Yesterday I introduced Living Waters, and today I’d like to explain a few of the other areas their ministry covers. The reason I’m doing this unsolicited and unpaid promotion is because I respect the work they’re doing, value their resources, and I want to raise awareness of their projects, particularly the latest one, the 180movie.
Evangelism
I wrote a little yesterday about Living Waters’ evangelism ministry but want to cover a few other aspects of it today.
Ray Comfort, the founder of Living Waters ministry, was a pastor in New Zealand in the 1970′s and used to do open-air preaching in Christchurch. Most of the time he’d go alone, but he was diligent in his resolve to take the gospel to the lost. While he was there he developed the pattern of sharing the law and the gospel which is now known as ‘The Way of the Master’ (check out yesterday’s post to watch the video that uses this pattern). Ray was invited to America and once there he eventually set up the ministry of Living Waters as a way of getting resources into the hands of those wanting to do evangelism or open-air preaching.
I’ll cover some of the in-your-hand resources in the Tracts section below, but first I want to mention their teaching tools for those keen to equip for evangelism.
School of Biblical Evangelism
Established in 2001, the School of Biblical Evangelism (SoBE) is an online Bible School dedicated to training men and women to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through 101 online lessons, including audios, articles, and videos, students are challenged to have a biblical worldview. Each lesson is designed to equip the students to defend the historic Christian faith. The course takes approximately six months to complete.
The Ambassadors’ Academy
The Academy fulfils the vision of having hands-on training classes in California, where Christians can experience one-to-one witnessing and the uniqueness of open-air preaching. The three-day Academy does nothing but train Christians to be bold ambassadors for Christ. Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort and other members of the Living Waters team, provide in-class training to all Academy attendees. They then go out and witness to the lost in Hollywood, Venice Beach, and other exciting locations in sunny Southern California. Numerous international students attend each Academy including many from Australia. People are being equipped, lives are being changed.
The Way of the Master Television Series
This contemporary, cutting edge program is hosted by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Each 30-minute episode deals with topics ranging from biblical instruction regarding evangelism to highlighting the differences between the Christian worldview and that of other religions. This engaging format is used as a platform to instruct Christians on how to share and defend their faith by including interviews of well known biblical teachers and scholars, as well as actual “on-the-street” interviews and encounters with the general public. DVD versions of the series have been produced and are available through their store.
Tracts
Sooooo many tracts! At the time of writing this they have 63 and counting, so there’s bound to be 1 or 2 you’d be comfortable using. Here’s a link to the tracts at their online store so you can browse for yourself, but below are a couple I particularly like for use here in Myanmar. What I’ll end up doing though is take a lot of what’s written on their various tracts and meld it with some tracts Thang Bwee’s written and end up with one or two new tracts.
Curved Illusion |
Thanks for Listening |
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The 180 Movie/Documentary
On September 26th, Living Waters released a much anticipated documentary on our modern day holocaust. With direct parallels to the holocaust during World War II, this 33 minute movie, which is unashamedly pro-life, documents the alarming similarities between what happened then, and what’s happening now in the form of abortion.
They have made the 180 Movie available for anyone to watch, and are virtually giving it away if you want to order the DVD to give to people you care about. Can I please encourage you to take 30 minutes to watch it and then to share it with everyone you know. It’s changing lives and may very well change yours and others you care about. People are doing a 180 in their beliefs about abortion.
After watching it you’re welcome to return here to comment, or even better, visit the Project Heart Changer website and interact there.
For the record, I support adoption wholeheartedly. Not because I was a child of the adoption process, but because it makes sense on so many levels. I am in no way pro-choice and don’t believe any true follower of Christ can be pro-choice because it is utterly inconsistent with a Biblical Christian world view. For encouragement or instruction on the matter please read this excellent, Bible soaked article on What God’s Word Says About Abortion.
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So those are some of Living Waters’ many resources. Please check them out and let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Grace be with you,
Martin
This is the final in a series of eight short posts. They are direct quotes from the last few pages of John Piper’s book Don’t Waste Your Life and I have found them to be informative, stirring, challenging, and/or motivating and so wanted to share them with you.