Category: Coach Reports
Dispatches from the Front Line
It has been a year since Phil traveled to eastern Ukraine to visit our MCNet coaches there and encourage the churches and leaders that we have been serving (Click on pic for video). One year later and the war continues Continue Reading →
Church Planting in St.P
Several years ago, Valera and Narina moved from southern Russia to St. Petersburg to plant a church. To accomplish this they have begun to also train their own leadership in preparation for additional church plants. They are using our competency Continue Reading →
Good News for Immigrants
We first crossed paths with Rafik in Tanzania as James Kamau (see previous newsletter) asked him to teach at our ICM Seminary in Dar es Salaam. Since then he and his family immigrated to Canada and he joined the ICM Continue Reading →
Training Leaders in Central Asia
Central Asia There are seven “stan” countries in Central Asia. These include Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Willi, our ministry coach in Eurasia, has been training leaders in this area for many years through his mission organization. The local Continue Reading →
From Moscow to Germany and Africa
It has been a privilege to serve in various capacities with Alexei & Tatiana over the years throughout Russia. Being able to meet together in Turkey last year was a real highlight. Dr. Alexei is the director of the Eurasian Continue Reading →
Puerto Rico Connections
In our last newsletter we mentioned that Carlos was in Guatemala sharing with interested leaders there regarding training and since then he and Raydel have made several trips to Puerto Rico (PR) to follow up with church leaders there who Continue Reading →
Serving the Maasai People
Phil & Nancy were able to serve with James & Mary Kamau when they left Canada to go to Kenya in 1990. Since those early days of ministry in Kenya, the Kamau’s left Kenya to establish the training ministry in Continue Reading →
Georgia on our Mind
Over the years, Alexei and Tatiana have hosted our team in Moscow and they have ministered together throughout Russia. Through Alexei’s ministry a young man who was in university in Moscow found the Lord and become a disciple of Jesus. Continue Reading →
Serving the Church in Latin America
The Guatemala Connection Late last year Phil was invited to join Carlos and Raydel in the Dominican Republic (DR) and then travel to Guatemala to introduce the CLI training program with some leaders in that country. Unfortunately Raydel’s new passport Continue Reading →
CLI -The Future of Training
For some time we have been writing about our new CLI program. This is our newest training innovation, the MCNet Christian Leadership Institute. It is the culmination of our “Intentional Relationships” series (Discipling thru Intentional Rel. for young believers, Mentoring Continue Reading →
Return to Eastern Ukraine
Planes and Trains. . . by Dr. Phil We usually don’t’ bore you with the details of how the sausages are made, so to speak…. in other words sparing you the travel details as to how we get there, but Continue Reading →
Reports from Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Earlier this year Deo (MCNet Coach, W. Africa) returned for a ministry trip to his country of birth, the Democratic Rep. of Congo. He has had an ongoing ministry there and was able to teach Continue Reading →
The Ripple Effect
One of our core values as a ministry is based on 2 Tim. 2:2 – “Pass on what you heard to reliable leaders who are competent to teach others.” Over the years we have sown many seeds in the lives Continue Reading →
Eurasia Team Retreat
Istanbul is a unique city as it straddles Europe and Asia, separated by the Bosporus Straights. Once the centre of the Byzantine Empire and renamed Constantinople by the ‘Roman Emperor turned Christian’ in the fourth century. Needless to say, lots Continue Reading →
Global Dispatches
EURASIA Church Planting in St. Petersburg Valera and Narina have just started a new church plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. They are seeking to reach non-churched Russians and so have are using a more interactive format on Sundays, as well Continue Reading →