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Recently, we have been receiving reports from our missionaries who have been planting churches through the Genesis initiative. They have been serving for more than a year in each of their assigned places and they are starting to see a great harvest. Here, we want to share one of the team’s testimonies in Queretaro, Mexico,... Continue Reading →
By Scott Armstrong I was a squirrelly little seventh-grader when they broke me the news: the new youth pastor was going to be at church this Wednesday. Some guy named Ed Belzer. I had heard he was nice, funny, and really loved teens. But I wanted to see for myself. That Wednesday I was talking... Continue Reading →
"As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus, 'but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.'" (John 9:1-3) By Scott... Continue Reading →
By Freya Galindo Guevara “ . . . I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 When the message of salvation has changed our lives, we become passionate about sharing it. That implies that we must find better ways to share it,... Continue Reading →
By Rev. Rob Prince This Little Light of Mine is a beloved children’s song that is known around the world. The anonymous song is an old negro spiritual that has been sung in Sunday schools and in cathedrals. The lyrics simply sing the truth that while we may only have a little candle light, when... Continue Reading →
A devotional adapted by Claudia Cruz Martínez from William Barclay’s commentary: “The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’ (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)” John 4:9 The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman is well-known. There are so... Continue Reading →
By Dan Reiland No one ever starts out in ministry expecting to mess up, fail or quit. We all begin with great vision, enthusiasm, and dreams of changing the world for good. So what goes wrong? Why do good and godly leaders (church staff and volunteer) end up crashing in ministry, and end up out... Continue Reading →
By Ramcely Cozar Castro “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in... Continue Reading →
By Ramcely Cozar Castro “Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible...I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.” I Corinthians 9:19, 23 “When someone is aware of their cultural foundations, they cease... Continue Reading →
Scott Armstrong Ready for a quiz? What period of the Christian calendar are we in right now? If you answered, “Easter” or “Eastertide,” congratulations! I admit that I have written quite a bit about Advent and Lent, and both of those are very important periods in our spiritual walk. But Eastertide is just as important,... Continue Reading →
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