Leaving Mormonism

If you were ever wondering why I nicknamed our vice-president a "Bear"... just check this picture out. Nuff' said.


Here is a video of our friend Charlie Kingston. Charlie is the son of the prophet of a polygamous Mormon sect. He has a very cool story about how he turned to Jesus Christ. Charlie really amazes me. He is one of the sweetest guys you could ever meet. Charlie has been side-by-side with me many times as I have been out doing evangelism with the LDS community. Check out the video I think you will really enjoy it!

Jeff
President
Apologia

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Road Trip!

The time is ticking down! Luke and I are getting ready to hit the road to speak at several churches next month in Chicago, Indiana, Wisconsin and Arizona. We will be training and equipping God's people to defend the faith and preach the Gospel. Of course, I'm a little worried about my little toes freezing off! We don't really have any need for warm clothes in Arizona so I'm a little concerned about freezing to death. One of my speaking engagements for Wheaton Bible Church (Chicago)is in the mountains with a lot of snow! I don't think Luke has anything to worry about... Luke is like a big bear. :]

We have had several meetings over the last two-weeks with Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. We feel really blessed and are expecting several follow-up appointments. Please continue to pray for us as we are actually witnessing to several people across the country right now.

We are still praying about our current need right now. We want to sincerely thank those of you who have given through APOLOGIA. We need your constant prayers and we are dependent upon God's people for financial support. If you feel led... would you give to the work of Apologia (defendthefaith.org)? We are on the front-lines of ministry, making direct contact with those lost in the Kingdom of the Cults. We thank you ahead of time and look forward to letting you know what your help is doing. We already know about one gentleman in Texas we have been witnessing to who is leaving the watchtower. Keep him in your prayers.

Soli Deo Gloria!

Jeff
President
Apologia

-If you haven't seen it yet... here is the audio of us speaking with some Jehovah's Witnesses. This video has created a lot of healthy controversy and tons of contact between us and the cults.

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Mormon Missionary discussion...

Here is a clip from one of the "many" recent discussions we have had with Mormon Missionaries.

Update:

We have had $200 more dollars added to our goal of $10,000! Please continue to pray for the ministry and if you feel led to give we would be so grateful! So we are at a total need of $9,200. We are getting there!

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Praise the Lord!

Just wanted to let all of you know that God is so good! This week God has brought a total of 6-people to us. Two Mormon missionaries showed up at Luke's door on Monday. Two more Mormon Missionaries showed up to John's door on Wednesday. And this morning two Jehovah's Witnesses showed up at my door!

The meeting on Wednesday was incredible. We spoke for about 2-hours with two female "sister" missionaries from the Mormon church. We have a follow-up meeting with them on Wednesday. Pray for them! Pray that the Lord opens their eyes and they come to Christ. The two Jehovah's Witnesses will be back to my house tomorrow at 2pm... please pray for that.

Our goal at Apologia is to actively minister to the cults. We want to meet them where they are at and create relationships with them. God CONSTANTLY brings people our way and has us extremely busy witnessing to them. It really is mind boggling! On top of all of our teaching and equipping He is keeping us on the front-lines of ministry. We want to be a light that shines in the kingdom of darkness and our prayer is that our great God and Savior would use this ministry to turn the world of the cults upside-down and that a myriad of people would come out of the kingdom of the cults and be transferred into the Kingdom of God's dear Son!

Also! Praise the Lord! We have received $500.00 towards our goal of $10,000. We want to thank you all for praying for us. We would be so blessed by any gift you can give of any amount. We are continually bringing this need before Him and trusting the Lord for His provision. We know He is faithful. And we would like to thank you in advance for your prayers and giving. God bless you. And thank you to our friend who gave sacrificially to the cause of Christ with a $500.00 donation.

Bless you!

Jeff Durbin
President
Apologia

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Resolved: To be broken by God

Here is a message I delivered at Lifequest Church this past weekend.

http://lifequestchurch.org/Weekly_Messages.asp

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We need you to know!

Dear Apologia Supporters,

I want to let you know about all of the great things happening with Apologia! We have been tremendously blessed with so much ministry our heads have been spinning. We handed out hundreds and hundreds of tracts at the Mesa temple lights event. We created relationships with numerous Mormons, Mormon missionaries and Jehovah's Witnesses. We have been getting hits every day from unbelievers and believers around the world (Africa, UK, Australia, etc.) who are asking questions about God and the Gospel. And we have been in communication with a Jehovah's Witness from Texas that is very close to leaving the Watchtower and coming to Christ. Please pray for him! We have been truly blessed.

We are going to be on the road the first two-weeks of February traveling throughout Illinois, Indiana, Wisconson and possibly Ohio. We are going to be equipping believers on how to defend the faith and preach the Gospel. We also are in the works of being booked for a major conference called "Thrive" in California in April of this year. I have been asked to come as a guest speaker to speak on Mormonism and how to reach the LDS community. This is the same conference where Franklin Graham is slated as the head speaker.

I am writing to all of our supporters to request your help. We are tremedously busy with ministry and feel honored and blessed to be a part of God's work. While the Gospel is free, we have tremendously pressing overhead needs that we wanted to make our supporters aware of. Due to the needs of the ministry and overhead costs we are asking for brothers and sisters to be co-laborors with us for a $10,000 need. Would you consider giving to Apologia? We want to lay this need before the Lord and His people and see what He does. If you feel led to give a one-time gift of any amount we would be very grateful. Your gift would go towards actual evangelism to the lost as well as putting tools into other believers hands to assist them in doing the same. The truth is, without your help and the help of God's people we simply could not do what we do. So we thank you in advance!

Would you consider praying and giving through Apologia? You can do so at defendthefaith.org or you can call us directly at 480-251-5376.

Soli Deo Gloria

Jeff Durbin
President
Apologia

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