Tagged With: Ministry
Back Home at Faith
It is really hard to describe the feeling of being back in the pulpit where it all started 44 years ago. I was at Faith Assembly of God in Pasadena, Texas, Sunday morning to share a testimony of how God is bringing about a healing in Raynan’s body, and the wonderful things that are taking … Continue reading
Persistent Petunias
I get inspiration from any source I can. Today it was my very persistent petunias in the window box of our home in Ozark, MO. I planted these flowers back in the spring. They have survived summer drought, and now several frosts and a hard freeze. They are a little worn, and somewhat ragged around … Continue reading
MY HERO!
VETERANS DAY is a time to honor our veterans who have served around the world in defense of our country and our liberties. Our military veterans are our national heroes, and I honor them. I think it is also an appropriate time to honor one of my “heroes”. I am speaking of a veteran of spiritual … Continue reading
Networking on the Internet
Have you ever wondered if the seed you are sowing is producing fruit? The French Christian website, TopChrétien was started around ten years ago by a friend by the name of Eric Célérier as an evangelism outreach, mainly for France. Since then the outreach has branched out and partnered with different organizations, including Global University, to … Continue reading
Partnership—Teamwork—Networking!
Blaise works in Haiti with the Salvation Army as coordinator of their HIV & Aids Project. He came across the Network 211 website, a partner ministry for evangelism and Christian discipleship and wrote an inquiry in French.→ →Fred, who serves as a moderator for Network 211, forwarded a short note to me that Blaise had written asking about the availability of … Continue reading
Itinerate (verb) \ī-ˈti-nə-ˌrāt, ə-\
November 1st I officially started a year of itineration. What is itineration? Good question. Webster’s dictionary defines it as: an intransitive verb : to travel a preaching or judicial circuit. The noun form of the word is — itin·er·a·tion \ ī-ˈti-nə-ˈrā-shən\. Assemblies of God World Missions is a “Faith-based” missionary sending agency. That means that each … Continue reading
More Evangelical Christians in Mongolia than in France?
Assemblies of God World Missions has been working in Mongolia for less than 20 years. God has blessed the work there. We are very happy for the people of that remote and needy country. However, when I first saw the statistics, I was shocked to realize that percentage-wise there are more Evangelical Christians in Mongolia … Continue reading
FROM BUDDHISM TO THE BIBLE
What edition of the course Life of Christ are they using in Mongolia? Keith Heerman, called me to ask the question. Keith is the Executive Vice President of Global University (GU) and a fellow-missionary with the Assemblies of God World Missions. The Bible School in Mongolia invited him to come and teach this course in their ministerial training program. However, he … Continue reading
ROBERTINE RASOAMIARAMANANA
I was grading the course Paul’s Letters to Pastors from a French-language student. As soon as I saw the student’s name, I knew she had to be from the island of Madagascar. The size and style of the name took me back to our France-ICI office in Paris in 1979. We had the first computer purchased with … Continue reading
Global University Courses in Chinese
We are excited about what is happening in the country with the largest population in the world! For quite some time now Global University has had the eighteen courses of the Chritian Life series and the eighteen courses of the Christian Service series available in simplified and traditional Mandarin Chinese. That is in addition to the … Continue reading