‘Kairos is the only course I have ever encountered that changes worldview in the shortest possible time’, says one of our national team in a restricted-access country. This observation has been re-echoed in many of the countries where the Kairos course has been conducted. From its modest roots in the Philippines, Kairos has been instrumental […]
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Kairos brings Healing to War Refugees
This April, we facilitated a Kairos class in western Ukraine for war refugees. These people had escaped from Kharkov and Mariupol, places of terrible fighting, destruction, and danger. Kairos focuses on God’s good and unstoppable plan to reach the nations with the Gospel and emphasizes reaching unreached people groups.
Interestingly, Kairos was a wonderful form of healing and therapy for these refugees. Tracing God’s powerful hand working all through history to spread the glory of the Gospel through all the earth inspires and comforts. Even this war is not randomly evil nor unredeemable. God is fulfilling His purposes to spread the Good News of His Son throughout the earth.
Coming Together at the SM Europe Forum Gathering
After two years of the pandemic, over thirty (30) of our SM leaders from sixteen countries in Europe were finally able to gather in person for the SM Europe Forum held last May 20-22 in Boras, Sweden. Erika and Marinda, global region coordinators of SM EurAsia, also joined us in this momentous occasion. Each […]
Kairos with the YWAM Team in Davao
Confirmation. This was how the staff of YWAM Davao generally described their Kairos Course experience last May 2022. The course was a confirmation of God’s missionary call to them individually and as a team. Many also highlighted that the Kairos Course helped broaden their understanding of God’s mission, especially God’s heart for all nations. Some […]
Adapting Interface for Youth Leaders
From 24th to 26th of May, we had the privilege of conducting an Interface seminar for forty (40) youth leaders in Central Finland during the annual youth leaders’ seminar for Pentecostal churches of Finland. Interface was a great fit as the theme of the gathering was missional youth ministry! Five sessions of the seminar were […]
‘It is Your Kairos’
‘It is indeed your Kairos.’ The president of the Mt Apo Alliance Bible College mentioned this to the 21 students who recently finished a 5-day intensive Kairos Course in the southern part of Mindanao, Philippines. Mindanao is home to more than five million Muslims in the Philippines. The call to partner with God in blessing […]
Youth Kairos Moves Participants in Portugal
From 11-14th of April this spring, I had the privilege of launching Youth Kairos in Portugal. The course was held in Vida Abudante Igreja Crista in Lisbon, and we had 21 young people from three different churches participating. Our facilitating team consisted of 3 local facilitators, and besides me, Adrian Bratosin from Romania also helped […]
Coordinators Training in South Asia
Over the years, as Simply Mobilizing has developed, we have learnt so much from our successes and failures. Much of this learning is now reflected in our Operations Manuals. Our Coordinators Training (now called Franchise Training) has been designed to help coordination teams in firstly, understanding the valued learning reflected in our Operations Manuals, and […]
Trials of the New Franchise Training Going Well
Two more trials of the new New Nations and National Coordination Team Trainings (NNCT/CT Trainings), now called the SM Franchise Training, were conducted recently. One was conducted with the leadership teams from the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) last February and another with our West Africa Global Region Team (GRT), some members from […]
The Story of the Bible Zoominar now Ongoing!
The Story of the Bible (TSB) Zoominar began last March 10 with 65 participants from the SM family from all over the world. This seminar is a preview of the upcoming Story of the Bible course, which SMI hopes to launch next year for local churches! This particular series of The Story of the Bible […]