Each year the Global Offering helps sustain Brook Hills missionaries and support various projects and initiatives around the world. This past October, a Brook Hills short-term team had the...

In the "All In For All Nations" magazine, we were able to hear from Laurelyn regarding her short-term trip last summer. Laurelyn recently graduated from college, so she was able to benefit from the...

What would you do if all those around you were actively suppressing the gospel? What if the only thing you ever heard about the gospel was an anti-gospel designed to discourage you from ever...

"All in: reverberated through our life as a church this year. I love the phrase. Not only is it a call to jump into membership, but it's also a call to jump all the way in with both feet into the...

The Mandate for Missions (Matthew 28:19-20, Psalm 67:1-2) ...

The definition of home varies for many people. For some home is a place, for some it is people, for all believers home is our heavenly calling with Christ Jesus. Yet, something truly does happen in...

When you leave our parking lot, a sign on the backsides of the stone pillars reads: "You are entering the Great Commission." As a faith family, we conclude nearly every gathering with the final...

"Live simply so others may simply live"

Six months into our new life in Cambodia, my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first child! We were thrilled and excited, but that joy in my heart was later coupled with fear and...

One of the challenges in sending people to serve overseas is distinguishing between those who are ready to be sent and those who are not ready to be sent by the church. Prayer, wisdom, and dependence...

"Readers are leaders and leaders are readers" - that was a statement that was drilled into us back in our college days by our campus ministry. I'm not sure who coined it, but it has proven to be...

Throughout the book of Romans Paul drives the recipients of His letter to the heart of the Gospel. He allows space for the questioning heart and yet holds a strong stand in pointing his reader back...

Much of the recruitment for missions in general and missionaries specifically centers on heightening people’s expectations about how God desires to spread his grace abroad and how we have been...

In February 2023 Turkiye and Syria experienced enormous earthquakes. As a result, over 50,000 people died and 1.5 million are displaced and homeless. How do people surround by such devastation...

It was August of 2009 and we were a little over a month into our time living in the Arabian Gulf. It was crazy hot (and humid) and Ramadan had just begun. We knew what to expect from a religious...

Martin Luther encouraged Christians to consider making the book of Romans the daily diet of the soul. It's no secret Romans played a pivotal role in his discovery which sparked the Protestant...

Last time, we talked about Lament and why it is a necessary part of a Christian’s life. Mark Vroegop, in his book Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy defines lament this way: “Lament is the honest cry of a...

"Grief is un-tame. I want to control it. I want it to bend to my wants and wishes....My grief and your grief won't look the same, but this tool of Lament is a gift from the Lord that we can all use....

"The shaking, the quaking, all seems gone. ...

We all know the excitement of sending out a missionary. That Sunday morning comes. The prayer cards are given out. The missionary is on stage. We pray for the missionary. We are excited and maybe get...

Daily morning rhythms generally fail to surprise me. The quiet house feels the same. The same sunrise brightens. The first sip of coffee tastes as expected. Mornings go as mornings go. (Note to the...

The Christmas season is a time of reflection. It's a time to not only remember Christ's birth but also reflect on all that has occurred throughout the year. Over the past few weeks, we have...

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching...

"You have tangibly displayed the glory of the Lord to us this week by supporting us this week, praying for us, and giving us a sense of value in our efforts to be women, mothers, wives, and church...