Sex and Success Doubt Night Outreach!

Joseph helped plant Epiphany  LA Church and has been  helping Pastor Tommy get ready for their first Doubt Night. The vision behind this event was to create a space where members of the community could come and voice their opinions on sex and success and how the church interacts with these topics. It was encouraging to see people from the area gather at the KAOS Theatre in South LA to hear from spoken word artists, singers, and rappers expressing themselves through their art. Panel discussions also took place addressing questions on sex and success from a biblical perspective.

Please continue to pray for Epiphany LA Church as they follow up on those who came to the outreach.   Please pray for Joseph as he continues to partner with them to do evangelism and leadership training to help them reach the community around them. If you would like to hear from one of the artists click this link to see some from the outreach! Doubt Night Video

Reaching the World through Partnerships

Being in leadership with  LA Reaching LA, Joseph not only helps train pastors here but also partners with pastors who reach out overseas. Pastor Krishna, who is also on leadership with Joseph, was    given a Cru Jesus Film backpack.  He travels to Nepal multiple times a year to share the gospel, deliver mosquito nets to prevent malaria, help women who have escaped sex trafficking begin microbusinesses of chicken farms to support themselves, show the Jesus Film to the villages, and bring relief from natural disasters.

Pastor Krishna returned from 3 weeks in West Nepal and shared with us that he saw 162 people come to know the Lord and 5 churches started utilizing the Jesus Film from Cru in the area! A week after he returned a terrible Monsoon flooded the area.  Homes and churches were destroyed. 134 people died.  Please pray for them as they recover. We are grateful to be part of LA Reaching LA, a movement of  churches, pastors and church planters sharing the gospel in LA and around the world.

This is a chart Pastor Krishna showed Joseph after returning from Nepal.  This Leadership Building chart is Amazing!  It shows the regions of Nepal, the number of churches per region, number of believers and baptisms per region and internships for raising up more pastors!  6 Regions, 25 Pastors, 12 Lay Pastors, 25 Churches, 12 House Churches, 860 Believers and 529 Baptisms! And 48 Internships!  God is doing some amazing work in Nepal!

Thank you for all your support and prayers to us as we continue to reach out here in Los Angeles! Please pray for us as we know have a Kindergartner and a Senior, with 7th and 10th grade in between!  Life is full and we are so thankful for all the Lord is doing in our lives and through the ministry.