CRM - Empowering Leaders

France, a land of aesthetic beauty and romantic charm, has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.  Atheism, secular humanism, rationalism, intellectualism, occultism, and nominal Catholicism have more than tipped the scales of this post-Christian nation scarred by the religious and world wars of it's storied past. Add to the mix a significant and mobilizing Muslim population, and a general paranoia of cults, and you begin to understand why France has earned a reputation as being "hard."

God has called us, however, to go and "break up the hard ground," beginning in the heart of France: Tours. An ancient Gallo-Roman city, Tours emerged as the main cultural center of the Loire Valley and capital of France during the 15th and 16th centuries. Worldwide, the Loire Valley is known for its famous chateaus, but the French know it as the "heart of France."  Rich in art, history, and culture, it has been the home of or given birth to the likes of Descartes, Rabelais, and Leonardo Da Vinci.  It's religious past is significant too: namely, as the birthplace of atheism, the stopping point of the Western advance of Islam in 732, and as the ministry base of St. Martin, the apostolic bishop of Tours, who died in 397.

Our ministry focus is two-fold:  First, to facilitate and encourage leadership development and unity in the body of Christ by engaging pastors and church leaders to collaborate and to pray togther.  We believe that unity will be the catalyst for revival.

Second, to reach the lost through innovative and relevant evangelism: i.e. "Café theology," open mic night, music festivals, gospel choirs, etc.  These diverse activities serve as stepping stones allowing us to establish relationships and create a sense of community where people feel like they belong while they sort out what they believe.  Ultimately, we are facilitating the entire process of relating, to belonging, to step-taking, to believing, to reconciliation, to redemption, and finally healing.