Peacocke Family – Missionaries in Botswana
March 6th, 2010Listen as Graham and Joanne share some of the blessings and challenges of being missionaries in the African country of Botswana. God is changing lives through these committed Christians.
Listen as Graham and Joanne share some of the blessings and challenges of being missionaries in the African country of Botswana. God is changing lives through these committed Christians.
This week, on A Place Missionaries Call Home, we will be talking to Joe, the plumber, Andy the real estate developer, and Scott the mad scientist. These three families are part of “the journey,” the reality radio program that we are doing on families. These folks are not only seeking God’s direction, but moving forward in the area of full time missions. The common thread you will see is that they run into troubles, too. Just because we are doing God’s will doesn’t keep us from being human.
The Journey Continues Feb 27 – Hunters
This is the second in a series of articles to convince you or help you convince others of our need as Christians to “mind our own business.” First, we determined that our business is obeying the command of Jesus found in the four Gospels and the Book of Acts to take His message of salvation to the world. Since the world then, is our place of business, we need to remember some simple facts about our territory.
H. Milton Wilder
Missionary Pastoral Care
I love mornings. To me the best part of the day is just before the sun comes up. In the quietness of the day, the Lord speaks through His Word. This morning as I look out the window, the snow is falling. Read the rest of this entry »
Drugs, alcohol, prison…and a praying Mom! Danny Fearnside shares the story about his addictions and how God finally broke through to save him. Now, God is using Danny to reach out to others who are caught in the same lies, showing them that the answer is Christ. Listen to the interview, rejoice with answered prayer in this life, and remember, never give up praying for your loved ones.
You can find out more at www.jesussavesmen.com, click onto Dano’s Spot or you can e-mail Danny at d_fearnside@yahoo.com
Sometimes it can takes years of praying, witnessing and outreach to see people come to understand and embrace the Gospel. Listen to this week’s interview with the Cullers as they share how God has worked and is continuing to work on the mission field of Taiwan. You will be blessed.
This morning while reading my Bible I came across a familiar scripture in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18 “Pray without ceasing. In everything, give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I was flabbergasted! I thought to myself, “Lord, how I can have joy and thanksgiving all the time?” I looked this passage up in the Book of Knowledge Commentary and it was such an encouragement to me that I wanted to share it with you. It says “God’s will means joy, prayer and thanksgiving for those who are in Christ. Continual prayer is not prayer that prevails without any interruptions, but prayer that continues whenever possible. The adverb for continually was used in the Greek of a hacking cough. Paul was speaking of maintaining continuous fellowship with God as much as possible in the midst of daily living in which concentration is frequently broken.” Read the rest of this entry »
Some church members have never received Christ as Savior. We would not expect them to believe in missions outreach or even in evangelism. However, though it seems to be in the category of an oxymoron, some Christians do not believe in missions. I won’t discuss possible reasons for this phenomenon. Instead, I will offer, in the course of a few articles, some thoughts to help such Christians change their hearts and minds and/or help missions-minded Christians in presenting a convincing “argument” for what our Lord has called us to do.
Pastor W. T. Holland said that while he was a seminary student he taught a Sunday School Class. One Sunday he was presenting the lesson on missions when a member of the class made a remark that shocked and upset him. The member said, “People in those other countries have their own religions, their own way of life, their own cultures. We have no business going to other countries trying to force our religion on them. Why don’t we just run our church affairs here and mind our own business?” Few church members would openly say that, but too many feel that way. The man did have a point, at least in part of what he said. We really ought to mind our own business as a church and as individual Christians, but first we had better know what that business is.
It is not very difficult to discover the business we ought to mind. Jesus stated clearly in all four gospels and the book of Acts what our business is as His followers:
Jesus made it plain that as His Church, our place of business is the world. Our business is to take to the world the gospel truth that Jesus Christ through His life, death, burial and resurrection provides salvation and eternal life for all who believe. As His Father sent Him into the world, even so He has sent us into the world. You may refuse to obey what He said, but you cannot deny that His word tells us what our business is. As Oswald J. Smith (1889-1986), founder and pastor of The People’s Church in Toronto, Canada put it, “The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the world.”
Imagine having two special needs kids, three open heart surgeries, lupus and yet a deep desire for ministry. What would you do if you were in their shoes? Listen to this week’s show as Iva & Russell Catron tell how God has worked in their lives, their struggles and their solid belief that God knows what He is doing in their lives. You will be blessed.
You will be blessed as you listen to Chris and Katie share their hearts’ desire to go to Utah to plant a church.