Merry Christmas!
God so loved the world that He Gave us His Son!

Imagine all that has happened over the last 2,000+ years.  Beginning yesteryear from a tiny Manger and into 2017, His story continues to be heard by people all over the world. Soon a new year will begin and He shall continue to rule over what is coming. It is a indeed a privilege to serve the Great I AM.

Jesus has made this an amazing year for me!

The Lord opened many door to disciple, teach and minister in amazing places with incredible people.

On the invitation of some friends, we traveled together to Israel and walked sixty miles in places tourists often miss.  Everywhere we went, we opened the Bible and I had the privilege of teaching Scripture right where the Biblical events happened.

Through the year, God provided four different teams, and we taught at least 990 pastors in a total of eight conferences. These pastors may be impacting between 15,000 to 17,000 believers in their churches and ministries!

God has used your faithfulness in prayers and support to make this happen.  Thank you!

Returning in four short weeks to...

teach pastors attending a new Christian University in Mbale, Uganda. For two packed weeks, Jim Barnes and I will be teaching Disciplemaking.  This will involve daily lectures and interaction covering deep Biblical study on the "Why", "What" and "How" to obey Jesus' command "Go and make disciples of all the nations." When they finish this course, they will be able to immediately do what was taught with materials in hand.

Jim and I have taught this five times in West and East Africa, as well as India.  In every setting, it has created the same response.   They say, "We evangelize, plant churches, hold evangelistic outreaches, but we don't teach our people!" God has used this course to implement an entirely new ministry understanding. We are trusting God will do this again. 

Please pause right now, join me in praying for the Lord to prepare the hearts of the pastors.  Ask the Father to enable us to effectively communicate.  Ask Him to open wide their hearts and minds to learn transforming Biblical instruction in ways that will impact their lives. May God make church history in the region of Mbale...
           
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING...  Thank God for His gift of Jesus Christ.
Praise Him for His faithfulness and your partnership in the year 2017
God's provision for January training at the University: $2200.00

Joel McCall
Equipping Leaders International