OUR VISION

    The Crusades of Faith are an interdenominational evangelistic ministry and its main objective is to obey what Jesus says in Marc 16: "You are to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature."[…]"And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils;"[…]"they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." (Verses 15, 17 and 18).
     So far, this great commission has taken Pastor Isaias Figueiró and the Evangelist Christian Lo Iacono to dedicate their hearts to God, searching for the lost in several places and different circumstances. As a result, they lived amazing experiences through these twelve years of evangelistic crusades, such as complete liberation and conversion of people involved with occult religions, depression, addictions, miraculous healings of cancer, deafness, epilepsy, among others.
    To fulfill the commandment, besides faith and unction, God has also given this ministry a mobile structure to evangelize, that allows it to go to many places in our country, as well as abroad - where crusades take place through five, six, seven, ten nights… willing to take salvation, deliverance and divine healings to all who need them. Thanks to this kind of structure, the cost to set a Crusade of Faith is low to the local church, that has been striving to supply the little expenses that still remain in an event like this, because the ministry believes that visitors (mostly wicked) should not be requested to contribute financially during the evangelistic reunions once this attitudes could " hinder the gospel of Christ." (1 Cor. 9, 12)

    STRUCTURE

    Nowadays, the Crusades' of Faith structure has two main tents, one of them is 36x47 m (it fits 6000 people) and the other is 26x34m (for 3000 people). The evangelistic meetings take place under them each night, with praise and Word ministration; with praying for the captives and the sick and by the end of the reunions, pastors lay hands on everyone (once, almost 3000 people have received prayer with hands laid on them). There are also two accessory round tents, called "deliverance tents", one of them has 15m diameter and the other is 15x20 m, used to advise people and to bring liberation, to nonstop prayers during each reunion; to get together with those who will be collaborating with the Crusade of Faith and give them some instructions. And beyond that, the structure has a 50 thousand Watts generator, lighting inside and the outside the tents, sound equipment, platforms, chairs, tape and video recording equipment, a bookshop, flyers and posters to advertise the crusade, name tags, drawing-boards and decision forms used by collaborators to write down peoples' names and addresses, maintenance equipments; four carts that carry all the material.

  Each essential area or activity has a main coordinator, like the praise leader over the musicians. There is a deliverance and counseling coordinator, someone in charge of the tents erection, etc. These leaders coordinate the local church brothers work, who help to advise people and pray for them, to introduce visitors, to take notes of the names of those who turned to Jesus, to watch for security. Everyone has the chance to participate.

    MAINTENANCE

    The Crusades of Faith, as its own name says, has been supported by faith in our God, and He has risen people to join forces with us - the collaborators - from different places and congregations. These people pray for the crusades and regularly invest their resources in the salvation of people that would be going to hell. Because the Crusades of Faith are an interdenominational evangelistic ministry, it has been easy to daily build new friendship bonds of mutual collaboration with many brothers and sisters in Christ from different places and with different characteristics. When dealing with the resources received, there is always fear of the Lord, for we know they come from God and must be spent with those He wants to save. Doing so, we intend to develop a work that makes the Gospel reach places inaccessible at first (which now is possible because of the mobile and flexible structure), marginalized neighborhoods, needy people, hospitals, jails, etc. And it is: investing in means of communication that can spread the Cross message. Investing in Christian literature that can be easily bought. Enlarging our structure to fit more evangelists so that a greater number of people may be reached. Investing 24 hours of our lives and all our resources in souls, souls and souls because we love Jesus.
    For that, church's participation is truly important, through prayer and constant intercession, as well as financial contribution, which will allow us to achieve the goals above. In our point of view, this is the responsibility that lays on the body of Christ, that by the way, in Philippi, became a partner with Paul "in giving and receiving" supplying each one of his needs (Phil. 4.19-19).
   The Bible refers that "God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Cor. 9.7) and not those who "take away with joy". Through this twelve years of ministry, we have always been careful to wake the church to do the work of God with all their hearts, and not forcing them to, casting the bread upon the waters to find it after some days. Since the beginning we have tried to be an example in the financial area, investing in the evangelization work with our resources. In this spirit it all began, and the same spirit all things are today, as our motto is: "and I will very gladly spend and be spent for you" (2 Cor. 12.15). We believe that the church could be doing much more today, once God doesn't despise any offer, mainly if it is offered in the same spirit of the poor widow Jesus talks about in the Bible. All is acceptable as praise and worship to our God. Would you like to be a collaborator with this ministry?