Why I Teach Church Planting Teams
By Nick Mahabir Did you know that nowhere in the Bible are we commanded to “plant churches”? Then why do we do it? New congregations are the fruit of evangelism!…
The Day I Learned to Read Scripture through African Eyes
By Michael Lumbard A Google maps search could not help me find the church I was standing in or even the road it was on. All I knew was that…
Let’s Not Go Empty-handed!
By Travis Hunsaker This past November we spent some time visiting family in Iowa. The reason for our visit was not the same reason many of you gathered with family, for Thanksgiving. We returned to Iowa due to the passing of my grandfather, Clyde “Neil” Hunsaker, on November…
Liberia’s First Global Church Planters Academy!
By Kofi Gyansah I count myself privileged to be chosen by God for the work of ministry. In 2016, I graduated from Open Bible’s first-ever Global Church Planters Academy in…
The Day Jesus Went to the City Dump
By Michael Lumbard “We do ministry at the city dump. Do you want to go and see?” With those words my world changed. My wife, Pamela, and I are the…
Providing a Safe Place
By Fayth McConnell “We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first.” Oswald J. Smith, pastor, author, and missionary statesman Many of the boys my husband Bill…
Our Journey from Pastor to Missionary and Back
By Mike Juntunen After thirty years of pastoring in the U.S., God called us to be missionaries to Hungary and Romania, where we were introduced to new cultures that changed the…
Welcome to Our Newest Missionary!
Global Missions of Open Bible is pleased to announce that Nicole* has been appointed as a Missionary Ambassador to the Middle East. Nicole is a member of one of our Open Bible churches in Central Region. …
You Can’t Plan This Stuff: INSTE Taiwan Graduation Ceremony
By Ricky Poon On January 23, 2021, the fourth annual INSTE Taiwan graduation ceremony was held at the mother church of Open Bible’s Grace Ministries in the Daxi District of Taoyuan City. Grace Ministries is the name given to our…
No Match for God!
By Tirsa Gaitan In February of 2003 my husband, Nelson, and I left the U.S. to return to our homeland, Nicaragua, as missionaries. Since that time we have witnessed many…