by Peter Ruck | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
A word was spoken over me in 2014 that I needed to write a book in Moscow.
My immediate response was “I am to busy traveling, anyway I am not a writer. That seemingly got me off the hook!
Two years later in 2016, I became unwell and could not drive or travel due to an illness. The same couple D’s Kevin and Leslie McNulty contacted me saying we are praying for your recovery in the Tent 100 ministry network of evangelists. Oh Peter, you need to take time out and rest and get on with writing that book, it will be such an encouragement and hopefully will inspire others.
Whilst in hospital I had four friends come to my bedside telling me I should write a book it seemed like a conspiracy at the time. Well I am thankful to God he restored me. I am back driving after 15 months and recently drove to Belgium to a tent mission. I have been ministering again in the UK. I am pleased to say I am just checking the last pages of the book inserting pictures. It has taken me two years to get to this stage. I wanted to get Dr Kevin McNulty to read the manuscript and ask him to write the foreward for my book called “Passing the Baton” He agreed to do this when we met recently in Belgium.
The book should be printed and published in October. My plan is to go to the celebration of the commissioning of 100th Tent in Europe at the same as the Tent Nation launch in Daytona Beach USA in November 2018.
by Peter Ruck | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
It was 325km drive and sea crossing from Brentwood to Kortirjk in Belgium for the Imove Evangelism training programme EMPOWERED TO EVANGELISE with Kevin & Leslie McNulty. It was great to catch up with other members of the Tent100 team Kirill & Olga and their now grown up children with Inna and hers too, Not forgetting Akop who was involved with the programme.
Every time I am in a mission Tent I have expectations. It was well founded. This programme was to encourage the ministry in Belgium and France. I was only able to spend three days at the event.
Kevin and Leslie held inspirational meetings morning and evenings each day. Olga, Kirill & Marsha led the worship with real life. It was a wonderful for me. It was the first time I had been in a tent for two years following my illness. It was precious having fellowship with everyone to again.
I was asked to share on street evangelism and various techinques with the delegates before they would take to the streets It is always a pleasure when you have an enthuastic audience. At the end of the teaching session I shared my passion for sharing the gospel. When I had finished one of the interpreters came over to me saying a man had wandered into the tent of the roadside expecting this tent to be a circus or a fair.
His name was Eddie, my message spoke to him and he responded to the gospel and made a commitment follow Jesus.
I found myself praying for healing after one lady was bitten by an insect, one of the organiser had a knee problem and was in pain. He announced the pain had gone. It was really blessed time.
by Peter Ruck | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
Amnos church planting school hosts and organising an annual event called “Arise” they have teams arriving from around the UK, USA and as far away as South Korea.
I was invited to teach at one of the Evangelism sessions. I was showing the students the “Tear & Share “ techinque linking it to a testimony explaining how this could be used in one to one conversations. How it can be used to a large audience.
It was a real blessing to hear many of their testimony’s. I began by sharing the traditional method of creating HELL – LOVE- ending the CROSS.
Then the challenge was to create other words that brought people to the cross as you can see.
by Peter Ruck | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
This is an oasis in the middle of a street market. We sell Christian books and media & Bibles. It is really the “hook” to be able to talk to non believers, pray with people in need. We are active on the street handing out tracts and newspapers. Looking for opportunities for conversations it’s surprising how many people are ready to talk and become regulars at the stall.
by Peter Ruck | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
Three days of glorious sunshine at the Chapel ruins in the centre of Brentwood town. We worked together to share the love of Jesus in the community. This year we were joined by a young group from the USA who served alongside us. We have tables and chairs in position ready. Teams prepare the onions, cutting the rolls ready for sausages and burgers.
Each day we had a different band for the visitors to sit down and enjoy the food and the Gospel music.
We have table host who sit down and share the Good News of the Gospel with visitors enjoying the food and the music “On the Move ministry” serving God’s love to the passers by. We share testimony’s in between the music slots of the impact God has made in our lives.
Truly blessed by the sense of unity as people came together expriencing God’s love through everyone abiet recieving a roll, a burger, sauce a glass water or chatting at the table.
It was a tremendous witness!
