Tag: Evangel University

• Calling, Commitment, and Cambodia

  

  LOOKING AT THE FIELDS Working alongside her father in the Kansas wheatfields was a daily chore for my wife, Carmen, during her childhood. When she was 13, riding in the family work truck and gazing at the crops, it seemed like another summer’s day as her mind shifted toward the upcoming months and the necessary…

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  September 7, 2022

  2022, Neighbors, September 2022

  Asia, Asian Food, Assemblies of God, At-risk Children, Attention on the next generation of missionaries, Bangkok, Becoming a missionary, Calling, Cambodia, Cambodia Bible Institute, Carmen Lovelace, College, Crops, Discouragement as a missionary, Divine Plan, Encounter, Evangel University, Faith, Geography Class, Harvest, Intercultural Studies program, Jesus, Josh Lovelace, Kansas, Leaning on the Lord through grief, Lord, Lord provides, Miscarriage, Missionaries, Next steps after graduation, Philippines, Phnom Penh, Plans, Reading about the lost, Send someone else, Serve according to the calling, Short-term trip, Siem Reap, Southwest Missouri, Springfield, Stories, Students, Taking the Gospel to unreached people groups, Thailand, Unreached People Groups, What does faith in Christ look like, What to talk about on first date, Wheatfields

• Janelle Reed Leads with Grace and Growth

  

  The best leaders start by leading themselves. How do you lead yourself? And not only lead yourself, but do it well? When I think of how I lead myself, I think of being authentic to my true being, offering vulnerability because that’s where you form deep relationships with others. In leading myself well, I am…

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  January 10, 2022

  2022, January 2022, Lead Outta Love

  417 Magazine, Blessing Baskets, Brené Brown, City of Springfield, Community Involvement Champion, Daughters, Evangel University, Grow, Janelle Reed, Lighthouse Child & Family Development Center, Missouri, Mom, Most Influential Woman, Relationships, SingleMomzRock, Springfield, Springfield Business Journal, TED Talks, The Gift of Time, Victory Mission + Ministry

• Zach Troutman is a Superstar who Leads Others To Better

  

  When we hear the term “superstar,” most of us think about someone who is high profile or an extremely successful performer for the entertainment of others. Almost 20 years ago, I used to think along the same lines when I was a young sophomore in high school, trying to make it in the starting lineup…

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  January 10, 2022

  2022, January 2022, Lead Outta Love

  Coach, Coach Kramer, Evangel University, Flag Football, Florida, Football, InSideOut Coaching, Joe Ehrmann, Leadership, Mental Health, Missouri, Naples, New Year's, Resolutions, Springfield, Student-athlete, Superstar, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Zach Troutman

• Ethiopia: The Giving Community

  

  From a young age, I felt drawn to Africa. I loved learning about Africa through any means I could. From 2018 to 2020, I spent two amazing years living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I learned many things in Ethiopia through the culture and the youth. words + photographs TAMMY SALMON Ethiopia is a community-focused culture, which…

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  December 2, 2021

  2021, Culture, December 2021, Neighbors

  Abaana Project, Abinet Youth, Addis Ababa, Community-focused Culture, Ethiopia, Evangel University, God, Mekedonia, Soterion Church, Tammy Salmon, Uganda