“Jesus frees from depression”, “God can forgive everything”, “God is love”, “Is your heart heavy? Turn to God”, “Pray. God hears”, “God loves people”.
In the squares and markets, in the crowded streets of cities and villages, local passers-by can read these and similar slogans on the colorful CITA Gospel tents.
Christ Is the Answer Ministry has been using evangelistic tents since 2017. During this time, more than 110 tents have been distributed in Ukraine (in all regions), and 8 more are in the temporarily occupied territories. The tents are also used in Poland, Germany, Ethiopia, Honduras, Guatemala, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Through this Gospel outreach tool, ministers and volunteers distribute Christian literature to anyone and answer spiritual questions. At the tent, people can ask for prayer support and spiritual advice, find the address of a local church, and receive invitations to church meetings and to a free eye clinic. They can also have tea and sweets, because the tent is an opportunity to communicate with people.
The evangelists use the tents to feed the homeless and the poor.
What the ministers say about the Gospel tents
“The Gospel tents are very eye-catching, beautiful and helpful. Here we provide a variety of spiritual literature free of charge. We also play Christian songs. That’s why people pay attention. So these inscriptions help them. We really want this ministry to work in every community, especially in big cities.” – Petro Savonchak, pastor of Testimony of Christ Church and mayor of Skalat, Ternopil Region.
“Thanks to the tent, people started paying more attention to our street ministry: they come up and ask about Jesus, ask for prayer.” Oleksandr, minister of the tent in Vinnytsia.
“We are a team from Dnipro, we serve food to people, now in a tent provided by the Ministry. Every month we reach 370 people from 5 to 80 years old, but most of them are elderly. The tent helps us a lot because first of all it is bright and attracts interest, people come up and start talking to us. We believe that many people will accept Christ in their lives through the tent ministry,” said Oleksandra, a tent minister from Dnipro.
With the new evangelistic tents, says Natalia, a volunteer from Dnipro, the feeding ministry has reached a higher level of quality: the food does not get dusty, the ministry looks like a permanent facility, which attracts visitors, and passersby take the ministry more seriously with the tent.
Ania, a volunteer from Pershotravensk (Dnipropetrovs’k region), noticed that with the appearance of the tent, the number of people coming to the feeding has increased from 40-50 to 70-80 people per feeding day. In her opinion, it is the inscription on the tent “God loves you” that attracts more people.
“We are very thankful for the tent. We are using it for evangelism in the center of Morsbach in Germany, in the district of Cologne. We gave out 250 Bibles in German. Despite the constant rain in our area, the tent gave us the opportunity to minister outside. Irina Alfeldi, minister of the local church “Love of God”.
“We can say that evangelism began with the tent. The Lord had given me the desire to evangelize before, but when the tent appeared, more opportunities appeared. There is communication and prayer near the tent. I was invited with the tent to various Christian charity events in the area. My family, my wife and children, help me with the meetings in the tent. The tent has become a great blessing for us. Anatoly Luchyk, a minister from the Chernivtsi region.
“For us, the ministers, the tent has become an effective and powerful tool for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our city. People recognize us from afar, see and hear what is happening. Some come to pray, some to get a book, some to laugh, some to argue… We welcome everyone and try to serve everyone. We remember who is in charge of the tent and whom we are serving! Hebrews 9:11: “But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)”, says Volodymyr Kharkivskyi, a minister from Ternopil.
In 2023, the Christ is the Answer ministry held a tent flash mob to remind people of the importance of street evangelism. The event was attended by missionaries and volunteers from Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovs’k regions.
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