Update - 2004

To all of you that partner and pray for The Strength Team, we thank you. We give all Glory to God for what he has done and is continuing to do. If you would like to be a Strength Team Partner, receiving regular updates, go to the "Partner Link" on this website!

God Bless!

Mike Hagen
President
The Strength Team

Chugiak, Alaska

Who goes to Alaska in January? The Strength Team did! In this crusade the Strength Team performed 8 school assemblies, and ministered in a juvenile facility. In this 5-night crusade there were 350 first time decisions for Christ and capacity crowds every night.

Sparks, Nevada

407 people dedicated their life to Christ in this crusade. As The Strength Team has been emphasizing follow-up in every crusade, we are seeing phenomenal results. 175 people came to the Monday night follow-up dinner after the crusade. Many whole families came to the Lord during this event. One of the principals from a local school had been in education for 32 years and said that it The Strength Team school assembly was the best that he had ever seen. The host church has about 200 members emphasizing that a church with faith does not need to be large in size for God to move mightily in their community.

Reno, Nevada

Highlights from this crusade include 700 people making a decision for the Lord from a host church of 300 people. The final night of the crusade there were 1,600 people in attendance at the local High School. 50 families came to the follow up event.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

This was a citywide crusade that involved the effort of many of the local churches. The Strength team performed in 16 schools and had a great response from the administration. There were over 800 salvations in this crusade. This event exhibited the great unity that can happen between churches to impact a city for God.

ElCajon, California

What a great crusade, the Lord moved mightily in this area of the country. The Strength Team combined their efforts with another evangelistic group called the Conquerors. There were over 1,000 people that signed decision cards for Christ in this crusade. The teams performed in 23 school assemblies including the well-publicized Santana High School. On Friday night alone, there were 371 people make a decision for the Lord.

Lebanon, Kentucky

This was the first of three "back-to-back-to back" weeks of crusades in Kentucky. In this crusade a church of 250 hosted the event and there was a great impact on the community and church. 384 people signed decision cards for Christ. The Strength Team was in several schools and ministered in a juvenile detention center where young people received the Lord as well.

Elizabeth Town, Kentucky

This was another great citywide event that had an incredible and powerful influence on the whole area. There was extensive radio and newspaper coverage of The Strength Team as they were in all of the major schools in the area. The night meetings were held in The High School auditorium and 850 people made a decision for the Lord. The host Pastor added a second Sunday morning service on Saturday night of the event due to the fact that he did not think the people would fit in his normal Sunday morning service. After announcing the additional service on Saturday night, there were approximately 150 people in the second morning service. The Strength Team saw capacity crowds each night, with the final night over 1,500 people were in attendance.

Cadiz, Kentucky

A smaller Baptist Church hosted this crusade to see BIG results! There were 845 people that came to the Lord in the third and final week of The Strength team being in Kentucky. The Pastor said it was the greatest revival that they had ever seen in their city. There was a great follow up event and many were added to the church through this crusade.

Kissimmee, Florida

Right out side of Disney Land was the location of this crusade. The Strength Team had great favor with the local school systems performing in elementary, middle, and high schools. 379 first time decisions for Christ were made during the night programs and 196 people came to the follow up event!

Nashua, New Hampshire

The Strength Team performed in 10 school assemblies with a great response from the administration and media. There were over 500 salvations during this crusade. The Pastor of this local church has such a vision for souls and for missions that it inspired the whole team the week of the crusade. As a result of this crusade, The Strength Team is partnering with this church to do a mission outreach in the Ukraine in November of 2004. Please pray with us for great results there!

Mankato, Minnesota

This crusade was certainly a highlight of the year. The crusade was a FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) promoted event and once again involved the cooperation and efforts of many of the area's local churches, Pastors, and congregation members. The event was held in the local civic center where incredible crowds came out each night. The Strength Team performed over 15 school assemblies and saw 700 plus salvations the week of the event.

Gainesville, Florida

The Strength Team was in 10 of the area schools this week and God gave great favor to the team once again in the night meetings. There were over 300 salvations in Gainesville and through the help of this "mission minded" church we were able to complete our second mission trip to Boa Vista, Brazil in June of 2004.

LaGrange, Georgia

Once again we thank the Lord for Pastor's that have a heart for their city. This crusade had incredible results as over 600 salvation cards were signed. The crusade was held in a gymnasium/auditorium that held capacity crowds, which grew each night into the weekend. There was once again great coverage by radio interviews, TV shows, and local newspaper coverage of The Strength Team in LaGrange, Georgia.

Donalsonville, Georgia

This week was another great citywide effort in a rural part of Georgia. There was a great response from the schools and incredible crowds in the night program. Once again, we saw God bring whole families into the kingdom at the altar calls. 700 plus signed decision cards and the local churches did a great job of follow up on those that came to Christ.

Boa Vista, Brazil

As mentioned above, this was one of our big mission endeavors in 2004. Three of the Strength Team members went back for a return trip to Boa Vista and a great mission outreach in conjunction with the church from Gainesville, Florida. In a two-week period of time over 3,000 souls were saved by the grace of God. The Strength Team was able to preach the gospel in the school assemblies in Brazil seeing 600 plus students, faculty, and administrators come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior!

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