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Ten Plus One – A Biblical Model for Funding Great Commission MinistrySixteen:Fifteen in partnership withVirgil Dugan, President, Tijeras FoundationJohn Moore, President, John Moore and AssociatesDID YOU KNOW?The resources needed to finish the Great Commission are...
Stay the Course
How Do We Minister Out of Brokenness?by Matthew Ellison Difficulty, suffering, and affliction are common to every-one. Those who follow Christ, as well as those who do not, are born for trouble. Job 5:7 says it plainly, “Man is born for trouble, as the sparks fly...
Make UNUSUAL Impact! Sixteen:Fifteen’s UNUSUAL Auction
un·u·su·al adjectivenot usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.What makes Sixteen:Fifteen’s UnusualAuction, unusual?Well, it’s certainly not the inventory, though we have acquired...
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Sixteen:Fifteen Does Not Do Missions.......Directlyby Matthew Ellison, President and Church Missions CoachDr. John Piper has said, "All the resources needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy spreading ambassadors is already in the church. But we are...
A Forgotten People Remembered: The Isan People of ThailandA Special Update from Sixteen:FifteenIsan (or Issan) is the name of a people group, language, and region of northeast Thailandnear the Laosborder. There are an estimated 25 million Isan people and sadly only an...
We’ve Got Your Backby Matthew EllisonMy Mother, Dorothy EllisonNearly nine years ago my mother and father began a weekly prayer ministry for Sixteen:Fifteen. On Wednesday mornings we would rally our staff and, together with my parents, we would pray through a list of...
June 11, 2012Ministry has me in Alabamatoday where I am coaching Trinity Presbyterian Church. I was given the privilege of bringing the message yesterday as well. I just experienced an Alabamathunderstorm that rocked my world. Not only was the torrential downpour...
Unleashing Every Believer
by Matthew EllisonGod is doing a new thing in local churches across America and around the world. For a long time many churches have primarily engaged in world missions in a support role, limiting their participation to sending money and people through mission...