Film Presentations 

A typical presentation begins long before the film showing.  Prayer, planning and preparation are required to be successful.  The two most important things to determine are the location (town, city, village, etc.) and the person or organization responsible for follow-up. 

The location is very much a matter of the Holy Spirit’s guidance.  Guidance is required because time is short and the options are almost endless.  For instance, India has 600,000 villages, over 1 billion people and is only 2% Christian.  Secondly, we must work with the local church to grow existing fellowships or begin new ones through willing missionaries or local Christians without a fellowship. 

The actual film presentation begins by gathering people to view the film.  This can be accomplished several ways depending upon the geography and culture.  One method is to go door to door in the area chosen to show the film and personally invite people to attend.  Another interesting method is to begin singing and speaking through the sound equipment provided for showing the films.  Many cultures love music and will leave their homes to hear better or just to see what is going on.  Many people in the world have never had the opportunity to even see a film.

Most of the houses in these areas don’t have windows, running water or consistent electricity, if at all.  When our targeted people hear music or commotion, they don’t shut the windows and turn on the air conditioning as Americans would, they come out of their homes, sit down and watch.  In America, we would be ignored at best and probably asked to leave by the police.  The techniques employed by CSCFM would be completely ineffective in the USA and so a large part of our job is to help Christians understand why film ministry works in the countries being served.

Most People in America Cannot Relate to the Areas Being Served by CSCFM!

The gathering of people occurs at dusk and the actual film is shown just after dark.  A small generator is brought by the team to power the film projector and sound system.   The “screen” is normally a large white sheet type material which can be viewed on the front and back side to increase the possible number of viewers.

Films shown include the "Jesus" film, "The Burning Hell", "No Greater Love", "Passion of the Christ", "Escape from Hell" and others.  The choice of films to show is at the discretion of the film team and naturally depends on available translations of the language of the area where the film is being shown. 

After the film, a gospel presentation and opportunity to accept Jesus as personal Savior is given to all in attendance.  Records are kept and follow-up is performed by the sponsoring church, missionary or local Christian beginning a fellowship.