SFOI 1000

Evangelist: Rick Garland

LA Memorial Coliseum

Date: Thursday, January 01, 2026

Evangelists who joined: Sean, Justin, Ronnie, Tatsuo, Shannon, Kim, Jason, Daniel, Chuck.

Massive crowds of probably 50,000 are waiting to load on buses for the game. We had 3 preaching stations and several walking thru the line out tracts

Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025

Evangelists who joined: Jason, Kim, Leo, Tatsuo, Shannon, Caleb, Melissa

This was the hometown rivalry with UCLA. Crowds of over 100,000 heard the preaching. We had some good conversations, especially with a believer asking about why we do what we do. A few thousand tracts went out and the Gospel was heard by many more.

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025

Evangelists who joined: Tatsuo and Shannon

Rained all day, but huge crowds still showed up and we had complete freedom to preach without interference.

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025

Evangelists who joined: Tatsuo, Nick, Jason, Kim

The Lord was gracious and many took tracts. Good conversations and freedom in our preaching.

Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025

Evangelists who joined: Jason, Reuben, Nick, Shannon, Tatsuo

We were preaching at the University of Southern California to huge crowds. The week before, we had a pastor rebuke us for open air preaching. This week, we had an amazing Divine appointment. A man named Nick took a tract, sat down nearby and read it, then approached us with questions. It's clear the Holy Spirit was at work in his heart. He struggled with drunkenness and the simplicity of faith in Christ. The amazing part is that when we arrived at the stadium, we realized we forgot our tracts. We got some tracts from another person from our church. They were different from the ones we brought. The tracts we had were "This Was Your Life" and "How Men Come to Christ." Both deal with the topics that Nick struggled with. Had we brought our tracts, he wouldn't have received those. God overruled our plans with forgetfulness because He knew what Nick needed.

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025

Great afternoon of Gospel preaching even in the midst of a heat wave. Pray that lost souls will find refuge in Christ. #SFOI1000

Date: November 30, 2024

The Lord gave great crowds to hear the Gospel

Date: November 16, 2024

Yesterday we had a group from our church in Mexico ministering to migrant camps. Today we will be sharing the Gospel to the 100,000 plus at the USC game. Pray for us.

USC evangelism in SoCal

#SFOI1000

Date: October 12, 2024

Pray for our evangelism efforts at the USC game this morning from 930-1230. We have 5 from our church going out today.

We are playing hymns while passing out tracts and a police officer walks over and asks if we can turn the speaker louder. That was a first.

#sfoi1000

Fantastic day sharing the Gospel

#sfoi1000

Date: September 28, 2024

Date: September 7, 2024