Newsletter December 2024

It is always a joy to teach God’s Word to the men at Memphis Union Mission. God has allowed me to do this once or twice a month for more than 20 years. Every time I get out of my car to walk into the mission, the Holy Spirit impresses upon me, “Chris, they once […]

Newsletter November 2022

On our recent trip to Kenya, Africa I was able to go to several of the churches we have planted. God  laid it on my heart to give each church a love offering of $200. I could not make it to every church on Sunday, so my key leader, Daniel, arranged meetings with pastors throughout […]

Newsletter December 2021

We praise the Lord as you make us a part of your unbroken communion with God, and we thank you so much for your continued kindness. God has used us in helping to plant multiplying, disciple-making churches in Kenya. If you will remember, we did this in an organized way. I made trips to Kenya […]

Newsletter July 2021

Recently, while ministering to the men at Memphis Union Mission in Memphis, TN a man came up to me and said, “If I had been taught as a boy what you are teaching us here, I would be a different man.” I responded, “What matter in eternity the slight awkwardness in time? Begin today, to […]

Newsletter December 2020

God’s Word clearly teaches that God is eternal. Meaning, God never had a beginning and will never have an end. Our Father which art in heaven is eternal. Revelation 1:8 – “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is [eternity present], and who “was” [eternity past], and who “is to […]

Newsletter June 2020

Many years ago, as God was continuing to make clear to me His call to ministry, I heard a sermon by Dawson Trotman, entitled “Born to Reproduce.” Yes, it was on a cassette tape. I was an engineer for the railroad. My dad, Curtis Hodges, was a conductor. The sermon was simply teaching our responsibility […]

Newsletter March 2020

What an amazing time of ministry in Montego Bay, Jamaica! It all started in the mind and heart of Allen West, a friend who has served our Lord by drilling water wells in the impoverished areas of this island far away in the Caribbean Sea. He prayed about the people he knew there, and God […]

Newsletter May 2019

Because of the faithfulness of God, your prayers and support, we were able to knock it out of the park for Jesus last month in Kenya, Africa! Here is our prayer for you. We pray that you will disappear into God, be submerged in His peace, and be lost in the secret of His Face. […]

Newsletter November 2018

During Thanksgiving we see the winter slowly setting in as the leaves change colors making the foliage beautiful. During Thanksgiving we are reminded and thankful for the goodness of God. Psalm 100:5 – “For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.” God’s goodness goes out to all, without […]

Newsletter June 2018

We glorify God by providing biblically-sound lessons designed for structured study for the purpose of teaching people to know Jesus Christ as Savior and to live in a way that is consistent with God’s Word. The Holy Spirit uses these courses in the spiritual growth of the student and the student’s application of biblical truth […]