Armor of God Project: How Do Vests Go Out?

Across America: City #5

The Phoenix Police Department protects the 5th largest city in America. This week we ask you to pray for the Phoenix Police Department and for Chief Jack Harris. For the next 4 weeks Ten-Four Ministries will be contacting the police chiefs in the largest 50 cities in America and presenting them with The Gospel. This is an ongoing project called The Across America Project.

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Across America: City #6

The Philadelphia Police Department protects the 6th largest city in America. This week we ask you to pray for the Philadelphia Police Department and for Chief Charles Ramsey. For the next 5 weeks Ten-Four Ministries will be contacting the police chiefs in the largest 50 cities in America and presenting them with The Gospel. This is an ongoing project called The Across America Project.

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Armor of God Testimonies

You will find the most recent testimonies that we have received through the Armor of God Project, a ministry of Ten-Four Ministries. You can see additional testimonies here.

"I received my vest. I felt like a kid opening a present at Christmas once it arrived. The vest fits amazingly. Thank you all for what you do. You truly are amazing. Thanks you so much."


"I am a certified and sworn officer and been one since 1993. The vest I have is 12years old. My wife and I have twins (2yrs) and I have two other children. I am a Christian and feel this has been brought to my attention because of my need that GOD see's. I would buy a new vest but do not have enough money. Arrested a city councilman last week and been getting threats ever since and the vest I have would not work if it was hit.....I appreciate your thought and help if you so choose to do so..your brother in Christ."


"I received the best gift today, since the birth of my children. Thank you very much. I only wished that I could thank you in person and shake your hand. As you know I work for a small department (4 officers) that does not have the budget to supply vests. Again Thank You Very Very Much."


"I received my vest today and its a perfect fit. God works in many ways and this is a true blessing from God and your project. I pray for your ministry everyday for its continued success. My God keep you and all police officers surrounded by a hedge of protection. I now have another layer of armor to go with the armor our Lord Jesus has had around me for 30 years in law enforcement. Work safe, thank you and God Bless you. "


"I received today the vest that you had sent to me. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to you and your staff at Ten-Four Ministries. The Armor of God Project has ensured that if the situation ever arose I will be protected. This gives my wife, my children, and myself peace of mind knowing I stand a better chance on making it home. Thank you for helping me with this need. God Bless."

The Man Pounding A Nail In His Nose

I just returned from Southern California and had the humble honor to assist the Ambassadors' Academy with their four-day intensive evangelism training. I must tell you that I always return from this training with the same thing in mind. If you love Jesus Christ, you would love this training. Let me encourage you to check it out.

In addition to being around 45 students that love the Lord, I finally met a Pastor that I have been listening too and reading for some time. In fact, Pastor Matt Johnson was my roomate. Do you want to know the heart of Matt? Start by reading his latest blog post and watch his inspiring Open-Air Sermon at Huntington Beach below.

A Man Pounding A Nail In His Nose from Ten-Four Ministries on Vimeo.

Across America: City #7

The San Antonio Police Department protects the 7th largest city in America. This week we ask you to pray for the San Antonio Department and for Chief William McManus. For the next 6 weeks Ten-Four Ministries will be contacting the police chiefs in the largest 50 cities in America and presenting them with The Gospel. This is an ongoing project called The Across America Project.

Ten-Four Ministries Partners With the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office

Ten-Four Ministries was humbled to be able to join with the Pittsburg County (OK) Sheriff's Department today and outfit their SWAT Team with Tactical Vests. We received the vests valued at over $120,000 several weeks ago from a generous agency. At the time we did not know a place for them to go but as we have seen so often in the last year, God sent an agency our way. The Pittsburg County SWAT Team was recently formed but they had very limited funds for equipment. The agency located the Armor of God Project, a ministry of Ten-Four Ministries that has provided close to 900 free ballistic vests to peace officers in need around the world in the last year.

Myself and Tulsa Police Corporal Dan Ward and Ten-Four Ministries Board member drove 90 minutes south and was surprised to have almost every deputy from the SWAT team waiting on us upon our arrival. Despite several working nights and being off-duty, they were excited to see us and their new vests.

As we began to speak to the team, Sheriff Joel Kerns stepped in and introduced himself. I asked the Sheriff if I could address his SWAT Team and he encouraged me to. He pointed to a sign in the room we were in, which was an order from him that profanity was not allowed. I should have known then what Sheriff Kerns leadership was pursuing for his deputies. I shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the SWAT Team. It was an amazing opportunity and I am sincerely grateful for Sheriff Kerns permitting me to. Below is a video of our Gospel Presentation to the group.

Each Deputy also received a copy of Take Up The Shield and an excellent Gospel Tract that we use from Anchored In Truth.

We were able to personally meet most of the deputies and then Sheriff Kerns and Sergeant Bedford graciously permitted us to speak to them on camera about their involvement with the Armor of God Project.

What an honor it was to meet these real life heroes and have the opportunity to share with them about Christ. I am continually amazed that God has given me these opportunities. To Sheriff Kerns and the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office...Thank you for spending part of your day with us.

The Forgotten Power of the Public Proclamation of the Gospel

Courageous The Movie

Across America: City #8

The San Diego Police Department protects the 8th largest city in America. This week we ask you to pray for the San Diego Department and for Chief William Lansdowne. For the next 7 weeks Ten-Four Ministries will be contacting the police chiefs in the largest 50 cities in America and presenting them with The Gospel. This is an ongoing project called The Across America Project.

Armor of God Update

I just returned from Muscle Shoals, Alabama and while one of my intentions was to attend a conference with a couple from my church, there would be work to be done with Ten-Four Ministries as well.

A few weeks ago, myself and the President of our Board of Directors, Josh Rutledge, travelled to Richardson, Texas to their police agency and picked up 60+ ballistic vests, tactical vests and equipment for the Armor of God Project. In order to save money, whenever we can avoid shipping costs, we do and a 4 hour drive to Richardson was a great time of fellowship with my Brother in Christ and fellow laborer. We want to thank the Richardson Police Department (see photo above) for their committment to providing this much needed equipment.

So with the planned conference trip, we took most of the equipment from Texas to our distribution center, located just a few miles from the conference. We met up with Muscle Shoals Lt. Clint Reck (see above photo) on our arrival and what would be a wonderful week began.

The current distribution center of ballistic vests has grown dramatically since my last visit in July 2009. Clint and Ray Mahan have done a great job with this ministry of Ten-Four Ministries.

As you can see from the map above, in just nine months, the Armor of God Project has reached law enforcement in need of ballistic vests in 40 states and 3 countries. All of this with very limited funding and no advertising. God has certainly been good to us as we have had a front seat view of His Work.

I am continually amazed by the quality of equipment we receive. Clint is holding (above) a tactical vest worth over $1600. We recently received over a dozen of these vests that will be going to a SWAT Team that had requested some if we received any....Did I mention how great God is. We will now have the opportunity to meet officers we would not normally have met, give them the vests and share with them the Good News of Jesus Christ.

We finished up our week in Muscle Shoals by filming some informational videos on the project which we will be distributing soon and upon leaving we had the opportunity to drive to Sardis, Mississippi and met with Renee Ward and her husband (see above photo), the pastor of St. Matthew's Missionary Baptist Church. We met them just before the Sunday service and listened as Renee spoke of a horrible incident that occurred in the city she works in as the City Clerk. You can see our interview together here. We were able to personally deliver eight vests to Renee and her husband is partnering with us to deliver the vests to the officers and present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Ten-Four Ministries Guest on What's Up Radio

We had the humble honor last week to be a guest on Terry Lowry's What's Up Radio program based out of Houston, Texas. We gave a three part interview covering various aspects of Ten-Four Ministries including our history and the ministries we are currently involved in. I would like to thank Terry for his gracious invitation.

This is the audio of all three interviews. The discussions in order consist of the history of the ministry, projects we are involved in, our counseling service and our Armor of God Project.



If you can't see the audio player, you can go directly to the link here.

Crenshaw PD Receives AOG Vests

The Armor of God Project recently provided vests to each officer of the Crenshaw (MS) Police Department. I was travelling last Thursday to Muscle Shoals, Alabama for two specific purposes. I was attending the True Church Conference with my wife and another couple from our home church and I had scheduled a film crew to help us with some video at our vest distribution center which is located in Muscle Shoals.

The Lord would add to our plans. I received a call Thursday afternoon that the Crenshaw, Mississippi Police Department needed ballistic vests for each of their officers. The small town of just 900 were addressing this need after one of their officers was shot. That story itself was simply heroic. You can read about it here.

Because the area was just a few hours out of my way, the opportunity had arisen to personally give vests to the agency. I met with the City clerk at her husband's church earlier today. You can watch a short interview with her below.

The Exam

America's Most Wanted: Vote Now

On April 1, 2009, The Armor of God Project began and God has done amazing things with it. Close to 800 free bullet-proof vests have been given out to officers in need and with each vest, we have been able to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the officer.

America's Most Wanted has just listed the co-founder of the Armor of God Project, Lt. Clint Reck, as a 2010 All Star Nominee. Clint has been nominated for his work on the project and he will be competing the next eight weeks with several other first responders. This is where you come in.

Eack week, starting now, the first responder with the top vote will be placed in the finals. Once in the finals, Clint would compete against eight others for the top prize. While the prize would be great, we are asking you to help us with something much more important. If Clint makes the finals, it would no doubt place his work with Ten-Four Ministries on the national stage. It would have the potential to bring many officers to us, thus giving us the opportunity to tell them about Christ. This was the sole reason Clint agreed to accept this nomination when he was called by AMW.

We need your votes now. We are asking that you vote for Clint and you are able to do it once per day. Ultimately your votes could enable us to tell others about Christ. We are excited about this and hope that you will help us.

Remember, you can vote once per day. Please consider this.

VOTE FOR CLINT HERE

Go Hard

Across America: City #9

The Dallas Police Department protects the 9th largest city in America. This week we ask you to pray for the Dallas Department. For the next 8 weeks Ten-Four Ministries will be contacting the police chiefs in the largest 50 cities in America and presenting them with The Gospel. This is an ongoing project called The Across America Project.