That We Would Become One
“Yes, it is Christ’s will that we become one with believers different from ourselves so the world would know God’s love and believe. As a by-product, society will be affected, ‘racial reconciliation’ will occur, and the church will be restored to a place...
The Gospel for the Well-Mannered
I didn’t know him very well. We met a couple of times, and he always seemed to me, a quiet sort of man. There are a very few people that I know who can embody what it means to be dignified, and he was certainly one of them. He was a person of very little...
Advance Cohort: Shiju Jacob
The Advance Initiative National Cohort exists to empower, equip, and encourage ministry-minded men who are exploring a calling to pastor or plant gospel-centered, multiethnic churches as or among Indian Americans. Our current Cohort has gathered five men...
Advance Cohort: Brice Johnson
The Advance Initiative National Cohort exists to empower, equip, and encourage ministry-minded men who are exploring a calling to pastor or plant gospel-centered, multiethnic churches as or among Indian Americans. Our current Cohort has gathered five men...
Advance Cohort: Jason Philip
The Advance Initiative National Cohort exists to empower, equip, and encourage ministry-minded men who are exploring a calling to pastor or plant gospel-centered, multiethnic churches as or among Indian Americans. Our current Cohort has gathered five men...
Advance Cohort: Alen Andrews
The Advance Initiative National Cohort exists to empower, equip, and encourage ministry-minded men who are exploring a calling to pastor or plant gospel-centered, multiethnic churches as or among Indian Americans. Our current Cohort has gathered five men...
Our Vision for 2017
Two years ago a small group of Indian Americans huddled in a conference room in Orlando Florida, seeking God’s heart and dreaming about how we in the Indian American community of believers could play a greater role in advancing our Lord’s kingdom. It was...
How Do I Know I Am Called?
At seventeen years old, I stood in front of hundreds of people at an altar call. I was sick of being entrenched in the throes of pornography and depression. I remember getting to the front of our makeshift sanctuary and praying, “God, if you want to use...
An Invaluable Investment
My years in the M.Div. program at Cairn University were life-transforming. I don’t say that lightly. I often describe it as drinking water out of a fire hydrant. There was so much truth that I found myself learning, relearning, and applying during my time....
Unlikely Brotherhood
5 Indians walk into a bar… Ok, it wasn’t a bar, it was actually a videoconference meeting. And this also isn’t the setup for a joke, it actually happened. Early on a Saturday morning in May, the 5 of us, from varying denominations, woke up before the crack...
Story: Jason James
Over the next several months, The Advance Initiative will be sharing the stories of Indian Americans who are serving the Lord within the local church in cities all across the U.S. Their backgrounds, experiences, and roles may differ, but their desire is...
Story: Dennis John
Over the next several months, The Advance Initiative will be sharing the stories of Indian Americans who are serving the Lord within the local church in cities all across the U.S. Their backgrounds, experiences, and roles may differ, but their desire is...