Leading ‘APEST Unction’ Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher (APEST) is embedded in humans as part of the image of God and activated with Spirit power on mission with Jesus. by Sherri Martin The words, ‘functioning in God-given unction,’ flowed freely at LMC’s Fall Leadership Assembly on September 25, 2021. The leadership assembly was planned and facilitated by Supervisor Samuel Lopez, CIES District; Bishop Rodney Martin, Conestoga River District;… Read More
New Wine By Caleb & Melissa Kaye A new hybrid digital/physical church plant in Annapolis reaches out to their community during the pandemic. Revive is a new church reaching out to the residents of Annapolis, Maryland with the hope of Jesus. Melissa, our five children, and I share the vision of Revive as a safe place to develop authentic faith. We believe in collaboration and teamwork. Together… Read More
Head, Heart, and Hands Making disciples involves more than a program In 2019, I wrote a booklet for Mennonite Mission Network’s Missio Dei series called Not Just Disciples, but Disciple Makers! On page 3 I said, Discipleship becomes institutionalized when it is co-opted by human methodologies. Somehow, we seem to believe that our methods are better than Jesus’ methods of disciple-making. Discipleship cannot and should not be put in… Read More
Living and Learning Together Bearing witness during this season of COVID-19 at Capital Christian Fellowship by Paris Rossiter In Psalm 133:1-2, it says, “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.” Community provides one of the central values… Read More
One Mission, For Many Languages The Move of God in Baltimore by EECB Elders The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Baltimore is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Believers from Ethiopia and Eritrea gather together in fellowship. We are affiliated with Meserete Kristos Church. Our worship is conducted in Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. The church started in 1991 when a few believers met and formed a Bible study group. Later the Lord… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement’ Article Summary in Swhahili Ningeelezea LMC kama harakati inayofuata Roho katika utume. Harakati ni chaguo la kuvutia la maneno. Harakati inamaanisha mabadiliko. Inamaanisha utetezi wa mabadiliko ambayo ni ya ukombozi na ya kubadilisha. Harakati inaonekana kama neno zuri kuelezea ushirika wetu wa makanisa. Maneno, “Kuongozwa na Roho,” katika taarifa ya ujumbe wa LMC hufanya sifa muhimu. Kama Matendo 1: 4-5 inavyoonyesha, utume wa Mungu unahitaji ujazo na uwezeshwaji wa… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement’ Article Summary in Amharic ኤል.ኤም.ሲን በተልእኮ ውስጥ መንፈስን እንደሚከተል እንቅስቃሴ እገልጻለሁ ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ አስደሳች የቃላት ምርጫ ነው ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ ለውጥን ያመለክታል ፡፡ ቤዛ እና ለውጥ የሚያስገኝ የለውጥ ተሟጋችነትን የሚያመለክት ነው ፡፡ እንቅስቃሴ የቤተክርስቲያናትን ህብረት ለመግለፅ ጥሩ ቃል ይመስላል። በኤል.ኤም.ሲ ተልእኮ መግለጫ ውስጥ “በመንፈስ መሪነት” የሚለው ሐረግ አስፈላጊ ብቃትን ይሰጣል ፡፡ እንደ ሥራ 1: 4-5 እንደሚያመለክተው የእግዚአብሔር ተልእኮ የመንፈስ ቅዱስን መሙላት እና ኃይልን ይጠይቃል ፡፡ ይህ ሐረግ “በመንፈስ መሪነት የሚደረግ… Read More
A Spirit-led Movement By Keith Weaver In 2019 at our Celebration of Church Life, I led a workshop where I described the growing geographic footprint of LMC. Someone asked the question, “Keith, are we an area conference, or is LMC a denomination, or are we a fellowship of churches?” After fumbling around and not really answering the question, Richard Showalter, who was in the audience, helped me out… Read More