Dear Friends and Partners in Ministry, 2017 was an incredible year for Storyline! Here are a few highlights: Storyline training grew from a presence in 3 countries to 20 in 12 months 3,500 distributions and sales of The Storyline Study: our tool for a practical mission education...
Our starting point for missions has to be God. In fact, our starting point for anything has to be God. But, it can’t just be some made up twenty-first century God. It has to be the God of the Bible. Have we considered recently whether...
The 30-Day Challenge: Encountering the Missionary Heart of God During the summer of 2017 Kristen and I were challenged to read the book of Romans 20 times and then write out the entire book by hand. This occurred at a family camp in Montana in the...
Because I work from home, I venture to check out different coffee shops as my “office.” One day, while working at a local Starbucks, I noticed a man sitting a few seats away reading his Bible. This obviously caught my eye since this is not...
People were made to live for God and to love God. The great theologian Augustine affirms, “our souls are restless until they find their rest in thee.” Indeed, we were made to know God, worship Him, and enjoy Him forever. Those who receive the love...
Saint-Domingue, once called the “Pearl of the Antilles” was the richest colony in the French empire during the 1700s. By the late 1700s, it produced 40 percent of all the sugar and 60 percent of all the coffee consumed in Europe. While it was only...
“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.” -Jose Martí, Cuban revolutionary and poet. Recently part of the Storyline team traveled to the largest island in the Caribbean: Cuba. Cuba has an amazing history, one which...
Last week in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine several of our trained Storyline facilitators met with a group of students to inspire them to join God in His story. The story of God's global purpose to redeem people from every nation, people, tribe, and language. Countries like Ukraine are beginning...
The West Indies is a place where European Empires waged wars for over 400 years. These islands are rich in history, natural resources, and most importantly rich cultures. The island of Tobago changed hands 33 times between European powers between 1498 to 1814. As much...
Emmanuel, God with us. For me, it took a flight over the Sahara desert to a church at the end of a dirt road in Kampala, Uganda to hear the word “unreached.” A tattered map was tacked to the front of the church, pointing to the...