Tag: church planting

Todd Hancock, Tonja Hancock, Mitchell Hancock, Puebla, Mexico, church planting, Mosaico

Todd and Tonja Hancock: ‘I can use you in Mexico, if you’re willing’

Written by mikaela on December 8, 2020. Posted in MC Impact, Mexico.

As they celebrate 20 years of ministry in Puebla, Mexico, CMF team members Todd and Tonja Hancock are still devoted to their calling and mission to be catalysts for spiritual and numerical growth in Mexico and at Mosaico Christian Community.

The couple met as students in the missions department at Lincoln Christian College and spent seven years in U.S. youth ministry before accepting the challenge to join the CMF team in Mexico.

Ethiopia, Travis Weeks, training center, church planting

Nekempte Training Center in Ethiopia holds monthly conferences

Written by mikaela on October 15, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia.

Every month, the CMF Ethiopia team holds a week of intense instruction for church planters and evangelists at the Training Center in Nekempte.

Craig Fowler, Ethiopia, Assosa, church planting, baptisms

God’s big story in Ethiopia continues with 24 baptisms

Written by mikaela on October 2, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia.

Craig Fowler was part of a baptism service for 24 new Christians in Assosa, Ethiopia, in August, and he shares that it’s all part of a big story of what God is doing in Ethiopia, where he and his family have served for 15 years.

Allison Fowler, Craig Fowler, Aygali, Ethiopia, water projects, wells, church planting, church leadership

Wells in Aygali offer good health, living water

Written by mikaela on September 9, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia, MC Impact.

Planting churches and training church leaders are twin passions for long-time CMF missionaries Craig and Allison Fowler, but the couple uses holistic methods to gain a voice with people living in the remote villages of Ethiopia.

oel Williams, Rachel Williams, Turkana, Kenya, DBS, church planting

‘Crazy times!’— Everyday ministry in Turkana during pandemic

Written by mikaela on August 3, 2020. Posted in Kenya.

This season of ministry has presented many unexpected challenges in Kenya, reports CMF team members Joel and Rachel Williams, but the family is using the opportunities that come their way to share the gospel in everyday ways.

Turkana, Kenya, CHE, Days for Girls, Discover Bible Study, irrigation, agriculture, church planting

Explosive ministry growth in Turkana, Kenya, fueled by faithful partners

Written by mikaela on July 7, 2020. Posted in Kenya, MC Impact.

In the mid-1980s, the Turkana people in Kenya were an unreached people group who were resistant to the life-changing message of the gospel.

Thanks to CMF’s faithful partners, however, the ministry has grown from a handful of disciples to a church-planting movement with thousands of new disciples, to a disciple-making/church- planting movement over the past three years.

Craig Fowler, Ethiopia, church planting, training

Evangelist faces strong resistance starting churches in Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on May 21, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian evangelist Obo Lemessa had a great weekend recently, baptizing nine people in the team’s outreach area of Becho, but it wasn’t without some challenges.

“Lemessa is an evangelist on our team,” said CMF team member Craig Fowler,

Craig Fowler, Allison Fowler, Ethiopia, church planting, medical, clinic

Craig and Allison Fowler: Still preaching, teaching and transforming lives in Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on January 10, 2020. Posted in Ethiopia, MC Impact.

Veteran CMF missionaries Craig and Allison Fowler and their three children have been “all in” for serving God’s call on their lives since they arrived in Ethiopia in 2005. The couple has opened and managed a successful medical clinic in the bush, baptized hundreds, planted dozens of churches, and much more. On a recent stop-over at the CMF home office in Indianapolis they shared why they chose Ethiopia, what their ministry has been like, and what they’re excited about doing when they return in March 2020.

Turkana pastors take the lead in Discovery Bible Study trainings

Written by danl on October 31, 2019. Posted in Kenya.

Eric and Cait Pitts have been working for three years in Kenya to train Turkana Christians in leading Discovery Bible Studies (DBS), and are now seeing fruit from this focused effort.

Seven-year ministry brings amazing results in southwest Ethiopia

Written by mikaela on September 10, 2019. Posted in Ethiopia, MC Impact.

For the past seven years God has been working in the most remote part of southwest Ethiopia near the South Sudan border in incredible ways, according to CMF team members Ted and Jennifer Bertleson.