March 18, 1924 – March 27, 2012 Ernest “Ernie” Huston died March 27, 2012. Ernest Huston was born in Charbonneau, North Dakota. The early part of his life was spent on the farm where his family was active in the Holiness Methodist Church. As a senior in high school, Ernest totally dedicated his life to [...]
Tears of Joy
BY PAT CRUCE, PERU Julia has been one of our longest friendships here in Peru. She is one of those people who would be chosen first if you were captain and ready to play against another team. She grew up in the heart of the jungle, the greater Amazon River Valley. She left that area [...]
Free Methodist Urban Ministry: A Call for a Broader Vision
BY REV. DAVID A. HARVEY, Superintendent of The Acts 12:24 Churches Conferences The Free Methodist Church has a significant but under-appreciated legacy of ministry in U.S. cities. Perhaps the best-known story of Free Methodist urban ministry is that of two Free Methodist women who, in 1871 in Chicago, told D.L. Moody that his preaching lacked power [...]
Global Day of Prayer – May 27, 2012
The Global Day of Prayer is observed each year on Pentecost Sunday. Join Christians from 220 countries to pray for the needs of this world. Click here for Global Day of Prayer service prepared by Rev. Melinda Henry, former FM missionary to Liberia. We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is [...]
Complete | May – Urban Priorities
I’m Somebody! Migrant worker in Asian Creative Access Country I am a migrant worker. When I heard about how much money I could make in one of my country’s cities, I moved my family there like so many other people were doing. I didn’t make a lot of money, but life was definitely much better. [...]
Country Spotlight: Costa Rica
BY ALLISON COVENTRY Church status: Mission District District Leader: Hiuberth Zapata FM Churches: 7 churches, 4 church-planting projects Membership: 927 Opened: 1990 The Costa Rica Mission District is experiencing a new fervor, unity and mission. Embracing the work in Panama and Nicaragua has been a catalyst for growth in Costa Rica. Teams have gone to [...]
Child Care to Church Planting
BY A BISHOP OF THE INDIA FMC Zachariah’s parents died when he was about 8 years old. He is from a tribe called Valmiki. Zachariah says, “My fraternal uncle took advantage of my father’s death and used me to take care of his cattle.” From morning till evening he was used like a hired servant [...]
In Tribute of Mrs. Florence Mannoia
November 8, 1924 – January 12, 2012 Memorial services were held for Mrs. Florence Mannoia on January 10, 2012, in Arlington, TX, and on March 10 at Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church, Spring Arbor, MI. During her childhood, Florence Gilroy and her mother were the only Christians in the family. Florence was born the youngest [...]
Rev. John Schlosser, Pioneer Missionary, Passes Away
June 10, 1917 – March 4, 2012 Pioneer missionary, Rev. John Schlosser, passed away March 4, 2012. Memorial services were held at the Warm Beach Free Methodist Church, Stanwood, WA, on Monday, April 2. John Schlosser was born in China, the son of Free Methodist missionaries George and Mary Schlosser. As a freshman at Greenville College, [...]
Kathryn Hendrix Vance
August 21, 1924 – October 10, 2011 Former missionary, Mrs. Kathryn Hendrix Vance, went to be with her Lord October 10, 2011. She was 87 at the time of her passing. Kathryn Hendrix grew up in a missions-minded Free Methodist home near Camargo, Oklahoma. Kathryn had experienced no early personal call to missionary service. Believing [...]
You think my life is different? Meet Pastor Peter …
BY VICKIE REYNEN (KENYA) This past weekend I traveled with Bishop Nixon Dingili, his wife Neddy, Rev. Hawkins Mugiya, Rev. Javan Kinandi and his wife, Margaret, and Jake Sebok (VISA Volunteer). We went “up country” to a place that you certainly won’t find listed on Facebook’s 100 places you should visit before you die … a [...]
Complete | April – Evangelism & Church Planting
It Is Finished! Katie Winckles, Hungary Hungarians take their 1000 + year history seriously. For many it is a source of pride and national identity. At the same time, it can be a burden as heavy emotional baggage, both societal and personal, is dragged from generation to generation. Knowing they cannot change the nation’s past [...]
FM Missionaries in Europe
It is rare that all of the FM missionaries working in Europe get together in one place. So the past two days of meetings in Budapest have been a rare treat! Pictured from left to right are: Al and Diane Mellinger (Bulgaria), Eduardo and Cindi Angelo (Portugal), Michael and Maria Long (Greece), Larry and Katie [...]
The Hunger for Empowerment
BY DON ROGERS, ASSOCIATE MISSIONARY “My people perish for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6 The passion in the Kenyan pastor’s voice and the look in his eyes captured my full attention. “I hunger for ideas like a man under water hungers for oxygen! I will gladly receive a hand out and support, but my prayer [...]
VBS, VBS and VBS … WOW!
BY BETH GOMEZ February 17, 2012 – Santigo, Chile Last week we hosted Casa Grande’s first Vacation Bible School … not just once but twice! The two-hour program at the church began at 6 p.m. (Tuesday-Friday); it enabled us to reach new families from the neighborhood. The one-hour version began at 4 p.m., across the [...]
Complete | March – Justice Issues
Pressing On Katie (Bartlett) Keranen, Malawi God’s love is made complete in our weakness – in our darkest hours and in our greatest victories. His love bridges the gap between drastically different cultures as people stand together upon His promises, grieve with one another in the midst of tragedy and rejoice with one another in [...]
