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Almost 2,000!

We have just received the 2nd quarter reports from our INSTAR project in Latin America.  Currently there are discovery groups, house churches, developed churches and other groups that have resulted from this project in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Argentina, that we are reporting in this 2nd quarter.  Groups from at least 46 denominations or networks are involved in these groups.  The majority of the groups are in Honduras, where the project launched in the field in 2008. But now we can see that God has birthed a Disciple Making Movement that is touching thousands of lives!  We are thankful for the amazing things that are happening. This year our team had a goal to reach 2,000 groups by the end of the year....by God's grace this has almost happened by the end of the 2nd Quarter!  So here are the current official statistics of this movement at the end of the 2nd Quarter, 2015. Total number of Groups:  1,978 Total number of Discovery Gro...

The Honduras Disciple Making Movement at 7 Years! Riding the Wave!

It is hard for me to believe that it has only been 7 years since Randy and Linda Travis, along with Keith and Juanita Travis started training Honduran leaders in the Disciple Making Movement (DMM) strategy in Santa Rosa, Copan in Honduras.  The 2 Travis families, both missionaries with WME, had embraced the vision of what we at that time called the Church Planting Movement (CPM) strategy. Randy and Keith had moved to Honduras to serve as the Strategy Coordinators for this project in June of 2007.  After months of preparing a base for training, developing a training curriculum, preparing for access ministry, and sharing the vision with Honduran leaders, the first team assembled on May 1, 2008 to begin an intensive 2 month training experience.  Counting men, women and children there were close to 20 Hondurans at the Santa Rosa base in May 2008.   That small group was trained and then began to go to villages without the gospel and search for the People of Peace that ...

What's Happening with World Missions and Evangelism?

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  INSTAR   :  Coordinators Randy and Linda Travis: Randy and Linda Travis have been missionaries in Latin America since 1982. During their first 6 years in Honduras they pioneered a church in the department of Olancho. From this church, came a network of churches. By 2006 there were about 25 churches in Honduras as a part of this network. In addition, Randy pioneered the gospel with the Pech Indian tribe. The Travis family became affiliated with W.M.E. in 1988 and were W.M.E.'s first missionaries. Soon afterward they relocated to Chiapas, Mexico and spent a number of years in evangelism and ministry in the indigenous church there. Also during their ministry, Randy taught missions at the Omega Missions Training Center in Alabama. In 2006, Randy met David Watson and had the vision to see a new church planting movement emerge in Honduras. Randy and Linda along with their son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Juanita, moved back to Honduras in 2007 ...

How are INSTAR projects and missionaries impacting Latin America?

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INSTAR is the name that WME has for all of its projects in Latin America.  The overall goal is to make disciples that make disciples, and to do Kingdom of God ministry that will impact lives and bring transformation to lives and regions.  Here are some of the missionaries and projects that are bringing Transformation in Latin America! Candace Brown-Espinosa:  Candace has been a member of the Abraham Project team since March 2003. She traveled to Costa Rica with the purpose of volunteering for a humanitarian organization that focuses on women and children. She has worked in many aspects of the Project including six years as Team Coordinator, two years as Children’s Home Administrative Assistant, and as of January 2011, she and Aarón are now one of two new sets of house parents. Candace married Aarón Espinoza in 2005, and they have shared their lives with the church serving in many capacities. Aarón lends his time as one of the music directors and runs the sound system at...

A Christ Movement in Latin America: Numbers and Testimonies of TRANSFORMATION

We have just finished processing the statistical report for the INSTAR project in Latin America for the end of 2014.  And we are standing in Amazement and Wonder as we look at What God has done in this last year! BY THE NUMBERS First, here are the total statistics for the Church Planting Movement so far.  Remember that this project began in May 2008, and had reached a total of 453 Discovery Groups and New Churches at this time last year. Total Groups and Churches:  1,244  (510 DBS Groups, 734 Churches or Equivalent) Total number of People attending: 10,444 Total number of people saved through the project:  5,594 Total baptisms in the project:  4,735 Groups and Churches by Generation: 1st Generation Groups: 288 2nd Generation Groups: 146 3rd Generation Groups:  246 4th Generation Groups:  181 5th Generation Groups:  215 6th Generation Groups:  136 7th Generation Groups: 32 Second, the last 3 months of the year were...

A Report from the Strategy Coordinators of the INSTAR Project

The end of 2014 is now history! We NOW have a NEW year to work and to live for the Lord. The year 2014 has been a great and exciting year of expansion in the Kingdom of God! In our October 2014 newsletter we wrote: “We are believing and working hard to finish the year with 1000 DBS’s and churches. Only God knows... but we MAKE detailed SPECIFIC plans and then we WORK the plan. God gives the INCREASE as it pleases Him. Who knows what God may do? He may surpass anything we are planning! We just reach out in FAITH and WORK hard TRUSTING Him. TO GOD BE THE HONOR AND GLORY! By the end of December we will know what God has done.” Well..... the end of December has passed. So, what happened? Are you ready for this? Well instead of 1000 DBS’s and churches we ended the year with 1244 DBS’s and churches. Many.. many of these DBS’s are churches! May the honor and glory be for God! Praise His Holy name!   May I say that faith with...

2015: Year of a New Level

I believe that The Lord has shown me that 2015 is the Year of a New Level. We recently moved into a new house. My study is now on the 3rd floor. One thing I missed about our old house was my study/prayer room on the 2nd floor....a place where God had spoken many things to me. On December 26, The Lord spoke to me on the 3rd floor of the new house that he had brought me to a new level to see further. In Revelation 4:1 God took John UP HIGHER to give him revelation.....in the previous 2 chapters Christ was dealing with the present issues in John's churches, but now from the Higher Level, John got revelation on God's plan for the entire rest of history. I believe that 2015, for some, will be that kind of year. In this year we will be moved by God to a new level of thinking, understanding, insight, and impact for the Kingdom of God.  The INSTAR Project in Latin America is poised for incredible breakthrough in the coming year. Almost beyond belief, in this year of 2014 that is comi...