August Update

Dear Friend of Mission Surge,

It has been a little while since I have last sent an update, so I wanted to take a brief moment this morning to bring you up to speed on what is happening and how you can pray for us.

I.  Oblivious

First, I ask you to continue to pray that God would use the Oblivious Documentary to awaken, challenge, and communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Please pray that God would use this film.  If you have not watched it yet, I would encourage you to take 28 minutes to view it.  Then share it on Facebook, Twitter, and/or through email and word of mouth.  

You can click here to watch:  http://www.obliviousfilm.com

You can also listen to a radio interview with Kevin Swanson’s Generations Radio program concerning the film here:  http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=72141242161

Please help us to get this film out by sharing on Facebook…again and again, Twitter, and emails.  

You can purchase a download of the film that you can burn and distribute at http://www.obliviousfilm.com  Just click store, purchase the download, and we will send you instructions on how to download a copy to your computer.  You are free to burn and distribute as many copies from this download as you want!  Also if you would like to purchase a physical copy, you can do so at http://www.obliviousfilm.com by clicking on store and choosing DVD.  If you purchase one of the physical DVD’s, we will send you a second one free to give away.  All of the funds generated from this effort are used to produce more evangelistic material to distribute in an effort to continue getting the gospel out.  

Please pray for this effort!

II.  Speaking Engagements

I want to ask you to pray of me August 17th as I preach at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Florence.  Also, remember me on Monday, September 7th and Tuesday, September 8th as I preach at FBC Lyman, MS on the holiness of God!  

I want to ask you to please join with me in prayer as well as I seek to schedule preaching engagements for 2015.  I am praying that God would open doors for me to preach harvest days, revivals, family discipleship conferences, and mission conferences.  I am praying that God would give opportunities to go and share about Mission Surge.  Please pray that my speaking schedule would fill up soon.  This is not just a desire, but a need!  Please say a prayer now if you will.  And, if your church could possibly use me next year, please let me know as soon as possible!  

You can listen to sermons at Providence and elsewhere by clicking on the following links.  Please listen and come back each week for more messages!

http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Dr._A._Kevin_Ivy

http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Kevin_Ivy

III.  Mission Work

Please pray for our partners, Coram Deo, RMI, and ECCI.  Pray for Giacomo Lerici, Andrea Artioli, Peter Vimal, and Jerry Marcellino as they seek to expand the Kingdom of God on earth!  You can learn more about their ministries by going to the Mission Surge website and exploring the “From the Field” tab.  http://www.missionsurge.com

We are still praying, planning and working towards God’s will in the Dominican Republic, Martinique, and in other areas of Latin America.  More news coming soon.  Please pray for God’s wisdom, discernment, insight, understanding, knowledge, leadership, guidance, direction, and power to prevail in this effort.

I covet your prayers!  I appreciate your support of Mission Surge!  I thank you for your emails and words of encouragement.  I thank those of you who have been led of God to give financially to help support me and my family directly as we have sought to devote ourselves to a church plant and Mission Surge.  God has used your prayers, gifts, and support to lift a weight off of us this year.  I am not sure how we would have made it without you.  God has been gracious to provide for our needs through you this year and we are grateful to God for you!

Please pray that God would do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we could ask or imagine throughout the remainder of 2014 and into 2015.  Thanks again!

In Christ,

Kevin

Mission Surge Conference

The Mission Surge Conference is rapidly approaching. I hope that you are looking forward to it, planning to attend, and inviting others to come with you.

We will be spending the entire weekend discussing the power of the Gospel and how the Gospel impacts individuals, families, churches, and the world. Romans 1:16 really sums up the theme of the whole conference: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ESV

This is what missions is all about: the Gospel. The Gospel is not a power, but THE power of God for salvation. The Gospel makes an impact and an impact makes waves, it sends ripples, it surges outward. This is where the name Mission Surge came from. The Gospel surges outward through individuals, families, churches, and to the very ends of the earth. And when the Gospel works in this way, it has maximum impact; maximum power.

This weekend you will hear messages that exalt Christ and the true Gospel. You will hear messages that reveal how the Gospel applies to the individual, the family, the church, the community, and the world. You will hear from area pastors like Dr. Greg Belser, Dr. Justin McClendon, Dr. Paul Young, Pastor Buddy Sheriff, and myself. You will hear from pastors who are planting churches as far away as Nevada like Neal Creecy. You will hear from pastors written popular books on leading families and making disciples of our children like Jerry Marcellino. You will hear from missionaries who have invested their lives in places like the Dominican Republic like Gene Pickern and during the breaks you will get to browse tables that display prayer needs and ministry opportunities from the U.S. to the ends of the earth. It is going to be a big weekend at Cleary and I hope you are looking forward to it!

You will also have an opportunity to learn about a brand new ministry that is seeking to impact individuals, families, churches, and the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You will learn what this ministry is seeking to do and how you can be personally involved. You will be the FIRST to be given a brand new website address so that you can research, pray for, and get involved in this new ministry that has the potential to make a difference in lives for God’s glory.

The conference is free. You do not have to register to attend. We simply ask that you give a love gift to help show the men who are preaching your appreciation. You will have an opportunity to give through an offering on Friday night and Saturday night during the services. If you cannot make those 2 services, a box will be available for you to place your offerings in.  A nursery will be available for children 0 to 3 years old Friday night and Saturday. Sunday morning, we will have nursery and children’s church for those up to 5 years.  A lunch will be provided on Saturday for those in attendance, but supper will be on your own....and it is all free of charge.

You can learn more about the speakers and the conference schedule at the following link.

http://clearybaptist.org/Outreach_Mission_Surge

Please spread the word on your Facebook page, through your email contacts, and by word of mouth. You can also continue the promotion by commenting on this blog and on the Mission Surge Conference Facebook page by clicking here http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=140588559312506 and by commenting on other peoples FB pages who have posted info about this conference.  In other words, keep the conversation going!  Forward it to everyone in your email contacts list and share with brothers and sisters from other churches that this conference is not just for Cleary folks but is for everyone who loves the Gospel and wants to change the world! 

We would really love to have a good crowd attend the first annual Mission Surge Conference at Cleary. We know that you will be challenged and encouraged by what you hear.

Help us spread the Word!!