Two years now since the Lord had laid upon us the dream of JeremiahCry Ministries.Why you may ask, the name Jeremiah Cry? It is an amazing name once you begin to study biblical names and there meanings.God had given me the name “JeremiahCry” while walking to class one day, it just popped into my mind.

I thought, wow… that sounds like a cool name, and decided to use it. Later, I searched the word of God to study the life of Jeremiah to see if what was so significant about the name Jeremiah, and why the word “Cry” would be a great asset to the title as well. I found out that the name Jeremiah meant in Hebrew “God will raise up” or “Exalted by God.” The meaning was simple yet profound. God would be the one who would raise up this ministry, and it would not be by the hand of man, but God Himself. (Jeremiah’s example inspires Christians to persevere in proclaiming the gospel even when it is not popular, and even when being ridiculed, as well as to trust that even when disaster strikes, God has long-range plans for the restoration of his people.)The word “Cry” is associated with “lamenting”, or “crying out”. I believe this is a key point to this word being used. We as the body of Christ must become “The Voice of one crying out in the wilderness.” We have compromised for too long! We have just stood by and remained silent while the enemy tramples upon our marriages, upon our homes, upon our children, upon our schools, and tramples upon our nation and upon the people of God!!! JeremiahCry Ministries has been “raised up” by the hand of God to “Cry” out against the wickedness of this depraved and wicked world. To Cry out, to herald the “Good News” of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We can no longer pretend that nothing is wrong, we have paid dearly for our apathy and indifference. Oh, how we must heed the warning of Scripture when the bible speakes of becoming “Luke warm.” I am tired of all the hoopla, all the obnoxious behavior we see demonstrated today in the church. Where are all the “Prophets’ of God today? We have got every program on the planet when it comes to Church activities, while many remain inactiveand indifferent to the commands of Christ and and eternity.We’ve got “Bowling with Boys,” “Golfing with the guys,” “Fishing with the fellows, but what about the “Army of God?” God is calling for prayer warriors, not weekend warriors, TRUTH tellers, not fortune tellers! Lets come together as the Church of Christ and go to war! Let’s unite for Christ, but not at the expense of compromising the truth to do so. JeremiahCry Ministries is a ministry not only to reach the Lost, but a ministry to exalt and to glorify God above all. We are not only given the mandate to proclaim the word of God, but to train up and disciple others to do it as well. This is why we exist as a ministry.

What first started off as a desire to win the lost became an obsession not only to see the lost won to Christ, but to see believers trained up and equipped, fulfilling their God ordained assignment.

Also, I sense that God has called this ministry to be kind of a “Wooden Spoon” to stir up the church. This wooden spoon may come in the form of what might be labeled as “confrontational”, calling for massive reform within the church.

Realizing that there was an anointing that could only be attained outside of the church, and this anointing was established through the preaching of the gospel out doors. This unusual power was laid upon the servant of Christ while heralding the “good news” in the midst of darkness and corruption. God revealed a powerful principle at work.

The principle is this, God injects the very necessary ingredients into the faithful ones who declare the gospel to the lost.

These ingredients are then taken back into the church where this power infuses the church to rise and take action. The aroma of Christ gets all over the body, calling here to take action. This power that is associated with the preaching of the gospel outside the church is the medicine needed within the church, You cannot have one without the other. It becomes the exact “pin Code”, matching God’s divine design for all believers. Do not expect power within the church if your not demonstrating God’s power outside of the church.

Wesley, Whitfield, Edwards all understood this powerful principle. They understood that if they were going to see the move of God within the four walls of their church, they needed to be outside of the four walls of their church to receive that power. Today, as the body of Christ we must take drastic action. We must get back to the primary reason of why we exist as the Church of Jesus Christ. The reason we exist is to glorify God through the preaching the gospel.

Praise God we made it to our Hostel in Glasgow, Scotland that night. We could tell Glasgow was going to be different from the other two countries. We met up with Jimmy Blair a Scottish brother who helped us the whole time we were there, a man of God and a Servants heart. Also Desmond flew in with his friend from Ireland to preached with us as well for a few days.

The next morning Jeff took us to an old bookstore that had old books piled up everywhere. We found some great old priceless reformed and Scottish history books and more. It was amazing what you could dig up in that book store. The city center is packed with people all day from 10am-7pm, just shopping and walking around. They always stopped and listen to us preached, crowds would gather in moments from when we started, all day this happened. We went back out that night as well and preached around the pubs. It was a great night, the gospel was thundered out to many people. I recall Jon had a good heckler who at the end calm down and understood the gospel the more he witness to her. It was a great Friday overall of preaching, passing out tracts and talking, to God be the glory!

The next morning, half of us went to Edinburgh to see the castle, John Knox’s church and house, and the memorial sight of the Scottish Covenanters. What a beautiful scenery we saw of the town. There were tourist all over the place. We saw statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in front of the castle. Tim preached in front of the castle for a bit and then we moved on to John Knox’s church. A very big church it was with a statue of him inside. Then we preached as well in front of the church. Then we moved on to the Covenanters memorial mount. As we started the preaching where a lot of the Scottish Covenanters were killed for their faith we knew it was going to be powerful. A pastor heard the preaching at first and then I got down when I was done, he thanked me and said he was so encouraged to see us preached. We talked a bit, he said he had a church 7 miles from there, and said they were taking a mission trip to Laos in a month, when I told him I was Laotian. Then he asked if he can get up and preached for a few minutes as well! What a powerful act of God using that day. Later a bag piper came and try to drown the preaching. Jon boldly continuing preaching his sermon and it drew a crowd of like 200 hundred people that heard the gospel even though they were mocking us and supporting the Bag piper. At the end he left and we preached a bit more on the mount, and at the end we address the crowd that we were leaving and thanking God we got to preach, the crowd then applauded us for some reasons! I did get to chat to a tourist person before we left, he said he was thankful and understood the gospel more and wanted to go read his bible as soon as he gets home. God was working on hearts of many that whole day. That night some of us went out and finished up preaching at the pubs in Scotland for the last time.

The next morning on Sunday we went to Jimmy’s church where Jeff preached the morning service and Jon preached the night service. Many Scots were challenged and encouraged by Jeff’s sermon to take it to another level and be bold for Christ as their ancestors were back in the Scottish Wars of Independence. Jon then preach a sobering and convicting sermon on a false convert. Acting like a christian for many years on the outside but living like the world during the week and in the heart. Also that God is still merciful to changed the heart even being a hypocrite, you still can be changed by the power of God and only by him.

They last day we were all release to get ready to fly back to the US, some went to Manchester and preached with Kevin Williams, some went to Stirling, and some stayed in Glasgow and left to Manchester at night to rest up and leave in the morning. I must say, God was in the midst of this whole trip as we lifted the name of Jesus in the UK. The fellowship with the brethren and UK Christians will stay within our hearts for we live to please God in proclaiming the gospel. Let God receive all the praise and glory for all we preached, witness, commune and fellowships and seen in the UK. Thank you Jesus for saving your people and calling them to proclaim and worship God to the heathen. Soli Deo Gloria!
(Edwin)

(In episode I) we will take a look behind the scenes at the lives of several street preachers. Particularly, Jeff Rose from JeremiahCry Ministries. Jeff and his family have been traveling the world preaching the gospel for several years, (much of the time in an RV until most recently when they settled in the NJ area.)

Jeff and his wife Pearl have 4 daughters (and another child on the way!) We followed Jeff around for several months and not only got some great preaching interaction, but key behind the scenes look at what a street preacher really experiences; the preparation; the conflicts; the personal life; temptations; and much more. It’s not always pretty, but it will encourage you greatly as you step out in your own calling and area of life for Christ.

We speak with Jeff’s Pastor as well and get his take on street preaching. You’ll see why and how he has taken the step into the streets personally. We visit with Jeff in his home, at church and in his “study” as he discusses the true marks of calling, sending and the specific required qualities of the street preacher.

The subtitle of Episode I is “Reformational” preaching. Otherwise referred to “Contextual” or Book of Acts” preaching. Reformational Preaching is the proclamation of Truth as defined in Scripture…it’s an uncompromising stance against all forms of heresy and deception. It’s also the true gospel spoken under the unction of the Spirit, manifested in all areas of life and society. Yes, you’ll see tons of reformation preaching up close and behind the scenes uncut…and of course, all that comes along with it- conflict, hecklers, threats, police, complaining Christians and yes, conviction under the Holy Spirit. You won’t find any of this preaching footage on Youtube. It’s completely exclusive to this DVD. I pray that this DVD blesses you as much as it did us in filming it.

SPECIAL NOTE: We are encouraged to be able to offer all the revenue from this DVD to help support the ministry of Jeff Rose and JeremiahCry (minus replication costs of course.) I tell you this not to toot our horn, but to let you know that when you order, you’re not only getting the DVD, but you’ll also be furthering the gospel in a big way, not to mention supporting a faithful gospel preacher and his family as well. If you’re a Street Preacher, Evangelist, Pastor (or any Christian) that wants to get encouraged to preach publicly on the streets (or prayerfully support those that do), you won’t want to miss this. Pre-order your copy above.