Ethiopia September 2019
Let’s Read the Bible Brothers and Sisters
Great article, life changing habit! I agree 100%!!
I found this post on another blogger’s site. John and Laura are long time friends and you would do well to read her writing. Here’s a link to her site
https://stirfrylaura.wordpress.com/2019/09/06/gold-star-friday-2/#like-372
It says woman of the Word, but we can expand that to men and boys and girls and dads and moms and grandparents and uncles….and you.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/make-me-a-woman-of-your-word
And it’s not just Africa
Our team August 2019
Conrad Mbewe hits a home run in this article that diagnoses the disease in the church in Africa called “the prosperity gospel”, “the health and wealth gospel”, or “name it and claim it”. Whatever you call it, its not what Jesus taught and it has given millions a false hope by a false gospel. Unfortunately, this gospel has invaded the U.S. also. Not only overtly as typified by TV preachers and others, but also under the guise of Christian niceness, comfort an
Conrad writes,
“It is a well-known fact that state governments in Africa are deciding that enough is enough and are moving in to arrest the rot taking place, largely in Charismatic churches. The stench cannot be ignored any more. This has already begun to happen in Kenya under President Uhuru Kenyatta. South Africa and Zambia are also preparing legislation. It will not be long before other African nations join in.
Why are national governments beginning to do this? Because their citizens have been sexually raped and financially defrauded by so-called men of the cloth with impunity. Rightly, they can no longer look the other way. Sadly, this predicament is a result of the church doing little to nothing to address the trend.church in Africa. That why TLI goes.
“It is a well-known fact that state governments in Africa are deciding that enough is enough and are moving in to arrest the rot taking place, largely in Charismatic churches. The stench cannot be ignored any more. This has already begun to happen in Kenya under President Uhuru Kenyatta. South Africa and Zambia are also preparing legislation. It will not be long before other African nations join in.
Why are national governments beginning to do this? Because their citizens have been sexually raped and financially defrauded by so-called men of the cloth with impunity. Rightly, they can no longer look the other way. Sadly, this predicament is a result of the church doing little to nothing to address the trend.”
The rest us here:
https://africa.thegospelcoalition.org/article/stop-pastoral-self-appointments/
My schedule
Just a quick update on my travel schedule for the coming months.
- I leave for bi-annual staff meeting Sept. 9-12, in Minneapolis. Our agenda is cross cultural leading/teaching. We will be lead by Jim Plueddemann, professor of intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
- I will hop on the plane in Minnesota, with 4 other men, Sept. 12th, and head to Ethiopia to teach a group of hungry pastors the story of the Bible and how to integrate that story into their preaching.
- December will bring a trip to India to teach the Gospel of Mark, Dec. 6-15.
- In March I will travel back to Liberia and teach a week of 2 Timothy, participate in graduation ceremonies, and then another week of the new cohort teaching attributes of God and the call of the pastor.
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