American Missionary Fellowship

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better; it’s not!” -Dr. Seuss

For me, “compassion” is an action word. It means “I care enough to do something and will do at least what I can, if not more!”

Compassion is love in action. Christ Jesus modeled it when He walked this earth as the Lamb of Sacrifice. When Jesus was moved with compassion, stuff happened and lives were changed. The opposite of compassion is apathy. Apathy says, “I see the problem, but I don’t care enough to get involved and make a difference.”  There really is no middle ground between compassion and apathy, though many try to find it and live there. As Jesus said, “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters” (Matthew 12:30, NIV).

New “rags” was what the Wilhoit Baptist Church basement used to be about. Renovations are taking this basement in a new direction!

I believe every church is to be a singing church. After all, joy for the Lord should be audible when there is an opportunity. For the church in Wilhoit [Arizona] to become a singing church, we needed two things: hearts for the Lord and a new piano player.

David Cruz used his time in Mojave Prison well, by getting to know Jesus — and AMF missionary Randy Elliott, who led a Bible study there. “I wanted to be a Christian, but I didn’t know how to be one, and Randy really taught me that lesson, which is basically just live it, live it out,” David says.