“College students still think they can change the world.” That’s part of what makes campuses such strategic mission fields, collegiate ministry leaders said at the Midwest Leadership Summit in Springfield Jan. 21-23. Many students are at the beginning of what one sociologist has called “the defining decade.” Young people in their 20s want to make […]
Mission
True dependability: My Maytag moment
Our family has a new washing machine. That may not seem like big news, but it is at our house. We haven’t bought a new washing machine in over 30 years. We don’t even know exactly how old our previous washing machine was. It came with the home we purchased in 1993, part of the […]
Intercessors lift up Chicagoland on I-55 bus tour
“Let the Lord use your eyes, your ears, and your feet to prompt your prayer time.” Cheryl Dorsey’s charge to around 30 pray-ers in Chicagoland sent them all over four church buildings and the surrounding communities Feb. 1, during the Chicago Metro Association’s second-annual I-55 Prayer Bus Tour. The tourists traveled by charter bus to […]
What people will remember
A few months after my husband died last year, I went on a mission trip he was scheduled to take to the Dominican Republic. It is a very special place to both of us. We led numerous teams there to help local churches reach the people in their communities with the gospel. This was the […]
Pastor deployed: Church supports his year in Afghanistan
Pastor Kip Troeger and his church are in uncharted territory. They’re also on different continents. Troeger, a chaplain with the Army National Guard, deploys this month for a year of service in Afghanistan. Many pastor/chaplains called to long deployments resign from their churches. Troeger’s church, First Baptist in Riverton, fully expects him to return as […]
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