Shawn Holes is one of the dearest brothers in Christ I know. He has an amazing testimony of how the Lord radically saved him. Shawn and his wonderful family have established Luke 10:2 Ministries. Christ has so transformed Shawn's life that he has gone from professional ski instructor and street fighter to a full-time evangelist, traveling throughout the world to herald the … [Read more...]
Street Evangelist Bio: Mike Stockwell
Andy and Alex Osborne of Life Light Productions has produced their second in a series of video biographies, of open-air preachers. This installment features my dear friend, Mike Stockwell. I have had the honor and privilege of serving Christ alongside Mike Stockwell throughout the United States and Canada. He is one of the most passionate open-air preachers I know. He loves … [Read more...]
Street Evangelist Bio: Chris Sippley
Chris Sippley, who serves with JeremiahCry Ministries, is far and away one of my favorite open-air preachers, and one of my favorite people. I first met this young man in February 2010, when I was asked to speak during a leadership conference of large and long-established evangelism ministry. At the time, Chris was contemplating entering into full-time evangelistic ministry. … [Read more...]
Ministry Spotlight: Calgary Peacemakers
This week's ministry spotlight is the Calgary Peacemakers. Like the Norcal Seedsowers and other evangelism teams across the country, most of the Calgary Peacemakers have been through Living Waters' Ambassadors' Academy. Calgary Peacemakers is led by Kevin St. John. The team has a biblical understanding of the responsibility of the evangelist to the local church; and the team … [Read more...]
Ministry Spotlight: NorCal Seedsowers
I am blessed to know of and to, at times, work with many solid evangelism teams across the country. But there are a few that stand out to me as the best-of-the-best. Nor Cal Seedsowers is one of those teams. The NorCal Seedsowers are, in my estimation an evangelistic "dream team." If they were a baseball team, they would be the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the all-star Little … [Read more...]
Ministry Spotlight: Missionary Robert Gray
No website. No blog. No YouTube channel. Yet in the biblical street evangelism community, Robert Gray is well-known. As is the case with so many of the people I know in the biblical street evangelism community, I met Robert Gray when he attended Living Waters' Ambassadors' Academy. Robert is a graduated of the United States Air Force Academy. He retired a couple of years ago … [Read more...]
Ministry Spotlight: To The End of the Earth
"Ministry Spotlight" will be a recurring feature on the Cross Encounters blog. Ministries spotlighted will be evangelistic ministries that are an encouragement to me, led by godly men for whom I have a great deal of respect--not only for the ministry, but for their godly character as well. I first me Bobby McCreery when he attended Living Waters' Ambassadors' Academy. I was … [Read more...]
