🔥🇮🇳 REVIVAL CONTINUES!! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

Aug 28

For a two-month period this summer (June 16th to August 13th) during the rainy season, our team in India led by Bro. Shalem Raju conducted 12 “Redeeming Hope Crusades” in various remote villages throughout Andrah Predesh. Local pastors burdened to pierce these communities in their region with Hope invited our ministry to hold evangelistic meetings there and show the film.

REMEMBER — all of these villages are rooted in idol worship and have remained in spiritual darkness for generations, being heavily influenced by the ritual traditions and practices of Hinduism . . . with most having little or *no* contact with the Christianity. (A few of the villages have a Roman Catholic influence — but Roman Catholicism is a cult!) In some of these places, it was not only the first time a Christian film was shown in that village, but it was the first Christian meeting EVER conducted in that area!

Through the fervent intercession of many prayer warriors and the soulwinning efforts by our team, the miraculous saving power of the Gospel broke through to the following communities:

June 16 — Madicherla
June 21 — Ramanakkapeta
June 24 — Mulapadu
July 4 — BapirajuGudem
July 7 — Kavuluru
July 9 — Somavaram
July 22 — Gudipadu
July 25 — Cheruvu Madhavaram
July 28 — Ajarayyapeta
August 3 — Guntupalli
August 7 — Tadikalapudi
August 13 — Kondapalli

There were 3,320+ different people in attendance with over 1,430 souls that we know of who trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Truly — “This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.” (Psalm 118:23). Furthermore — our team distributed a total of 14,300 “There Is Hope” Telugu Gospel tracts (which includes a QR code to the Telugu version of “The Gospel Film” on the back) in these 12 villages, and they were eagerly received and read. The word “HOPE” across the front always grips their soul.

🔷 While we were distributing Gospel tracts, visiting a home, they said they were devotees to the famous Hindu god of Tirupati Temple. We gave them the tract and explained to them what the tract was about. God helped us to share with them the Gospel. They said every year they go to the Tirupati Temple to shave their heads and give their hair to their god as sacrifice. For some time, God enabled me to share them that no sacrifice to any god can save us — only the sacrifice of Christ made for us on the Cross for our sins can save us. That He is the only True God. That we must need to accept Jesus alone to be saved. When they heard the Gospel, God helped them to realize this. Both Husband and wife accepted Jesus as their personal Saviour!
🔷 Three guys were playing in a cricket ground and God helped us to reach to them and distributed the Gospel tracts, they read the tract then and there and we had a talk with the young men for some time, they raised many questions about Hinduism, Christianity and many. Finally, God convicted their heart and three young men believed in Jesus and accepted Jesus Christ as their one and only savior, To God be the Glory, Amen.

It has been incredible to behold the miraculous saving power of the Gospel mightily on display from place to place.

In our very first summer crusade on June 16th, a villager came up to Bro. Shalem in tears and shared, “This movie needs to be showing in our villages to bring us to understand who the One True God is. Many people are addicted to alcohol and drugs; many people are going with the immoral relationships. There is no one to show us the correct way. We have many Hindu temples, but no preacher ever came in midst of us and taught us the right way. We are so thankful for you to taking time and coming to us to show this film and helping us to know about Jesus.”

In the Somavaram village on July 9th, our team was followed by a small band of men chanting “Jai Sri Ram” (a Hindi exclamation) over and over again, trying to disturb their soulwinning and scare away people from receiving Gospel tracts and flyers of the Crusade. That night one of those young men attended the meeting, sitting in the shadows toward the back. After the movie he came up to Bro. Shalem broken and sincerely apologized. He said, “I’m very sorry to hinder you while you were distributing tracts, I did it in ignorance. I believed Hinduism is the true religion and way to Heaven but I have many doubts regarding God and life after death. After watching the film all my doubts were cleared, I felt God’s peace in my Heart and I accept Jesus as my Personal Savior.” 😭❤️🙌🏻

BELOW ARE 15 SALVATION TESTIMONIES. (There are so many more that could have been included!!) I trust that these powerful stories of the Gospel will grip your heart and move you to tears just as they did to me and my family!

✅ “I am facing lot of troubles and difficulties in my life. I am addicted to drugs and alcohol, and I have become worthless to my family. After watching today’s movie, I realized how I am worth something to Jesus that He died for my sins and shed His blood to wash away my sins. God changed my life and saved me. I don’t want to try suicide again; I want to live for God.”
✅ “I work as a Head Nurse earning good salary, but I have no peace in my heart. I also go to the temple and give my money as offering but I cannot find peace in my life. After watching today’s movie, I felt God talking to me and revealing Himself to me. I didn’t know that Jesus died for me and there is Heaven and we can enter only through Him. God convicted my heart, and I realized God’s Love in my heart and accept Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.”
✅ “I’m a man like Marco who sells Alcohol to my villagers. Like Marco gave drugs to Denver I use to give alcohol to the young boys and I make them addicted to alcohol so that I can sell it for money. For my profit I spoiled many lives. When I see the movie, even Marco also got saved it really touched my heart, yes now I believe Jesus saved me and He can save anybody like me. To God be the Glory.”
✅ “Many times, my wife and I have heard about Jesus Christ, but we couldn’t understand Him completely. Today when we heard that movie is screening here I and my wife came to watch. We have even gone to many temples and worshipped many idols, but we never felt God in our lives, we have no hope in our lives, after watching this film we literally experienced God’s presence and understood how He loved us unconditionally. I came to know His Son Jesus forgives all our sins and saves us from the Hell. I realized that I need that faith, I and my wife accepted Jesus as our Personal Saviour.”
✅ Testimony from an elderly man — “I watched many worldly films and even religious films, but I never felt before like how I’m feeling now. This film literally saved my life, I never knew Jesus before, I never know there is Heaven and Hell for real. But after watching this film I came to know that only through accepting Jesus as my personal Saviour I can be saved and God will take me to Heaven. Thank you so much for coming and screening this film in my village.”
✅ God saved a lady who had been going to the Roman Catholic Church for 20 years and worships Mary. She never knew that we must not worship Mary. She never read Bible in her life, she just goes to Church and listens to Priest. But after watching Redeeming Hope movie, she came to know that Idol worship is wrong and Idols can not save and give peace. She realized Jesus’ Love for the first time and accepted Him as her personal Savior.
✅ God saved a Roman Catholic man. He actually had helped our team in making arrangements for the film to be shown. He said, he has been a faithful member in catholic Church for almost 30 years and he doesn’t know what the Truth is, today after watching film he realized the truth and told me that he never knows that he is in a false religion till now, he doesn’t know that we must not worship idols, but today God helped him to find out the truth realized that only through Jesus we can go to Heaven and Accepted Jesus Christ as His Personal Savior.
✅ “While I was watching the film I was offended and wanted to go to home, but I kept on watching the film. You call out the idols of the catholic church that they don’t have any power, so I was angry. But when I kept watching the film I realized that what you have showed in the film is true. These many years I have gone to church for multiple times but I couldn’t find the meaning of life, I felt empty and lifeless whenever I go to catholic church. But after watching the film I realized that Jesus is one and only true God who gave His life for us. Thank you for screening this film in our village.”
✅ God saved a Young Man who lost a lot of money in gambling. With tears this young man shared his testimony. He said,
“This is the first time ever that I watched a film like this. Throughout the movie I cried a lot, I cried out all my inner feelings and inner struggles. I used to watch cricket like crazy, I lost lot of money in cricket betting. I became addicted to drugs and alcohol; my parents and siblings are hating me for my mistakes. Nobody is listening to me and no one is showing pity on me, I wanted to die and end my life. While I was watching this film, I realized God is so loving and forgiving. When I heard He forgives anyone who comes to him, tears rolled in my eyes, and I realized He is the one that I need in my life, to fix my life and to save my life. I believe He died for me on the cross and I accept Him as my personal Savior.”
✅ God saved a Autorickshaw Driver who has brought people from another village to see the film. He said, “I brought people from my village to see the film so that I get money for my Autorickshaw rent. I never heard anything about Jesus before and what He has done. After bringing people to meeting place I also wanted to watch the film and I watched the film. While watching the film I realized that my life is same like Denver, I earn money and I spend it for drinking alcohol. I always fight with my wife and take her money too and drink alcohol. I never thought about her of what she is feeling about me. After watching today’s film, I realized my life is a mess and I need Jesus to fix my life and to save me. Today I heard Jesus died for me on the cross to save my soul, I believe it and I accept Jesus as my personal Savior, To God be the Glory, Amen.”
✅ “My wife is a Christian. From the early days of our marriage my wife always prays for me and for my household, every day I could see her kneeling down and praying. Many times, she wanted to tell me about Jesus, but I never gave her time to listen. Today I heard that Redeeming Hope movie is screened in our village. I didn’t care what the film is about but I love to watch movies, so I came here to the ground where movie is showing. While watching the movie I really felt goosebumps. God was trying to get ahold of me. I saw Lisa praying for Denver. My wife also praying for me for years though I never gave my ear to her. But God allowed me to watch this film and I realized Christ died for my sins on the Cross and paid my debts. Now I receive Jesus Christ as my Personal Savior.”
✅ God saved a college professor who approached Bro. Shalem after the film and shared with him how that the film had changed him completely. He said that in his life he never believed that there is God who has existence, he was an atheist. After watching film, he realized there is a Creator God who is alive and gave His life to save us. He accepted Jesus, believing that He died for him and resurrected to dwell in him. He testified that he will preach Christ to his family and to his students to be saved in Jesus.
✅ By the Grace of the God, the man who we rented chairs and the stage from in Ajarayyapeta on July 28th stayed and watched the film. After he said, “Whenever I earn money I spend it for my addictions. I drink alcohol everyday to have peace in my life. After watching the film, I realized Jesus is the only one true God who can give us peace and salvation, and I saw my need to accept Him. I rent my equipment for different kinds of programs but every program is about drinking, dancing etc., but today’s program gave true happiness and satisfaction, not only to me but to many people here. Thank for showing this film in my village.”
✅ (In the same village from the previous testimony, an elder woman shared:) “We belong to traditional Hindu family, and we have many idols in our home that we worship. Being an older woman, I asked my son to drop me at this meeting place to watch the film. Initially he didn’t agree to it since it is a Christian film, but I forced him to drop me here. In the movie Denver enters into a catholic church and realizes that idols can’t do anything to him since they have no life in them. This point touched me very hard. I realized that in my entire life I worshipped, praying to idols which has no life in them. But this night I found true God, who wants to save me and give me place with Him in Heaven and talk to me through His Word. I’m so thankful to you for helping me find my Savior through this movie. For my family it will be hard for them that I accepted Christ tonight, but I pray for them that God will give them spiritual sight so they can see Christ who died for them on Cross, Thank You.”
✅ “Since my wife and I are Hindus, we couldn’t dare to come and watch the film since it was a Christian film. But many of our neighbors came to meeting ground and watched the film, so we sat in front of our house and watched the film by faraway. While watching the film we felt, there is something in this movie and we came to the ground to continue to watch the film. We are devotees of snake god and we have temple in our home itself, we also worship many other Hindu gods, we have their idols in our home. But we realized Idols are not God and they can’t help us. We came to know only Jesus can forgive our sins and give us eternal Hope of salvation. We received Him as our personal Savior.”

WOW. 😭🙌🏻😭 THIS IS THE MIRACLE OF THE GOSPEL!! Every crusade, Bro. Shalem heard and recorded testimony after testimony until midnight to 1AM. Without a doubt, GOD HAS GLORIOUS BEEN AT WORK!! 🔥🙏🏻🔥 House churches have been started, other congregations have been added to, and local pastors have been revived in their work for the Lord as now they work on discipleship and further outreach. I’m asking the Lord to burden our hearts afresh and anew — people are in search for the truth and “the harvest truly is plenteous”. Please continue to fervently pray for God’s anointing upon Redeeming Hope Crusades. Also join with us in praying for the Lord to financially provide exactly what we need for our major evangelistic undertakings in the days ahead!!

May God “rend the Heavens” as we “intercede for the Outpouring” in bringing many souls from “darkness to light”!