Two of the biggest items on the Synod 2026 agenda: receiving a 10-year proposal for church planting and renewal and figuring out how to pay for that and the rest of the denomination’s costs.
This tension-filled tale is sure to thrill fans of Amish fiction and romantic suspense alike, threading together themes of the protective hero, a fish out of water, and confronting trauma.
For many churches, connecting worship with God’s global mission is a challenge. There may be a mission-focused Sunday every year, or a few Sundays during which missionaries living abroad come and give a talk during the service, but otherwise the whole idea of "mission" feels foreign.
