The weekend of March 24-25 afforded us the privilege of going through some great material in a course called “Renewing the Mind”. The title of the course comes from Romans 12:2 that we should be being transformed by the renewing of our mind. Facilitating the course were Franz and Kristie Martens, who are setting up a missionary oasis here near… Read more →
Conferences
Annual Missionary Retreat- by Daniel Goering, Western Europe Director
Our Europe based missionaries take the better part of a week each year around Easter to connect with each other and be refreshed in the Lord. This year’s retreat was held for the first time in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Everyone was super encouraged by the time. Our guest speaker this year was Tim Haring of Chestnut Ridge Community Church in Morgantown,… Read more →
AWAKEN VI- “EMPOWERED”
By Ottavio Palombaro, Milan, Italy This past December I was part of the AWAKEN VI conference in Rome (Fiuggi), Italy. It was an amazing opportunity to meet brothers and sisters from every part of Europe, united for one cause: to go into the world and make disciples of all the nations (Matthew 28). It was already the third time I… Read more →
AWAKEN VI – Coming Home- by Sveta Kurinna, Zurich, Switzerland
To understand the permanent impression that AWAKEN VI made on me, I have to mention that my search for a true Christian fellowship led me to a GCE church in Kyiv, Ukraine 15 years ago. I was still in college, and was a “child” Christian. Since then, I’ve lived very far away from my first church family. I came to… Read more →
Awaken VI- in Rome- By Daniel Goering
Our sixth bi-annual Awaken Conference took place near Rome, Italy from Dec. 27-31. Even though the numbers were down from previous times, the spirit and effect of the time was one of the best ever. Our primary speaker was Tom Short, who did a great job of encouraging and challenging us all to live empowered lives through and for… Read more →