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We Need Your Help to Celebrate Cadre's 24th Birthday...

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Can you help us celebrate 24 years of  making disciplemakers with $24 or more? Donate securely online here . Or send a check to Cadre Missionaries PO Box 278 Sycamore, IL 60178 THANK YOU!   Or send a check to Cadre Missionaries, PO Box 278, Sycamore, IL 60178 We'd love to hear from  you —especially if you have never supported Cadre before.  You have no idea what a gift of any size means to us. Twenty-four years ago this month, God birthed Cadre Missionaries.  This picture above makes our hearts smile.  Here's why. One of the first things we did as Cadre Missionaries twenty years ago was to invite a "cadre" of disciplemaking friends to join us in Central IL for a few days of mutual encouragement and learning from each other. So. Much. Fun! (We're still doing this today. We call it Disciplemaking Learning Communities.)  While the Allisons and Gardas had been friends for a number of years before the birth of Cadre, this picture above was taken  when...

Rural Christian Workers Conference

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Save the Date! You're invited.  Join us.  Get All the Details Here (PDF) .  

What I'm reading right now...

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Interesting... This book is a broad history of the influence of Christianity on the world, focusing on its impact on morally  from its  beginnings  to the modern day.  According to the author, the book "isn’t a  history of Christianity " but "a history of what's been revolutionary and transformative about Christianity: about how Christianity has transformed not just the West, but the entire world."

Your Volunteers Need Encouragement & Equipping!

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Check out the various training experiences  we can bring to you and your ministry —especially for volunteers. No scan? No problem! Go here .   For more information about bringing Jesus-centered training to your church or ministry, contact us . Subscribe HERE & let the fun begin !

Spanish Edition! The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus book

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Do you know someone who would really benefit from The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus   in Spanish ?   Click any image above & below to enlarge for reading. Take a quick listen to the ... Spanish Audio Book Introduction ! For more about the  Spanish version of  The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus  book, go here . For more about the English version of  The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus  book  go here . Track with us on social media!      Instagram          Facebook          Twitter       Subscribe HERE and let the fun begin!

Pictorial Mid-Summer Ministry Update

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Here's some of what we've been up to this summer so far.  Thanks reading and praying for us... RIGHT NOW!   Friends on a disciplemaking mission together like this... So thankful for longtime partners & friends together on  Jesus' disciplemaking mission . Preaching at Community Free Church, Mahomet, IL . The Challenge of Finishing Well Communal Workbook. Get yours here . Doing Sports God's Way . The Power of Time-With .  "Jesus went into the Judean countryside where He spent some time with his disciples."   —John 3:22 What if disciplemaking friendships are so simple we miss it ? (Dairy Queen!) " When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours ."   —The Apostle Paul in Romans 1:12 After having six daughters and one son, we now have FOUR grandsons and zero granddaughters (for now : ) The tide is turning.  Finally . Preaching the Word of God to our dear friends at  The Grove Church, Alton...

New: The Challenge of Finishing Well Workbook

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The Challenge of Finishing Well takes you on an adventure of surrender, intention, and focus —all from the Apostle Paul's life: "I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of the Gospel of God's Grace." —See Acts 20:17-38.  This equipping tool is a communal workbook for friends who want to live and share Scripture with others, a.k.a., disciplemaking  friendships! What are you waiting for? Get yours now! Get yours here . "I am working through The Challenge of Finishing Well and I am knee deep in it and loving it. You managed to hit it out of the park. I love this workbook. Clear thinking and an attractive layout and a very logical progression of thought drawn from the Scriptures. Superbly done. I'm ordering more a few more copies as I consider some friends who need to be prodded in the right direction. Thank you for an absolute winner. Along the way it has already confir...