What Is Discipleship Multiplication In GEM?
Europe is teeming with opportunity. Stories of God working through his people are many, yet they still only scratch the surface of the great need. In fact, European Christians are dying faster than they are being born.* Although many nations in Europe have a Christian background, the number of Jesus followers is declining at a…
Sharing Hope with European Neighbors
A sudden knock at her bedroom door startled *Harper. She opened it to find one of her housemates, a Ukrainian, eager to have a conversation with her. His face was pinched with worry as he expressed fears for his family amidst Russia’s aggressive threats of invasion. Harper was not surprised. For months, her housemates had…
Food Truck Ministry in France
Having fled their countries to save their lives, refugees experience the best of people and the worst of people as they wander in search of a new place to call home. Many people are kind and caring, helping them buy food or giving them a coat. Some are indifferent and won’t make eye contact as…
Art in Missions: Performing Arts Ministry in Scotland
What comes to mind when you think of being a missionary? Is it church planting? Street evangelism? Bible translation in a faraway country? Whatever comes to mind, being an actor, writer, or artist is probably not near the top of your list. https://vimeo.com/638623042 This was the case for Jerry Averill. Jerry knew from an early age God was calling him to serve in ministry. But ministry wasn’t the…
The Dundee Nativity—Celebrating a Covid Christmas
Jerry and Elizabeth Averill serve in Scotland as missionaries engaged in writing and drama with artists and audiences in Dundee and beyond. Here Jerry reflects on how God was at work in their Christmas productions in 2020. As pressure to write the nativity script grew last summer, I watched the news each day with everyone…
