By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Peter Greer, President and CEO of Hope International, is no stranger to Mission ConneXion Northwest! While he comes as our Plenary Speaker this January, he has often led workshops in the Business as Mission track over the years. Hope has determined that 2 billion people around the world do not…
Written by Stephanie Wieber Director of City Gospel Movements at the Luis Palau Association The consistent, enduring presence of a caring adult in a young person’s life can be the difference between staying in school or dropping out, making healthy decisions or engaging in risky behaviors, and realizing one’s potential or failing to achieve one’s…
Some people groups have thriving, evangelizing churches already living among them. Odds are, if you are taking this topic in a local church, your people group falls in this category. We refer to these as reached people groups. This does not mean that everyone in the people group is a believer. It doesn’t even mean…
A guest article from our friends at TEAM. Written by Jessica Hulbert When you pair a longing for adventure with a desire to share the hope of Jesus Christ with the world, missions seems like the natural next step. How can you discern whether your passion is leading you on the path to cross-cultural ministry…
Dear Mission ConneXion , Our journey of being called started when we attended Mission ConneXion Northwest. That week, my wife Gina told me that she felt like we were supposed to go be missionaries and that she had just seen on Facebook that Mission ConneXion Northwest was happening that weekend in Portland.
An abridged article from our friends at SEND Written by Josie Oldenburg As the summer travel season creeps up, perhaps you plan to use your hard-earned vacation days to visit a missionary….I’m sure you want to be — and will be! — a delightful houseguest. Here are some tips that hopefully will help you deliver…
Pray for Open Doors (Colossains 4:2-3) Pray that God will open doors of ministry, blessing partnerships and friendships. Pray that those who serve will be led by the Holy Spirit and recognize open-door opportunities. Pray that God will lead His people past barriers to hearts ready to receive his Word.
Written by Meaghan Hartman Mountains have stories. They overlook cities and towns; they see war, destruction and reconstruction. Some testify to huge cataclysmic events — a volcanic eruption or a flood halted by the mountain’s base. Mountains create natural borders for nations and peoples; they cause disruption in travelling, expansion and exploring. For centuries, mountains…
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 use my strategy……
By Wendy Morgan Volunteer Coordinator, Mission ConneXion Northwest Perhaps you have read my recent submission Praying Without Borders, perhaps not; but here is the rest of the story.
