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…
Raising Up Indigenous Leaders
By Rich Kopp One of the great blessings of the Church Planters Academy of West Africa is the development of leaders who will not only fill the role we as outside missionaries fill in their countries but will also exceed our…
Ensure a Great Harvest
By Tammy Swailes In the following article names of countries, languages, and names have been redacted to protect the people involved. George was born and raised in MMMM, a Muslim-majority country in South Asia. His…
Stimulate Missions
By Randy Brock In the economic wake of COVID-19 we have been hearing a lot about the word “stimulus.” In fact, on a recent afternoon I was driving down the road wondering what the holdup was on my stimulus check….
2020: The Refocused Church
By Mike Lumbard What makes a church’s response to COVID-19 successful and effective? The worst response a church can make is to do nothing or to choose not to adapt. One leader from the past who was criticized for…