Greetings Family of God! Thank you for stopping by to see what the Lord has done!
You are probably reading this because you have either- labored together with us, prayed faithfully for our missions, given financially to make our outreaches possible, or all of the above.
From the bottom of my heart- THANK YOU! Seriously, thank you.
By God’s grace, every prayer, every dollar and every minute of time and breath invested (along with gospel friendly cops in every location we minister in) has allowed us to be (by every possible metric) the most prolific domestic evangelism ministry in the 941. Maybe even the state.
On that note, 2025 was quite a year. And, in many ways, it was actually our most fruitful and expansive year we’ve ever had.
For example- in 2025 we did evangelism in more cities outside the 941 than ever before (16 cities across 4 states), we took more missionaries with us than ever before (over 100), and we partnered with more churches than ever before (9 local and 3 across the state).
By the grace of God, we also CRUSHED our previous record of 300 God’s Promises books given away (set in 2024) by giving away…678. A 226% increase.
Since we only give these to people who we pray with to receive Jesus (above about age 8/9), or who are newer in the faith and are wanting more discipleship, this year over year increase shows how hungry people are getting for the Lord. It also shows how important it is that we keep getting out there to feed them.
All in all, we estimate that in 2025 we were able to expose about 30,000-35,000 people to the Gospel just in our local area.
(An estimated average of about 50 people per week at Bayfront, 200 per week at Riverwalk and 400 per week at Siesta Beach).
On top of that, we estimate that we exposed another 45,000-50,000 people to the Gospel while ministering in other cities.
We have no idea how many people actually got saved, but I wouldn’t be surprised if (between all our evangelists at all our outreaches) close to 1000 people prayed with us to receive Jesus. And of course, the number of people who did their business with God in private and never told us about it, is probably several multiples of that.
Here’s a cool video collage of various ministry pics:
In 2025, we were also grateful to see the ministry hit a number of pretty incredible milestones, such as…
- 7 full years of outreach
- 400 weeks at Siesta Beach
- 300 weeks at Bayfront Park
- 200 weeks at Riverwalk
- 1000 total local and statewide outreaches
- 40,000 total gospel booklets given out
- $100,000 raised and invested into the work of the ministry (since 2021)
- 400,000 total people exposed the Gospel (estimated)
ALL Glory to God!
For the rest of this update, I will dive deeper into 5 areas:
Evangelism Trainings, Church/Ministry Partnerships, Mission Trips, Individual Testimonies and Other Ministry Involvement.
At the end I’ve also included links to messages I preached in various churches throughout the year
Evangelism Trainings
For years my heart’s desire has been to not just get people to help out at our outreaches, but to actually disciple believers in evangelism. That way they can more easily share their faith with others- EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.
The Lord opened some pretty cool doors to allow me to do that in 2025.
Early in the year I was invited to create and teach a 90-minute class on evangelism for the Firebrand Discipleship School in Port Charlotte. I had never actually sat down and formally drafted a training on evangelism until this opportunity came my way, so I was excited to do so.
Praise God, the response was wonderful. Many people told me that it really blessed and encouraged them, and my friend and fellow minister Mike Kramer said it was the best teaching he’s ever heard on evangelism.
What I didn’t realize at the time was that the Lord was giving me a training that He would later have me bring to other places as well. Including:
Hope International Ministries Youth Group:
And Christian Retreat’s Youth Group:
I strongly sense that this is going to be a primary focus of the ministry in 2026- doing evangelism trainings for churches.
You can watch the full training below:
On that note, here are a few cool testimonies I received from Team members this year:
This was from Rachael Knight
This is from our sister Trish (aka “storm”), who we met and discipled in evangelism for about a year. She sent me a video of her street preaching in Iceland (where she lives now) along with this encouragement:
Pretty cool to see the ripple effects of this work that the Lord has raised up!
Church Partnerships
In 2025, all together- 12 different churches partnered with us in the outreaches, including a number of the pastors. The Lord has said that this also needs to be a strong focus of 2026- getting churches (including the worship team and the pastors) to join us.
This is a short video from Easter Saturday when we partnered with Pastor Ron and Hope International Ministries (HIM). This is our friend Cody in the video, a rapper from HIM.
On the 4th of July we partnered with The Front 1.0, the Front 2.0 and Christian Retreat for a worship event at Riverwalk, which was awesome. At the peak there were probably 150+ people there worshipping, and many people stopped and received gifts and prayer.
House Chapel also partnered with us in 2025, sending their worship team and pastoral team out with us to Riverwalk.
Here are a few clips from that night:
As a result of our partnership, Pastor Robin was even inspired to organize a community outreach on the church’s property and have the members of his church come to serve. They had free medical checkups, games, food and music. Praise God- 55 people came throughout the day. They all heard the gospel, and many prayed to receive Jesus too. Here’s one pic I took while Pastor Robin was sharing the gospel.
So proud of them!
Pastor Jacob, who leads a Hispanic youth group at a church in Palmetto, joined us at Riverwalk with a number of his kids.
Pastor Dennis from Jesus Church in Bradenton, along with several of his people, joined us (unexpectedly) at Bayfront Park.
We were joined by the lead evangelist and his team from a local Messianic Synagogue called Etz Chaim at Bayfront Park.
A team of about 7 people from Kingdom Life Church in Bradenton joined us at Siesta and at Riverwalk. 5 are pictured here.
The Pastors, the worship team, and several congregants from Casa Refugio De Amor joined us at Riverwalk (unexpectedly) and later launched their own similar outreach, which they now do several times per month.
And earlier in the year we also partnered with the Sarasota House of Prayer and had our friend Karson (who was on staff with them), take over the Bayfront Park outreach for about 4 months before he went to Bible School.
This was the first time that we’d ever fully delegated an outreach to a member of our team, and it was great to see him grow in his leadership anointing.
The Lord has told me very clearly that when He opens the door for me to go more full time into the ministry, cultivating these church partnerships needs to be a top a priority. That way each church can take over an outreach 4-6 times per year and funnel the people we meet straight into discipleship programs at their church. Believe with me for this in 2026.
Mission Trips
After our absolutely epic mission trips of 2024, the Lord gave me faith to believe Him for the resources we needed to go to more cities than we ever had before. Shortly after that, I released this schedule.
It seemed pretty audacious at the time, but by His grace, He not only provided for us to go to each of these cities, but He also sent us to 6 other cities as well.
Below are some trip recaps, and I’ve included team pics if I have them.
Gasparilla Recap: Team Jesus Update: January 30th, 2025 – Awaken Florida
Daytona 500- Team Jesus Update: February 20th, 2025 – Awaken Florida
About half the Ft. Lauderdale team is pictured below:
Ft Lauderdale recap- Team Jesus Update: March 27th, 2025- w/ Ft Lauderdale Recap – Awaken Florida
*Be sure to check out the testimony about the $2.2M house we were given for free in Ft. Lauderdale.
Here’s most of the team in Miami, including the 5 from Revive Church in Jensen Beach.
Miami Pride recap- Team Jesus Update: Miami Pride 2025 Recap – Awaken Florida
Here is most of our St. Pete team:
St. Pete recap- Team Jesus Update: July 3rd, 2025 – Awaken Florida
This was our team in St. Augustine/Jacksonville, along with a few believers that we met while ministering:
St Augustine- St. Augustine Mission Trip Recap – Awaken Florida
Here is our New England team. We ministered in Boston, Cambridge and Plymouth, MA as well as Warwick RI
NE trip- Team Jesus Update: Oct 9, 2025/New England Mission Trip Recap – Awaken Florida
Here is most of the Key West team, including those from Revive Church. We also partnered with Glad Tidings Key West and Calvary Chapel Key West.
Key West-2025 Key West Mission Trip Recap – Awaken Florida
*be sure to check out the powerful testimony of how our friend Pastor Adam from Calvary Chapel Key West was given a church building where we can now house missionaries who come in for Fantasy Fest. Such a miracle!
Tallahassee- Team Jesus Update: November 8, 2025 – Awaken Florida
Individual Testimonies:
In this section I will highlight some exciting moments that happened as we were ministering.
While we were in Ft. Lauderdale for Spring Break, our team was asked to parter with a campus ministry at Florida Atlantic University who was putting together a worship event…in the middle of the campus. Two of our team members helped lead worship, about 8 were on the prayer/evangelism team and they asked me to deliver a 10-minute message.
About 150 kids came, the worship was lit, the presence was strong, and the Lord drew many hearts into a greater place of surrender. In fact, after I preached a message about the how the Lord wants to deliver the youth of America from sexual immorality and idolatry (the doctrine of Balaam- Rev. 2), I gave an altar call for people who wanted to surrender all to Jesus…and the altar FILLED up with hungry kids.
Here’s a few clips:
I also got a report that one of the people at the altar was a woman who was passing by and got drawn in. She said that she knew nothing of the event, but when she walked by, she got convicted of her sins and wanted to surrender all to Jesus. How amazing!
After the event, our team went back to the streets of Ft. Lauderdale to minister to the Spring Breakers, and something really powerful and prophetic happened.
A woman with a chain around her neck came and got prayer, and she immediately began to manifest:
After receiving prayer for close to an hour, she got set free and she threw off her chain!
Here’s some video clips of what happened:
This is her friend, who also came for prayer, describing how things happened:
What was so crazy is that I had just mentioned in my message at FAU that they sell those chains at Spring Break. I also mentioned that they are physical representations of what happens in the spirit when people come there- that chains of bondage get put around their neck. Then, during the altar call at FAU, I heard the Lord say that we needed to sing the song “break every chain” over the kids at the altar.
Fast forward a couple hours- the woman in the video (who is a former worship leader!) hears us worshipping on the street corner and drags her friend (who is wearing one of those chains) over to get prayer. Then, the former worship leader hears from God that she is supposed to sing the same song- “break every chain” over her friend, and then her friend gets delivered and throws the chain off.
You can’t make this stuff up!
I really believe that all this was meant to be a prophetic sign to us of what the Lord is doing in the spirit over the city and over the youth of America- breaking off the chains of Balaam.
December at Siesta
This woman from communist China (who had NEVER heard the gospel), walked through the pavilion and listened to the Word. She then went to the gift table to ask questions, and after brother Paul explained the gospel, she prayed to receive Jesus. So amazing!
Interestingly, this was my first time back at the beach since our epic mission trip to New Orleans, LA (NOLA), and this woman’s name just happened to be…NOLA!
December, Siesta Beach
On the final Sunday of the entire year, after ministering to one of the biggest crowds we’d seen at Siesta all year, and after seeing dozens of people get touched by the Lord on the beach, some of our team went to Chipotle for fellowship.
As we were leaving, a man who worked there came over and asked me, “do you remember me?”
He looked really familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. As I was trying to recall our connection he said, “you baptized me at Siesta Beach about 4 years ago.”
He then went on to tell me how lost he was the night we met, and how that night was his turning point.
He told us that he has been following God ever since, and that now his wife is too. He also testified to how good God has been to him and his family in general since that night, and as he did, he actually started crying.
After that we exchanged numbers, we prayed over him, and we gave him some quick counsel before we had to leave so they could close up.
It was such an encouragement to see a little glimpse into how these brief but powerful moments we have with people can actually end up changing the direction of their life. And in this case, their family.
May, Siesta Beach
A young man named Peyton was walking through the pavilion and he listened to me preach for a few minutes. He then came up and asked to receive Jesus:
His grandma was with him too, and she was SO happy about this!
A few weeks later, we saw him at the beach again, and he came up to me and testified about how good God has been to him. He also told me that him coming to Christ caused a ripple effect throughout his family. I was so touched that I asked if I could record some of it:
May, Bayfront Park
This was one of the most unusual Divine appointments I’ve had in 7 years of doing ministry.
I was at Bayfront Park, holding Natalie, and a young man walked up to me and said, “Hey Jeff, remember me?” I said, “sorry man, my name is Chris not Jeff.” He was stunned. He proceeded to tell me that a man named Jeff came into his smoothie shop a few hours earlier who looked EXACTLY like me, AND that he had a baby that looked EXACTLY like Natalie. He even called his friend over who works with him and said, “doesn’t he look just like that guy who came in the store today??” She emphatically agreed.
I laughed and said jokingly, “Jeff didn’t happen to tell you about Jesus, did he?” He said, “actually, yes! He did!”
I talked to him, his twin brother and his friend for a few minutes, and it seemed pretty clear that he was away from God. He totally took the events as a huge sign from God though, so I prayed for him and gave him a Gods promises book. Thankfully his twin brother is a strong believer so I felt confident that he could take it from there. Here we are:
How crazy that God could raise up two evangelists in the same area…that look the same…and whose babies look the same. And, time it so that the same person meets both of them on the same day just hours apart. Only God!
And I know you’re thinking what I was also thinking, but I don’t think Jeff wasn’t an angel. They actually told me that he has come in before, but this was the first time they really talked to him. Wild!
Then, a few minutes later, a young woman named Philomena walked through with her daughter and I offered her a tract. I asked if she had a relationship with Jesus and she said that she has been away from Him for a long time.
I prayed for her, and The Lord gave me a word of knowledge that she had been through serious trauma and that He wanted to heal her. She started crying and she prayed with me to receive Jesus. She then told me that she hadn’t had an experience like that in many years.
May, Siesta Beach
The drum circle came into the pavilion for the first time in a while, and although their sound largely drowned out ours, God still moved in the midst of it. In fact, two guys who had come for the drum circle even encountered Jesus and got slain in the Spirit right there in the pavilion! Here’s one guy:
Here’s a video of both guys getting touched:
That night we were joined by a huge team of traveling missionaries that were on fire. They were talking to people all night, even right up until the time we left. It was their first time in Sarasota too and they were so encouraged by all God is doing here. Here we are together:
July, Riverwalk
A young boy whom we met at the park many months earlier (and hadn’t seen since), came up to me in the parking lot with eyes wide and excitedly asked me “do you remember me???” It took me a moment, but I did.
He then told me that he thinks about us a lot and that he reads the God’s promises book we gave him often. It was amazing to see a glimpse of the impact that we are making on these kids with these brief interactions we have with them. Here he is:
February, Riverwalk
This young man named Max came up to me at the park and started asking me questions about the Lord. I spoke with him for about an hour. He was super hungry, and he received everything I shared with him. He then prayed with me to receive Jesus.
Then, a few months later he came back to the park, and he told me that he had been implementing all the advice I gave him, including breaking up with his unbelieving girlfriend. That night was the night that we were joined by Hope International, so I also introduced him to Pastor Ron, and he started getting some discipleship afterwards.
Here he is sharing his testimony.
He’s even come back several other times to minister with us. Here he is praying with me over a guy who came up to receive Jesus while I was preaching.
So amazing to see such a beautiful change in this young man.
August, Siesta Beach
Within 30 minutes after we arrived, a woman who had recently been released from jail came and got ministered to. She ended up wanting to be baptized, so we took her to the water shortly after:
As we’ve seen many times before, the testimony of this baptism inspired others to get baptized as well, starting with this young boy:
And then his dad:
And then the young girl in the red pants:
We were there worshipping, preaching and baptizing for about an hour. It was so fun, and it was the first outpouring like this we’d had at Siesta in several months.
Here’s a video with some clips from the outpouring:
February, Riverwalk
This was when a large group of kids came up and prayed with me to receive Jesus after the altar call.
It’s so crazy that we have been out there since 2021, and only in 2024 did we begin seeing these mass responses to altar calls. Now they are not that uncommon. Very strong sign of the mighty awakening happening in Gen Alpha.
January, Siesta Beach
Speaking of that, one night 5 kids responded to the altar call that I gave at Siesta Beach too.
They hung around for a while afterwards and they danced with us to the worship music. It was so fun!
January, Siesta Beach
While at the gift table, two women and a man came by the gift table and one of the women began asking me questions about the ministry. I asked them all if they followed Jesus and the two women said yes but the man said no. His name was Dolph. As I spoke with him, it became clear that he had been badly hurt by the church. I began to share about how Jesus was persecuted by religious people and how He warned us that many more would misrepresent Him and mislead people. I also shared my testimony, and the good news of the gospel. Dolph listened for about 20+ minutes.
Then, before he left, I read him Ephesians 1:17-18 and I asked him if I could pray that over him. He said I could. It was such an honor to pray for this man who has had such walls up for so many years. He left thanking me and I REALLY felt like something shifted for him that night.
About two months later he came back with one of the women (who was his wife) and he told me that he was about to go back north for a while and didn’t know when he would be back. He said that he wanted to make sure he came to say goodbye though because of how much our conversation helped him. As he was leaving, his wife thanked me very emphatically for taking the time to speak with him. I knew she had it from there.
January, Riverwalk
This was one of the moments from 2025 that was most meaningful for me….
As I was waiting for the one-person bathroom to be free (because the regular bathroom was closed for repairs) and I met four young guys who said they were believers. I got to disciple them a little bit and I brought them over to the gift table (which was by the walkway) to give them God’s Promises books and pray with them to receive Jesus:
After this, I was starting to feel like it was time to pack up and go because it was after 9. As I was putting the tracts away, I heard Holy Spirit say that there was one more person that I was supposed to talk to. I looked up, and I saw him right away by the railing.
He was a 12-year-old boy named Gabriel, and was sweet as can be. I gave him a tract and I asked him if there was anything I could pray for him about. He looked at me almost with a tear in his eye and he said, “my dad.”
I asked him what was going on with his dad, (expecting him to say he was sick or something) and he said…”I haven’t seen him in years.”
Gabriel then told me that his parents divorced when he was very young and that for years his dad would come and visit him regularly. He also told me that a few years ago those visits abruptly stopped. He said that with no explanation or warning, his dad completely ghosted him and his mom, and they have no idea what happened to him.
He was so visibly sad as he was telling me this, it was hard to even listen without getting emotional.
I poured into him for about 10 minutes and shared with him truths about our Heavenly Father and God’s steadfast love for us. I also gave him some perspective on why some men do this- because they feel like they are unfit to be fathers and that their children would be better off without them. I prayed with Gabriel to receive Jesus, and we also prayed for his dad. I could tell that it was a very meaningful interaction for him.
Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking about how sad this boys experience was, and how just that short conversation could have literally changed the course of his life.
May, Riverwalk
That night we probably prayed with over 20 people to receive Jesus, including all these kids who responded to the altar call:
November, Riverwalk
One night this woman came up to me with her phone out asking if I could pray for her sister, who was on the line. I told her I’d be happy to, so we went over by the playground and sat down. The woman began by telling her sister that she comes to the park often just to listen to us, and that she always prays with me when I lead a prayer on the microphone. Funny though that she never talked to us until that night.
I spent some time ministering to her sister and she ended up praying with me to surrender her life to Jesus. We all talked for a little while longer and then the woman left. Afterwards I was struck by the fact that we had been influencing her spiritually for so long and didn’t even know it. She is one of several people over the years that have told us something similar, and every time I hear those stories it makes me wonder how many other people are getting fed out there that we don’t even know about.
February, Siesta Beach
This was one of those nights when we saw many people (particularly young people) listening as the Word was going forth. There were even two separate times when people publicly responded to the altar call and two people came up each time. Here’s pics from the second time:
April, Siesta Beach
This entire night was powerful. There were SO many people at the beach it was crazy. Many people stopped and listened, took tracts and gifts, and received prayer. What I was so amazed by was the hunger in the young men. I got to talk to and pray with several of them that night and two young men even came up and prayed with me to receive Jesus while I was preaching.
One very memorable moment was when Natalie came up to 5 college aged kids and started waving and smiling at them. They were all very enamored by her, as you’d expect, so I started talking to them about her testimony, and then I showed them the newspaper with her story on it.
(You can see a digital copy of the newspaper here- 05May2024.pdf)
They were very intrigued when they saw this, so I then asked if they had a relationship with Jesus. 4 of them said they were Hindu, and the other said he was Muslim. I gave each of them a copy of the newspaper to take with them and all 4 of the Hindu’s prayed and asked Jesus to reveal Himself to them. Unfortunately, the Muslim man said it would be a sin to do that, so he declined. However, before he left, I gave him a big hug and told him something that the quran denies. I said, “Just remember, Jesus really did die on the cross and really was resurrected from the dead.”
What a cool opportunity the Lord provided, all because of Natalie!
December, Riverwalk
Right when we were about to leave, a young man brought his girlfriend over and asked if we could pray for her. He told us that he was following Jesus but that she had never given her life to Jesus. I explained the full gospel to her and told her what it REALLY means to make Jesus Lord of your life, and she was all in. She prayed to receive Jesus and then we discipled them for about 20 minutes. It was awesome!
Pictured with them are Pastor Robin and his wife Carol from House Chapel.
April, Riverwalk
This is a testimony from one of our teammates who was ministering with us at the park.
So cool!
August, Riverwalk
An entire family of unchurched kids (ages 6-17) came to Riverwalk that night and got drawn into what we were doing. They all heard the gospel, received Christ and had visible encounters the Holy Spirt. The young ones were even crying.
Here’s a video:
They came back about 4-5 more times over the next few months to get discipleship from us too. It was amazing to see how God was moving in their lives and their family. Here’s them another time they came by:
July, Siesta Beach
On this night, the beach was packed and there were tons of young people there. We met some hungry ones too, like Chase, who came up to me right in the beginning. He told me that he had just driven 19 hours from Ohio to get there and had never been to Siesta before. He also said he didn’t know much about Jesus but was interested. I talked to him for a little bit, he prayed to receive the Lord, and he took a bunch of our materials. Here he is:
Then, a little later, his 4 friends came over, and we ministered to them for a while. I prayed with them to receive Jesus also and then they took materials. Here’s them after they left:
Chase kept saying afterwards that it was such an amazing thing that he drove such a long distance to get there and right when he showed up he met us. So cool!
June, St. Petersburg
While ministering at the pride event, a number of people prayed to receive the Lord, some received deliverance, and God even healed several people’s bodies. Here’s one young woman (with a pride flag on her head) testifying of how Jesus healed her back.
It was amazing to see God encounter someone like this in the midst of such darkness.
July, Riverwalk
One night, while preaching, I felt the Lord tell me to announce on the microphone that people should come to us if they want to know the meaning of their name, which is something I’ve never done before at an outreach.
About 10 minutes later, a girl came up and asked me to tell her the meaning of her name, which was Chloe. I first showed her the passage in the Bible where her name is mentioned, and she was amazed. Then, I looked up the meaning of Chole in different languages, and the consensus meaning was “a blossoming flower.” I shared with her an entire message about how the Lord wanted to make her blossom like a flower through having a relationship with Him, and when I got done, I realized that she had blossoming flowers on her shirt:
I pointed that out to her, and she was pretty moved by the sign. Not only did she pray to receive Jesus, but she hung around us for quite a while and listened to us. I felt like the Lord gave her identity that night.
December, Riverwalk
This happens pretty much anytime I offer chalk to the kids, and it is always so cool to see. Once the kids hear the gospel, they write all these messages about Jesus on the platform. God has always told me that the art was an expression of the revival happening in their hearts. Here’s a video of some of it:
June, Siesta Beach
A guy (who I later found out was on vacation from South Carolina) walked by the gift table and I asked him if he knew what Jesus did for him. I put a tract out for him to grab, and when he grabbed it, he looked at it and almost started to cry. He said he was away from God but that night he was moved to pray with me to come back to Jesus. Here he is:
Earlier in the year a man reached out to me on Instagram to tell me that the Lord has been working in his life ever since we met and prayed over him at Siesta Beach back in 2022.
No Kings Protest, October
When I found out that thousands of angry liberals would be gathering near my home for the no kings protest, I made sure that I went to share the gospel with them. It was by far the most intense environment I’ve ever ministered in. From the moment I started playing music-I was yelled at. I even had a microphone stolen. Praise God though, I found the PERFECT spot to preach from, and I would say that 80%+ of the attendees heard me.
Here’s a clip. You can even hear someone manifesting:
Although I got more pushback than I’ve ever gotten at any event, I also saw MANY people listening and some videoing.
The most powerful moment though was when a young man came up to me and stood listening to me preach for several minutes. I knew he looked familiar, but it took me a minute to place him. Then I realized it was a young man whom I prayed with to receive Christ back in February 2023 at Riverwalk. Here he is the night we met him:
When we met him, he was living on the streets with his mom and siblings, and in addition to praying for his salvation, we also prayed for God to open a door for housing.
About 8 months later we saw him again at Riverwalk and he told me that he was going to church regularly, reading his bible and staying on the narrow path. He also told me that shortly after we prayed, God opened a door for him and his family to have a place to live in Tampa. He was so happy and excited, and he gave God all the Glory.
About a year after that, in October of 2024, I saw him at Riverwalk again and he told me that he was about to start at The River Bible Institute and that he felt the call to become a Pastor. This was us that day:
The day I saw him at the No Kings protest- he was dressed in rainbow gear. After he listened to me preach for a few minutes though, he took the rainbow gear off. When I finished preaching, he came to me almost crying saying that he had fallen back into sin and that he needed help and prayer. I ministered to him for a little bit and then continued to preach. It was a massive Divine appointment.
After the protest, I went home, picked up Natalie, and went to the Charlie Kirk memorial which was happening at Robards Arena. The memorial was such a contrast to the protest. Peace, love, unity, prayer, worship and Gospel proclamation permeated the entire gathering. Going from one to the other was the starkest contrast of darkness and light I can ever remember seeing in a single day.
While there, a reporter for the Herald Tribune asked to take our picture, and then he said that it would be in the paper. I ended up speaking with him for quite a while on the way out and I told him all about the protest experience, Chalie’s legacy, the Gospel, the communist agenda for taking over the United States, and the need for Christians to wake up to it and speak out like Charlie did.
Well, not only did our picture end up in the paper, but he also quoted some of what I said in the article, which came out just a few days later:
It was actually part of a front-page article, and this part was an entire half page. I’m guessing that thousands of people have read it, and likely many that are unsaved. Crazy that Natalie and I were the only attendees that were pictured up close and that I was the only attendee who was quoted. I also LOVE that my Jesus shirt made it front and center!
Here’s the full article- https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2025/10/18/sarasota-tribune
October, Riverwalk
One night, after many kids prayed with us to receive Jesus, this young man whom we prayed with a few months earlier, came and told me that he’s been going to church because of us. He also told me that he is growing in his walk with God, that he left his old friends behind and that God was blessing him in sports.
So cool!
Bayfront Park: December
A very obviously drunk couple that came through the park skipping and giggling. They stopped to ask us what we were doing and when we told them, they said they thought it was cool. They also told us that they were believers, and they went to Bayside. As we kept talking to them, they admitted that they were drunkards and that they were living together despite not being married.
We talked to them about what it REALLY means to follow Jesus and Biblically addressed the various sins that they were committing. They both received it really well, they both showed signs of repentance, and they both prayed to ask Jesus to be Lord. Both of them seemed to sober up as we were talking to them, and the woman was even crying. As we were finishing up the conversation, I stepped away to make a quick call for people to come over to get gifts, and the woman asked if she could say something on the mic. I gave it to her, and she told everyone how good God is and how she met Him that night and gave her life to Him. It was awesome!
Then, she went to leave, and before she did, she put her drink down and left it behind. So cool!
July, Bayfront Park
One night, I met a man named Christian, who shared his testimony with me. While doing so, he realized that we were the same people that baptized him at Siesta Beach last fall. It was during one of the spontaneous mass baptisms we had.
He also told me that meeting us was a turning point for him in his walk with God. Here we are:
May Riverwalk
Another cool moment when a large group of kids came to pray with us after an altar call.
Bayfront Park
One night back in the fall of 2024 we met a group of young men who had come over to listen to me preach for about 15 minutes. I spoke and prayed with them afterwards and connected with them on Instagram. In the summer of 2025, one of the young men sent me this on Instagram:
So cool!
August, Siesta Beach
A few of the drummers came into the pavilion and very rudely started drumming loud enough to drown out our sound. I’ve never done this before, but I felt so strongly like I needed to confront them, so I brought the speaker over them and played it very loudly for about 30 seconds. I then turned it down and told them that what I had just done was similar to what they had just done to us. To my surprise they ended up repenting for their actions and then as we were talking the main guy tuned his ear to the music that was still playing from my speaker, and he said “is that Forrest Frank? I’ll drum to that!”
For the next 10 minutes I played worship music, and they drummed along with it. It was wild!
Here’s a video someone took:
December, New Orleans
What I didn’t realize was that this moment on Siesta was a prophetic glimpse into what later happened in New Orleans when we watched God turn the nation’s oldest voodoo drum circle into a praise circle for Jesus!
August, Siesta Beach
The following Sunday after we had a Jesus drum circle, we had an army with us.
That night 2 drummers from the drum circle joined us too, which rarely ever happens. Many people were drawn in all throughout the night, and one woman even got baptized. It was awesome. Here’s a little video reel of how things went down.
Since this was the second week in a row that we saw “crossover” with the drum circle, I felt like it was an encouragement to keep believing for the drum circle to become a Jesus praise circle.
October, Key West
Anastasia came to Fantasy Fest dressed as a condom, and on our last night, when she heard the Word, she came over for prayer. Holy Spirit touched her powerfully and she asked me for my number so we could pray together again. She texted me that night and we talked the next day. Turns out she fell away from God years ago when her grandma died and she said she had a spiritual awakening on Duval Street. So cool!
Here she is:
Another memorable moment from the final night was when this angry man on a bike came over and blasted his speaker at us to try and drown us out. We tried to love on him, but he just kept getting angry. I knew the joy of the Lord is my strength, so after some Holy Spirit deliberation, I decided to do a joy filled Jericho dance around him while listening to the Sean Feucht song “The Joy of the Holy Ghost”.
Amazingly, it was right about when we completed our 7th round that the man rode off defeated. It was epic! Thankfully Rochelle got a short video:
Pretty cool too that after we tagged Sean Feucht in the video on Instagram, he reposted it with the tagline “this is my favorite.” LOL
August, Siesta Beach
One night, several people that came for the drum circle fell out under the power of the Holy Spirit and received deliverance right in the pavilion. Many were also drawn to the worship and the preaching that night, and one little girl even had a Holy Spirit encounter that was caught on video. Here are some clips:
July, Riverwalk
A woman named Natalie came up to me and started asking some questions. We found out that she had fallen away from God years ago, but was feeling the nudge to come back. We shared some testimonies with her (including Natalie’s) and the Lord gave me a word of knowledge for her. She then prayed with us to come back to God.
Later we saw her reading the Gods Promises book too. Not surprisingly she was reading the section about what to do when you are struggling with doubts about God.
July, Bayfront Park
One night, a woman came by whom we met about a year ago. She told us that after she spoke to us last year, she gave her life to Jesus and has been seeking Him ever since. She came back to get some prayer for herself and for a friend who was going through a hard time.
April, Siesta Beach
A young man came right up to the gift table right after we got it set up and began asking me about Jesus. He knew a little bit but didn’t have a real grasp on what the Gospel was, so I explained it to him. He soaked it all up and said he wanted to receive Jesus, so we prayed. Here’s us afterwards:
July, Siesta Beach
This was an interesting God moment. This man found a Gods promises book laying on a bench and he came over to give it back to me. We talked for a little bit, and he told me that he had some faith, but that he was not very clear on the gospel. I shared it with him, and he prayed with me to receive the Lord. After this, I told him to keep the God’s promises book. He and I marveled at how God orchestrated everything, and he left super encouraged. Here he is:
July 4th, Riverwalk
A young boy walked by with his mom that night and came over to talk to us. He then prayed to receive the Lord. He told us that he was at the Riverwalk on the 4th of July last year and saw us baptize someone and wanted to come back this year to be baptized also. Amazing that he waited all year long to do it that way! Here’s me sharing the testimony, he comes up at the end. So precious!
June, Bayfront Park
Back in December of 2024, we met this man at Bayfront Park, and he had a powerful encounter with the Lord. I friended him on Facebook and he ended up sharing this testimony online in June. So cool!
So cool!
August, Riverwalk
Another moment when several people responded to an altar call and made professions of faith-
November, Riverwalk
These 3 boys are in the above video. They prayed with us to receive Jesus at the park that night. Their family comes down from Michigan a few times a year and the mom said that when they arrived again in November, they BEGGED her to take them to the park to see us on the very first Saturday.
They waited 3 hours for us to arrive, and when we got there, they were SO excited to see us.
They told me all about how they were studying their Bibles and the God’s Promises book that I gave them, and two of them told me they had already been baptized. The other one said he was so bummed because he was still waiting to be baptized. LOL!
The parents have gotten way stronger in thier faith since then too, and both of them also got baptized.
After talking with them awhile, I gave the kids a little teaching on eternal treasures, and then asked if they wanted to go get some. They said yes.
I then armed them with a bunch of scripture booklets (for kids and adults) and gave them some training on how to give them to people.
They walked around the park for about 25 minutes, and when they came back…they had given out almost all of them! I let them keep the rest so they could give them to people they meet at other places, and they were excited to keep passing them out.
February, Riverwalk
Here’s another altar call moment from February
October, Siesta Beach
Early in the night, this young man named Ken came up to me and asked me to pray for him:
He then opened up to me about all the sin in his life and told me that he knows that he needs to follow God. He didn’t have much understanding of what that was supposed to look like though, so we talked for over 30 minutes about how to walk the narrow road. He prayed with me to receive Jesus and was super thankful.
A few weeks later, after spending some time counseling him, he decided to get baptized.
We went to Chris and Geraldine’s house to do the baptism, and it was a powerful moment.
These are just a taste of what we saw the Lord do last year. For full reports, check out our blog archives, which you can access on the right of this page.
Other Ministry Involvement
Baptism in the Gulf
For the second year in a row Pastor Ron Kutinsky of Hope International Ministries, who is the local coordinator for Baptism in the Gulf, invited me to baptize with him. It was AWESOME! About 300 people were baptized and we baptized about 12-15 people ourselves including three families. Most of them were being baptized for the first time too, and the Lord was really touching people in the water. Here’s some pics:
Here’s a clip
Keep me lifted up because Pastor Ron has handed me the baton to head up the 941 division of Baptism in the Gulf for 2026.
Firebrand Discipleship School
My brother Josh Eisbrenner who leads the Firebrand School, recruited me to be part of his teaching staff after my evangelism training. Throughout the year he also had me on his podcast to discuss various topics.
This interview is all about my personal testimony and the 5 supernatural events that led to Jesus saving me.
National Day of Prayer
This year I was asked to be part of the national day of prayer gatherings in both Manatee and Sarasota County. Super cool to pray alongside mayors and other city/county officials, a as well as local pastors. Interestingly I was only person who was asked to pray at both gatherings. Here’s some clips from that day.
Sarasota House of Prayer
In 2025, we finished our second full year leading a weekly prayer and intercession set focused on the lost at the Sarasota House of Prayer. These times of intercession have been very powerful on many levels and we look forward to keeping the fire buring in 2026. Here’s one livestream of a set from early 2025:
Loving Hands
Loving Hands is a mens live-in discipleship program for ex drug addicts. I was asked to be one of their regular teachers in 2025, so I now go there once a month. Here’s me with the guys:
Woodland Village
In 2025, we continued our ministry in the Woodland Village Retirement Community. We do a bi-weekly church service for the residents, which is so fun.
Kind of cool that they even work to promote it through the entire facility.
Faith and Family Month
This opportunity came towards the end of the year, but it is still worth mentioning. On December 15th, I was invited to a private meeting hosted by the Mayor of Palmetto- Dan West.
It was attended by a small group of local ministry leaders, and the purpose of it was to hear about the plans to make June of 2026 “Faith and Family Month” in our region. We were told that 5 mayors have already signed on to make this proclamation, and that more were being recruited.
This is me with (the very tall) Mayor of Palmetto
You can read more about on the website Faith and Family Month – Moving Families Forward by Faith
I shared during the meeting that I saw this as an incredible evangelism opportunity because it would allow us to easily share the gospel through explaining the Biblical definition of family and marriage and how they are parables for our relationship with God. Everyone seemed very excited by that. Then, as we were closing in prayer, one leader in the room got a word from the Lord that I was supposed to be the local leader for faith and family month. When he spoke that out in the meeting, everyone agreed.
On that note, please keep me lifted up regarding this because whenever you do anything that appears like you are coming against pride month or the gay agenda (which we sort of are) the enemy (partly through deceived people) does whatever he can to come against you and your efforts.
Messages:
In this message entitled “The Salvation Army” I speak about the Divine partnership between us, the angels and the Holy Spirit for the winning of souls. I also speak about some prophetic words released over our state, including one that was demonstrably fulfilled.
This message is entitled “The Workers are Few” where I teach out of Matthew 10 and the progression from disciple to apostle to worker. I also spend some time in the beginning reviewing various testimonies that show that we are in a time of historic revival.
Back in August, John and Michelle Skorski scheduled me to preach at The Front 2.0 on Thursday September 11th. I had a message planned for that night, but when Charlie Kirk was murdered on the 10th, God gave me a message entitled “The Call to Martyrdom.”
This a “Good News” report of what God is doing around the nation.
This is a similar “Good News” message, but I preceded it by giving an overview of America’s Christian foundations.
This is part of a message I gave on July 4th- about how worshipping Jesus freely was actually the purpose of God establishing America
While I was in Miami for pride, I was invited to preach at my friend’s church in North Miami Beach on Sunday morning at their bilingual service.
I shared a message entitled “The 3 Biblical Motivations to Evangelize”, and it was great fun. You can see it here-
What was extra cool about this experience was that Pastor Ariel sent an Uber to pick me up and I ended up having an amazing Divine appointment with my driver. He recently moved here from Cuba, and he told me that churches and bibles were illegal during much of his life, so he didn’t know much about Jesus. I spent most of the 40-minute ride telling him about the Gospel and sharing many different testimonies including about Natalie, my friend Naya who was healed of blindness, and my own.
Before I got out, I asked him if I could pray for him and said yes. Afterwards he told me that NOBODY had ever prayed for him in his entire life until that moment. How amazing!
Plans/Goals for 2026
52 outreaches at Bayfront Park
52 outreaches at Riverwalk (maybe 53 if we are here for 4th of July)
52 outreaches at Siesta
25 nights covered by church ministry teams
Mission trips to Gasparilla, Spring Break, Miami Pride, St Pete Pride and Fantasy Fest
Mission trips to Mardi Gras, Dearborn MI (Muslim outreach), and Harvard
3-4 trips to Key West to stay at Calvary Chapel to intercede, evangelize, stir up the local church and help raise up a House of Prayer
10 campus “prove me wrong” events at Florida colleges (and Harvard if possible)
5 evangelism trainings
Launch a discipleship podcast
Maintain all other ministry involvement (Woodland, Sarasota House of Prayer, Faith and Family Month, Baptism in the Gulf, National Day of Prayer, The Front, etc)
This is the short list, but this is what we are primarily aiming for. We are also believing that this year, the Lord will do a financial miracle and open the door for me to back down to 10 or less hours per week in the practice so I can accomplish all these goals…while also working diligently to raise up, stir up, train up and send out more laborers into the harvest field AND spend more time discipling those that we meet.
Please believe with me and keep our needs and the needs of the ministry in prayer.
Thank you, we love you and God bless you!!!!
Chris, Sofiya and Natalie Vercelli