Owning Our Labor by David Brewer, SEED Co-Director Statistics tell us that more than half the world lives on less than $2 a day. Sometimes we get the sense the situation is hopeless, that we can never impact the world of poverty. Eight families in the Amparo (Philippines) Free Methodist Church want you to know [...]
Listening Prayer
BY PAM COWART, CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, COLUMBUS, GA I love my church because we truly CRAVE together. CRAVE is a word that shows up on our church calendar weekly. It is a word that stops our church in its tracks three full weeks every year. We love to CRAVE, and we CRAVE one thing – [...]
James 2:8
BY RYAN WILLSON (MALAWI) September 6, 2012 We have gone one week without city water. The Water Board went on strike and after the strike the Water Board decided to “rehabilitate some pipes” in our neighborhood. We have students, staff, one visiting teacher and two families on campus that all desperately need water. Click here [...]
Breaking Down the Walls
BY LARRY AND KATIE WINCKLES (HUNGARY) This weekend about 60 people from our churches in Budapest and Győr gathered together at the Calvary Chapel Bible College – Europe in Vajta, Hungary for a two-day retreat. The theme was “Breaking Down the Walls,” and it refers to the spiritual barriers that we have that prevent us [...]
Complete | September – VISA & Mobilization
Time to Let Go Jennifer Veldman, FMWM Mobilization Assistant “Jessie was out of the boat and under the log. All I saw was her head sticking up and the look of panic on her face. I had to save my child.” Dee Dee Galloway and her teenage daughter had gone whitewater rafting. Amateurs, they were [...]
Tropical Storm Isaac Hits Haiti
How You Can Help Haiti Recover Click here to give general relief funds online to the Help Haiti Heal fund. Click here to give online to ICCM’s Haiti Recovery Fund and Water Filter Project. Gifts may be sent to: Free Methodist World Missions, 770 N High School Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46214 (Note “Help Haiti Heal” [...]
Renewed Spirit at Mexico’s Northwest Annual Conference
“Despues de esta 35 conferencia, queremos heredarle a nuestros niños y jovenes una iglesia sana. Limpia y con vision! Felicidades metodistas libres del noreste.” [After this 35th conference, we want our children and youth to inherit a healthy church. Wholesome and with vision! Congratulations Free Methodists from the Northwest [Mexico].] – Pastor Alejandro Collins, Tecate [...]
From the Beach to the Church
BY DENNIS AND KYLE LEON, WITH PAULA J. GILLESPIE As a young surfer in Costa Rica, Dennis Leon had numerous opportunities to live a destructive, self-indulgent life; God had other plans. Dennis grew up in Esterillos Oeste, a beach town – population 350, with one church and five bars. Dennis lived with his mother, grandmother [...]
Missionary Support Infographic – What You’ve Always Wondered About Missionary Support
Why Commit? Funds are sent to missionaries on a monthly basis and to countries on a quarterly basis. It is on the promise that commitments will be fulfilled that these funds are advanced, even though they might not yet have been received. The commitments basically help the mission see that funds will be in place [...]
Complete | August – Sent & Missionary Appreciation
Surfing as Mission Jennifer Veldman, FMWM Mobilization Assistant You have likely heard that Free Methodist World Missions sends missionaries to develop leaders, plant churches, care for medical needs, teach English and help with compassion and community development programs. But have you heard that we recently sent our first surfing missionaries? How do surfing and missions [...]
Evoy Named New Asia Area Director
After more than 18 years of service to Free Methodist World Missions (FMWM) as Asia area director and many more as a missionary, David Yardy will changing roles. Yardy will become the FMWM liason to India and will also serve as a cross-cultural consultant to FMWM missionaries. The Board of Bishops is pleased to announce [...]
The Difference Between the Good and the Great
BY PASTOR ALLISON COVENTRY, CHIEF OF STAFF, LATIN AMERICA AREA When I first met Pastor Casto of Maturin, Venezuela, I was immediately struck by his gentleness, sense of humor, and the passion with which he dedicated himself to life and ministry. Listening to his story over a meal at a leadership event in Mexico, I [...]
Complete | July – Leadership Development
Complete in the Family of God Mike Reynen, Africa John, a Kenyan pastor, knows with greater clarity than most the completeness that can come through being a part of the family of God. John, an only child, lost his mother at a very young age. His grandmother took him to live with her. When he [...]
Former Missionary to Zimbabwe Passes Away
Mrs. Gwen Houser February 20, 1921 – April 28, 2012 Gwen was born in South Dakota to Rev. R. B. and Mrs. Priscilla Bonney. Gwen’s father served as a pastor in the Methodist Church. Although her family conducted daily Bible reading and said prayers together, Gwen believed her greatest Christian influence was her grandmother. While [...]
Celebrate Graduation
BY DEBBIE HOGEBOOM, KENYA Saturday, April 28, marked a historic point in the life of the Free Methodist Modular Bible School as the first graduation was celebrated at Springs of Hope College Campus – Eldoret! And indeed, how we celebrated! Partitions had been removed from the classroom to make more space. Family and friends of [...]
Complete | June – Unreached Peoples
Complete Understanding Roger Stone, Philippines When will the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace become “complete” among the Ayta people? We might think that once there are churches in the area the task is complete. But what if the churches are made up of people who don’t really understand what the good [...]
