Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature... and make disciples of all nations.
Scott and Nancy Hinkle
Three words help define direction for the life of a Christ follower—purpose, mission and assignments.
The faith of a Christ follower is proactive, lived out every day serving, blessing, reaching others. Let’s do it together.
The city of New Orleans was on HIGH ALERT.
Every street in the notorious French Quarter leading to the infamous Bourbon St. was blocked and guarded by fully armed military men checking every person and inspecting each bag they carried. They were prepared for trouble and violence.
Our team of 105 Holy Ghost Precision Strike Warriors was also on HIGH ALERT. For weeks they had been preparing by praying, fasting and being trained to drive back darkness with the Light of Jesus and the life changing Gospel.
“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:5 NLT)
With hundreds of thousands of people coming from around the world to get crazy, party, occultic, drunk, immoral and perverse we had to be ready.
What took place was not by might, nor by power but by the Spirit of God!
New Orleans may be known as the city that care forgot but God remembers the people whom He sent His Son Jesus to die for.
Each day this great team of anointed men and women armed with the compassion of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit took to the streets. This became real life training and experience in raising up a new generation of world changing gospel spreaders.
Our first day of outreach was Valentines Day. We printed several thousand of our “Love Changes Hearts...Any Heart” tracts. This made it easy to share the love of Christ with many.
I was standing on crowded Bourbon St. holding a sign that simply said NEED PRAYER. It became like a magnet drawing people to come asking for prayer and ministry.
This outreach is living proof that no person, town, city or even nation is beyond God’s reach.
“With men this may be impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matt. 19:26)
Every day was filled with divine appointments. In just three days our team prayed with and ministered to 2177 people on the streets for salvation, healing, recommitment and various other needs.
In addition, we held a massive Praise Rally with about 1000 people worshipping God in the middle of it all.
What happened was the power of the Holy Spirit working through men and women of all ages and backgrounds.
We are grateful for the prayers and support of our friends and partners who helped make this happen.
We remain on HIGH ALERT to bring more gospel to more people in more places.
Scott and Nancy have worked whole-heartedly in evangelism and urban outreach since their conversion in the early '70's. As "missionaries to America", their heart is to reach the lost, minister to the hurting and to mobilize churches to reach out to their own communities. Their commitment to the Lord and their desire to do His will is readily evident to all who meet them. They have been a great asset to our local church.
At a time when most American Christians have lost the priority of evangelism, God has raised up Scott Hinkle to reorder our priorities. I pray the church will listen to his message and reclaim our mission to share Christ’s love.
I thank God for Scott Hinkle, who has never forgotten his initial mandate and call. He is burdened not only with reaching the lost himself but also training a new, emerging generation of evangelists to go forth and be tangible expressions of Christ to the nations.
Be a prayer partner praying regularly for the outreaches, ministry, Scott and Nancy and their team.
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With over four decades partnering together with churches worldwide for community evangelism, SHOM has developed an initiative to help any church reach more people with the gospel.
What is an initiative? -- “A plan or program that is intended to help solve a problem.” Merriam Webster Dictionary
AN INCREASE THE REACH weekend is flexible in structure and presents a positive and proven practical approach to effectively address bringing the gospel to a community in urban, suburban or rural settings. Attention is primarily focused upon two areas.
A Sunday service of ministry imparting a heart for reaching others is a vital part of the INCREASE THE REACH INITIATIVE.
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