Helping people work together for greater impact

Julian Gibb interviews Gordon Showell who says, “I read the Bible and heard God’s call for the marginalized: refugees, child trafficking and persecution, as well as family, children and youth. Gordon asked, “How does my story fit into God’s story?” Gordon tells his story. “My initial reaction as a young Christian was, ‘there must be people far better qualified, far more experienced than me, and far better at it than me’, but eventually I accepted the invitation from the church. That was the beginning… a communal thing, a recognition by others in the community.” Gordon tells one story, “It began in Ukraine with a bunch of Christian leaders praying for orphans and vulnerable children.” One asked, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a Ukraine without orphans?” This group discovered that “the best way to care for them was in families, and it would be better to find ways to get them fostered or adopted into families.”

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A church that is not impacting a neighborhood will become irrelevant

Bob Moffitt interviews Pastor Wale Adefarasin from Nigeria, who shares many stories about how his church, in a relatively affluent neighborhood, chose to go into another neighborhood with 5 teams to meet the needs of the people, so that they could experience the love of Jesus. In one example, a local high school had just 2 toilets for 2,000 people and 10 staff, and the church built a block of toilets and replaced roofs. As they started meeting medical needs,

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God sees you; He knows you intimately

 Bob Moffitt speaks with Michael and Natalia Nelson who serve people in the marketplace of insurance; “Most of the people we talk to won’t walk into a church.”  Instead, Michael and Natalia see their work as “a great opportunity to open doors spiritually.”  Natalia says, “People want to hear about a radical sacrifice for them.”  “We ask if we can pray for them.”  Michael and Natalia share moments of edifying and godly conversations that stir clients’ hearts and their own