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Sharing a Dream

After 25 years of prayer, Maria Elena Valencia saw her husband's life and their marriage forever changed.
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Open the Doors

More than 650 people were on hand to celebrate the Cumbayá Church's Inaugural Service in their first facility. more

Encounter Elements: Part VIII - Pick a Strategic Location

Pinching pennies on selecting a location for a new church can ultimately lead to tragic losses in effectiveness, growth and overall impact. more

Medical Mission Saves Mother and Baby

QUITO, Ecuador. A one week medical mission led by the Fairhaven Church was providentially at work this past January when an Ecuadorian woman experienced complications while giving birth in her home. more

CMI Joins Hope Center Project

DALLAS, Texas. This fall Church Ministries International will join more than two dozen other Christian ministries in relocating its offices to a visionary new ministry facility called the Hope Center.  more

Ohio Legislator Leads Dialogue on Faith and Politics

QUITO, Ecuador. Ohio Legislator John White travels to Quito, Ecuador for dialogues on the intersection of faith and politics. more

Quito Church Staff Train with Coalition Churches

OHIO, USA. In February, children’s directors from two Encounter churches in Quito, Ecuador traveled to Hudson and Dayton, Ohio for two weeks of observation, training and networking with the children’s staffs from CMI partner churches Hudson Chapel and Fairhaven Church. more

CMI's Ricardo Diaz Earns Doctorate

CHICAGO, Illinois. On May 16, CMI Latin America Regional Director Ricardo Diaz received his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. more

Coalition Youth Teams Heading to Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador. This summer two youth mission teams from Fairhaven Church and Hudson Chapel will travel to Quito to minister side by side with youth from the República and Cumbayá churches.  more  

CMI Names New Associate Executive Director

DALLAS, Texas. CMI is pleased to announce that Craig Murray has been appointed as CMI’s Associate Executive Director. more  

[Twenty] First Century Missions

by Jim Murray

The early church did something right! In the span of just three centuries Christianity grew
from a small band of believers from a provincial backwater to the leading faith of the Roman Empire. Historians and missions experts have long marveled at this rapid transformation. How did it happen? Could it be repeated? more