American Missionary Fellowship

Facebook Friends

One cold winter evening, sitting by the wood stove, I discovered Facebook.com. What I discovered was a medium through which I could connect with people I hadn’t seen or talked to in years, including many I had lost track of. Patrick, one of the teens in our youth group thirty years ago, was one of my connections. It wasn’t long before I got a message in my inbox with this question: “Could you put me on track to some passages referring to…finding the way to God? . . . How do I put aside everything that I believe is logical and give myself to Jesus?”

Mission Possible: Reaching the Military for Christ

One of the challenges of my ministry working as a chaplain within the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) has been the fact that the during the entire time I’ve been assigned here, there have been only five days when I didn’t have soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan—more often than not to both.  While I have had the opportunity to go and visit those places fairly frequently, most of my ministry to those soldiers has not taken place face to face, at least not while they are deployed…

A Bright Light in Miami

Being invited to offer a Christian perspective on current events and issues to thousands of people who wouldn’t normally go to church may sound like a missionary’s dream, but it’s a regular occurrence for AMF missionary Pedro Martínez. As a regular guest on Spanish-language television and radio shows in Miami, some of which are broadcasted as far away as Puerto Rico, Central and South America, and Spain, “the reverend” and his beliefs are well known in southern Florida…

Tuned in to God

When I was doing ministry with Campus Crusade in San Antonio, I worked with my director on a Christian radio talk show. Shortly after I moved to New Orleans, Katrina hit. Most people evacuated, and it was months before things were up and running and people were allowed back. During that time, I was reacquainted with an old friend who owned the local Christian radio station. He desperately needed help to fill in on the local Christian talk show, The Current Word. I agreed. Because of my willingness to do whatever God put in front of me and my faithfulness to serve, I was given my own time slot (Fridays) on the show…

The Story Has To Be Told!

My life has been greatly influenced by Christian people who have placed books in my hands at just the right moments in my life. These books are just one piece of evidence that God’s hands have been at work over long periods of time to make an impact on other lives today…