TILL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS!
Calvary Chapel Aiken is deeply committed to obeying God’s commission to “go into all the world and preach the gospel.” This is done by (a) being the hands-and-feet of para church ministries here in the Aiken, SC area, (b) assisting native believers who are working in their own countries and (c) sending missionaries to the foreign field for short and long term ministry. We encourage, fund, and provide opportunity for our church family to be obedient to share the gospel in other countries.
As long as there is one person who has not heard the Gospel, we will continue to proclaim Jesus Christ and Him crucified TILL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS!
| Missionary | Organization | Location |
| Daniel & Sarah Barrett | Horizon Church | Jaco, Costa Rica |
| Steven Cauthen | Life IN Messiah | South Florida |
| “M” | Go! Ministries | South Asia |
| Randy & Gloria McCracken | CC Bible College | York, England |
| Pastor “S” | Local Church Pastor | South Asia |
| Mike Skinner | Cru Global Media Outreach | Worldwide |
| Paul Young | South Africa | |
| Paul Young | Agape Children & Christian Ministries | Aiken, SC |
| Christ Central | Aiken, SC | |
| Life Choices Pregnancy Center | Aiken, SC | |
| Stand at the Crossroads | Aiken, SC | |
| WAFJ Christian Radio | Augusta, GA | |
“M”
I am serving at a local church in South Asia. My primary areas of responsibility typically involve working with the homeless, directing Sidewalk Sunday school for the kids, and going in to the women’s prison for ministry. The Lord is growing our local church and it’s bursting out the seams, however they need leadership amongst the church to be able to take the gospel to surrounding areas. My long-term goal, is to train up leaders in the church to where we are able to grow the outside ministries to where many more lives will be changed through the gospel.
Mike Skinner, CRU Global Media Outreach
We have a small staff of about 40 people and over 2,000 volunteers. There’s the executive leadership team, the marketing team, the (fund) development team, the technology team and the “language” team. I’m on the language team, which is composed of outreach and response. I help with outreach in strategy but mostly serve on the response side. My title is Seeker Growth Coordinator, but it’s a fancy way of saying discipleship. Cindy is now Volunteer Care Coordinator, and both of us serve the volunteer Online missionary workforce, which includes people all over the world, speaking 40 different languages, aged 25-97. The majority are in the 50-70 age range.
The outreach team does digital marketing through search engines and social media to attract people to our gospel pages, videos or apps.
Once they’ve seen the gospel, we give them a form with a chance to respond with a “YES” decision like, “I just prayed to receive Christ,” or “I’d like to rededicate my life to Christ” or “I’m already a Christian and would like to grow in my faith”. Roughly 15% of visitors register decisions. About two-thirds of the decisions are of the initial prayer to receive Christ type. “NO” decisions are “I have questions and would like to talk to someone about Jesus.” These are not counted as decisions for Christ. If they give us contact information, like a social media account or an email, they’re paired with a volunteer Online Missionary who is trained to “trust but verify” on their indicated decision and work with them, as long as they’re willing, to pray together, answer questions and encourage each next step with Jesus. We recently counted 330,219 people who have kept in touch with their assigned Online Missionary for over four years. Over the past 15 years of ministry we’ve registered 1.99 billion gospel visits and 228,055,927 indicated decisions for Christ. Our daily rate right now is about 510,000 visits and 101,000 indicated decisions for Christ.
The “How it works” page from our site diagrams it in summary. The witnesstoall.com site gives live results since midnight central time for each day.
We never want to miss a chance to say thank you to you and the whole Calvary Chapel family. My first meeting with Pastor Bob was on February 16, 2005, and your support began in May. In those 15 years, the smartphone revolution took hold worldwide and we rapidly became the world’s largest evangelistic ministry from the standpoint of indicated decisions. Your investment in us has been significant for eternity, and especially for us personally. Thank you so much!
Stand at the Crossroads
Our ministry has helped many ladies in many ways over the years. In the past 20 years it has grown from a single house for about 8 or 9 women to a campus that includes not only My Father’s House, but also 5 apartments for women with children, and soon an additional house for three more families. We are not just offering housing, but an actual program with the purpose of helping women to get back on their feet to provide for themselves, but also to help them grow spiritually in their relationship with God.
God is so faithful and so good! As we walk out His plan for our ministry, we have seen several women gain custody of their children after obtaining jobs and completing parenting classes and other requirements set for them. One lady has completed a medical assistant degree at college and is actually having a house built on some property given her. Several ladies have found good employment opportunities which allowed them to eventually purchase a car or pay off debts or move out on their own. A few who have had past addiction problems have been going to AA or Celebrate Recovery Meetings and are finally free from their past destructive lifestyles.
Even more importantly, in the past year we have seen women accept the Lord as their savior, and others who have grown deeply in their faith and study of the Word of God. Some are now actually witnessing to co-workers and encouraging newer Christians with their walk with God. We disciple them, teach them the Word of God, and pray for and with them regularly.
We look forward to the fruit of this ministry to continue to flourish for these women and, in many cases, the generations of children that will come to know Christ through Stand at the Crossroads.
Paul Young
Thanks to everyone at Calvary Chapel for your generous support all these years! We know God will bless you for your kindness and faithfulness.
We are missionary chalk artist evangelists in South Africa. My sons, Tim and Josh, and I preach the Gospel in hundreds of schools and churches in several African countries and elsewhere. I also preach in prisons. We also distribute many thousands of tracts, booklets and chalk talk DVDs as follow up. The books and chalk talks can be read and viewed at drawingotherstochrist.com.
My wife Vicki has Bible clubs, ladies’ meetings and helps in the home and office in many other ways.
My nephew, James Young, helps in many ways, especially producing the DVDs and TV programs that have been broadcast by several stations in Africa and elsewhere. When you support us you are supporting him and his family as well.
We have seen many thousands of people make a public profession of repentance and faith in Jesus. Here are some examples of “fruit that remains” (John 15:16). One high school student who learned the way of salvation when I preached at his school is now a missionary to Russia. The principal of a large Christian school told me that she and two of her staff were saved as children when they all heard me preach at their school many years ago. An evangelist and Christian school administrator said my ministry was the biggest influence to serve God in his life.
Welcome to Christ Central Aiken and Graniteville
Christ Central has locations in both Aiken and Graniteville to meet the needs of the poor and disadvantaged in our community by first providing basic needs, such as food, clothing, and prayer. The ministry then assists individuals in improving their lives and the lives of their families by providing teaching and training in areas needed to secure and retain employment, stabilize their family and develop Christian character. Christ Central Aiken and Graniteville are local mission stations within Christ Central Ministries, which was founded in Columbia, SC by Pastor Jimmy Jones in 1994.
Our mission is to enrich Aiken and Graniteville by uniting volunteers to help people in need through food, clothing, prayer, education and job skills training.
Our vision is to see Aiken and Graniteville become cities where an increasing number of young people graduate from high school, adults are able to find employment, poverty is clearly on the decrease, and both the natural and spiritual needs of its citizens are being met.
Pastor “S”, South Asia
“S” is a 69 years old former witch doctor of 20 years in East Nepal.
Calvary Chapel Aiken has come alongside “S” with prayer and financial support that will enable him to continue to pastor his local church, plant additional churches, and mentor many younger, less experienced pastors in this region.
God saved this man very miraculously through a small gospel tract from someone going through his village. The Holy Spirit used that, and somehow his little granddaughter read it for him. He lost his mind for a few weeks, and demons tried to kill him. They tortured him terribly mentally and physically. Other villagers said that when he was possessed, he would jump 7 to 8 feet in the air. His granddaughter and her parents got saved through that tract when they saw a vision of Jesus. They did not know what was happening; they only knew that there was a man clothed in white and he appeared to them many times, protecting their lives. There were no churches in that village and they had never heard of the name of Jesus. The same vision of Jesus appeared to “S” several times. Whenever Jesus appeared to him, all the demons would leave him. So finally, “S” got saved. God uses this man in mighty ways to minister to his villagers. Now there are 12 churches in that area. He started a church in his village, and his two sons started two churches in others villages.
Now “S” has been a pastor for over 18 years. He is one of our first pastors to complete CBT over 11 years ago. He has over 20 adults and about 30 children who attend his fellowship. The financial hardships of living in South Asia has resulted with many of his church members have left the country to support their families by working overseas.
