Mere Missions

136 • M ere M issions : M oving F orward to M ultiply

In 2013 Jennifer was released from jail after serving almost two years. Grateful to God, “I knew I needed to serve Him. A friend mentioned Skid Row to me. I didn’t know what it was and had never been, so when she brought me there, I couldn’t believe the conditions. Immediately I wanted to get involved.” She began bringing food and collecting Christian books from all over and would bring them to Skid Row. “I would talk with people in line about Jesus and prayed with them.” One day she saw a familiar face among the homeless and called out to him. He was surprised she remembered him. He looked around and said “Did you hear that!? She knows my name!” At that moment, her ministry was born – “Jesus Knows My Name Ministry.” Blessing after blessing began to unfold which eventually led Jennifer to attend our Evangel School of Urban Church Planting. Soon after “Church without Walls” was birthed in the heart of Skid Row meeting in an auto repair shop parking lot. The last time I visited this dear sister, I facilitated the Lord’s Supper for forty to fifty regular attendees. “I feel this was always God’s plan for me. My Chinese name, in fact, translates in English as “Repentance,” though I rejected that idea for a long time because of my doubts. There is no denying that God allowed for all these miracles to happen in my life so that “Jesus Knows My Name Ministry” and “Church without Walls” could work to bring more of His children home. God saved me from hopelessness and is now using me to bring hope to a hopeless place.”