Margaret Anderson

May 27, 2022

Leading is Not About Winning

by Director of Church Planting and Church Health Larry Barker Spiritual leadership is being careful not to adopt an “us versus them” mentality.  Leadership commonly makes decisions by majority rule more than consensus. Having the majority means if you agree with us, we win and if you disagree with us you lose.  Majority means that 51% approves the 100% decision but consensus […]
May 29, 2022

ChangeMakers in Nicaragua

The following was written by Regional Coordinator (Latin America) David Dickson. Hector Rios and his wife Blondy serve as our national missionaries in the country of Nicaragua.  This young man was recently ordained by the mother church of the two missions he leads. That mother church in La Esperanza, Nicaragua, is pastored by Brother Hector’s his father-in-law Farintong Zúniga. (Zuniga was […]
June 13, 2022

Leading Requires Humility

By Vice President of Strategy and Training Larry Barker Zach Williams has a great song that says, “A little more like mercy, a little more like grace. A little more like kindness, goodness, love, and faith. A little more like patience, a little more like peace. A little more like Jesus, a little less like me!” The truth of that […]
September 26, 2022

Bringing Hope to the Himalayas

Although they were born and raised in two different countries, Jacob and Miriam had very similar upbringings. Both were raised in Christian homes, saved at young ages, discipled by their parents, and profoundly affected by short-term mission trips. But it was a love for the lost and a burden to share the gospel that finally brought them together in the […]