Timeline
On-Going
Status
Currently Operating
Topics
Discipleship, Organizational Headquarters, Pastoral Training, Short-Term Mission Trips
The Need
As ITMI's Director, Steve's leadership enables believers all over the world to partner with each other for the benefit of God's kingdom.
His first-hand knowledge of ITMI partners and their needs allows people to make meaningful connections that allow for greater impact. His advocacy of ITMI partners has resulted in the blessing of many supporters and partners.
His love for God and love for people surrounds them wherever He goes. He not only works to enable ITMI's partners to do their work, but to give more and more people the blessing of being involved with their God's work in their ministries.
Description
As ITMI's Director, Steve directs the organization that for some, is their lifeline. He spends his time serving and empowering ITMI partners, using his experience in business, sales and photography. Steve travels to visit, encourage and support ITMI nationals annually, then returns to the US to tell their stories.
Leaders of a church plant (including ITMI's Vicky Waraka) in South Sudan whose beginnings were inspired by a SALT training he and ITMI's Timothy Keller taught.
ITMI partners deeply appreciate Steve's dedication and hard work on their behalf.
Steve traverses the croc-infested Zambezi river with ITMI Board Member, Jon Dekkers and Steve Lee to visit Johan Leach.
Steve demonstrates the gospel in Africa by valuing many that are overlooked in their culture.
Steve Evers and Jon Dekkers with a few of Paul and Molly's girls in India.
Steve encourages a church in South Sudan, newly planted by ITMI partner Jahim Buli.
Steve shares the gospel with a village in Lukulu, Zambia after they received access to clean, safe drinking water.
Steve encouraging a class at ITMI's Excellence Christian Academy.
Photo by Timothy Keller
History
In the middle of his successful sales career, during which he served on ITMI's Board of Directors for 4 years, Steve accepted God's call to be ITMI's Director in 2001.
Since that time, God has blessed ITMI with increased ability to serve nationals.
Latest News
How We Made a Pivotal Difference…for less than $20.
It was still morning, but the Bangalore sun’s intense rays were already zapping the life out of everything in its path. The humid air weighed a thousand pounds. Taru has suffered from debilitating headaches all her life. The issue seemed temperature-related. Nonetheless…
8 Improvements to Vicky’s Property that Reveal What Life is Like in South Sudan
Vicky’s home isn’t like anything we’re used to seeing. Physically, its uniquely South Sudanese. These 8 improvements will illuminate life in South Sudan. But it isn’t just the physical differences between living in South Sudan and other parts of the world that make this home a special place.
Dear Team: How to Turn Burdens to Blessings
I had to stop short when I read it. “If God can turn night into day, He can turn your burden into a blessing.”
Dear Team: Windshield Time with Piotr
“Are you sure…can it happen?” I had just asked Piotr Zaremba to go for a ride with me…a very long ride. After checking with the airline, Krystyna (Piotr’s wife) and his leadership team in Poland…
Just in Time
After three long days of labor, Laizah was experiencing complications and still had not given birth. The doctor ordered a C-section procedure. “If you don’t have money, they usually use student doctors or nurses to do the operation,” her husband, Cozmore, explains.
One South Sudanese Man’s Letter: “Everything Has Changed in My Life!”
“After you spoke…everything has changed in my life,” wrote one South Sudanese man, a believer who had lived in a family feud with his sister for 8 years. Their angst toward one another had grown so bitter and strong that…
Dear Team: 125 Women Overjoyed With God’s Word
Your “inside” look at recent ministry in South Sudan and what’s ahead for ITMI next month, straight from Steve.
Almost Arrested: A Day We’ll Never Forget
It dawned as normal as a morning can be for Americans visiting Juba, South Sudan. But it turned out to be a day we’ll never forget.ITMI’s Kent Reisenauer and I waited in our hotel’s small restaurant. Vicky Waraka, our long-time South Sudanese partner, was late for our breakfast meeting.
Steve’s Preaching Adventure in Uganda
It was a tranquil Sunday morning. The town of Kampala, Uganda had not yet awakened. The tropical birds and insects, filled the air with clatter and squeaking as they searched for their breakfast. I enjoyed the calming effects of distant, traditional whole-choir numbers from an open-air Catholic parish even as they competed with faint chants from a nearer Muslim mosque. The tranquility of the morning would be long-gone later that afternoon.
What I Learned from a 9-Year-Old
We just wanted to go to Katooga slum to get a few photos telling the story of what life is like in much of Uganda, give out a few “sweets” and not cause a scene. But Francis had other plans.
Dear Team: Interrupting the Cycle of Poverty
It’s a new year! We all enjoy the beauty of a fresh start. Who doesn’t look forward to the new freshness of a warm spring day? But before we close the book on 2017, allow me to share with you a special bit of news…
Your Impact in India – From Paul and Molly
During this season of giving, we asked ITMI partners to give you their heartfelt answers to several questions. These are from Paul and Molly in India. May their answers bless and encourage you!
Dear Team: When We Embarked on this Trip, We Didn’t Expect This
“I have two different infections. One is pseudomonas and the other is MSSA”, Phil texted me after we returned from our India trip. Pastor Phil McKeown went to battle the spiritual blindness in India and Nepal and yet on a physical level, he realistically could have fought his last fight.
A Small Church Reaches Far
It was the morning 100 Indian pastors and their wives had looked forward to with anticipation for a long time. But things weren’t going as planned.
Peeling Garlic for Sixty-Two Cents a Day
ITMI’s David and Taru minister in a Muslim slum in Bangalore, India. Their years of service in this area have given them unique…
Dear Team: Don’t Fall for a Bluff
During WW2 Singapore City was about to face a siege by the Japanese. General Yamamoto delivered a note saying, “In the interests of chivalry we invite you to surrender.” Lance Percival fell for it and surrendered despite outnumbering the Japanese 4 to 1.
4 Things You Should Know About Life in Remote Villages
“I used to think, ‘All for one and one for all,’ is what village life is all about, right? That the villages are populated by the “noble savage” and lead a connected, unified community life,” says ITMI’s Timothy Keller. But unfortunately, this version of village life may be popular in Hollywood and children’s tales, its simply not what Timothy has found after over a decade of ministry in African villages. “Rural Africa is
Dear Team: “Not on Our Watch!”
I want to be one of these boys. I don’t know their names, but I know their actions. They are probably like most any boy who lives in Zimbabwe today. Loves to play football (soccer), gets into mischief, wishes for a chance to go to school, and goes to bed hungry way more than they want and way more than we experience here in the States. I still want to be one of them.
Dear Team: Dream Big, Ask Boldly
This might be a small thing, but it tickled me. I should have known better when ITMI’s Charl van Wyk asked me how many thumb drives we had. Charl doesn’t look at things like most people. He…
Sometimes We Wait on God for 400 Years. But this Time…
Sometimes we are asked to wait on God’s timing longer than we’d like. Israel waited on God to rescue them from slavery in Egypt for 400 years. This time, God did something different.