LIVES CHANGED ON THE STREETS OF PORTLAND7:23
Portland was on the news as one of the most godless cities in America. But not for long. We have been seeing addicts set free, women walking out of the strip clubs, and gang members getting saved, clean, and preaching on the same corners they used to run.
We have about 30 days to secure a building near Pioneer Square and PSU campus, so the people getting saved on these streets don’t walk away alone. They have a place to get baptized, discipled, and sent back out.
Help us establish a mission base in the heart of the city.
“I used to be a gang member. I used to sell drugs, use drugs. I was a part of that society that didn’t care. Ungodly. I was not a good person, I was lost. Since I’ve come to Walk After Christ, I found myself in a way I never thought imaginable. I have a job today, I’m married, and not only do I come from the streets, we go out in the same streets and talk about God.”
Changed people change families. Changed families change cities.
“I was on the streets of Portland, addicted and pregnant. I couldn’t stop using drugs. But when I cried out to Jesus to bring me home to Him, He did. I found Walk After Christ, and it was an answer to prayer. Now I get to go out to the streets every weekend and watch people’s lives change.”
“Before Christ I was bound by addiction, sexual immorality and witchcraft. Now I am free, and setting others free.”
“I was homeless, rebellious, serving Antifa. Now I’m a child of God. I’m saved, set free, loved, and accepted. I’m not rejected anymore.”
“I used to be a prostitute, I used to sell a lot of dope, and I used to commit all sorts of crimes, and I lost my children. And now I’m a disciple, a child of God, and a follower of Jesus Christ.”
“I used to be paralyzed in my sin, and now I’m walking after Christ with my brothers and sisters that love me.”
“I used to live in rejection, insecurity, fear, and religion. Now I walk in joy, freedom, and boldness. The love of God has transformed my heart.”
“I struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. I didn’t want to live anymore. Sadness, rejection, rage, anger, a lot of those things. Everything I was dealing with before, I have been set free from, and God has brought my joy back. I have so much peace now. I’m praying for other people and helping them get set free.”
“I was living for the world and living for lust. I felt an emptiness, a hollowness and a darkness I can’t even describe. Surrendering everything to Christ, everything has turned around. I now feel a peace I didn’t know was possible.”
“I used to feel hopeless and angry at the world, and I felt justified because I’d been victimized my whole life. Now I’m not a victim. I’m empowered through the blood of Jesus, and He’s set me free to help others be set free.”
“I used to be suicidal, depressed, a drunkard and living for the world. I am now made righteous, set free from all of the bondage that was tormenting me, and I am a child of God.”
“I was an alcoholic with PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and my anger would explode. Now I’m healed and delivered. No alcohol, no anxiety, no depression. Set free completely. Thank you, Jesus.”
“I was bound in addiction, making music to glorify the devil and myself. Now I’m set free, making music to glorify the Lord, winning souls, and walking out the Gospel.”
“I was addicted to crystal meth, and that led me down a road of violence and selling drugs. I was so caught up in that identity that I became lost. I became selfish—very, very selfish. Now, when I look at the same people I would have targeted to sell drugs to, I’m just filled with love, and I can feel the fire of God in my eyes when I see people who are lost and bound in addiction.”
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“People come in here addicted, some straight out of prison, and the transformations are huge. We go out there with real love and compassion. Help us make Portland holy again!”
Dear Friend,
You’ve just met a few of the people God has set free in Portland. Before we planted Walk After Christ, we served for 10 years as mission pastors and itinerant ministers, carrying the Gospel to Africa, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and beyond. In 2019, God gave us a mandate to do the same here and to treat Portland as our mission field. Since then, we’ve seen over 3,000 people give their lives to Jesus in this city.
In just the last 2 months, over 250 people have given their lives to Jesus. The harvest is more ripe than ever, and people are hungry for hope and a new life. We need a place to bring them into. We have to leave our current building, and God has opened the door to this incredible opportunity. This building is near Pioneer Square and PSU campus. To secure it, we need a $700,000 down payment by November 11, 2026.
“The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few.” Matthew 9:37
Every week, our teams go into the streets to share the Gospel. And those who go and those who send share equally in the reward. Your gift keeps us going and helps to make an eternal impact.
I’m asking you to pray about standing with us in this. Would you prayerfully consider a gift that would establish a permanent mission center in downtown Portland, right where the harvest is?
With gratitude,
The building sits near Pioneer Square and PSU campus, steps from the busiest corner in Portland.
Location is everything. The streets where people are getting saved are the streets this building sits on.
We’ve invited many people who just gave their lives to Jesus to our church across town, and then we never see them again; it’s simply too far from where we met them...
Instead of asking them to drive somewhere they’ve never been, we’ll be a permanent presence in the middle of the harvest: a place to encounter Jesus, be discipled, and be sent back out, with the city’s busiest square right outside.
Sending teams into the streets, bringing Jesus to the lost.
Addicts, the broken and the forgotten made new, one soul at a time.
New believers baptized, rooted in family, and trained to go.
Prayer and worship rising from the heart of the city.
Our online and local church family is raising $100,000 this month toward our goal. Five partnership gifts secure the other $600,000. We’ve been praying for people who will help partner with us to see Portland changed.
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