By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Luis Palau and I met when he was 43 years old, and we were friends for the next 43 years right up until he went home to be with the Lord on March 11th, 2021. I recently shared how much Luis reminded me of my own Dad. But what is…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director As underscored in our May Newsletter, the Lord began to stir the waters in 2012, then following a visit by myself and two board members in late 2018, church and mission leaders began to pray regularly about a city-wide, church-mission-mobilizing event being hosted by Arizona churches in Phoenix. Today, we…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director This month many celebrate their Dads on Father’s Day. Growing up, my Dad was my hero who shaped much of my thinking and values, and I found that Luis Palau also had many of the same qualities I had admired in my Dad. I met Luis Palau in 1978 and over the next…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director In the Spring of 2012, we had the privilege of hosting Bob Blincoe, the President of Frontiers at the time, to speak at an event for us here in Portland. Without discussing it in advance, in the middle of his presentation he said: “I believe so strongly in Mission ConneXion,…
DetailsPrayer ConneXion – An Essential Service Bill MacLeod, with James Autry, Serving Our Neighbors The Prayer & Spiritual Warfare Track at Mission ConneXion is one of the most attended workshops each year and because of this overwhelming interest in Where Prayer & Mission Connect, we were compelled to expand the impact of Mission ConneXion and…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Our annual STM ConneXion event was last weekend, and we were surprised at all we learned! In a year when the Covid-19 virus has had most States on some kind of restriction; many if not most Churches not meeting in person, and individuals dubious to travel unless absolutely necessary –…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Our first pioneering effort to transform our annual, signature event to a Global / Virtual online one would indicate Mission ConneXion Northwest 2021 Global! met or exceeded expectations. The partnership with Spirit Media led to an almost flawless event from a production standpoint. What did you think? Here are some…
DetailsBy 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…
DetailsSpeak 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…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod When my wife and I were thinking of names for our children, she suggested we end the “Billy and Bobby” cycle that was so prevalent in my family tree. So, our sons were given masculine, first names we both liked, and middle names that had been close friends of ours, while our…
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