“When I first heard about the death of the men, I said to myself, ‘The cause of missions is going to be set back for an entire generation.’ I couldn’t have been more wrong,” David Jannsen, one of Jim Elliot’s boyhood friends, told me years later.
This summer I am celebrating the occasion of my first short-term mission trip…50 summers ago! I was one of six students chosen to be sent out from what is now Cairn University in Philadelphia, but I had never been out of our country – not to Canada or to Mexico! Yet, the Lord had clearly and supernaturally led me to where I would be involved in evangelistic beach missions organized by the Church of Scotland.
Thinking of taking your family on a short-term trip overseas? Good for you!! A short-term trip needs prayer, thought…and a lot more!!
As a mother of four, a missionary who served the Lord in four countries with those four and a passionate Christ-follower myself, it’s good to hear of families that want to “go there” with the fam.
One who “follows and spreads the teaching of another,” is called a disciple. Matthew 4:19 would suggest that a disciple is someone who is following Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and is committed to the mission of Jesus.
I remember hearing years ago that Benjamin Franklin, one of the foremost of our Founding Fathers, learned to leave his money pouch at home when listening to the great Colonial evangelist, George Whitefield. Because if not, as he had experienced, he would be moved to “give it all” through Whitefield’s persuasive oratory and appeal.
It was a great year to “Come Together” for our annual, regional, free, event…no snow, clear skies, keynote speakers all present and accounted for – and attendees coming with a desire to take this opportunity to “Go Further” in their personal or church life!
Michelle Atwell is our closing speaker on Saturday night and the perfect choice to help us visualize our theme: “Come Together, Go Further” since she is used to helping people take action – herself included!
Michelle accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an InterVarsity camp when she was a college freshman. “That weekend blossomed into a whole new life for me” she says.
Randy Remington, has been a pastor with the Foursquare Church for many years and will be our keynote speaker at MissionConnexion Northwest this January 17-18. He was chosen to succeed Ron Mehl at Beaverton Foursquare Church, by Ron himself, years before his passing in 2003. Randy then led “Beaverton 4” until 2020, when he became the President of the Foursquare Church in the United States.
Patrice Tsague will open our MissionConnexion Northwest event this January 17-18, 2025. He founded The Nehemiah Project in 1999 with his wife Gina Tsague in Washington D.C. Patrice and Gina both arrived in the United States in 1983, with Patrice coming from Cameroon, Central Africa and Gina from Haiti.
MissionConnexion Northwest welcomes our keynote speaker, Matthew Ellison, the President/Missions Coach for 16:15 Outfitters, which coaches churches to help them actively participate in the mission of God.
