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Two years ago I shared with you about helping Oswald Salgado in Sri Lanka to use a mapping system I helped develop for tracking new churches. Now that small deposit of assistance has blossomed into a partnership across the entire country. I met with Mahesh de Mel, the Director of Missions for the National Christian […]

On March 1, 2018, in Manila, Philippines. I stood before 229 church planting movement leaders gathered from 89 countries at the Bold Moves GCM conference. These leaders are the result of the humble beginnings of a new division of Cru, called Global Church Movements. On 30 September 2010, in a guest house in Pretoria, South

The 1,500th translation of the film JESUS was recently premiered in Ethiopia. This translation was made specifically for one of the most remote tribes who has ever seen the Jesus Film – the Daasanach of Southern Ethiopia. When the team arrived, they were surrounded by desolation and poverty like they had never seen before, but

Recently in Chad 450 leaders gathered for the launching of the national church alliance. That may sound like just another ecumentical meeting in a distant country. But there has been deep division between the 23 denominations in Chad for 46 years. Divisions so strong that the leaders would not even be in the same room

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

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

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

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

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