Interview on Spirit FM

Interview on Spirit FM

In this brief interview with Spirit FM, a Christian radio station in Lynchburg, VA, Patrick gives an overview and update on our comprehensive church planting efforts among the global poor. Our unique approach is empowering community led local churches to transform...
Devotional: Bringing Forth Justice

Devotional: Bringing Forth Justice

Isaiah 42:1-9 is the first of four Servant Songs found in Isaiah. In this first song, God introduces His servant. In this passage the servant is the nation of Israel, though this will be developed in the other songs and ultimately point to the Messiah. In vs. 1-4 God...
Trip Report: Thailand

Trip Report: Thailand

Last month Barbara Hubbard, co-founder of LBM, and I (Aleah Marsden, LBM Communications Director) took a trip to Thailand. We organized this trip to meet with and encourage our Thai board of directors and to collect some stories from the front lines of our ministry in...
Creative Program Blesses

Creative Program Blesses

A few weeks ago one of our church plants in Southern Brazil received a generous donation from a new program, NATAL+SOLIDÁRIO. This team is made up of personal organizer professionals, who use their organizational talents to help their clients streamline their...
Blessed To Be A Blessing

Blessed To Be A Blessing

In Genesis 12:1-3 God promises to bless Abraham and to make of him a great nation. The Lord also says He will bless Abraham so that he would be a blessing, that all the families of the earth will be blessed through Abraham and his descendants. This blessing is...
A Local Church Changes Everything

A Local Church Changes Everything

For almost 14 years our comprehensive approach to church planting has been impacting communities in South America and Southeast Asia by successfully building indigenous leadership teams. Currently, we have seen a great response to the gospel in Thailand and...
New Church Planter in Brazil!

New Church Planter in Brazil!

Renting a garage and borrowing chairs from a local business, on November 26th Daniel Soares held our first service in the Cabrobó community. This new church plant is located in the state of Pernambuco, in the Northeastern part of Brazil, one of the poorest parts of...
New Opportunities!

New Opportunities!

Imagine listening in the dark as your toddler cries himself to sleep. The ache in his stomach is the result of routinely having to go hungry. As a parent of three healthy children I cannot imagine how hard this would be, or what I might be willing to do to get the...
Headlines: A Better Way to Give

Headlines: A Better Way to Give

Recently I read 13 Things I Want American Christians to Know about the Stuff You Give Poor Kids by Rachel Jones. Though she used the program from a specific Western ministry as the launching point for her article, I believe she made some excellent general points about...