Sergiu and Victoria, along with their three children, thank the Lord for the prayers lifted on their behalf, the faithful partners God has provided, generous gifts of time and resources from partners and friends, and regular words of encouragement while serving in Moldova.

Launched on Easter 2022, Arrows Church has always met at Papillion Lavista South High School in Papillion, Nebraska, but the church has a new location closer to Gretna.

We are constantly living in between the past and the future, the old and the new, what was and what will be, and the first and the last. Regardless of our life season, it is primarily what happens in the in-betweens that grows our grit, reveals our resolve, and casts our character.

Sometimes people wonder what the Converge Heartland District Office is and how it serves our churches. Converge Heartland Regional President Jim Capaldo gives a comprehensive overview of our values-driven services.

Registration opens later this month for high school camp on June 16-21, 2024. Save the date!

Advent is a great time to celebrate spiritual “new births” as identified through new Christ-followers who have obediently followed our Lord in believer’s baptism.

Jim Capaldo, Converge Heartland Regional President, shares what a masked angel atop his Christmas tree reminds him about God, his character, and his church.

This month, we are excited to introduce Church Planting Catalyst Cody Weckerly. Cody pastors Harvest Plains Church in Mapleton, ND. Cody will dedicate one day a week to help catalyze more churches throughout our district’s northern tier.

On the first weekend of January, Dana Olson, Director of Prayer First Heartland, will lead the inaugural Prayer First Weekend at Dalesburg Baptist Church.

Cristy Slawson, Converge Heartland Office Manager and former office missionary, shares some ways to connect with missionaries overseas who won’t be home for Christmas.

We are working to raise $100,000 to support our Ukrainian brothers and sisters in their church-planting work. As this Christmas season advances, we ask that you prayerfully make a financial gift to start and advance new Ukrainian churches. 

We are excited to introduce our first Church Planting Catalyst, Chase Hill of Gospel Life Church in Wichita, KS. Chase will dedicate one day a week to help catalyze more churches throughout the Heartland’s southern tier.

Bringing intentional clarity to the health benefits you offer your church staff serves as one big step toward improving your church’s employment culture.

Your Ukraine Relief support is helping pastoral families like the Mukienkos minister to people in their greatest physical and spiritual need.

How outreach-oriented is your church? As I met with our sister church leaders in Ukraine, I could see that the war has jolted this entire church movement out of evangelistic passivity and onto the frontlines of proactive community engagement.

Since 2022 began, Converge Heartland has receipted more than $315,000 for Ukraine Relief, with over $200,000 of that being given over this past fiscal year. The generosity has profoundly impacted churches and ministers.

For the first time in Converge Heartland’s history, we passed one million dollars in annual revenue and sent a total of $1,488,982 to fund a variety of district ministries.

After 14 years of faithful ministry as lead pastor of Faith Baptist Fellowship in Sioux Falls, SD, Dana Olson is now the Director of Prayer First Heartland, a ministry vital to the church in these days of increasing opposition to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Ever wonder how a missionary becomes a missionary? Meredith Graber of Faith Baptist Fellowship in Sioux Falls, SD, shares about her experience at the Missionary Discovery and Assessment (MD&A) with Converge International Ministries in Orlando, FL.  

Read about some of Steve Krier’s highlights during his third annual road trip through the Heartland to visit as many churches as possible in a week.