For 30 years, Leadership Strategies has been spreading the gospel and supporting leaders and people all over the world.
Through church leadership training, building churches, food and water distribution, medical donations and disaster relief efforts, we have worked to spread hope throughout the world.
| Date | Location | PS |
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| Date:May 25th - June 3rd, 2024 | Location:Dakar, Senegal, West Africa | PS: |
| Date:June 16th, 2024 | Location:Holland MI Lakeshore House of Prayer | PS:Doyle Passmore |
| Date:June 26th - 29th, 2024 | Location:Covenant Church of Pittsburg | PS:Joseph Garlington |
| Date:July 20th - 21st, 2024 | Location:Vancouver, Washington Peoples Church | PS:Gary Gillnet |
| Date:July 29th, 2024 | Location:Sterling AK Abundant Life | PS:Steve Harshman |
| Date:August 8th, 2024 | Location:Seward, AK Eagles Nest Church | PS: Sherri |
| Date:August 11th, 2024 | Location:Anchorage FIrst Assembly | PS:Gary Morton |
A snap shot of the type of humanitarian work and projects we are involved. This is a school and refugee center in Moldova , right across the Ukrainian border. Since the breakout of the war, the many churches we helped plant have become centers of hope and sources of shelter for huge numbers of Ukranian refugees.
We relentlessly pursue the sick, hungry, and disenfranchised all over the world with the undeniable and overwhelming love of Jesus.
It finally hit me-finally made sense. What is behind and driving the outbreak of hostility and violence of Hamas and its sympathizers towards Jews and Israel? And the prestigious locales consist of some of our formerly highly lauded universities like Harvard, Columbia, University of Virginia, UCLA et al. With little respect and virtually no contextual comprehension of history, and earfuls of political spewage.
By left of left professors and paid for anarchists, they rally against Jews and Israel. Funded by people like George Soros, and foundations like Ford and Rockefeller.
What about the 1200 Jews slaughtered on October 7? Do they matter?
Let's pause for a moment because this article is not centered on the miserable condition of American higher education. That topic is worthy of probing, but not here.
Let’s look for a moment at American broadcast news. Nary a mention of October 7 but hours and hours of repetitive droning. Snippets of facts while the bigger truths are lost in minutiae and trivialities.
Bland, painfully repetitive, long lines of wannabe experts, such is American news. Hardly a reliable source for information, to say nothing of the truth. Both Jews and Gazans suffer from a truth famine. In place of truth, media offers regurgitated factoids attached tenuously to a sliver of truth-just enough to justify its broadcast. No thinking person could come to any wise conclusion on issues just listening to the so-called “news”. It is, dear reader, for the most part verbal garbage. The sorrow is, thousands of people are suffering on both sides.
In the world of the Kingdom which bears the name of Jesus, there is a term which may define today's reason for the war in the Mid East, which has arrived with force on American shores. It is called BACKLASH!
Satan knows God’s son is soon to return, He also knows the Lord’s church will be a victorious crew at the Lord’s appearance, Satan is aware that the people of God are overcoming him by the word of their testimony and the blood of the Lamb. And, on those same campuses and many others, where there is rioting and chaos there is revival, righteousness, repentance, prayer, and healing and expelling of demons. (49 Secular American Universities have reported “revivals of religion”) God is working in a wonderful and visible way. Thousands have been saved, filled, delivered, healed and accompanied by massive deep public repentance of sin-all this in the context of extended periods of worship and praise.
Did I tell you that all this is going on apart from local churches and directly on the same campuses you hear about having political riots? You may ask why is that? I'm not prepared nor is there room for a full discussion here but suffice to say, God visits the hungry and when He’s invited. Ponder those two parameters to see if they exist in your church.
Going forward, I personally believe “wheat and tares” exists together till the very end of time. Then God sorts it all out. To use another Bible idea from Daniel,
“Iron and clay” are mixed together. That is strength and weakness, confusion and wisdom, darkness and light, chaos and order-all co-exists till Jesus comes.
Meanwhile, there is the duality-Backlash. God is working and Satan is doing his best to sow confusion. The safe ground is to always but always keep our focus on Jesus and what He is doing on the earth. I can say with certainty GOD IS MOVING NOW. At the moment He is visiting campuses, that too will shift because “the wind blows where it wishes” and we see the effect. My prayer is simple, Lord as you blow with your spirit across the earth, Please please blow on me (my family, church, friends, and city). Amen!
For more than 35 years we have traveled the world in big and small places. Our teams have encouraged thousands of leaders to uphold the gospel, dream big, pray intensively, and not give up on their respective nations. By the grace of God and as a result of our obedience in going, there is fruit in many nations and places.
In the past year, our local church and LSI together have poured money into Ukrainian care and human needs there. One hundred percent of monies given to Ukraine has gone to Ukraine. The amount now well is over $50,000. God be praised for that, and that project continues because the war in Ukraine continues. Approximately seven million Ukrainians are somewhere out of their country. And for many, there is no place to return to. Keep praying for peace and the dear people and their children who are dislocated.
That brings me to the core reason for this note. Money. Covid and even more so, pastoral relocations, often cause a drop or stop in giving to our ministry. Over the last three and a half years, approximately thirty-five percent of our monthly giving has dropped off. I understand the reasons, for sure. At the same time, the requests for ministry have never been higher. Simply said, less income in the face of increasing requests.
Above all, we need monthly gifts. One-time gifts are accepted, for sure, but monthly giving is what we base project acceptance on. I’m doing now what we have done since this ministry began…. I’m asking you to pray, specifically, if you should be a contributor to LSI (Leadership Strategies Inc) and if so at what level. Thank you in advance. You can mail checks to the address below or handle giving through the website which has been completely revamped DALEVS.COM Leadership Strategies Inc, PO Box 841864, Houston, Texas 77248.
Bless you heaps,
Dale Van Steenis - Director
May 27, 2022
Greetings dear brothers and sisters.
Over the past month the situation of military actions has not changed much. The war in Ukraine is still going on. Sirens do not stop roaring; missiles bombs fly in and explode. People are dying in battles; houses are being destroyed and this forces people to move to other regions of Ukraine or beyond.
The situation with refugees from Ukraine remains unchanged. Even if the number of refugees is not as high as it was at the beginning of the war, the care and workload has not decreased. At the beginning biggest part of refugees who came to Moldova left after a few days, now, fewer come, but more stay. There are about 950 refugees on daily care of our churches, and this numbers increases.
At the beginning of the war, many people stepped up to help the refugees. Even the government promised to help those who help refugees. Unfortunately, time has passed, and nothing has been done by the government. We are grateful to you dear friends and faithful partners. You have supported us all this time. But even here I would like to note that support has noticeably decreased. At the beginning we received calls, and many asked how they may help, but not now anymore.
I would like to say that even if there is less information about the military situation in the news, this does not mean that there are fewer needs. After three months since the war started, people still need food, rest, educate children, medical treatment, and arrange their lives in a new place. We didn't think the war would take this long, and now we don't know how much longer it may take. Therefore, we earnestly ask you not to relax, but to continue to support this ministry.
Sometimes we can allow ourselves to relax, but not in this case. The expenses to support one refugee per day (food, accommodation, transportation, utilities, medicine, education) costs about $15.00. The numbers are precise and stubborn things. Here it is not necessary to convince but only to state the facts. $15.00 x 950 = $14,250.00/per day. How much for a month...? Count yourself... (Note: Moldova is the poorest country in Europe). The numbers scare us a lot, but we have no excuse. We will be going by faith to fulfill what Jesus taught: "I was a stranger/refugee and you accepted Me." We urge you not to weaken, but to continue to help us in serving refugees. In doing so, we will fulfil Jesus' teaching. May the Lord help us!
With thanks,
On behalf of the Board of the Union of Pentecostals of Moldova
Senior Bishop Victor Pavlovski
A huge thank you to all you who make these efforts possible. There is, of course, huge expenses to ship and distribute aid world wide. Those expenses must be paid and you, our partners made it happen. Wish we could properly capture the joy on recipients faces for all to see. Hope restored always brings a hearty smile. On behalf of the hundreds you helped in Greece and Lebanon, I THANK YOU!
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October 8, 2020
Dear Brother Van Steenis,
It is with joy that I write to sincerely thank you for the kind donation of 165 wheelchairs through our ministry to the physical challenged community in our country.
We started distribution of the wheelchairs on Saturday, August 22, 2020. The exercise covered five of the fifteen counties in Liberia. Those counties include: Montserrado County, Grand Bassa, Bong County, Sinoe County, and Rivercess County. Earlier on, it was difficult to start as we decided to see and verify the end users of the product. Coming almost to the end of distribution, we experienced increase in demand. Thus, we could reserve only 10 chairs for the hospital.
Attached to this communication, please find pictorial display of testimonies of the distribution from recipients. The distribution exercise prompted several request from some of the communities we visited. Needs for summer clothing, food (rice and beans) and of heart touching was a request from a large town (Felila) in Bong County for a mobile clinic where pregnant women and children could be attended to. This request is key among the many as the dwellers in the town reported that a woman in labour pain gave birth on the road from the town to the nearby clinic a distance away from the town.
The donation did not only help the physical challenged community, it has also broadened the scope of our ministry of the Liberian Nation. For this, we are immensely grateful to you and your partners. We also thank the fountain of Life Church Family for helping with the cost to clear the container from the port.
May the Lord bless and strengthen you
Yours in His Service,
Apostle Josiah Terpo Swen
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