Having fulfilled the position of secretary general with the Church of God Executive Committee, Dr. M. Thomas Propes now brings his abilities and dedication to the World Missions ministries.

Help! I choked as I said this word, bungling my way past my seatmate to hustle to the lavatory at the back of the airplane for the umpteenth time.

Please don’t stone me if I get one of these 10 traits wrong.

And while there is a good bit of subjectivity in this article, I think I am basing my projections on clear and evident trends.

(Note: The following is a testimonial from a participant in WAKE, a four-day student missions experience in conjunction with the 2016 International General Assembly:)

A product of Church of God World Missions influence, David Griffis comes to World Missions to extend his own effect upon world evangelization, initiated by his father, Garland Griffis, who served many years as a World Missions field representative.

“What is this church doing for the community?”

In our nine years as a church, I’ve found this to be one of the most commonly asked questions by Christians, mostly millennials, who visit our church.

It was just after 3 a.m., and I was walking up to my front porch having just completed a nightwatch prayer shift at our church. The Lord had been speaking to me that week about change, but I didn’t know what He was referring to.

Have you ever been disappointed in people? You’ve befriended, encouraged and mentored them, yet, at some point, they have walked away, never saying thank you.

In a recent podcast, virtual mentor Michael Hyatt revealed that as he became increasingly successful, he discovered more and more layers isolating and detaching him from the people he was trying to help.