I Can Only Imagine: Rocky’s Story | September 2020
Dear friends, This is Rocky's story. It's a story of joy and delight, followed by horror and sadness, and then an unfolding of the goodness of God in a way I could not have dreamed. Imagine crowded buildings, where one can only see cracks of light through the...
A Birthday Prayer | August 2020
Dear friends, As I’m writing this today, my birthday has just passed. I was born on August 23, 1960. I was born to a godly young couple, and from before I was born, I was in church. My mother was singing in the church choir while she was pregnant with me. I...
Can a hungry belly hear the Gospel? | July 2020
Dear friends, Over the last several years, I have helped run a clinic for Arab refugees who have flooded our Middle Eastern country. Once these refugees arrive, the support infrastructure is corrupt and overloaded as thousands receive little help with a $42 monthly...
The Power of Forgiveness | June 2020
"And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors"-Matthew 6:12 Dear friends, Our work at the youth center in Africa gives us so many opportunities to walk alongside those God puts in our path. A group of girls who play sports together at the youth...
Sharing the Love of Christ in the Midst of a Pandemic | May 2020
Dear friends, When World Outreach missionaries move to another country or integrate themselves into a community to share the Gospel, they know the work can often look different and require a bit of creativity. During a global pandemic, when many countries are issuing...
Caring for Your Global Workers | April 2020
Dear friends, We are in such a time of uncertainty and relational isolation; we must be looking at ways to stay connected. This is especially important with our missionaries who are also very much isolated from their second family networks in their country of...
EPC World Outreach’s Response to COVID-19 | March 2020
Dear friends, As WWII drew to a close, a young Russian soldier-mathematician was arrested and condemned to imprisonment and permanent exile for privately criticizing Stalin. Imprisoned in a Siberian labor camp, later suffering from cancer and given just weeks to live,...
The Great Commission in Old Testament Law | February 2020
Dear friends, Where do we find the Great Commission in the Bible? Most of us probably think first of Matt 28:19, ‘Go and make disciples of all nations.’ Or maybe ‘You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth’ (Acts...
A Missionary Conflict for Posterity | January 2020
Dear friends, But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned…” (Gal 2:11) When Simon Peter journeyed to Antioch, he must have discovered a reality different from his ministry context in Jerusalem and Judea. The leadership...
Fueled by Wonder | December 2019
Dear friends, The story of Jesus' life on earth begins and ends with people looking up into the sky. "Behold there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, 'Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and are come to...