The folks at Gospel Chapel hugely enjoyed and were inspired by Russ Stendal’s messages during the Refresh weekend February 3 to 5, 2012. Russ talked about his work in Columbia, his Bible translation and about friends, and what it means to be a friend of God. If you missed any of the talks, you can download a copy to listen to on this page. There are also links to the online copy of Russ’ Jubilee Bible, an English translation based on the earliest reformation translation work of both the Spanish Bible by Casiodoro de Reina and the English Bible by Tyndale — both based on the Textus Receptus manuscripts.
Who is Russ Stendal?
Russ Stendal was the guest speaker at Gospel Chapel's Refresh Weekend, Feb 3 to 5, 2012
Russell Stendal was born in Minneapolis and raised on the mission field in Colombia, South America. He
became a missionary jungle pilot at age nineteen. Almost ten years later he was kidnapped in 1983 by
Marxist rebels and held hostage for five months. His book, Rescue the Captors, relates his experience,
including how God worked in the hearts of the rebels.
Upon his release Russell was involved in evangelistic campaigns across Colombia as well as speaking in
the United States and Canada. He began a radio ministry to reach the fighting factions of the internal
conflict in Colombia with the Gospel. Galcom has partnered with him to produce a special dual frequency
solar powered short wave radio. So far over 48,000 Galcom radios have been deployed in violent areas of
Colombia. Galcom and ‘The Voice of the Martyrs’ have helped Russell to restart a missionary aviation
program in Colombia after missionary aviation had been suspended for ten years due to the violence.
Russell has written many other books, produced videos, and edited two Bible translations, the Spanish
Reina-Valera 2000 and the Jubilee Bible in English. A recent project has been recording the entire
Spanish Bible to be included on a microchip in the MegaVoice units developed by Galcom. Soon a
compact solar powered unit which combines a two frequency Galcom radio with audio Bible will be
available.
Over the past twenty-two years Russell has spoken many times at Missions Fest – Vancouver. The Lord has used
contacts obtained at Missions Fest to greatly enhance the ministry in Colombia. Thousands of New
Testaments were provided for members of the warring factions in Colombia through children at Missions
Fest who donated “Toonies for Testaments”. Another year, a large AM radio transmitter was provided
through a person who was challenged by a presentation heard at Missions Fest. Allan McGuirl, founder of
Galcom, met Russell Stendal at his Missions Fest booth and they began the project to provide 100,000
Gelcom units for Colombia. God is doing great things in Colombia today.
Russ Stendal’s messages in audio format
Russ spoke at Gospel Chapel’s Refresh Weekend on Feb. 3 to 5, 2012.
Listen to his messages:
Friday Night, Youth Emphasis – “The mountain in Columbia”
Saturday Night, “Jubilee Bible Translation”
Sunday Morning, God talks to his friends
Jubilee English Bible Translation
Learn more about the Jubilee English and Spanish Bible Translations here:
One of the unique features of the Jubilee Bible is that each word in Hebrew has a single meaning, defined in the text the first time it is used in the scripture. Words can be traced by their useage from Hebrew into the Greek. Other Bible translations may use several words to render a single Hebrew or Greek word, but in the Jubilee Bible a single word is used throughout, which clarifies the intended meaning. This becomes clearer when you use digital tools for word study.
Get a digital copy of the Jubilee English Bible, translate by Russ Stendal — first you’ll need to download the bible program from online bible and then you’ll need to download the Jubilee Bible module here (look for it in the list of available materials, its near the bottom of the alphabetical list).
You can also purchase a print copy of the Jubilee English Bible or other books by Russ Stendal and his family from Stendal Books
Or pick it up from Amazon:
[amazon_image id="B0059JK64W" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]The Jubilee Bible 2000 (Blue Cover)[/amazon_image]
Other books by Russ Stendal:
[amazon_image id="0983201609" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]Rescue the Captors – 1 (Rescue the Captors, Volume 1)[/amazon_image]
Parachutes drop Bibles and radios behind guerrilla lines in Columbia.
Can I help tell the Guerrillas about Jesus?
There are practical ways to help Russ in his ministry to the Colombian Guerrillas. Russ and his team drop bibles, books, and radios behind guerrilla lines in Columbia. The radios are tuned to Russ’ radio ministry and are turned on before they are dropped by airplane into Guerrilla territory. This way if a radio is caught in a tree, someone will hear it and climb the tree to retrieve it. Parachutes are needed to drop the radios. You can help by making parachutes for the radios and Bibles. A parachute is a 34 inch circle of cotton fabric with ribbon glued to the fabric at specific intervals to allow it to act as a parachute.
To participate see COLOMBIA: Gospel to FARC Guerrillas
and you will be able to download the pattern to make a parachute. Consider gathering a group together to make parachutes and to pray for the guerrillas in Columbia.
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