By Tom Shanklin I am blessed to have many encouragers in my life. My wife, my fellow ministers, and our partners are people who keep me going forward through their words and their actions. The word “encourage” means to make someone more determined, hopeful, or confident. We all need encouragement! I think of one of my encouragers, someone I have … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin In late September, we held a Festival of Hope, which has become an annual event at the Hyberg Park in Twin Valley, Minnesota. This is the town where we started our first church back in the early ‘80s. Area churches and musical groups worked together in unity and harmony. I sensed in my spirit that this year’s … Read more>>>
Missions Night Sponsored by Tom Shanklin Ministries Sunday, October 26, 6 p.m. Join us for a relaxed evening of music and missions with Tom and Susan Shanklin. We will be sharing about our history in missions, a vision for the future, and a short video as we prepare for our outreach to Nepal coming up in November. Joe Marcotte will … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin Missions is not just about some distant land. It’s really about God’s love for every human being on the face of the earth. It’s about how He sent His Son to die for our sins, so that we could KNOW God as Father and have eternal life. On a ministry trip to North Dakota over the Labor … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin “Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin The edges of the trees are being kissed with orange, yellow, and red hues. The lettuce has bolted and flowered in the garden. Cabbages are soooooo swollen with life they are begging to be picked and the apples are hanging low with sweetness. Curly kale is too happy in this cool weather and just keeps going and … Read more>>>
i wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your book, You Can Touch the World, and I have your book with the back cover exposed on the corner of my desk, which has the bold words ‘Find your true purpose in Life.’ While I did find that purpose many years ago in sharing the Gospel, your book just brought a … Read more>>>
Dear Friends and Partners, “Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence– As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil–To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! When You did awesome things for which we did not look, … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19, NKJV. Most Bible-believing Christians recognize that there are demonic powers which wreak havoc on the earth. But many are NOT aware that God has given the Christian authority … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin Oh, poor Ella! The world came crashing down on Ella the other day. The world that she trusted and felt so sure about came to a shocking end. Ella is our 70-pound yellow lab dog that we got from the shelter at 81 pounds, an independent and in-charge canine. Just before Christmas of last year, Tom took … Read more>>>
