Worship Is the Fuel of Missions
I am reading a thought-provoking book by Gary Wright, who is a member of my church’s praise team. It’s called Worship Awakening. At the end of chapter 2, he pulls an insightful quote from John Piper about worship and missions. I have not found a better statement on missions and worship than this one by John Piper: “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the...
read more1000+ Decisions for Christ on Guatemala Mission Trip
Thanks to everyone who prayed and supported us on our nine-day mission tour in Guatemala this past week! My 13 year old son, Stephen, and I joined 15 college students from Northeast Junior College to do street, school and village evangelism in several cities throughout Guatemala. This trip was a great example of “next level worship,” for certainly all of us witnessed through our worship and praise before every person we met! We presented 16 shows which consisted of puppet songs, dramas, and testimonies. In all we saw over 1000...
read moreOffice Closed for Mission Trip to Guatemala
Our Next Level Worship office will be closed from Thursday, March 12 through Friday, March 20. We will not be answering calls, shipping store orders, or responding to emails during this time. Pray for us while we are gone on a mission trip to various parts of Guatemala. We will be doing street and village evangelism utilizing puppets, skits, songs, and testimonies. Please pray for a harvest of souls to come to Christ through our witnessing efforts! ...
read moreAnother Article Featured in Pastors.com
Hey everyone, please take a few moments and go to the link below to read Dwayne’s latest article in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. This is the tenth article that the Toolbox newsletter–which has over 180,000 subscribers–has featured of Dwayne’s. We are thankful for our ongoing relationship with Pastors.com. Link to the article: http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/article.asp?ArtID=11215. ...
read moreSafe at Home OKC Sees Over 200 Decisions for Christ!
In the midst of so much depressing and shocking news (like teenage girls beating up another teenager!), I thought you would like to hear some amazing and awesome news! My friend, Scott Dawson (with whom I traveled and led worship for 12 years), conducts an event called Safe at Home in minor league baseball parks. This past weekend, they had the largest crowd ever at a Safe at Home! Close to 14,000 packed into the stadium in Oklahoma City to hear Jeremy Camp sing and Scott speak! When Scott gave the invitation, over 200 responded to Christ...
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