June 24 – July 31, 2018
June 7 – August 1, 2018
RELIVE THE PAST
ENGAGE THE PRESENT
SHAPE THE FUTURE
RELIVE THE PAST
ENGAGE THE PRESENT
SHAPE THE FUTURE
1 ATHENS, GREECE
POPULATION: 3,090,508
Relive The Past
Greece was an important location throughout the New Testament. It was also the first European country to be evangelized. Paul’s speech in Athens, recorded in Acts 17, is the theme of The Hope Tour.
Engage The Present
We’ll spread the good news in Greece by partnering with evangelical churches and ministries that are reaching out to refugees as well as raising up disciples across university campuses in Athens.
Shape The Future
Do you hear God calling you to be part of the revival in this country? How can you use your talents to spread the hope of Jesus in Athens and combat the idea that Christianity merely a cultural expression?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Acropolis • Parthenon • Temple of Olympian Zeus • Areopagus • Temple of Athena Nike
2 ROME, ITALY
POPULATION: 4,353,775
Relive The Past
Many important events in Church history as well as in world history took place in Rome between the years 64 and 350. And Rome has contributed much to the world, including legal systems, language, culture, and innovation.
Engage The Present
We’ll take the good news of Jesus to the people of Rome and be part of the increasing movement of church planting and modular learning programs that are raising up leaders for the church. We will also partner with mission groups to share the Gospel across Rome.
Shape The Future
Hear the voice of God on your particular calling to fight secular materialism, indifference to the Gospel, and organized crime in Italy. Is God calling you to start an impactful leadership program to raise up the next generation of men and women of God?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Trevi Fountain • Roman Forum • Pantheon • Roman Colosseum • Arch of Constantine • Palatine Hill • Mamertine Prison
3 VATICAN CITY
POPULATION: 1,000
Relive The Past
The Vatican has been home to the Pope since 1377. It became its own country in 1929, and is the smallest country in the world.
Engage The Present
The Vatican has been home to the Pope since 1377. It became its own country in 1929, and is the smallest country in the world.
Shape The Future
How is God calling you to help sow unity between Catholics and evangelical, protestant Christians?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Sistine Chapel • St. Peter’s Basilica • St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro) • Michelangelo’s masterpiece, Pieta
4 WARSAW, POLAND
POPULATION: 1,753,977
Relive The Past
Hitler’s systematic annihilation of the Jews took place in concentration camps in Poland. The country’s first national writer, Mikolaj Rey from Naglowice, was a devout author of reformatory teaching. His writings show a strong reformatory tendency and a desire for a pure Christian doctrine.
Engage The Present
We’ll join with North Christian Church to spread of the Gospel and encourage the revival movement that is underway in the country. We will also see how Ignite Europe’s One Hope Warsaw has played a role in delivering the Gospel to the unsaved in Warsaw.
Shape The Future
Is the Lord showing you a ministry to start to see His good news spread throughout this land? While we are here, how can you use your talents to combat an influx of foreign religions and a lack of churches in Warsaw?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Walk the Old Town, including the Old Town Market Square and Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy) • The Palace of Culture and Science
5 KRAKÓW, POLAND
POPULATION: 1,725,894
Relive The Past
Hitler’s systematic annihilation of the Jews took place in concentration camps in Poland, where more than one million Jews were murdered.
Engage The Present
Hear the voice of God on your calling to combat hollow materialist dreams, the confusion of foreign sects and religions, and the lack of evangelical churches in the country.
Shape The Future
Do you hear God calling you to be part of the revival in this country? How can you use your talents to spread the hope of Jesus in Athens and combat the idea that Christianity merely a cultural expression?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Auschwitz & Birkenau • Historic Old Town • Schindler’s Warehouse
6 BERLIN, GERMANY
POPULATION: 3,500,000
Relive The Past
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of Berlin’s great men of God, was a pastor, theologian, spy, and anti-Nazi dissident who shaped Christianity in Berlin. His life in Christ and death at the hands of the Nazis has been scripted into movies, books, and even a statue at Westminster Abbey.
Engage The Present
We’ll share the Gospel with the people of Berlin by encouraging and supporting current grassroots expressions of Christianity including house churches, youth movements, and multicultural congregations evangelism, outreach, and missions.
Shape The Future
Germany is a country with a difficult past that needs Jesus as much now as it ever has. How can you help bring strong, courageous Christian leadership to Germany? Is the Lord leading you to help reach the 98% of the youth who are unsaved in Germany?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Brandenburg Gate • Berlin Wall • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
7 WITTENBERG, GERMANY
POPULATION: 1,081
Relive The Past
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther starting the Reformation in Wittenberg, Germany. Without this pivotal event in the history of the Church, there most likely would be no Protestantism or religious freedom to worship God as we choose.
Engage The Present
We’ll take part in the vibrant spiritual life that is emerging as organized religion is on the decline in Germany by encouraging and supporting organizations that are creating and distributing Christian publications and Bibles in the German language.
Shape The Future
Let’s point the German people we will meet on this trip to Jesus. Germany has a difficult past, and the majority of the population has effectively been unreached with the Gospel. What is God calling you to do while we are in this country to help bring healing and salvation?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Castle Church • Lutherhaus • Melanchthonhaus
8 VADUZ, LIECHTENSTEIN
POPULATION: 5,429
Relive The Past
Liechtenstein is the last remaining vestige of the Holy Roman Empire. The prince’s family has always been Catholic and the vast majority of native citizens are likewise, albeit most only nominally.
Engage The Present
We will partner with organizations like Campus Crusade for Christ that host outreach events like evangelistic breakfasts to spread the good news of the gospel.
Shape The Future
How is God calling you reach the people in Vaduz, where few have ever been confronted with a personal faith in Christ and are mired in spiritual problems including an influx of Islam?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Vaduz Castle • Cathedral of St. Florin • Burg Gutenberg Castle
9 ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
POPULATION: 391,400
Relive The Past
The Reformation came to Zurich in 1519 when Ulrich Zwingli converted it to a Protestant city. Adult baptism, contrary of the baptism of infants, brought the church closer to the original pattern of New Testament Christianity.
Engage The Present
We will partner with churches like ICF and Hillsong and agencies like Youth With A Mission to influence the culture of Zurich and encourage unity that is increasing among churches of different backgrounds for the purpose of proclaiming Christ.
Shape The Future
What tools in your spiritual arsenal can combat the vague religiosity, apathy to real Christianity, atheism, and interest in eastern religions and the occult that are so prevalent in Switzerland today?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Zurich Old Town • Grossmünster • Fraumünster • Anabaptist Birthplace • Lake Zurich • The Swiss Alps
10 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
POPULATION: 194,600
Relive The Past
John Calvin brought Protestantism to Geneva. He put the Reformation teachings into words, and Geneva became known as the Reformation City.
Engage The Present
We’ll sow into the unity that is increasing among churches that are proclaiming Christ and into agencies such as Youth With A Mission that are reaching into Geneva.
Shape The Future
Hear the voice of God on your calling to encourage genuine Christianity among a population that is increasingly atheistic or into the occult.
Historical sites we’ll visit:
The Swiss Alps • Temple de Saint-Pierre (Calvin’s Cathedral) • Jet d’EauPalais des Nations • Reformation Park
11 PARIS, FRANCE
POPULATION: 2,241,346
Relive The Past
The Reformation was tough in France. John Calvin hid in Paris after he was ex-communicated by the Catholic Church, and in 1572, more than 50,000 French Protestants, aka Huguenots, were killed in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Engage The Present
We’ll partner with evangelical churches and organizations like topchretien.com that are using the internet and savvy, media-rich websites as outreach tools to provide evangelistic, apologetic, and discipleship materials to spread the Gospel to the people of France.
Shape The Future
Why is God bringing you to Paris? What is He calling you to do to raise up a new generation of men and women of God who will have to contend with Islam, the highest rates of youth suicide, and a population that does not know or read the Bible?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Eiffel Tower • Lourve Museum • Notre-Dame • Arc of Triumph • Avenue des Champs-Élysées
12 LONDON, ENGLAND
POPULATION: 8,674,000
Relive The Past
London has been home to many important men of God, including, John Wycliffe, who oversaw the English Bible translation; Charles Spurgeon, known as the prince of preachers; Robert Raikes, who began Sunday Schools. England was the first country to publish the King James Bible.
Engage The Present
We’ll serve at the Hillsong Conference and partner with growing multi-ethnic churches and 24/7 prayer rooms. We’ll also work with reverse missions, which includes roughly 1,500 Christian missionaries coming into the UK from Americas, Africa, and Asia to spread the Gospel.
Shape The Future
England is the most secular country in the UK and it’s suffering a loss of identity. How is God calling you to use your talents to help bring the good news of Jesus to the people of London and raise up godly leaders who will have an effect on the spiritual state of the country for generations to come?
Historical sites we’ll visit:
Buckingham Palace • London Bridge • Big Ben • Westminster Palace • Westminster AbbeyThe London Eye • Wesley’s Chapel • Metropolitan Tabernacle
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TOUR DATES: JUNE 24 – JULY 31, 2018
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2018
CREW MEMBERS: 21-35 YEARS OF AGE
TOUR DATES: JUNE 7–AUGUST 1, 2018
APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2017
CREW MEMBERS: 21-35 YEARS OF AGE
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