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Progress in Torreon, Mexico

Last Sunday our congregation Cordero de Dios (Lamb of God) in Torreon made an important step forward. After the service, leaders of the congregation held a meeting and formed a church council. They elected a president, treasurer, and secretary. They also developed a plan to run the church council in the coming months and year.
All [...]


A Mission-Minded Marriage

Some words carry along the baggage that is often associated with them.  The word “merger” paints the picture of a giant company taking over a smaller company and essentially absorbing its identity.  For that reason, it is a word that I hesitate to use when two churches combine.  Perhaps marriage is a more fitting term [...]


Now what?

I was nervous stepping into the new chancel on dedication Sunday. The day had finally come. Our wait was over. We were excited, we were anxious, and we were overjoyed! But to be honest, even as we were giving thanks for our new church home, I found myself asking, “Now what?”
Just a few months before, [...]


Living water

Sunday, June 8, seemed like a disaster to members of Living Water, Western Oshkosh, Wis. For weeks the group had been planning a ground-breaking service on their future church site. But on that day gushing rain, five inches of it, greeted everyone trying to make it from the parking lot into their ministry center for [...]


A New Place to Worship

The members of the congregation El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd) in Guadalupe have good news to share. On June 1st, they moved into a new place to hold worship services in.
Before, the members had rented a place in a different neighborhood. But as Pastor Eduardo Vazquez (pictured above) notes, “Our previous location was in [...]