Benefits of God’s Word
2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” We all agree – God’s Word is critical in our mission of seeing His ...
From Drunkard to Disciple Maker
Jack, a leader of a movement that has planted 63 churches in two years among one least-reached people group in East Africa, was conducting baptism for new Christ followers from that people group one day. Meanwhile, John, who was not ...
Taking Notes from Ants
Proverbs 6:6-8 Go to the ant, you lazy one, observe its ways and be wise,7 Which, having no chief, officer, or ruler, 8 Prepares its food in the summer and gathers its provision in the harvest. In dissecting this verse, we come to find some key points: The ...
The Righteousness of Jesus
Brother Mac ( pseudonym) is a 34-year-old young man the Lord is using to lead a movement among the backward caste in two states. Currently, his team of 3 coordinators and 28 catalysts are impacting 45 distinct backward caste communities ...
The Whole Gospel
One of the trickiest realities we face as followers of Christ is the tension between what it means to accept the free gift of salvation and what it means to obey in the way Jesus commands. We see this coupling ...
Miracles that Lead to Movements
Gebre is an effective church planter in the Horn of Africa. He was from a Muslim family and practiced Islam, as do others from his people group. He married when he was very young and has four children. One of ...
Multi-Dimensional Evaluation
Titus 1: 5-9 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, 6 namely, if any man is beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of indecent behavior ...
Bakary Gets Baptized
My name is Constantine. I was just finishing up my very first Discovery lesson in a small F-B village when 18-year-old Bakary (pseudonym) came up to me very confused. He shouted, “Constantine, are you really trying to make a leader ...
God is Working for Good
Last Sunday the pastor in a message from the book of Ruth said, “God is always working but seldom noticed.” As the story unfolds, Ruth moves from widow to wife, poverty to wealth, idol-worshipping outcast to being grafted into the ...
The DMM “Grind”
In one of the most dangerous regions of West Africa, the Gospel entered 60 years ago after the establishment of a new hospital. But after all these years of Christian presence, many villages have never heard of the Gospel. Islam ...