By Simon Presland So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to […]
By Keith Wood When Mr. and Mrs. John Chase of Los Angeles, California opened their home for a small but special gathering in 1948, I wonder if they could have foreseen the impact that meeting would have. Joining the Chases that day were J. Russell Morse, Eugene Morse, and Miss Marian Schaefer. They had […]
By Emily Empson ICOM (International Conference on Missions) is coming to Kansas City, Missouri, November 14-17. Psalm 67 beautifully describes the focus and theme of this year’s conference, “Glorifying God Globally.” Conference president Jair Castillo, founder of Vida Nueva Ministries, sees the conference as a weekend full of joyful celebration for our Lord. Latin […]
By Jair Castillo For the past 25 years, my wife and I have faithfully attended ICOM (International Conference on Missions, formerly the National Missionary Convention). The convention’s new name provides a fitting description of this great gathering: a global meeting of global-minded individuals. These missionaries and missions-minded people have one purpose—to carry out the […]
By Don Hooper I grew up in a great church in rural central Ohio. I spent summers participating in Vacation Bible School, trips to teen conferences, Christmas parties, and children’s and youth ministry—all of which moved me along in my faith. All was good—until late 1978 when my parents decided to separate. My family […]
