GO YE! MINISTRY, EVANGELISM, DISCIPLESHIP, PRAYER
RIDING FOR JESUS
GO YE! MINISTRY, EVANGELISM, DISCIPLESHIP, PRAYER
RIDING FOR JESUS
ABOUT CIRCUIT RIDERS
Circuit Riders Christian Fellowship Ministries is a motorcycle ministry that is dedicated to the preaching of salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Our members are passionate about spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Mark 16:15-18
15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Our Mission
Circuit Riders reach people on the streets and byways of America. These are people who have never stepped into a church or heard the news that Jesus loves them. But then, men and women wearing leathers, chains and tattoos arrive on motorcycles with "Riding For Jesus" on their backs. They are Circuit Riders, sharing the love of God with comforting words, and lives are changed forever. Circuit Riders are ministers of God who are able to reach the broken-hearted of the world with the good news of Jesus Christ. It is only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ that we have salvation.
A motorcycle is not a requirement of our fellowship. One needs only to have a "biker's heart". We are active in street ministry, concerts, riding and witnessing on the open road and many other areas.
CRMM members ride thousands of miles each year spreading the word that Jesus saves.
OUR VISION
Circuit Riders is neither a club nor an association. It is an interdenominational non-profit Christian fellowship and ministry. Members of Circuit Riders must be established in a local church and have a desire to evangelize their community and serve as a representative of the local church in conjunction with the pastor and leaders.
The vision of Circuit Riders is to establish them in a local church; to disciple and train those who have given their lives to the Lord to live an overcoming Christian life and to visit the sick, pray for their needs and to work in various outreach ministries, reaching out to the hurting in need of Christ.
Our FOUNDERS
Circuit Riders Christian Fellowship Ministries was founded by Edward "Doc" Louviere, along with his wife Pat.
FROM OUTLAW BIKER TO CIRCUIT RIDER
The following is the testimony of our founder, Brother "Doc" Louviere.
Born along the bayou of Louisiana, trouble was my constant companion. As a teen I was kicked out of school. My whole life was filled with the desire to make a name for myself. I left for Africa to get away from the problems that I got into, but in Africa I found myself in deeper problems. On a night of drinking and barroom fighting, I met a mercenary, and when I sobered up I found myself deep in the jungle in a war I had no business in. After five days of living in the jungle and getting shot at, I found out mercenary life was not for me. When I found a road to take me to civilization, I said my goodbyes. Partying and drugs were the center of my lifestyle. After three years I left Africa and returned to the states.
Once in the U.S.A. rock and roll was real strong. Going from one concert to another with my old Volkswagen van with painted peace signs and mushrooms, living in hippie communes. With the lifestyle I lived, bartending and bouncer was better suited for me, and drug dealing to support my habit.
I decided to move to the "Big Easy" as New Orleans was known. I got a job as a bodyguard for a drug lord, and continued working as a drug dealer and bouncer. It was at this point the biker life became my own.
During this time blood, booze and drugs were all around me. Caught up in the fights of gang wars, many of my friends were being shot and stabbed. Some were bleeding and some were dying and there I was with them. Breaking bones and seeing the mutilation of human flesh, my only thought was how lucky I was to be untouched by it all. Unknown to me at this time, my father was down on his knees for his lost son. The desire for his love would lead me to visit him. His heart was heavy from seeing the way his son was living. He would look me in the eye and call my sins out and ask when I was going to repent from all of my evil. He would try to tell me of a loving God, but I would not hear of it. His words burned in my hardened heart. I yelled, "You crazy old man, dope what it brings is my religion." Angrily I left with a single thought, "He's crazy!"
My luck, which I so prided myself in, seemed to be running out. Three times I went to prison for dealing drugs. A rival drug dealer took me out to the river where he pistol-whipped me and broke my nose and ribs. He left nothing but a bloody hulk of human meat to die. Many were the times that I should have died but my father was still praying for me. My father was standing on the promises of God's Word in Acts 16:31.
Needing a change of lifestyle, I decided to settle down. I met a girl in a barroom who had been abused as a child and had been married very young. She ended up with three children and divorced. She was now looking for "Mr. Right" but instead found me. As a front for my drug money, I took a job on a deep sea trolling boat three months out of the year. I will never forget the night we were twenty miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas. I was on deck about to smoke my last marijuana joint when a sudden gust of wind blew the joint out of my hand. Here in the gulf in the middle of the night a bright light appeared to me and spoke, "I am your God that created you. Quit serving the evil one and start serving the most high God!"
When the light faded and the voice silenced, the seas grew rough. The captain took us to shore where I learned my dad was dying. Rushing to see him one last time, he gave me his dying message - "I've always tried to show you right, but you wouldn't listen. I won't see it but one day you will see everything and know the truth." My life went from bad to worse. I became a junkie. I was riding with gangs and committed robberies. I tortured dogs while training them to attack and kill. Looking in the mirror of my life, I saw the worthless wretch I had become. All that was left for me to do was to end it with a .357 Magnum (gun) to my head. Twice I tried to commit suicide with a pistol and God delivered me, through the intervention of a friend. At 34, I wandered around with no will to live. My next attempt would be to hang myself. My girlfriend knew of my despondency. Unknown to me, she had recently come to know Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She solemnly gave me a touching plea. For five years she wanted to get married, but I kept putting it off. She put up with me and now for the first time demanded from me one simple request - that I go to church with her. My suicide would just have to wait one more day.
My appearance could scare anyone away. I carried a knife and a chain with spiked bands on my wrist. I rode in on an old Harley. That night I met Jesus!
He wasn't some character in a story. He was alive! He took me just as I was at my absolute worse. He delivered me from every sin I ever knew. My life started changing before my very eyes. Each day I am amazed how He transformed this dungheap I made of my life to a vessel of gold, fit for His service.
EXPERIENCE A CHANGE
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So here you are, perusing this website, wondering why you should even bother.
Is there a void in your life?
An emptiness that just isn't filled, no matter how much riding you do?
Is the alcohol just leaving you dry?
Are the drugs not able to give you that high?
Circuit Riders cannot fill that void, but we know someone who can...
JESUS CHRIST!
✞ He is the answer to every question you can ask
✞ He is the Healer of broken lives
✞ He will accept you and love you for who you are
✞ He will never judge you when you fall
✞ He will help you up
We are living in a world that bombards us daily with horrible things. But Jesus said that if anyone would...
✞✞ Call on His name and believe that He is Lord, they shall be saved!