Beacon Feature
Jessica Miller

The Harvest is Plentiful Online

Near the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, I started hearing reports about spiritual seekers turning to the internet in greater numbers. I decided to increase the amount of money our church was spending to promote Christian resources through Facebook posts in other languages targeting unreached

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Beacon Feature
Jerry

Poised For Action

The Mature & Multiply Summit, held February 6-8 at Rosedale International Center, featured eight CMC congregations, each following one of three tracks: Church Planting, Recalibration, Ministry to Amish. Our three CMC agencies (CMC, Rosedale International, and Rosedale Bible College) collaborated for the event. Participating congregations

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August 2020
Beacon Feature
Matthew Cordella-Bontrager

The Urgency of Patience

Soon after I bought my first house, I awoke early on Resurrection Sunday to plant fruit trees. Although I was breaking traditional Sabbath boundaries, I was planting these trees for a special reason. God had given me a glimpse of Eden restored. The risen Jesus

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Beacon Feature
Paul (Tap) Ware

Unity Lives

As a person of color in America, I have experienced racism, unfair treatment by police officers, and prejudices from Christians. Despite growing up in a Christian home, I can remember being in grade school and the other children not playing with my brother and me

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