JUST AROUND THE CORNER
July 28 (Sunday) – Preached at New Life Christian Fellowship (our home church). CLICK HERE to view the message (sermon begins at minute 42).
August 10-13 – Served as mission representatives at Gull Lake Camp in southwest Michigan. Rena and Ken will present PPI and share the amazing opportunities to train and resource international church leaders to families. Check out Gull Lake Ministries HERE.
September 1 (Sunday) – Preach and present PPI at Cass City Missionary Church. We met Jason and April Woodall at Hopevale Church some years ago, where they faithfully led a Community Group. Jason now serves as the Lead Pastor of Cass City Missionary Church.
Sept 19-Oct 24 (Thursdays, 6:30-7:45pm) – Lead Everyday Wisdom class, a guided study of Proverbs, at New Life Christian Fellowship. If you live in the area, join us for this biblical, practical study of living wisely for God every day. Sign ups begin soon!
UPCOMING PASTORS TRAINING
In 2024, as the Lord enables us, we endeavor to offer 11 PPI courses in 8 key cities in 4 departments of Haiti. To learn more about PPI’s beliefs, vision and strategy, CLICK HERE.
* February 9-23, 2024 – Offered Courses 1, 2 and 4 in two cities in northern Haiti. Around 350 church leaders took a course!
* March 22-April 5, 2024 – We planned to train pastors in the Northeast Department of Haiti, but had to CANCEL this trip the week before we left because of border closing and all flights in/out of Haiti being suspended.
* July 12-26, 2024 – Led Courses 1, 2 and 3 in two cities in northeast Haiti. A total of 256 church leaders successfully completed a course, included 116 men and women in Course 1 in Fort-Liberté. SEE our training in action!
* December 12-20, 2024 – Offer Course 1 in two key cities in the Centre and North Departments of Haiti. This will be our first training in Hinche and Pignon, and we’re excited to go there! Many pastors have urged us to offer PPI training in these cities. CLICK HERE to give toward our December training.
* YE2024 – Work out details of expanding PPI training to another developing nation. We’ve had many conversations, but need solid partnerships. Please pray that the Lord of the Harvest will give us wisdom, clarity and provision for this next step!
Our goal is to make foundational ministry training accessible to as many church leaders as possible. Since most families in nations like Haiti live on less that $3 USD per day, it’s next to impossible for them to attend a traditional Bible college or seminary (and most are now closed in Haiti). Most church leaders in developing countries lead their churches for little to no pay and have a “tent making” job to support their families. That’s why we’re committed to encouraging, training and resourcing every church leader who takes part in our courses!
WHAT ELSE IN 2024?
* Building PPI support partnerships – Between trips, we continue to invite individuals, churches and organizations to partner with us in training international church leaders. In 2024, our development efforts include conversations with individuals and churches, presenting PPI at Gull Lake Camp, and the Sunrise Side Coffee Tour project, just to name a few.
* Intro to the Thompson Bible workshops – The Thompson Chain Reference Bible is the foundational tool we use in all PPI courses, and it’s a good Bible study tool for American Christians, too! Workshop attenders have enjoyed and benefited from learning to use the Thompson Bible to study the Bible for themselves. Learn more about the workshop HERE. If you’re interested in hosting the workshop, contact Ken HERE.
* Encouraging, Speaking, Writing – In 2024, we will finish writing, editing, translating and printing PPI Course 5. Ken also presses on in Creole language study. Please pray for these efforts!
The Lord continues to give Ken opportunities to meet with and encourage U.S. pastors. He desires to facilitate honest, Biblically anchored conversations about the church’s mission, strategy, leadership, organization, evangelism and discipleship through his speaking and writing. When not traveling internationally, Ken is available to speak at missions conferences, retreats, church services and other events. Contact him HERE.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025
As the Lord enables us, we plan to offer 12 PPI courses in 8 cities in as many as 4 departments of Haiti. We also plan to introduce PPI training in another developing nation. Please partner with us in prayer and giving for these Kingdom efforts!
* February 28-March 14, 2025 – We will return to Limbé and Cap-Haitien to lead Courses 1, 3 and 5 in these two cities in northern Haiti.
* April 11-25 – We plan to offer Courses 1, 2 and 5 in Fort-Liberté and Ouanaminthe. We led Course 1 in Fort-Liberté for the first time in July 2024 with 116 church leaders attending.
* July 16-August 1, 2025 – We will return to Hinche and Pignon to offer Course 2 in both cities and Course 1 again in Pignon. We will lead Course 1 in both cities for the first time in December 2024.
* Summer or Fall 2025 – As the Lord opens the way, we anticipate leading PPI training in an additional developing nation. More details to come!
* December 12-26, 2025 – If secure enough, we will train pastors again on the west coast of Haiti. Satan has hindered us from returning there since February 2023 because of significant gang violence. Please pray for the gang activity to be quelled in and around the cities of Gonaïves and L’Estere, where we plan to offer courses 1, 2 and 3. Pastors there are eager for more training! Also pray that MAF (Missionary Aviation Fellowship) can resume flights in Haiti by early 2025 to make our travel to the Artibonite Department possible.