Freedom in Jesus' Name Crusade

Oukasie Township, South Africa

April 23 - 27, 2008

We are thrilled to declare that the Lord has given us an exciting theme and focus for our upcoming South African Crusade: Freedom in Jesus' Name.  Glory to the Name of Jesus!

Obviously, with South Africa's political history, freedom is a very big word to the people, and the crusade dates coincide with the national holiday, Freedom Day, a celebration of freedom from the oppressions of apartheid.  

 As we all know, man can enjoy many human freedoms, but ultimately we are all oppressed and enslaved of spirit and soul - without Jesus.  And practically speaking, in South Africa, freedom has meant little to the vast majority of people whose lives remain virtually unchanged from the days of oppression, the government having made good on very few of its 1994 election promises.

All to say, the people have firsthand knowledge of the failures of human freedom - opening the door of their hearts to the message of true, eternal freedom - in Jesus' wondrous Name!  

Please read the email exchange between Bruce and Pastor Martin below... 

From: Bruce Marchiano
To: Pastor Martin
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:22 AM
Subject: my beloved moruti brother

hello my precious brother.  i have recently learned that the crusade is scheduled the weekend of FREEDOM DAY in SA.  this will be good because it gives a day of rest following the crusade and you and mama moruti won't have to rush back to work and kids to school.  but it gives me a thought, my brother - that the theme of the crusade mix with freedom day.  something like FREEDOM IN JESUS CRUSADE.  or JESUS SETS YOU FREE CRUSADE.

does this ring in your spirit, moruti?  as always, i am not saying this is what i want - i am only submitting the thought to you, my brother, if this be the lord's lead.  i love you, brother!

moruti brother bruce 

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From: Pastor Martin
To: Moruti Bruce
Subject: Re: my beloved moruti brother
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:52:30 +0200

Hello my precious brother , I love you my  brother . We  are counting weeks and we will be standing together , it is so wonderful to see what  the Lord is doing in our lives, souls coming to JESUS, lives being transformed in JESUS' NAME.  Let us choose this theme for the April Crusade: FREEDOM IN JESUS  NAME  

My  precious brother  I fully agree that the Lord is  freeing us from  all things that keep us apart from him .What a theme, let us go for it and pray that the Lord should free the nation, the leaders from things that are trying to undermine His righteousness and Truth in South Africa. We always believe that true freedom comes from JESUS and so this we will proclaim.

HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH  AND THE LIFE.

I love my precious brother.
Martin  

And so we all move forward - Freedom in Jesus' Name.  It is a truth that will be proclaimed on posters all throughout the villages and district, and as the kiddies, teens, and adults jam the buses to come to the crusade and hear to the Word of God, it will be proclaimed at each and every service unto the salvation of their precious souls.

Join us with your support, won't you?  Please consider it - there are literally eternal lives in the balance - precious, precious South African lives.  What price can any of us possibly put on that?  

And so we look forward to hearing from you in any amount of support - all unto souls.  Glory to Jesus!  Thank you!

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Report on the Work in South Africa, February 2008

Our Next Crusade is Scheduled April 23 - 27!

 Glory to Jesus!  As we gear up for our series of 2008 crusades and outreaches to the villages and townships of the NorthWest Province, we have just received the following report on the ongoing work from our South African partner, Pastor Martin.   

In a nutshell, Pastor Martin reports that the churches are filled with new believers from the crusades, most especially young people, which can only be attributed to a sovereign work of God.  He also speaks of the priority of prayer and intimacy with God, and is in fact declaring a month of fasting and prayer among the churches we've planted.  It is all so exciting! 

Thank you to you who give to this South African work that is both life and community changing.  Our next crusade is just around the corner so we invite you to participate in support (you'll find a button at the end of Martin's report that will take you to the support page if you so wish).  Thank you! Here comes Pastor ("Moruti") Martin!  

From: Pastor Martin
To: Bruce Marchiano
Subject: Moruti Report

My precious brother

 Thank you for the sms and the encouragement. To be honest with you my precious brother I am still  challenged by my Mother's passing in December, I believe that the Lord will continue healing our hearts. Let us continue to pray, I know that we serve the Almighty Full of Compassion.

Below I have drafted some few lines I hope you will be blessed as you read. I love you Moruti, we stand together committed and continuing to serve Jesus and this precious flock.

THE PLANTING OF CHURCHES

 Moruti above all the challenges that we have encountered, souls are  being saved, we are experiencing an increase in numbers of new believers who are coming to the churches mostly from the crusade, and every service there are salvations.  It is amazing that every church reports that 70% of the people coming are teenagers. Moruti I know we have talked about this phenomenon but still it amazes.  I know the South African young people thinking and you will not find them in church but playing football and in the streets, but we see them flocking to the churches.  What I see mostly in the work, the hearts of teenagers being opened to receive the Lord. My precious brother I truly believe that we are preparing the future generation of South African believers, I am so humbled. And there is great unity among the leadership my brother, we thank the Lord about the unity that is found in our leadership. 

 THE YEAR 2008

 FRESH START.  I continue to meditate upon the Word that the Lord gave us on the last day of the December Crusade, of fresh beginning.  With this in mind we are getting highly involved and saturated in the area of prayer and fasting. I believe that the Spirit of the Lord is healing us from all the hurts that are standing against the fulfillment of his will in our lives, "leaving behind the former things, forgetting what is behind and pressing forward."  We continue  to pray and seek after the Lord's plan in our lives.

 INCREASED COMMUNION WITH THE LORD

 Among the churches and leadership we have never felt such a beautiful sense of prayer like is happening so far in this year 2008.  I am thankful of what that the Lord is doing in our lives, this is the year of becoming more and more closer to the Lord, crossing over, and beyond, our hearts seeking more of deep fellowship with the Lord. I believe as we become more and more attached to the Lord his purpose in our lives will be seen.

FEBRUARY  2008

We are engaged in Fasting and Prayer for the month of  FEBRUARY, Moruti I believe that we have to start with PRAYER for the year 2008. We are praying for the work and I will continue to share with you as these beautiful times of communion unfold in our lives. You know Moruti, what we are seeing is the work is increasing almost every day, so we are driven to expand in the area of prayer, and as we expand in the area of prayer we see so many things happening in our lives.

My precious brother, In His presence there is joy forevermore. We thank the Lord about his inspiration and blessing on our work and partnership.  The brick project is going full out Moruti and there is long line to get into the computer school, the Bible college is full.  The photography students are also strong, I thank you for patience as we orgaznize this photography better.  I am so thankful that you understand our Afrcan set up my brother and the limited resources we are always working with and African challenges, you are a precious partner.

Most of all I am looking forward to standing together in April and you must tell Sister Sharon the kiddies are so many she is giving us big problems, they are coming to the Lord in numbers brother, it is so wonderful.  

Come quickly, Moruti, I miss you.  Please say thank you to the supporters, we Africans are humbled and so encouraged when we think that there are brothers and sisters from overeseas who care about us and love us.  I am humbled brother.  I love you.

Moruti Martin

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