*This was the note included with North Park’s Penny Crusade donation Sometimes in full-time ministry you wonder if donors get fatigued by your coming back to the well time and time again. You wonder if donors buy into the vision and have the same sense of urgency to complete the mission. I’m sure that the […]
TANZANIA – People arrived at the church for the first time in an old storage unit that once housed livestock and onions. Those present were not transplants from other Christian churches nor were they new to the community looking for a place of worship. Instead, these were all newborn Christians. They had heard the good […]
ILLINOIS – Over the span of 117 years, Hope Community Church has come this far by having “intentional faith.” Our rhythm has changed through membership, leadership and location – but our mission has remained the same: To see the members of Hope Community Church and Hope Nation so passionate about God’s heart for people that we […]
Agape House San Carlos Agape House San Carlos has found an entry point into a public school in San Carlos as Pastor Deo and Pastora Joan were asked to teach a “moral recovery program.” This was made possible due to a partnership between the school, the church and the Philippine Values Education Program (PVEP) main […]
MASSACHUSETTS – The Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies (BICS) is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2026, who arrived in the Berkshires on Sunday, August 24. This year’s cohort – our largest in more than a decade – consists of 14 students (six women and eight men) from as far away as Georgia and northern […]
TANZANIA – Johnson and Amos were called by the Datoga to attend to an urgent request for prayer. A past conflict with the Hadzabe had been resolved with peace agreements and ultimately an acknowledgement that they are brothers in the family of God. Following that conflict, the Datoga brought water from their own well to […]
Many of us feel inundated by conversations about leadership — especially the shortage of leaders in the church. No one ever complains about having too many leaders. Instead, we often wonder where to begin in training current or future leaders, or if we even have the skills to do so. This episode of “For the Church” offers […]
TANZANIA – There are some darker events in the process of sanctification for the Hadzabe tribal people. When God has great victories, the enemy retaliates with ugly attacks. More than a year ago a small group of male tourists passed themselves off as men of God, deceiving the Hadzabe and subjecting them to perverted practices. […]
MEXICO – Just outside the main area of Maneadero, Mexico, along a dusty road, sits a small building with an attached porch—a humble place that brings healing and hope to some of the community’s most vulnerable residents. That small building is “Torre de Salvación,” an AC church started by Pastor Jaime. Although Pastor Jaime passed […]
I have always been a fan of inviting guest preachers to share with a congregation, providing the church with edifying exposure to many faithful voices in the Christian community. Hearing encouragements from the mission field or other areas of ministry can build unity and expand our perspective beyond our own small worlds. Yet there is […]
THAILAND – Recently, Pohn Yoon (part-time missionary to Thailand) gave a presentation to a Women’s Home & Foreign Mission Society group in Florida. At that meeting, she shared this story. Pohn has a friend named Wayo, someone she worked alongside in a factory in Bangkok, Thailand. They hadn’t seen each other in 25 years, though […]
We are just months away from one of the most important gatherings in our shared ministry — the 2026 Triennial Convention, August 17–21, 2026, at Ridgecrest in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Our theme, “Press On: The Story Isn’t Over” (2 Corinthians 4:16–18), calls us to lift our eyes above the challenges of this world and […]
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