Riding the White Horse in the Ultimate Race of Life

We know that the White Horse is one of the symbols of the RTCA. It is taken directly from Revelation 19:11. We believe that Christ is seated upon the White Horse and he is called Faithful and True! (Amen) And all who love horses should rejoice because the horse is obviously a creature that exists in Heaven and is the chosen vessel that Christ will return to judge the Earth. Verse 16 tells us Christ wears a robe and on his thigh or jockey pants are written the words- "King of Kings and Lord of Lords".
While the prophecy written in the book of Revelation can occur at any minute, hour, day, week, year or decade- we need to be involved in the Harvest fields right now.
We do not know how long we have on this planet, we are not guaranteed another sunset or sunrise, so let us be found going about the work of our Father in Heaven.
The RTCA has endeavored to take on a great and awesome task. Presenting the gospel on the racetracks, training centers, farms and ranches of the horse racing community. With a goal of leading at least 25,000 people or more to Christ by the year 2010.
As I reported at our March conference in Seattle, we have already crossed the 16,500 person mark!
In addition to the tremendous ministry work of our local chaplains, the RTCA in partnership with the Foursquare Charity Foundation and some key individual partners have launched the White Horse Evangelism Festivals and follow up ALPHA discipleship programs.
Since August of 2007 the Festivals have come to the tracks at Del Mar, Bay Meadows, Churchill Downs, Sam Houston, Fairgrounds, Evangeline Downs, Delta Downs and just held one May 19 at Belmont Park with its sister track of Aqueduct. The next festival is scheduled for June 8 at Arlington Park. Alpha programs have been launched or are underway or will be coming to- Hollywood Park, Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Field, Santa Anita, Los Alamitos, Sam Houston, Churchill, Lone Star Park, Fairgrounds, Belmont, Evangeline Downs and Evangeline Training Center, Delta Downs and Arlington Park.
For a program that was targeted to carry out 8 Festivals and 8 ALPHA programs we have stretched out to 24 places, tracks and training centers!
We will be celebrating not only ALPHA graduations in the next few months but will also be holding baptisims as well!
Over 1,000 people have come directly to the Lord from these events and hundreds have enrolled in the ALPHA classes- with more to come.
But, it is extremely important to remember this, it is not about numbers. It is not keeping up with stats like a baseball game. The numbers are important only for what they represent- that each one of them encountered the Lord, that each one of them was transformed the moment they called upon and accepted Christ to be their savior. The numbers are important to know that the Lord of the Harvest is calling His people home through the race track chaplains and ministries!
We must continue to pray, we must continue to remember that a lot of these people are being delivered from the personal struggles with drugs, alcohol and sexual addiction.
The ALPHA program helps them in their growth as Christians as they are ministered to by our Chaplains. But, the devil will come at them from all angles. So lift them up in prayer, pray for our Chaplains on the front lines of the backstretch and pray for their families and the councils that support the ministry.
We are not about the numbers. We are part of helping people hear and see the gospel in action as we want them to accept Christ and win the ultimate race of life!