My three-week trip to train pastors and church leaders in Ecuador this past November and December proved to be a very special time with four different groups of men and women hungry to grow in their skills handling the Word of God in the WordPartners training program. If I had to describe the trip in […]
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The State of Gospel Work in Latin America: Interview with Juan Sanchez
Did the Protestant Reformation largely bypass Latin America? That is what many people say, including Pastor Juan Sanchez (@manorjuan), Senior Pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, TX. Juan will be speaking at this year’s Together for the Gospel Conference (and Spanish Pre-Conference) in Louisville, Kentucky. This year’s T4G theme is We Are Protestant: The Reformation at 500. […]
Ministry Update: Training Church Leaders in Ecuador
Dear friends and partners, Last month, I had the privilege of serving in Ecuador with Leadership Resources training pastors and church leaders in biblical exposition (learn more about my role here). We trained in the coastal city of Portoviejo and then climbed the Andes Mountains to Quito, Ecuador’s beautiful capital. This was my second trip […]
Prayer Requests for My Ecuador Trip
This Friday I will head down to Ecuador with Leadership Resources to train three groups of pastors and church leaders in expositional preaching as a part of the Training National Trainers program. I will be preaching a few times and leading workshops in Habakkuk, Mark, and Genesis 1-11. A few interesting facts about Ecuador: Jim […]
An Opportunity to Partner with Me in the Gospel
In December of 2012, I was stressed out. I had one semester of seminary remaining and I had no idea what I wanted to do when done with school. Why didn’t I have a specific ministry in mind like most of my classmates? Why couldn’t I narrow down all of the exciting ministry potentials out there? […]