What would happen if? The Jesus People concept

What would happen if youth groups around the world started uniting, and going out into the streets to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What if, through the means of social networking and internet, they would share ideas, testimonies, building each other up, pushing each other to go forward with the Gospel. What if tools were put into their hands, enabling them to communicate spiritual truths in a relevant way to their generation ? What if they would learn how to disciple, and include new believers in the church?

There is much more to it, but these are some of the thoughts behind the Jesus People project that we have been working with in Oslo, producing teaching manuals, a website, teaching DVDs’ and a book, to equip the youth to reach out. Whereas in the past, we have concentrated on training people in bases, our focus is now: “how can we start, and sustain these evangelistic groups around the world?” The official start should be sometime in 2009.

Here is a little video of the group in Oslo made by Katrine Whinnett:

Do you have any thoughts or ideas that could help us? Are there things we should do, or not do?

Top 10 things I love about working with missions

Guro and I have just come back from holiday in Spain. Coming back to work is an amazing blessing when you love the work you are doing. Here is a top 10 list of reasons why I love working with missions:

1. Getting to know God more - I have definitely discovered amazingly much about Him through spending time with Him
2. I found my amazing wife in missions


Here she is :-)

3. Seeing others finding God - One of life’s greatest experiences is being with someone that feels God’s presence for the first time, or that understands the message of the Gospel, or that get healed by God on the streets
4. All the friends with a heart for God that I have made
5. Traveling and getting to know different cultures, meeting new people, making new friends, eating new kinds of food


Just came back from Spain

6. Inspiring other young Christians to live for God, and being an example for them
7. Spending my time meaningfully, impacting eternity and living for something greater than me
8. Being constantly challenged in different ways. This enables me to grow!
9. Walking alongside great leaders, people that I can trust and be inspired of.
10. Living by faith financially - Maybe not something that I always “love”, but a blessing for sure!

Saved on the streets of Spain

We are on Holiday; chilling in the south of Spain, close to Malaga. Our friends Jonathan and Mirrku are getting married this Saturday and we have a great testimony to share with you! Last Sunday, we met Andrew, one of our friends from Gibraltar. He told us about a Ukrainian girl that Guro met two years ago during one of our Summer Teams. She had responded to the Gospel, and prayed the salvation prayer. He told us that after that encounter, she had been baptized, that she is now in Madrid, and that she regularly does the same kind of street evangelism that she saw us doing 2 years ago! God is good!