Search results

1. Who is a missionary?

   ... I said yes to God’s call to join His mission at the age of 10, after listening to a mission story in Sunday school. Since then ... her call to be a missionary Church, and there are many other ways through which the Church expresses her missionary vision. This ...

   mfetting - 03/01/2012 - 7:05pm - 0 comments

2. Malang church dedication and baptisms

   ... missionaries in Papua New Guinea, joined a group attending the Malang Church of the Nazarene's dedication of its new sanctuary, combined ... in a pool of water connected to the nearby river. The other church members watched from the banks above. ...

   mfetting - 01/31/2012 - 7:28pm - 0 comments

3. A vision of light: Abhaya's story

   ... -- For nine days, *Abhaya could not sleep.    The elderly missionary named John had turned her thoughts and beliefs upside ... John, Abhaya, who was 26 at the time, had never given any other spiritual path a second thought.   John had stayed in her home ...

   gpottenger - 03/07/2012 - 3:56am - 0 comments

4. Educators wanted: Humble hearts required

   ... In Liberia, a country where civil war has decimated the lives of its people for years, those who waged that war had purposefully ... plastic chairs to catch the shade as the sun arced overhead; other times we learned together in dimly lit classrooms without electricity or ...

   gpottenger - 03/29/2012 - 5:56am - 0 comments

5. Missionary Profile: Bev and Howie Shute

   ... Howie and Bev Shute are missionaries serving at the Africa Regional Office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since they ... from me for many days. When he returns we make time for each other. It is all a matter of doing what is needed to maintain the relationship ...

   dgbennett - 04/23/2012 - 8:47am - 0 comments

6. Culture Shock: Surviving, Thriving and Helping

   ... creates stress. Those who persist through the stages of culture shock reap rewards such as deep, lifelong friendships and ... How long must I put up with you?” (Matthew 17:17).  In other words, “When can I go back home where people do things the right ...

   mfetting - 02/02/2012 - 6:14am - 0 comments

7. Creating space for co-nourishment

   ... Saturday, November 12, 2011 The transformed mission program provides space for young leaders in Mexico to ... could become a U.S.-dominant enterprise that diminishes the other in the name of service and acts before listening. That ...

   mfetting - 02/22/2012 - 4:43pm - 0 comments