Accepting Prison as a Choice?
I can't get out of my mind the Middle Eastern missionary we prayed for while I was in India. He was heading home from the conference knowing that he might face arrest and interrogation the moment he arrived.
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Where Would I Be if Someone Had Not Shared the Gospel With Me?
"One thing we are so grateful to the Westerner for," one African told me with great emotion, "is that they brought us the Gospel. Without it, where would we be?"
This poignant comment caused me to ask myself that question: "Where would I be without the Gospel?"
You Help Us Train Missionaries -- Even in India
Roger packs his bags for India, this month, to support a YWAM conference that is training missionaries in wholistic church planting.
This conference, called Kingdom Advance, "is an international gathering of YWAM staff and students around the cause of seeing God's Kingdom come among the poor and unreached." They expect to see hundreds of missionaries equipped to take Christ's message in both word and demonstration.
Thank you so much for keeping Roger and this conference in your prayers!
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The Strategic Plan of an Intentional Church Planting Trainer
Because of your help, five African church planting trainers met in November to set out their goals and strategies to see God’s Kingdom expand. I want you to see an example of the intentional plan written down by one of these leaders. He is not only implementing new trainings in new areas, but also bringing along other leaders from his own team in order to develop their training skills. After three days of sessions, here is an outline of one trainer’s plans:
- Meet with 1st generation. Monthly.
- Go to city of M____ for 3-day training for 30 people from 3 cities. Trainers = myself + 2 1st gen guys. By Dec.
- Go to city of C____ training for 3 cities. Trainers = myself + 3 1st gen guys. Involve S___ if available. By Jan.
- Go to city of G___ for 2-day training. 3rd day provide training for water purifying. Myself + 2 1st gen guys. By Feb.
- Meet with 2nd and 3rd gen guys in K___ area. About 45 leaders. Trainers = myself + 3 1st gen guys.
- Follow up with 2nd level training in C___ and G___ and M___. Send 2 trainers to each area. By April.
- 3-day training in K___. J___ and 2 1st gen guys. By May.
- Gather all new fruitful leaders together, from these new areas, for a larger gathering at my place to encourage and mobilize them. By June.
You can see why we have such high expectations for the movement of God's Kingdom throughout this region as well as the other areas where similar strategies were set!
Increasing Your Joy in 2013
I often view the New Year as a time to re-set my compass toward those things that truly bring the deep joy that God has for me.
I find myself asking these kinds of questions:
- What can I do to deepen the healing of my heart where I have experienced loss or disappointment? My past need not keep me from today's joys!