THE 100TH CRUSADE!
🔥 THE 100TH “REDEEMING HOPE CRUSADE”!! 🔥 Over 1200 in attendance with 700+ openly and gladly trusting Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour!! 🌾🇮🇳 “This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.”
The meeting was held in Veerullapadu, a farming village between the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana where 90% of the population is either Hindu or Muslim. A local pastor and his people had caught wind of what God has been miraculously doing through “Redeeming Hope Crusades” (Psalm 118:23) and decided to approach Bro. Shalem Raju by faith with hearts burdened for their own community, believing full well that GOD COULD DO IT THERE TOO. 😭🙏🏻🙌🏻 A couple of dozen other pastors joined in on the effort!
Thankfully, God opened the door financially to make the meeting possible (we need your faithful prayers and support in this ministry!). Prayer meetings were established, a field rented, preparations made, and proactive soulwinning with flyer distribution undertaken!! To God be the glory 🔥🔥 He gave the increase!!
While out soulwinning during the two days leading up to the service that night (on November 19th), Bro. Shalem said, “We have received great response from the people, people welcomed us to their houses with smile and gave their time to listen to the Gospel. We have received many questions from them, God helped us to answer them with patiently.”
And then that evening, “By the amazing work of the Lord, the ground was full within 30 minutes and the chairs was not sufficient, we brought 100 more chairs and even people sat on the ground, we were very happy to see large gathering in the ground that have come in hungry to listen to the God’s Word. While the movie was being screened, I observed everyone was engaged in the film, moved by the Lord’s mighty power. Farmers, Teachers, employees, professionals and etc. many from the crowd came forward and accepted Jesus as their personal Savior. To God be the Glory! After the film, we were at the ground till 3AM in the morning listening to the people about what the Lord has done in their lives….”
BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SCORES OF TESTIMONIES RECEIVED!! ❤️🙏🏻
✅ After the film, a couple along with their two children walked up to Bro. Shalem and shared their testimony. “This woman has been a church goer for couple of years and never experienced personal relationship with the Lord. This evening, she along with her family came to watch the movie; while watching the movie she was revived in her heart and her spiritual eyes opened and she could experience the Love of God. She said, I never understood Jesus is Loving and kind; while watching the movie I experienced Christ’s Love and accepted Him as my personal savior and Lord. Her husband said, I’m a drinker addicted to alcohol never worried about my family, never cared about my wife and children while watching Denver, I seen myself in his place, my life is exactly like him, I sold many valuables of my family to get money and drink alcohol. While watching movie, God touched my heart, I felt very sad about my life, I decided not to live worldly life and this night I commit my life to God and received Jesus in my heart!”
✅ God saved a college lecturer, who is also a Catholic. He said: “I go to catholic church every Sunday and recite rosaries and pray to Mary. I go to college to teach. I always think I don’t have any bad habits and I go to church regularly and I’m a good person. But while I was watching movie it really pierced my heart. I never know that catholic church is wrong, but when I see the movie, I felt the Denver feeling. I understood it is indeed real that Idols can’t solve our problems and can’t give us peace. I felt this movie is Answer for many questions that I’m facing. I realized Jesus is the real Answer to my questions and He is the solution to my problems. I received Him in my heart as my personal Savior and Lord!”
✅ “I was drinking alcohol from my teenage, I never gone to school, I go to work earn money and drink alcohol. It became my habit, once I was fully drunk and got accident in that accident, I lost my hand. Even then I never stopped drinking alcohol, when I think about my life, I have no purpose, I am living my life for the fleshly pleasures. After watching the movie, I realized how addictions lead a person to death, if the Evangelist wouldn’t come to Denver and preach, he might have died. For me I think if I don’t come and watch this movie I would’ve died sooner or later. But I’m so thankful to God that God allowed me to watch the movie, I realized how wretched my life is and I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior this night and I surrendered my life to Him.”
✅ God saved a Hindu Policeman; he shared his testimony like this: “I’ve come to this village for night patrolling, when I observed the movie was screening on a big screen, I also came to watch. When I was watching movie, I realized that it is a Christian film. I know very little about Jesus Christ. I believe he is also one god among many of my Hindu gods. But after watching the movie my perception was completely changed, I never know God answers to a person’s prayer, I never know God changes person who was about to die. I was praying to my gods and goddesses for material blessing, but when pastor was preaching salvation is the greatest blessing in this world, I realized it is an absolute truth. I also wanted transformed life like Denver, I received Jesus in my heart and accepted Him as my personal Savior!”
✅ God saved an elderly woman (Praise God the Devil didn’t snatch her before it was eternally too late!!) “I got married to my husband at 15 years old, my husband was an alcohol addict, he also forced me to drink alcohol at my young age soon after marriage. We both use to drink alcohol and never believed in God. When my husband died, I felt depressed, and I became slave to the Alcohol, my children and relatives suggested me many times to stop drinking the alcohol. I know because of this bad habit my husband died, but I don’t know how to get rid of this. I got to know my villagers are going to watch the movie in autorickshaw, I also came to watch the film. After watching this film, I got an assurance that with the help of Jesus I can overcome this addiction. I came to know Jesus died for my sins and resurrected from the dead. I heard He is alive and coming back to this world. I also want to live with Him in eternity, I believe He will forgive my sinful life and grant me new life in Him. After receiving Jesus as my personal savior, I experienced true peace and happiness for the first time in my life.”
✅ While the team was out soulwinning, God let them to visit a particular home where the father, mother and daughter were sitting. The team gave them the “There is Hope” Gospel tracts and an invitation flyer. When they received the tracts, they asked what it contained, and God planted the seeds of His love in their hearts in that very moment as the Gospel was explained to them. That night they came to watch the movie. Afterward, all three gave testimony of receiving Christ and shared their Joy of salvation!!
✅ God saved a Muslim woman! Bro. Shalem relates, “While out witnessing, we shared the Gospel with her. She said she also believes Jesus but only as a prophet. God helped me to explain her that Jesus is one and only God, shared many scriptures to her and encouraged her to read the tract. We also invited her to come and watch the movie. After watching movie, she came to us and shared her testimony like this, I never know much about Jesus, I just know he was one of the prophets. But while watching the movie I realized Jesus is a living God who gives answers and saves lives. While pastor was praying, I also prayed with him and invited Jesus into my heart, after receiving Jesus as my personal savior, I experienced true peace and happiness in my life, To God be the Glory!”
✅ God helped an Atheist to accept Jesus Christ as His Personal Saviour. He shared His Testimony like this: “I never believed in my life God is real. My family belongs to Hinduism, they practice all kinds of rituals and practices, they always wanted me to follow them but I never agreed to do those things. My father is a drug addict, I always ask my mother if her God is real, help father to get rid of those addictions. Though my mother practices many Hindu rituals there is no chance in my father’s life. But after watching the movie I realised how I just come across the real God who can change the life, and I was the one who needed God in my life. Though I had never wanted to believe in God, after watching this film I couldn’t resist Jesus. He loved me, and I wanted Him to save me. I received Him as my personal saviour and Lord.”
✅ God saved a University Student, he shared His testimony like this: “I’ve watched many films in my life but no other film made an impact that this film made in my life. For the first time I watched a Christian film. I had a bad opinion on Christians that they always try to convert people's religion, but after watching the movie I realised Christians are not converting religions but they are changing lives of people, even those who are suicidal and drug addicts. I realised Jesus is the one who can take away my sin and set me free, I received Christ in my heart as my Lord and Saviour.”
✅ “I go to Catholic church every Sunday but I never understood what the salvation is. I am also addicted to alcohol and always abuse my wife physically, I wanted to change myself but I couldn’t change. I felt like I was in chains. Many times my wife wanted to leave me because of my bad habits. I tried to change but never asked for help from the Lord. After watching the film I realised how addictions separate families, and my eyes were opened. I thought there was no hope in my life, but I found Hope in Jesus Christ, through this film! I know He can change me. I have accepted Him as my Savior and yielded my life to the Lord.”
✅ “I’ve been in the church for many years as a Church elder. As a Church elder I feel proud about myself, I always boast about my situation, I always think I'm a good person doing good things, paying tithe to church and God Loves me for the good deeds that I do. After watching the film I realised God loves everyone with everlasting Love. I realised I'm not saved because of my good deeds but I'm saved because of His love on the cross. This film hammered all my wrong beliefs and helped me to embrace the truth of Salvation. This night real salvation came into my life, I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal saviour and Lord. Thank you so much for helping us to find true Saviour.”
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! SIMPLY AMAZING. 😭🙏🏻🙌🏻❤️
Please pray with us. There is much at work concerning my trip to India in January. I believe God is going to do something BIG…. Please pray with me for “Rent Heavens”!!
Also, there is the possibility of Bro. Shalem Raju to hold a crusade for us next month in Kanchikacharla . . . a place that he says is “very rough. People are addicted to alcohol, adultery, drugs, and rowdyism. This place is the first place in AIDS in India. The pastors requested us to please consider to conduct a Crusade here.”
Would you please considering partnering with us for this undertaking? (Please do not think this is me pressuring anyone to give. I just want to make the option available.) This will directly reach souls in darkness with the marvelous light of Jesus. God bless you, my friends!! Thank you for praying!!
