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

They were armed with Arrest Warrants in hand. The chief of one of the villages in Padang Pariaman where we had ministered had filed for an arrest warrant against our team. an investigation about spreading the Gospel under the guise of giving help post-earthquake in Padang village.” Our American and Indonesian disaster relief team was being arrested at the Padang airport by military police charged with spreading The Gospel of Jesus Christ. I flashbacked on a question I remembered from decades prior during the Jesus Movement that was asked frequently. “If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” It looked like I would have to answer, “YES!” We were detained by the police, unable to catch our flight that was about to depart. We were held in a big holding area while the police initially took Pastor Steve, Brother Donny, and Rudy into an interrogation room behind closed doors. We wanted Rudy to speak for us as he had been trained in POW capture in the Marines. We were sure after a few questions we could clear up the matter and be on our way. Unfortunately, it did not turn out that way. Remember all those pictures and videos people took of us in Pariaman? They took videos and pictures of us preaching, singing, handing out Bibles and telling people, “Jesus is greater than Allah!” The arrest warrant stated, “Conducted

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