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Embracing God’s Mission
“Missions isn’t just a program of the church, it’s the point of the church,” Maegan Gahima, missions director at Parkway Church on the Mountain (Roanoke, VA), told me. We get a picture of God’s heart for the nations and his plan for the world from Genesis through...
Praying for Light in the Darkness
Loving Muslims Well During Ramadan When living in a secular, Muslim-majority country, we knew about Ramadan and realized that many observed it. However, because the Eastern European city we lived in was predominantly Catholic, it seemed that it was a minor blip on the...
We Need Each Other
I was talking with a leader of mission teams one night in July. He said that he started bringing teams to Nicaragua to help out, but then became really good friends with some of the Nicaraguan leaders. He loves coming here to work on the projects and he believes in...
“I witnessed hearts that had come alive. Now in the darkness, there was light. Joy and faith were being formed in these young people. They were being made new in the hope of Christ.”
JOHN CONNOR, GP MISSIONARY ALUMNUS
Embracing God’s Mission
“Missions isn’t just a program of the church, it’s the point of the church,” Maegan Gahima, missions director at Parkway Church on the Mountain (Roanoke, VA), told me. We get a picture of God’s heart for the nations and his plan for the world from Genesis through...
Praying for Light in the Darkness
Loving Muslims Well During Ramadan When living in a secular, Muslim-majority country, we knew about Ramadan and realized that many observed it. However, because the Eastern European city we lived in was predominantly Catholic, it seemed that it was a minor blip on the...
We Need Each Other
I was talking with a leader of mission teams one night in July. He said that he started bringing teams to Nicaragua to help out, but then became really good friends with some of the Nicaraguan leaders. He loves coming here to work on the projects and he believes in...
Reaching the Unreached TOGETHER!
Several times during the Fifth International Conference of The Wesleyan Church, I rejoiced in being surrounded and lifted by the exuberant worship of nearly 400 Wesleyans praising God in their native languages. It was a tiny, wonderful glimpse of heaven. The...
Reducing Ministry Budgets for all Missionaries
I returned from the mission field two years ago, and life in America has been a steep learning curve. Just as I learned a new language and culture when I moved to Eastern Europe, I had to relearn American culture. I encountered many different types of stress during...