“Kenneth and Sherry Koon are passionate in their pursuit to serve the spiritual needs of soldiers. I encourage you to join their mission”

General William J. Livsey, Ret.commanded his first company with the 30th Infantry at Fort Benning returning in 1979 to be the Commanding General and Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Benning.

Kenneth and Sherry KoonField Staff Military Ministry

Picture yourself here…

What are your needs?

MILITARY SERVICEThere are tremendous pressures on those in the Armed Forces who protect our country.

How they handle these pressures while in the military will most likely affect them for the rest of their lives.

SACRIFICE

RECENT HEADLINESSuicides are surging among US troops, Pentagon statistics showJune 08, 2012/Associated Press

Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year -- the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war. The numbers reflect a military burdened with wartime demands from Iraq and Afghanistan that have taken a greater toll than foreseen a decade ago… The reasons for the increase are not fully understood.

THE NEED OF THE HOUR

Suicide PTSDFamily AbuseDivorce

IsolationDrug AbuseLawlessnessHomelessness

• 10,000 military personnel diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• 38% higher divorce rate than others• 462 killed in action (2010)• 468 committed suicide (2010)

“The number of suicides has reached epidemic proportions.”CH (MAJ GEN) Doug Carver

The spiritual needs seem almost overwhelming.

BUT GOD…Yet, in the face of these intense daily pressures, many U.S. service members are coming to Christ!

Thousands of recruits across the country are coming to Christ

GOD’S CALL TO SERVE HIMThousands of recruits enter Basic Training each year.

We are called to the spiritual training of soldiers and the mobilization of churches to reach the thousands of veterans in our communities.

Faith in the Foxhole… Hope on the Home Front….

THE MISSION OF MILITARY MINISTRYTransformation from the inside out.To win, build and send in the power of the Holy Spirit and to establish movements of spiritual multiplication in the worldwide military community.

OUR PERSONAL REALITYI wake up every morning knowing that somewhere, someone’s son in uniform will be called upon to lay down his life for his country.

OUR PERSONAL MISSIONThrough Military Ministry we will give them a foundation of hope in Jesus Christ.

Anything else…is not an option!

THE SIX PILLARS• Spiritual nurture• Christian leadership• Troop and family care• Spiritual resources• Internet outreach• International ministries

Spiritually groundedprepared for battle

In the desert or the home front

TROOP AND FAMILY CAREProvide compassionate care and healing for troops and their families.WIN (Evangelization)

BUILD (Discipleship)SEND (Leadership)

Military Marriage Seminars (data since 2005)• 3,300 Attendees• 497 Decisions to accept Christ• 868 Recommitted marriages

Bridges to Healing Seminars (data since 2008)• 750 churches and organizations

SPIRITUAL RESOURCES• Rapid Deployment Kit• Chaplains Kit• Spiritual Fitness Handbook• Care and Counsel for Combat Trauma• When War Comes Home• Combat Trauma Healing Manual• Defending the Military Marriage• Loving Your Military Man• Military Guide for Churches

“Thank you for the Bible and preparing me spiritually for a very difficult place.”

Deployed Soldier to Afghanistan

WHO WE ARE

This is the couple who started Campus Crusade for Christ on the UCLA campus in 1951 –

Bill and Vonette Bright

WHO WE AREWhat started as a ministry to students on the UCLA campus, now touches the lives of people in every segment of society and in every corner of the world.

Military Ministry is just one of more than 60 distinct ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ reaching millions …

• FamilyLife• Athletes in Action• The JESUS Film Project• Josh McDowell Ministry• Global Aid Network (GAIN)

TO ACHIEVE THE MISSION OF REACHING RECRUITS AT BENNING AND ON THE HOME FRONT

• As missionaries we depend 100% upon the consistent financial support of concerned individuals and churches for salary and expenses of running the field office.

• We are seeking to build strategic partnerships with 7 to 12 anchor churches and scores of families and individuals.

• We will report full time to the mission field as soon as this team is complete.

OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR MINISTRY PARTNERS• To work diligently to touch the lives of

people for Jesus Christ.

• To regularly report back on how God is blessing the ministry through blogs, Newsletters, dedicated Facebook page, and annual visits to the church.

• To train mission squads for strategic mission projects to the field of service.

• To facilitate Bridges to Healing Training for reaching thousands of veterans.

• To pray for our ministry partners.

The Challenge:“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid… unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.”

Gen. Douglas Macarthur

The Privilege:22 years I have been building sons. And now the time has come to show them how to build others in order that Christ might bring many sons to glory.

LET US BUILD TOGETHER

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Romans 10:14-15

Our ResponseAs we go can we count on you to stand with us in this mission, to encourage us with your prayers and to support us with your finances.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:Who should I send?Who will go for Us?I said:Here I am. Send me.

ISAIAH 6:8

Our Response is Your InvitationAs we go we invite you to…

Stand with us in this missionSend us with your prayers and

Support us with your finances Your partnership will make a difference in reaching our Armed Forces with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Would you make a monthly individual or family commitment of $100 or some other amount?

Pastors or church leaders call today to learn how your churchcan become a strategic anchor church with Military Ministry.

Call Ken at 678-283-4293

Background of the TeamMarried since 1986, Ken and Sherry graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1990.

Ken earned his Doctorate in Biblical Counseling in 2005. He has served as a bi-vocational pastor, and as an Army Chaplain since 1992. He received advanced training in the Army Professional Ethic at West Point, provides pastoral care for 600 military families in his brigade, and advises Commanders on Suicide Intervention throughout the United States.

Sherry has co-counseled with Ken in marriage counseling and individually in Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

To become a Ministry Partner

Visit www.SoldierMinistry.com and click on the logo for Military Ministry. A picture of Ken and Sherry will confirm that you are on the right page.

Thank you and God Bless You and Your Family!