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Danny Parmelee

Transformation Tuesday

We are so thankful to get to work with Chapelstreet church in Geneva, IL, and watch them partner with local ministries! Check out the article below to see what they

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Stories
Danny Parmelee

Meet Pastor Zak

From Mobile, Alabama, to academic honors at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Pastor Roderick Zak’s journey has been extraordinary. A former basketball standout at Spring Hill College, his passion

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Church Planting
Danny Parmelee

Mexican, Caribbean churches embrace Converge

Even 133 pages of bureaucracy and beliefs in two languages didn’t discourage Iglesia Reformada 2:42 in Mexico from joining Converge, just like dozens of Greater Caribbean churches have done in

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Church Planting
Gary Rohrmayer

You Helped a Church Plant Buy a Building!

Many of you have been following Adam Reardon’s church planting journey. He and his family have been real heroes for all pastors and church planters to emulate. They have displayed

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

Rise Church Building Fund: Will You Give?

Many of you have been following Converge’s Church Planting in Michigan. In the last twelve years, we have grown from 50 churches to 78 churches. Rise Church in Romulus, MI, led

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Outreach
Danny Parmelee

Restoration and Resurrection

In September 2019, the unimaginable happened in the Grand Bahamas. A Category 5 hurricane sat on the tiny island with over 200 mph winds for two days, destroying and killing

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

Revival and Hope for Hope Arabic Church

This past August, Hope Arabic Church in Sterling Heights, Michigan, held a large three-night outdoor event in tents for the first time in the church’s history. Over 1,800 people showed

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

God is at work at Mosaico!

God is at work at Mosaico Church!  Mosaico Church is a church plant launched in July 2021 in Nashville, TN. Pastor Ramiro Cruz gave Converge MidAmerica an update on the

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“It’s no judgment and all love.”

Written by: Ben Greene, pastor and writer Men driving well-worn work trucks glance around in search of scrap metal as they move among the generations of Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood.

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

Step Up: Baptisms

“…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 1:6 This summer, God

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Church Planting
Danny Parmelee

The Beauty of Humility: Heartland Church

At Heartland Church, prayer is the vital foundation of their church and ministry. The congregation comes together for 21 Days of Prayer every January and August at the start of

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Church Planting
Danny Parmelee

Living Sacrifices

Our Story B gave his life to the Lord in 2015. He lived in India for 3.5 years doing the work of the Lord with his family’s ministry. After returning

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

Perseverance for the Long Haul

This article was written by Rob Nash, a pastor at Sawyer Highlands Church. This article originally appeared on Converge.org. Have you read that “The average pastoral tenure in a church

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

Celebration Banquet 2022 Recap

“This is the best Celebration Banquet we’ve ever been to!” That’s the feedback I heard from countless attendees of the Converge MidAmerica | Southeast | Caribbean Celebration Banquet this year.

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Church Planting
Danny Parmelee

Why Participate in an NCD?

My name is Gary Ricci and I am the pastor of New Hope Christian Community Church. Our church was planted in 2009 in Round Lake, Illinois. I was the associate

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

What God Can Do With Small Things

This story was written by Pastor Jerry Troyer at Eastport Baptist Church in Eastport, MI. We are a small church located in northern lower Michigan. This past weekend we saw

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

2021 Year in Review

Before we hit the ground running in 2022, let’s take a look back at all that God has done in 2021 through Converge MidAmerica | Southeast | Caribbean! We are

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Celebrations
Gary Rohrmayer

Reflections on Connect 2021

In 1852 when Gustaf Palmquist started the First Swedish Baptist Church in Rock Island, IL. In 1856, the Swedish Baptist Churches came together for their first gathering in Illinois. Did

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

Going out into all the world!

When you think of the Bahamas, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Beautiful beaches? Crystal blue water? Relaxation? While most view the Bahamas as a place for

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Celebrations
Gary Rohrmayer

Defining Moments…Examples to Follow

Twenty years ago this fall, Converge MidAmerica experienced a breakthrough moment in launching four church plants within five weeks of the attacks at the World Trade Center on 9-11. Up

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

For God’s Glory!

Located in Sterling Heights Michigan, Hope Arabic Church was launched in November of 2014. The church began from just 27 people attending the first service to 247 people attending right

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

God is changing lives in Mexico!

On a recent trip to Mexico, Jessy Padilla and Ernie Cabrera had the opportunity to experience how God has been at work through the local church in Los Luz and

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

God never stops working!

On a recent trip to Haiti, the president of Converge, Gary Rohrmayer and the vice president of church partnerships, Ernie Cabrera, had the opportunity to experience for themselves what God

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Capital Campaigns
Danny Parmelee

God’s Love at Mercy Road

This month we are focusing on the ministry of Mercy Road Church in Redford, MI. Established on 10/10/10 at 10 AM, Mercy Road had a unique beginning as a joint

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

Next Steps Orlando

This past week 27 pastors, church planters, and church leaders came together to learn about Next Steps for their church. Bryan Moak kicked things off with a high-energy training on

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Capital Campaigns
Danny Parmelee

Tending the Orchard: A Capital Campaign Story

This month’s highlight is on The Orchard Church in McHenry, Illinois. Established in 1994, The Orchard’s vision has remained the same throughout the years it has existed: Making Fully Functional

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Church Strengthening
Danny Parmelee

You say you want a reformation…

I am seven years into my first tenure as a senior pastor. The congregation I am blessed to serve in that capacity consists of roughly 300 souls near the urban

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

The History of Converge & St. Croix

On December 3, 2020, Pastor Will Woods celebrated his 51st year as pastor at Altona Baptist Church on St. Croix. Last week, our Converge MidAmerica team caught up with Pastor

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

Delivering Meals and Hope to Chicago

Compassion Baptist Church is a historic church. We’ve been here for almost 150 years, and God has blessed us to be a solid witness throughout a century and a half.

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

A Tale of Two Churches

KODY: I was on staff at a multi-site church in Nashville, and as we had a new pastor and kind of began to get to know him a little bit,

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

100 Years of Life Change

Believe it or not, Berkeley Community Church launched right of the last pandemic, the Spanish Flu. A women’s bible study in the Detroit area wanted to start a church in

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Celebrations
Danny Parmelee

God Is Still Moving

https://vimeo.com/467153214/dfafeca5fc The issues with COVID and church closing have been so challenging for each one of us who lead a church or who are a significant part of church leadership.

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Culture & Society
Danny Parmelee

Tornado affects 4 Tennessee Counties

As Tennessee joins together to recover from Tuesday’s tornado, Converge MidAmerica is seeking to empathize with and aid our district churches who were affected.  Preston Sharpe, pastor at Sacrament Church

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Stories
Danny Parmelee

Story of hope from R Church

Lupe came into our church less than a year ago during a very tough time in her life. Her marriage was struggling, her brother had committed suicide, her parents had

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