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Page 1: Renner Ministries - Strong. Stable. Steady....Rick and Denise Renner Our New Facility in Moscow! For almost 15 years, the congregation of the Moscow Good News Church met in rented
Page 2: Renner Ministries - Strong. Stable. Steady....Rick and Denise Renner Our New Facility in Moscow! For almost 15 years, the congregation of the Moscow Good News Church met in rented

Strong. Stable. Steady.

He makes the whole body fit together perfectly.

As each part does its own special work, it helps

the other parts grow, so that the whole body is

healthy and growing and full of love.

— Ephesians 4:16 NLT

After an intensive time of prayer at the beginning of the year, the Lord gave me

this verse of Scripture and these three words for our church and ministry: Strong,

stable, steady.

We’re strong when we are “fitting together” as the apostle Paul wrote — unified,

each doing his or her own unique, special work — and helping others grow. When

every part is working together, we become stable to take on each new task the

Lord reveals as a part of His greater plan. In that stalwart position of stability and

strength, we can then move forward with the steady grace that is befitting such a

heavenly assignment.

Developing the qualities of strength, stability, and steadfastness in our lives indi-

vidually and collectively shows that we’re honoring the cause of Christ and main-

taining an unbending position where fulfilling His plan is concerned. It is with this

determined mindset that we can effectively move forward to advance His Kingdom

and make His presence known to a lost world.

Making the Lord’s presence known — to as many thousands of souls as possible

before He returns — has been and will continue to be the mission of RENNER

Ministries.

God bless you as you read our report.

Rick and Denise Renner

Page 3: Renner Ministries - Strong. Stable. Steady....Rick and Denise Renner Our New Facility in Moscow! For almost 15 years, the congregation of the Moscow Good News Church met in rented

Our New Facility in Moscow!

For almost 15 years, the congregation of the Moscow

Good News Church met in rented halls and auditoriums,

often sharing space with other renters — including

a circus once! But last year, MGNC celebrated the

grand-opening of its newly reconstructed facility that the

church owns debt-free!

The journey toward ownership of a church building

has taken many twists and turns, including some disap-

pointing delays, over the years. But that journey ended

successfully in October 2014 when faith turned to sight,

and the church held its first service in the new facility.

Then on December 7, 2014, clerical and political leaders

from Moscow and many regions of the former USSR

attended MGNC’s gala grand-opening celebration. Prot-

estant leaders publicly offered heartfelt congratulations

and blessings. Public officials also addressed the congre-

gation, commending Rick and Denise and the church

for their past accomplishments in the city and pledging

support of their future endeavors.

The Lord understood every turn-of-event on this

arduous quest to establish a permanent home for this

church congregation and ministry headquarters. But the

God who sees turned every one of those “turns” into a

blessing that steadily moved Rick and Denise and their

team forward to the fulfillment of their dream. Now,

after so many years of waiting, the congregation of

MGNC has its very own facility in Russia’s capital city.

Rent is expensive everywhere in the metropolitan city

of Moscow — one of the most expensive cities in the

world. Not only will ownership save the church thousands

of dollars each year in rent, but this beautiful building

stands as a lasting testimony of the goodness, grace, and

glory of God among a population that desperately needs

to know Him and His great faithfulness and love.

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The Moscow Good News ChurchThe first service of the Moscow Good News Church

was held on September 7, 2000, with 220 people in

attendance, most of whom had heard of the Renners

through Rick’s nationally broadcasted TV program Good

News With Rick Renner. After successfully pioneering the

Riga Good News Church in Latvia nine years prior —

and leaving that work by God’s direction with a building

that had been paid for in full — Rick and Denise were

experiencing another “small beginnings” in Moscow.

But this act of willing obedience paid huge dividends

as people began to be reached with the Gospel, led to a

saving knowledge of Christ, and discipled in the Word

of God under the Renners’ seasoned leadership. The

Moscow church experienced swift, substantial growth in

a city of millions of people, most of whom were either

atheists or non-religious or who claimed membership in

the national Orthodox Church.

Today MGNC growth remains strong with approx-

imately 3,300 active participants and an average weekly

attendance of 2,300 people. Seven church services are

held each week from Saturday through Monday, includ-

ing two Golden Age services for the elderly, a Vietnam-

ese service, and an International Connection service for

other international members of the MGNC community,

where services are interpreted in English and French.

Every Sunday, the altar is filled with people who

respond to invitations to give their hearts to Christ,

to rededicate their lives to the Lord, and to receive

the baptism in the Holy Spirit. In 2015, the recorded

number of those who made decisions for Christ was

more than 1,000 in MGNC services alone. That figure

doesn’t include the number of decisions from children’s

church, Golden Age, and the church’s many outreaches

to the homeless, institutionalized, homebound, and

incarcerated in Moscow and surrounding areas. Believers

in Jesus Christ continue to multiply and be strengthened

in this region of the world as a result of the Renners’

emphasis to teach all nations in obedience to Jesus’

command (see Matthew 28:19).

Due to Moscow’s rapid growth and sheer size

(approximately 18 million combined in both urban

and suburban areas), the

transportation infra-

structure cannot accom-

modate the amount of

travel necessary for many

to attend MGNC each

Sunday. For that reason,

the Renners are develop-

ing a divinely inspired

plan to start eight Good

News satellite churches

throughout the city.

After the building

reconstruction was

completed last year, Rick

and Denise and their

team resumed planning for the establishing of these

affiliate churches. A meeting place for one of the eight

churches was recently secured in southern Moscow, and

in November 2015, this new congregation became the

first to function as an active affiliate church body with

MGNC.

Plans are underway to seek out seven additional

meeting places over the next five years.

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Internet ChurchEach week the Moscow Good News Church provides

live streaming of their services, including real-time

commentary and ministry to their viewing audience.

Approximately 2,400 unique viewers tune in to these

services via the Internet every Sunday, and MGNC has

received as many as 4,000 prayer requests posted to their

online prayer wall. Internet attendees are provided with

a telephone number to contact the church office for

follow-up if they desire, as well as for more information

about the church.

The testimonies of changed lives that have poured into

the Moscow office have been tremendous! The following

is a special testimony of a rescue operation of the Holy

Spirit through this newest ministry outreach.

My husband abandoned me and our two children

when our children were very young. I had no

family, very few friends, and nowhere to turn for

financial help in our destitute condition. Desperate

to feed my family, I made a bad decision to enter

a lifestyle of prostitution, thinking it was the only

way we could survive. My path grew even darker,

and I felt hatred for myself in every way. I truly

thought God had abandoned me, too, but one

day, I tuned in to the Internet Church through the

Moscow Good News Church.

New hope came to me as I gave my life to Christ.

He washed me clean and gave me a new way to

earn money for my family — a job my children

could see me working and could respect me for.

I wanted to know everything about the Moscow

Good News Church because hearing Rev. Rick

Renner speaking to me the truth about God, I

knew I had found my pastor!

Home GroupIn a colorful living-room setting, Rick and Denise

and various guests minister in “home group” to approx-

imately 2,000 online participants each week. Three

webcasts are aired via the Internet to three audiences

each Monday — to Russia, to Europe and Africa, and to

the United States. Home Group provides sound, trusted

teaching from God’s Word on various topics relevant to

the times. The Home Group chat room is invaluable in

networking believers from various walks of life who are

experiencing transformation together and strengthening

one another in the Lord.

Rick and his team are constantly researching ways

to grow this Internet audience and encourage deeper

participation by expanding and improving the current

networking platform. Meanwhile, the feedback is very

positive. Home Group members who tune in regularly

report how deeply meaningful and significant this

outreach has become to their lives.

In the past 12 months of Home Group, Rick and

Denise have broadcast 104 sessions (including the Russia,

Europe and Africa, and U.S. webcasts) with a total of

approximately 55,000 different members tuning in and

participating at various times in these online meetings.

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Other Internet Media

As Rick and Denise share their hearts via social media

and the Internet — drawing from their many years of

experience personally and in the ministry — they speak

transparently about their mistakes, successes, and the

power of lives lived in pursuit of God. Many begin

their day reading posts from Rick and Denise, finding

the strength and timely direction they need to face the

challenges of life.

More and more people look to Rick and Denise for

biblical wisdom and pastoral care via social networks.

Many consider them their pastors and spiritual leaders,

but most of all, they regard them as trusted leaders with

whom they can openly share, even from their pain and

brokenness.

Comments made on the various social networks

receive personal attention, and each prayer request is

taken immediately before the Lord. God is literally

rescuing people’s lives through RENNER Ministries’

contact with them on the Internet and social media!

YouTubeYouTube has become a tremendously effective

platform with which to broadcast RENNER Ministries

programs and reach people where the ministry’s teach-

ings are not shown via the airwaves. Posting videos to

YouTube removes the boundaries so that viewers can

access the trusted teachings of Rick Renner anytime,

anywhere. To date, the ministry has more than 6,300

total subscribers to RickRRenner, Renner Ministries,

and AmenCafeTV YouTube channels. There, viewers

can watch Rick Renner, Denise Renner — plus Home

Group sessions, short video teachings, and interviews

with other ministers of the Gospel.

The ministry’s Russian channels include TVMediaMir

and RickRennerVideo. Combined subscribers to U.S.

and Russian channels number more than 10,000.

AmenCaféAfter praying extensively about starting a Christian

web portal, Rick and his team launched AmenCafé in

2012. AmenCafé is an informational website designed to

assist believers in the Russian-speaking world with whole-

some, Bible-based information on practical topics, as well

as with sound Bible teaching. This outreach has become

so popular that even non-believers are attracted to the

site. AmenCafé offers many articles, reference materials,

videos, and other posts — each designed to glorify Christ

and help people in their everyday lives.

This past year alone, more than

30,000 unique viewers were

helped by this website. When they

visit the site for information, they

see ads inviting them to contact

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the ministry or to watch a short video on a particular

subject. They are also directed to RENNER Ministries

TV programs, where they can become even more familiar

with what the Bible says about their topic of interest.

Facebook, Twitter, and InstagramOne of the most active social-media venues is the

Facebook Author Page of Rick Renner, where he

regularly communicates with his friends and followers

through video clips and written posts. His page currently

has more than 130,000 followers. Denise Renner also

has a Facebook page, and she communicates with more

than 3,500 followers.

Twitter is another growing platform for communicating

the Good News. The combined followers on this network

currently number 16,776 for both Rick and Denise.

Denise Renner is new to Instagram! Denise has only

begun communicating via this medium since August

2015. In three months, she has gained almost 290

followers. Rick’s followers number more than 2,300.

RENNER Ministries U.S. Social Media Contacts

• facebook.com/RickRenner

• facebook.com/RennerDenise

• twitter.com/RennerRick

• twitter.com/RennerDenise

• instagram.com/RickRRenner

• instagram.com/RennerDenise

Other online ministry resources include the following regular programs:

• Good News With Rick Renner

(lightsource.com/ministry/rick-renner)

• Refuel With Rick

(lightsource.com/ministry/refuel-with-rick)

Russian Social MediaSocial networks in Russia also continue to grow. At

this time, Russian Facebook followers number 17,886,

Twitter followers number 5,488, and the combined

followers from the Russian networks Vkontakte and

Odnoklasniki currently total 20,723.

RENNER Ministries utilizes many media avenues to

proclaim the Gospel of Christ and the good news that

there is salvation in His name. Their combined U.S.

and Russian social-media outlets alone host followers of

nearly 200,000 who are hungry to hear the Renners’ rich

and uplifting insights from God’s Word.

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Television Ministry

Good News Training Center

The Renners have been broadcasting TV programs

via their own Christian television network since 1992.

When Rick took that initial step of obedience more than

20 years ago and began broadcasting Good News With

Rick Renner, the response was enormous.

Soon others wanted to broadcast their ministry pro-

grams to this vast audience of spiritually hungry souls in

the former USSR. Today in their Moscow studio, Rick

and his team produce programming in many languages

for several U.S. ministries.

Through the years, the Renners’ commitment to pro-

duce top-quality programming throughout the former

USSR and beyond has grown along with their audience

of viewers. The total number of nations covered with

these programs (via terrestrial stations) is seven — Rus-

sia, Ukraine, Estonia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,

and Moldova — wherein the broadcasts reach nearly

39 million people. In addition, these ministry programs

are broadcast on seven satellites that reach 115 nations,

In January 2003, Rick and Denise began the Good

News Training Center in Moscow to teach believers to

fulfill their callings with excellence. The Renners’ vision

continues to grow, and graduates of the training center

are receiving their God-given assignments to minister

all over the world. To date, graduates have been “sent”

to Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,

Georgia, eastern Asia — and, of course, Russia. Some

who have completed the center’s rigorous program

serve in key leadership positions in the Moscow church.

Others have moved on to pastor churches that are a part

of the Good News Association, the Renners’ association

of churches located in various parts of the former USSR.

At the Good News Training Center, students receive

sound Bible teaching, opportunities for hands-on

application, and the equipping necessary to:

• plant churches.

• effectively fill positions in existing churches and

ministries.

• break spiritual ground in new territories.

• disciple other believers so that they, too, can

answer God’s call with excellence.

Over the past 12 years, 699 men and women have

received degrees or certificates of completion from the

Good News Training Center.

radically broadening the reach of this television ministry

to millions more.

Now, 23 years later, the television outreach of REN-

NER Ministries continues to thrive with a full staff of

trained professionals whose common goal is to herald the

good news that Jesus loves them and gave His life to win

them. With just three RENNER TV programs — Good

News With Rick Renner, Heart to Heart (Denise Renner),

and Change Your World — RENNER Ministries aired

more than 2,450 TV broadcasts last year alone.

Through the production, buying of TV time,

and partner-care services provided in this part of the

world — not only for the Renners, but also for other

well-loved ministers — this ministry is playing a huge

role in covering the earth with sound teaching from

God’s Word.

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Golden Age / Vitamin ClubGolden Age holds two services each Monday at the

Moscow Good News Church, accommodating approx-

imately 5,000 senior citizens every month. Many of

the seniors impacted by this outreach give their hearts

to Christ just before they leave this world — in the

sunset years of their lives — causing Golden Age to be

accurately termed a “last-chance” ministry.

Rick and Denise began this ministry to seniors ten

years ago through an idea inspired by Holy Spirit to

attract pensioners — many of whom were from the

communist era and had been forgotten in their “golden

age” when Communism collapsed. With the help of

their partners, the Renners rented a giant hall and

invited famous musicians, vocalists, and TV personalities

from the past to perform in a gala concert exclusively for

this older generation. Flyers and invitations were distrib-

uted, massive preparations were made — and Rick and

Denise and their team eagerly waited to see what fruit

this huge step of obedience would bring.

More than 16,000 senior citizens in Moscow

responded to that first invitation — and 10,000 more

attended the ministry’s second big event! After each

of those first two impressive concerts, every attendee

received a bag containing grocery and toiletry items,

literature, and vitamins — all deeply meaningful

commodities to those who receive meager pensions

and are unable to purchase many basic necessities for

themselves.

Those two important events began a regular series of

mini-concerts, and the beloved outreach Vitamin Club

was born. At each mini-concert today, those who come

are also invited to attend special Golden Age services at

the Moscow Good News Church, where they can learn

more about topics of interest to their age group — and,

of course, how to secure their eternal well-being and

enjoy new life in Christ on the earth!

Many of the elderly population are not accustomed

to the gifts and attention they receive at Vitamin Club/

Golden Age, and they accept this ministry very warily

at first. But by showing God’s love in tangible ways that

the elderly understand and need the most, the Golden

Age team builds trust over a period of time — and,

invariably, those walls of suspicion come down. Over

the years, thousands of Moscow’s seniors have given their

lives to Christ through this outreach — many literally at

the last moment, at the very “sunset” of their lives.

The following are testimonies from Golden Age

members and regular attendees. RENNER Ministries

would like to thank you for your prayers and financial

giving to continue this strong, stable, steady outreach for

the Lord. He truly cares about society’s oldest members

and has provided Rick and Denise and this ministry

with a highly effective tool for winning them to Christ

and discipling them as His followers.

I have visited the Golden Age services for six years

already. I always see the respect, care, and atten-

tion toward us here. We are met with sincerity,

kindness, and courtesy. Sometimes I think that my

life is over, but when I come here and meet with

these people, I am in a good temper. I’m starting

to believe that my life is not over; there is still

some things to reflect about in life, and I want to

know more about God.

Maxim gives us such a strong charge of zest in our

lives that I want to listen to him again and again.

This is a place where I can come, and there are

people who care about me and appreciate me. I

have a family here. I was healed here. And, most

importantly, I have come close to God here and

gained confidence in my salvation.

Irina Braksmeyer

77 years old

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House of Mercy

In addition to feeding thousands of children and

adults on the streets each year, House of Mercy

also manages a family-style orphanage in which

orphaned or abandoned children are brought

into family settings to be loved and cared

for. House of Mercy puts them through school,

establishes them in church, and teaches them about

a relationship with Christ in their everyday lives. Since

the inception of this outreach in 2002, hundreds of

young people have come through House of Mercy’s

doors and have been educated, re-socialized, and filled

with God’s Spirit so they could enter society as produc-

tive adults, free from the wounds of the past.

Committed to society’s forgotten who have no

place to go and no natural hope for their future,

House of Mercy team members and volunteers pro-

vide food and clothing, conduct evangelistic crusades, hold Bible studies, and host

“home-group” meetings at state shelters. Their mission is to share the truth that God

loves each one of us and has a plan for every person’s life. The best part is that much

of this ministry is conducted by the very youth who were rescued by Christ through

House of Mercy!

House of Mercy provides approximately 3,000 meals per month to the homeless

and down-and-out in Moscow. Operating under the legal umbrella of RENNER

Ministries, this outreach also conducts regular visits to youth prisons, boarding

schools, and mental institutions to reach hurting and abandoned children and youth.

With an ever-broadening vision to help more of the thousands of children living in

deprivation right in their own community, House of Mercy has a dream to build a

facility and expand their borders to rescue even more of the wounded and forsaken in

this immense city.

Since I started attending Golden Age, everything in my life has changed. New

life was breathed into me. I was depressed because my son was diagnosed with

cancer of the intestine. We began praying for his healing, and the Lord answered

our prayers. Now my son is healthy, and we attend services together.

Zinaida Tolochko

78 years old

I came to Golden Age by accident and stayed forever. I changed a lot here. I

became more patient toward all people and realized that each person is an indi-

vidual, a creation of God, and that God loves all of us. I enjoy studying the Bible

and singing. All this affects me very positively. I enjoy

the hospitality here, the tactful and respectful attitude

toward each person, and the great concerts and gifts.

Thanks to all the organizers for all you do for us.

Valentina Pavlenkova

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Ministries We Support

Other ‘Good News Outreaches’

The Renners strongly believe in supporting others who, like their own ministry,

are diligently obeying their divine assignments and bearing fruit for Jesus around

the world.

Currently, RENNER Ministries supports missionaries in Vietnam; a ministry

that reaches youth in the U.S. and around the world; a traveling music and teaching

ministry; and pastors and missionaries in areas of the world that are so extremely

hostile to Christianity that those nations can’t even be named lest those ministers

become endangered.

Your prayers and financial giving to RENNER

Ministries are having a more far-reaching impact than

you can imagine. Only Heaven will be able to reveal

the untold number of lives that were transformed for

eternity by the Gospel through not only this ministry,

but also the other ministries we help support. You

have a part in every one of those changed lives —

thank you!

Together with their staff and approximately 900

volunteers from the Moscow church, the Renners are

making a difference in the lives of people from all walks

of life in the multicultural city of Moscow. The various

programs of the church include a focus on children,

youth, home groups, singles, married couples, business

professionals, women, men, the elderly, and interna-

tionals from countries all over the world.

In cooperation with the Moscow Good News

Church, RENNER Ministries also conducts many Good News Outreaches in the city of

Moscow and beyond. Included are ongoing ministry outreaches to orphanages, chil-

dren’s camps, hospitals and rehabilitation centers, mental institutions, and prisons.

In recent years, Good News Outreaches has expanded its ministries of compas-

sion to those who are the most vulnerable and needy. For example, in addition to

outreaches to orphanages — where teams ministered and distributed Bibles, diapers,

clothing, toys, and coats, hats, and mittens — Good News Outreaches also began

ministering to orphaned or abandoned young people who are older in age.

State-run orphanages in Russia legally terminate the residency of a young person

once he or she reaches 18 years of age. At that time, these young people must find their

own way in society as adults. But all too often, they become desperate and misguided,

falling into the hands of predators who use them in the sex trade.

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Good News Outreaches seeks to help teenagers

avoid this life of pain and destruction — and to fulfill

their God-given destinies — by teaching them how to

have the best new start possible outside the walls of the

institutions where they were raised.

In their visits to teen-aged orphans last year, the

ministry conducted:

• classes in which these young women learned bib-

lical values, job skills, and time- and money-man-

agement to help them live godly, productive lives

outside the orphanage when they are released at age

18. At these classes, each girl was presented with

a personal-hygiene gift set and other small items

useful for beginning their new lives in society.

• “Part 2” of the classes for teen-aged girls. In these

classes, the young women learned about etiquette,

sexual purity, maintaining their spiritual, emo-

tional, and physical health, and conflict resolu-

tion. During these visits, the girls were presented

with scarves, gloves, personal-hygiene supplies,

and light makeup.

• a program for young men in which they learned

job skills, time- and money-management, and

how to have respect for themselves and others.

The young men were also presented with items

useful for their lives as independent adults.

This past year, ministry teams also ministered the

love of God through their regular weekly outreaches

to the institutionalized, to young people at youth and

children’s camps, and to many others through the Good

News Outreaches conducted by RENNER Ministries

and the Moscow Good News Church.

In the fall of 2015, Good News Outreaches began a

brand-new program to assist children with special needs,

along with their caregivers — in particular, mothers

who have become nearly “house-bound” as they provide

constant care for these precious young lives.

Partner CareAfter people experience the ministry of Rick and

Denise on TV, via the Internet, in public ministry, or

through the Renners’ books or other teaching materials,

they often contact RENNER Ministries both in Russia

and the U.S. for prayer. As always, the partner-care teams

in Moscow and Tulsa let people know they are there for

them and are eager to pray. In fact, RENNER Ministries

is honored to be their prayer partners and to stand with

them concerning the circumstances of their lives.

True to His Word, God hears and answers faith-filled

prayer! Testimonies of answered prayer poured in last

year, as we received news of supernatural healings of ter-

minal diseases, deliverances from addictions, restoration

of marriages, early prison releases, and financial needs

being supplied. Some of these reports came back to us

within just a few hours of our bringing the requests to

the Lord!

In the last year, this ministry department in the U.S.

and abroad reached out to hundreds of thousands of

people through phone calls, emails, cards and letters,

the prayer wall, and social-media responses. In the

U.S., RENNER Ministries can be reached by phone at

800-742-5593, by email at [email protected], or by

mail at P.O. Box 702040, Tulsa, OK 74170-2040.

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The Renners’ 25-Year History in the Former Soviet Union

When Rick first began to be stirred about moving his

family to the USSR just as Communism in that region

of the world was collapsing, he thought he and Denise

would stay one year and pioneer a work for Jesus before

returning home to the U.S.

But by the time the Renners had taken that huge

step of faith and obedience in January 1991, they had

packed up all their belongings and bid family and

friends farewell for an undetermined span of time. It

was a bittersweet morning at the Tulsa International

Airport with so many of those

people gathered around them

for last-moment hugs and

good-byes. Rick and Denise

and their three boys were filled

with excitement about the

adventure that lay ahead — yet

they were saddened to leave

behind the people who were so

precious to their lives.

Rick and Denise and their family never once looked

back. In fact, when their plane landed in the former

Soviet Union, the whole family — led by Rick — clasped

hands in unison and prayed a prayer of committal and

consecration to the Lord and His plan for their lives.

It wasn’t the first prayer Rick had ever prayed of

that kind, and it certainly wouldn’t be the last. Then

as an outward show of the stand they had made before

God — strong, stable, and steady — Rick bowed to the

ground and kissed the tarmac to indicate that the land

where the Lord had brought them would be the new,

permanent home of the Rick Renner family.

Where has the time gone? Rick and Denise — and

their grown sons and their wives — will be the first

to acknowledge that this work is without question the

Lord’s doing. Although it was their task to undergo the

difficulty of forging ahead when countless challenges

made it appealing to turn back, the beauty of what has

come forth from their steadfastness is truly marvelous

in their eyes. Only God could have strengthened,

sustained, and provided for them through every aspect of

this momentous assignment that they continue to carry

out to this day.

The Renners are also deeply aware that without the

sacrificial gifts from their base of faithful partners and

friends, RENNER Ministries could not have continued

strong, stable, and steady for all these years of growth,

change, and setbacks in the political and economic arenas.

Rick and Denise are thankful to God for every gift — big

and small — understanding its value to the one who gave

it and to the assignment it was sent to help fulfill.

“As partners together in this work, we will all share the

reward of the fruit that is born in this part of the world for

God’s Kingdom. THANK YOU, friends and partners of

RENNER Ministries — we truly do love you and thank God

for you! ” — Rick Renner

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Books by Rick

“Write, write, write. I

will prosper what you write.”

Those were the words the

Lord spoke to Rick Renner

as a teenager, and those

words have born enormous,

abiding fruit over the

decades that have ensued.

The writing ministry of

Rick Renner continues

stronger than ever to this

day — with several of his book titles becoming bestsellers and remaining beloved

classics through the years by readers of all ages.

Upcoming ReleasesSparkling Gems From the Greek, Volume 2

Signs You’ll See Just Before Jesus Comes

Rick Renner Readers (RRR) In recent years, Rick looked for a way to more deeply connect with those who

love his written materials — his “deeper family of readers.” Rick Renner Readers was

started to satisfy that desire. RRR is a group of dedicated students of God’s Word who

have signed up to receive free of charge writings by Rick Renner that have not previ-

ously been published anywhere. Whether it’s freshly written insight or something he

has been working on for a book manuscript, these spiritually rich nuggets from Rick’s

study of the Greek are emailed periodically to those who ask for them at renner.org.

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Books by Denise

This past year, Denise published her first trade-size book

on the subject of marriage, and it is already becoming popular

with women and men of all ages — married and single! Who

Stole Cinderella — The Art of ‘Happily Ever After’ was inspired

by a collection of seminar materials Denise has taught in the

Moscow church. Each chapter contains details of her own

life experiences — both her successes and her mistakes. She

shares with readers the insights she gleaned from the Word

and through a deep work of the Holy Spirit that healed her

emotionally and strengthened her union with Rick.

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