I discovered America in the early fall of 1965. I found Jesus at five or six. I remember my father sharing Jesus with me in my bedroom one night. In a simple, childlike fashion, I believed what my dad shared and began a journey of faith that I am still on today.
My childhood and youth years were fairly normal. I remember having good friends. I played with and fought with my two younger brothers. Almost everything we did as a family was centered in Jesus. I thank my folks for keeping us grounded.
I met my wife to be on her first day of college. She was a freshman and I was a sophomore. For some time we were just good friends. We began to spend more and more time together and gradually we realized that we were best friends. I married my best friend in the later part of 1987.
I became a banker. I began by pulling credit files and worked my way up to making business loans. I was a banker for 14 years. It was a good career. God used it to teach me many things. I believe I was exactly where God wanted me to be during that stage of my life.
In the late fall of 1998 I was asked to go on a short-term mission trip to Russia. God used this trip to change my life. He showed me how big His world was and how small mine was. I began to sense a call to align my world with His world.
I was consumed with a study of missions and mission strategy. The man who asked me to go to Russia began to disciple me. This was not an easy journey. I had a two year period of running from God and then back to Him as I sought to understand His call on my life. I began to sense that God was leading me to begin an Abrahamic type journey. I came to know that He was asking me to step out in faith and trust Him to show me step by step what He wanted me to do. I quit my banking job and started in ministry in early 2001.
I am the Executive Director and Founder of Every Nation, a mobilization and sending organization focused on the unreached in the 10/40 Window. Every Nation currently has eleven missionaries on the field. I am also the Mission Director of Heart of God Ministries, which is also a training, mobilization and sending agency focused on the unreached in the 10/40 Window. Heart of God Ministries has 56 missionaries, not counting children, serving on 9 teams in 6 different countries.
I have traveled to more than 20 countries and ministered among all of the major religious blocks. I have been married for 21 years and have a 12-year old son. I am currently pursuing the Master of Arts in Global Leadership degree at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Email me and let's talk. I would love to help you go to the nations...
Until ALL Have Heard,
jeg
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