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I am Pastor John, a full-time pastor and a husband of one wife for 26 years with 3 children. I am director of Shepherd’s Table Foundation and the Crossing Cultures International (CCI) Area Coordinator for North India. My favorite verse is “And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help […]

All praise I give to God, He deserves it all. I am grateful for what God accomplished in March 2023. We had two new classes start and a Teacher Training Workshop (TTW) to equip two teachers, who have started CCI classes. There was also the first fruit of CCI Indonesia under my leadership as Director

It is so ironic that this is my scheduled title for the month of April, which was determined many months ago. It makes me think of the bigger picture and how God’s will is already determined. It is so good to see God’s will be done in our lives. God wants all of us to

It’s been more than 16 months since Super Typhoon Odette crashed into Bohol, leaving the island without electricity and running water for months and destroying much of Camp Karis. Your giving helped clear the 140 downed mango trees and 50 coconut trees, replace roofs, purchase a new generator, and relocate all the electrical wiring underground.

“Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. We therefore

Last month on March 3-4 in Battambang, we had the opportunity to train 48 pastors with the God’s Financial Principle seminar. In this seminar, we train them with what the Bible teaches about working hard, saving money, getting out of debt, becoming a generous giver, and honesty and integrity with God’s money. I asked a

Years ago, when I was on staff for Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), I asked to return to my hometown to start a campus ministry there. This was not accepted because the principle of “two by two” in ministry. I did not understand this principle very much. Then our leaders explained that this is Jesus’

Pastor Dominto and some volunteer CCI teachers from Bukidnon rode on 5 motorcycles for 8 hours to Agusan del Norte in northeastern Mindanao. Their plan is to go there once every two months to train pastors who are not able to go to a distant Bible school. They will spend 2 and a half days

Jesus’ work was to establish the means by which God’s people could be saved through His death on the cross and His resurrection. The Holy Spirit’s work is to spread the message that salvation is found in Jesus. As people accept Jesus, they join together in local groups—churches—which are part of the universal church of

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV) The word “all grace” tells us that we do not deserve to have any rewards from God. But the Word promises us that