When my friends and I visited Cartagena, Colombia, our daily breaks for gelato were a high priority. These wonderful breaks were also one of our most time-consuming activities, deciding what flavor matched our moods, the weather, and activity levels.
When I was traveling around the United States and doing “van life,” I recognized my need for community.
Most church planters are familiar with DMM training, but what happens when community development is integrated into Disciple Making Movements?
I can still remember sitting in the backseat of our 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon on the way home to Michigan after a month of traveling to the west coast. Our last stop was at the Corn Palace in Iowa.
What does collaboration in church planting look like among refugees in a war-torn area of the world? Christ’s Commission Fellowship (CCF) has discovered the joy of partnership in a most unlikely region.
I remember when my parents built their current home. Besides their stricter budget (including having our fridge consist primarily of frozen pizza), the biggest dread: moving.
Once we graduated college, my best friend, Heidi, and I decided to start a two-person book club.
The GACX member organization, Horn of Africa, is a brilliant organization that uses its ideas to plant churches in Africa.
“If that church weren’t planted, I wouldn’t be here. It was a small, seemingly unsuccessful church, but whoever planted it doesn’t understand the depth of its impact on my life,” says Cruz Paniagua.
Over my sophomore spring break in college, I went on a mission trip to Mississippi. It was hot, there was drama, and I was averaging three hours of sleep.
When I was in high school, my dad and I sat down to watch Dead Poets Society, one of his favorite movies of all time.
In my sophomore year of college, I switched majors from Elementary Education to Business Communications. What did I want to do with that degree? No idea.
Global Assist is an organization that provides resources (financial support, leadership training, strategic planning, prayer, and encouragement) to indigenous partner ministries.
Global Advance was founded in 1990 by David Shibley, focusing on pastoral leadership training, church planting, mobilization, and evangelization in developing nations.
StoryRunners® equips people to develop oral Bible stories to launch church-planting movements among unreached people who don’t have access to the Bible.