ReachGlobal is the world missions arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Jim Snyder is ReachGlobal’s international leader for Africa. Jim, his wife Ruth and their family have long been a part of our church family at First Free Rockford, even as they spent...
Among the missionaries with whom First Free Rockford partners are Keith and Judy Anderson of ReachGlobal. They’ve worked in missions since the 1970s in Venezuela, Costa Rica and the U.S. From 1998 to 2020, Keith directed ProMETA, an online seminary based in Costa...
ReachGlobal is the world mission arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Jim Snyder is ReachGlobal’s international leader for Africa. Jim, his wife Ruth and their family have long been a part of our church family at First Free Rockford, even as they spent years...
Joyce Lievano has a challenge for First Free. “The mission field moved to Rockford,” she says. “We have the opportunity of extending our wings, to make people feel welcome. But we don’t have to start a program. This isn’t a program. It’s...
In 1900, the most typical Christian in the world was a European man. Over the next quarter century, it might be a Nigerian woman. That’s perhaps the biggest global shift mentioned in the Lausanne Movement’s new State of the Great Commission report. As Christianity...
Paul and Diane Geddes never really imagined themselves as snowbirds. Now that they’re both retired, though, you won’t find them in Illinois during the dead of winter. The past three winters, they’ve used the month of January to head south—not to beaches or golf...
