I wanted to share this with you while I wait for the other podcasts to finish being edited.

This was an awesome Christian Music Festival with a record-breaking attendance. There were to my knowledge 8,000 plus people there from all over Spain. It was an inspiring evening with brothers and sisters from all over the country. The goal was to build Christian Unity! They hit their goal. Great Music and Good News!

I must share that this was the moment, that I sensed God's clear call upon my life to consider missions as a way of life. 

Podcast description: This podcast is  amost hear for any and all those wanting to do ministry in Spain. Juan’s experience is first hand. Having been there over 40 years. Juan gives mission workers a strong challenge come if there is God given conviction and clear call upon their life. Juan warns the easy come easy go mission worker to not try Spain. Spain is and has been one the most difficult places to plant a church. Juan gives four clear  challenges.

1. GIFTED AND CALLED: Spain needs people that are fit for the mission 

2. TRAINING: Don’t come with a lack of training!

3. REPUTATION: Missionary failure can send a negative message to missions!  

   4.  STEWARDSHIP: Money is often wasted with no vision and call 

Ministry Background: Juan Blake is a member of an interdenominational (Baptistic) church in Madrid.  He is retired from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and is their rep for Spain, at age 74, he is thankful to still be pretty much full time, volunteer in several different ministries. 

He currently works with Decision ministries/Spain.  Decision is an organization of evangelical Christians committed to evangelism, which is at the service of the evangelical churches of Spain to help them in their tasks of evangelism and discipleship. The purpose is to collaborate with local churches, denominations and missions to establish new evangelical churches in all of the towns in Spain.  As part of this basic purpose, we are working to see a church established in every municipality with more than 5,000 inhabitants by the year 2012 (see the municipalities without testimony).

In additional to his involvement with the BGEA as representative,  he has also served as the city coordinator for the Palau Festival here in Madrid a couple years ago and has co-labored with him on all of his visits to Spain, but have no official connection.

Contact info: http://www.edecision.org/English/index.htm 

juanblake@e-decision.org