"A major film, called End Of The Spear, will be launched January
20. God can use it in a big way. It depicts the effects of the
grace of God in very powerful and spectacular ways.
The story begins in 1956, when five Christian missionaries (Jim
Elliot was among them) gave their lives in an Ecuadorian jungle,
attempting to bring the gospel to the Waodani stone-age people. At
that time they were the most violent tribe on Earth -- and yet
they became the most loving and peaceful!
The missionaries made friendly contact, but something went
terribly wrong. The Waodani speared them to death. A tragedy? Yes,
but God turns everything to good, for the blessing of many and for
His glory, and this was no exception.
God used this tragedy to motivate more people to become
missionaries than any other event in modern history -- perhaps
ever. He also used two women to complete the work of the five
martyred missionaries, bringing the Waodani to himself. So the
deaths of those five men did more to advance the kingdom of God
than their lives ever could.
God's ways are so great!
But the story doesn't end there. It seems God is about to use the
tragedy that happened 50 years ago to help hundreds of thousands --
maybe millions -- to come to know Christ in our day, using The
End Of The Spear. It is a major motion picture (production cost
$12 million) that tells the story of God's grace from the
perspective of the Waodoni.
Beginning January 20, End Of The Spear will be shown in theaters
across the United States. If it does well it will be accepted by
many other theaters, but it must do well right from the start.
This is where you and I come in. We can make the film do well.
Our prayers can make it prosper, and also we can do something to
answer our own prayers. We can work together to get at least
100,000 people to see the film on January 20th.
How? Very simple. This e-mail is going to hundreds of addresses,
many in America. Just about everyone else has American Christian
friends. Our connections are endless! So, if each of us were to
pass this e-mail on to just 10 others (some can share it with
hundreds!), and each of them did the same, our goal of getting
100,000 people to see the film on January 20 would be reached
easily -- and likely greatly surpassed! Just forward this e-mail
to 10 caring Christian friends.
Making it even easier, great resources are provided. A Google
search for "End Of The Spear" will yield several excellent web
sites, including www.endofthespear.com
We spent almost an hour reading at that web site about the story.
So lets do our part to make End Of The Spear a great success!
Thank you for your prayers and participation."
