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Eating with God's Fork : How a Flawed Guy Backed Into Starting Churches in South Sudan, Sudan, and East Africa
What happens when a disillusioned corporate cog trades his spreadsheets for Scripture and heads to one of the world’s most troubled regions?
In this candid and compelling memoir, Mike Congrove shares his unlikely journey from soul-crushing corporate meetings to planting churches in South Sudan, a country Foreign Policy magazine dubbed "The Most Failed State in the World." With disarming humor and raw honesty, Congrove reveals how God used his flaws and failures to help establish sustainable churches in a region wracked by instability and violence.
Part adventure story, part spiritual journey, and part testament to divine persistence, Eating with God’s Fork shows how God works through imperfect vessels to accomplish the impossible. In a region where one local tribe of 350,000 people had exactly “one mature Christian,” Congrove discovered that through our weaknesses, God's power shines brightest, and authentic faith can thrive in the most unlikely places.
In this candid and compelling memoir, Mike Congrove shares his unlikely journey from soul-crushing corporate meetings to planting churches in South Sudan, a country Foreign Policy magazine dubbed "The Most Failed State in the World." With disarming humor and raw honesty, Congrove reveals how God used his flaws and failures to help establish sustainable churches in a region wracked by instability and violence.
Part adventure story, part spiritual journey, and part testament to divine persistence, Eating with God’s Fork shows how God works through imperfect vessels to accomplish the impossible. In a region where one local tribe of 350,000 people had exactly “one mature Christian,” Congrove discovered that through our weaknesses, God's power shines brightest, and authentic faith can thrive in the most unlikely places.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2025
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April 15, 2025
Authentic. This is a story of steadfastness, messiness, and continuing to seek God, and God working through all of it to do amazing things. It would be difficult to be this authentic in a book, realizing the goals, and what is needed to fulfill those goals, that lie ahead for this ministry. I have supported the ministry for a long time and love their heart, what God has done and is doing through this ministry, and their vision to build and support this ministry in Africa. Mike chose not to share how many have placed their faith in Jesus as their Savior through God using this ministry (in addition to those who have been served and blessed otherwise), so I will encourage you to check into the ministry rather than saying something here- God is mightily at work. Thanks to all who have served in this ministry over the years!
April 5, 2025
What a fantastic true story of loving Gods call boldly, if not perfectly. Well worth a read!
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