Europe Updates

Mark Dijkens

Regional Director

UK & IRELAND It is June already, and how fast does the time go! Much has happened in the last two months since our edition and we have so much to be thankful for. We give thanks to the Lord for His blessings, His provision and the open doors we are seeing across the region. We also thank God for you, our faithful partners and supporters. It is thanks to your prayers and support that we can bring HOPE to the nations and see lives impacted! This time, our focus is on our ministry activities in the UK and in Germany.

CBN Hope Line: This June, we celebrate 19 years of CBN ministry in the UK and Europe! Starting out with a very small team of prayer volunteers in Standish, today our Hope Team is reaching out to thousands of callers each month not only in UK but all the way to the commonwealth in Australia & New Zealand. In March we received over 3500 calls from viewers, first time callers and CBN partners. We celebrated many victories in answered prayers. The Lord demonstrated His healing and restoration power, His provision and His ability to change lives. Below are a few of the many testimonies we received:

A Testimony of healing: Yanni wrote to us: “I was in hospital with aggressive blood cancer ... God took me in his arms and the only thing I could feel was gratitude and love ... I am usually a very anxious hypochondriac person but miraculously, unlike the “normal” me, there was no hint of anxiety or fear inside me ... it was during the second week of my first chemo cycle when my oncologist consultant came in my room to tell me he was amazed by how well I was suddenly doing .... two weeks before I was nearly dead ... so now he couldn’t believe the miracle unfolding before his eyes ... in the end of my second cycle I had already achieved partial remission ... and in the end of my four-cycle chemo treatment I had achieved complete metabolic remission ... I now can see him clearly and feel his arms around me and see the miracles he’s brought into my life ... once I was ashamed but now, I’m proud to praise his name!!!”

We had the privilege of praying with various callers who did not know Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour and accepted Him after praying together. Our God is in the daily business of changing lives. He keeps knocking on the door of

every heart! What a privilege to be ministers of His love and grace.

Media Efforts: With daily shows on over 30 tv channels in the UK, Europe and Australasia, CBN’s presence on social media is expanding and continues to bring life and hope to thousands of people every month. The team continues creating the regular video devotionals, produce daily posts to encourage our audience and remind us of God’s truth, love and His promises for us. We produced an interview with Lucy Bunce, writer and composer of ‘The Blessing’ song for NHS workers, which was shared on Facebook, Instagram TV and YouTube. We received a good number of responses and positive feedback.

Superbook Ministry: Our UK Superbook team created three ‘virtual’ lesson resources based on CBN’s animated Bible series - Superbook. These lessons are part of our new library of resources that will be available to schools, churches and families at home. 11 teachers have already signed up to these new resources, and we pray many more will follow.

In April, we shared Easter resources on social media which brought the biblical truths of Jesus’ death and resurrection to primary school children. We promoted the Superbook Bible App which is free and helps children and their families explore Christianity further in a fun and engaging way. We are also very thankful to report that in March alone, 62 people in the UK accepted Jesus after watching the Superbook Gospel presentation. This demonstrates the impact of CBN’s digital ministry in sharing the Good News of Jesus here in the UK, Europe and beyond!

Want To Learn More About Superbook?

Visit cbneurope.com/impact to read more inspiring stories about how God has used CBN across the globe.

EUROPE

Our CBN office in Hamburg is reaching out to viewers across the German speaking territory through our weekly programme ‘Erlebt TV’. The name of the show has two meanings; it speaks of the fact that ‘He Lives’ (Jesus lives) and ‘Encountering God’. The mission slogan is: “Menschen erleben Gott” which means: “people encounter God”.

As in the UK, our German office operates a Prayer Centre. In the recent months, we increased staffing hours due to increased call volumes received. We have reports of many testimonies of healing and provision.God has and continues to provide all our needs through our faithful partners and supporters who continue to stand with us.

Until now, our weekly TV shows were recorded in our recording studio in Brussels. As travel during the pandemic prooved challenging, we decided to take a bold step of faith in commissioning the construction a social media studio within our Hamburg office. God spoke to our director Andreas Heerwagen, and gave the scripture from Joshua 6 about the walls of Jericho. The walls had to come down, and it was a confirmation that the studio had to be built inside our Hamburg office. The construction has started. We removed several internal walls to create a larger space to house the studio. We are making good progress and praise God for this new season where we can record local media content to bring hope and life. Despite the pandemic, God’s Kingdom continues to advance!

Under the leadership of the Regional Director, Mark Dijkens, CBN Europe operates 5 country offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Croatia, Moldova and in The Netherlands. We broadcast the Good News of Jesus on numerous TV stations across the region, in over 20 languages. We partner together with churches and key ministry partners to see lives changed through CBN Media initiatives, Operation Blessing projects and Orphan’s Promise projects. Look out for our next edition where we will focus on our office in Croatia, which covers all the Balkan countries.