Steven Poenitz

Executive secretary for the Lake Union Conference.

Articles by Steven Poenitz

  • Mission Unstoppable

    Mission Unstoppable

    What a privilege to serve the Lord and His church in ministry over these past forty-six years!

    Steven Poenitz
  • Six Lake Union pastors receive ordination

    Six Lake Union pastors receive ordination

    Even with countless pages published about ordination, the focus of ordination to the gospel ministry distills to one factor: It is a calling. It is more than a choice for a career; because, if the Lord calls someone a numinous disease beckons one until that calling is followed. 

    Steven Poenitz
  • Mission Unstoppable: Secretariat

    Mission Unstoppable: Secretariat

    Unstoppable is the word that comes to mind when you look at the early days of the church. Conflict and controversy threatened to take down the young group but, instead of destroying it, the challenges fueled the fire that spread across the first-century landscape.  And now, in these challenging times, we are reminded of our mission through the following stories from Lake Union department leaders what…

    Steven Poenitz
  • You’re Under Surveillance

    You’re Under Surveillance

    The Bible states we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses (Heb 12:1 NKJV). Surrounded implies there is a host of others watching us! In 2014, my wife and I visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the invitation of a pastor-friend who now leads the Gulf States Field in the Middle East.…

    Steven Poenitz