Over the last year Phil has joined Rafik in training leaders in Tanzania. Rafik grew up and lived most of his life in Tanzania and ICM’s key contact in Dar es Salaam is his friend, Pastor Dondo. He was an Continue Reading →

It is always amazing to see where our materials end up and how God uses them – usually beyond what we can even imagine. For example, when our mentoring materials were first developed in the early 2000s (in Berlin) a Continue Reading →

Valera and Narina continue to train the leadership within their fellowship of churches in the Caucasus region of southern Russia. For many years Phil travelled to this region to invest in them and others and it is rewarding to see Continue Reading →

CUBA Phil joined Carlos (Dominican Rep.) in Cuba in June to train the trainers  (MCNet Coaches), who are part of the leadership network that Raydel first began in this country (the Samaritan Network).  These leaders are the key leadership in Continue Reading →

In the far reaches of eastern Ukraine, God is using several leaders who have a vision to reach their communities and city. ICM is working with five key leaders and their teams. Their ministries include new church plants and the Continue Reading →

Carlos and Raydel continue to provide training for the leaders in their network in Dominican Republic and Cuba. However, their vision includes providing leadership training throughout Latin America. Recently they were in Puerto Rico and Panama with leaders across region, Continue Reading →

At a missions conference earlier this year, Phil met a missionary working in Kenya, close to where the Jeske’s used to live in western Kenya in the early 1990s. At the conference, Phil passed on the manual that was written Continue Reading →

We have begun to introduce our new Discipling thru Intentional Relationships with our various ministry coaches in the Network. As was mentioned in the last Update, this material is designed to help someone grow as a believer, while our Mentoring Continue Reading →

Discipling thru Intentional Relationships is designed as a guide to a personal relationship to help someone grow as a new believer (or an older believer who was never grounded in the faith). Over the years leaders were trying to use Continue Reading →

YOUTUBE: If you would like to view a video describing this new innovative material, click on the Youtube icon at the top of our website. Discipling thru Intentional Relationships is not a book about discipleship, but a resource to help Continue Reading →

This year marks 10 years since we first began training leaders in Cuba. Over the years we have trained hundreds of leaders throughout the country, however two key leaders (Raydel and Javier) emerged who not only were trained but then Continue Reading →

In spite of the challenges facing the country of Ukraine, God is building his Church. In the face of these obstacles, or perhaps because of them, the people of God are being that salt and light, particularly in the eastern Continue Reading →

It has been nearly 30 years since the Jeske’s first moved to East  Africa (Kenya) to begin training pastors and leaders. Last November Phil returned to E. Africa to join Rafik in training a group of leaders in Dar es Continue Reading →

On a recent  trip to Africa, Phil crossed the Africa continent flying from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to Dakar, Senegal on the Atlantic. There he met Deo Mwamba, who is the Ministry Coach for W. Africa, who Continue Reading →

In the task of leadership development there is often lots of sowing with results not visible for some time. The greater the need for change from deep seated (and faulty) perspectives and even misplaced theology, the more difficult and time Continue Reading →