The Unheard Story

S3E6 JESUS for Refugees in Germany

“We asked the Lord for Germany, and He gave us Europe.” Listen in as Joe and Lara Mellema speak with Andreas Sauter, founder of Elijah21 Ministries in Germany. 

One million refugees a year arrive in Germany each year,  many of whom have never heard the story of Jesus. Andreas and his team have a unique strategy to use dinners, JESUS in heart languages and their love to welcome and help refugees heal from trauma. You’ll hear how they partner with YWAM, over forty-one cloistered abbeys and many denominations to reach the hurting. Visit Elijah21.org  to  subscribe to their newsletter, apply for an internship, and join in praying for trauma healing workshops happening across Europe.  

Want to hear more from Andreas? Check out Andreas’ Unheard Story - Part 1 and 2 from season 1.

 

S3E5 JESUS for Connecting Ethiopians Digitally and Peer-to-Peer

Join Lara and Joe Mellema as they sit down with Evangeline Vergo and Samson Usmael the Digital Strategy leader for Great Commission Ministry Ethiopia and how they are revolutionizing cell phone technology and using it to spread the gospel to hard to reach people and places. They are creating it right where they live for the people they live with and getting to see and hear miracles happen in their own backyards. Don't miss this exciting episode! 

S3E4 JESUS for Quenching Physical and Spiritual Thirst

Join Lara and Joe Mellema as they sit down with Seth Swindle, Director of Global Expansion for  Filters of Hope, who is bringing clean water and hope of Jesus to the least-reached areas of the world. Hear how the pandemic opened the opportunity to empower nationals in challenging areas to share clean water and the love of Jesus with their communities. Working in partnership with local churches, utilizing the latest technology from Jesus Film Project, Filters of Hope is seeing people drink from the living water and receive clean water filters. Don’t miss Seth’s story at the end as he shares Noddy’s story of hearing Jesus speak in his heart language.

S3E3 JESUS for Relief, Restoration and Revelation

Global hunger is spiking, and the body of Christ is responding. Join in as Holly Newell, a regular contributor to The Unheard Story, interviews Al Goff, CEO and president of Unto, Cru's humanitarian aid ministry. Al shares how you can join him in responding to global hunger during this challenging moment for our world. Don't miss the story of Al's friendship with a refugee and the church planted in her community. Check out Unto here and learn more about Ship4hope, Unto's partnership with Jesus Film Project.

S3E1 JESUS for Zomi Refugees in Tulsa

Hosts Joe and Lara Mellema interview Dale McFerron who tells the story of how more than two million people in the language group Zomi, from Myanmar, now have the film JESUS in their heart language as 5,000 from this people group have migrated to Tulsa, OK for religious freedom. When the language version premiered in Tulsa more than 3,000 Zomi came to the premiere, welcomed by members of the Christian Motorcyclist Association clad in leather. Like so many, there were some Zomi people who were not initially interested in hearing about Jesus, but were interested in seeing a movie in their heart language, so they came and experienced Jesus through the film. Dale says it best, “You have an instant friend in Jesus when He speaks your language.” 

 

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S3E2 JESUS for Heart Language and the Unexpected

Joe and Lara Mellema interview Donald and Ashley who tell the story of how God brought them to Jesus Film Project and is using their life to bring the story of Jesus to people in their heart language. You can see and share JESUS and other films in more than 1900 language at jesusfilm.org or get the mobile app jesusfilm.org/app. Hear how God is moving through the entire process of creating each language version of the films.

Mark‘s Unheard Story

In the final episode of the season, Joe and Lara welcome Marc Vergo. Marc introduces us to the “glocal” movement revolutionizing how people are talking about Jesus in their communities. He shares the amazing way God is reaching millions through YouTube––even in countries closing their borders to missionaries. Marc tags in his friend, Beyong, who talks about his travels into the African bush to show the Walking With Jesus film series to new believers.

 

Gama‘s Unheard Story

Join Pastor Gama, executive team leader for The Message for Mayans, as he shares about the needs of the Mayan population, and the powerful way in which Jesus is reaching people in the most remote villages of the Yucatán Peninsula. Gama often sees firsthand how the gospel changes lives and enriches entire communities. He helped to record the Mayan version of The Story of Jesus for Children, one of the most widely used gospel tools in his community. Hundreds came to understand the love of Jesus for the first time when Gama premiered the film. One woman cried, “This is unbelievable. Wow, Jesus speaks Mayan. Now I know He knows me and hears my prayers.” 

Mark‘s Unheard Story

In this episode our host, Lara, is joined by Jesus Film Project Development Representative Mark Mayers. Mark shares how he used the Jesus Film Project app one Father’s Day to share the JESUS film  with someone in their own heart language.

Paul‘s Unheard Story

Episode nine brings us Paul Eshleman and an episode about history of Jesus Film Project. Paul tells us about meeting Bill Bright for the first time and the exciting origins of the film, JESUS. He also discusses, with hosts Joe and Lara Mellema, the unorthodox ways that JESUS is distributed around the globe.