Monday, June 04, 2007
WorldconneX Leader Update - June 2007
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 06/04 at 05:43 PM
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Mission Nannys?!
Talk about coming across some very interesting ways that women can be involved in missions! Ever considered becoming a missionary nanny? Mission Nannys works to place mature Christian women who wish to apply their domestic skills to assist missionaries in their ministries, by helping as a nanny, responsible for daily needs which may include cooking, music, education, teaching, entertainment, shopping, and babysitting. This can be an ideal ministry for women, especially… Read More
Posted by KatHat on 05/30 at 09:26 PM
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Trip to United Arab Emirates
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Posted by KatHat on 05/15 at 09:37 PM
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Are Americans Needed In God’s Global Mission
I recently received the following article from Joel Vestal, President of ServLife. Joel is a 30-something global leader and served on our board at WorldconneX. Here is an article worth your time and reflection. I hope it leads to action. Are Americans Needed for God’s Global Mission? An Appeal for Global Justice Practitioners by Joel Vestal What the world needs now, perhaps more than ever, is individuals and communities intent on… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 05/03 at 07:03 PM
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
WorldconneX Leader Update
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 05/01 at 08:16 PM
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Friday, April 27, 2007
The power of one sentence
It is difficult to express my feelings after reading the Letter from the Protestant Church of Smyrna which graphically describes the brutal murders of three Christians in Turkey a week ago. Forgiveness for the attackers is certainly not my initial reaction. Yet that’s exactly what the wife of one of the slain men expressed. Copy_of_Letter_from_Smyrna.doc In an act that hit front pages in the largest newspapers in Turkey, Susanne Tilman in… Read More
Posted by KatHat on 04/27 at 02:20 PM
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Joe’s Ethiopian well-digging project
This is a prayer request for Joe Stocker. He is in a very out of the way place in Ethiopia and has a fever. Please pray that he can see a doctor and get a Malaria test and start treatment. Malaria can be really dangerous. I remember from all the Malaria we had years ago when we lived in Equatorial Guinea. Joe also says Anthony, the guy who trained with us… Read More
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
It’s a whole new world for international studies
Posted by Stan on 03/20 at 09:39 AM
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Persecuted Church Organizations Form Historical Network
At a conference held from March 6-8 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, fifteen organizations including the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met and formed ‘The Religious Liberty Partnership’ to find new ways of working together for the persecuted church. Chaired by Merwyn Thomas from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), based in the U.K., the network will meet annually, while a working group of five members will lead various works during the year. The members… Read More
Posted by Stan on 03/16 at 02:58 AM
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Death of a Back to Jerusalem Pioneer
Mecca Zhao, a member of the Back to Jerusalem Band (BTJB) was called home to glory on the 7th of March, 2007. In 1946 Brother Zhao and his fellow worker, Timothy Dai, were sent out by the BTJB. Sharing the gospel as they went, the two traveled through Kansu to Qinghai. Later, six other Band members joined them. Mecca Zhao pressed on into Xinjiang in 1948, where he established a base… Read More
Posted by Stan on 03/09 at 09:01 AM
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Culture and the Bible
Let us imagine an American who is sent as a missionary to an African country. He will have to ask himself this question: How can I, who am the product of an Anglo-Saxon culture, take the gospel from the Bible, which was written in the cultures of Judaism and the Greco-Roman world, and communicate it to Africans who belong to a third culture, whether of Islam or of an African traditional… Read More
Posted by Stan on 03/06 at 02:15 AM
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Saturday, March 03, 2007
Modern Slavery: The Gospel and Transformation
Last night my family viewed the movie, Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce and his successful campaign to end the slave trade in Great Britain. Our family discussion following the movie was interesting. My daughter is majoring in Social Work at Baylor University and had just completed a report on the current conditions of slavery in the world. Most of us who live in relative security, especially in the West,… Read More
Posted by Bill Tinsley on 03/03 at 03:31 PM
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Church Planting Movement Training Resources
http://www.cpmtr.org has videocasts and podcasts (audio) as well as other resources for those interested in church planting movements. Read More
Posted by Stan on 02/16 at 10:18 AM
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Unencumbered
While getting ready for work this morning I caught an intriguing story on Good Morning America. Apparently a challenge is being made to spend a week without certain items: a debit card, a cell phone, makeup or coffee. Not all items at once, mind you. The last two combined would definitely put me over the edge. Just say “goodbye” to one item for an entire week. Today’s show featured a couple… Read More
Posted by KatHat on 01/10 at 07:03 PM
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Friday, January 05, 2007
“Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome
Rodney Stark’s new book argues that Paul quickly developed a standard approach to his church planting mission. 1. He typically began to visit a community by holding privately organized meetings under the patronage of eminent persons. who provided him with an audience composed of their dependents. 2. Paul did not travel alone, but often took a retinue of as many as forty followers with him, sufficient to constitute an initial ‘congregation,’… Read More
Posted by Stan on 01/05 at 11:48 AM
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