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The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the world is many ways – countries have closed their borders, much of the global population is “sheltered in place”, and events have been canceled. But in the midst of all this God is working amongst his church. While the TV and the Internet are filled with dismay, God is […]
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Our US Church Movements ministry hosted 59 pastors, church planters and mission leaders at a training. We introduced them to a disciple-making process to equip people to initiate, build, and multiply faith communities (churches & discipleship groups), so that every follower of Jesus has a place for connection, growth and training for mission. The week
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Arobogast Henga unfolded a big piece of paper on which he had drawn his church multiplication chart showing the 25 “generations” of churches God had raised up in the past two years. In church planting, “generations” is the term used to describe successive church plantings: a church plants a church (two generations), which plants a
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Our third daughter, Monica, graduated from the University of Florida with her Masters in Structural Engineering. This was a 5 year program combined with her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. Monica will move three hours from home to West Palm Beach in March to begin working at a structural engineering firm where she has previously
“For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers” Ephesians 1:15-16 We want you to know how much we are truly thankful to God for each of you! Over
Last month we helped gather 275 leaders from 94 countries that are working with our ministry’s church division, called Global Church Movements. We also had a number of partnering organizations join us. We were in Greece which has a rich history of the Christian church. It is the area that the Apostle Paul traveled during
Global Church Movements (GCM) activities and results are reported from 148 countries and regions of the world. Since its establishment in 2010, GCM has reported a total of 126,780 new churches and missional communities around the world. We want to provide some highlights using the four aspects of Bold Moves that we have emphasized since
We spent 30 days in a personal retreat to deepen our walk with the Lord. The goal of our sabbatical was to disconnect from most of our ministry and living responsibilities so that we could reconnect with God and each other. We returned to a cabin in the mountains of Colorado where we had been
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These are the beautiful and talented women I (Amy) get to work with every day. They come from all over the country and have served Cru in many different capacities, from Campuses here in the US to quite a few different countries. Some have been in ministry for 10 years, some for 30 and even
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Karan Bahadur, from India, explains in this video how God used even a sick buffalo to lead people to Himself and build a church multiplication network. I (Mike) am currently in India working on a project with several other organizations to map out which villages in India still need a church. This is a great
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