Mission
To provide a Christian networking platform for believers to encouraged and discipled . . . to be motivated to do what God is calling us each to do . . . to find avenues for prayer and discipleship . . . and then reach out in unity to our lost and hurting world. “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. . . . Encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25 NLT).
Here are just a few of the ways our mission is being carried out through our networking directory and ongoing communication with people who contact us.
Find Christian Links Ministry Collaboration [Director Dr. Giles Hartman]
Find Christian Links Networking Directory [Director Karen Weigand]
http://www.FindChristianLinks.com. Find links for . . .
- Referrals to 24/7 discipling
- Referrals to worldwide ministry resources
- Intercessors to pray for you and your ministry
Find Christian Links Networking Directory [Director Karen Weigand]
http://www.FindChristianLinks.com. Find links for . . .
- Online Bible studies and devotions
- Ministry resources for ministers and lay leaders
- Evangelism tips
- Short-term Mission Trips
- A variety of outreach ministries you can get involved in
- Help for life issues (abortion, abuse, addiction, pornography, sexual brokenness, trafficking, and more)
- Marriage and parenting tips
- Christian counselors and coaches
- Christ-focused holiday ideas
- Christian jobs, faith-based franchises, affiliate marketing
- Christian senior communities
- Christian singles
- Christian cruises and tours
- Get involved in a ministry touching others
- Consider Christian-owned businesses for services and products
- Find specific prayer guides
- Write a guest blog post for Motivate!
- Browse through the site . . . there is so much more!
About Our Team
In the spring of 2025 God opened new doors of prayer, teaching and discipleship. Bishop Giles Hartman (South Africa) joined the team as Director of Discipleship Teaching, and Prayer.
Karen Weigand, founder of Find Christian Links, is focusing on further development of the Find Christian Links Networking Directory and the Motivate! Blog.
Trisca Changwe (Zambia) continues serving on the team as Ministry Intercessor and Directory Assistant.
Karen Weigand, founder of Find Christian Links, is focusing on further development of the Find Christian Links Networking Directory and the Motivate! Blog.
Trisca Changwe (Zambia) continues serving on the team as Ministry Intercessor and Directory Assistant.
Giles Hartman
Giles Hartman., is a church planter and discipler, primarily in Africa and Pakistan.
Contact information:
Email him at bishopgileshartman@gmail.com and join him on our 222 Discipleship LinkedIn group
Giles Hartman attended medical school at the University of Cape Town and graduated as a medical doctor with honors. After his internship, he specialized in the field of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and entered the research field at the Universities of Oxford and Briston. In 2004 he returned to South Africa looking for opportunities to address the burgeoning mortality from AIDS. Addressing the several years of intense work in that area, Giles notes, "Although an entire book could be written about this period of my life, I found that the personal and professional challenges I encountered from an initially hostile government and the sheer workload of each day drew me closer to my Lord Jesus Christ." Ultimately the South African government signed an agreement in Washington in December 2010 with the subsequent rollout of anti-retroviral medication, causing the average life expectancy of South Africans to rise to its current level of 65 years (up from 35 at the height of the South African AIDS pandemic).
Next, for a time, Giles stepped into private clinical medicine for a time. Reflecting on the preceding years, realizing how he could not have achieved what he had without the guidance, protection, and favor of God, he began a focused time of devotion to seeking Him and entered a several-year period of growth in his walk with Jesus . . . more ministry involvement . . . and intense Bible study.
As Giles was taking steps to enter a new season of life, he fell victim to an attempted murder and kidnapping. Miraculously saved, he fully recovered. During that period of convalescence, he felt a call from God to reach the lost in this world and committed to total obedience in service to Him.
Totally committed to Jesus, he immersed himself in study and church activities and followed an ordination pathway that gained him credibility to his ministry in South Africa and beyond. At this point, along with recently becoming involved in an AI driven healthcare equity project called MED21 (https://med21.us), Bishop Giles currently focuses church planting and discipleship in predominantly Africa and Pakistan. He praises God that this ministry "is progressing miraculously with Jesus at the helm, and more are being baptized and lead to Christ daily. "
Karen Weigand
Karen Weigand, Founder and Directory Developer/Editor
Contact:
Please email her if you are interested in writing a guest post for Motivate! . . . or have a suggestion for our networking directory. Connect with us on LinkedIn.
From Karen: Wife, mother, grandmother, writer, editor, Bible teacher, ministry director, retailer, pastoral assistant, motel operator, campaign worker, library assistant . . . these and many more words have described me at times throughout my life. For many years, the description serving as an umbrella over all that, however, is "follower of Jesus Christ."
Through the years and many learning experiences—both failures and victories—I have come to realize the one real focus of my life must be to accomplish the purpose of the journey God has for me. Only God knows that complete purpose—my job is to trust him day by day to help me stay on his path.
I began this ministry many years ago and it has come through many twists and turns. Since I am in my 80s now, my husband, George, and I have been praying for God to provide a way for the ministry to continue when it's time for me to let go. And God is answering in such exciting ways! Giles Hartman is now leading the Prayer, Teaching, and Discipling areas of the ministry. As God leads him, I can see that through his leadership, so many more people will be touched in so many more ways.
My current focus will be on continuing to develop the networking directory. I will also work with guest bloggers for Motivate!--and may write some posts myself.
Is there any such thing as Christians cheering each other up? Do you love me enough to want to help me? Does it mean anything to you that we are brothers in the Lord, sharing the same Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic at all? Then make me truly happy by loving each other and agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, working together with one heart and mind and purpose.
Philippians 2:1-2 TLB
Contact:
Please email her if you are interested in writing a guest post for Motivate! . . . or have a suggestion for our networking directory. Connect with us on LinkedIn.
From Karen: Wife, mother, grandmother, writer, editor, Bible teacher, ministry director, retailer, pastoral assistant, motel operator, campaign worker, library assistant . . . these and many more words have described me at times throughout my life. For many years, the description serving as an umbrella over all that, however, is "follower of Jesus Christ."
Through the years and many learning experiences—both failures and victories—I have come to realize the one real focus of my life must be to accomplish the purpose of the journey God has for me. Only God knows that complete purpose—my job is to trust him day by day to help me stay on his path.
I began this ministry many years ago and it has come through many twists and turns. Since I am in my 80s now, my husband, George, and I have been praying for God to provide a way for the ministry to continue when it's time for me to let go. And God is answering in such exciting ways! Giles Hartman is now leading the Prayer, Teaching, and Discipling areas of the ministry. As God leads him, I can see that through his leadership, so many more people will be touched in so many more ways.
My current focus will be on continuing to develop the networking directory. I will also work with guest bloggers for Motivate!--and may write some posts myself.
Is there any such thing as Christians cheering each other up? Do you love me enough to want to help me? Does it mean anything to you that we are brothers in the Lord, sharing the same Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic at all? Then make me truly happy by loving each other and agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, working together with one heart and mind and purpose.
Philippians 2:1-2 TLB
Trisca Changwe
Trisca Changwe, Chief Prayer Intercessor
Trisca joined Find Christian Links in May 2024. Trisca, Ministry Intercessor and Directory Assistant, shared, “I developed the passion for intercession when I started praying for the nations of Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Mozambique, and Zambia. Then I realized a drastic change in my prayer life, and I asked Jesus for direction in other things to include in my prayers.” Soon after that request, she and Karen “met” on LinkedIn. That transition soon resulted in her starting this prayer for ministries. She added, “That was a miracle to me!!!
Trisca, a Christian, congregates with Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zambia. She has been serving in church leadership as secretary to the praise team group, a cell group leader, and assistant to the Director Intercessor. She has a BSc in Environmental Health and a diploma in Business Administration. Along with six years industry work experience in management and administration, she has worked as a data collection coordinator and volunteered in the Ministry of Health.
Trisca and her husband, Victor Mwamba, live in Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia, with their three children, ages 11, 9, and 5. They are all Christians. She is also close to her dad and mum. She explained they are her “fellow prayer warriors.”
Trisca joined Find Christian Links in May 2024. Trisca, Ministry Intercessor and Directory Assistant, shared, “I developed the passion for intercession when I started praying for the nations of Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Mozambique, and Zambia. Then I realized a drastic change in my prayer life, and I asked Jesus for direction in other things to include in my prayers.” Soon after that request, she and Karen “met” on LinkedIn. That transition soon resulted in her starting this prayer for ministries. She added, “That was a miracle to me!!!
Trisca, a Christian, congregates with Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zambia. She has been serving in church leadership as secretary to the praise team group, a cell group leader, and assistant to the Director Intercessor. She has a BSc in Environmental Health and a diploma in Business Administration. Along with six years industry work experience in management and administration, she has worked as a data collection coordinator and volunteered in the Ministry of Health.
Trisca and her husband, Victor Mwamba, live in Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia, with their three children, ages 11, 9, and 5. They are all Christians. She is also close to her dad and mum. She explained they are her “fellow prayer warriors.”
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:17 NLT
Colossians 3:17 NLT
