A message from our friends at SEND International. ….“I have personally met people who, the only image that they have of Jesus is what they’ve seen on TV in American movies. I have met people in the Philippines or in China who don’t know Jesus’ name at all. They’ll ask me, ‘Is Jesus some person living…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director I did not plan on it. I was reading the Book of Genesis for an assignment in college, and as I was closing in on the final chapters, suddenly I had a country on my mind that had not been in my thinking 48 chapters earlier. When these thoughts did…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Al Fadi is a former Wahabbi Muslim from Saudi Arabia who writes for several ministries including “Answering Islam” and runs an outreach ministry designed for non-Muslim and Christians. He is also a keynote speaker for Crescent ConneXion next weekend. Al’s religion informed him from an early age that he had…
Detailsby Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Whether it was all 1300 parking spaces filling up 90 minutes after outside doors opened; the lines that stretched around the building to get in, or all 2500 seats in the auditorium once the inside doors opened… “There is Hope” 2018 brought together about the largest crowd ever assembled at…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Francis Chan is a preacher, writer and motivational speaker who we’re privileged to have as our plenary speaker for Mission ConneXion Northwest 2018. His surname, Chan, in Mandarin Chinese means, “to produce, to give birth to, or to yield.” He has “produced” five books on love, faith and spiritual awareness,…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Peter Greer, President and CEO of Hope International, is no stranger to Mission ConneXion Northwest! While he comes as our Plenary Speaker this January, he has often led workshops in the Business as Mission track over the years. Hope has determined that 2 billion people around the world do not…
DetailsWritten by Stephanie Wieber Director of City Gospel Movements at the Luis Palau Association The consistent, enduring presence of a caring adult in a young person’s life can be the difference between staying in school or dropping out, making healthy decisions or engaging in risky behaviors, and realizing one’s potential or failing to achieve one’s…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod, Executive Director Not long ago I sat down with Jamie Winship, one of our plenary speakers for this January’s Mission ConneXion Northwest event. His coming to Christ prior to becoming a policeman in Washington, D.C. is intriguing enough, not to mention his learning dependence upon the Holy Spirit to share his new-found…
DetailsSome people groups have thriving, evangelizing churches already living among them. Odds are, if you are taking this topic in a local church, your people group falls in this category. We refer to these as reached people groups. This does not mean that everyone in the people group is a believer. It doesn’t even mean…
DetailsA guest article from our friends at TEAM. Written by Jessica Hulbert When you pair a longing for adventure with a desire to share the hope of Jesus Christ with the world, missions seems like the natural next step. How can you discern whether your passion is leading you on the path to cross-cultural ministry…
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