Thank you for visiting our webpage. We have been ministering with Campus Crusade for Christ for 9 years now taking the Gospel to students in the Northeast and people around the world through film and video with the JESUS Film.
admin September 14th, 2011
Here is a short video about our discipleship film series, “Walking with Jesus,” and it’s premiere in South Africa. It is so exciting to see how God is using these films already and how much more when we get it translated in more languages. (And we’re working on that right now!)
admin September 14th, 2011
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Transformation, what does it truly look like in our lives? We talk about being transformed by the power of the Gospel in our lives but how do we see that lived out?
The series of discipleship films we created for Africa are just now being rolled out in the field. In the first episode, we see a village viewing the JESUS film for the first time. Many come to Christ including the chief. He wrestles with the wicked things he has done. The teacher/pastor councils him to reconcile with those he has wronged and the chief begins to ask forgiveness and pay back the people in his village he has victimized.
We wanted to share with you one story of how a village and a family has been affected by this film and the transforming power of Jesus.
My wife and I just returned from a village where we did a four day outreach program … where we used [the] entire follow up series of the Jesus film… Many gave their lives to Christ that night. By the following morning, during the morning sessions, we started showing the [Walking with Jesus] film. The impact of the film resulted in many people going back to reconcile with others, forgiving each other and returning things they had either stolen and wickedly taken from others. One old woman was so touch by this film that she came for counseling. During that counseling we discovered that she had advised her son to marry a second wife just because she didn’t like this first wife. From the comment the chief in the movie made about his own wives and the advice the teacher gave him, she felt she had gone wrong. After we talked with [her], she told me she was going to call the first wife to apologize.Sometime that same day in evening when we [were] just strolling, we came back to discover one lady waiting for us. She introducedherself as the first wife of the son of the old lady we spoke with in the morning. She said this old woman came and apologized saying, “I’m so sorry, I was the one who encouraged my son to marry the second wife. From the film and the counsel I just received from our visitors, I’ve seen my wrong.Please forgive me”This lady told us she was so touched by what her mother in-law did and that is why she came to see us. So we asked her what she needed to do as a result. Right there she started confessing all the wickedness she has done to her mother in-law. She told us, “I’m going to go and apologize to my mother in-law, and from now I promise to take good care of her.
This is transformation! God is changing hearts and people are following after Him!
Thank you for your help in changing the lives of these dear ones, their village, and beyond through your partnership in the Gospel with us.
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So blessed to be serving Him with you,
admin February 4th, 2010
What a glorious new year! This time of year makes us think of new beginnings and a clean slate. We try to think of things in a new way and take time to evaluate the past and look toward the future. I love the “new” perspective… No matter how difficult it is or has been, as followers of Christ, we have been made new and He continues to renew and change us.
The JESUS film offers people a “new” perspective and the people we meet help us catch a glimpse of that as well.
Lillian was a very depressed woman when the JESUS film team visited her village in Zambia. Despite being very resourceful, she found herself a constant target of misfortune. She blamed her misfortunes on God because they began after she joined a church. Here is what she said about her experience:
“Shortly after we returned to our home village for retirement, my husband and I started working on our property. Because we were near a church, we felt it was worthwhile to be involved. We became very active in the church, and we felt we had family. Then tragedy struck when my husband got ill suddenly. We had to spend a lot of time travelling to and from the hospital, which was far from home and so costly. Eventually, I lost my husband, barely a year after returning home. By the time we were done with the funeral and related issues, we had spent most of our money, and I was emotionally drained. … two months later a neighbor’s cattle broke into our garden, and one of them fell into my well.
When the matter came before the elders, I was made to replace the animal. Within six months I had replaced four animals. In spite of the support received from the church during all this, I was so embittered against God because I had not known such misfortune before, until I started attending church.
“When the animals that World Vision had given me as a means to help me build economic capacity died, I was convinced God did not welcome me into the church. I decided to stop attending church, but when the JESUS film team came to our area, I was touched by the teachings of Jesus that say, ‘It is difficult for a rich man to enter God’s kingdom’ and ‘Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ … I was convicted that my reason for coming to church was to use God as a means to gain and not because I had received and appreciated His love manifested through Jesus Christ His Son. That evening, when the altar call was made, I went and gave my life to Jesus. Life has now taken a new meaning, and a peace I have not felt in a long time has come into my heart.”
May we, like Lillian, grow ever closer to God in the good times and the hard, seeing Jesus in a new light. He loves each of us more that we can ever imagine…
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So blessed to be serving Him with you,
admin December 4th, 2009
John 12:26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
My alarm goes off at 5:30 A.M. and I’m not ready to get up. I stumble into the darkness trying not to wake Cindy. I meet my camera man Paul and get in the car for our drive to set. It’s still dark out and the air is thick and humid here in Shreveport, LA.
It’s still dark as we pull into set but the area is illuminated with car lights, and the distant walls of the 3 acre city set are just beginning to brighten with the morning light. I get my radio, shooting schedule, and scene layouts for the day from the Assistant Director and trudge off to breakfast.
At 6:55 A.M. I walk into the walled 1st century city set and down the narrow alleys that are a mix of Styrofoam, plaster, paint, and particle board that looks amazingly like stone. It’s movie magic at it’s best. I quietly thank God for this opportunity to serve Him as He has created me to, and the work begins.
As Director of Photography on this Biblical film it is my job to create the visual “look” of the film through the use and placement of cameras and lighting. I work closely with the Director to plot out the action in the scenes and how best we can capture that to help move the story forward.
The story follows Miriam, a 15 year old girl living in a Roman oppressed Israeli village in the year 70 A.D. Life is difficult but Miriam, her sick mother, and her sister are Christians who are discipled by Rivka, an older woman who was discipled by Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus’ followers.
Against this dramatic and turbulent backdrop we see Rivka teaching Miriam about who God is and how to truly walk with Him. These lessons are very naturally presented as the women go about their lives and work though hardship and joy.
I have a camera crew of 5 and a lighting crew of 8 to help make all this happen and we all get to work preparing the scene. Cameras placed, lenses selected, lights placed here but blocked off there so only what we want highlighted stands out. The art and props department place everything in the scene and make it all look as authentic as possible (including sweeping the dirt floor so our shoe prints don’t show). By about 10:00 A.M. we’re set and the actors arrive for a final walk through and the cameras roll.
We move the cameras and roll again, tweak the lights and roll, hold for a change from the cultural consultants who say she must avert her eyes more when talking to that man and roll, hold for audio as a train or plane passes and roll, “what was my line again?” and roll, “the sun went behind a cloud, wait for it to come back so the previous shots match” and roll.
Somewhere in there our 1:00 P.M. lunch came and went and we’re trying to get our last shots off before we lose the light. We wrap at 7:30 P.M., and trudge back to our cars. I’m home about 8:00 P.M. just in time to kiss the boys goodnight, eat a bowl of cereal for dinner, then go to bed.
It is tiring but I love this so much. God has been preparing me for this since I was 10. I love film and have seen how He has guided my steps. From making movies with my friends in high school to pursuing film production as my major in college, God has shown me how story can clearly communicate to people’s hearts and minds. And having this opportunity to create high quality discipleship films that communicate God’s Word and precepts in a strong story is beyond what I could have asked or imagined.
Please know that you are helping to reach and disciple an entire generation of new believers in far off lands through your partnership with us. And we are so thankful to be serving Him with you.
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admin June 1st, 2009
These are a few pictures from the filming of the film “Following Jesus” that is shooting in Africa. This series of short films will help new believers in Africa learn how to walk with Jesus day by day. Mike just returned from Nairobi, Kenya this Monday after 3 weeks of filming. Please continue to lift up this project and all those involved as filming continues for 2 more weeks.
“This is the highest quality Christian production ever filmed in Africa”
-Mike Bamiloye Scriptwriter of Following Jesus-Africa
“These films will not just help a few people, but thousands to understand how to grow in their faith and walk with Jesus.”
Peter Muli—Executive Producer and Cultural Consultant
Thank you so much for standing with us and helping to bring these films to creation so that untold thousands of new believers in Africa can grow in their faith for years to come! What a blessing to serve our God!
Serving Him with You,
admin February 10th, 2009
We are in the process of updating our webpage. Soon we will be adding info about Mike’s ministry trip to Africa and our upcoming projects.
Thank you so much for standing with us and your interest in our work.
More to come very soon!