• We believe the Bible is the written word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit.  The Bible is the revelation of God’s truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice.
• We believe that God created the earth and all that is in it.  We believe that He created man in His own image.
• We believe in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  We believe that Jesus was God in the flesh and that he came to earth to take the form of man and became a sacrifice for our sin
• We believe that we are all sinners and totally unable to save ourselves from God’s displeasure, except by His mercy.
• We believe that salvation is by God alone.  We believe His choice is based on His grace, not on any human individual merit, or foreseen faith. 
• We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who through His perfect life and sacrificial death atoned for the sins of all who will trust in Him, alone for salvation.
• We believe the only way to Heaven is accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. 
• We believe Jesus left the Holy Spirit here to comfort and guide us until His return. 
• We believe that all aspects of our lives are to be lived to the glory of God under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

In February 1997, I went to Moscow with a mission group from our church.  We worked with Christians who were building an orphanage and providing daily meals to children living in the subways. Those Russian Christians blessed me.  They praise the Lord with all their hearts.  They would come by one at a time or sometimes with an interpreter and visit with me as I painted the heat radiators in the building.  I became concerned that I would cause them to lose their jobs, and I spoke to their supervisor about it.  He smiled and said, "No, they will not lose their jobs.  It is your hair."  I did not understand and asked what he meant.  He replied, "They want to sit and talk with you because of your gray hair.  They do not know anyone who has walked with Jesus very long.  We are all baby Christians here-even our parents."  When I told them of God's call to bring the gospel of Jesus to Russia through theatre, they were so happy.  "We can share about Jesus with our friends and relatives who will not go to church."  The look of hope and expectation in their eyes remains with me.

It was a good service. Later that week Pastor Stephen called me.  He said, "This call is not to talk about coming to our church, but about something that happened to me, and it involves you."  I wondered what it could be about.  He said, "Travis, I was at a conference a few days ago, and the last message was one I felt I had to hear.  The pastor I went with wanted to come home, but I insisted on staying.  As I walked into the room, it came to me to pray for Travis Johnson.  It happened several times.  I didn't know what to pray for, but I did pray for you.  Travis, the title of that sermon was, 'When Your Dream is in the Dungeon.'  Do you have a dream that is in the dungeon?"  Was I shocked!  I said, "Yes, but I can't tell you about it until I pray and see how God leads."  Some days later I did share the vision with Pastor Steven.  When I finished, he leaned forward and said, "If you will get yourself to Russia and do what God called you to do, He will not only bless that but what you do here.  I am going to find someone to take you over there."  And he did just that.  I went with a missionary to Kiev, Ukraine in May 2000. 

I talked with several pastors and looked at many of the theaters in Kiev with no success. My nickname was "the crazy guy" because I told everyone I needed to light the building outside and that I needed animals… sheep, donkeys and camels.  They said no way not here.  But near the end of my visit I found everything.  The theatre was on the campus of the International Polytechnic Institute in the center of thousands of students.  It was possible to light the building outside.  The theatre was available April and May 2001.  They were eager to have us present the story of the Bible and wanted their students to work along side us and learn from us.  Across the street was a zoo with animals! 

I believed God has pointed us to our beginning.  There was much to be done in a short time. We continued to pray and wait upon Him.  Expectations turned to excitement as we were in awe of what God had done.