There are times when we all look back and evaluate the impact we have had on those around us. You may do this on an annual basis, or perhaps at a certain stage of life when you reassess your life goals. In today’s information rich world, analyzing your impact is done real-time. We are working […]
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As Christmas approaches we are excited to have our family all together again! Rachel will be arriving from New Zealand on the 19th, Jessica comes in from Chicago on the 17th and Monica and Audrey finish with exams this week and will be home by Saturday. What a joy it will be to gather in
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Our Romanian staff members noticed over the past several years that people in rural communities were reluctant to come to see the JESUS film. Traditionally Orthodox, Romanians won’t come to a church building that’s not their own. But they will come to a community park. Putting up a large tent and having activities make them
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Growing up, we were told to remember that there are two sides to every story. We were told to listen first, and make our judgment second. As we grow up we realize that we fill in the gaps of what we understand with our own version of the story. This even happens in our walk
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Our daughter Jessica is working with Church of the Beloved in Chicago as a two year full-time intern. It has been incredible to see how the Lord has directed her and made it so clear that this is where He wants her. She will come alongside the current staff members and help the church continue
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God is doing something in our day that is extraordinary. He is planting churches in the African nation of Tanzania at a miraculous rate…through “JESUS.” Even local missionaries who have labored here for years in unreached areas are astonished at the power of the film when combined with this proven strategy. Their work and vision
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The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated people group in South America. They live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. Last month representatives from 12 tribes came together to learn how to take the Jesus film back to their villages. This all started from a desire of a missionary couple
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Yaritza is one of the participants of a Church Planting training developed by our team. Last week in Central America she presented Jesus film clips in her “relational event”, which happens on week 9 of the training. She was only expecting 8 people and thirty people showed up. After the event they invite the people
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Phyu, a missionary in Myanmar, helped plant a church in a small village near the center of the country. They then went west to a distant village. They needed a someone to help introduce them to the local villagers, someone they called a man of peace, in order to open the door of the village
Jesus in the Great Commission was not only sending those few men, but sending all of His disciples—the whole body of Christ. It’s you and me. If the Great Commission is to be fulfilled as Jesus commanded, it calls for “all hands on deck.” This is why partnerships are at the center of our work
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