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Brilliant Outreach Strategy Uses JESUS Kiosk at Mall

Teresa Neumann : Nov 22, 2010
Staff - NCN News/Jesus Film Harvest Partners

"We're just trying to listen to the voice of Jesus and simply follow Him into the marketplace, which is one of the places He is working."

Jesus Kiosk(Lansing, Michigan)—Informational kiosks abound at malls and tourist spots around the world. One such kiosk—named the JESUS kiosk—at the Meridian Mall near Lansing, Michigan, has been rented out by a group of Christians affiliated with Meridian Marketplace Strategy. (Photo: NCN News)

Notes a report in NCN News: "The project is as simple as renting kiosk space in a mall, putting the JESUS film on a loop, and letting the Holy Spirit begin to work. The Michigan District did just this with encouraging preliminary results. The kiosk is equipped with televisions featuring the JESUS film in various languages such as American Sign Language, Mandarin, Hindi, and Arabic. The ‘He Cares We Care' kiosk is operational from 9:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. and staffed with volunteers for a portion of the time. Comment cards are collected throughout the day. Often the volunteers are able to pray with visitors."

According to the report, people have requested prayer for homelessness, job needs, obedience, strength for service to Christ, stress, seizures, confusion about God, foster custody court cases, cancer, families, marriages, churches, the lost, world peace, depression, and disconnected utilities. One shopper reportedly wrote, "Before I came (and visited the kiosk), I felt the world did not care; now I feel there are people who care." Another commented, "We need this—the world is a mess."

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