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NW Welcomes Randy Remington

With Bill MacLeod, Director, MissionConnexion 

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. He and his wife Sandy have been married for almost 35 years, live on acreage in Beaverton, and have three adult sons: Joseph, Sam, and Thomas.

Last summer, he accepted the invitation to continue in his role as President of the Foursquare Denomination for a second term. During his first term the Foursquare Church celebrated its centennial as a denomination, but also dealt with the global Pandemic. As he entered his second term, Randy envisioned:

“…a Foursquare movement where churches are hubs of spiritual formation—not through centralized curricula, but through Christ-centered culture—where disciples and leaders are deeply formed in the character of Christ for ministry everywhere. In this next season, we will keep our priorities of prayer, health, together and discipleship, and continue to strengthen our connectedness in relationship and collaboration as we focus on:

  • Training + sending more planters (e.g., churches, missionary workers, chaplains) to take the gospel to new spaces and places.
  • More pastors resourced and equipped to lead thriving churches and movements.
  • Empowering a rising generation of future leaders. (I believe discipleship is the key to the next generation.)”

While on one of his recent overseas trips, Randy graciously responded to our four questions related to our 2025 theme, which he embodies quite naturally: “Come Together, Go Further”…

How did you hear and respond to the call of Christ in your life and is there someone who led or influenced you to submit your life to Him?        

Having been raised as a Pastor’s kid whose parents lived their faith authentically at home, regularly being in church three times a week, attending summer camps, never missing revival meetings, etc. I was well acquainted with the gospel and exposed to the call on every believer to be a disciple of Jesus and to share their faith with whomever they could.

However, as a 16-year-old, I had a very significant experience with the Holy Spirit that brought me to a place of surrender to a perceived call of God on my life to full-time ministry. My parents played a significant part in my knowing and loving Jesus, but my call to ministry was encouraged by a steady stream of missionaries and itinerant ministers who stayed in our home.

Stories of God’s grace, provision, and miraculous leading in ministry grabbed my heart and set a trajectory of willingness to go wherever God would send me and to whomever He would call me to serve.

What kind of changes in your thinking and life experience did you have to go through to “come together” with God’s people in order to follow Jesus? 

It is hard for me to recall any time in my life when I didn’t understand that spiritual formation, discipleship, and ministry development happened within the context of relationships. I do not know my life in Jesus and ministry outside my relationship with the Body of Christ. I love the local church and God’s family, as imperfect as we may be.

As a young church planter, I was sent by local churches and surrounded by leaders who invested in my wife and me with support and relationship. In each city I’ve pastored or served in, I sought collaboration, relationship, and mutuality with other Pastors and Churches in the community.

In Matthew 9:37, Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”

The laborers are so few; we shouldn’t fight with or shoot at the other laborers. We need one another; we don’t have the luxury of going at it alone.

How do you see your ministry working with the local church in order to “go further” with the gospel in the harvest field you’ve been called to labor?

In my current assignment, I work exclusively with Churches of all sizes and locations who work together to fulfill the Great Commission here, near, and far. Having been a Senior Pastor of a local Church for thirty years before this role, I see the power of partnership, there is a cumulative effect when we all unite in a shared mission. We can not only ‘go further’ in our mission but also stay longer when we partner with others in the Body of Christ.

The Body metaphor is appropriate because every part is needed for the health and fullest expression of the image of Jesus in the world. This Body metaphor accurately reflects local church fellowships and the larger corporate expression of Jesus’ life together. Unity is mission-critical, as someone once said. Without a unified Church, we will not be the witness to the world that Jesus prayed we would be in John 17.

What would you hope people attending MCNW 2025 would come away with in light of what you will bring to our “Come Together Go Further” theme?

My prayer for our MCNW 2025 gathering is that we would have a fresh revelation of who God is and envision our call to mission from His perspective. So often, we seek a change of geography when we really need a change of perspective. A heavenly vision is not just a look into the future but Heaven’s perspective on life in this world at whatever time in history we live in.

If we view our moment in time through God’s lens, it will renew our hearts with courage and renewed commitment. Therefore, a fresh vision OF God is needed before we can have a fresh vision FOR God.

As we gather at MCNW, may the Spirit and Word work together in giving us a fresh revelation of the One who sits upon Heaven’s throne and who is sovereign over the nations of the earth that we may go forth strengthened and equipped for the days to come no matter what they bring.