Ecuadorian Who Was Impacted by "Prophets of Revolution" is Now an Evangelist Dedicated to Winning the World's Next Two Generations for Christ Through a Revolution of Love
"Our goal is to reach every child and youth in the world and thereby affect their destiny by providing them with the Word of God. Now twenty years on, we have distributed some 440 million copies. This is a miracle that only God could do. Our goal is to reach every child in the world and so we need to reach 150 million children every year to reach our goal by 2030. In Latin America, we plug into this vision by wanting to work towards the transformation of Latin America in two generations...In Latin America, the Lord has burdened us that we need to reach our generations for Christ and then they need to transform Latin America. The Lord has given us an awakening; he's healed our personal and our historical traumas, and this has seen an incredible growth of the evangelical church in Latin America."
Dan Wooding, founder of Assist ministries and author of "Prophets of Revolution," had first met Richard Luna years ago when he was writing the book. "Little did I realize," said Wooding, "that Richard, who had moved there from his native Ecuador, would become a respected leader in the Latin World let alone become the president of the Evangelical Alliance of Latin America and also the Latin American director of Book of Hope, based in Pompano, Florida." (Richard Luna–ASSIST Ministries)
The following excerpts are from an interview conducted by Wooding and recently published on ASSIST News:
I caught up with Richard recently on a visit to Miami and so I sat him down to catch up with his fascinating story for an interview.... Richard revealed that it was reading the Scriptures that transformed his life—but not right away.
"I had read the New Testament three times in my life," he said. "The first time I said, 'Good book,' and put it right next to all of my good books. The second time, I said, 'Jesus, a good revolutionary,' and I put it next to all my books about revolutionaries. The third time, I read it all the way through and it was then that I said, 'God if you are behind this book, I want to know You,' and on November 1st, 1977, I came to the Lord. That's when He received me into His Kingdom. I had no idea at that time that He would send me to some 45 countries to serve Him."
Luna continued, "The 'revolution of love' that you wrote about in 'Prophets of Revolution' was already part of my DNA and, when I saw that title, I wondered where you had got it from. That was exactly what I've been seeing and feeling and I felt a real call to be part of God's 'revolution of love' in a world where there is so much hate.
"Today, we need an 'invasion of love' into Latin America and also into the rest of the world. The 'invasion of love' is a passion of mine. After all, God took my sinful nature, which I battle with every day, and He perfects and forgives it and He has now given me an opportunity to be part of His 'revolution of love.'"
Richard Luna now makes his home in Pompano, Florida, and is the Latin American director of Book of Hope. He lives there with his wife, Fanny, and their three children, Daniel, Tanya and Jessica.
"Our goal is to reach every child and youth in the world and thereby affect their destiny by providing them with the Word of God. Now twenty years on, we have distributed some 440 million copies. This is a miracle that only God could do. Our goal is to reach every child in the world and so we need to reach 150 million children every year to reach our goal by 2030. In Latin America, we plug into this vision by wanting to work towards the transformation of Latin America in two generations. Towards that end, we're reaching 20 million children and youth right now all over Latin America. We teach principles and values through the life of Jesus in a way that's dynamic, relevant, timely, and efficient and we integrate it with the church."
"We want to do this in two generations and if two generations are not won over, you will have the name 'post-Christian' come up in your country. In Latin America, the Lord has burdened us that we need to reach our generations for Christ and then they need to transform Latin America. The Lord has given us an awakening; he's healed our personal and our historical traumas, and this has seen an incredible growth of the evangelical church in Latin America."
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