Pakistan Web—SNGM website now in 103 languages

A Bible verse that is relevant to our current time in history says, “the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world” (Colossians 1:6).  Let me share a testimony with you:

In June 2015, a man emailed our office from Pakistan (we will call him “Bob”). Bob was not a Christian, and he was curious about Christianity. So, he found our website on the internet (our website is available on the least amount of search-engines, so it is amazing he even found our site). Bob, who writes in good English, asked some questions and I emailed him back with the answers, and I also gave him more information on our website. Weeks later, Bob wrote again, and he told me he had accepted Jesus Christ through the “Know Jesus” page on our website! I congratulated Bob and gave him the spiritual growth information on our website. Like a sponge, Bob began to grow spiritually, and he found a way to buy a Bible, which in his country is a dangerous thing to do. Weeks later, Bob wrote again, and he said that he had led his wife to Christ, and I shared his excitement! A few days ago, Bob emailed his most recent update, and he shared that they have now led 3 men and 2 women to Christ! Glory to God for modern technology!

Our ministry is taking advantage of modern technology to REACH, WIN, & TRAIN as many people across the world as possible for Jesus Christ! Last month, we added the Google World Translator to our website that immediately translates our site into 103 languages, of which one is the Pakistani language, Urdu. So, we can now help “Bob” and these new Pakistani believers (and people like them in other closed countries) in a broader way! God is using modern technology across the entire world to accelerate the completion of global evangelization and to bring about the end of this world as we know it!

To add to our use of technology to build the Kingdom of God, some people suggested I start a blog. So, my first blog, “Open the Hydrant,” is now available on our website. Our new translator makes the blog available in dozens of languages. Feel free to read it, and respond, and forward it to others if you feel they would be blessed by it.

We are currently planning evangelistic outreach & training events in the Philippines, El Salvador, Brazil, and other places. Please join us in prayer for the preparations; and, most importantly, pray with us that people’s lives will be transformed by meeting and following Jesus Christ!

Till the end,

Scott Nute

Open the Hydrant

BLOG! Who thought up that peculiar word? I had never even considered writing a blog until recently when several people that I trust encouraged me to do so. This is my first blog, and inside of me there is so much I want to share it is quite the challenge to know where to begin. So, let me open up the hydrant inside of me and let it flow!

Almost all people assume public speakers, especially evangelists (maybe because some of us preach so loud), are strong extroverted people persons. I wish I did have that kind of personality. But, I am actually an introverted homebody. You see, I struggle with emotionally connecting with people, and I have a form of social “anxiety” that literally eats and erodes my energy when I am in any type of social setting, especially in small groups and one-on-one settings (and even when I am on the phone). Plus, my “issues” make it very difficult for me to write long term projects, such as books, so a periodical blog fits perfect into my personal life journey. This blog will be a way to somewhat connect with people and not be drained, but rather energized, and this motivates me! So, one goal in this blog is that I want people to know me better (which feels a bit odd to say). I have trouble even knowing myself, so it must be a challenge for others to try and do so; that is, if they want to. Perhaps we can help ourselves know ourselves better, and then pass it on?

Another goal for this blog is that I want to know you better too! From right here on this first blog I encourage, and I ask for, any and all feedback. Even if you disagree with some things that I will share, that is ok. All I ask is that things stay respectful and godly. If you really want to rip into me, please do so through a personal email. So, feel free to respond.

I also want to share (and receive) encouragement and inspiration! I will strive to share practical suggestions on how you and I can follow Jesus Christ day-by-day in this fallen world. And, how we can be, in our actions & words, a legitimate and real witness for Jesus Christ. I hope to do this by providing articles and resources that, when built into our lives, will enable us to have a genuine and direct impact with the Gospel in the lives of the people in our personal worlds.

I am a single, never married, no children, 49-year-old, full-time international evangelist, and I have no clue what it is like to have a spouse and/or have children, like you may have. Nor do I have any clue what it is like to work in the secular world like most of you reading this blog do. Likewise, you probably have no clue what it is like to live in the context of my life as a traveling evangelist. But…we can rub off onto, and into, each other, and help one another grow as individuals!

As you will see, my strength is not in understanding or teaching deep Theology, but I deeply admire those gifted in this area. Nor is my strength in being a highly active and interactive social person. But, I can say that one of my strengths is being honest, transparent, and “raw.” So, if you would like to be a part of my blog, please join us!

We—You & Me—have the greatest opportunity in human history to be a part of the greatest, and the most important, purpose in human history—reaching our world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ! So, ultimately, in small ways by our connection through this blog, I hope, and I pray, that we can inspire each other to be, and to do, what God has called and gifted each of us to be and do. Let’s encourage one another to fulfill our individual role in world evangelization! Let’s help each other to finish this life strong!

Blogging for HIM,

Scott Nute

Former Billy Graham Crusade Director Joins Scott Nute’s Ministry

March 8, 2016

As a former baseball player I experienced the vital importance of teamwork! A team is most successful when each team member focuses on their individual “position” while at the same time keeping the greater good of their team as their ultimate goal. God has blessed our ministry with the addition of a new team member, Mr. Dan Southern. Dan was a personal Crusade Director for 20 years for Evangelist Billy Graham. The final crusade Dan directed for Mr. Graham was in Atlanta, GA in 1994, seen in the photo below (RTL: Dan and his wife, Lori, sharing their testimony, and Mr. Graham seated before preaching). Dan brings a vast history of global ministry experience, and unique spiritual gifts, and leadership, to our ministry, and he will consult and direct some of our international crusades, and future domestic crusades.

The reason Dan and I have teamed up is very simple and very serious…we both deeply desire to REACH, WIN, & TRAIN as many people around the world as possible with the Gospel of Jesus Christ—we want to lead as many people to Jesus that we can before it is too late! The Bible says “two are better than one,” and Dan’s gifts in crusade organization used in combination with my gifts in crusade evangelistic preaching will have a GREATER IMPACT for the Kingdom of God! So, I wanted to introduce you, our ministry partners and friends, to Dan, and to ask you to please pray for him and our ministry.

Join us in spreading the word to pastors and churches in the Unites States…we want to let them know that our ministry team is available to work with the Body of Christ in communities of any size in conducting well-organized, interdenominational, evangelistic events that will both…reach and win the lost, and equip Christians for ministry service!

Here is Dan’s website, www.danielsouthern.com, and here is a website Dan started where you can find Digital Gospel Tracts and E-Books, www.egoiam.com.

For reaching the entire world,

Scott Nute

Strength in Numbers

“STRENGTH IN NUMBERS!” This saying is a Biblical principle found in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!”

I am very grateful to God for the team He has brought together in our ministry! As an old baseball player, I appreciate, and realize, the importance of each team member being fully focused on his or her individual role, while at the same time understanding that individual roles are for the greater good of the team. The first person we added to our Latin America team was Victor Almendarez (in photo on the left with me). Pastor Victor was the key person God used as the “door” to open up the Spanish-speaking world to our ministry. He is a pastor in Gracias, Honduras, and has a wife, Virgilia, and five children. Victor has now organized 5 crusades for our ministry and as a result, to this point, over 3,300 people have made life-changing decisions for Christ! Also, Victor has trained 370 Christians for ministry service during the advance mobilization for our events. In addition to being a pastor and a director for our crusades, over the past 16 years Victor has helped plant 36 churches (one in a prison) in numerous villages and mountains in Western Honduras (in photo above Victor is baptizing people in the river for one of his mountain churches). Your support enabled our ministry to give a portable sound system to Victor’s ministry, which is used in various ways, such as sharing the Gospel at youth outreaches (photo to right). Plus, we have given over 15,000 salvation tracts in Spanish that they use all the time, like in medical mission clinics (photo bottom right, tracts being read by visitors waiting to see a doctor at a medical clinic). Praise the Lord for our dedicated team members…because of your support, our ministry is continually able “to equip the saints for works of ministry.”

Please join us in prayer for the continued follow-up, church connection, and discipleship of the 1,097 people who decided for Christ (such as the young mom with her baby girl to the left) at our recent Crusade & School Program project in Sonaguera, Honduras, May 25-28. Pray for God to raise them up into “normal” New Testament Christians who actually share their faith verbally with other people, and who are willing to leave their routine and their comfort and their security for the sake of the cross!

We would appreciate it if you would pray for our team as we continue preparations for upcoming events. And, please pray for me as decisions are made in regard to where to go for future ministry opportunities. Best wishes!

In His strength,

Scott Nute

Over 1,000 Hondurans turn to Christ!

Yesterday—May 29^th—we returned from Sonaguera, Honduras! The Regionwide Crusade we conducted May 25-28 had a broad-reaching impact! Located near the North coast with a population of 40,000 people, Sonaguera is a “subculture” within Honduras and has various forms of religious and cultural idolatry blended into their society. At the conclusion of the crusade and school programs, the local crusade chairman said, “this is the first time the churches in our area have conducted an event of this magnitude, and the event had a tremendous impact in our community. I had people come to me at the conclusion of the crusade and say, ‘I am not a Christian yet, but I would like to go to your church to hear more about it.’”

Over 3,000 people gathered in a soccer field to listen to what the Bible says about life and death. When the GOOD NEWS was proclaimed and an opportunity was presented to the crowds of people to respond, 125 men, women, youth, and children decided to accept, and to begin following, Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! Those who made decisions for Christ were joined by Counselors who had been trained weeks in advance by our Honduran Crusade Director, Pastor Victor Almendarez (right top photo). After the people made the greatest decision of their lives—to say yes to Jesus Christ—the Counselors (right bottom photo) began the follow-up of each person by getting their personal contact information and connecting them to a local church.

In tandem with the Crusade, our partner Honduran evangelist, Frank Salazar (2^nd photo above), and our team member, Pastor Mike McGuire (photo on right), spoke in local public schools and universities. Accompanied by local pastors, Frank and Mike talked to the students about life issues they face, such as education and peer pressure and drugs and alcohol. Then, they used the Bible to show the students how God can be the most important part of their lives. Together, Frank and Mike led 972 students to repent of their personal sin and by faith turn to Jesus Christ! Some of these students then attended the Crusade and brought family and friends with them.

One of the things I am really looking forward to in Heaven is being able to introduce you personally to all of the people you have helped this ministry lead to Jesus Christ (1,097 individuals came to Christ in this project alone)! All of these people in other countries who make commitments to Christ through our events are real people with real souls. In Heaven, when you meet them face-to-face, you will then realize—FOR ALL ETERNITY—just how much of a changing impact your support made in their lives and in their eternities! Thank you for uniting with us in the eternal cause of Christ!

For The Kingdom,

Scott Nute