We are a family on mission who are passionate about the glory of Jesus Christ & are serving as missionaries to reach lostness in every people and place with the gospel by multiplying healthy disciples, churches & leaders.
Note: This is an actual email submitted by a housewife/mother of 4 in Fishers, IN whose family (including her children) has been equipped in T4T disciple-making process. Her son is 12 years old and was used by God to share the gospel, lead a Bible study and disciple a young neighbor. This account is real … More 12-year-old makes a new disciple of Jesus…using food!
Disciple-Making 101 Training will equip individuals and groups of all ages and backgrounds with the biblical conviction, process and tools to effectively make disciples who make disciples. This hands-on, interactive training includes: Cultivating a Biblical conviction for disciple-making Clarifying Biblical motivation for disciple-making Identifying lost people on the mission field of your life Learn how … More What is Disciple-Making 101 Training?
Troy is continuing to lead, train and coach individuals & groups in disciple-making training through the month of June and has plans to launch some new training groups in July that will take place in Indianapolis and online (Google+ Hangout). Several tracks are available: Disciple-Making 101: basics for disciple-making process with practical tools for evangelism, … More Disciple-Making Training Starting in July | Indianapolis + online
Jeff Sundell (E3 Partners) asks 5 key questions when considering how to impact an area through disciple-making and church multiplication. 1. How do I enter an unreached region and connect with people? 2. How do I share the gospel? 3. How do I make disciples who disciple others? 4. How do I form groups in … More 5 Key Questions to Consider for Community Transformation Through Disciple-making by Jeff Sundell
Dearest Ministry Support Family: This is our final greetings from Sapporo. We are all packed up and leave on the first of 4 airplanes today for our 24-hour journey home (depart 1am June 1 Indy time & arrive June 2 at 1am). Can you please please pray that our trip goes smoothly and that we … More 24-Hours of Adventure: Pray For Our Journey Back to USA.
As we wrap up the final days of ministry in Japan, we want to thank you for your gracious prayer and financial support and inform you of some important updates. We have been strongly advised to use the month of June to transition our family home well, wrap up our year in Japan and continue … More Important Ministry Update
“We tend to drag up our old sins, that we tend to live under a vague sense of guilt…we are not nearly as vigorous in appropriating God’s forgiveness as He is in extending it. Consequently, instead of living in the sunshine of God’s forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky … More “Are You Living In The Sunshine of God’s Forgiveness?”
When considering Christian leadership & service, I have found this excerpt from John Stott’s “Decisive Issues Facing Christians Today” to be extremely insightful and helpful: Leadership is a concept shared by people who seek to follow Christ and those who do not. We must not assume, however, that their understandings of it are identical. For Jesus introduced into … More Do You Lead As Jesus Instructed? | The Call of Christ to Leadership by John Stott
Prayer Need: Please pray for Troy’s preaching (Rachel interpreting) schedule this weekend at Grace Church in Sapporo. This will be our final Sunday at Grace Church as we will be with Iwamizawa Church next Sunday: “God’s Plan + Power vs Yours”, Joshua 1-9 (College Ministry, Sat at 4am EDT) “Thank You” – Philippians 1:3-6 (Believers’ … More Prayer Need for Preaching Schedule | Final Sunday in Sapporo
One of the dear sisters (a retired widow residing in Michigan) who is participating in my (Troy) online disciple-making training prayed for boldness to share her faith story w a neighbor…then called the neighbor she prayed for & said “I am in a Bible training group and one of my assignments is to share what God … More example of faith + obedience from a retired widow
Coopers On A Mission 