OPEN EYES
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INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
Aaron Hunter never planned to be a missionary. But God had different
plans for him.
When Aaron Hunter was growing up, he thought missionaries
were losers who could not get a job.
“Don’t get me wrong. I loved Jesus and wanted to preach just
like my mom and dad,” Aaron says. “I made ‘Aaron-size’ pulpits
around the house so I could preach to thousands, even though
I was the only one in the room.”
God filled him with the Holy Spirit when he was 8 years old and
began a process of transformation that changed everything.
Aaron learned to speak Spanish and answered God’s call
to Latin America, you guessed it, as a missionary. Today, he
oversees Foursquare’s NextGen ministry for an
entire continent.
“I pray that people will encounter God like I did so He changes the course of their lives,” Aaron
says. “God transformed my attitude about missionaries and turned me into one. He turned my
indifference about speaking Spanish into fluency so I will passionately share the gospel.”
THE NEXT GENERATION
The future leaders of the church aren’t just sitting in college classrooms—
they’re in your children’s ministry.
Imagine a church where the ages of those who lead on
a Sunday morning are as diverse as the roles in which
they serve. This is the case at Grace Covenant (Cornelius
Foursquare Church) in Cornelius, N.C.
Acknowledging the leadership crisis that the church at large
is facing, Senior Pastor Farrell Lemings took a bold step in
2016. One Sunday morning, led by the Holy Spirit, he visited
his church’s children’s ministry. There he saw young children
and teens naturally displaying leadership talents, and he
realized this is where leaders are formed—it doesn’t just
happen at the college level.
So, he and his staff began a simple, intentional effort to
“identify, coach, give opportunity and applaud” the young people who were identified as having
leadership potential. And the result has led to many wins for the kingdom—in kid’s lives as well
as in his congregation.
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