This year's Mission Ottawa gospel outreach, a five day gospel giving blitz on the streets of Ottawa via open air preaching gospel tract distribution, one-on-one conversations and crosswalking with the "Are You Ready" cross has come and gone.
Usually held in the fall but due to a forced change in my "vacation" time at work this year, Mission Ottawa was held in June. As always, our dear brother and friend, Vernon Costolo of Georgia, co-founder of Mission Ottawa, flew up to join us again for the five day effort for the third year in a row.
As well, joining the evangelism team of Emmanuel Baptist Church for a day were Bill and Jenny Baker from Toronto. We were so pleased to finally meet and work along side these two wonderful and dedicated servants of Christ. The 8 minute video posted below is just a snippet of the work the Lord blessed us with and helped us to accomplish. With many opportunities to proclaim the gospel at various downtown locations over those few days, many people heard the gospel and thousands received it by gospel tract. Many meaningful discussions took place, as well, as we sought out to do that which the Lord has commissioned us to do, to "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." - Mark 16:15. And "all" includes our own backyard. What a privilege and joy to serve the King of kings and the Lord of lords by these means! Until next year, we press on in the sharing of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ in the public square wherever we are, to His glory.
An everyday Christian's effort dedicated to encourage fellow believers who regularly share their faith with others and to hopefully motivate those who do not.
There is nothing more important for people to know than where they are going to spend eternity, for certain. There is no other truth that must be offered to others than the saving gospel of Jesus Christ.
But the same good news for us is bad news for others if we but keep it to ourselves. And that would be wrong.
Christians are called by Jesus Himself to get busy telling others about Him and what He has done to secure eternal salvation for those who hear and believe.
"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." (Mark 16:15)
My name is Paul Latour. My gospel giving partner on the street happens to also be my wife and best friend, Kim.
It is our prayer that our gospel giving efforts seen here and other content viewed on this blog, would be of encouragement to fellow Christians everywhere whose hearts' desire is to herald the Good News of eternal salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to a lost and dying world by various means of street evangelism.
If we can be of help to you in any way, then this blog will have served its purpose for your benefit and for the glory of God.
Amen Brother! What a joy to partake in this great endeavor for the Glory of Christ! May many be saved in Ottawa!
ReplyDeleteAlways a joy working the gospel on the streets with you, brother. Already looking forward to MO2013.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Team and all praise and glory to God!
ReplyDelete"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." - Mark 16:15. And "all" includes our own backyard."
I pray more churches would put as much effort into reaching the lost in their own backyards as they do other other activities -
Amen, Wayne! Amen!
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