For most of us, Big Texas cinnamon rolls and Welch’s grape juice might bring to mind visions of road trips and gas station breakfasts. For Chicago native Danica Henry, those two items delivered in a brown paper sack carried a much weightier message. They were God’s...

As someone who first graced the stage at the age of three and began leading worship in kid’s church by nine, Katelynn Sparks may not seem to be in need of a degree in worship leadership. “I’ve been around worship my whole life,” she shares. “It was always the thing to...

As the saying goes, When one door closes, another opens. Blake Sharp’s life is one that has been marked by this type of transition time and time again.Having grown up outside of the Church, Blake never imagined he might someday be called to missions. Nonetheless, he...

God’s direction often comes when we least expect it. For Joy Cromer, that moment came during one of the most ordinary of tasks encountered by every teenager, homework. She was 17 years old, sitting on her bed, working on one assignment or another, when out of the blue...

If you asked those closest to her, What is one word that best describes Kristey Simmons?, many would say confident. “But if you had asked that three years ago,” she admits, “it would have been something very different.” Confidence is a recent addition to Kristey’s...

Nathan Nkhama is a husband, father, local pastor, radio talk show host, and lifelong student. Needless to say, he’s a busy guy. And in 2014, 15 years after moving here from Zambia, Africa, and five years into pastoring his church here, he realized he was in a...

As a Colorado native, Wade never really wanted to move to Texas. But sometimes God has other plans. Wade hasn’t been a traditional type of student. After high school, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. He didn’t want to waste time or money attending a university...

When Rachel Sabo’s dad told her she should go to The King’s University interest meeting, she didn’t exactly want to. But, like parents often are, he was right, and she soon learned she couldn’t have been more wrong. At the time, Rachel was majoring in psychology at a...

For Matt Osgood, it has always been about the local church. “At heart, I’m a local church guy,” he says. “I believe the local church is the frontlines of the Great Commission.” So you may wonder why, after pastoring for nine years at the same church his wife grew up...