About George Gilchrist

Donald & Hannah Norman on the Alongsider Gathering

Every two or so years, Alongsiders and their families gather together to pray with, learn from, and encourage each other. It is a time of sweet fellowship, reconnecting with friends from across the world and seeking the Lord’s direction for future ministry.

Last fall, we joined with eight Alongsiders and their families in the beautiful country of Estonia. During the week, we visited multiple churches, ventured  into an Estonian bog, fished from a trout pond for our dinner, climbed the medieval wall surrounding, the capital, Tallinn, and built new friendships over home-cooked meals and late night conversation.…

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Ministry Team in Roubaix, France

During July, Alongside Ministries sent a small, international team alongside L’eglise Apostolique (The Apostolic Church is a small French denomination) in Roubaix, a city in Northern France on the Belgian border. Roubaix is a city of 110,000 people, at least 60% of whom are Muslims. The city suffers extreme unemployment (45%!) and has only six or eight evangelical churches with a few hundred believers in Jesus Christ.

The uniqueness of L’eglise Apostolique is that it reaches both traditionally French people and those from a North African, Muslim background with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Alongside’s multinational team included Americans, South …

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