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Introducing Our Shared Mission Team

Serving Foursquare in the U.S. and globally requires partnership locally, nationally and internationally. By intentionally creating areas of overlap and integration, the Shared Mission team is able to serve more connected and coordinated than ever before. As we pursue our target of more and growing leaders together on mission, we are working to recruit, develop and send leaders. This…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Update On Myanmar

I’m writing to share with you an update about the situation in Myanmar, Southeast Asia. As some of you know, Myanmar’s national elections were held in November 2020. It was a contentious election that resulted in disputes that have continued to escalate. In February of this year, the military alleged election fraud and staged a…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Mobilizes To Support Texas Communities

The sight this week of a semi-truck loaded with supplies dispatched by Foursquare Disaster Relief (FDR) was a welcome delivery for Lifehouse Church (San Antonio North Foursquare Church) in San Antonio, one of numerous Texas cities walloped by recent winter storms. Pastor Ryan Coffey says the 500-member congregation and two other Foursquare churches in the…

Adopt-A-Pastor Is Sustaining Life In 33 Nations

When COVID-19 lockdowns reached Uganda this past summer, they cost Pastor Joseph his job, his home and the dignity of being able to provide for his family’s needs. Located just outside the capital city of Kampala, Joseph’s small Foursquare church couldn’t afford to pay him a living wage; he relied on his teaching salary for…

Adopt-A-Pastor Program

Foursquare churches and members in the United States have responded generously to a special appeal by Foursquare Disaster Relief (FDR) on behalf of desperate pastors in other parts of the world. The ministry’s Adopt-a-Pastor fund was launched this month to provide food for ministers in countries where the coronavirus pandemic has brought many to the brink of…

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COVID-19 Hunger Crisis Response – Church Action Kit

The global economic impact of COVID-19 has increased the number of people at risk of starvation from 650 million in 2019 to a staggering 811 million today. We need your help to address this crisis. Your church is invited to partner in the COVID-19 Hunger Crisis Response, the Foursquare Christmas offering focused on rescuing people…

Working Together To Feed The Hungry This Christmas

Christmas season is upon us! It’s that wonderful time when we make extra room in our hearts, homes and churches. For the Vails, it’s time to scrounge through our closets and garage to find extra chairs and a table extension because … there’s always room for one more! It’s in that same spirit that we,…

Introducing Our Shared Mission Team

Serving Foursquare in the U.S. and globally requires partnership locally, nationally and internationally. By intentionally creating areas of overlap and integration, the Shared Mission team is able to serve more connected and coordinated than ever before. As we pursue our target of more and growing leaders together on mission, we are working to recruit, develop and send leaders. This…

Adopt-A-Pastor Program

Foursquare churches and members in the United States have responded generously to a special appeal by Foursquare Disaster Relief (FDR) on behalf of desperate pastors in other parts of the world. The ministry’s Adopt-a-Pastor fund was launched this month to provide food for ministers in countries where the coronavirus pandemic has brought many to the brink of…

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Stories from Ukraine

While Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to rage on, Foursquare Disaster Relief team, in partnership with Foursquare Missions International, are remaining steady with relief efforts. Teams are currently on the ground helping in Poland, Germany, Croatia, Ukraine, and Romania, helping refugees continue to have their basic needs met including safety, shelter, food, and water. We…

Foursquare brings help to Ukrainian Refugees in midst of Russia’s invasion

While many watched from a distance as bombs exploded and Russian troops advanced into Ukraine, for Jeff Roper, global associate director to Europe and MENACA with Foursquare Missions International (FMI), Russia’s recent invasion of Europe’s second-largest nation has an up close and personal meaning. “These are not just faceless people,” says Jeff, who is based in northern…

Hurricane Ida Update From Wendy Nolasco

Three of our Foursquare districts have been impacted by Hurricane Ida, with our leaders feeling the devastation firsthand. General Supervisor Wendy Nolasco asks you to help in two ways. First, cover those in prayer that have been affected, as well as those responding. Second, consider giving financially so Foursquare Disaster Relief can show up and make a…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Responds To Hurricane Ida

No sooner had Hurricane Ida struck southern Louisiana on August 29 than Foursquare Pastors Alex Montealegre and John Elliott, and two volunteers, departed for a nearly 400-mile drive to deliver water, generators, gasoline and other supplies to victims of the massive storm. The goods were part of an initial $50,000 worth of goods and $25,000…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Update On Myanmar

I’m writing to share with you an update about the situation in Myanmar, Southeast Asia. As some of you know, Myanmar’s national elections were held in November 2020. It was a contentious election that resulted in disputes that have continued to escalate. In February of this year, the military alleged election fraud and staged a…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Mobilizes To Support Texas Communities

The sight this week of a semi-truck loaded with supplies dispatched by Foursquare Disaster Relief (FDR) was a welcome delivery for Lifehouse Church (San Antonio North Foursquare Church) in San Antonio, one of numerous Texas cities walloped by recent winter storms. Pastor Ryan Coffey says the 500-member congregation and two other Foursquare churches in the…

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A Supernatural Doorway For The Gospel

John Elliott and his wife, Patty, lived in a trailer for a year after Hurricane Harvey swamped their Hitchcock, Texas, home in 2017—all the while helping other victims of the storm get straightened out. “I’ve just always felt that I was responsible for more than just myself,” says John, senior pastor of Gulf Coast (Hitchcock Foursquare Church)…

Agents of Relief

February 14, 2021, is a date that most people would easily recognize as Valentine’s Day. However, those of us who live in Texas will forever remember that day as the first day of a weeklong winter storm of record proportion. We experienced freezing rain and snow accumulation. Thousands of people lost power and water. In…

Foursquare Disaster Relief Update On Myanmar

I’m writing to share with you an update about the situation in Myanmar, Southeast Asia. As some of you know, Myanmar’s national elections were held in November 2020. It was a contentious election that resulted in disputes that have continued to escalate. In February of this year, the military alleged election fraud and staged a…

Adopt-A-Pastor Is Sustaining Life In 33 Nations

When COVID-19 lockdowns reached Uganda this past summer, they cost Pastor Joseph his job, his home and the dignity of being able to provide for his family’s needs. Located just outside the capital city of Kampala, Joseph’s small Foursquare church couldn’t afford to pay him a living wage; he relied on his teaching salary for…