Martinmas and the Challenges of a Post-Secular Europe
Last night, Ela and I plus three of our kids attended the Martinmas Festival in our little town in Germany. Schwarzenborn is the spitting image of a stereotypical German town - timber frame houses (we would call them Tudor), and a central parish church built in the...
Recovering the Biblical call to care about our friends’ questions of faith
by Logan Gates, SAMS Missionary Candidate to Chile Have you ever been asked a question about faith and not known what to say? This happened to me a few years ago on the campus of Arizona State University. I was handing out flyers for an event on faith and reason, when...
Grant
God’s faithfulness to strengthen and raise up leaders for His Church SAMS Missionary Bishop Grant LeMarquand gave a Plenary Talk at the 2025 New Wineskins Conference in which he shared about his and his wife Wendy’s call and ministry to come alongside the growing...
Jeremiah
God’s faithfulness to accomplish his purposes in the face of obstacles and suffering The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Maet Paul gave a Plenary Talk at the 2025 New Wineskins Conference in which he shared about his life and work, beginning as an orphaned child refugee in South...
‘God is on the Move’ was the constant refrain
By Wade and Chelsea Weeldreyer, SAMS Co-Directors of Missionary Care and Mission Engagement In September, SAMS missionaries, senders, and staff gathered with 1,500 other Christians at the New Wineskins Hope for the Nations Conference in North Carolina. Over several...
Has Europe Forgotten God? Why the Netherlands Still Needs Jesus
by Johann Vanderbijl, SAMS Missionary, pastor and author serving in the Netherlands What causes people who have once known the power and presence of the living God to stop following Him? Moses warned Israel that it begins with complacency. When God’s people...