RAVEN

MISSION: AMERICA
RAVEN: Pastor Troy D. Bohn
May 12 2006

Dear Friends,

The headlines of this Nation's newspapers are wrought with stories of murders, rapes, assaults and other heinous acts against humanity. It seems as though every time we turn to CNN, FOX or one of our local news stations that the lead story is another tale of senseless tragedy.

Traveling this country from coast to coast has allowed me come to a simple conclusion: The problems in our cities are getting worse and worse by the minute, and the answer is not bigger government or even building bigger church buildings--but the answer is for the Body of Christ to be bigger in their faith and bigger in their actions to take the BIGGEST answer to where the needs is the greatest.

The answer is JESUS; Not a cowaring, passive, reluctant Savior, but instead the same Jesus who said in Matthew 11:12, "...the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, but the violent take it by force."

This Nation is "suffering violence" at the hand of a very real and very sinister adversay (Satan) and God is raising up, equipping and calling out a new breed of Forceful Men (and women) who would dare stand to stem the tide of destruction and boldly lift up the name of Jesus throughout this country.

I was with my friends Pastor Sam & Lucy Croghan in the City of Baltimore this past weekend. We were "spying out the land" and looking for some strategic spots to target in the innercity in the next few months. As Pastor Sam took me to places referred to as "The Heroine and Crack Capitol", I rolled down my window so that I could listen and look at the people as we drove through many troubled neighborhoods.

As we came through one particularly at-risk area, the street was teeming with young people. They were somewhat perplexed at a car load of white people driving through what was primarily an African-American neighborhood. I told Pastor Sam to stop the truck as I jumped out to talk to the people. I could hear a voice in the vehicle say as I took off, "There he goes!"

I aways want that to be said about me in relationship to the Gospel of Jesus Christ: There He Goes with the Good News! Praise God I was able to share and minister to tow young men (who were brothers) while a presumed drug dealer approached the truck to inquire as to why they were sitting there. They told him, "We're about JESUS!"

Next Thursday we are leading a team of FORCEFUL MEN into New York City to be a light shining in the darkness. My dear friend, Bobby Chance of Street Wise Ministry, has so graciously agreed to help head up this "Boot Camp in the Big Apple" as we seek to disciple, train and mentor an awesome group of guys who are coming in from all over the nation to "win people to Christ."

Next Month: We will be taking the Gospel to San Francisco, Daytona Beach, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Austin & New Orleans. In July we will be back in New York City for another week in the streets and then in August we are going international as we travel to Amsterdam to minister five hard-core days and nights in the infamous Red Light District where prostitution and drugs have been legalized.

SOMEONE HAS GOT TO TAKE A STAND before it is too late! Too late for the young woman being abused and exploited. Too late for the man desperately bound by drugs and alcohol. Too late for the businessman who thinks suicide is his only answer. Too late for the atheist who has never heard the true Word of God!

God is Good and His mercy endures forever. Above all things, Raven is a Mercy Ministry! God has been so good and merciful to us and we just can't help but to take that love, mercy and truth to those in such desperate need, but we need YOU HELP TOO.

The mass majority of those that we reach out to are not able to help themselves: In June, I will be driving 5,000 miles roundtrip from Daytona Beach, Florida to Los Angeles' Skid Row with our trailer packed with cooking supplies and things to feed the multitdudes that wander those streets in desperate need of deliverance. The LA TIMES recently reported that "Skid Row is ground zero for homelessness in America." There are an estimated 20,000 homeless who sleep on skid row each night and as many as 90,000 in LA County!

Because our "congregation" meets under bridges, and on Bourbon Street, and in the ghettos and street corners of this nation--there is not a lot of "tithes and offerings" being gathered to build the church coffers. We are truly a faith-founded and faith-dependant ministry in the truest sense of the word.

For this reason, we appeal to our friends and people who share the vision and compassion to reach those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to hear the Good News of Salvation. EVERYDAY it is your generosity and faithfulness that enables us to share Jesus with a lost and dying WORLD.

Would you consider standing with us in these critical next three months as we criss-CROSS this nation and beyond with the message of Christ Jesus? We love and appreciation you greatly and pray God's infinite blessing be upon you.

His Servant,

Pastor Troy D. Bohn

RAVEN OUTREACH P.O. Box 113196 Metairie, Louisiana 70011