The Vision
July 16, 2007
To Share the Glorious Providence of God with Millions
The Faith of Our Fathers Project was launched by Vision Forum nearly three years ago in conjunction with the production of our film The League of Grateful Sons. From the beginning, our vision was bigger than the completion of a single film on the importance of gratitude, honor, and generational faithfulness between the children of the twenty first century and the heroic fathers of the Second World War. Our mission was to teach an entire generation of Christians to set their hope in God (Psalm 78) by considering the many providences of God in the life of this nation and by encouraging them to think in terms of generational faithfulness and honor to their fathers and mothers that it may “be well” with them and so that they can “live long” in the land which God has given to us (Exodus 20:12). Our mission was also to reach out to an unbelieving world with the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by placing the message of the Gospel within the context of real life testimonies to the providential goodness of God.
The Jamestown Quadricentennial: A Celebration of Our Providential History was the second important ministry of Vision Forum’s Faith of Our Fathers Project. From the beginning, this great event was bathed in prayer, not merely of our own staff, but of hundreds of families who joined us in asking the Lord to bless it such that Christ alone could receive all glory, honor, and praise. The vision of this national celebration is more fully explained here, but can be summarized as an exercise in vision-casting, hope-communication, apologetic training, and genuine celebration of the works of our great God. Thanks to the mercies of God, this event was blessed beyond all of our expectations, and important Ebenezers were raised and visions of Gospel influence and hope were cast for the Christian community that far transcend the event itself. Thousands caught the vision, and now the duty is before us to bring the message of God’s providences of generational faithfulness and of Gospel hope in Christ, the Lord of history, to millions.
And this is precisely what we want to do — bring the message to millions.
Step One of our ten year plan for the Faith of Our Fathers Project is to train, encourage, and prepare a generation of Christian warriors for Christ begins by taking the important foundations of instruction, gratitude, and honor which were laid at the Jamestown Quadricentennial and bringing the message to tens of thousands of families who were not able to attend. To do this we must be about the business of producing films for television broadcast and DVD distribution, publishing the scholarly record of God’s providence which was presented at the Quadricentennial, and creating materials for families and local churches to train believers.
We will do these things only as the Lord provides the resources for us, and we have set the issue before Him to prosper our efforts as He sees fit. Our short term mission is a war chest of $250K to allow us to begin production of the films, books, and materials in a timely manner.
Donation Offer of the Month
To those want to support us in this mission and who make an online donation this month of $100 or more, we will send a small token of appreciation for your partnership with us in this work by sending a disk of approximately 250 medium-high resolution images from the Jamestown Quadricentennial, a 5 x 7 image of the inspiring and “Rockwellesque” “huzzah, huzzah, huzzah” picture taken from the Jamestown Children’s Parade, and a souvenir copy of the Jamestown Quadricentennial Program.
To those who make a donation of $250 or more, we would like to give you a small token of our gratitude by sending you all of the above, plus a disk of ten Faith and Freedom Tour messages from the Jamestown Quadricentennial: A Celebration of America’s Providential History. (Note: There are no Faith and Freedom Tour messages on the 33-CD set conference album which is currently on sale for 25% off. That album contains the speeches, music etc. from the symposia and main events.)
For those who are not in a position to help financially with the Faith of our Fathers Project, we covet your prayers for God’s provision, and we stand with you in the spirit of Nehemiah who told the family warriors of his generation: “Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses” (Nehemiah 4:14).
How You Can Help
You can donate to the Faith of our Fathers Project by dropping us a letter, by making an online donation, or by contacting Don Hart (who handles special ministry relations) at dhart@visionforum.org. Your donations are all tax-deductible, and all donors who specify that their gifts are for this project, and who donate $1,000 or more, will be mentioned in the film credits.
Donate By Mail
To donate by mail, please send checks or money orders to:
Vision Forum Ministries Donations
Attn: The Life and Liberty Fund
4719 Blanco Road
San Antonio, Texas 78212
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