February 2022 Letter by It Is Written, Inc

From the desk of

JOHN BRADSHAW

P.O. Box 6, Chattanooga, TN 37401-0006 • TEL 423.362.5800 • FAX 877.507.3239 • www.itiswritten.com

February 2022

Dear It Is Written friend, What I’m about to tell you is exciting! Major advances are taking place in evangelistic outreach. I want to share with you how God’s Spirit is doing a great work through It Is Written and give you the opportunity to participate in a unique, high-impact ministry project. But first, let me tell you about several exciting, soul-winning developments at It Is Written. In 2015, It Is Written’s Spanish-language program, Escrito Está began airing on a local TV station in Puebla, Mexico, about 70 miles from Mexico City. After extremely positive feedback, the program was broadcast nationwide on one of the country’s primary television stations, TV Azteca. With the contract renewed another year, Pastor Robert Costa, Escrito Está speaker/ director, will continue to be seen every week on Mexican television by a potential audience of 57 million people! What a huge blessing!

Robert Costa on camera with the online pastor, Carlos Mariño.

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The level of viewer interest in these It Is Written programs is so high, a fulltime virtual pastor has been assigned to coordinate follow-up. Pastor Carlos Mariño and a team of volunteers not only answer calls, but also provide spiritual support for people who call after each broadcast. Thousands of people have begun Bible studies and are being connected with churches in their local area, and many people have been baptized! This is a great advance for the everlasting gospel. Response to the programs is overwhelming. God is doing great things thanks to your continued support of It Is Written!

One of the many baptisms that took place in Mexico in October 2021 during the meetings, “Living with Hope in Mexico.”

Robert Costa visits Mexico every year to follow up on viewers who watch Escrito Está through TV Azteca.

It Is Written continues to minister on the forefront of evangelistic outreach. Just last month, Pastor Costa conducted a comprehensive outreach event in Costa Rica, Central America. “There Is Still Hope” was broadcast on three television networks and 11 radio stations, with 846 churches in Costa Rica and Nicaragua participating! The response reminded us of Pentecost, with God’s Spirit leading thousands of people to faith in Christ! Approximately 2,000 people were baptized! Under the blessing of the Holy Spirit, this is what your support of It Is Written accomplishes. Thank you!

The response reminded us of Pentecost, with God’s Spirit leading many thousands of people to faith in Christ! In April, Escrito Está will be conducting a vast outreach event in Bolivia, South America. Pastor Costa’s presentations will be aired throughout South America on radio and television. In preparation for the event, 30,000 people are receiving Bible studies! Your support of It Is Written this month will assist us with these major evangelistic events, as well as our meetings taking place in and around Portland, Oregon, this month. Almost 50 churches are participating in what promises to be an extremely significant evangelism initiative. And along with enabling robust evangelistic outreach, your support is needed to help It Is Written respond to a very exciting challenge. This is a special opportunity that will directly impact soul-winning, baptisms, and the advance of the gospel. Great numbers of people will be baptized following the Escrito Está meetings in Bolivia. But owing to many churches being 2 of 4

closed due to the pandemic, portable baptistries are needed to ensure baptisms can take place. Although churches are closed, the gospel is moving forward! But your help is needed. With local churches struggling to raise the necessary funding, It Is Written has been asked to assist with the purchase of these much-needed baptistries. When folded, the portable baptistry resembles a backpack, making it possible for pastors to transport them in their cars so that baptisms can continue during these challenging times. Two-hundred portable baptistries are needed for the upcoming evangelistic meetings in Bolivia.

Each portable baptistry costs $180, and 200 more are needed. I know you understand how important it is that people who make decisions for Jesus are baptized! Would you be willing to sponsor one or more portable baptistries? Perhaps your church could adopt this as a special, one-time project. If you are unable to cover the entire cost of a baptistry, perhaps you could sponsor a portion of the cost of a baptistry. This is a unique opportunity to advance evangelistic ministry in a country where funding can be scarce. Each baptistry will be used again and again, and will ensure that people who have surrendered their lives to Jesus may be baptized, even at a time of unprecedented challenge.

I know you are committed to seeing others learn of the love of God, experience the good news of the gospel, and understand the great, life-changing truths of the Bible. Your support of It Is Written’s domestic and international evangelistic outreach is what enables us to call souls to faith in Christ. Our evangelism campaigns in Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Portland, Oregon, are all major soul-winning events, and there are many more to come in 2022. Many are going to be won to faith in Christ. Lives are going to be changed. Your support now 3 of 4

will see souls won to the truth. Please pray about what you can do to further this vitally important work. Thank you for your participation in reaching so many of God’s children. I’m so encouraged that even in this challenging time, major evangelistic initiatives can be conducted. Thanks to your support, the gospel is moving forward. I’m looking forward to sharing with you stories of how your support today has expanded God’s kingdom, and brought light and salvation to so many. May God bless and keep you. Your brother in ministry,

Pastor John Bradshaw President, It Is Written P.S. Evangelism is powering forward. Exciting things are happening as thousands of lives are being changed. Your support of It Is Written evangelism today will result in more souls saved for the glory of God. And the unique opportunity to provide portable baptistries will make it possible for baptisms to happen that otherwise could not. God is using your support of It Is Written to bring people to salvation. Thank you!

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