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I remember well our days of missionary training in our home church. We were blessed to be in a missions-minded church that took missionary preparation seriously. It included a series of classes and practicums over a year. We never intended to go further than the initial class. But God had more in mind. As much […]

There is a profound uncomfortableness in ministering to the poor. Coming from outside to inside the slum settlements, you immediately experience shock and horror. There are no videos, no pictures, no words to adequately describe the deprivation, despair and depravity of third world urban slums. Which begs the question for anyone with the privilege to […]

At our point of Salvation, there is an eternal Severing. Severing from prior Purposes, Priorities, Practices…and People. Forever our temporal human Relationships are demoted. Becoming Secondary to our Relationship with God. He alone is to have Preeminence in all matters of living on this side of eternity…“All things were created through Him and for Him. […]

Surely there is nothing like the Christmas season. It’s undeniable that people act nicer, if only for a few days. The extra “Hello!”, the unexpected “God bless you!”, and unusually courteous gestures abound. There is “something in the air” at Christmas time. And it seems to affect the entire world. All of us wish it […]

The bewilderment is palpable. You can see it on people’s face. They stare at the Ministry Video, or Ministry Display, in consternation. Then the question comes, “How can they be so poor and yet dress in such nice clothes?” And therein lay the conundrum ofCircumstances versus Convictions. Circumstances are easy to explain. There are so […]

We are in the midst of our 21st year of Ministry. Four campuses (2 Kenya, 2 Tanzania), in excess of 330 Pastors and Ministry Leaders attending continually. The sheer numbers are astounding because the “only” thing we offer is systematic, expository teaching and training in the Word of God. No props, no financial support, no […]

I was standing on the edge of the largest slum in Africa. I had only been in there a few times. Always escorted by a protective group of slum Pastors. Now it was for me to find the way myself. I had arrived after a few months in the States, sharing the initial vision for […]

One of the greatest Joys of being on the mission field is directly “seeing” and “hearing” the effect of God’s Word on the hearts and minds of the people. In the past three Semesters, we have studied, verse by verse, the books of Deuteronomy, 1st Chronicles, Ezekiel, Job, Song of Solomon, Joel, Amos, Gospel of […]

Pastor Peter didn’t arrive at the DSM Bible Institute as a Pastor. He was merely an Usher serving in a local slum church. He bounced from one church to another trying to “find” something. He wasn’t quite sure what “it” was, but he was sure something was missing. Everyone seemed to be so sure of […]