FMI strives to “stimulate organic growth” in all sorts of churches and ministries around the world. One of the unique areas of ministry we work in is international churches. These are churches found around the world, made up of people from many different nationalities, primarily from countries other than the one where the church is […]
Miss part 1? Read here. God so often accomplishes His will on earth by means of people connections, and often very unlikely or unexpected ones. In Part 1 of this account we told how Sophie Mueller, a young New York City woman, came to affect the map of the world by bringing the Gospel to […]
‘You Can Make All the Difference!’ There was that phrase again – this time on an email from my Alma Mater, encouraging alumni to contribute. I thought about how often we hear that phrase used to encourage us to vote or recycle or join a cause. We all long for significance and to know that […]
Pastor Eric, a young pastor just out of Bible school, has started a church in a suburb of Lira, Uganda. One morning he surprised Pastor James at 7 a.m. at his house (without an appointment) requesting Bibles. He had some new converts who needed them. Unfortunately, Pastor James could only give him 10 of the […]
The Missional International Church Network’s (MICN) annual conference in May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was an incredible conference for international church leaders. Most of these church leaders come from the 10/40 window (an area considered to contain some of the least and hardest to reach people groups in the world; for more on this term, […]
Fresch Ministries International has an opportunity to help the local churches in Rwanda. Bishop Joseph, who hosted FMl’s recent conference in Kigali, shepherds 14 churches — two in Kigali city and 12 in rural villages. The villagers are very poor, and there is generally only one Bible per church. Bishop Joseph has asked us if we could fund […]
FMI encourages churches around the world to work together and equips them to make a greater impact in their communities. It was exciting to see this happening at my own church in May, as we partnered with three other local churches to host our annual men’s retreat. Fifty-three men were in attendance from not only […]
In February FMI hosted a spiritual leadership conference in Kigali, Rwanda, where we saw God move and open some incredible doors! Approximately 350 church leaders attended, mostly from Rwanda, but also small delegations from Burundi and Congo (DRC). Many bishops were in attendance, including the head of the Rwandan Baptist Convention. Through nine sessions spread […]
Last year we wrote to you about an opportunity that our Kenya Coordinator, Pastor John Atieno, had to purchase land adjacent to the orphanage owned by his ministry. The land, about 1-3/4 acres (0.7 hectares), was undeveloped and suitable for growing food crops. John wanted the land so the children of the orphanage could grow […]
In September I participated in a round table discussion focused on International Church (IC) Planting. Jon Davis, who heads up GICN and was the organizer of the round table, invited me to attend both to present what the International Baptist Convention is doing in regards to church planting and also to give me an opportunity […]