Preface
For years various elements have come
to me from many different sources that go into making up an outreach/discipleship
program. I called it ACTS: All Christians Training School, and I put it
on the internet.
My vision
for this program is born out of an intense desire to see the Church living
in the passion to save the lost. Jesus had this passion from the heart
of the Father. The early Church had this passion. This is the number one
interest of the Father, and this is where the true joy and victory of the
Church lies—in reaching out with passionate love to rescue the perishing.
All that God is pouring into the Church,
all the gifts, teachings, and manifestations of His glory, is all for one
purpose, and that is to win the lost. This is very evident in the life
of Jesus. His life was for the lost.
There is a momentum that we have not
yet gotten over into. Some individuals have gotten there, but this momentum
of a sold out passion to win souls to Jesus, is not being experienced by
the Church as a whole. Once we do get over into this momentum, we will
look back and say, "What have we been doing all these years?"
It’s like when one great preacher
prayed the Ephesian prayer repeatedly, and when revelation Word started
coming to him like never before, he wondered what he had been preaching
before! And he’s never been the same since, nor has the world, because
of the impact of his ministry. He got into the momentum of revelation knowledge.
It’s like Church members who go on
a mission trip and it radically changes their lives—never the same again.
When the Church, when each one of
us as members of the Church, catches the flame of the passion of being
sold out and sensitive to save souls, everywhere and at all times, we will
never be the same, nor will the world.
My prayer is that this program be
a guide that will help us step through our self-imposed barriers, so we
can share the life and blessing of Jesus with a hurting, helpless, hell-bound
world. Once you step through the walls, you are never the same. There is
no end to it. Your vision, your passion, your number one interest, is to
see souls come to Jesus, grow up, and duplicate themselves into the lives
of others. When we as a Church catch this passion, the world will
never be the same.
Feb. 6, 2001.
Jackie and Becky Calhoun,
email: jackiecalhoun@gmail.com
Cell 870-403-2211