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…
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…
DetailsSpeak His Name…Jesus with Dr. Isaam Raad By Bill MacLeod According to Eric Metaxas …”in 1934 an African American pastor from Georgia made the trip of a lifetime, sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, through the gates of Gibraltar, and across the Mediterranean Sea to the Holy Land. After this pilgrimage, he traveled to Berlin, attending…
DetailsWhy We’re Thrilled to be Part of Mission ConneXion Each Year! Dear Bill and Executive team of Mission ConneXion, I’m writing to say thanks. For the past 5 years, originally at the recommendation of a local friend, members of our team have traveled from faraway places like Tennessee and Missouri to participate in Mission ConneXion…
DetailsYes, 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…
Details48 years ago, today, my life changed forever. Thursday, August 26, 1971 In fact, the events of that day so changed my life that I still carry in my wallet a little calendar from a bank that went out of business decades ago – reminding me, just like the word “Anno Domini”, how much my…
DetailsUntil I attended NAAMC (National African American Missions Conference) last month, I had no idea that the first missionary sent out from North America had been an African American. Having taken the Perspectives course in 1995 and teaching its classes for twenty-four years, I have always known that William Carey was considered the “father of…
DetailsBill MacLeod with Rev. Dr. Phillip S. Nelson Mission leaders have wondered for years why there are not more African Americans involved in international missions. Much has been written about the historical reasons for this while some groups have made valiant efforts in the past. In the early 1980’s I became good friends with Phil…
DetailsBill MacLeod with Michelle Atwell Mission organizations are just as much Mission ConneXion partners as are local churches. They too have had to pivot in response to the worldwide pandemic as have local congregations. SEND International has been a consistent, annual, exhibitor at Mission ConneXion Northwest since 2007. I recently connected with Michelle Atwell their…
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