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Taking Back Witch Doctor Territory

The former witch doctor’s eyes shone. Go-between to the spirit world for his people, he had been greatly feared. Then Bedada came to Eduka, the witch doctor’s village. Bedada was a trainee in the church-planting training led by Belay, an Ethiopian staff member. This training, “Multiplying Churches and Communities” or “MC2,” is being used with […]

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Jessica Graduation

After 4 years Jessica is graduating from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois on May 13, 2017. She will graduate with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL). She plans to remain in Chicago and continue her various ministry involvements while. She has loved leading Bible studies and

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Burning for Christ

I recently was in Ethiopia to train national church planting leaders from several countries in Africa and the Middle East. A leader who overseas the countries in the northwest part of Africa, typically called Francophone Africa because French is the predominant trade language, shared with me about the way God is working in Côte d’Ivoire,

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Churches in Africa

Thirty-three leaders representing 22 countries from the continent of Africa and the Middle East gathered for 3 days for training and planning. The time was spent identifying important topics and issues, then working in small groups and sharing from their leadership experiences, peer learning, best practices and group decisions.

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Healed to Serve

Kiaan* and his wife were born and brought up in Hindu families in Bangladesh. Kiaan was living a defeated and miserable life.  He never got any proper solution to his life issues from his Hindu gods and goddesses. He felt a void within himself. While he was struggling with this issue, he suddenly fell very sick

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GACX Forum

This month 145 leaders from major church planting organizations gathered together at the global alliance for church multiplication forum in Colorado Springs. The focus of the time was partnership and prayer. God is bringing together various ministries, denominations and networks to partner together to carryout the Great Commission. I was able to help forge 3

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A Neighborhood Bible Study

We have been praying about starting a Bible study in our neighborhood. After a couple months of general prayer, we started praying specifically for each of our neighbors using the Pray4EveryHome website. We have been unsure how to ask our neighbors, so God has been doing it for us. One neighbor stopped us in a parking

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Increasing 50 fold

Last month the leadership teams from Campus Crusade for Christ ministries around the world gathered to seek God’s direction. There were over 250 leaders from more than 50 countries represented. The theme was what SHIFTS do we need to make to increase laborers in the harvest, with a focus on empowering partners like you. As a

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Pray for Your Neighbors

America needs revival! It is clear that our nation is at war with itself politically, socially, generationally and a myriad of other ways to describe the divisions. Our political leaders claim to have solutions. Our academic institutions say they can provide the foundation needed. Even the media produces endless dramas of how we should live.

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