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12/01/2025

12/01/2025

ITEM announces a Giving Tuesday and Year-End matching gift opportunity!
Giving Tuesday, December 2, is a day when many people counter the consumerism and materialism of Black Friday by giving to their favorite charities. This year, a gracious investor has given ITEM a $10,000 matching gift for every new investor who gives a first-time gift to ITEM between December 1 and December 31. If you have been wanting to share ITEM with a friend, your efforts now, along with their gift, will double the impact.

Visit https://www.item.org/ to give!

10/02/2024

In August, I had the opportunity to travel and teach in Bolivia -- and there are some exciting things happening there. This video summarizes some of the things that God is doing. Please share this video -- and consider supporting this work!

Rob Toornstra's presents Bolivia.

01/11/2024

A few weeks ago, I was asked to give a lecture for a missions conference in Liberia. I was able to do this via video, and if you're interested, you can find the video here. Don't forget to subscribe to my Substack!

Many think that the Great Commission is a New Testament plan, and that missions is something that began with the church. In this lecture, Dr. Rob Toornstra ...

07/20/2023

During a recent Preaching Conference in Monrovia, Liberia, Dr. Rob Toornstra had a conversation with Moses Jawara, the president of the Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone. Moses joined the conference to learn more about what ITEM is about, and to explore how ITEM may provide training in Sierra Leone in the future.

Remarkably, the CRC-SL has roots in the Christian Reformed Church in North America, and you'll here Moses share about those deep connections!

During Pastor Rob's recent training in Liberia, the president of the Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone joined the conference. In this video, Pastor R...

03/30/2023

Dr. Rob Toornstra, of Salem Oregon, took a team from his church to Cochabamba, Bolivia. While there, the team from Sunnyslope Church got to see the work of the Reformed Seminary of Latin America up close -- and Pastor Rob taught a workshop on Christ-Centered preaching. We give thanks to God for the amazing work that He is doing in Bolivia, and for the vision that the pastors and leaders in Bolivia have to plant one church in every major city in the country!

03/29/2023

Sunrise over Thika, Kenya where All Nations College is located (north of Nairobi). Photo by Rev. Bob Clark, Feb. 2023

03/28/2023

1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." This big cat was seen in central Kenya by Jim, Bob and Rich on their Feb. 2023 teaching trip.

03/27/2023

Pastor Daniel who volunteers at All Nations College in Thika, Kenya

03/24/2023

Some wildlife in Kenya which Jim, Bob and Rich got to see on their late Feb./early March trip.

03/23/2023

How things have changed in a short time. This photo is from Kyiv Regional Bible College back in 2019 when Rev. Bill Wilton and Rev. Dr. Rob Toornstra were teaching there. Because of the current conflict, these students have scattered and KRBC is not meeting.