When Martha Anderson retired as an elementary school principal, other retiring staff eagerly shared their retirement visions of book clubs and flower gardens.   But Martha? Martha, of Converge’s First Baptist of Webster, Wisconsin, was going…to jail.   Twenty years before, God had stirred Martha’s heart—and changed her life—through a one-dollar book at a garage sale, detailing […]

When the underground church wants to meet, it may be time for a birthday party.  For this kind of gathering, an excuse is needed. A “birthday party” might be scheduled for 7 p.m., for which believers begin arriving at 10 a.m.  Even for a few hours of meeting together, extensive precautions must be taken. Believers […]

She had been resistant to the gospel for decades. Even after her daughter came to Christ, and then her husband, she just couldn’t bring herself to believe.  Later, her husband had passed away, and she was living by herself. On January 1, 2024, the largest earthquake to hit Japan since 2011 struck the city of […]

Jonathan and Michelle Walterhouse, along with their teammate Meredith Henderson, recently returned from a powerful trip to Togo, where they led a three-day training for 10 Deaf leaders from Benin and Togo. The training focused on seven stories from the Bible, beginning with the story of Joseph, and explored how God can use even the […]

Ducking into the gym of Converge’s Grace Fellowship Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on any given Sunday, you’d hear two to four languages bouncing off the walls. Dark heads bend over folding tables, delectable aromas of Massaman Curry, Tom Yum Soup or Pad Sii Ew curling through the air. But don’t miss the true feast […]