Building an Ecosystem for the Great Commission

As a child I remember seeing the classic film Field of Dreams, and hearing the phrase “If you build it, they will come.” This line has stuck with us as Americans, but why? It speaks of vision and faith. We are a people who love to build, but I believe this is something that God instilled in us—in our DNA. In your DNA. You my friend have great purpose in what I am about to share with you.

At the beginning of this year a phrase began to bounce around in my spirit that I need to, “Build an eco-system for the Great Commission.” After much prayer and hard work, I have written an 8-Week course entitled Ways of the Kingdom and we have now entered the editing phase. We took over 50 students from Bethel Church through the course and saw massive fruit—to God be the glory!

As I look across America and I see the rise of Islam, the battle over Gen Z on college campuses, and the spirit of the age at work to intimidate the most powerful voice in America, the church, my heart is at rest in what Christ accomplished 2000 years ago. I am not afraid, intimidated, or backing down—I am reloading! The Church has the most powerful weapon in the universe to destroy evil, and that is the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Light is not intimidated by darkness. I don’t fear the darkness in the world, I fear God—I have to speak! We have to go!

Soon, we are going to produce this manual called Ways of the Kingdom that I believe will disciple the harvest that is about to come in—“if we build it, they will come.”

We will continue to do crusades in America, and the people who get saved at the altar will get plugged into churches that are doing this new cutting edge course that will ground new believers in the Kingdom of God—light will expel darkness, and we are about to see thousands grow in Christ. But they have to get saved first! We must preach the gospel! You must preach the gospel in your city—to your friends, co-workers, on the streets, and at your church—America needs the ABC’s of the gospel more than ever before.

Isaiah saw the day we are living in when he said, “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory shall be seen upon you” (Is 60:1-2).

e are already thinking about the New Year, and where God is calling us to bring our next 1hope4America crusade and we are praying into two locations right now—the college campuses and Stockton, California.

Following the death of Charlie Kirk, we felt a shift towards College Campuses to engage the battle and a door has opened to us. In January we have been invited to speak at the AG Chai Alpha conference called Salt in Santa Cruz, where we will connect with chi alpha ministries across the West Coast, and ready to go preach the gospel to what every door opens from there.

I have felt the whisper of the spirit about Stockton, California and have started having conversations with pastors there and have they been very receptive and excited at the possibility of our coming. A lot of things have to come into play before pulling the trigger to go, so please pray. More will be transpiring on that adventure—I am told that CA is one of the hardest places to do a crusade due to many factors I don’t have time to share, but I live with a conviction that California will be saved, and I am willing to run to the fight!

If you are with with me, please pray for us.

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Lastly, get ready to come on a trip with us. I promise you will never be the same again as you become a part of the harvest coming in. Your heart will be deeply impacted when you are “about the Father’s Business."

Tom Crandall