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LMW App Preparing to Launch!

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Dear Friends,

Merry Christmas! We have been working all year to get this gift ready for you: the LMW app, just in time for Christmas! Have a look at the video overview, then sign up to be notified as soon as it is released – in the next few days.

Scripture, outline, and commentary are fully integrated in one easy-to-use app, making it simple to study the Bible, prepare sermons, and create lessons on the go. All 44 volumes of the comprehensive Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible® are included, giving you everything you need to preach and teach confidently.

We are also excited to announce that our most popular handbooks, “What the Bible Says to the Minister,” “What the Bible Says to the Believer,” and “What the Bible Says to the Business Leader” are now available in the Amazon Kindle Store, and as an e-book from your favorite e-publisher, including Kobo, iBooks and others.

I pray that these resources and the LMW app will bless you as you bless others. May God grant you a merry Christmas and much joy in the New Year.
Blessings,

Dave Worland

President/CEO

Lives are Changed as Christ is Proclaimed in Zambia

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Daniel Sitali serves as an intern pastoring a church plant in the small town of Monze, Zambia. Each week he prays as he begins his sermon and teaching preparation - and God leads him to The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible®, a necessary tool to help him understand the Bible and communicate its truths.

With God's help, Daniel has grown the small church from 10 to 43 members. He shared this message with us: "Thank you so much for your heart for us. . . Your giving comes out of the passion of your heart for God and to see that the gospel reaches out to everyone. We are really grateful for your help."

Will you partner with us to provide biblical resources to pastors like Daniel around the world? "Others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else."  2 Cor. 9:13

Thank you for your generosity.

Dave Worland
President/CEO, LMW (Leadership Ministries Worldwide)

What Are People Saying?

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We gave Philip a booklet of the Preachers Outline and Sermon Bible and here's what happened...

What a joy it was to come across a man with a huge love for our materials. Transcript below:

"My name is Philip Ferguson, I hail from the Church of God of prophecy in the Bahamas. I've been preaching for a long time but officially for the past 15 years.

I am so excited that I actually found the individual responsible for putting together this extraordinary tool. For the past 15 years I have been using it. It allows me to go to a specific scripture and to obtain so many different other scriptures. It allows me in a short time to put together an appointed message, a message that speaks to what the context of that scripture is saying. So I bless God for this opportunity and I pray that pastors everywhere, listen here, order this! It is an excellent tool, amen."

 

How Faith Influences the Founder of a Digital Marketing Agency

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Jason Hill started Papercut Interactive with his wife Jenny seventeen years ago. As a pioneer in web design and digital marketing, he has seen many changes over the years. While the web is constantly changing and evolving, Jason’s faith has remained strong and constant, supporting and inspiring him as a Christian business leader.

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Tell us how you got started in your business.

 

My dad was an entrepreneur. He owned a construction company, so entrepreneurship was in my blood. I graduated college with a degree in graphic design and had a job with some friends of mine for a while. When money got tight with them, I found some freelance clients. One of those was McCallie School, so I started with their website way back then when I was a one-man shop and that’s really what started my company.

 

We started as web design because as much as I love design, when you print 50,000 brochures and you’ve messed up someone’s name, it’s on you to fix that. But on the web, you can just change it! Also, now the web is more of a tool. Over the past 17 years that we’ve been in business it has changed so much. There’s so much you can glean from what people view and how they interact. It’s a lot of fun.

 

Competitors have come and gone, but thankfully we’ve been able to stick around.

 

And what do you think is the key to that?

 

Perseverance is a key part; and being flexible – not being so set in a way you do things that you’re not open to changes. We’ve had to change a lot over the years. When I started, I did everything: designs, programming, all of it. And now I’ve found people who are better than me to do the work.

 

Once upon a time a client asked, “Could we have a website that worked on a blackberry?” That was the first person I ever heard who wanted something that worked on a mobile device. But now, everything has to work on a phone, a tablet, or whatever.

 

How have you seen God at work in your business decisions?

 

As a Christian business owner, it’s different. It’s deeper than just being a business owner. I take seriously my responsibility to my employees. I do a lot of praying, a lot of reading the Bible, a lot of talking to counsel, but it’s helped me get through some pretty rough things. Business in general can really get to you.

 

What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve had as a Christian business leader?

 

We had a project several years ago that was the largest project we had ever worked on up to that point. We had one developer at the time, and he quit in the middle of the project. That was pretty rough. I actually thought I was having a heart attack at one point, but it was just anxiety. But now, we’ve had other situations that were as difficult as that one, but we got through them. God got me through them. I’ve talked about that before – just prayer and guidance from others, and my dad – talking to him about some of the experiences he had in business. I’m thankful I haven’t been through some of the hurtful situations he had.

 

Do you have a favorite Bible verse that guides you?

 

I haven’t practiced in a while, but I memorized the whole book of Philippians and there are several verses in there that get to me all the time. Philippians 4 – that whole chapter. I love to go back to that book.

 

How do you integrate faith with your business life and at home?

 

My wife is a partner with me in the business, and that’s been a really great thing. I know some husbands and wives don’t work well together, but it’s really nice that we share that and that we can take it home and share that in front of our children. We have a strong relationship and are both strong in Christ.

 

How do you balance working with your wife and not bringing work home with you?

 

I’m pretty good at leaving work at work. If there’s a rough patch, it’s not so much fun, and I tend to hold that in. We have our roles figured out, and we support each other. We are really good partners and we make decisions together. For many years, we had our desks right together and it was really great. I would miss her if she didn’t work with me.

 

Other things in the community: I’m involved with CBMC (Christian Business Men’s Committee.) Several years ago, I was invited to a CBMC Bible study here in Chattanooga. I learned they have forum groups that are for business leaders, CEO’s or business owners. They get together once a month to talk about business; it’s a place for accountability. I joined one in Knoxville and have since become the facilitator of that group. And we have a CBMC Bible study at my office every Wednesday morning. It’s been a great group.

What are the problems you struggle with most as a business person?

 

I want to be a servant leader and I want our employees to see that. I struggle when it’s not a good fit. As a business owner, I don’t like conflict, so I try to make it work. But sometimes it just doesn’t work. It’s really hard to let someone go – or to have someone leave. In our business culture at Papercut we have great relationships and our employees work really well together.

 

I’ve had to fire a client before and that was pretty rough. But I was trying to support our staff. It was a bad situation. Our employee felt really berated every time they talked to the client.

 

Money and cash flow can be a problem. Honestly, I’ve looked back and wondered, “how in the world did I make it to this point?” That’s God providing at times where I may not have taken a pay check so that employees could get paid. But thankfully, that hasn’t happened in a long time.

 

What’s your advice for other business leaders?

 

I try not to give advice, but I would say seeking wise counsel is huge. When I started out, I thought I could do it on my own and I didn’t need any help, but it would have saved a lot of headache if I had just reached out to someone and found a mentor.  Now I have several groups of older men who have been where I am and have really, really helped.

 

 

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

 

It’s not about me. The work you do is for others. No matter what you do, you can do it to the glory of God. I really want our business to be a place of excellence. At Papercut we’ve coined the phrase “super friendly.” And really that’s all about being Christ to others. It’s not about me. It’s not about having a cushy job and lots of money in my pocket. It’s that I am a servant and doing what God’s put me to do. Something that I can do really well and help people.

 

It's clear that Jason has put Philippians 4, one of his favorite portions of scripture, into practice in his life. He’s a gospel worker, a reasonable man of prayer, someone who exemplifies honor and excellence in his business dealings, setting an example for others, doing all things through Christ who strengthens him.

 

 

 

The Gospel Is For Everyone

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“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”- Romans 10:14-15

 

Today, all over the world, 50,000 people were baptized.

That is 9 Million new believers in just 6 months. It’s like adding the entire city of New York to the body of believers every 6 months.

How will they grow in their faith? Who is shepherding them? Who is teaching them about the Christian life? To bring 50,000 people along in their faith would require about 1,000 pastors to answer the call to ministry Every Day.

The good news is that God is raising up new pastors to minister to these new believers.

Your pastor probably attended seminary and has a library full of materials and resources. They might even have a staff to help them with administration, music, youth and children ministry, missions, and even sermon preparation. These pastors are able to spend as much 15-30 hours a week preparing their weekly, Sunday message.

But pastors with libraries, staffs, and seminary degrees are not as common as you might think. Most pastors around the world begin their ministry with less than 1 hour of bible training. That means, it is likely YOU have more training they do. Many live in remote areas, and probably got their Bible from a visiting missionary. Most have a full-time job working in fields and factories and only have nights and weekends to see their families, visit the sick, and prepare sermons. Many will never go to seminary. The truth is, without the proper training and resources, native beliefs and old traditions quickly creep into their theology and teaching.

These pastors serve God with what little they have – but their need is great.

In 1992 LMW began publishing The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible® to equip leaders for a Gospel-centered ministry worldwide by presenting the Bible in a clear & understandable way. Pastors using these books gain the insight and understanding of God’s Word they need to minister effectively. As the books got into the hands of Christian leaders, pastors from every corner of the world began asking LMW for books and training.

In Africa, Timothy Olonade has worked with LMW since 2002 – training pastors in Africa and around the globe.

Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi of Jos, Nigeria requires that every pastor under his leadership study “What the Bible Says to the Minister” – and participate in training for sermon preparation using the Preacher’s outline & Sermon Bible.

Reverend Patras Nazir of Pakistan has translated some of our resources into Urdu. In a country that is 95% Muslim, he is sharing these resources, baptizing new believers, founding new churches, teaching and encouraging pastors, and leading children and adults to understand the gospel of grace through Jesus Christ. He tells us that resources like ours are unique in Pakistan, and that churches continually call him for more books.

In Romania, most pastors shepherd 2-3 churches while working other jobs, making as little as $250 a month. They are desperate for training and good biblical resources. On a mission trip to Romania, Rev. Bob Patty of Chattanooga felt God calling him to help them. He began working with the Romanian churches and seminaries to translate The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible®. Today, the Romanian translation and printing of The Minister’s Handbook and the majority of the New Testament is complete.

A few years ago, a business man and his wife felt God leading them to help the Chinese people. They funded the translation of some of The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible® into Chinese. Now, through our partnership with WE-Devote, the most popular Chinese language Bible app, our books have been viewed over 150,000 times by Chinese believers!

People like you have been the catalyst for translating these resources into 19 different languages – and deploying them to 175 countries from India to Russia to South America. 1.5 million pastors and leaders from all over the globe are using these resources today, preaching, teaching, and encouraging people as they hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Like Tim Keller says, “…the gospel advances the common good, it brings mercy to discourse, hope to art, integrity to workplaces. The gospel seeks the marginalized and protects the vulnerable, and renews lives with grace. The gospel changes everything.”