We have been ministering in Portugal for about 15 years. We are continually working to expose as many people as possible to the message of the Gospel. What evangelistic methods have worked best? The answer to this question will be helpful when trying to update and reproduce evangelistic activities for current and future church plants. […]
One Year Later…
Where does the time go? One year has already passed since we came back from the U.S.. Coming back meant a new focus and a new ministry. What has changed in the last 12 months? I have always felt deeply the immense need that Portugal has for faithful Gospel preaching churches. It is hard […]
What’s Reach Portugal’s Ministry Philosophy?
We all need to know what we are trying to do and how we plan to get it done. Someone has said it better: “A vision without a plan is just a dream.” I had been pastoring a church in Southern Portugal for a little over 10 years, when we felt called to become church […]
[Guest Post] In Defense of Mission Trips – Chris Stansell
Bro. Chris Stansell is an evangelist based out of Springfield, TN (South Haven Baptist Church). He has preached and sung in over 3000 churches, in 49 States and 36 different countries. Bro. Stansell, with his wife Kim, have been married for 25 years. It was a joy to have Bro. Stansell visit our ministry a […]
Rethinking Church-Wide Bible Memorization
It’s the same thing every Sunday. Memory verse time! We believe it is important to memorize the Word of God. What we don’t want is for it to become routine and just another thing to fill the “church hour”. Even though having a church-wide Bible memorization program is not a new thing, missionaries when starting […]