Honduras Located in Central America between Nicaragua and Guatemala, Honduras has shores on both the Pacific and Atlantic sides. It is a crossroads where terrestrial and oceanic travel and shipping can both be found. It is currently in a struggle for control between the forces of good and evil, as God is found by more and more of the people, setting them free from religion, drugs, and bondage, while poverty, drug abuse, immorality and child abuse war against Honduras. The city of San Pedro Sula, home of La Cosecha, the largest church in Central America, is on the forefront of this struggle, with political murders occurring as foreign drug cartels vie for dominance in the region, fueled largely by demand for illicit drugs bound for the United States market. Religious spirits abound in this country, and though the people have a zeal for God, they need solid, biblical teaching to be able to lay hold of God's promises themselves instead of having to just get someone to pray for them every time they have a need. "My people perish for lack of knowledge because thou (singular) hast rejected knowledge." Nicolaitanism, the doctrine of the church hierarchy having the direct line to God through which the commoners must pass to gain access, still clings to most of the members of even the least traditional denominations. All that is needed to touch off a revival of the entire region is the common people, who are willing and ready, to have access to thorough, sound teaching from God's word so they can individually and collectively overcome sin, poverty, and sickness. Tent Revials The Tent will hold up to 500 people in its present configuration; we are looking at purchasing another piece that will bring the seating capacity up to 850. Common Ground-Okieboys with the help of other music minstries leads the worship bringing the people into one accord. We conduct services both in the afternoons and evenings. For your charitable contributions, Common Ground-Okieboys has available Christian T-Shirts, books by Wayne Sanders, CD's from the Okieboys band, and jewelry, keychains and various other items available from our Holy Ghost clown (Danny duhh? Clown!) who ministers to the children through face painting, balloon-animals, and the love of God. To have Common Ground Ministries to come to hold a revival please call 918-455-4000 or write in advance to schedule a time. Common Ground Ministries Wayne Sanders PO. Box 2811, Broken Arrow, OK 74013 To hold a Tent Revival this is what you will need: 1. A permit will be needed for the tent. 2. Common Ground will need $5,000.00 to bring: - Tent - P.A. equipment - Stage - Ancillaries. We also will take up a Love offerings to cover other miscellaneous costs. 3. Common Ground will need lodging and food for 8 to 10 people during the stay. 4. We will need people to help put up the tent and get everything ready for the event. Street & Church Ministry We minister in all kinds of Churches across the nation. We don't care what name is over the door as long as Jesus is whorship there. Our name is Common Ground ministries because, if you believe in the death burial & resurrection of Jesus Christ and he is the only way to the father, then we have somthing in common. We may not believe in all areas alike but the important one we are in agreement so we are brother's & sister's in the Lord. The heart of the ministry is to see unity in the body of Christ & our other passion is taking the Gosple to the street. We go to where the people are like Mardi Gras, Indy 500, 4th of July in St Louis, and any place were there are large gatherings of people that need Jesus Prison Ministry Wayne and Connie have been engaged in the Prison Ministry on a volunteer basis for over 23 years. They receive no financial remuneration whatsoever for their work in the prison system, but have had considerable ongoing material support from Rhema Bible Church. Women's lives are changed as they hear the Word to start living a new life with the Lord. Most of the men and women in the prisons lose there family and friends. Overseas sometimes their whole families have to enter the system with them. Overseas prison systems are much different then those in the United States. Prisoners are left with the facts of what they have done and the heart-wrenching fact of what it has done to their families. They spend the holidays alone. They have birthdays that no one cares about any longer. Most men and women that are incarcerated find themselves lost in the prison system. They are always having to look over their shoulders to try to ensure their safety. They do not feel that they have anyone to trust in the times when things can happen. This is just like we that are on the outside; a lot of times we see things and wonder "Where is a policeman when you need one?" This is the same way it is in the prisons, but much worse. For this reason most men's and women's lives are at risk and there is the ever-present possibility of harm being done them. We are not there to ensure their physical safety but we go to show them that there is a loving God that does care and wants to set them free from the things that have them bound. Around 75% of the men and women in the prison system have been hindered in their life in many ways by sexual and/or physical abuse and/or drugs. Drugs play more of an active role these days in the young people who are entering the system for the first time. It is a heartfelt feeling when one of them finds the Lord and his mercies. They find that the Lord will be there for them no matter what, they learn the truth and the truth helps them with their walk inside the prisons and when they are released.