George Verwer (www.georgeverwer.com) was radically converted to Jesus Christ in a Billy Graham meeting in New York City.  After being called to serve in missions, in proposing to his wife he said: If you marry me, you’ll probably be eaten by cannibals in New Guinea!  As a part of his sold-out commitment to Jesus he founded Operation Mobilization … [Read more...]

On this radio interview Senior Pastor Greg Holder of Windsor Crossing Church (www.wcrossing.org) invites St. Louis, MO area Christian leaders to a November 11 church breakfast … but since has confirmed that baseball great Albert Pujols will be present and help host it.  The ultimate focus of the event is the reality that more people in the world … [Read more...]

Dave Brede (Bra’ dee), retired high school athletic director, and wife Kim continue their years of co-chairing an enthusiastic St. Louis, MO, local committee, this year 22 couples, preparing for Weekend to Remember  (www.weekendtoremember.com).  Sponsored by Dennis Rainey’s Family Life Ministries (www.familylife.com), those coming have a choice of … [Read more...]

Dr. Ergun Caner, a Turkish Musl’m in background, disowned by his father upon becoming a follower of Jesus Christ, is now the President of Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, VA.  He speaks of the horrors of Islam’c “honor killings” – estimated by the UN to number 5,000 a year -- and of the specific case of teenager Rifqa Bary, herself living … [Read more...]

Fern Nichols, President and Founder, and Julie Loos, Missouri State Coordinator, of Moms in Touch (www.MomsInTouch.org) discuss this great movement wherein moms gather weekly to pray for their children and the schools they attend.  Moms in Touch was birthed with Fern Nichols’ burden to meet and pray with other moms whose children also attended her … [Read more...]

Pastor Ken Spilger was the only one of four pastors to survive a small plane crash in West St. Louis County, MO.  He tells about the moving experience that took the lives of three of his brother pastors.  He and his wife Beth have given birth to seven children, five of whom were born after the near death experience of their father.  Unwelcomed … [Read more...]

Cindy Wells and Andrew Shores of CEF (www.cefonline.com) explain how your church can sponsor a weekly after school Good News (Bible) Club in an elementary school in your neighborhood … legally.  The U S Supreme Court has ruled, under “equal access” laws, that public schools cannot deny Christian believers after school meeting access…if they allow … [Read more...]

Pastor Paul Sheppard (www.enduringtruth.org) has become an appreciated and widely-listened-to Bible preacher/teacher in his California church and beyond.  He is heard on more than 500 radio stations around the country, including daily broadcasts on the more than 80 stations on Bott Radio Network (www.bottradionetwork.com), sponsor of his St. Louis … [Read more...]

Bill Dallas (www.lessonsfromsanquentin.com) tells his remarkable story at the St. Charles (MO) Businessmen’s Prayer Breakfast.  A compelling riches-to-rags-to-prison-to-life change inspirational story.  It reminds us that no matter how far we fall or how hard we hit, our all-powerful God is available to us, working in our lives through it all. (It … [Read more...]

Tom Lin, Harvard grad, leading InterVarsity staff and students in the Central United States, provides an overview of the upcoming Urbana09 (www.urbana.org, www.urbana09.org).  Upwards of 20,000 mostly students are anticipated Dec 27 - 31, 2009 at this great missions conference in St. Louis, MO.  Plenary sessions are conducted in the Edward Jones … [Read more...]