Published Thu, May 22, 25.
Written by Meghan White.
Madi and I are headed to Kenya on May 31st to visit two Circuit Rider teams that are finishing their outreach in East Africa.
The teams have been working in Burundi, Rwanda, and Malawi. They have put on festivals and events in several cities, preaching the gospel and ministering to hundreds of people. They have also run 2 CR training schools focused on empowering young Christians in the area to live a missional life. The outreaches have been overwhelmingly fruitful. The teams have witnessed miracles and seen many come to faith in Jesus. We will have updated details and numbers from those events once we visit the teams and their outreach is complete. Currently, we have 6 other teams that are also finishing outreach in the Philippines, Australia, Europe, and South Africa. Other members of our CR leadership team are heading to visit those teams as well. I can’t wait to update everyone on the final numbers from these Spring outreaches!
If you missed our previous update from January through March, here is the report:
We had 21 teams on the road from January - March gathering students on campuses, preaching the gospel, and partnering with students for long-term impact. This year, one of our main goals for tours is to establish ongoing student-led groups on each campus. Students can sign up to start an evangelism group on their campus and/or a prayer group. We provide free ongoing training for any students who sign up to equip and empower them to lead out these initiatives in their schools! Our aim is that a generation of Christians would be empowered to live out their missional calling and reach their peers with the love of JESUS!
Tour Stats from this year:
TOTAL STUDENTS GATHERED - 39,795
TOTAL # SALVATIONS/REDEDICATIONS - 4,873
TOTAL # of HEALINGS - 276
TOTAL # of Baptisms - 57
**This is not including KENYAN teams which surges Gatherings to 47,532 and salvations to 6,948!
Plans for the summer: When we return from Africa we will be starting our June staff training as a community. This year we have accepted about 85 new staff members who have applied to come back and become full time missionaries with our ministry. These windows of staff training are crucial times to establish culture and begin preparing people to lead. July - August will be focused on holding our summer training camps for college and highschool students! Then in September we will be kicking off the next 6 month fall discipleship school! So far we have about 155 students accepted to the upcoming fall school.