2019 Missions Conference
Our 2019 Redeemer Missions Conference is coming February 22 – 24! Please pray for the missionaries who will be joining us and for the staff and volunteers facilitating the event. Pray that it would be a time of refreshment and encouragement as we re-connect with those serving locally, nationally, and globally! To find out more…
Read MoreHerb and Mary Sanders, Full Count Baseball Ministry in Jackson
We’re excited to lift up Herb and Mary Sanders this week by praying for the Full Count Baseball Ministry! Full Count was established in 1999 in Denver, Colorado and served 2,000 youth from 1999 to 2012. In 2013, Coach Sanders responded to God’s call, and he and Mary moved to Jackson, Mississippi to continue their…
Read MoreJenell Chavis, Pearson Foundation in Pearl
Pray with us this week for fellow Redeemer member Jenell Chavis! Jenell works for the Pearson Foundation, a ministry that provides in-school mentoring and after-school tutoring/mentoring services to (primarily though not exclusively) historically disadvantaged youth in the Jackson metro area. The Foundation serves and operates under a “prayer, care, share” lifestyle meaning they pray for, care for,…
Read MoreJust Do Something, by Kevin DeYoung
“What is God’s will for my life?” We’d love to have a clear answer on whom we should marry, which job we should take, where we should go to church, and where we should live. And we might fear that if we make the wrong choice, we’ll be out of the center of God’s will,…
Read MoreSoul of Shame, by Curt Thompson
In the garden of Eden, in the last verse before the fall, here’s the description of Adam and Eve in the blessed state of paradise: 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Gen 2:25 ESV) “Not ashamed” seems an odd choice. He could have said “joyously jubilant” or…
Read MoreEducated, by Tara Westover
For some, abuse is impossible to imagine. For others, it is a hideous reality. Way too often abuse is ignored. Sometimes it is denied. Educated is about abuse. It’s about more than abuse, but certainly not less. Tara Westover grew up on a mountain in Idaho. She received no formal education. Her father worked in…
Read MoreChuck and Sheree McArthur, Equipping Leaders International
This week, we’re praying for the McArthurs who serve with Equipping Leaders International. We praise God with them for the growth ELI experienced in 2018! Their faculty has grown from 25 to 30 and they are currently working with 25 national movement leaders in 17 of the most under-resourced countries in the world. These 25…
Read More2019 Panama City Hurricane Relief Trip
Join us this week as we pray for our Redeemer MNA Disaster Response volunteers! They will head down to Panama City, FL on Jan. 11-13 to help those affected by Hurricane Michael. Please pray for Opportunities to spend time with the victims, hear their stories, and share the hope of Christ in word and deed…
Read MoreGrant Callen, Elder
A native of Laurel, MS, Grant Callen grew up in a Christian home and was saved as a small child. He is the second of ten children and was homeschooled until college. He attended Belhaven University for his undergraduate work—where he met his wife Page—and Regent University in Virginia for graduate school. From a young…
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