Fredna and I will be teaching Introduction to Assemblies of God Missions for the North Texas District School of Ministry this weekend. This will be a wonderful opportunity to share from our own personal experience stories from the African field. It surely makes teaching easier when you have actually lived the material!
Fredna and I were honored to present the Nuts & Bolts of Missions at the 2013 All Church Ministries Conference at SAGU this past Saturday. We presented in two different sessions. Our participants included Missions Leaders from various churches within the North Texas District. Each of them were able to gain insight as to how “missions” works within the local church. And how the AGWM missionary works together with that local church in order to build the kingdom of God around the world.
(Act 17:28) For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Jesus Christ did not come to earth, endure pain and punishment beyond comprehension, die a brutal death on a cross, rise from the dead, ascend to heaven, empower His followers with the Holy Spirit and assure us that He is always with us so that we could offer Him our half-hearted, watered down and passionless efforts! – Perry Noble
My wife and I have the wonderful opportunity of traveling from church to church sharing the mission of God, which is the redemption of lost humanity. Our involvement in this great mission is centered in Liberia, Africa, but God’s involvement is worldwide. Out of the 7 billion people in the world today, 1.5 billion are Muslims, 1 billion are Hindu, 600 million are Buddhists, and there are untold numbers of animists and secularists. We are told that there are more than 7,000 language groups in the world today that do not have an indigenous proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. These people need to hear the life-changing message of love - God’s love. And they must understand how that love will not only transform their lives, but their nations as well.
Liberia is a country devastated by civil war. From December of 1980 until 2005, the people of Liberia have suffered tremendously, and the country continues to reel from the effects of those wars. One-quarter of a million people have been killed, and at least one million have become refugees in other countries.
The Liberian Assemblies of God has suffered as well. Over 350 churches and two Bible Schools have been destroyed in the wars. Today, the Liberian Assembly of God leadership has committed to build 800 new churches over the next 10 years. Fredna and I have the privilege of working together with our Liberian brothers and sisters to see this effort materialize. We will be involved with construction, training, teaching, and preaching in Liberia.
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Yep, I am excited! I received my voter registration card in the mail yesterday. I remember voting in my first presidential election. It was the 47th quadrennial United States presidential election. I also remember the last time I voted in a presidential election. We all discovered that most overseas ballots did not arrive in time to be counted.
I count it more than a privilege to get to vote, it is both an honor and an obligation. I am a citizen of this country, and I have a say in it’s governance.
On November 6, 2012 I will once again cast my vote for the President of the United States of America. I will exercise my constitutional right and privilege. My voice will be heard in the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election. WHAT ABOUT YOURS?
