Why did you become a missionary? This week we sat down with Scott Hanson, the strategic leader for unreached people groups in Africa to hear his story on why he became a missionary. He shares how his heart was broken for the people of Africa and it wasn't because of...
This is a story of a Business as Mission (BAM) practitioner on the field using business as a mechanism for planting the church in areas of the world where you can’t do that with traditional missionary methods. In order to protect the work being done we will not be...
I have an unwritten policy about not commenting too quickly on current events, but with the news buzzing about the tragic death of John Allen Chau, an American missionary killed while attempting to make contact with a remote Sentinelese tribe on a small island in the...
John Madden’s famous Six-legged Turkey is being prepped for Thursday’s NFL postgame show. Church signs are splashed with Thanksgiving themed bible verses (which, let’s admit, is a welcome change from most church sign content). Facebook walls are awash in “thankfulness...
HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS WORKING WITH UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS? This week we sat down with Dick Brogden, one of our great friends at Live Dead. We asked him how he defines success when working with unreached people groups (UPGs) because this is an area where growth is...
A few years ago on a visit to North Africa, we visited a sobering place called the Tophet. This vast expanse lined with tiny gravestones is a primitive burial ground for little babies. But it’s really much more than a cemetery. The History For about 400 years, from...
Tom Paino is the first man I ever called Pastor. To this day, I still can’t call him Tom. It just doesn’t feel right. He’s Pastor Tom, a title of respect that forever belongs attached to his name. His voice is as familiar to me as my own family. From the time I was a...
My dad grew up in a poor pastor’s home. My grandfather pastored small Assemblies of God churches all up and down the east coast of the United States. Sometimes the church had actual money for his salary and sometimes they would have to pay him in chickens. Live...
We love hearing (and sharing) stories from the field. It helps us to see that this is more than just an idea, but that real people are being touched each and every day by those who are on the "front lines." This is a short story from our good friends at Live Dead:...
This week we sat down with Anca Enache from Agency Boon, located in Bucharest, Romania, to hear more of her marketplace ministry story. What she shares with us is a powerful message we all need to hear about how we see our work and our ministry. Agency Boon is doing...
https://youtu.be/7yWnX1bUOjg Have you ever felt like the only way to really embrace your faith is to quit your job and go into ministry? Well you aren't alone. This week we sat down with Steve Shehorn, Executive Vice President at T&W Construction to ask him about...
https://youtu.be/nu1yCnW7ifI We've all heard stories of incredible faith, the kind that puts you back in your chair, but not often are you in the room with those people. Recently, David Tripple, of Covenant Christian High School, had the humbling opportunity to visit...
https://youtu.be/u9SbQBbztis What do you do when you know for a fact that God has called you to a certain type of work, but then one day it all goes away. The dream dies and you are left questioning if you ever really heard God in the first place. How do you walk...