Andrew Ledwith

Ministry Updates

I serve as the strategic communications manager for The Navigators. I keep my ministry supporters up to date through regular updates. Below is an archive of those posts. For a general overview of my work with The Navigators click here.

Harvest Episode 05 is Now Streaming!

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I’m excited to announce that today Harvest episode 05, the latest entry in a series of short films on discipleship, has been released! This episode looks at hope and discouragement within the disciplemaking process, examining God’s promise in Isaiah 49:3-6 to use your life to reach the nations even in the midst of feeling discouraged.

Harvest episode 05 is the final episode in the series. It’s bittersweet to be wrapping up production, but I have already have a new video project in the works. I look forward to sharing more with you about it in the weeks ahead.

If you missed any of the previous episodes you can watch them all on Navigators.org.

Thank You!

Each Harvest video has been made possible by your financial support. I couldn’t have done any of this without you. Thank you for your continued support of my ministry with The Navigators!

Please Pray for the National Leadership Community Gathering

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Starting today roughly 230 Navigators will be gathering at Glen Eyrie to participate in the National Leadership Community Gathering (NLCG). I am fortunate enough to be one of them. For the next four days we will be seeking the Lord together on the subject of spiritual generations of laborers.

The word “laborers” is a key part of The Navigators calling: To advance the gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the nations through spiritual generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost. It’s a word used in passages of Scripture like Matthew 9:35-38, in which Jesus states that there are too few laborers for the harvest. The Navigators believes one of its biggest contributions to the world is to raise up generation after generation of laborers through Life-to-Life discipleship.

At the NLCG, we will be asking the Lord and each other what He would have The U.S. Navigators do to focus on and be fruitful in:

  1. Continuing to raise up new laborers in all our diverse contexts.
  2. Working together across our Missions, Cities, Networks, businesses, and headquarters functions to develop, resource, and connect laborers sent out by Navigators in the past.

Specific Prayer Needs

Will you please set aside some time to lift up the following requests for us?

  • Pray each participant will listen closely to the Lord and to other participants during the NLCG.
  • Pray God will be honored and glorified by our interactions, our humility, and our faith.
  • Pray we will end the NLCG with:
    • An increased understanding of the realities and challenges of sharpening our focus on laborers.
    • Several good ideas about how to reach and stay engaged with lifelong laborers.
    • A better understanding of the preparation required (technology, training, systems, people, and so forth) to raise up new laborers for the future and to connect, develop, and resource laborers already sent out.

Thank you for taking the time to intercede on our behalf!

Jim Downing’s Memorial Service

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Today at Glen Eyrie The Navigators honored the life of Jim Downing, who passed away last month at the age of 104. Jim was one of the original Navigators who ministered with our founder, Dawson Trotman, as well as a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We live streamed the memorial service on YouTube and Facebook. You can watch the replay below.

More About Jim Downing

Jim’s obituary article was published on The Navigators Blog.

A New Logo for The Navigators

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In this video update I talk about the brand new logo for The Navigators. I show the state of our organization’s visual representation up to this point, then share how this logo aims to simplify things. I also go into the science behind the new design.

More on The Navigators refreshed brand

This is the fourth of four video updates I produced covering The Navigators brand refresh. Click the links before to view the other updates.

Differentiating The Navigators Form of Discipleship

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In this video update I talk about one of the key decisions made in the course of The Navigators branding project: how to differentiate what The Navigators means when using the word “discipleship.” I go into detail as to why we chose Life-to-Life as the modifier we will use going forward in our communication.

More on The Navigators refreshed brand

This is the third of four video updates I produced covering The Navigators brand refresh. Click the links before to view the other updates.

Discovering The Navigators Brand Attributes

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In this video update I talk about the research we performed during the project to refresh The Navigators brand. I show a “word cloud” of the most words and phrases people used while being interviewed, then share the four core brand attributes our team decided upon.

More on The Navigators refreshed brand

This is the second of four video updates I produced covering The Navigators brand refresh. Click the links before to view the other updates.