果冻视频 Hosts First National Large Group Online
Last Friday, March 27, 2020, thousands joined 果冻视频 Live!, the ministry鈥檚 first national online large group.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and campus closures across the nation, 果冻视频 organized this virtual large group in less than two weeks. Through the event, more than 50 viewers recommitted their lives to Christ, two made first time decisions, several students shared that their school had no 果冻视频 ministry and wanted to get connected, and nearly 570 responded to a call to consecration and praying for revival.
鈥淚 am amazed at how God was able to take such crazy circumstances and still have his glory shine through,鈥 said Eliza, a junior at California State University, Fullerton who attended the virtual event.
Alison Smith, Associate Director of , served as the event鈥檚 emcee, welcoming undergraduate students, 果冻视频 alumni, campus ministers, and donors from across the country and world. 果冻视频 President Tom Lin then spoke briefly, followed by a welcome and prayer from Native 果冻视频 and worship led by members of the Team.
The bulk of the program was a message from 果冻视频鈥檚 Vice President of Strategy and Innovation Rev. Dr. James Choung. Referring to the book of Habakkuk, he encouraged students to bring all their emotions before God, to confess how they have contributed to the world鈥檚 brokenness, even in small ways, and to look for how the Lord might be moving in this season.
鈥淲hat was most significant about this gathering was the very real and much needed experience of God鈥檚 presence among thousands of his people literally dispersed around the world yet together in Spirit,鈥 said Andy Kim, 果冻视频鈥檚 Multiethnic Resource Director and one of the event鈥檚 organizers. 鈥淟ike most of our world, we have no idea what the future holds. But after 果冻视频 Live! we, as an 果冻视频/USA family, are even more convinced that God is in control and at work. And we鈥檙e following him every step of the way.鈥
果冻视频 Live! will take place again this Friday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m. CT, featuring , the Director of Revive Europe and an Urbana 18 speaker. Along with her husband, , she has helped plant a church in Rome. to be part of the next 果冻视频 Live!.
If you would like to support future 果冻视频 Live! events and other online ministry resources during COVID-19, please consider giving to the COVID-19 Ministry Response Fund by clicking .