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Series Code: AVGC
Program Code: AVGC210005S
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00:06 Hello, we're Greg and Jill Morikone.
00:07 And thank you so much for joining us today 00:09 for this seminar, 00:10 Media Ministry in the Last Days. 00:12 And Jill and I are joined here on the set 00:14 by the founder of Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 00:16 Mr. Danny Shelton, 00:18 so good to have you here with us today. 00:19 Thank you. It's good to be here. 00:20 And sitting next to you is your lovely wife, 00:22 of course, Dr. Yvonne. 00:23 Thank you so much for being here with us too. 00:25 Thank you. 00:26 You know, it's amazing to think about the Ministry of 3ABN 00:28 has been in existence for almost 37 years, 00:32 and many of you have viewed 3ABN 00:34 from the very beginning. 00:35 But that Jill and I've been a part of the ministry 00:37 now for about 20 plus years. 00:40 And it's incredible because this is a faith 00:42 based ministry. 00:44 But you know what, 3ABN didn't start out 00:46 with what we currently have now 00:47 which we have nine different networks, 00:50 you can find them all. 00:51 Television networks. Television networks. 00:52 Yes, we have five radio... 00:55 Networks. 3ABN networks as well. 00:56 We have a facility in Russia, another facility with studios 01:00 in Australia. 01:01 It's incredible what God has done. 01:03 It is amazing. 01:04 And to think all of that began with the dream. 01:06 It sure did. 01:08 When God called you, almost 37 years ago, 01:10 Danny, to build a television station 01:12 that would reach the world with the undiluted 01:13 three angels' messages, 01:15 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 01:16 So how did you know 01:19 that God was calling you to media ministry? 01:22 I'm sure everybody is different. 01:25 But my, Melody and I, 01:27 we had been, my daughter, we'd been traveling, 01:29 singing on some different television networks, 01:32 Christian networks, 01:33 none of those were Seventh-day Adventist. 01:36 So as I would go to different 01:37 TV stations, this was around 1983 or so, 01:43 I would always say Lord, 01:44 "Where are we as Seventh-day Adventist in the media? 01:46 Should we be the heads and not the tails? 01:48 And so that was on my mind. 01:50 And then 01:52 one night I was watching a Christian program. 01:56 And they were talking about when the rapture comes that, 01:58 you know, 02:00 John and Paul and Jesus would all come to that TV station 02:04 and for seven years... 02:05 Oh, my! 02:07 So I went to bed and it was like, 02:08 well, I can tell you when it was, 02:09 it was November 14, 1984, late night hours, 02:13 probably 10-11 o'clock before getting ready for bed. 02:17 And that was just on my mind. 02:18 I couldn't sleep and I said, 02:20 "Lord, why doesn't the church build, 02:21 our church would build a television station 02:23 to reach the world?" 02:25 We should be the heads and not the tails. 02:27 If we have 02:28 an end times message for an end times people. 02:30 And then the thought hit me very strongly. 02:33 I want you to build a television station. 02:35 So that was like what, 02:37 you know, I want you to build 02:38 a television station to reach the world 02:41 with an undiluted three angels' messages, 02:43 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 02:45 Question for you, Mr. Danny. 02:46 So you have all this experience in television, right? 02:48 I mean, you're an engineer, 02:50 you got all this right, 02:51 we'd say. 02:53 No, that's not the case. 02:54 I sang in front of the cameras a few times. 02:56 That was our extent of television. 02:58 But the call was so strong, it was inaudible 03:03 but in my head it was to build an undiluted 03:08 three angels' messages, 03:09 one that would counteract the counterfeit. 03:11 Now here's the thing, 03:12 I didn't really know that much 03:14 about the three angels' messages, 03:15 I have to confess. 03:17 I knew about it. 03:18 There is a church now I could argue, 03:20 I'm going to use that word, I could argue about the Sabbath 03:22 and the state of the dead. 03:23 I grew up in the church so I could prepare, 03:26 but to really talk about the three angels' messages, 03:29 I thought, I'm going to have to study 03:31 and then the word undiluted, I'd never heard that term, 03:34 an undiluted three... 03:36 So I said, 03:37 this is either has to be the Lord 03:39 or this is me. 03:40 And I knew it wasn't me. 03:41 Because, you know, 03:43 I didn't know anything about 03:45 an undiluted three angels' messages. 03:47 So I had to try the spirits. 03:49 Isaiah 8:20, 03:50 "To the law and to the testimony, 03:52 if they speak not according to this word, 03:53 there's no light in them." 03:55 But I said to myself very, I'm a, 03:57 you know, very kind of down to earth. 04:00 And I like to talk more. 04:02 I don't know if it's common sense, 04:03 but just reality was, 04:05 well, let's say would 04:08 the world be better off 04:09 if there were a television network, 04:12 reaching the world 24/7 04:15 with the message of the Bible, 04:17 the Seventh-day Adventist, you know, 04:19 uphold that we believe our beliefs. 04:22 So it didn't take a rocket scientist 04:23 or long for me to decide, 04:25 well, if there were a television network, 04:28 that was giving 04:29 Seventh-day Adventists or Bible message 04:32 to the entire world that has to be of God. 04:34 At that point, 04:36 and I mean, that's really all I did, 04:37 nothing scientific about it. 04:38 Nothing. 04:40 No real big time elapses, matter of minutes. 04:42 And I said, "Okay, Lord, I'll go forward, 04:45 but You have to supply every need." 04:47 So from the time of the call, which was late night, 04:50 early morning hours of that night 04:51 to when you said, "Okay, God, 04:53 I'll go forward if You supply every need." 04:55 How long was that? 04:56 We're talking just a couple hours or... 04:57 Yeah, or less. 04:59 Wow! 05:00 Maybe an hour. 05:02 Wow! 05:03 So okay, 'cause this is a seminar. 05:04 So there's someone right now that's saying, 05:06 you know, I really feel that God 05:07 has called me to do a ministry to start something, 05:08 but I want to make sure I have enough funds. 05:10 I have enough knowledge on how to do this. 05:12 You'd never build a television station before as in, 05:15 but you knew that God 05:16 had placed that calling on your life. 05:17 So how did you even start out and what's your first step? 05:20 First step was acknowledging that it was God and not you. 05:25 So that made all the difference 05:27 in the world to me, as I said, "Okay, 05:29 this is not something I ever wanted to do." 05:31 Never wanted to build a TV station, 05:33 never wanted to be on television. 05:36 I'm a carpenter by trade. 05:37 My brother and I, we build houses. 05:39 It's what we do for a living. 05:40 We sing, 05:42 my daughter and I travel part time singing gospel music. 05:44 So the very first thing I did was, 05:48 well, let's see, I don't have any money. 05:49 I don't have property. 05:51 I don't know anything about television. 05:53 So I said, I need to go, 05:55 there was a station down in Marion, Illinois. 05:57 I said, I need to go down and just look at it. 05:59 I was staying there 06:01 but I need to go down and kind of see 06:02 what a TV looks like. 06:03 So I called to my brothers and said, 06:06 "Hey, you guys want to go with me to Marion 06:08 and I buy your lunch, 06:09 but I want to stop to TV station, 06:11 get a little tour." 06:12 We met Clarence Larson there, 06:14 which I knew Clarence from West Frankfort. 06:16 I've met him a few times, 06:18 didn't know that he lived two country blocks from me. 06:21 And he was an engineer. 06:23 So I was there and said, 06:24 "Clarence, I would like to, kind of, 06:26 show my brothers, I've been here, 06:28 but I want to see the back side of this station. 06:30 I want to go in the engineering department 06:32 and the equipment, 06:33 which I had never paid attention to before." 06:35 So he took us through there. 06:37 And then he said, "Can I talk to you?" 06:39 I said, "Yes." 06:40 Now Clarence was a Baptist at the time, 06:42 and working at a charismatic station. 06:45 So he said to me, 06:47 "I think of Shelton's as carpenters and singers, 06:50 but for some reason, I just feel impressed, 06:52 I'm supposed to help you. 06:54 I think you're going to build a television station." 06:56 Oh, wow. 06:58 And so I said, "Well..." 06:59 Have you expressed the dream to him, or... 07:00 No, I was just telling him what I was doing. 07:02 So he said, "I think 07:03 that you're going to do this 07:05 and you want to know about television for a reason." 07:08 I said, "Yeah." 07:09 I said, "What kind of stations is full power?" 07:11 I said, "How far will it reach?" 07:13 You know, 'cause I want to reach the world. 07:15 He said, "Oh, 07:17 it might reach 40-50 miles, or so." 07:19 I said, "No, I want to reach the world." 07:20 He said, "I need to talk to you. 07:22 I've been studying microwave signals, 07:24 and how to uplink." 07:26 I've never heard that word. 07:27 I said, "What's that?" 07:28 How to send a signal to satellite 07:30 22,300 miles to space, 07:32 then it will come down in TV stations like this. 07:35 And you can rebroadcast 07:37 and you could build those all over. 07:38 At that time, nobody 07:40 was doing around the world totally. 07:42 But like North America, we were able to do it. 07:44 So, you know, I ended up going to his house, 07:47 he had little Apple II computer. 07:49 And it just began from there. 07:52 I called people that I knew and said, 07:53 "Hey, we're going to build 07:55 a television station to reach the world." 07:57 And those who knew me kind of laughed, 07:58 and some were quiet, and, you know, 08:01 others said very little. 08:03 But we just took it one step at a time. 08:07 The blessing of God was on the go. 08:09 That's what I found over and over and over again. 08:13 You know, so just there's so many miracle stories 08:15 as we think about the beginnings of 3ABN. 08:17 And again, we're just, 08:19 you know, again, this is a seminar 08:20 and these stories of Mr. Shelton, 08:22 Mr. Danny shares always encouraged me 08:24 to and hopefully it does the same for you 08:26 because you're wanting to step out in faith. 08:28 And we're going to talk about what is faith 08:29 versus presumption here in just a moment. 08:31 But is there a miracle story that stands out to you 08:34 in the very beginning of 3ABN that was just like, 08:36 "Wow, God, 08:37 thank you for this confirmation, 08:39 yes, we're doing the right thing." 08:40 Does one thing stand out? 08:41 'Cause there's so many miracles of how 3ABN started. 08:43 I could go through the whole list. 08:45 But in the very beginning, once Clarence said, 08:48 you know, "I'll help you anything you need to do 08:50 from an engineering standpoint," 08:51 that was incredible. 08:53 That's a miracle. That was miracle. 08:55 So I went to prayer meeting on Wednesday night, 08:58 there was probably 15 people there. 09:00 And so, I was so excited. 09:03 I wanted to get up and tell the little group there, 09:05 what the Lord had done that, you know, 09:07 give a little testimony to them. 09:09 But I told them, the Lord impressed me 09:10 to build a station to reach the world. 09:12 There was a lady there named Fonda Summers. 09:14 Fonda lived out towards Thompsonville area, 09:17 and she's had come to an Adventist church 09:20 for a very first time. 09:22 She's Methodist. 09:23 My mother was giving her, 09:25 started giving her Bible studies. 09:26 So she came, literally came to church, 09:29 and didn't say anything. 09:31 But two nights later Friday evening, 09:32 my mother called me and said, 09:34 Fonda Summers called me and she said... 09:37 You know, I really I was praying, 09:39 I said, "Lord, I'd like to help those guys 09:40 start the TV station, 09:42 but I don't have any money." 09:44 And she said, "The Lord said to me, 09:45 'What is this you have in your hand?'" 09:47 Amen. Praise the Lord. 09:48 She said, "Well, I don't have anything here 09:50 but a few acres of property." 09:52 So I said, 09:54 "Well, I could give some acreage in the back." 09:56 We had owned this about 40 years. 09:58 My husband had died. I had it. 10:00 And we were going to sell it at one time. 10:01 But the back end of the property, 10:03 I had a dream and I saw a big fence around it. 10:06 And I saw the most beautiful fatted cattle 10:11 coming from all around the world, 10:13 was coming in. 10:14 And I've always thought 10:16 that property should be used for something for the Lord, 10:19 and maybe this is what it is. 10:21 So I'll donate you that two acres. 10:23 The miracle was, is when we ended up 10:26 through Clarence getting scientific Atlanta 10:28 from Georgia, everybody coming 10:30 'cause there's microwave signals 10:31 all in the area, that two acres, 10:34 and even on one side of that two acres was the only spot, 10:37 we could put this 30 foot, 10:39 10 meter just about dish, satellite dish up, 10:43 that could shoot signals to any satellite in space 10:47 with no interferences. 10:49 Some places you could put up, 10:50 it's called C band at the time. 10:52 You could put up 10:53 and maybe hit this satellite or that. 10:55 This one was absolutely property 10:58 that God gave us through a woman 11:01 that was not a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 11:04 And then for it to turn out to be the exact spot 11:07 God wanted. 11:08 I mean, what else could... 11:10 I mean, how could you ever doubt God is in it. 11:12 Yeah, absolutely. 11:14 You talk about a shot in the arm as they say, 11:15 right, of confidence, like, 11:17 "Wow, God, thank you, You're in this." 11:18 And what's incredible too, 11:20 is that there was three phase power, 11:21 which is what we needed right there. 11:22 And it stopped right at the edge of the property. 11:24 So when God's in it, 11:26 well, He's going to supply every need, 11:27 and you'd buy the five gallons worth of diesel fuel 11:30 to clear the land and God kept providing. 11:32 And here at 3ABN is that's thanks to you too 11:34 for your support. 11:35 Thank you for your support for the Ministry of 3ABN. 11:37 And if people want 11:39 much more of the story, we have that DVD, 11:41 I think, Mending Broken People, right? 11:42 We have it. 11:44 We have the DVD, you can just call us at 3ABN 11:45 or it's on YouTube. 11:47 So you can just go to YouTube, and it's available. 11:50 And you can just check it out there, which is incredible. 11:52 So what's amazing to me is that God called you, 11:55 and you said yes, almost instantly, 11:57 the call of God. 11:58 And then people caught the vision 12:01 and joined hands with you. 12:05 How did you seek to inspire people? 12:07 Was it something you set out to do? 12:09 What I'm thinking 12:10 is someone's wanting to start a ministry now, 12:12 and they're saying, "But I have a vision, 12:13 how do I get other people involved?" 12:15 Did you seek to get Mr. Summers involved? 12:17 Did you seek to get Clarence involved or others? 12:19 Or how did you go about inspiring other people? 12:22 No, I just found out I had to do something. 12:24 It's like my feet were burning. 12:26 You couldn't sit still. 12:28 God's given you this. 12:29 So now you got to go out. 12:30 So everybody I met, which a lot weren't interested. 12:33 I would tell them what the Lord was impressed me to do. 12:35 But then God would put the right people 12:38 in hearing distance. 12:39 And that's how people begin to come from here and there. 12:43 And people began to support and go into ASI 1985 12:47 and meeting Ellsworth McKee and Mei Chang 12:49 and a few others, and then getting some of those 12:51 on board to catch the vision. 12:53 And, you know, it continued to grow. 12:56 But I will say this, how you know is, 12:59 first of all, you try the spirits, 13:01 you make sure it's of the Lord, 13:03 then you go forward and do what you know how to do. 13:05 What is this you have in your hand? 13:07 Maybe it's nothing but just telling people 13:10 what you want to do, 13:11 what the Lord has impressed you to do. 13:14 But never be discouraged. 13:15 Don't give up because everybody won't be for you. 13:17 I was shocked to find how many people 13:19 that how much opposition 13:20 that we got over the next few years. 13:23 And still, after 37 years, 13:26 there are places in the world, there's still opposition 13:29 to 3ABN because we're supporting ministry, 13:32 you know, not part of the organized church. 13:34 So don't be surprised about that. 13:37 But how do we do it, just go forward. 13:39 And you can't help it. 13:41 It's going to be in you. 13:42 It's like knowing Jesus, you're going to witness. 13:44 When God impresses you to do something big or small, 13:48 it's in you. 13:49 You're going to find yourself sharing. 13:51 I want to shift here to Dr. Yvonne. 13:53 Yes. 13:54 Now when you came, you began our urban network, 13:57 Dare to Dream. 13:58 So talk to us about how God put that vision 14:02 or call in your heart and how that was birthed? 14:04 Wow! 14:06 So when I first came here, 14:09 I came here actually to be interviewed 14:11 about a book that I had written. 14:14 And I had no idea 14:17 of where God was leading. 14:19 Sometimes you just, I mean, 14:20 we just don't know where He's going to take us, 14:22 so I was... 14:24 Danny interviewed me about the book. 14:27 And during that interview, 14:29 I talked about how I had left my profession 14:32 of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. 14:36 And I really did not know 14:38 where I was going to go. 14:40 But after talking to him, 14:43 and he heard my passion for the inner city 14:47 and what was going on there. 14:49 He thought that the Lord impressed him 14:52 that I should head the Dare to Dream, 14:54 well, the urban network, 14:56 it didn't have a name at that point. 14:57 And it was so amazing to me 15:00 because I had left this other profession, 15:03 didn't know really where God was leading me. 15:07 But I knew that 15:08 God was going to take care of me which He did. 15:10 But to come here for one reason, 15:12 and to end up with something totally different 15:15 was just so amazing. 15:17 And I think that 15:18 there are some lessons here. 15:20 One is that when you obey God, 15:23 He honors that. 15:26 And obedience is not just because, 15:29 you know, I'm all that, and I'm so obedient. 15:31 He even gives you the desire to obey. 15:35 That's good. 15:36 And so, you know, and the more you trust Him, 15:40 and the more you see what He does in your life, 15:46 the more you grow in Him. 15:48 Amen. 15:49 And then it does, it does, 15:51 it's an incredible thing. 15:53 So that's how that desire 15:57 for the urban ministry, I guess, 16:00 started when I just had a passion for the inner city 16:06 and the challenges that 16:08 confront people in the inner city. 16:10 And so, 16:13 the Lord laid that on Danny's heart. 16:16 And then when I found out 16:18 that that's what I was going to do, 16:20 I was just, it was just such... 16:23 I couldn't even wrap my mind around it, 16:24 because I hadn't planned on, you know, 16:27 being in administration. 16:28 I've been on television before, but in a different capacity. 16:31 So this was a whole other realm. 16:34 But it was such an amazing day. 16:36 And I felt like I was walking in my purpose. 16:40 Once, you know, 16:41 and I think that that's an important 16:44 criteria as well, like, 16:48 it's important to know that this is what 16:51 you were placed here to do. 16:53 And when you're walking with the Lord, 16:56 He shows you, "This is what I want you to do 16:58 and you just do it." 17:00 So I'm really... 17:01 No, it's amazing, like, 17:03 sometimes I'll catch people by surprise, 17:05 because as I said, they say, "What are you doing?" 17:07 I said, "I haven't worked in 37 years." 17:09 Wow! 17:11 Yeah, haven't worked 37 years. 17:13 I said, "No, I love what I do, so it's not work." 17:16 So, you know, doesn't mean everything 17:18 is goes great for you all the time. 17:20 But I really never got up in the morning ever, 17:23 and said, "Oh boy, I gotta go to work." 17:25 I did when I was a carpenter to build houses, 17:28 couldn't wait to get floor down. 17:30 Because then I could build the walls, 17:32 couldn't wait to get to walls 'cause I wanted 17:33 to put two trusses on, 17:35 couldn't wait to get the outside, 17:36 couldn't wait to get the inside 17:38 'cause I wanted to get done with it. 17:39 It was work. Noel and I started to do it. 17:42 This, every day is like, 17:44 just see what God has in store. 17:46 Wow! Yes! 17:47 Amen. Have you ever been discouraged? 17:49 You know, I honestly have to tell you, 17:52 I never have. 17:54 I've never been discouraged or depressed. 17:56 And I don't say that in anyway. 17:58 I mean, we have all kinds of reasons, 18:00 Satan is attacked in many areas. 18:03 But I've read the back of the book. 18:05 So it says, "We win," 18:06 and they overcame him by the blood 18:08 of the lamb and the word of their testimony. 18:10 So I've never been discouraged 18:12 that 3ABN or depress thinking 18:14 we were going to go down the tubes, 18:16 or we wouldn't be able to pay the bills. 18:18 The reason is the message. 18:20 As long as we keep the message straight, 18:22 you see, it's not the messenger that's important... 18:24 It's the message. It's the message. 18:26 So messengers come and go, 18:27 I can come and go, but 3ABN will keep going 18:30 as long as you and Jill, you have that same vision, 18:34 your heart beats with the same message, 18:36 from the mission of 3ABN, 18:39 it's going to keep going in spite of you, 18:40 you're going to find, "Man, how did I make that mistake?" 18:43 And you know what, and God just went ahead 18:44 and blessed it, 18:46 because it was a honest mistake. 18:48 And you did what you could do. 18:49 So yeah, I mean, it's incredible. 18:51 This is really fun. 18:53 It's pretty rare to be able to sit down with Mr. Danny, 18:54 I mean, the founder of 3ABN, right, 18:56 worldwide network. 18:57 But a quick question for you. 18:59 I know that a lot of people try to figure out the difference 19:02 between faith versus presumptions. 19:04 So can you kind of... 19:06 I don't know if you want to talk about that both 19:07 of you or you, Mr. Danny, start with 19:09 faith versus presumption, how do you differentiate? 19:12 Well, faith is when, 19:13 you know, it's built like what I found out early on, 19:16 I didn't have any faith to speak of, 19:18 'cause I had no experience. 19:19 It's hard to have faith without experience. 19:21 But once 19:23 I knew this was of the Lord and I took a step forward, 19:25 and God honored that, then I took another step 19:28 and God honored that. 19:29 So faith grows. It grows. 19:31 So every time I went, so finally I said, 19:33 I read, you know, 19:35 those who keep the commandments of God 19:36 and have the faith of Jesus. 19:39 So I said, "I need Jesus' faith," 19:41 'cause mine is weak. 19:43 So I said, "Lord, You need to give me 19:44 Your faith." 19:45 'Cause your faith, you know all the answers. 19:47 This is your network 19:48 so that way I've never been discouraged, 19:51 will 3ABN go down the tubes. 19:53 Will we go off the air? 19:54 Will money come in? 19:56 I mean, we've had some tough times and rough goes. 19:58 Oh, sure. 19:59 But we're still on the air, 37 years later. 20:01 God is still blessing everything we have paid for. 20:03 Yes, it is. 20:04 You know, not much money to make, 20:05 but what else could you ask for, right? 20:07 Exactly. 20:08 And the message is going around the world. 20:10 That's what it's all about. 20:11 It's about the message, right? 20:12 And it's not 3ABN's message, it's the Word of God. 20:14 Yeah. So we're blessed. 20:15 That's what's important, you keep the message, 20:16 whatever the mission God gives you, 20:18 if you are starting a ministry, 20:20 you keep to that, 20:21 do not be pulled to the left or to the right. 20:24 Don't have naysayers, 20:25 and oh, no, you need to do this. 20:27 Well, you know, this is not politically correct. 20:29 You need to do. 20:31 No, you do what God's impressed you to do. 20:33 Then you try that by the Word of God. 20:35 Does this match up? 20:37 It does. Okay. 20:38 Now, there's nothing impossible. 20:40 So why would you say media ministry 20:42 in particular is important in the last days? 20:45 I'm thinking people say, 20:46 "Well, the health 20:48 message is the right arm of the gospel." 20:49 And truly, we're told that. 20:51 And people say, 20:52 "Well, we should be spreading literature, 20:53 like the leaves of autumn," 20:55 and truly we're supposed to distribute literature. 20:56 But why is media ministry 20:58 in particular important in the last days? 21:00 Because you can do all of it through media, through... 21:04 Now, 35 years ago, 21:05 we were the only television station 21:08 shooting signals to satellite, 21:09 it could be down and people with big dishes. 21:11 But 35 years later, technology has everybody 21:15 is a ye of the go ye into all the world 21:18 because your Facebook, 21:19 all your social media. 21:21 So every one of us and we're accountable 21:23 for what we do on that social media. 21:25 So media is important because when Jesus was on earth, 21:29 He talked to a crowd 21:31 that could hear Him within hearing distance, 21:33 He's given every one of us the opportunity 21:36 to literally you can pick up your phone, 21:38 go on Facebook Live, do whatever, 21:40 speak to people around the world. 21:43 And it's a way to cover masses of people 21:46 and today very inexpensively. 21:49 Yeah, I was just thinking, you know, 21:50 far as the technology how it's changed, 21:52 you're talking about those satellite dishes. 21:53 I remember my dad and I dug a giant posthole, 21:56 with a posthole digger big hole, 21:58 put a big pipe and put it, 21:59 I think it's an 8 or 10 foot dish at the time, 22:01 and how it's changed 22:03 to how you can get 3ABN on our cell phones, 22:05 I mean, isn't that amazing? 22:06 That's just a matter of what 30 plus years. 22:09 And like you said, how it's changed 22:11 and how we have the opportunity, 22:13 you know, 3ABN, 22:14 you can name all the different ways that 3ABN is available. 22:16 But, I mean, it's just incredible. 22:17 And not only can you just watch 3ABN on your phone, 22:20 'cause we have the app and multiple apps 22:22 for all of our networks, you can actually share it 22:24 with someone else by just clicking a couple of buttons. 22:26 And I can send it to a whole bunch of people 22:27 like you said friends, associates. 22:29 Yeah. 22:30 So maybe we switch roles for just a second, 22:32 I'm just gonna do yours. 22:34 He took the words out of my mouth. 22:36 I want to switch 'cause right now 22:38 with your leadership, 22:40 you have vision, but how are you... 22:42 You know, I'm from the other age 22:45 and now we're getting into digital and the Lord knows 22:48 when to make transitions. 22:49 But can you tell us some of the things 22:51 that you see they're important 22:53 and how 3ABN is transitioning from just radio and television 22:57 to reach the people where they are 22:59 at with the media. 23:01 That's now cutting edge media. Oh, absolutely. 23:03 Go ahead. 23:05 Well, I'm excited about 3ABN+. 23:06 This is one of the newest avenues 23:08 that 3ABN is using to utilize and share the gospel. 23:11 Of course, you can still watch on television, 23:13 and many people do watch on television, 23:15 or cable and numerous outlets. 23:17 But as Greg was talking about the shareable content, 23:20 3ABN is available on demand 24/7. 23:23 And this is so important because people are busy, 23:26 and they want to watch what they want, when they want. 23:29 And so this is on demand content, 23:31 we already have over 1,500 programs on 3ABN+. 23:34 You just go to 3ABN website, 23:36 3ABN.tv, click the Watch button. 23:38 And right there, you can access all of this on demand content. 23:41 So it will be unveiled and rolled out here 23:45 in the next few weeks, across many platforms, 23:48 across Roku, across Amazon Fire, 23:50 across Verizon FiOs, all of these different... 23:53 Apple TV. 23:54 Apple TV, the smart TVs, 23:56 you know they come with Apple settings. 23:58 That's awesome. 24:00 It will be available on your phone. 24:01 So and this is all of 3ABN's nine television networks, 24:04 which is incredible. 24:06 So we broadcast the gospel in English, 24:08 in Spanish, in French, 24:12 in Russian, this is 24/7, 24:15 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 24:18 constantly broadcasting the gospel. 24:20 And then we have a children's network, 24:21 we have, of course, Dare to Dream, 24:23 which is for the inner city. 24:24 We have 24/7 music, 24:26 our Praise and Music Network, our Proclaim, 24:29 which is preaching and teaching. 24:30 So many different avenues to share the gospel, 24:34 and it's on demand and it's shareable. 24:36 And I'm excited about that. 24:37 Yeah, I'm excited about the online platform 24:39 because you think about searching. 24:41 I remember when Google first kind of came out, 24:43 it is like, "Oh, well, this is interesting." 24:45 G-O-O-G-L-E, Google. 24:47 And I'm thinking, you know, magnifying glass, 24:50 where you put words in, it's like, 24:51 "Whoa, look at these answers." 24:52 Well, this is a powerful tool, 24:54 because we have people contact 3ABN all the time, 24:58 and they have stumbled, 25:00 which we know it's divine providence 25:01 that they've come across 3ABN 25:03 and all the presenters that are aired on 3ABN 25:05 by putting in keyword searches 25:07 such as like what happens when you die 25:09 or the Seventh-day Sabbath 25:10 or other things like that, and boom, 25:12 there is 3ABN. 25:14 So that's the other powerful thing of the internet 25:16 is searching because there's a lot of people, 25:18 as you know, 25:20 it's been a very challenging last year or so, 25:21 and a lot of people trying to figure out 25:23 where are we in this world? 25:24 What's happening with this world? 25:26 So this is a perfect time for us 25:28 all to be evangelistically minded, right? 25:30 So for you, 25:31 if God's impressing you to start a ministry, it could be, 25:34 don't take this wrong, but as simple as maybe building 25:36 your own little social media platform, 25:38 maybe a little website 25:40 and just putting truth filled again, 25:42 it's what God has said in His Word. 25:44 Putting that out there and people will search 25:46 and find truth. 25:47 And I think that's the power of 3ABN to see 25:49 how that has changed through the years 25:51 and how God brings people across 3ABN 25:55 just when they need to find truth. 25:57 And that's just encouraging for us. 25:58 Our time is running, running out here, 26:01 we're going to be going to some question and answers here, 26:03 which would be really fun to interact with you. 26:05 But Mr. Danny, through all of the years, 26:07 3ABN has not had a giant bank account. 26:10 So just and, Dr. Yvonne, 26:12 you can comment on this too, 26:14 but to see God supply those needs, 26:15 just when we need that is incredible, isn't it? 26:17 You want to talk about that too, 26:18 'cause some people say I need a lot of money 26:20 or a lot of funding to start. 26:21 No, you don't. 26:23 You just need to go forward, the blessings on the go. 26:24 God will give you what you need, 26:26 not what you wish or what you want. 26:28 But please don't wait till you get enough money 26:31 to do what you think. 26:33 Churches, I tell churches all the time. 26:35 Don't wait till you get enough money 26:37 for an evangelistic series. 26:38 You'll never have enough, 26:39 'cause lawn mower goes bad, 26:41 the air conditioning goes out, 26:42 every, the devil is alive and well. 26:45 So don't worry about the money, worry about the mission. 26:48 When you go forward, God will bless it. 26:50 And I also want to say before we close. 26:52 Sure. 26:54 God handpicks people 26:55 and you and Jill have been handpicked from the foundation 26:57 of the world to be here doing what you're doing 27:00 in these closing moments of earth's history, 27:02 Yvonne and I, we support you guys, 27:04 not 100%, but 1,000%. 27:06 If there were numbers more... 27:08 Love you guys. That's where we're there. 27:09 Because... Yeah, we love you guys too. 27:10 We love you. We respect you. 27:12 We see your heart. 27:13 These people work constantly. 27:15 I mean, they literally are here, 27:17 we won't call it work... 27:18 No, yeah, we enjoy it. 27:19 But they put in tremendous amounts of time. 27:22 So God knows that, 27:23 you know, I'm in my 70th year, 27:25 so while I'm still here, who would have thought, 27:27 I was young 33 when we started 27:30 and now hit hitting 70 this year. 27:33 But now I'm so thankful to be working 27:36 with you guys still in ministry after all these years. 27:39 It's a blessing. Praise the Lord. 27:40 It's a blessing the way the Lord 27:42 has opened up the new doors. 27:46 He's always opening up new doors. 27:49 And you guys again, 27:51 we talk about you all the time. 27:53 You are handpicked to do this to take us into this next era 27:57 of the digital era. 27:59 And so it's such a blessing. 28:01 It's such a blessing to be working with you all. 28:03 Amen. The same for us too. 28:05 We love both of you and we are so grateful 28:07 for the mentorship, you know... 28:08 Yes, thank you. 28:09 And the godly counsel and the leadership. 28:11 Thankful that God, you obeyed the call of God, 28:13 Mr. Danny. 28:15 And, you know, when he called you almost 37 years ago, 28:16 when you obeyed the call of God and stepped forward, 28:19 all of us at the Ministry of 3ABN 28:21 and I think of so many people who have come 28:23 to know Jesus as a result of your faithfulness. 28:26 So what we are going to do right now... 28:29 Yeah, this should be fun. 28:30 Is we're going to have Mr. Danny 28:32 and Dr. Yvonne 28:33 and I think Greg and I might be there too, 28:35 and we will be taking your questions. 28:37 So this is your opportunity, if you are just beginning 28:41 in media ministry, or if you want to become 28:43 involved in ministry and you say, 28:45 I really, I have some more questions 28:47 that I specifically have 28:48 that I want to ask the Sheltons or Greg and I, 28:51 here is your opportunity to do that 28:53 and we'll be with you in just a moment. |
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