Reports from the Mission Field

Dear prayer supporters, Thank you for praying for our Thanksgiving outreach. We had a big turnout (see above picture), especially considering we did it during our Sunday morning worship service. We shared the good news, met with new and old friends, and thanked God for His many blessings. We were especially grateful that Ashlee dedicated her life to Christ that day, a...

Merry Christmas from Joel McCall and ELI! CELEBRATING JESUS AND HIS REASON FOR COMING Years ago, I visited this place many times when it was an active archaeological dig. As a grad student, I made friends with the night guard. He allowed me to come privately after hours to crawl through the dig. More than two decades later, I returned and took this picture when the proj...

Hello Friends! It's time to update you again and express our deep thanks for all your love and prayers. We feel really honored to represent your love and commitment to the Gospel by loving the local church here, introducing people to Jesus, and walking with our neighbors in difficult circumstances. We hope you are encouraged by what God's love is doing in Athens. *see ...

Today is Giving Tuesday and you may have seen or received any number of opportunities to contribute year-end funds to a variety of worthwhile ministries and causes. So many of these ministries and missionaries depend upon the generous year-end giving of their supporters and we are no different. However, on this Giving Tuesday we would also like to say "thank you" to ...

Just a month ago marked the fifth anniversary of our first time in Ghana. I honestly can not believe that is has been five years since we stepped foot into a country that would become such a huge piece of our hearts and lives. Of course, celebrating a big number like this always makes me reminisce and look back over my journal of what sixteen-year-old Bekah was feel...

Celebration!In late November we will be celebrating the 20th year anniversary of our CIT Partnership! 18 mission agencies have partnered together to provide excellent pre-field missionary training. We will be hosting our annual Partner meeting here on campus Nov. 26-28 to do business and to celebrate! This Partnership of agencies working together has been a great success! ...

Dear prayer supporters, These are exciting times as our church grows faster than we can handle. Last week we had over 40 people in attendance for Sunday worship, including some new seekers. One non-Christian man was asked when he became interested in Christianity, and he said, "when I was in jail!" Another was asked why he was interested, and he said "I'm tired of getti...

UPDATE: NEBBI God has been answering your prayers! He moved this past week in a way that has brought glory to Him alone!We taught 137 pastors and leaders with 30 denominations involved. Imagine the impact God has given us to a wide diversity of regions and churches! The team was in agreement. From day one, the pastors were on time. They were hungry to learn God's Word ...

Closer to Home The last couple of months have been a blur! We spent about five weeks on the road between August and September that took us from Knoxville to San Antonio then to Richmond and Orlando and finally back to Knoxville. The purpose of our trips was a mix between business and personal - the first two weeks were support related, our trip to Virginia was to say ...

LEAVING TODAY FOR NORTHERN UGANDA - 3 days of travel to begin conferences on Romans 11-16 Update: Praising God for His Love and Provision God has answered your prayers and partnership response by providing all that was needed! I want to thank each of you for your gracious gifts and prayers in making this trip happen. As I leave today, my heart is full of joy for the o...