With the world's population reaching 7 billion it is overwhelming to even try and comprehend that amount of people. It is said that the world is becoming more urbanized which means that the majority of the population can be found in urban areas, or cities instead of rural ones. With some of those cities having populations that equal that of many countries, this presents a … [Read more...]
Outreach Projects
Our desire as a church is to reach out to the people of our community, our Jerusalem, with the gospel. One of the projects that we do is to have calendars printed for the year with the churches name and information on it. We had 1000 of them printed and have been passing them out door to door along with a gospel tract over the past few weeks. Most people are happy to receive … [Read more...]
Great Blessings
The past few Sundays the Lord has really been blessing in the ministry here. We have been having visitors in almost every service and great attendance. The last few Sunday mornings we have had over a hundred in attendance with many decisions being made. We have been preaching on the Bible principles to have unity in the church. One of the most encouraging things is that the … [Read more...]
Mennonites in Bolivia
The Mennonites named for Menno Simons a dutch priest that converted to the Annabaptist faith in the mid 16th century can now be found in many parts of North and South America. To flee religious persecution in the early church many of them fled to Russia and after being expelled from there they fled west to the Americas. Most of the Mennonites in Bolivia were first in Mexico and … [Read more...]
Who is your Mentee?
In the great commission we see a command that is given not just to pastors or missionaries, but to each and every Christian. That command is to go and make disciples. For many that might mean preaching and witnessing or even a "discipleship class" but what the Bible is telling us is that we must help people grow spiritual by investing our life and time in them. The question … [Read more...]