Justin Speerstra Teaching Pastor The Well Community Church Over the years, we have participated with Mission ConneXion on a number of levels. As I reflect on the many ways we have been benefitted from that participation, here are a few things that stand out: First, we have been encouraged, humbled, and challenged by working with…
Story told by Randy Grebe, VP Strategic Partnership, OM Ships International The question was rather unusual. It was several hours into the opening of Mission ConneXion Northwest 2015 when a businessman walked up to my booth. We briefly discussed the vision of OM Ships International and it’s current status and upcoming country visits. It was…
By Craig Hall Pastor of Missions and Youth, Family Church, Sutherlin, Oregon For the past 6 years I have been taking cross-cultural teams to Mexico with those from our church body. It was a short-term mission trip that the Lord used to call me into full time ministry as the Youth Pastor at Family…
By Kathy Ikola I first attended Mission ConneXion Northwest (MCNW) in 2003. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it reminded me of my YWAM Discipleship Training School days, where the teachers were passionate, honest and challenging. Several things said that weekend at MCNW inspired me to join a group of young people on a…
By Dave Dawson, Bethel Church, Richland, WA We all enjoy watching our children as they explore the world, learn how it works and then respond to it in wide-eyed wonder. As fun as that is to watch, it is even more remarkable when adults learn about the world and respond like children in open mouth…
By Jill Hartzell The widow smiled. Her eyes were intense from a life of great pain. Yet, tender and warm as she shared her life story with me. It was filled with concentration camps, great hardship, and overwhelming concern for the situation in Ukraine. Her small village of Pullin was far from the Russian border,…
By Judge Tom Kohl I am a circuit court judge in the State of Oregon. God has given me a powerful story through the brutal murder of my daughter of how He can take a tragedy and turn it into a triumph. It is a story of forgiveness and hope that is only possible in…
By Gilbert Gleason, Pastor of Grace Bible Fellowship At Mission ConneXion Northwest 2006, the ministry of Bert and Colleen Elliot was highlighted in conjunction with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of the five missionaries in Ecuador which included Bert’s younger brother, Jim Elliot.
Sami Hassan became an MBB (Muslim Background Believer) when he and his family came as Kurdish refugees from Northern Iraq to America over 15 years ago, heard the gospel, and committed their lives to Jesus Christ. They moved from Houston to Portland and have been enthusiastic promoters of Mission ConneXion from its inception up…
By Ryan Fast,Teen Missions As someone whose primary mission is to disciple teenagers, I’ve made the following observations:
