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Redefining the Traveling Evangelist

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 10:32

Two Christian couples are taking the gospel to the streets—literally.

Bill and Danyal James and Dave and Deanna Chaffee sold their homes in Portland, Ore., in October 2008 and since have been traveling the nation in their RVs, stopping as the Holy Spirit leads them to evangelize on city streets, in churches and Christian schools, and at youth detention centers.

Calling their ministry Agents for Christ (agentsforchrist.org), the couples say they are driven by a passion to win the lost and see people changed by the power of God. “Many people will not come to a church, so we need to bring church to them,” Dave Chaffee said.

The couples—who live off the sale of their homes, donations and income from gospel tracts they sell at gottracts.com—travel with their four children, ranging in age from 7 to 12. They say they have seen God do amazing things. At a college in Fresno, Calif., Deanna Chaffee said a former gang member accepted Christ after she interpreted a reoccurring dream the woman had been having. She said in Key West, Fla., a young Wiccan gave her life to Christ during a prayer service the couples were holding on a boat off the coast. Along with their street outreach, the couples give evangelism training at churches and talk with youth about the dangers of drug abuse through an arm of their ministry called IMPACT.

“In obedience to His calling, Agents for Christ has touched the lives of multitudes and inspired others to take bold steps of faith for Christ,” said Doug Snow, pastor of the couples’ home church, Calvary Chapel Southeast near Portland. “We have been watching the book of Acts unfold before our very eyes.” [charismamag.com, 10/1/09]