Europe Missions
The Power of Teams
The Power of Teams
Wales
Ryan McCullough
The Hard Stuff No One Wants to Tell A ...

You don’t become a missionary by raising money and flying to a foreign country. You do it by being obedient to God. Tell people about Jesus where you live. Get out of your comfort zone. Sell something precious and apply it to your debts. Make a sacrifice. Develop better friendships. There is an old saying: “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” While this is not to be taken literally in this sense, (please, don’t start wearing the national garb of the country you want to go to just yet). However, somewhere in the process, we have to make a conscious decision that there is no going back. 

The Hard Stuff No One Wants to Tell A Prospective Missionary
Portugal, Spain
Dan Desrosiers
Starting from Scratch

Dan and Joy West have had a rich missionary career, yet at a time in their career when they might be tempted to stay in their comfort zone, Dan and Joy are starting over.

Starting from Scratch
Netherlands
Dan Desrosiers
The Miracle of the Oasis

More than 30 years ago, the last evangelical church in the municipality of Bergen, Netherlands, closed its doors, leaving no evangelical witness for two generations. But a small yet passionate group of Christians believed God for a miracle in their community.

The Miracle of the Oasis
Poland
Dan Desrosiers
On the Hunt: Embracing—and Breaking—Tradition ...

For most of his life, one of missionary Rich McLane’s passions has been hunting. His wife Lori enjoys playing the trumpet. When they became missionary church planters in Poland years ago, who would have guessed these passions would converge to reach more than 120,000 hunters throughout the country?

On the Hunt: Embracing—and Breaking—Tradition in the Name of Christ

Spain

4/14 Window Congress - Spain

September 6 and 7 were exciting days in Madrid, Spain. AGWM Personnel, Steve and Tece Entsminger were part of a planning committee for a 4/14 Window Congress for the Spain Assemblies of God. The 4/14 Window missions strategy promotes the window of opportunity for children between the ages of 4 and 14 to hear and respond to the Gospel. It is a proven fact that the majority of people who have responded to the message of salvation have done so as children younger than 15. Due to this 10 year time span of great openness to the Gospel, this should be a strategy that the Church focuses on in efforts to go and make disciples of every creature in all nations.

image003.jpgSeptember 6 and 7 were exciting days in Madrid, Spain. AGWM Personnel, Steve and Tece Entsminger were part of a planning committee for a 4/14 Window Congress for the Spain Assemblies of God. The 4/14 Window missions strategy promotes the window of opportunity for children between the ages of 4 and 14 to hear and respond to the Gospel. It is a proven fact that the majority of people who have responded to the message of salvation have done so as children younger than 15. Due to this 10 year time span of great openness to the Gospel, this should be a strategy that the Church focuses on in efforts to go and make disciples of every creature in all nations.

A team from Promise Church in New York, leaders locally and internationally in the 4/14 Window movement, came to challenge and equip Spain Assemblies of God church leaders and workers. Nearly 200 people from at least 26 different churches from throughout Spain attended. Many expressed their excitement and commitment to reaching the children of Spain. It was an historical event for children's ministry. 
image001.jpgAt this congress, churches formed into groups to talk about how they would reach the children of their community. Many ideas were shared with great passion. Pastor Ben Hur from Promise Church, NY challenged the participants to be multigenerational in their discipleship.

The representation from so many churches and from so many areas of Spain was impressive. Many pastors were present with interest in the 4/14 Window strategy.  The Entsmingers are convinced that “God has called us to Spain for such a time as this.”

Building Relationships Finding Christ in Spain

“Last spring, our two short-term workers were, Shane and Clay, recent graduates of the University of Virginia and committed members of the Chi Alpha group there. They were the first young men who had come to work with us for 6 months at Raíces (our student ministry center), and lived in the small apartment right on top of our center. They reached out to Spanish young men through the neighborhood and the University, and soon they had a large group of friends coming to watch soccer games and practice English together.

Team-Retreat-pic-2013.jpgShawn and Deborah Galyen, AGWM personnel reaching out to the university students in Granada, Spain, share this testimony of God drawing students into relationship through Jesus Christ.  

“Last spring, our two short-term workers were, Shane and Clay, recent graduates of the University of Virginia and committed members of the Chi Alpha group there.  They were the first young men who had come to work with us for 6 months at Raíces (our student ministry center), and lived in the small apartment right on top of our center.  They reached out to Spanish young men through the neighborhood and the University, and soon they had a large group of friends coming to watch soccer games and practice English together.  

frisbee_in_the_park.jpgOne of these young men, Jose (name changed for privacy), responded positively when Shane and Clay turned their conversations toward Christ.  The American young men shared their testimonies and talked about the work of Christ and what it means to follow God.  Jose became a good friend, and when Shane and Clay returned to the States in June, they made sure he knew that other American friends (new grads from UVA) would be arriving in September, ready to fill the gap and continue the conversation.  Shane and Clay used Skype to connect the young people coming in September with the friends they had made in Granada.  They also introduced Jose to friends at our local Spanish church.  

Jose stayed connected over the summer, getting to know our Spanish Christian volunteers from the local church.  In the fall, when the Raíces center started up and new workers arrived, Jose was ready  to jump in and find out more about Christ, attending both Raíces Bible studies and small groups at church.  One evening at church he prayed to receive Jesus as his Savior, and since then has been eagerly involved in the Christian community and growing in his knowledge of Christ.  He and other Spanish young men are getting to know the Lord through the work of the young people at Raíces.  These young Christians, American and Spanish volunteers, are committed to sharing the love of Christ through their lives and their testimonies. “   

Preparing for the Harvest in Spain

The On The Red Box evangelism team, based in Madrid, Spain has been diligently seeking the Lord for revival six days a week in its prayer room. God is leading them to prepare for it by training teachers and leaders. AGWM Personnel on the leadership team of On The Red Box, Kevin and Karen Prevost, tell of the teacher training program which has begun for equipping leaders to train others as well. Many of them have already had opportunities and invitations to teach evangelism in churches in cities around Spain. The Prevosts relate that “as we preach the gospel open air in downtown Madrid each day and people are coming to Jesus, we have seen the need to launch a discipleship program so they can affirm their decision to follow Jesus, build a firm spiritual foundation, and get connected to a local church.” The desire it to see these new believers in Christ growing and maturing in their Christian life. The Prevosts are also praying for a greater manifestation of Jesus’ anointing and power as they minister to people on the street and in the prayer room.

David_teaching.jpgThe On The Red Box evangelism team, based in Madrid, Spain has been diligently seeking the Lord for revival six days a week in its prayer room.  God is leading them to prepare for it by training teachers and leaders.  AGWM Personnel on the leadership team of On The Red Box, Kevin and Karen Prevost, tell of the teacher training program which has begun for equipping leaders to train others as well. Many of them have already had opportunities and invitations to teach evangelism in churches in cities around Spain.

The Prevosts relate that “as we preach the gospel open air in downtown Madrid each day and people are coming to Jesus, we have seen the need to launch a discipleship program so they can affirm their decision to follow Jesus, build a firm spiritual foundation, and get connected to a local church.”  The desire it to see these new believers in Christ growing and maturing in their Christian life.  The Prevosts are also praying for a greater manifestation of Jesus’ anointing and power as they minister to people on the street and in the prayer room.