
“Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” – The SLM Operations Team
By Phil Winder
John the Baptist came on the scene to prepare the way of the Lord (Mark 1:3). The primary responsibility of the Operations Team is the ongoing maintenance of the headquarters building, mission housing, and vehicles. In a sense,…

Expansion in North America: Strengthening, Broadening, and Enlarging
By Brian Thompson
Often overlooked in the rush overseas, North America has equally as needy unreached people groups according to the same standards we use for foreign statistics. Our seven Branch offices diligently share the Gospel even during…

For Such a Time as This
By Kimberly Rae Thigpen
Source of Light’s first lessons were hand-cranked through a mimeograph machine.
Over the 68 years since, millions of lessons have been mailed, hand-delivered, loaded onto transports, or shipped by barge. SLM now…

New Season, New Needs
By Brian Thigpen
As Source of Light poises itself to expand into online discipleship as well as continuing to grow our reach with printed lessons, how is the Finance Department to absorb the additional accounting and processing to support…

World Wide Bible Institute Now Online at wwbionline.org
By Brenda Barnes
There are approximately 10,000 Seminaries/Bible Colleges in the world today.
These institutions will only be able to produce approximately 5–7% of the needed pastors, evangelists, and missionaries.
Less than…

Enlarging the Tent, Lengthening the Cords, and Strengthening the Stakes at SLM
Letter from the Editor - Ron Barnes
There is nothing significant about “numbers” in the ministry and I’ve always been hesitant in using them as some sort of gauge as to whether we have been a success. In fact, if I went off of numbers,…

Missionary Spotlights – Summer 2021
Enrique Machado, in his own words
My sister, Dalila, led me into Sunday school in the Baptist Bible Church in Rímac, Lima, Peru, when I was five years old. At nine years old, I made the decision to accept Christ as my Savior.
As a teenager,…

Ministry Without Limits
Pastor Jorge Ovando, Director of SLM Argentina
“But the word of God is not bound” (2 Timothy 2:9 KJV).
One of our dreams and prayers was always to take the Gospel as far as possible and to the whole world. Now, due to the pandemic, a large…

Global Input on the SLM New Course Development
By Kim Thigpen
Many of our partners’ hopes for the future center around the much-anticipated online courses, as well as creating new print courses. Recently, we contacted fields around the world to ask for feedback regarding the courses…

Moving Forward: SLM Asia
By Kim Thigpen
One definition of the word forward is, “onward so as to make progress; toward a successful conclusion.” Source of Light’s Branches and schools around the world are looking forward toward the future. We see potential in…