The Journey Begins When You Seek the Truth In Jesus Christ

The Mayflower ship sailed from England to America in 1620 and would change history forever. Fleeing persecution and seeking a place where they could worship freely, the Pilgrims made the journey from the land they knew into the unknown.

Martin Luther’s protest 500 years ago has been debated at length. Is it still valid? Are the reasons for it still relevant? Is it now outdated or have people today simply forgotten the lessons of history?

Casteluzzo towers over the valley and town of Torre Pelice as a constant reminder of the persecution that the Waldenses have been through. The 17th century would see probably their worst episode with the massacre at Mount Casteluzzo particularly gruesome. They made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of truth.

Marie Durand spent 38 years in prison with her only crime being her Protestant faith. All she needed to do be to released was to say two words - ‘I recant’, something that she refused to do. Her righteous resistance is an example of an ordinary person standing resolutely in the face of injustice.

Today the Methodist church spans the globe, yet its birth was unintentional and its roots go back to a Bible study group at Oxford University. However some would say its roots go back even further, to the Wesley brothers’ godly upbringing in Epworth, England.

John Wesley and George Whitfield would have a huge impact on Christianity throughout the world. George Whitfield would be instrumental in the First Great Awakening in America and John Wesley would lead a revival in England that some say saved the country from a revolution.

16 year old Mary Jones saved her pennies and walked barefoot 28 miles through the desolate Welsh countryside to buy a Bible. This story would inspire countless others and give impetus to the many fledgling Bible societies and mission movements.

The reformation was not a singular event or fixed date, but rather a progression of ideas and beliefs that once circulated would become unstoppable. Who were the key players and what would the future hold?

The faith and belief of groups such as these stood in conflict with the claims from Rome , that they were the mother church, and so they ( Rome ) sought to either convert by force or destroy them.

The college of the Barbs is one of the most famous Waldenses missionary training school that still stands today. Explore this wonderful school, in an amazing location in 360 Video.


Shalom and enjoy

Hidden deep within the Alps are caves that the Waldenses used for worship as well as hiding from enemy soldiers, who seek'd them out, ready to kill them for their beliefs in the Bible. Check out some 360 Video of the caves themselves.

John Wycliffe's ashes where famously tossed into the River in Lutterworth. Explore the exact site this took place in 360 Video.

Check out the location for Episode 9 in stunning 360 Video. The site were thee Albigensian were looking over the bridge that connects across to the other side , only witness being surrounded by the papal army .

How far would you go to serve God? Watch one of our exclusive deleted scenes from Episode 2 from Iona, Scotland.The Students of Iona would have to travel extensively to attend the training school but also to leave Iona and serve in a far away location.


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For us to get to Iona today , we have to come to a town called Alban , it's about three hours north of Glasgow , which is about seven hours north of London. From Alban you have to take a ferry to the Isle of Mull you drive one hour across the Isle of Mull and then you have to take another ferry to get to Iona. It takes at least minimum one day if not two just to arrive here.


On the journey up here my mind goes back to the missionaries , who would go out from here. If it took us two days to get here , how long would it have taken them in the 500 and 600 and 700 AD .To leave from this island and then spread out around Scotland , England , Wales, and then go across to Europe as missionaries. They spent a long time , long journeys traveling across as missionaries throughtout the British Isles and throughout Europe because they believed fervently in The Gospel which they had learned here in this mission training institute.


God calling us to day as well , to be missionaries for him . It may even be just crossing the road as speaking to a neighbor , it may be talking to someone at the university , it may be going to a far away country. But where ever God is calling you today, may you take up that call and be a missionary for Him.


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Shalom

Explore the Grossmünster in Zurich, one of the main churches that Zwingli operated out of. 360 Video.

Hebrews 10: 5-36

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.


Good Reminder to us all blessings ...