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A Special Announcement
As e3 Partners and our digital media ministry, I Am Second, prepare for the next fiscal year, we have a special announcement to share with our blog readers and social media followers. Please take a moment to watch a brief video message from CEO Jim Shannon and...
Be Bold in the New Year
When it comes to sharing your Christian faith, do you ever fear how other people will respond? Well, you're not alone. Many believers want to tell their family, friends, and coworkers about the Lord, but a lack of confidence stops them in their tracks, along with...
Peace on Earth
Welcome to the last week of Advent! Below we’ll share e3 Partners’ fourth and final devotional in this series, leading up to Christmas Day. Before we get started, let us remind you that there is still time to invite a family member or friend to church this Christmas!...
The Significance of a Lowly Shepherds’ Cave
Hello there! I'm Brad with e3 Partners Ministry. Let’s dive into the third week of Advent with another devotional. Get ready to be transported to a lowly shepherds' cave in ancient Bethlehem, where a divine miracle would take place ... But first, I'd like to remind...
Joseph & Mary’s Faith-Filled Journey
Welcome back to our four-week series on Advent! As we prepare our hearts to celebrate Jesus’ birth, let’s reflect on Joseph & Mary’s journey to Bethlehem. But first, discover how you can share the gift of the Savior’s birth with a family member or friend this...
Support e3 Partners on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is officially here! This global movement of generosity, which takes place on the Tuesday following Black Friday, is happening now through midnight. As a reminder, it’s the exact opposite of the consumerism that takes place around this time of year. It’s...
Biblical Prophecies & the Hope of Advent
On behalf of everyone at e3 Partners Ministry, we would like to warmly welcome our blog readers into the season of Advent! As we look ahead to the Christmas season, we hope to provide you with a heartfelt reminder of why this holiday is so important. About Advent A...
Prepare a Banquet for the Lord
Can you believe Thanksgiving is already here? If you’re like me, you’re busy with last-minute grocery shopping. Or perhaps you’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of friends and relatives whom you only get to see once a year. While it’s easy to get wrapped up in the meal...
How the Early Church Worshipped & Prayed
I'm Jane with e3 Partners Ministry, circling back with the fourth and final blog post in our "What is church?" series. To recap our discussion of the book of Acts in our previous three blog posts, members of the early Church would: • hear the Gospel, repent &...
Doug Bender's Staff Support Fundraiser
They have served with e3 Partners for 15 years working to plant churches in rural Ethiopia, Nepal, Russia, and many other places. Today, Doug and his family serve in both the US and Colombia, South America.
In the US: Doug has designed and written the tools and training for a 130,000 small groups in America, written numerous books including I am Second: Real Stories. Changing Lives. (best seller: 2012), and Live Second, I Choose Peace, and I Found Love. He is the Long-Form Editor for iamsecond.com where he oversees the blog and creates many of the discipleship tools featured on the site. Doug and Catherine also are planting churches in the Pittsburgh area where they are implementing the same type of disciple multiplying principles they've seen God use around the world.
In Colombia: Doug leads the team aiming to reach Colombia through as a 15 year veteran of e3 Partners Ministry. He began his work in Colombia in 2015 focising on the Coffee District area of the country. He is now leading the effort to reach the lost in every city, region, and people throughout the country.
Beyond Evangelism
e3 Partners work alongside local churches to equip God's saints to evangelize his world and establish new church and Bible studies.
Equip- e3 Partners provides personalized training in how to share the gospel and start discipleship groups both at home and in Colombia
Evangelize- e3 Partners mobilizes people to share the gospel with culturally appropriate tools and methods.
Establish- e3 Partners builds networks of biblical, scalable, and globally-minded churches to reach the unreached.
Short Term Mission Teams, Long Term Impact
Doug and Catherine work with local churches to provide the logistics, training, organization, and strategic planning to bring in American coworkers to plant new churches in Colombia. We provide Colombians and Americans with translated evangelism, discipleship, and small group tools needed to do the work of the ministry. Training is provided both for the Colombian side of the team and the American side on how to share the faith, make disciples, gather those disciples into new churches, and to care and oversee those churches long-term.
Making Missions Accessible to the Local Church
By donating you become a ministry partner enabling us to connect local churches here in the US with those in Colombia to plant new churches in unreached regions, cities, and villages. You become partners with us and those churches in expanding the Kingdom by providing funds for workers, tools, and training needed for starting new churches and Bible studies.
Online Media Ministry
As the media arm of e3 Partners, I Am Second uses media of all types to introduce Jesus to people online. Doug's particular role on the team is to manage the blog, discipleship tools, and other long-form writing projects in order that more and more people can hear the good news of Jesus.
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