Just Follow Jesus’s first words to His disciples were, “Come follow me!” He later told them to go and make disciples of all nations. If we have not first encountered Jesus and fallen in love with the “Word who became flesh,” we cannot partner with Him in making disciples. We must learn to hear His voice, trust Him to guide us, and follow wherever He may lead… Read More
The Invitation God invites us into communion with Him. Jesus spoke these words, “Come to Me all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].” (Matthew 11:28 AMP) When we accept this invitation and get to know Him, we experience His love, grace, and goodness. Our lives are transformed into His… Read More
Women’s Global Village From the Margins to the Marketplace Together Women’s Global Village believes in the vision of empowering immigrant women. Elizabeth Soto and community volunteers gather with immigrant women weekly as they engage in healing arts, sewing, learning English, and telling their stories. Childcare is provided. On April 26, a graduation ceremony was held at HUB 450 for the twenty-five women who completed the twelve-week program.
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al español después de la de Ingles All Things Are Possible with The Lord One Thursday evening in 2000, two new Vietnamese student believers came to our door with a young Vietnamese couple, whom they have just met that same day at a grocery store. The two young men had been at our house a week before for dinner, and now they wanted… Read More
Shalom News special edition LMC gathered at Petra Church on March 31 and April 1, 2023, for the Spring Leadership Assembly and Celebration of Church Life. The missional conference included worship, equipping, and fellowship focusing on becoming “A Holy Spirit-led movement to make disciples of Jesus.” The plenary sessions celebrated LMC’s mission to make disciples of Jesus. They were inspired and framed by the paintings titled: The Invitation, Just… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Do you need permission to multiply? Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles I recently had a conversation with a colleague who asked the question; “do we need permission to multiply churches?”. Those of us who are Apostolic, Evangelistic or Prophetic (fondly referred to as APE’s), identified in Ephesians 4, are often driven by a mission impulse to go and do something new. … Read More
God’s Creative Design An Interview with Artist Brenda Blank Where did you begin your journey into creativity and the arts? My journey with creativity begins with God, the Creator of everything. Because God created us in His image, I believe it also means a seed of creativity is planted in our DNA. People are creators too, created to recreate beauty and reflect His glory here on earth. As… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Bishop Elders TeamWeekly Email for Monday, June 12, 2023Submitted by Bishop Tuyen Nguyen The Missional DNA Radix training reminds me of the natural DNA that I received from my grandfather, who basically devoted his life and his family to do one thing: to bring Good News to people. In Genesis the Lord God said about Abraham: “Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elder’s Team – Weekly Letter June 5, 2023 MARGIN We live in an ever-increasingly fast-paced world. We have all kinds of resources to make us more “efficient”. These resources can be a blessing and can be used to build the kingdom, but they can also drive us to try to “do more” than we are… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly EmailMay 30, 2023Submitted by Marcia Mylin In Ruth Haley Barton’s book, Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Barton uses the illustration of a jar of muddy river water to illustrate our busy lives. She talks about how our lives can get cloudy and dirty by the stuff of life and it can become difficult for leaders… Read More