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24 04, 2019

HIGHLIGHT: Discipling Multiplication in Woodbury

By |2019-06-09T20:21:28-05:00April 24th, 2019|Blog|0 Comments

Four years ago Woodbury resident Jill Spry phoned for information about The Timothy Network. She was ready for a change in the direction of her spiritual life. Although a life-long church goer Jill confessed, “I knew the word of God, but not the God of the word. THAT was the [...]

14 02, 2019

Sowing Seed for a Kingdom Harvest

By |2019-06-10T17:44:07-05:00February 14th, 2019|Blog|0 Comments

What follows first appeared in our December quarterly report to monthly financial partners. Because it "puts a face" on the part of our work involving discipling converts and equipping them to be disciple makers, we share it here with others of you who also follow our efforts. MLS This is a story about Tracy Vanatta. [...]

21 01, 2019

The Plague of Immaturity: Christians Stuck in the Nursery

By |2019-06-09T20:15:57-05:00January 21st, 2019|Blog|0 Comments

Note: What follows was not written as a holier-than-thou diatribe but to instead highlight a dilemma within North American Christianity. Author Greg Ogden calls the problem "a discipleship malaise." Take inventory as you read, but consider the point as encouragement to become a pro-active disciple of Jesus - not as a beat down. "The greatest [...]

31 10, 2018

A Fearless Thank You!

By |2019-06-10T18:07:59-05:00October 31st, 2018|Blog|0 Comments

Fall Benefit 2018 was held earlier this month at Stones River Country Club. This year's theme, "Fearless!" was based on Paul's reminder that disciples of Jesus "have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power." II Timothy 1:7 Effective, reproducible disciple making requires courage and endurance. We also need the daily awareness [...]

13 08, 2018

A Perfect Mission for Imperfect Disciple Makers

By |2019-06-10T18:15:26-05:00August 13th, 2018|Blog|0 Comments

by Gracie McKeand The Timothy Network becomes a "teenager" this month (founded August 2005). Our work would not have survived these first thirteen years without the provision of God and people like the young mother pictured above. Gracie McKeand, and her husband Jeff, were among the first people stepping forward to participate in and support [...]

14 05, 2018

Good Results vs God’s Results

By |2019-06-10T18:20:15-05:00May 14th, 2018|Blog|0 Comments

by Mo Obayomi Meet my friend, Mo. He was born in Nigeria but moved with his family to New York City as a teen. After experiencing years of crippling asthma and nearly dying from a severe attack of the condition, Mo recounts how God "suddenly and completely" healed him. The experience totally changed and redirected [...]

16 04, 2018

Life-on-Life and One at a Time

By |2019-06-11T07:14:50-05:00April 16th, 2018|Blog|0 Comments

Forty members of the Philo Road church in Champaign-Urbana attended Timothy Network's first equipping seminar outside the state of Tennessee. The event was held in January. In keeping with the "Ignite Initiative" launched in 2016, it's our dream to kindle fires of disciple making far and wide. One means of accomplishing this will be [...]