2020 has been different so far …

Over the past few months the world we live in has been shaken up a bit. We have responsibilities that are new to us, and issues that we must face. Masks, social distancing, and social stances regarding injustice are required of us at this moment, maybe in way that we, (as a country,) haven’t experienced …

You Have Time

Greetings, The past week or so has been a whirlwind of adjustments, planning, and then replanning. None of it has been fun and much of it has been painful. Our communities are swirling with uncertainty and fear. It is hard not to get sucked into it. It is hard to walk the line of caution …

Coffee… the love language

Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January is designated National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

Facing 2020

I pray that we, as the body of Christ might lift prayers of gratefulness to our Savior. We have been given so much. May we never forget. And with grateful, confident, brave hearts, step onto the field to face the giants. 

Spotlight: Community Life Church

In northeast Texas, Community Life Church has shaken up the traditional church format. Also known as c|Life, it doesn’t have one lead pastor—it has three. And although members meet on Sundays, they say “church” really happens in small groups. c|Life wants these elements to foster relationships among members that, ultimately, point to God. That’s a goal …

The Art of Multi-Tasking: Conducting a business while making disciples

By Larry Johnson, Kingdom Growers Church Relations Director Think ahead. To truly be effective, a mission-integrated business needs to support more than evangelism. It needs to strategically encourage discipleship. ”Discipleship” is a noun and describes a Christian’s relationship to Jesus. That relationship can begin even before a person becomes a follower of Jesus. A person …

What is it about new cultures that impacts us?

The initial glimpse of a village is a moment to savor. When we visit particular areas often on mission trips, their defining characteristics blend into the background. Their uniqueness fades just a bit. Nothing compares to the first time we enter a community and relish its culture, its atmosphere, and its people. In February, photographer …

Through the Lens: A photographer’s observations of Kingdom Growers

The coffee fields were still vast and beautiful. The children were still curious about visitors. But for James Townsend, something had changed in Honduras since his last visit. The people seemed different. “They seemed more excited,” he said, describing Cultivadores del Reino farmers. That’s the cooperative from which Kingdom Growers buys its Honduran coffee. James …

“Our”: The dirty word of direct trade

It only takes three letters to harm a business partnership in a developing country: O-U-R. Our. Mirriam-Webster Definition--“relating to or belonging to us: made or done by us.” The word “our” is a possessive pronoun, and the last thing the Kingdom Growers Coffee Company wants to be is possessive. KG has no right to use the …