Tonight will be a fun night. I was given a Christmas gift to visit a restaurant in downtown Indianapolis by my daughters Nicole and Andrea, and our son-in-law Greg. Well, Nicole and Greg are in town for three days visiting us, so we are all going to use the card tonight. Andrea has invited [...]
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I am psyched to let you know that my friends Bill and Verna Weber have joined the CMF staff as Consultants in International Leadership. I met Bill nearly twenty years ago. I was in Indianapolis visiting from Singapore and Bill was in town doing some educational work related to a Lilly grant. We stayed [...] Hey, this really looks interesting. It is a conference on justice, with such categories as poverty, HIV/AIDS and much more. Have look at the website. And, the conference is in Bend, Oregon in the winter. Should be a beautiful setting. http://thejusticeconference.com/ Thursday will be an historic day for CMF. Every year CMF has a furlough retreat for our personnel who are on furlough, or as some call it, “home assignment.” Furlough is a time for retooling, reconnecting with supporters and prayer partners, relaxing, renewal and reassessment. The furlough retreats are held in Indianapolis. This year we [...] Last week the North American Christian Convention was held in Indianapolis, and we were privileged to be there. CMF’s own Mary Kamau from Kenya was featured in the Wednesday evening service at which Dick Alexander preached following a wonderful worship service. Dick interviewed Mary, who received a standing ovation for her transformational ministry in [...] We have a ministry in an urban poor area of Mexico City, and we recently received the following report. Community transformation happens when people get together for a common purpose, when it is their vision, and importantly, if they can see a spiritual value to what they are doing. Hope is a strong motivator. [...] We have just released a brand new book in time for this year’s North American Christian Convention at which missionary Mary Kamau will be featured. Mary is the Director of the Hope Partnership project in Nairobi, Kenya. The Birth of Hope is a coffee-table book with great photographs and a compelling fictional account of a [...] Here is what I learned from the book, Ordinary Man, Extrordinary Mission: The Life and Work of E. Stanley Jones, by Stephen A. Graham (2005). I was totally unaware of this, and perhaps it will be news to you too. E. Stanley Jones was a missionary in India for many years. He had a strong friendship with [...] Our long time family friend, Sarah Sykes, is graduating from the School of Leadership and Development, Eastern University. Her MBA is in International Economic Development. Sarah has helped Christian Missionary Fellowship by producing the movie, One in a Million, and by serving as an Associate Board Member for the past two years. Sarah and [...] Environmental Missions Consultation – Ed of Care of Creation and Lowell of Restoring Eden would like to invite you to spend five days with them in Manhattan KS this summer discussing the concept of Environmental Missions. Among the questions to be considered are: What is it? What are appropriate theological and biblical foundations? How [...] |
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