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The Work Belongs to God!

"I want you to understand that it is My Work!" That phrase resonated through my mind as strongly as anything that I have ever heard from the Holy Spirit. I do not claim any divine inspiration for this word, and as always with anything that is not directly from Scripture, it must be judged (1 Corinthians 14:29). It may have just been my own imagination....but I don't think so! It was in an intense session of prayer where I was both praising God for the supply of some needs for WME and also praying about present and future needs. The Lord, I believe, began to remind me of how limitless his resources were, and how small our needs were in comparison. But the point that was impressed on me forcefully was that what WME is doing.....is really not something that WME is doing, but it is God's work....something He wants done. And it seemed to me that the Spirit of God was making sure that I got the message. One of the best classes that I ever took was the Experiencing God cl...

WME has a new phone number

Just a note to tell everyone that WME has a new office phone number. We are now at: 270-527-9445 Please note this if you have been using our old line.

Some reports from Honduras

Dear Reader, I write this from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. I have been in the country since April 17 and am excited to give you an update on the state of the Honduras Church Planting Movement project. WME's theme for 2011 is "Moving Forward" and it seems that that theme is being fulfilled. THE TRIP First let me give a report about this trip. We have moved into new territory in multiple ways on this trip. To begin with, our team has conducted 2 CPM seminars. The first was in the department of Olancho in the city of Juticalpa. Attending were leaders from the Manital de Vida churches (Fountain of Life) and the Christian Reformed Church. For 3 days the team covered basic CPM principles. This training also emphasized mentoring. The training was primarily for those who have already been applying the principles or at least had been exposed to the principles in an earlier training in November 2009. The results were outstanding and we are expecting great reports in the future....in ...

Busy April!

This month of April is busy busy busy! But all in a good way. We just finished our 12th World Mission Conference at Oasis Christian Center in Paducah, KY. The speakers were myself and Joyce Lynn Kirubagaran of United Evangelical Mission International. The Lord was present by His Spirit, and missionaries, leaders, pastors, and believers were blessed. Thanks to Oasis Church for incredible hospitality. Now, for the next part of April. On April 17, I will fly to Tegucigalpa and be picked up by Randy Travis, and together we will travel to the Department of Olancho where on April 19, 20, and 21 we will be conducting a CPM training for people from 7 different denominations and fellowships. This is truly a breakthrough time, the kind for which we have been hoping and praying. Included in this training will be people from Baptist, Holiness, Calvinist and Arminian backgrounds as well as both Charismatic and Non-Charismatic churches. Pray that the doctrinal distinctives will be covered by a spiri...

This is Missions Conference Week

This is the week of the WME Missions conference. Our Theme is "Moving Forward". We hope that many readers will be able to attend. The Conference is being held at Oasis Christian Center in Paducah Ky. The address of Oasis is: 3232 Buckner Lane, Paducah , KY 42001. The schedule of services is Registration 6 p.m., Opening Service 7 p.m. on Friday evening April 8. John Peter Kirubagaran of United Evangelical Mission will be the speaker. There will be food and fellowship after the service. Saturday April 9, will begin with a 10 a.m. service where I will be the speaker. Lunch will be served after the morning session. On Saturday evening, Joyce Lynn Peters, of the Talitha Cumi ministry will be the speaker at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the service. The conference will end Sunday morning, April 10 at the 10 a.m. service at Oasis. A potluck lunch will follow the final service of the conference. We hope to see you there this weekend.

Please Pray for these events in April

I want to ask for special prayer in the Month of April for the Honduras CPM project. There will be a very important training trip in the latter part of the month. On April 17, I will fly to Tegucigalpa and be picked up by Randy Travis, and together we will travel to the Department of Olancho where on April 19, 20, and 21 we will be conducting a CPM training for people from 7 different denominations and fellowships. This is truly a breakthrough time, the kind for which we have been hoping and praying. Included in this training will be people from Baptist, Holiness, Calvinist and Arminian backgrounds as well as both Charismatic and Non-Charismatic churches. Pray that the doctrinal distinctives will be covered by a spirit of Unity and that obedience to the Word of God and discipling the whole nation of Honduras and beyond will become uppermost in the hearts of all. Pray that from all these groups workers will be raised up (Luke 10:2) to become disciple makers and church planters. I...

It is all about Jesus!

Acts 9: 5 And he (Paul) said, "Who are you, Lord?" And He (Jesus) said, "I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting." And....the rest is History! The man we call the Apostle Paul was changed forever by an encounter with the Resurrected Jesus Christ....who he came to call Lord (God!) In Disciple Making movements worldwide, we look directly to Jesus and his commands in the New Testament as our guide. But we look also to the Apostle Paul as a key example in how this obedience is done in order to fulfill the Great Commission. In an upcoming book (that I am eagerly anticipating) Neil Cole is going to share the leadership example of Paul in terms of church multiplication movements. It is called "Journeys to Significance" and you can find out about it at his website: www.cmaresources.org The point I want to make here is that everything Paul did, the leaders he raised, the disciples he made, the churches he planted, came from what I might call his lifelong Jesus in...