Word of Life has created a challenge in the month of April with the goal of sharing the gospel with 5 million people across the world.
Word of Life is an organization that uses the Bible Institute, camps, youth ministries, and international missions to give students and families experiences that help them grow in their spiritual walk.
Word of Life is calling the challenge “Eternity 5 Million” or E5M for short. ChurchLeaders spoke with Scott Foreman, Word of Life’s vice president of growth and impact strategies, about E5M and what inspired the challenge.
“We try to track gospel reach every year,” Foreman said. “About a year ago, we were able to determine that we figured we were having pretty quantifiable gospel reach with about 2 million people annually.” Foreman explained that those numbers are reflective of Word of Life’s regular outreach in nearly 90 countries.
Word of Life is celebrating its 85th year of ministry, and Foreman shared that the organization decided to come up with a “challenge to all of our countries to say, ‘Hey, what if we did a little bit more, trusted God to do something awesome?’”
“So that’s where we came up with the idea,” Foreman said, adding that “if we’ve been able to do 2 million relatively easy, what if we tried five?”
“And so the idea came up of, okay, let’s do ‘Eternity 5 Million,’ and let’s get every country to have focused gospel reach in one month,” he continued, “[where] every country is going to focus on really pouring gas on gospel reach.”
E5M’s website describes the challenge as:
An ambitious global evangelism initiative by Word of Life, aiming to share the life-transforming message of Jesus Christ with 5 million people in April 2025. As part of our THRIVE 2025 objectives, E5M is not just a campaign; it’s a call to action for every believer to step out in faith and make a difference in the lives of those around them.
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Word of Life is encouraging people to get involved with the challenge by mobilizing their churches to share the gospel with others. Another way, Forman said, is for Christians to use social media to share their testimonies online.
