Revolutionary Leaders

Beyond Gates of Splendor

A story beyond tragedy… beyond reason… beyond imagination

For our final night in The Amazing Race we will watch this movie and see how five families raced the message of Jesus Christ around the world To The Death.

The well-known facts about this story are that five men, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, and Ed McCully ventured to Ecuador in the mid 1950’s as missionaries, along with their wives, to share the Gospel with those who were out of reach of it. In the process, these five men lost their lives and the event became worldwide news. But in this account, the events begin fittingly with the backstory of the native Ecuadorians, the Waorani people, and sets up the history, culture and violence of their lives that led to the horrific event of the missionaries’ deaths. Following that is the backstory of the five men – their days together in school, getting married, their decision to go to Ecuador – leading up to the day they died. The film then takes us beyond that tragedy to show the fruit of the labor of these men, specifically through Nate Saint’s son, Steve Saint.

At the end of our service we will announce the winner of the Amazing Race $100 cash grand prize. You can still earn tickets that night by showing up, bringing friends, and giving to Speed The Light. See you there!