The unexpected detours in our lives can actually be providential distractions, if we are sensitive to the moment. In 2015, when I was battling stage four lymphoma, I told my family, “It’s a ministry we didn’t ask for, but it’s a ministry nonetheless.” As we made our regular trips to M.D. Anderson for chemotherapy and […]

An Interview with Tom Phillips, VP of BGEA Doug Stringer: Tom Phillips follows Jesus as Vice President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina.  At BGEA Tom leads and shares with supporters the Lord’s vision, to spread the gospel by every effective means, and to equip others to do the same. Tom’s […]

My mother was a little Japanese lady, only 4’11” tall. Throughout the years I was growing up, she would always say, “My Dougie is going to be a doctor.” I never became a medical doctor but when I received my Doctor in Ministry degree, she was so proud. She had watched the journey of my […]

An Interview with Tom Phillips, Vice President, BGEA   Doug Stringer: Tom Phillips follows Jesus as Vice President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina.  At BGEA Tom leads and shares with supporters the Lord’s vision, to spread the gospel by every effective means, and to equip others to do the same. […]