Derrick Hamre

Good night from Bangkok, our last evening. Tomorrow we are up at 3:30 am for Earle to drive us to the airport. This is the view from his balcony. Been a great two weeks.

Jesus is the head of His Church. We, the Church, are His body by which He fills all in all. The vision of gospel saturation gets accomplished through Jesus filling every place with His presence through you, as a member of His body, where you live, work, learn, and play.

The median church in America has around 65 people in attendance. Yet headlines tend to focus on megachurches. But small churches matter—deeply. They are often the backbone of community transformation… like yeast working through the whole dough. That’s why I’m passionate about spotlighting small churches. I’ll be in Farmers Branch, Texas this weekend. If your church runs under 100 in attendance and you need a guest preacher, I’d love to come serve—and you can't pay me. I’m partnering with @Logos Bible Study App to encourage and equip smaller congregations, and I’ll bring a swag pack with me—including a year of Logos Bible Pro. If you’re near Farmers Branch and interested, send me a DM on Twitter. (That’s the best way to reach me for this.) Small things lead to big change. I try to take Sundays like this to remind myself (and you!) of that—and then to tell the story of yet another small church making a kingdom impact.

We voted against ❌ Bill C-9 and its attack on our religious ✝️ freedoms. But it passed 137-186. Thanks to all of YOU for standing AGAINST this legislation 👍 C-9 now goes to the Senate. Let Senators know you oppose it here 👉 sencanada.ca/en/senators/

I was proud to stand with people of faith in voting against Bill C-9 tonight. Canadians made their concerns clear. Their government should have listened. We already have laws to address hate speech, and this bill risks encroaching on the fundamental freedoms of religion and conscience that Canadians rely on. Now, Bill C-9 heads to the Senate.

Syria’s Christians are being erased. Churches seized, crosses torn down, communities intimidated into silence or exile. From nearly 2 million Christians to a fraction of that today, the trajectory is clear. idicenter.org/article/the-va…

I've worshipped in this beautiful Church. To the alt right Putin fans: this is what you support. A brutal dictator using Iranian "martyr" drones to bomb Catholic Churches in broad daylight. Shame on you.

Thandar fled Myanmar nine years ago after soldiers repeatedly threatened her village. The 33-year-old Christian woman escaped the country and eventually settled within a village located in Thailand. #Thailand #Myanmar #Burma #PersecutedChurch #Christian #Pray #VoiceoftheMartyrsCanada

Liberals are bringing in Bill C-9, which will expose people of faith to criminal prosecution for the simple act of quoting their own sacred texts. Liberals keep downplaying its impacts, despite @jeremy_patzer & Christians across Canada, saying no ❌ thanks to C-9 👎

Across the country, churches are reporting sharp growth in baptisms — thanks mostly to Gen Z. relevantmagazine.com/culture/the-ch…

Healthy churches are approaching AI with curiosity, not panic or hype. In this new article, Kenny Jahng offers a grounded framework to help pastors think wisely about AI in ministry. Discover how churches are using AI to recover time and focus more on people. Read Pastors and AI: A Practical Way to Think About It Without Fear or Hype at exponential.org/articles.

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Number of lakes: 🇨🇦 Canada: 879,800 🇷🇺 Russia: 201,200 🇫🇮 Finland: 188,000 🇺🇸 USA: 102,500 🇨🇳 China: 23,800 🇸🇪 Sweden: 22,600 🇧🇷 Brazil: 20,900 🇳🇴 Norway: 20,000 🇦🇷 Argentina: 13,600 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 12,400 🇵🇪 Peru: 12,000 🇦🇺 Australia: 11,400 🇧🇾 Belarus: 11,000 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 7,000 🇨🇴 Colombia: 3,250 🇩🇪 Germany: 2,000 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 521 🇮🇳 India: 180 🇺🇬 Uganda: 165

“There is no business case” for East Coast LNG - Justin Trudeau, immediately following Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. This must stand as one of the most flagrantly stupid remarks ever made by a Canadian Prime Minister. Everyone in politics says dumb things from time to time. I sure did. The problem is that this dumb statement reflected government policy, based on an astonishing blend of energy, economic, and geopolitical illiteracy. Mark Carney was elected on the premise of being literate on energy, the economy, and geopolitics. On the promise of getting big things done “faster than ever,” of making Canada “an energy superpower,” of becoming the “fastest growing economy in the G7.” So get on with it already. Eastern Canadian provinces are increasingly positive on gas production and exports, eg Nova Scotia lifting its ridiculous gas production ban. There is a growing shift back to energy realism in Quebec politics. Enough consultations, meetings, and triangulating energy politics. Embrace East Coast LNG as a moon shot project, with war time urgency. Prove that Canada can once again do big things quickly, while making Canada wealthier, and helping the world achieve energy security.

Three armed men attacked the Joy of Christ Church near Mombasa, Kenya, on Sunday, March 23, 2014, killing Pastor Philip Msasa and five others. Pray for their families and Joy of Christ Church today.

Yemen: Pray for believers who are facing harassment, broke relationships, potential job loss, and even death. #Yemen #Pray #Christian #PersecutedChurch #VoiceoftheMartyrsCanada

Mark Carney is using Bill C-9 to strip legal protections for Canadians who quote their own sacred texts. This leaves parents afraid of criminal prosecution for simply passing their beliefs to their own children. Conservatives will vote AGAINST this bill this Wednesday.

God answers prayers even when we aren’t sure how — trust Him. “For all things work together for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.” — Romans 8:28

In Toronto the local CBC news is watched by 49,000 people, 0.74% of the population of the city. Calgary had 4,000 viewers, 0.25%. Vancouver had 0.4% watch the news. Canada’s CBC is a $1.4 billion propaganda machine that must be defunded - LifeSite lifesitenews.com/analysis/canad…

UKRAINE IS WINNING. 🇺🇦 Fresh gains in the Dnipropetrovsk region — Russian lines are cracking as the counteroffensive keeps pushing forward. The Dnipro region could soon be 100% free of occupation. History is being written right now. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦 See the latest updates with us:@TTheBattlefield

I love sharing the Gospel! It literally means “good news”. It sounds like good news to me when I speak it and good news to others who hear it. Think about the last you heard or shared the Gospel. Did it sound like good news? Do you also love hearing it and sharing it?