Street Stories - A Ringside Seat To Over 4 Decades Of Taking Jesus To The Streets Of The World

Service to include Hope For Hollywood Fellowship – an Assemblies of God pioneer home mission street church on Hollywood Blvd., the Jesus Nite Patrol street witnessing teams, the House of Magdalene refuge home for teen prostitutes in Hollywood, and The Oasis – a Christian coffeehouse and evangelism center in the heart of Hollywood. In 1983, Bobby began annual trips to Mardi Gras in New Orleans where he joined his street ministry friend, Scott Hinkle, along with hundreds of Christians witnessing, preaching on the streets, and leading people to Jesus in the French Quarter. Students from Christ For the Nations Institute always had a huge number of students participating in the Mardi Gras Outreaches. During the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Bobby Chance, along with many other ministry leaders, served John Dawson and Youth With A Mission to coordinate a massive evangelistic thrust on the streets of Los Angeles. Following the blueprint of the Olympic Outreach, Bobby Chance and The Holy Ghost Repair Service, along with other local Hollywood ministries, birthed the annual evangelism street blitz, SOS Hollywood. Bobby was a founding steering committee member of the National Street Ministries Conference, Directed by Scott Hinkle. Founded in 1984, this dynamic international conference inspired and trained thousands of frontline evangelistic workers to take Jesus to the streets of America, as well as the world. Speakers at the conference over the years included David Wilkerson, T.L. Osborn, Mario Murillo, Arthur Blessitt, Tommy Barnett, Rich Wilkerson, James Robison, as well as many other great evangelistic voices.

In 1986, Jesus called Bobby and Dot to found Streetwise Ministry, a powerful international street

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