Category: West Regional Pastor
DANIEL NASH
April 17, 2025
PHIL NOORDMANS – WEST REGIONAL PASTOR Most of us have heard of Charles Finney’s (1792-1875) and the Second Great Awakening, but we have not heard about Daniel Nash. When Nash was 48, he decided to give himself to prayer for Finney’s meetings. “Father Nash,” as some called him, would quietly slip into a town three […]
Add Another Leaf to the Table
December 13, 2024
Phil Noordmans, West Regional Pastor One of our seven guiding values is “A Community that Lives Out Shared Life & Shared Mission.” We enjoy fellowship with Jesus and with one another around our Lord’s Table, and our mission includes inviting to join us at table. By God’s sovereign design, two roads are converging giving the […]
Meditations On Prayer
February 17, 2023
PHIL NOORDMANS, WESTERN REGIONAL PASTOR Prayer is a Mystery: Embrace It and Pray On … In 1952, a doctoral student at Princeton asked, “What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?” Visiting lecturer Albert Einstein replied, “Find out about prayer. Somebody must find out about prayer.”[1] Christian psychologist Larry Crabb reports that […]
Reflections from Recent Travels
June 17, 2021
PHIL NOORDMANS, WEST REGIONAL PASTOR Travel with me to CA Inland Empire and interact with OMF missionaries, Scot and Sheryl Myhr, who are impacting China for Christ without leaving America. Among other things they lead a ministry called “English Corner.” Teaching English to Chinese scholars and students opens a door for evangelism. Stephen and Karen […]