by Ron Myer and Jeff Hoglen Not everyone has a vision or passion for church planting. In fact, many believers and even church leaders who sincerely love the Lord never thought of or considered church planting as a necessary part of church growth. It is therefore important that we speak the vision for church [...]
They do not mind taking risks and possible failure if there is the reward of seeing God’s Kingdom grow by Brian Sauder Article 7 in the Apostolic Series We have all benefited from pioneers. The Wright brothers were pioneers in aviation. Alexander Graham Bell was a pioneer, and now we have global communication. Elon [...]
There are three key elements of any apostolic venture by Brian Sauder Article 1 in the Apostolic Series The Bible history we have of the expansion of the early church is called The Acts of the Apostles. We commonly shorten this to ‘Acts,’ but it could just as easily be referred to as "Apostles." Why [...]
Novel Outreach Brings New Faces Note from Ron Myer: When I met with the leadership team of Perry Hall Family Worship Center, we asked ourselves the question, “How does the individual in the third floor condo find out about our church family and even more importantly, Jesus Christ?” Out of the dialog around that [...]
The DOVE International story book excerptby Larry and LaVerne KreiderDuring the mid-1970s, we took new believers to local churches in our community on Sunday evenings. These youth had come to faith in Christ through a youth ministry called Lost But Found that a group of us started in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. We wanted to [...]
The Holy Spirit seemed to turn on a light bulb in our minds By Rose and Charles Wanyama In March 2020, everything we were used to doing in life came to a screeching halt: pastoring a church, managing a school, planting churches, and visiting those churches. We could do none of them. Even before [...]
They came to us requesting that we start a church for them By Kim Zimmerman Our micro church, Shift, dates back to a time when I was discipling three young women nearly fifteen years ago. They wanted to learn more about how to read and study God’s Word. As we met together for Bible [...]
We are intentional about connecting with non-believers and doing one-on-one discipleship. By Tim and Angie Wenger When we were in our early twenties, we were members of a church that was transitioning into a cell church. We found great fulfillment and success in developing the youth ministry totally around cell groups. Yet I (Tim) [...]
Are you ready to open the gates of God’s favor? By Doug Lehman Psalm 5:12 - For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield. Several years ago, while preparing to travel to south central Asia, I distinctly remember one of our prayer [...]
The dream for a church and community transformation in Haiti by Nelson Martin Schiler Darelus lived in La Coline, a primitive Haitian mountain village. His parents assisted him to move to Mountrouis, a much larger commercial coastal town, to enroll in his last two years of high school. While there, he joined Temple of [...]
