By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director You may remember 26-year-old missionary, John Chau who went to take the gospel to the people of North Sentinel Island but was killed by them in his effort to do so November 2018. His life epitomizes the theme for our Mission ConneXion Northwest January event: “Here I am…What’s Next?” You…
By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director This September 15-17 we will host our 7th annual Prayer ConneXion we are calling “Neighbors to Nations”. Designed originally to help people effectively participate in prayer to advance mission mobilization, we have enjoyed drawing together the prayer community in Portland for a unique focus – “where Prayer + Mission Connect”. …
By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director As we celebrate the 4th of July and the liberties we enjoy as a country, we can be grateful for the freedom we have to hear, respond, and proclaim the good news of Jesus here and abroad. In December 1952, Ted was a 21-year-old soldier on the front lines of…
By Bill MacLeod Wildly anticipating our conference next week, our first speaker to kick off “Speak His Name…Jesus!”, is our final newsletter focus. I discovered that his last name is Latin (which fits him because he is Italian); is derived from the word fuscus which means “dark black” (which also fits him) and was held…
Speak His Name…Jesus – with Natacha Chantel By Bill MacLeod Not often have we had a speaker from Central Asia speak to us about what their name means, or that it would so closely align with their calling today. Natacha Chantel from Turkmenistan has been working with People International, where we met over ten years…
Yes, after months of thinking, praying, and planning – we realized that our current worldwide situation was providing an unprecedented opportunity for us to reach a greater audience to help serve the Church to mobilize workers…to take the gospel to the rest of the world who has yet to hear about JESUS, and His redeeming…
By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Recently, I was blessed to join hundreds of other mission-minded believers at the Perspectives National Conference. At the conference, I heard about two Olympic runners whose stories have much to tell us about our work in global missions today.
