Mike Jentes

“First, I thought back to the initial walk in Castelbuono so long ago, beneath that black cape. It had been one of blind faith. It was an uphill climb, far from easy. It took effort, as I trusted my father completely. There was not one step I could take without his guidance.”
― Marc Eckel, The Man in the Black Cape

“Steve Childers puts it like this in his exhaustive manual on church planting, “The good news is that the radical, renewing work of God manifested in Jesus Christ in the first century, is continuing today by God’s Holy Spirit through His Church. This is why the Church is the hope of the world.”2”
― Doug Logan, On the Block: Developing a Biblical Picture for Missional Engagement

“More than half of all Iraqi, Mauritanian and Yemeni citizens are illiterate, with illiteracy among women in those countries as high as 76 percent.5”
― David Garrison, A Wind in the House of Islam: How God is drawing Muslims around the world to faith in Jesus Christ

“My father was a corresponding figure representing the LORD, who is the ultimate man in the black cape. As we walk through the Christian life we need to seek refuge under God’s protective and loving shelter. His comforting hand is extended to us and we need to hold it tightly, relying on Him with total dependence to guide each step.”
― Marc Eckel, The Man in the Black Cape