With over 1 billion users, Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms. Users of all ages can be found scrolling through pictures, posting comments, and sending direct messages. Due to the popularity, easy accessibility, and opportunity for anonymity Instagram is becoming increasingly popular among sex traffickers and … Read More

Debs and I miss the entrance to our friend Maria’s house, so, we hop out of the taxi and backtrack on foot. I suspiciously step around any wet patches since we noticed on our drive by that a sewage pipe had burst. Concentrating on my feet, I almost bump right … Read More

Every now and then, God brings something into my life that I consider a game changer, something so meaningful that it rocks my world, for the better, and sends me down a path I would never have considered before. For me, soul care has been a game changer. I first … Read More

I was teaching and facilitating the College of Prayer weekend in Mexico City with several other Latino pastors. The focus of the weekend was the heart cry, “Lord, teach us to pray!” This theme reminded me how two years previous, my wife and I had been teaching at Ambrose University … Read More

One of the most amazing and enduring mysteries of Christianity is the radical transformation of a person through the power of the Holy Spirit by reading and applying God’s Word. According to Jared Wilson’s new book, The Gospel Driven Church, the Bible is so powerfully effective in transforming people that … Read More

Have you ever thrown a pebble into a pond? It makes a quiet plop, creates a small circle of ripples, and then disappears. Have you ever thrown a rock into a pond? It makes a loud SPLASH, causes waves to form, and creates a large circle of ripples that spread … Read More

Back in February Resurrection Church hosted two Worship & Healing Nights, one was held off-site at Crandall University and the other at our regular meeting location. The Rez team—which includes Pastor Scott Carroll (Lead Planter) and his wife Chrystal, as well as Pastor Tim Milner (Worship and Teaching) and his … Read More

Healthy leaders in a healthy environment, create a healthy church and a healthy church can impact a community for Christ. Statistics show that a large percent of churches are stalling, struggling, or declining.1 What are we doing to prevent our churches from entering crisis mode? Brian Derksen, Assistant DS for … Read More

Photo Credit: Vancouver Christians for Love, Peace and Justice An international news story broke out at an Alliance church prayer meeting in Vancouver last week. Tenth Church is an Alliance church with one of its four locations on the corner of Ontario St and W 10th Ave in Vancouver, British … Read More