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John Stumbo Video Blog No. 72

John summarizes the four commitments he made to the Alliance family during his Friday morning address at Council 2019, setting the tone for substantive conversations to come.
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John Stumbo Video Blog No. 71

In this recap of Alliance Council 2019, John recalls his message from Acts, using “Perga”—where John Mark turned back on the first missionary journey—as a metaphor to challenge our Alliance family. “Let’s go inward and upward together—face our Perga and move on, because God is calling us beyond.”
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The Deaf Will Know

We’re sending Mike and Renee Olivier to serve the stigmatized deaf community in Burkina Faso. Mike is the first deaf Alliance international worker to be deployed to the field. Of the 70 million deaf who use sign language to communicate, just 2 percent know Jesus. Learn more about this story and the evangelistic efforts of the C&MA on the Great Commission Day Web page.
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What I Love About Alliance Council

An Alliance youth director shares her excitement about the amazing “God-at-work” stories she will hear—and about being challenged to take her journey with Jesus beyond where it’s been—at Alliance Council next month in Orlando.
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John Stumbo Video Blog No. 69

John speaks to why our whole Alliance family must engage well in challenging, yet necessary conversations. We need to address how to more effectively complete our mission and make every effort to pass on the best form of our movement to the next generations.
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A Message From A Father And Son

Alliance Council 2019 is a family event. Come see how God is calling us to go Beyond where we’ve ever been!
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John Stumbo Video Blog No. 52

November 2017

12:32

John shares the keynote address he recently presented at a conference in Colorado Springs about the Alliance perspective on law and culture. From his PowerPoint titled “Our Fascinating Challenge: A Primer for Understanding Christian Engagement in a Post-Christian World,” John unpacks five points that lead to three applications for the U.S. Alliance family. “Let’s do this well,” he concludes, “living under His authority with all of His love living through us.”

John Stumbo Video Blog No. 54

January 2018

United States

11:17

This month, John interviews Terry Smith, the new vice president for Alliance Church Ministries. Terry shares his passion for people to know Jesus through planting new churches and strengthening existing churches while voicing a concern that personal preferences in some of our congregations are chosen over evangelistic fervor. John summarizes: “Jesus is passionate about the local church . . . As we engage fully in establishing and strengthening local churches, we’re doing that which is dear to His heart.”

John Stumbo Video Blog No. 50

September 2017

12:26

In this, his 50th video blog since becoming president, John shares his thoughts on a number of issues, including the recent Resonate gathering, a new generation of Alliance church planters, the Church’s response to racism, pitching in to help Hurricane Harvey victims, a newly forming theology of risk, and the “hustle and bustle” of the return of fall ministry in our churches—reminding us that it’s the Spirit who leads us down this next stretch of the river, and we are simply to join His flow.

John Stumbo Video Blog No. 64

November 2018

11:56

This month, John shares a leadership challenge and an opportunity. A record 60 Alliance workers are trained and ready to be sent overseas—an answer to prayer. Meanwhile, the Great Commission Fund is $1.2 million behind for the fiscal year. John appeals to U.S. local church pastors and individual donors to give generously to the 2018 Year-End Offering to send these new workers to the field. “The God of this universe cares about the people of this planet, raises up people to be His spokespersons, and some of us have been called to be the senders. Let’s rise to that at this moment,” he concludes.