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www.drive-inministries.com FOCUS The Official Publication of Drive-In Ministries July/Aug/Sept 2015 In This Issue Volume 31/ No. 3 P.O. Box 680250 Prattville, AL 36068 O 334.361.1660 F 334.361.9578 Director’s Cut by Mike Jones God has called each of us to faith in Him for salvation, and by faith to live for Him each day. Hebrews chapter 11 is the Bible’s signature passage regarding faith. It gives us the defi- nition of what faith is, a description of its im- portance, and many testimonials of believers in Bible history who have demonstrated their faith in life and whom God has listed as role models for us to follow. In verse 2, we find that it is through living out our faith that we receive a “good report” from God, a “well done thou good and faithful servant,” because faith pleases God. Verse 6 tells us that without faith it is “impossible” to please God. It takes faith to be saved and faith to live in obedience to Him. In James, Chapter 2, James teaches that living out our faith is what proves we have it. Many people say they are saved, but just saying it doesn’t make it true. Our actions of obedience to God through faith are testimonies to others of our relationship with God. Both unbelievers and believers can be influenced for Christ when we clearly and consistently live out our faith and obedience to God in everyday life. The clear testimony attributed to Abraham was that he “obeyed” God. When God called him to pack up and move, without knowing where he was going, he obeyed. When God told him to sacrifice his son, he obeyed. Faith is obedience to the Word and will of God in our lives. Role models tend to influence others by their actions, such as skill, passion, and achieve- ment. They often influence us to be better, work harder, and believe greater achieve- ment is possible. When we live out our faith, God does things in our life that clearly show His presence and power on our behalf; an- swered prayer in special ways, divine provi- sion, working out situations and timing in supernatural ways that become testimonies beyond coincidence, pointing to God. I am afraid that far too many Christians today are content with the doctrine of faith for sal- vation and not the practice of faith in daily liv- ing. We need to better understand that a life lived by faith illustrates what our relationship with God is supposed to be. God wants us to not only evangelize the unsaved with the written Word, but also with the living Word… Christ in us. This pleases God. How many Christians do you know who are struggling in their walk with God? Many of them would find great encouragement if other Christians would invest their life ex- periences of faith and testimonies into them and influence them to greater faith. We need each other to boost our faith and influence those around us for Christ. Director’s Cut - Pleasing God, Influencing People Coming Soon Ministry Newsreel U.S. Reports - Allen Nye - New Partner Update - Alabama Property & Building International Reports - India (NIEA) - Colombia - Romania * TBBI * JIM2ROMANIA - Nigeria (GOFAMINT) Prayer and Praise Pleasing God, Influencing People Coming Soon Two new movies are coming out in August 2015. “Do You Believe”, produced by Pure Flix Entertainment (the makers of “God’s Not Dead”), will be on DVD Aug. 4th. “War Room” made by Provident Films (the makers of “Fac- ing the Giants”, “Fireproof”, etc.) will be in theaters Aug. 28th.

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www.drive-inministries.comFOCUSThe Ofcial Publication ofDrive-In MinistriesJuly/Aug/Sept 2015In This IssueVolume 31/ No. 3P.O. Box 680250Prattville, AL 36068O334.361.1660F334.361.9578Directors Cutby Mike JonesGodhascalledeachof ustofaithinHimfor salvation,andbyfaith to live for Him each day. Hebrewschapter11is theBiblessignature passage regarding faith.It gives us the de-nition of what faith is, a description of its im-portance, and many testimonials of believers in Bible history who have demonstrated their faith in life and whom God has listed as role models for us to follow. Inverse2,wendthatitisthroughliving out our faith that we receive a good report from God, a well done thou good and faithful servant,becausefaithpleasesGod.Verse 6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God.It takes faith to be saved and faithtoliveinobediencetoHim.InJames, Chapter 2, James teaches that living out our faith is what proves we have it.Many people say they are saved, but just saying it doesnt make it true.Our actions of obedience to God through faith are testimonies to others of our relationship with God.Both unbelievers and believerscanbeinuencedforChristwhen we clearly and consistently live out our faith and obedience to God in everyday life.ThecleartestimonyattributedtoAbraham was that he obeyed God.When God called himtopackupandmove,withoutknowing where he was going, he obeyed.WhenGodtoldhimtosacricehisson,he obeyed.Faith is obedience to the Word and will of God in our lives.Role models tend to inuence others by their actions, such as skill, passion,andachieve-ment.Theyofteninuenceustobebetter, workharder,andbelievegreaterachieve-ment is possible.When we live out our faith, God does things in our life that clearly show Hispresenceandpoweronourbehalf;an-swered prayer in special ways,divineprovi-sion,workingoutsituationsandtimingin supernaturalwaysthatbecometestimonies beyond coincidence, pointing to God.I am afraid that far too many Christians today are content with the doctrine of faith for sal-vation and not the practice of faith in daily liv-ing.We need to better understand that a life lived by faith illustrates what our relationship withGodissupposedtobe.Godwantsus tonotonlyevangelizetheunsavedwiththe written Word, but also with the living WordChrist in us.This pleases God.HowmanyChristiansdoyouknowwhoare strugglingintheirwalkwithGod?Many ofthemwouldndgreatencouragementif otherChristianswouldinvesttheirlifeex-periences of faith and testimonies into them and inuence them to greater faith.We need eachothertoboostourfaithandinuence those around us for Christ.Directors Cut- Pleasing God, Inuencing PeopleComing SoonMinistry Newsreel U.S. Reports -Allen Nye -New Partner Update -Alabama Property & Building

International Reports- India (NIEA)- Colombia- Romania* TBBI* JIM2ROMANIA- Nigeria (GOFAMINT)

Prayer and PraisePleasing God, Inuencing PeopleComing SoonTwo new movies are coming out in August 2015.Do You Believe, produced by Pure Flix Entertainment (the makers of Gods Not Dead), will be on DVD Aug. 4th. War Room made by Provident Films (the makers of Fac-ing the Giants, Fireproof, etc.) will be in theaters Aug. 28th. FOCUS The Ofcial Publication ofDrive-In Ministries/Ministry NewsreelU.S. ReportsAllen NyeWe are excited to have our 13 year old daughter, Danielle, train forevangelisticoutreachwith ChildEvangelismFellowship. She went to Clearwater Christian Collegeforaweekofintensive trainingonhowtopresentthe gospelandconductaBackyard BibleClub.Shethenwentout with a team of other teens to dif-ferentlocations.Shehadprac-ticalexperienceleadingsinging,fundraising,tellingabible story, and presenting a missionary story.TheysawchildrentrustinChrist,andgotatasteofwhatit takes to be a missionary.My heart was blessed as I saw her at work!Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it entered into our hearts what God has prepared for her in ministry. IwasprivelegedtoworkwithFilmEvangelismandGospel Magic in Kentucky this summer. We ministered at a camp dur-ing the day and a VBS club at night. I also went to Andrews, North Carolina, but unfortunatly our Mobile movie was rained out. I then spent time at the Pinellis County jail with the prison ministry. Please pray as we serve Christ in new places!A very effective Outreach ministry was held along the coastal villages of Trivandrum from May 16th to 23rd, under the charge of theNewIndiaBibleChurch,Shanthipuram,Trivandrum.Gospellmswere shownineightofthe20places,andfollowupmeetingswereheldbythe church volunteers. Gospel was preached, youth were cautioned againstcrimi-nal activities including use of drugs, and lms were shown all along. Gospel tractsandNTsweredistributedtothosewhodonothavethem,especially non-Christians. Report for the eight lm locations:Attendance: 1000+ Tracts Distributed: 800New Testaments Distributed: 370The outreach team also visited some of the remote villages of Viruthunager District July 6th-8th. Three different places were visited and movies were shown. At these locations:Total Attendance: 225+ people Decisions Made: 50 We were the rst team with the gospel to this village of mostly Telugu speaking people.Alabama Property & BuildingThe construction of the new property facility building continues to endure set backs. Meanwhile, the Board has decided to go ahead with some of the perimeter plans, so we can begin using the property for some ministry. This will include making a walk-ing track, constructing two pavilions, building the soccer eld, and clearing a place to have mobile movie meetings.Pleaseprayforgracetogetthepermitandothernecessary things to begin this work immediately. New Partner Update by Allen NyeA couple of months ago we delivered a retired Mobile Unit to a church in Dover, Florida.They have been working on it to repair the engine and re-model the interior.They only need to repair the rear axle to put it back to work in their ministry.TheyplantohaveaspecialBacktoSchoolRallyandMobile Unit dedication service in August.I will attend the special event andwilltrainvolunteershowtosetupandoperateamobile movie event.PastorDavidDelGadoandthechurch aresogratefultoDrive-InMinistries fordonatingtheequipment.Theylook forwardtoreachingmanyinthemi-grantcampsastheyreturntoworkin ourareasoon.Prayforthemtohave aneffectivelmandSidewalkSunday School ministry.International ReportsIndia - New India Evangelistic Association by John KalloormonthofJuly,andhavebeenin5ofthemsofar!We have 5 villages lined up for August and can take 2 more, thenhave2weeksinSeptembertoworkbeforeschool begins again.God has given us a good team and good pastors to work with.For the rst time ever we had a policeman on our side!The photo shows him with our team in the village ofPleniti.Godhasbeenworking,bringingabout100 people to see the lms each evening.We are thankful for this.We are also thankful for the support that has been given for our work.We can use about $1000 more.LastnightinthevillageofOridel,aChristianmanwas helping us, who is inverybadneed ofanewroofon hishouse.We wenttolookand yes, it is very bad, butthehouseis smallandabout to fall apart.He has 6 children. I spoke with his pastor andheisawareofthissituation.Pleasepraywithus about helping this man!God bless you!Romania TBBI - Timisoara Baptist Bible Institute by Bill FortnerA team of 20 from Grace Gospel Church in WV ministered doingVBSinthreevillagesin RomaniawhereTBBIgradu-ate Gigi Negrea is Pastor. They were divided into three groups and did VBS in Surducu Mare, Binis and Doclan. Over 40 chil-drenwereministeredtoineachvillage.Biblestories, chalktalks,puppets,facepaint-ing,games,andChristianlms wereusedtopresenttheGospel tochildrenwhohadneverheard theGoodNewsofChrist.Pastor Gigiandhisteamwilldofollow up on these children. This ministry would not have been possible without the Mobile Unit. What a wonderful evan-gelistic tool our Mobile Unit is.JIM2ROMANIA by Jim MorganHello from sunny and hot Romania!Our summer work iswellunderwayhere.Wehave9villagestovisitthis Colombia by Stephen JonesThis summer, as part of my internship at Drive-In, I went on a missions trip to Colombia, South America, with my brother Sam. It was my third and his second time going, so we were both very excited to reunite with our brothers & sisters in Christ there at Renacer Baptist Church. The church and ministry in Ambalema (the town where the church mainly uses the mobile unit with the purpose of evangelizing and planting a church) continues to grow. We worked in Ambalema for 4 days. In the mornings we worked with children doing VBS, while another team did door to door visitation and evangelism. Sam made an unfortunate mistake at VBS, and drank some koolaid that was made with the town water (the kids can handle it but our stomachs arent used to it). He was sick for a few days, but helped whenever he was feeling better. He was well by the time he left to come back to the U.S. After VBS, we would all reunite for lunch, then go back out together to do more door to door visitation. The rst two nights we showed a movie, one in the town square and one in their poorest neighborhood. The last two nights we had a special time of worship, with singing and preaching. Sam and I both came back refreshed, knowing that we are making a difference in the lives of the people in Ambalema. We want to express our gratitude and appreciation to all who have helped make this experience possible in our lives.P.O. Box 680250 | Prattville, AL 36068Return Service RequestedSTANDARDNON-PROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGEPAIDPrattville, AL 36066PERMIT NO. 100Ifyou would like to receive the Focus by email, or would like to be removed from the Focus mailing list, please contact us by email or phone.The report is as follows:May 28th-30th Attendance: 377Decisions: 25 June 3rd-5thAttendance: 893Decisions:134June 7th-10thAttendance: 696Decisions: 50June 14th-17thAttendance: 602Decisions: 25June 24th-27thAttendance:662 Decisions: 32June 30th-July 1st Attendance: 361Decisions:125Prayer and PraiseNigeria(WATS) -Mobile Unit needs to be replaced. $15,000.00is needed.A recent gift of $10,000.00 was received! Praise the Lord!! $5,000.00 is still needed.Haiti - New contact looks promising.Pray for wisdom for Board decisions.West Africa - New contact in Senegal, West Africa.Pray for wisdom in continuing dialogue.Nigeria - GOspelFAithMissionINTernational by George AdeniyiMinistry Report for May 28-July 1, 2015The Lord touched many people and they gave their lives to Him.