The Bible teaches that we are in a war, a great controversy [S.D.A. Fundamental Belief # 8]... the controversy between good and evil, between God and satan (Rev. 12:17). Battle Cry Ministry (BCM) believes that Jesus (Michael the Archangel) will be victorious over satan! It can't be any other way ... because Jesus created Lucifer (who became the evil, wicked satan). Jesus loves every human being (God is love - 1 John 4:8) and wants all of us to be saved (John 3:16,17 / Matt. 25:41). God wants to save you! (Matt. 11:28-30, John 3:3-7 & 16,17, 1 John 1:9, Gal. 2:20, 2 Cor. 5:17)
Theme Text: Ephesians 6:10 - 18
Other Texts: Matthew 24:14, Matthew 28:18-20, Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:6-12, Revelation 21:1-4, Revelation 22:14.
Theme Songs: From Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal: Numbers .... 610, 612, 614.
Ministry Aim: Very simply ... by God's grace (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) ... at least one soul saved for
His Kingdom! PRAISE THE LORD!!! If only one soul is saved it would be worth it! Jesus would have come from Heaven, lived on
this sin-cursed earth and died to save ONE sinner! Why? Because in the vastness of eternity the life of ONE soul saved will
eventually outweigh / out-value the life of millions or even billions that are lost! PRAISE THE LORD!
(Imagine that you have twelve fruit trees and eleven of them die / stop bearing fruit. If the one tree that remains alive keeps
bearing fruit for say, fifty or one hundred years after the eleven other trees die / stop bearing fruit ... of what value would
be the eleven dead / non-bearing trees? compared to the one that is still bearing? eventually? Wouldn't the one tree produce
enough fruit to out-value the amount that was produced by the eleven other trees? eventually? throughout eternity?)
Ministering to individuals that are classified as "Shut-in": Help to care for them (food, drugs, etc.) / help clean up their immediate environs / play audio and/or video tapes with spiritual messages to help strengthen them spiritually, to encourage and inspire them, etc.
Providing reading materials for the prisoners to read (pocketbooks, etc.); preaching, seminars, etc.
Provide books, tapes, etc., motivation and inspiration as well as participation in small group evangelism. Assisting in organizing and launching small groups. Training persons interested in small group evangelism.
Helping needy persons with clothes, shoes, filling prescriptions; giving food baskets; implementing a lunch program (for church / community / school). Targeted giving (instead of wholesale distribution) is practiced to ensure that needs of individuals are really met.
Conducting Revelation Seminars, Preaching (at S.D.A. and non-S.D.A. Churches), etc., conducting lunch-hour Bible Studies or Seminars at workplaces; conducting Bible Studies in the community, etc., etc.
Counseling / coaching / advice to bereaved families / visitation to homes to encourage and assist in tangible ways if possible / necessary; giving appropriate literature, etc. Giving tangible help if needed.
This is a very special project that requires real anointing and dedication (for prayer warriors / prayer walkers / full dedication, etc.). The aim is to reach out to and win battles (by the Grace of God) for and with Jesus for the souls of "people of the night" (male & female whores, drug addicts, destitute / hopeless people, devil - possessed, etc.) so they can become "people of the light" (Matthew 5:16). These are all God's people, God's property - God loves everyone of them and desires to save them! John 3:16). Who should be Jesus' hands and feet? Shouldn't the born again Christian be on the battlefield for God to help save these people?
Provide clothing, shoes, shelter / get them into a shelter, etc.; set up a mobile soup kitchen to feed them on a regular basis, etc.
Giving donations and buying products from other Ministries ... on a regular basis; PRAYING for the success of their work; telling others about their work / inviting them to watch, listen to, support, etc.; giving out/sharing materials / information received from these ministries; Ministries targeted for support in the future and/or currently supported: Amazing Facts, 3ABN, It Is Written, Voice of Prophecy, Windows of Hope, Operation Rescue, Advent Joy, Men of Valour; OTHERS:
Encouraging / inspiring / working with young people in a direct way to either create, develop or strengthen them spiritually and otherwise (the emphasis is on Spiritual Development through reading of Spiritual Books and other media, the study of the Word, i.e. both Jesus and His words - the Bible, Prayer, Spiritual Retreats, Fasts, etc.). The aim is to produce young people who are very strong spiritually, that are highly motivated to witness to others and to work / participate in every aspect of Church work and growth and Ministry work and growth. Praise the Lord!
Assist students with: books & shoes, etc. for school, provide lunch / lunch money, tuition fees, research capability and access to resources; tangible assistance through providing a forum for discussion on various topics of interest / giving one to one counseling and advice, tips on examination techniques, etc., etc.
Establish and maintain a Reading Club from which church members and others can borrow and read books to strengthen their faith and their witness for Jesus. The main philosophy of the Club is for members to study and then go teach ... members are encouraged to borrow a book, read it and then lend it to someone (especially non-Christians that they are witnessing to). The ultimate aim is soul-winning. The long term goal of the Club is to have a very wide membership covering the membership of several churches and workplaces / establishing Branch Reading Clubs in other churches and other organizations.
Establish and maintain (frequently update) a website: a simple site that is filled with practical things that can be used to witness to the non-Christian visitor as well as strengthen, encourage and empower Christians with the tools to be spiritually sharp and to strengthen their witnessing ability. The site should make available not just ideas for witnessing and church work but a means to empower persons to go and tell the good news. It should provide training materials - for witnessing. It should also provide links to other websites that will lead people even further into spiritual truths and into a closer knowledge of God's words and an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. The hope is that this website will be a satellite site / support site / portal to other Christian Ministry sites that are well established and that has much more that will bless the visitor than this site will have (at least initially).
Practical / Tangible Support for Churches in their Nurturing and Evangelistic Outreach Programs. Assist with plans / strategies; give advice and ideas for church nurturing and outreach; lending books, audio and video tapes and other materials, etc.
Other Projects:
Church Planting Project: Set up / document a feasible church planting plan. Help to establish at least one church or church company.
Praise Report:
As a result of the work being done by the Lord through Michelle Jones (zealous member of the church / Reading Club / BCM Mentee),
using witnessing tools purchased from Amazingfacts (pocketbooks,
Panorama of Prophecy CD, etc.) .... two persons have been led to the Lord and have been baptized! PRAISE THE LORD!
Many other persons are being contacted by members of the Reading Club established at our Home Church (Spring Village S.D.A.) and
many more are being given the Discover Bible Guides course from the Discover Bible School at the church. This school is being run
quite effectively by Salome Bailey ... a tireless worker in God's Vineyard.
God is giving special blessings to those who are on the "Go!" for the Lord (Matthew 28:19). What a really GRAND Privilege it is
to have our Master (our Lord Jesus Christ) work through us to reach out to a lost and dying world to snatch souls away from the
grasp of satan into the Kingdom of God! PRAISE THE LORD!
Will you join us?! God Bless You! Hope to meet you in the Kingdom of God! Praise the Lord!!!
We solicit / crave you fervent prayers for Battle Cry Ministry. Praise the Lord! God Bless!