Missions
I’ve dubbed our recent November trip to El Salvador as our “Miracle trip” as 20 people came together from 5 churches and 2 states to do a breadth of ministry unlike most of our trips. There were many in the group who did not know each other, but God brought us together in unity and […]
Italy Partnership In 2017, I went with five other pastors/leaders from our area on a “Vision Trip” to Northern Italy to explore a missions partnership. We prayed and collectively committed to a partnership with a small church in Belluno, Italy. Below is a blog post about that trip, describing the beginnings of our partnership: Team […]
My partner Irvin Brooks and I just returned from a week of teaching church history, with a group of pastors in El Salvador. It culminated a 4 year effort to teach a ten course curriculum known as “Bible Teaching for Church Leaders and Pastors” or “BTCP.” This is the same course we teach at FCC […]
A group of 13 from Fruitland Community Church and the Lighthouse of Southeast Missouri State recently returned from a 9-day mission trip to El Salvador. Space (and time) does not allow me to recount everything, but here’s brief photo blog of our trip. Here’s our team at the airport in St. Louis and then on […]
I just returned from a mission trip with five other pastors on a trip to Belluno, Northern Italy. It was a great trip! Hopefully, this photo blog will give you some sense of our trip. Here are the six of us on a plane in St. Louis ready to depart: There was a lot of […]
A team of 16 from 3 churches just recently returned from a Quad Cities’ mission trip. Here’s a brief report. Our team was given an overview of what to expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_yJsG6ZLz4&feature=youtu.be We began by painting part of a church replant. It was a long good day of doing something tangible for this church and great […]
We just returned from our August mission trip and we had a great experience! A team of 12 from three churches left to minister in two locations in El Salvador. If you would like a quick video of the trip click here: 2016 Aug El Salvador Trip Here’s just a brief summary of what we […]
We have a mission team going to El Salvador, July 30 – August 6. We will do similar work to what our team did June of 2015. If you would like to see a photo blog of that June trip click here: El Salvador Medical Clinics Please keep these 12 in your prayers: Jim and […]
Today, two pastors from Missouri left today for Chalchuapa, El Salvador, to teach the 2nd half of the New Testament to a group of pastors. Next Monday, I will leave with three other pastors for El Salvador. We will teach in two different locations. Preaching 1 will be taught in Sonsonate and New Testament 1 […]
It’s hard to believe but the 10-year anniversary of Katrina is this weekend. It’s the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. I can’t add to what will be written about the personal and corporate loss the New Orleans area experienced. It was devastating. But…I do remember being drawn to New Orleans and just being a […]