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What is required for churches, their leaders and movements to be vital and sustainable? Over 300 Global Church Movement (GCM) leaders gathered for the Motus Dei 2026 conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March 17–21, 2026, to explore that question. At this year’s Motus Dei — a phrase meaning “Movements of God” — leaders from […]
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God is moving in extraordinary ways around the world! This month, we are heading to Ethiopia for the Motus Dei 2026 conference. “Motus Dei” means “movements of God,” which perfectly captures our heartbeat and prayer for the nations. As many of you know, God has given us a breathtaking vision: to see a vital church
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I learned a few new things about my Dad this past week. They are not overly significant in themselves, but they tell me more than just what they convey. There are lessons for me within these stories. Lesson 1: The value of learning My Dad’s Dad, my grandfather, was a schoolteacher in rural Arkansas. Therefore,
Made it to Togo after the red-eye marathon. This week is all about one big heartbeat: helping national leaders across the region move faster and farther together toward “a church in every village.” Leaders from our ministry (Ethiopia, Togo, Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Chad, Benin, and a few more) will spend a day training on some of
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Last month, Amy and many Jesus Film Project staff gathered to celebrate some of the fantastic things they have seen God do through the ministry. One was completing the 2,200th language of “JESUS” into Bouna Kulango (Bouna Kulango people info). A tiny percentage of the Bouna Kulango people profess to follow Christ, and the majority
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Amy decided to read a Christian classic that she had read long ago. She did this partly as an element of her devotional life and partly because she is an avid reader who wants to be challenged by its Old English writing style. I joined in but opted for the modern English audio version. Amy
This past month was filled with visiting family, culminating in our family getting together for a weekend. Now that our girls are grown and living in various places, it has become a chore to get us all together in one place. So we started the first (hopefully annual) Waid family retreat. During the time together,
We will join over 5000 staff members with Cru in Milwaukee, WI, this summer for our USA national staff conference. Cru25 gives us the broader picture of what God is doing throughout the country and the world. It brings into sharper focus our mission to provide every man, woman and child on this planet the
Amy and I have just returned from the Leadership Training we conducted in Moldova. It was a wonderful reminder of the importance of developing a new generation of missionaries. As I stated last month, Moldova was a cultural reminder of our first international assignment in Russia back in 1992. We were young and inexperienced, but
We are traveling together to Moldova for most of May. This will continue the leadership development of 22 Cru staff members from 14 countries. We are mentoring these indigenous leaders to expand their impact to a global level. It has been a while since we have traveled together to work on the same project. This