Arizona churches can give the gift of clean water this Christmas
In 2024, Chris and Amy saw how a simple water filter could impact a whole family. While serving as missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa, they partnered with a school in northern…
A sold-out Arise AZ encourages 850 women to live unafraid
Once again, the words “SOLD OUT” were posted on the Arise AZ women’s conference website. Many weeks prior to the Sept. 18-19 conference, all tickets were purchased. The planning team…
Puerto Rico mission trip forges intergenerational connections
First Southern Baptist Church of Glendale recently completed a short-term mission trip with a 2-year-old church plant in Puerto Rico. From July 3-11, a team of 19, ranging from college…
From darkness to light: Gateway Seminary empowers women’s ministry director
Coral Hanson’s husband passed away five years ago from a stroke. “It was during COVID,” she said. “I was sitting on a bench in a dark waiting room off a…
5 ways to support a church planter beyond money and volunteers
Every church planter needs financial and volunteer support, but as necessary as those are, they’re not enough for the planter or the church to survive, let alone thrive. When we…
How 2 different churches practice an Acts 1:8 mindset
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends…
God called this Arizona couple to South Africa
“Ever since I was a little girl, I felt God’s call. I felt like God was calling me to go overseas. I just didn’t know when.” — Ashlynne Walton This…
How your Arizona church can be ready to meet needs overseas
Two years ago, Ashley Evans traveled to Sub-Saharan Africa as part of a vision trip with a group of pastors to see how Arizona churches can use practical skills to…