By Ron Barnes Africa is seeing one of the greatest evangelical movements in the world. Source of Light Ministries has been involved in the front lines of this from the earliest days of its existence. But the momentum of the Gospel is evident in all our countries. Currently, we have Branches in Liberia, Ivory Coast, […]
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, perhaps you could say we are preparing the way of the Lord by preparing […]
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 a pandemic this year. Beside the office in Madison, SLM has Branches in Canada, Kansas, New Mexico, […]
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 ships about three tons of material in a single year. But what happens when shipping costs skyrocket, civil unrest […]
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 a growing ministry? Consider the fact that the vast majority of missions’ organizations take administrative fees […]
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 10% of all ministers worldwide have ever had formal Bible College or Seminary training. If there was ever a need to have an […]
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, certain seasons of my own individual missionary work would have […]
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, I helped Pablo and Dalila Correa some weeks in […]
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 and effective door has been opened to us […]
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 they currently have, and what they would like to see happen in future work. As we develop […]
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