RA preached the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Independence National Historical Park near the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall during Philadelphia's annual Fourth of July celebration, which attracts tens of thousands of spectators every year.

 

This year, the ministry vividly illustrated the reality of death and eternity as it preached next to an open coffin to those that were waiting in line to see the Liberty Bell. The crowds that passed were warned about the wages of sin and told of the freedom that is in Jesus Christ.

 

Two weeks after the outreach, the ministry received a powerful email from a man named Brahim who had been in the crowd that day. Brahim explained that he was a member of a group from Africa that had been officially invited to America by the U.S. State Department. While he was attending the Fourth of July celebration, the coffin caught his eye. He then saw that there was "a group of young preachers [that were there] to educate people on their inevitable fate: death." Brahim stated that he was thankful for "young believers in world completely drowned in materialism to try to save more people against the fate of Hell."   

 

Shortly after he heard the preaching, Brahim received a phone call from his wife, notifying him that his father had passed away. Brahim, who stated that he is a Muslim, then exclaimed, "What [a] relationship between the coffin and preach[ing], [and] the death of my father, who was suffering from nothing (he was not sick)!" 

 

RA replied to Brahim, expressing thankfulness that he had the opportunity to hear the message, while explaining the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please pray that this man, and the others who heard the message that was preached, will come to know the true freedom that is found in Christ alone.

 

"Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." - Galatians 5:1

 

 

 

Scripture states that every Christian is to redeem the time for the days are evil. While souls are entering into eternity every day, there is no time to waste. Therefore, RA has been making the most of every opportunity this summer to reach lives with the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and has preached to literally tens of thousands of people over the past two months.

 

On June 30th, during a trip to Virginia, the ministry joined other Christians in preaching in downtown historic Williamsburg, and then spoke to large crowds during the popular First Friday celebration the following night in Richmond. On July 6th, the ministry lifted up the name of Christ outside some of the popular casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and then visited Washington Square Park in New York City the next day, and preached in the midst of angry and violent men who disdained the message of repentance.

 

RA has also been ministering regularly at Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia and on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Although the Gospel has been met with resistance by both police officers and bystanders, a number of good conversations have taken place about God's command to the world to repent and trust in Christ for salvation.

 

While untold thousands have had the opportunity to hear the Gospel, there are still so many lost souls that need to be reached. Please pray that the Lord will continue to guide the ministry according to His Will.

 

"Walk in wisdom toward those that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." - Colossians 4:5-6