Annual Report Marty Angelo
Ministries 2007
NOTE FROM MARTY: Greetings and Happy New Year! I would like to
take a moment before you read this annual report to thank you for your
thoughts, prayers, and encouraging words this past year.
My ministry took a significant and very important turn in 2007. What
started to be another year of outreach to prisons, jails, and rehabs,
God opened a door for me to include troubled celebrities. This came as
quite a surprise to me at first, however, after thinking and praying
about it I understand completely why I was placed in this new mission
field: "I've been down a similar road." I know from experience
God uses us from where we came.
Today's celebrity is no different than the celebrities I worked and
partied with before becoming a Christian back in 1981. They are all
drinking the same booze, snorting, shooting, smoking the same dope,
hanging around the same type of party haunts, and getting into the same
kind of trouble.
When I see one of today's celebrities receive legal consequences because
of their out-of-control partying lifestyle, it reminds me of all the
similar times I experienced with my old friends while running wild in
the entertainment business. I feel the urgent need to reach out and
share with these people by sending them a letter and a copy of my book,
"Once Life Matters". Most times I just send an autographed
book with an inscribed positive message of hope. In a couple of rare
special occasions, I even offered to serve their jail time if they would
agree to enroll into a faith-based Christian recovery treatment program.
This is how serious I am about getting the message of salvation
across.
I do not reach out to celebrities to attract attention to myself, but to
share with them through my own personal experiences that the road they
are on will only bring more pain, sorrow, and possibly death if they do
not change their ways now. I offer the simple, yet powerful Gospel
message as the Way to accomplish those changes.
This type of outreach method dates back to when my own loving sister
Joanne reached out to me in the same manner. Joanne knew what I needed
two long years before I finally came to grips with it for myself, and
accepted God's salvation plan. Her way of reaching me during those two
years was to send me small Christian gospel message tracts, faith-based
books, and testimony audiotapes. I am so thankful for her ministry
because it not only saved my life, but gave me real Peace for the last
27 years, and the ability to reach out to help others who have similar
problems.
As I reflect back to my non-Christian days, my sister was the only one I
ever came in contact with who put action works with her faith (James
2:19-21-KJV). Up to that point I do not remember anyone in the
entertainment business in the '60s and '70s receiving Christian
materials that would help change our lives. We were all truly lost
without any real meaning, plan, or purpose. It continues to sound like a
similar pattern in people's lives (including celebrities) still to this
day.
The few times I sat in a county jail, I was never given nor even saw any
Christian outreach material. I am not saying I would have read anything,
yet alone apply the principles to my life, however, I do know beyond a
shadow of a doubt I would have never forgotten the gesture. If I did
read it, I am sure some seeds of faith would have been planted.
I have tried to use my sister's similar ministry techniques to reach out
to prisoners, substance abuse rehab clients, and now ... troubled
celebrities. If you have read my book, "Once Life Matters,"
you already know who I met, partied, and worked with back in the old
days of rock 'n' roll, r&b., and disco. Many of those celebrities
are unfortunately no longer around to have the opportunity to change
their lives. Most died in a horrible manner at such a young age because
of their insane partying lifestyles. I could have easily been one of
them. This is the reason why I feel the urgent need to get my book into
the hands of prisoners, substance abusers, and now, troubled
celebrities.
I know I would either be dead or spending the rest of my life in prison
if it were not for Jesus Christ coming into my life through my sister's
love, care, and for her being an obedient doer of the Word (James
1:21-24 -KJV). Joanne knew that what God had to offer me would
ultimately change my life. I pray the people I reach out to will
experience the same urgent enthusiasm, compassion, and life-changing
message.
Please continue to partner with me in prayer for the success of my
ministry's mission. Thank you.
Annual Report Marty Angelo Ministries 2007
LIFE-CHANGING BOOKS DONATED - (“Once
Life Matters: A New Beginning”)
Prisons/Jails
(500+ facilities) - 44,976
Substance
Abuse Recovery and Ministry Programs - 10,080
Troubled
Celebrities - 257
TOTAL BOOKS DONATED - 55,313
EVANGELISTIC OUTREACHES
Prison and Jail Presentations - 41
Substance Abuse Recovery Residential Program Presentations - 17
Substance Abuse Recovery Group Meetings - 12
Open Letters Sent
Directly to Troubled Celebrities 34
Troubled
Celebrity Contacts via Agents, Attorneys, Publicists, Publishers,
Managers - 223
TOTAL EVANGELISTIC OUTREACHES - 327
FOLLOW-UP RESOURCES
Correspondence
Received 2256
Referral Contact Resources Sent 2200
EVENTS
Radio Interviews
09
Television Interviews
02
Print/Internet
(interviews, stories, features, reviews, press releases)
20
School Presentations - 03
Conferences - 03
Church Presentations - 10
TOTAL EVENTS - 47
RECENT MEDIA EVENTS
Buffalo News - "'Party
Marty'...No More"
Joey Reynolds Radio Show - interview
Daystar's "Celebration" TV Show - interview
ReaderViews.com - book
review
ReaderViews.com - interview
InsideScoop.com - online
voice interview
Jessie Peterson Radio Show - interview
Prison Living Magazine - interview/story/book
review
Blogger News Network - book
review
One News Now - "It
takes one to know one -- Preaching Jesus to the celebrities"
Starpulse.com - interview
Newsblaze.com - news article
Elements.com - news article
Student Operated Press - news article
UPCOMING OUTREACH SPEAKING EVENTS
R.J. Donovan Prison - San Diego
Celebrate Recovery Group Meeting - Escondido, CA
The Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry - Annual Banquet - San Diego, CA
Centinela Prison - Imperial, CA
Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship - Monthly Dinner - Riverside, CA
San Bernardino County Jail - 'Champions for Life' - San Bernardino, CA
Please see website for
additional information: http://www.martyangelo.com
Chaplains and Substance Abuse
Program Directors: Please email to request a free case of the
book, "Once Life Matters." Click
here for more information.
Coming in 2008 New book: “Vision
of New Jerusalem: Now!” - An in-depth study of the kingdom of God,
the Church, and the New Jerusalem as One... Now! By understanding and
applying the principles found in this book one will learn how to: 1)
Stay Out of Troublesome Situations... Now! 2) Live a Victorious Life...
Now! 3) Experience Inner Peace... Now!
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