
Kep is the International Director of Equipping Servants International (ESI)- a three-year, part-time training and discipleship program among pastors and leaders of different churches and denominations. Founded in 2002, there are currently ESI groups meeting in 32 countries in Africa, Latin America, South America, Europe, and the United States.
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Kep & Debbie October 2025 Prayer Requests
Greetings from Cleveland!
Would you join us in prayer today for our ESI Colombia leader, Pastor Sebastian? He is in Caracas right now leading 50 Venezuelan pastors through a 3-day ESI Facilitator Training. The hope is to see ESI launched in this city where the gospel need is so great.
Tomorrow afternoon Debbie and I fly to Brazil, beginning six weeks of ministry across South America and Africa. We’ll be leading a Facilitator Training in Fortaleza, Brazil, meeting with ESI leadership teams regionally, and encouraging pastors through conferences in places like Rwanda.
Please keep Debbie in prayer October 10–12 as she teaches at the women’s retreat of ILC Church in La Paz. And together, October 6–8, we’ll be leading a marriage conference at our Bolivian church.
Thank you for standing with us. When you pray, you go.
Grateful,
Kep
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Kep & Debbie September 2025 Update
Download the James September 2025 Update.
We thank God for your partnership in the gospel with us in Equipping Servants International (ESI). Attached is our September 2025 Update, including the link to our ESI Website where you can hear testimonies of how God is transforming lives through the study of His Word, as He promises in John 8:31,32.
Thank you for your prayers, especially as we leave for South America on September 14,
Kep and Debbie
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Kep & Debbie August 2025 Update
Download the James August 2025 Update
Thank you for praying for us and the work of Equipping Servants (ESI). Attached is our August Update, which includes a story about our grandson Zack and Venus flytraps!
Our love in Christ,
Kep and Debbie
The James Family

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Kep is the International Director of Equipping Servants International (ESI)- a three-year, part-time training and discipleship program among pastors and leaders of different churches and denominations. Founded in 2002, there are currently ESI groups meeting in 32 countries in Africa, Latin America, South America, Europe, and the United States.