By Judge Tom Kohl
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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 Jesus Christ. I have written a book about this experience and have been blessed to share this story in churches, special events and prisons throughout the country.
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 to the present time, especially through their involvement with Muslim ConneXion*. We caught up with him for a brief interview after he and his family recently returned from spending the summer in Iraq.
By Ryan Fast,Teen Missions
As someone whose primary mission is to disciple teenagers, I’ve made the following observations:
By Bill MacLeod, Executive Director
Years ago while working on a city-wide effort in a foreign city I had a colleague who was invited to join our team because others observed how faithfully he had carried out the most menial tasks without complaining when his supervisor had asked him to do so. He once told me something, tongue-in-cheek, that I have never forgotten: “Everybody wants to be a servant until he is treated like one!”
 Without a PA system, evangelist will have no one to respond to his invitation for no one will hear! And without a 2015 Venue to accommodate 125 workshops, 80 exhibitors and 1500 in an auditorium…there can be no Mission ConneXion Northwest…
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By David Irby
Here I was attending Mission ConneXion (MC), the Northwest’s Premier Missions event, for the second time. I smiled to myself and gave an inwards chuckle, as I was one of the last people you would ever expect to be here, not only as an attendee but as the head of a mission agency.
If you talk to a dozen missionaries and ministries that struggle in their fundraising, one common theme is heard: Fundraising is one of the Goliath’s that are faced for short and long-term missions and ministry. The truly motivated individual wanting to get to the root of understanding the fundraising giant would perhaps even find ministries that believe raising support is a “necessary evil” the one aspect of the job that very few would ever want to do, a task that is rift with sleepless nights and night terrors! Fundraising is not something that is to be dreaded or feared it simply requires a David to slay the Goliath.
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How do we get there?
How do we fulfill the mandate of Ephesians 4:11-16—“to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up”.
I’ll never forget meeting a boy named Andreas nearly forty-three years ago. We were both only seventeen at the time. He from Sweden and I from the United States, we met at an Operation Mobilization conference near Brussels, Belgium. Young, immature, and struggling with culture shock, we both headed into France for a summer of door-to-door evangelism. After that experience we lost all contact (no Facebook or email back then!).