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February 4, 2019Discipling Young Adults in Mexico
Fernando grew up in Querétaro, Mexico, where he was raised to practice a “fusion faith” of Roman Catholicism and ancient Aztec beliefs. When he started university, he began searching for the truth.
Fernando got involved in Compañerismo Estudiantiles A.C. (Compa), a local campus ministry program. In fusion faith, people take pieces and ideas from various religions that fit their own ideas. Compa set Fernando on course with Christ.
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January 29, 2019Changing the World through Prayer
Jon De Bruyn believed in the power of prayer. Now, the Jon De Bruyn Memorial Prayer Fund will help shape the prayer lives of countless others and ignite prayer for God’s mission throughout the world.
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January 23, 2019Urban Gardens in Montréal Point People to God
Laurianne Debanné dug her hands into warm soil.
Buildings formed a concrete fortress around her; cars rushed by on the oil-stained street; people hurried past with their eyes on their cell phones.
More than one million people call Montréal, Québec, home—but few are Christians. People live within a few steps of one another, but walls separate them. People are hungry for community.
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January 17, 2019Working Together for the Kingdom of Christ
Imagine living in the same neighborhood, the same house, for nearly 60 years. You can walk your block with your eyes closed. You know every creaky floorboard in your home, every squeaky cupboard door, every scuff and smudge. The kitchen is not just a kitchen; it’s where your children and family friends gathered, year after year, for meals. Now, imagine someone forcing you to move out.
That’s what happened to Miss Addie. She was 102 when her landlord sold the house she had rented for decades in Houston, Texas’ historic Third Ward neighborhood and told her to move out.
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January 17, 2019
Sharing Faith through Everyday Rhythms
When Craig and Jeanine Broek moved to Denver, Colorado, they quickly discovered that even though there were a lot of church buildings in their neighborhood, people were not really "into churches." With help from Resonate Global Mission, they started The Table—a ministry that serves Denver’s Platte Park neighborhood with gardens, dinners, Bible studies, and worship gatherings. The Table quickly became a safe place for people to explore Christianity.
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January 17, 2019
Loving Your Neighbor
"Neighbourhood Life is about helping followers of Jesus learn again how to love their actual neighbors, those who live next door and join God in his work, on his mission in the neighborhood to transform lives and communities," said Karen Wilk, Resonate Global Mission local mission leader for Western Canada. Here's a glimpse of how Neighbourhood Life strives to be the church in their community—every day of the week.
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January 17, 2019Ghosts Aren’t Stories
Just a few steps from Resonate Global Mission missionaries Larry and Pam Moeser’s house on Thailand’s island of Ko Yao Yai, a massive tree twists up from the ground. Its roots and branches creep outward and its dense canopy casts an ominous shadow on anyone who dares to approach it—everyone on the island believes a ghost lives in the tree.
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January 16, 2019What Can Go Local Do for Your Church?
When asked about Go Local, Kurt Staal describes it as “a journey, not a program.”
Go Local is a Resonate Global Mission initiative that helps church congregations join God at work in their communities. Church members learn about discerning God’s actions in their neighborhood by designing experiments, testing them out, and then reflecting on what they’ve done.
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January 15, 2019Missional Steps for Churches
Looking at our congregations, we may wish that we could magically create a mission-shaped congregation with one event, one sermon, or one service-project.
The challenge is that most life change doesn’t happen overnight! Running a marathon, for example, takes months of training. Daily practice slowly shapes muscles and develops endurance until running 26.2 miles is possible. Becoming a mission-shaped congregation takes many small steps, all headed in the right direction.
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January 11, 2019Hospitality Is Key to Ministry
We want to be like Jesus, sharing God’s goodness, grace, and love with others, but no ministry on earth compares to Jesus’ ability to minister with people who are hurting, broken, or lost. Jesus calmed storms, gave sight to people who were blind, and raised the dead. What can we do?
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January 10, 2019Preschoolers Are Bringing More Families to Church
When children start school in Lake Worth, Fla., many are already academically behind. So, Sunlight Community Church of Lake Worth launched a preschool—and it’s having a surprising effect on the growth of their church.
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January 7, 20198 Ways Your Congregation Can Care for Missionaries
Missionaries need a strong support team in order to thrive in their ministry. While the sending agency plays an important role, there are elements of missionary care that congregations are uniquely equipped for.
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January 7, 2019Intergenerational Mission Committee Strives to Engage the Entire Church in Mission
Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church in Rehoboth, New Mexico, wants everyone in the church involved in mission. That’s why they formed a mission committee spanning three generations, from a high school sophomore to a former missionary now in her 90s.
Mae Kruis and her late husband, Rich, served as missionaries in Rehoboth and the surrounding area for many years. “Jesus commands us to go out and tell the gospel,” she said. “[Rich and I] both felt that way about it. We were very interested in bringing more people to the Lord.”
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December 18, 2018
On Mission 13: Erich Ogulu
Pentecostal Theological College, a Resonate partner in Uganda, invites Muslim students from an Islamic university to use their soccer field. "They come here and play soccer with our students," said Principal Erich Ogulu. "By being here playing soccer, some of them might get converted because of the way they see our students behaving towards them ... we think that kind of relationship is so helpful in making us to be seen as salt and light of the world."
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December 18, 2018Greenhouse Evangelism
Last month, Resonate Global Mission local mission leader Scott Geurink sat in a greenhouse with a group of seasonal workers who immigrated to West Michigan from Mexico and Central America.
They were on their break, sitting at tables in the lunchroom. Work gloves lay on the tables and Bibles rested open to the gospel of John.
“If you died today, do you believe you’d go to heaven?” Scott asked them.
Almost everyone said, “No.”
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