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Volume 22, Issue 8
August 2018
New Documentary Christians In The Mirror Is A Call To Action For All Christians By Amanda Boston
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Hooked On Books Page 15
Christian Newswire Page 13
Movie Release Sept. 7 Page 11
Columns: Your Monthly Catch
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Faith & Footprints
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Hooked On Books
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Derek Maul
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Nearly two years in the making, local nonprofit Joshuacord, in collaboration with In Altum Productions, will release its documentary film Christians in the Mirror this August. The film is a call to action for Christians to look in the mirror and ask, “What am I doing to support my persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ?” Local residents flocked to FishHawk The 50-minute Fellowship on July 14 to take part as extras in the documentary Christians in the Mirror. expository documentary compares and Iraq, Syria, South contrasts the persecuted Church with the Sudan and India. The film encapsulates affluent western Church in the United the suffering of the persecuted Church as States. While westernized Christians enjoy depicted through five separate vignettes. It worshipping in freedom, their brethren in also integrates brief but impressionable other parts of the world often endure marscripted scenes portraying an ‘American ginalization or in many cases—murder. In Christian family.’ 2016, more than 90,000 Christians were FishHawk Fellowship, a longtime supkilled for their faith. porter of Joshuacord, particularly with the Joshuacord, founded in 2011 by annual Joshua 1:9 Freedom Run, lent its Patrick Carberry, is a grassroots effort ded- location for some of the filming. On July icated to raising awareness and financial 14, the Tampa actors portraying the support for persecuted Christians. American family and local residents playCarberry teamed up with film director ing extras in the film flocked to the Jordan Allott, the founder of In Altum FishHawk church. Productions, in late 2016. The visual depiction creates a dispariThe filming for the project began in ty between the persecuted Church and the May 2017 with Allott journeying to Egypt, western Church. Further, it prompts
Christians who are accustomed to religious freedom to ask tough, introspective questions. Allott said, “What film or anything visual does—is it makes you feel a personal connection with the subjects, the problem and the community.” He continued, “People often want to give to those people, or that school or hospital seen in film. We are going to make that information available on our website as well as specific organizations helping in those areas.” With 350,000 churches throughout the United States, Carberry explained their purpose for the documentary, “The goal and vision is to get the film to them [the 350,000 churches], so they will show it to their church, their youth groups and organizations." He continued, “By educating our churches in America, we hope they will step up to do more, and also match churches here with persecuted churches and organizations overseas.” For more information or to see how you can help, visit www.christiansinthemirror.com. To host a screening, email screenings@christiansinthemirror.com. The film’s trailer and a listing of premieres are also available online.
Crossing Church South Shore Campus Celebrates Groundbreaking
By Joe Kerr
Sunday, July 15 Crossing South marked a milestone for the Shore opened Crossing Church South shared, “It’s a Shore campus as they great communibroke ground for its new ty here. I love building at 2409 East seeing God at College Avenue in Ruskin. work.” Crossing Church Lead Doctor Pastor Greg Dumas Richard Rivas, opened the event with servant leader prayer. “Father God, You of South told David after he was Shore’s Iron attacked by the Men and Amalekites, to go and Outreach minrecover all. We thank You istries said, “It for the South Shore comExecutive Pastor CFO Curtis Boozer, South Shore Pastor Hector Rivera, Lead is such a blessPastors Greg and Tamara Dumas, Executive Pastor Jonas Alday munity and surrounding ing to have a communities. We pray that church in our You will recover moms and dads own backyard, that is involved in and men and women and brothers this community.” and sisters; and that You will At the conclusion of the event, redeem them for Your good name. people walked the property We declare Jesus is Lord of this spreading grass seed and praying We land and all that rests upon it.” for God’s blessing on the church made that our focus." Of the Community is a central theme grounds. at the church. South Shore Pastor church leadership, Pastor Rivera The first service in the new said, “We don’t have a large staff, location is scheduled for Easter Hector Rivera sees their growth because we have so many serand the new building as God’s Sunday, 2019. More information vant leaders. We train, empower confirmation of the church’s about the South Shore campus is and release people to reach their strong relationship with the comavailable at community.” munity. http://wearecrossing.com/southsh Michael Mandarino, who gave "When God called us to South ore or by calling 626-0783. Shore, He said, ‘Love My people.' his life to Christ in 2012, the year