Posts by Joy Cline (Page 6)

A Bold Spiritual Conversation

A Beyond advocate, Emma, was challenged by the course she took through her college about five years ago taught by two senior staff at Beyond. During this course she was challenged with the idea that Jesus’ followers should live their lives in an openly spiritual way. Through her conversations with various Beyond team members, she learned to be more transparent about her…

Beyond Borders

Vision Beyond Borders has sent 185,000 Reina Valera Bibles and 90,000 study Bibles to Colombia in the last 3 years and is in the process of sending a container of more than 37,000 Bibles. And although there is no law that opposes the Gospel, in fact there is a law called “Freedom of worship” but…

Training Student Leaders

Angola, Africa: “I’ve been waiting 50 years for you.” This bush expedition went deep into the heart of Angola to tribes that were so remote they had no concept of religion, let alone Jesus. The team camped in the desert and went from house to house, sharing the gospel. They got word that a Grand Soba (the head chief of the region)…

Bringing Jesus to Prison

This past summer, we brought YFC Camp to prison. Many of the 70 young people we met in this detention center have never experienced the freedom of childhood, forced to grow up way too fast. YFC Camp let them be kids again and brought hope inside the walls of prison. You helped bring Jesus to prison. The daily themes of Camp were: …

Sharing the Gospel in South America

Devon Faulkner, a Project 3000 missionary explorer, and his ministry partner Rhett Clarke, spent six weeks traversing through some of the most isolated parts of the Amazon. They spent their time navigating difficult terrain by small plane, canoe, and on foot, and encountered culture and language barriers throughout their expedition. Despite these hardships, they visited 12 villages, sharing Bible stories and gospel…

Christian Education Bible Camps

I am excited to inform you that our annual training of Christian education teachers and camp leaders was a great success, and attendance exceeded our expectations. We train annual Christian education leaders to ensure efficient and quality Sunday school programs in local churches and camps. Before leading a camp, a camp leader must be trained. Teachers need to know how to teach,…

Finding Hope

Cru’s women’s ministry delivers tangible help and gospel hope to desperate women in closed, impoverished, war-torn nations. But as violent conflicts have broken out on multiple continents, needs are rising and funding has fallen far, far behind. Violence, inflation, food shortages and persecution are breeding desperation. Many women turning to Christ are being threatened by their…