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Ambassadors for Christ: Malmö | April 9-17, 2006
“This is the best thing that has happened to me in my life” said one attendee of “Ambassadors for Christ”, Easter 2006. The week was hosted by the Malmö Adventist church, organised by LifeStyleTV and supported by the Swedish Union of Seventh-day Adventists. 154 people, mostly under 30 year olds, registered for a week of practical witnessing and Bible training, or the inspirational weekend, with teachers David Asscherick, Nathan Renner and Scott Moore from The ARISE Institute, USA. The goals of the week were to equip the participants for active ministry and to reach out to people on the street through the Trovärdighet series.
The week started a little wet and overcast, but the enthusiasm inside the Malmö church soon brought the sun out. Over 60 young people hit the streets with 20,000 invitations to the four-part evening Trovadighet Christian apologetics series. “This is the best Christian meeting I have been to” said one visitor. “David Asscherick is a very interesting speaker. I would like to come and visit this church again,” said another visitor, a believer, but not a church-goer, who came all four nights. Twenty-six different people from the street registered and attended the evening meetings, but many more preferred to attend without registering. The series was taped for TV and will be available on DVD mid-May.
Each afternoon the “Ambassadors for Christ” put into action what they had learned in the morning training sessions. The second afternoon, young and old went out for 3 hours and collected over 220 religious interest surveys from LifeStyleTV, resulting in 31 requests for Bible studies, 15 requests for Bibles, and 45 saying the would be interested in studying the Bible some time, but didn’t want to give their contact details. Praise God! The Holy Spirit works to reach hearts even in Sweden! One man from the street even dropped by during a training session where Scott Moore was showing how to give a Bible study, using Daniel 2. The man was so impressed that he asked for the seminar handout for that class.
Between meetings and in breaks, you could see the groups of young people around the speakers eagerly asking questions about the Bible. All thoughout the week there was a “warm and friendly atmosphere” as one young person commented, and you could see people’s attitudes change through the working of God’s Spirit on their hearts.
The highlight of the week for many was the weekend. Sabbath morning David made a gospel appeal to the 200 plus people who packed the church upstairs and downstairs. Over 30 recommitted their lives to God, with 12 choosing to prepare for baptism. On Sunday three young men sealed their decision with baptism, bringing tears of joy for many there, with three more people making decisions for baptism.
“God really spoke to me through David and Scott. The result was that 30 people decided to give their lives to God – and I was one of them. 100/500 will give RESULTS!” said one young person. Local people who hadn’t been to church for years attended the meetings. Only in eternity will we see the full results of all the unseen things that happened this week.
Bible study resources
Bible Boot Camp - David Asscherick
Bible Boot Camp - Joel Kner
Bible Boot Camp - Nathan Renner
Bible Boot Camp - Scott Moore
Questions in Romans - Nathan Renner
Speakers for 2006
David Asscherick (USA) is the Director of the ARISE (A Resource-Institute for Soulwinning and Evangelism) school and the associate pastor of the Troy Seventh-day Adventist Church, Michigan, USA.
He became a Christian at the age of 23 after reading the book The Great Controversy. David left behind his punk rock music band to preach and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a dynamic, clear and relevant way.
David Charles Asscherick, 33, is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Director of ARISE (A Resource-Institute for Soulwinning and Evangelism), an evangelistic training school for laymen and clergy.
He is a sought after speaker both nationally and internationally. A dynamic, clear, and relevant speaker, His frequent appearances on 3ABN are a favorite of young and old alike the world over. He became a Christian at the age of 23 after reading the book the Great Controversy, by Ellen White.
In addition to his extensive traveling, teaching, and preaching responsibilities, he is also an avid rock climber, surfer, bird watcher, nature photographer, fly fisherman, and reader. He and his wife, Violeta, are the happy parents of two energetic and fun-loving boys, Landon and Jabel. The Asscherick family lives in Troy, Michigan where David is the associate pastor of the Troy SDA Church and the director of the ARISE school.
In his "spare" time, David is writing and photographing for a series of full-format photographic books highlighting the beauty and power of both creation and Creator.
Nathan Renner (USA) is the senior pastor of the Troy Seventh-day Adventist Church and the associate director of ARISE. His frequent speaking appointments have carried him the world over. He was called to ministry shortly after his conversion in January of 1997. He first worked as a bible worker and evangelist and has been a pastor for the last 5 years. At ARISE, Pastor Renner teaches classes on Romans, Bible Boot Camp and Evangelism. His passion is the local church and seeing it become all God intended it to be. He is married to Becky Renner and has two very special young children, Levi and Laurel. Nathan enjoys the outdoors, rock climbing and fly fishing.
Scott Moore was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He was raised in a Christian home, but did not dedicate his life to Christ until the age of 27. Shortly after his conversion, Scott left his job as a truck driver to attend the Mission College of Evangelism. It was here that he developed his passion of getting all members of the church to be on fire and involved in doing evangelistic ministry inside and outside of the church. Scott joined the ARISE team two years ago, and functions as the evangelism coordinator. Scott also teaches several classes at ARISE and preached the evangelistic campaign in 2005. Scott and his wife Melanie have five children, Danny (12), Daniel (9), Jason (9), Brandon (6), Samantha (2). On the rare occasion when Scott is not out fishing for men, he can be found in hip waders fishing for fish.
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