLE VERY RELEVANT. 06:59 AND THE GRAPHICS OBVIOUSLY FIT WITH THE 21ST CENTURY. 07:04 SOME FOLKS MIGHT ASK WHY WE ARE PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS FOR ARMENIANS, 07:14 SOME FOLKS MIGHT ASK WHY WE ARE PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS FOR ARMENIANS, 07:20 SINCE THEY ARE ALREADY CHRISTIANS. 07:24 NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF ARMENIANS ARE CONSIDERED EITHER ORTHODOX OR APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANS. 07:31 THE PERCENTAGE OF ADVENTISM IS VERY MINISCULE. 07:36 HOWEVER, ARMENIANS PLAY A VERY CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 07:41 FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN ALL THE WAY TO IRAN, IT'S HOME TO ABOUT 250 MILLION ARABS. 07:53 ARMENIANS HAVE INTRICATELY BEEN INVOLVED IN EVANGELIZING THE ISLAMIC WORLD. 08:00 IN THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, THERE HAVE BEEN ARMENIAN PASTORS, 08:07 MOSTLY PENTECOSTAL AND EVANGELICAL. 08:11 I KNOW THAT AT LAST TWO DOZEN OF THEM WERE BRUTALLY KILLED BY THE IRANIAN REGIME IN THE LAST 08:18 25 YEARS FOR SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 08:21 BECAUSE OF THEIR SACRIFICE, WE HAVE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS FROM TRUSTED SOURCES OF BETWEEN FOUR 08:36 TO FIVE MILLION IRANIAN CHRISTIANS FROM ISLAMIC BACKGROUND 08:41 WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS. 08:44 THIS IS A RESULT OF ARMENIAN PASTORS EVANGELIZING IRAN. 08:50 THE NAME OF THE SHOW IN FARSI IS A BETTER TOMORROW. 08:55 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO THE GOSPEL AND ESPECIALLY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER 09:02 FUNDAMENTALIST OR RADICAL ISLAMIC RULE OBVIOUSLY CAN APPRECIATE A GLIMMER OF HOPE. 09:12 WHAT THEY DO APPRECIATE ABOUT THE GOSPEL IS THE INDIVIDUAL JESUS CHRIST. 09:20 SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COMMENTS I'VE HEARD 09:22 ABOUT CHRIST HAVE COME FROM THE LIPS OF MUSLIMS. 09:26 THE MOST COMMON EXPRESSION I HEAR IS THAT JESUS IS TRULY A GENTLEMAN. 09:38 NO MATTER HOW BAD LIFE IS OR HOW GRIM OR HOW BLEAK THE FUTURE, HE GIVES THEM HOPE REGARDLESS. 09:49 WE WERE CONVICTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE THIS HOPEFUL NAME TO THE FARSI SHOW 09:55 AND A BETTER TOMORROW HAS BEEN RECEIVED QUITE WELL. 09:59 THOSE PEOPLE WANT A BETTER TOMORROW, SO THAT IS AN INVITATION FOR THEM TO SEE IF 10:08 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A BETTER TOMORROW. 10:18 OUR MAIN PHILOSOPHY IN PRODUCING TELEVISION SHOWS FOR THAT PART OF THE WORLD IS TO NOT CONDEMN 10:27 OR DEMEAN OR DEVALUE OR SHOW DISRESPECT TO THE RELIGIONS OF THE COUNTRIES. 10:36 WHAT WE DO IS COMPLIMENT THE ALREADY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE 10:42 THEY HAVE ABOUT CHRIST, ABOUT JESUS. 10:45 WE BRING IN THE REST OF THE STORY SO TO SPEAK. 10:49 WE BRING IN THE WHOLE TRUTH BASED ON THE LIMITED KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE ABOUT CHRIST, 10:56 KNOWING CHRIST AND FOLLOWING IN CHRIST'S FOOTSTEPS. 10:59 WE'RE NOT OUT THERE TO DISRESPECT OR QUARREL OR CONDEMN ANY RELIGION. 11:07 WE'RE OUT THERE TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 11:11 NOT THE NEWS THAT BASHES YOU OVER THE HEAD BUT THE GOOD NEWS 11:14 THAT JESUS IS FOR MUSLIMS AS WELL. 11:19 I FEEL CONSTRAINED TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION HERE. 11:26 THERE ARE AMONG BELIEVERS IN THE WESTERN WORLD THOSE WHO DO USE PLATFORMS OF 11:33 CONDEMNATION WHICH DOES NOTHING TO WIN ANYBODY TO JESUS. 11:42 YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF JESUS WHICH IS INVITING ALL MEN 11:47 TO COME UNTO HIM TO FIND PEACE AND REST. 11:52 YOU HAVE SELECTED A UNIQUE TITLE FOR THE ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD AS WELL. 11:57 THE ARABIC TERM TRANSLATES INTO "MESSAGE OF PEACE." 12:09 YOU CAN'T TALK TO A MUSLIM OR AN ARABIC SPEAKING PERSON 12:14 WHO DOESN'T REALLY IN THEIR HEART OF HEARTS WANT PEACE. 12:17 EXACTLY! 12:19 SO YOU FOUND WAYS TO MAKE THE APPEAL OF JESUS RELEVANT TO THE 12:27 PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TV IN THOSE AREAS. 12:34 WE NEVER STARTED PRODUCING RELIGIOUS SHOWS TO CONTEND WITH THE RELIGION OF THE LANDS. 12:46 WE ARE PRODUCING FOR AND BROADCASTING TO PEOPLE TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE REALISM 12:48 AND THE REALITY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION. 12:53 HE DID NOT COME TO START A NEW RELIGION. HE CAME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE. 12:57 AS WE HEARD IN OTHER MEETINGS YOU AND I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING LATELY GERALD, 13:02 HE CAME TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN. 13:07 MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE SERVE A LOVING, FRIENDLY GOD. 13:14 I AM IMPRESSED TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT OUR VIEWERS DESERVE TO UNDERSTAND. 13:23 AS YOU VIEWED THE CLIP OF THE PROGRAMS THAT GERALD SHARED WITH US, 13:30 YOU FOUND THEM VERY FAST MOVING. 13:36 THE SOUND ON THOSE PROGRAMS WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE USUALLY HEAR ON THIS CHANNEL. 13:48 I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM SO PROUD OF GERALD 13:52 IN BEING FAITHFUL TO GOD'S CALL ON HIS LIFE. 13:58 HE IS WILLING TO TAKE WHATEVER RISKS MAY BE INVOLVED FOR THE SAKE OF MILLIONS OF SOULS WHOM 14:05 WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO EVER BEFORE. 14:11 TYPICALLY, WE AS SUBCULTURAL BELIEVERS, I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAY IT THAT 14:21 WAY, LIKE TO SEE PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH - THAT KIND OF SAYS THINGS 14:27 THE WAY WE SAY IT, AND WE SAY "AMEN." GERALD BELIEVES 14:37 AND FOLKS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BELIEVE THAT HE IS CALLED TO SPEAK TO AN 14:42 AUDIENCE THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW OR WHEN TO SAY AMEN. 14:49 IN FACT, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND JUST THE WAY WE DO THINGS. 14:55 THERE IS A WHOLE SECULAR WORLD OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE WAY WE DO THINGS. 15:00 BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE MODEL OF JESUS, HE LEFT THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER'S GLORY 15:04 TO COME TO THIS PLANET WHERE PEOPLE DID EVERYTHING DIFFERENT. 15:08 HE APPROACHED THEM AS ONE OF THEM. 15:12 I WANT TO COMMEND GERALD, AND I HOPE YOU WILL COMMEND HIM AS WELL. 15:17 I HOPE HE HAS YOUR SUPPORT IN DOING WHAT HE IS DOING. 15:22 LET ME BE SO BOLD AS TO SAY THAT THE PROGRAMS GERALD IS PRODUCING ARE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH 15:34 THE CHANNEL WE'RE SPEAKING ON RIGHT NOW - NO OFFENSE INTENDED. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT FOR YOU. 15:42 THESE PROGRAMS ARE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT JESUS COMMISSIONED 15:46 YOU AND US TO REACH OUT TO. THEY SPEAK A DIFFERENT 15:51 LANGUAGE, THAT'S OBVIOUS. THEY LIVE IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CULTURE. 15:58 THE WAY OF LIFE TO THEM IS A 21ST CENTURY LIFE, NOT A 20TH. 16:07 THERE IS A QUOTE, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER WORD FOR WORD, BY ELLEN G. WHITE. 16:17 THERE IS A QUOTE, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER WORD FOR WORD, BY ELLEN G. WHITE. 16:39 SHE SAID THAT WE HAVE TO RESORT TO ALL POSSIBLE MEANS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 16:48 I BELIEVE WE MUST USE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERY 16:51 POSSIBLE MEANS THAT ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL. 16:54 OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT EVEN CONCEIVED OF IN HER TIME. 16:58 I BELIEVE IF ELLEN G. WHITE WAS ALIVE TODAY, 17:01 SHE WOULD BE ON MANY NETWORKS AND ON THE INTERNET. 17:09 THERE ARE MANY AVENUES AVAILABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE. 17:11 IN JESUS' FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH PETER IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, FOURTH CHAPTER, 17:18 PETER WAS FISHING. JESUS TOLD HIM TO GO OUT WHERE 17:29 THE WATER WAS DEEPER, CAST DOWN HIS NETS AND HE WOULD CATCH MANY FISH. 17:35 PETER HAD BEEN FISHING ALL NIGHT AND HADN'T CAUGHT ANYTHING. 17:39 THAT'S IT. 17:41 WE HAVE TO GO WHERE THE LORD LEADS. 17:46 MY EXPERIENCE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT IT 17:52 IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE, VERY INNOVATIVE MINISTRY. 17:56 IT DOES NOT HAVE THE LIMITATIONS THAT SOME OF US HAVE WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH SET IN OUR OWN WAY. 18:04 WE THINK THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE AND 18:06 WE'LL DO IT THE SAME WAY HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT RESULT. 18:09 OF COURSE, IT DOESN'T WORK. 18:11 I'M SO PROUD OF BEING A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. 18:16 THEY DON'T ADVOCATE COMFORTABLE CHRISTIANITY. 18:21 THEY OFFER EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING THE GOOD NEWS TO PEOPLE WHO 18:25 OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD IT THE CONVENTIONAL WAY. 18:30 I'M SURE YOU CAN TELL THAT GERALD IS SHARING SOME VERY WEIGHTY THOUGHTS WITH US AND I 18:37 PRAY THAT THESE WEIGHTY THOUGHTS FIND GOOD CONSIDERATION IN YOUR MINDS AND IN YOUR HEARTS. 18:48 GERALD, HOW MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE YOU DONE? 18:52 WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 155 FARSI SHOWS. 18:57 WE'VE DONE ABOUT 60 ARMENIAN SHOWS, AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS 20 ARABIC SHOWS. 19:07 BY GOD'S GRACE, WE WILL BE ADDING TWO MORE LANGUAGES. 19:12 BETWEEN THESE FIVE LANGUAGES, WE WILL BE COVERING A POPULATION GROUP BETWEEN FIVE TO SEVEN 19:21 HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 19:28 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE FARSI SHOWS HAVE BEEN BROADCASTED. 19:34 WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE ARE YOU GETTING? 19:37 THE CALLS ARE DIVERSE. WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS OF CALLS. 19:40 WE HAVE HAD AROUND FIFTEEN HUNDRED E-MAILS. 19:44 WE TAKE THE E-MAIL CONCEPT FOR GRANTED HERE IN THE U.S. 19:51 BUT IN COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN THE GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES ALL THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 19:56 BECAUSE THEY OWN THE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES. SO PHONE LINES ARE TAPPED. 20:01 I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS FROM VIEWERS WHERE WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE A FIVE MINUTE PHONE 20:07 CALL WILL TAKE A HALF HOUR BECAUSE OF ALL THE 20:09 INTERCEPTIONS AND OUR PHONE LINES WILL GET DISCONNECTED. 20:12 THEY WILL CALL BACK AGAIN. THEN THEY WILL GET DISCONNECTED AND CALL BACK AGAIN. 20:16 WITH ALL THESE LIMITATIONS PEOPLE STILL CONTACT US. 20:22 WE'VE HAD TESTIMONIALS OF PEOPLE ACCEPTING CHRIST JUST BY WATCHING ONE TELEVISION SHOW. 20:29 WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE STARTED HOME CHURCHES AROUND OUR TELEVISION SHOW. 20:37 I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE DOCTOR WHO CALLED FROM IRAN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS 20:42 WITH DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS SO HE WOULDN'T BE TRACED. 20:45 HE SAID, "WE ARE HAVING CHURCH WHILE YOUR TV SHOW IS ON. 20:50 WE INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR HOUSE AND WE'RE HAVING CHURCH." 20:54 LET ME UNDERSCORE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN COUNTRIES 21:01 WHERE NOBODY HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO GO AND PASS OUT LITERATURE 21:06 OR HOLD EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS OR PREACH IN ANY WAY. 21:10 BUT THROUGH THE AIRWAYS, GOD HAS HIS HAND OVER THIS. 21:19 WERE YOU THE ONE I HEARD SAY RECENTLY THAT PEOPLE 21:24 WILL GO BUY A CELL PHONE IN ORDER TO CALL YOU? 21:28 YES. 21:29 TELL US THAT STORY. 21:30 ONE INSTANCE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED SAIED 21:39 (THAT IS A PSEUDO NAME.) HE CALLED AND I HAPPENED 21:44 TO BE BY THE PHONE LINE. I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND THE 21:53 CALL WENT LIKE THIS. HE SAID, "HELLO, MY NAME IS SAIED. 21:56 I JUST WATCHED YOUR SHOW. I WILL CALL AGAIN." AND HE HUNG UP. 22:00 TWO MINUTES LATER THE PHONE RANG WITH A DIFFERENT ID IDENTIFIER. 22:07 I ANSWERED AND IT WAS THE SAME GUY. 22:09 "HELLO, MY NAME IS SAIED. I JUST CALLED YOU. 22:11 I ACCEPTED CHRIST. YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO. 22:14 I'LL CALL YOU BACK." AND HE HUNG UP. 22:16 HE CALLED AGAIN TWO MINUTES LATER WITH A DIFFERENT CALLING CARD. 22:20 HE SAID, "MY NAME IS SAIED. I TOLD YOU THAT I ACCEPTED CHRIST WATCHING YOUR SHOW. 22:24 CAN YOU SEND ME A BIBLE? I WILL WAIT FOR YOUR CALL." 22:28 HE WAS IN SUCH A HURRY BUT HE WAS SO ADAMANT 22:32 TO TELL ME THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST. 22:35 THE REASON WAS IF HE STAYS ON THE PHONE TOO LONG HIS CALL WILL BE TRACED? 22:39 YES. THE GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO TRACE ALL CALLING CARDS. 22:44 THEY CAN TRACE ALL CELL CALLS. IT IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION IN IRAN. 22:54 CAN I SHARE WITH YOU A BIT OF INFORMATION? 22:56 YES. 22:59 IN THE YEAR 2008, THE AFFILIATE WITH THE NETWORK THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN AT THE TIME WAS 23:14 TAKING A SECRET CONSENSUS IN THE COUNTRY OF IRAN TO FIND OUT 23:19 HOW CHRISTIAN SATELLITE TV IS IMPACTING IRANIANS. 23:25 BY DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, 874 THOUSAND MUSLIM IRANIANS HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR 23:35 BY DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, 874 THOUSAND MUSLIM IRANIANS HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR 23:42 JUST BY WATCHING CHRISTIAN TELEVISION PROGRAMS ON SATELLITE. 23:46 WE HAVE TO BE THERE. 23:48 874 THOUSAND. THAT'S ALMOST A MILLION IN ONE YEAR. 23:51 IRAN PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ALL THIS. 23:55 IT CAN IMPACT ALMOST A BILLION PEOPLE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. 24:04 THE ENEMY OF GOD DOES NOT SIT IDLE. 24:07 THE BELIEVERS IN IRAN DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT AFTER THEY GO TO A SECRET UNDERGROUND HOME 24:14 CHURCH TO WORSHIP THAT THEY WILL GET BACK HOME ALIVE. 24:18 THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS, THEY VANISH, 24:22 THEY GET ARRESTED, THEY GET SUPPRESSED, AND THEY HAVE 24:25 ALL THEIR BELONGINGS CONFISCATED. 24:27 THEY CAN HAVE A VERY MISERABLE EXPERIENCE AS WE SPEAK TODAY. 24:33 IN THE WEST, WE CAN BE SITTING COMFORTABLY IN OUR CHURCHES, COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR CHURCHES, 24:40 BUT PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD WEAR THEIR LIVES ON THEIR SLEEVES NOT KNOWING 24:45 IF THEY WILL MAKE IT BACK HOME BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH. 24:48 YOU HAVE HAD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THERE WERE SOME 24:54 UNDERGROUND CHURCHES THAT ARE ALMOST NON EXISTENT NOW? 24:58 YES. WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR TEAM WHO TRAVELED TO IRAN. 25:06 OF COURSE, HE IS NOT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. 25:09 I'M THE ONE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. 25:11 HE WAS IN IRAN FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND HE CONTACTED ME. 25:16 HE SAID THAT SINCE THE LAST PARLIAMENTARY DECISIONS ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO, 25:21 THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN IS CRACKING DOWN SO BRUTALLY ON CHRISTIANS 25:27 THAT SOME OF THE ULTRA UNDERGROUND CHURCHES HAVE DISAPPEARED. 25:31 THEY ARE NOT GATHERING TOGETHER TO WORSHIP ANYMORE. SO IT IS VERY DIRE IN IRAN. 25:37 HOWEVER, THE MORE PERSECUTION, THE MORE RECEPTIVE THE PEOPLE ARE TO THE GOSPEL. 25:44 GERALD, I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 25:52 I THINK WE SEE WHAT THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS FOR ALL OF THE 25:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PRODUCTION 26:00 OF PROGRAMS IN THESE OTHER TWO LANGUAGES. 26:03 LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS, IT REPRESENTS ALSO HUNDREDS 26:06 OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN BE REACHED. 26:11 SO MONEY IS NEEDED AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP PRODUCE THESE PROGRAMS. 26:16 THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCED AS INEXPENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE. 26:21 THIS IS AN APPEAL TO ALL OF YOU TO PRAY FOR THIS PROJECT AND SEND YOUR RESOURCES TO HELP THE 26:29 WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH GO FORWARD. 26:32 GOD BLESS YOU AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU AGAIN, GERALD. 26:37 AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN US AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN 26:42 MISSIONS." STAY TUNED BECAUSE REPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE COME TO YOU ON THIS CHANNEL. 26:50 UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M DAN MATTHEWS. 26:53 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06