When Prayer and Partnership Lead

By Bill MacLeod The first-ever Prayer ConneXion event in May was a successful display of teamwork, and 115 individuals representing over 40 local churches paid their registration and turned out to hear Dr. Dick Eastman, Director of Every Home for Christ; Pastor Dee Duke of Jefferson Baptist Church; and a host of workshops led by…

Ordinary Yes; Extraordinary God!

By Peggy Kinkade, Missions Team Leader, Helvetia Community Church, Hillsboro   Fifteen years ago, I never dreamed that I would be involved in short-term missions that would take me to India to share health lessons with a group of Dalit women, or to Ecuador to minister with our church’s sent missionaries to a group of…

It’s NOT What You Think!

By David Sanford, Corban University, Director of Institutional Marketing Thank you so much Mission ConneXion! What a privilege to be able to present back-to-back workshops titled “Loving Your Neighbor: Surprise! It’s Not What You Think” this past January! For the first workshop I had people standing, sitting on the floor, and several in the doorway.…

To Fear or To Love

By Jim Westfall SalesForce Consultant and Owner of JW Consulting LLC The sirens began after 10 pm and continued to cry out until nearly 2 am. It was our first night in Paris. We felt fortunate having an apartment near Place de la Bastille in the 11th arrondissement near the city’s center. We learned of…

Praying Without Borders

By Wendy Morgan My story here is simple because, well, it’s just one piece of my story. It was just a few years ago that I was attending Crossroads Community Church and Mission ConneXion Northwest was soon to be held there.  I was asked by Crossroads to serve as the lead registration volunteer.  Now, I…

Why I Missed Mission ConneXion Northwest

By Joy Miska Joy is a student taking courses at the Canada Institute of Linguistics with the aim to become a Literacy and Education Technician for Wycliffe. I really appreciate Mission ConneXion Northwest (MCNW). I have gone for many years to gain wisdom through workshops, to get encouraging books about ordinary people who’ve spent their…

Gulp! I’m Now #theprayerguy!

By Doug Hazen National Director for Mobilization Prayer, WorldVenture   I’ll probably never get over it.  I was in a room with my WorldVenture colleagues, discussing new strategies for helping people get on board with God’s work in the world.  We listed a couple of ideas and then God nudged me.  “Why don’t you just…

Need a Missional Compass?

By Don Parrott, Director of The Journey Deepens Former Executive Director of MissionNext Have you ever felt that God was leading you into some kind of a missions role but for one reason or another you haven’t taken that step? As it turns, out you are not alone. Many people indicate that at one point…