No longer an island but a part of a family By Matthew and Bethany Zang Although we were not a DOVE church plant, we are now part of the DOVE family through adoption. In June 1999, some faithful believers and I planted a new work in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. We stepped out in faith and [...]
Divine connections build church in Missouri, USA By Sharon Allen Seven years ago, my husband Jim and I started a house church with ten people. Today we have three healthy house churches. One multiplied from our house church, and we planted a house church in Hays, Kansas. Two of these house churches are ready [...]
Church planting in Ontario, Canada By Philip and Lisa Wright A beautiful verse in the book of Malachi says: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall” (Malachi 4:2 KJV). Take [...]
Church Planting in India Equips for Canada By Philip Omondi Destiny Center started in 2000 when I and some like-minded university students sensed God calling us to start a multi-cultural church. We were on fire for Jesus, but we had no mentorship or spiritual covering. I was a young, unmarried student at the time—a [...]
Church planting in Virginia, USA By Bobby Alger Church plants begin by either default or by design. Ours was a little of both. Wanda and I had grown up in the same denomination. Before we met and married, she had helped plant a church that grew to 1,500 in attendance and spread into four [...]
Planting churches in New England, USA By Gary Reiff During my teenage years in the 1980s, my greatest fear was that I would lead a “casual” Christian life. Although I desired to live 100 percent for Christ, I certainly did not start out with a vision to plant churches. Those seeds were planted when [...]
Reaching our town in Pennsylvania, USA By Doug Lehman Why Chambersburg? Why DOVE? Why us? Why are there so many broken people in our city who are not connected to Jesus or His church? Not only do these questions demand answers, but they also demand prayer, passion, and perseverance. In November 2003, God unexpectedly [...]
God transforms a village, one life at a time By Hesbone and Violet Odindo I know what it is like to depend on the Lord alone. Growing up in an alcoholic family in Kenya, I surrendered my life to God when a high school teacher invited me to a Christian weekend challenge. From that [...]
Churches planted in Uganda and beyond! by Ephraim and Jova Tumusiime Although my parents were born-again pastors in a Ugandan Anglican church, I believed while growing up that salvation was only for adults. At age twenty-eight, already married and having children, I was invited to visit a friend’s church and ultimately became a disciple [...]
God is moving in your neighborhood, run with it! By Lee and Teresa DeMatos Teresa’s Story God tricked us into becoming church planters. When you read our story, I think you’ll understand why we say we were tricked. Lee and I had been married five challenging years, raising three wonderful children—mine, his and ours. [...]
