Seek and Save the Lost

09/05/2026

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Philippians 2:15

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, does your light shine in our crooked and perverse nation?

Jesus came to seek and save the lost because we have all sinned and our sin separates us from God. Committing even one sin causes us to be separated from God

08/04/2026

Doug asked a guy what his shirt with three crosses meant to him and they guy replied that he just likes old Jesus t-shirts.

Doug said. “What does that shirt mean to you?” We were surprised when the guy replied, “I own this vintage store here and I just like these old Jesus t-shirts.”

07/28/2026

One Marine To Another
Ministry Update July 28, 2026

Justin, Doug and I witnessed downtown on Friday July 24, 2026. It was really quiet at first. The three of us had a great time of fellowship and it was great catching up with Justin. But he had worked several weird shifts that week and only made it about half of the time witnessing. The best encounter was at the end, one Marine to another.

I’ll Find Out What Happens When It Happens

But before that, Doug and I witnessed to three teenagers. They all took tracts. I asked them what they think happens after you die and two of them said they didn’t know. That we will find out when we get there. I pointed out that would be like walking out onto I-44 and saying “I’ll find out what happens when it happens.” You don’t want to wait until a semi crushes...

Doug then asked which branch and Vernon said the Marines. It was a great opening to a Gospel conversation, one Marine to another.

06/14/2026

06/02/2026

Doug and I had five Gospel conversations last Friday night. We were blessed with two conversations the week before. This may not sound like a big a deal, but we've mainly only handed out tracts lately. Gospel conversations have been rare, so we thank God for each and every one of them.

The girl said real loud, “Who is God?” The guy replied, “These guys can tell you. He said he noticed my orange Christ cap that has John 4:14

05/23/2026

Tonight was one of those strange nights of street witnessing. Doug and I tried to get in several conversations with people, but they'd cut us off and walk away. I asked one guy if he "knows Jesus" and he replied, "Not in the way you guys want me to. Then another guy refused a tract and said that he's a Buddhist. I told him that he needs the tract. He said, "No, I don't and you know Jesus was a Buddhist." He then expounded that Jesus became a Buddhist when He was between 13 years old and 33 years old. That's the first time that I've that nonsense. But we also talked to some fellow believers and those were encouraging conversations.

Last week, Doug and I both got to share the Gospel completely and Kyle, the young man Doug witnessed to seemed to be under conviction. He started to leave at that point so I encouraged him to read the book of John. We hope and pray that he does and that God convicts and converts him. The young man that I talked to professed to be a Christian, but I still shared the Gospel with him anyway. You never know for sure about someone's salvation.

Street witnessing is always a little different. You don't know what will happen, but Jesus told us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. These updates are provided to encourage Christians to share their faith with others.

04/14/2026

Just Talking About God
Ministry Update April 13, 2026
Doug, Justin and I witnessed downtown in Springfield, Mo on Friday night. We walked around and handed out tracts most of the night. Justin just finished talking to a guy when Doug handed tracts to three other guys nearby. One of the guys said, “We were just talking about God when you guys came by.” So I replied, “What were you saying about God?” He said he couldn’t remember, so I asked him how you get to Heaven. The guy talked about faith in Jesus. So then Doug said what else do you need? It starts with an R. The guy responded repentance.

The guys seemed to have intellectual knowledge of Jesus, but we’re not sure they had genuine faith. So we tried to explain the difference to them. One of the guys only wanted to know if a murderer could be saved. We assured him they could be, if they genuinely repented of their sins and surrendered their life to Jesus. Sadly, this guy’s brother had been murdered last year and that wasn’t the answer he was looking for. The third guy didn’t say much, but he listened intently to everything that was being said. They all three said they owned Bibles, so I encouraged them all to read the book of John and then go back to Matthew and read the New Testament. We pray that God blesses the tracts that were handed out and that these three guys will truly start reading their Bibles. May God save lost souls for the glory of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Rocking Mocker
Allen, Mike and I witnessed at Missouri State University on Wednesday. I handed out tracts after I brought a message and three girls took tracts from me and one asked, “Are you the one that was just up there (on the platform) speaking?” I told that it was me. She said I did a good job. I thanked her for her encouragement and told her that we typically take more abuse than encouragement. She and her friends walked up closer to hear Allen preaching and right after that a student plugged in an electric guitar and started playing so he could drown out the preaching.

Since Allen had the microphone, he called for security and they came right over and stopped the kid from continuing. Security had already been by before because they said Allen couldn’t have the American flag and Christian flag on the platform because students could use the poles as weapons. We think it’s a pretty flimsy excuse since the flags were on the platform where we had a permit to witness and they were far enough back from the edge that a student couldn’t reach them.

Security had also been there because they said I was too loud. I was using the same system that Allen set up, so not sure what that was about. But we turned the amplifier down. After the rocker, the security guard walked past me and I said, “I think that’s enough excitement for one day.” He agreed since that was the third time he had to come over there. The good part about the rocking mocker was that he drew a crowd. I had to head back to work, but when I left, Allen was still preaching and Mike was in a conversation with five students. May God bless the messages, the tracts that were handed out and the conversations.

(These updates are provided to encourage fellow believers to share their faith in Jesus with others. Please hand out Gospel tracts. Tell others how God mercifully saved you)