Dan Rogers, superintendent of ministers, and his wife,
Barbara, represented the WCG Jan. 21 at Mission America's annual meeting in San Francisco,
California.Dan Rogers, superintendent of ministers, and his wife,
Barbara, represented the WCG Jan. 21 at Mission America's annual meeting in San Francisco,
California.
In attendance were 300 church and parachurch leaders from 67 denominations.
"Mission America is a historic coalition movement bringing Christian denominations and ministries together for the common goal of spiritual awakening," Mr. Rogers said.
"Mission America's mission is to pray for and share Christ lovingly and appropriately with every person in our nation by the end of the year 2000." Page 3.
Mr. Tkach writes in
this month's Personal that every so often we receive a passionate plea that the church
choose either old covenant days or Christmas and Easter.
If we try to keep both sets of days, some people reason, we are trying to mix oil and water, stone and Spirit. Some argue we should get rid of the bondwoman, the covenant of slavery (Gal. 4:21-31).
As we know, emotions run high when it comes to worship days. Some people threaten to leave the church if we abandon the old. Others threaten to leave if we keep them as options in the calendar.
We need a Romans 14 style toleration of one another. It is a mentality of "while we all strive for deeper understanding of the Lord's will for us, let's grant one another the freedom to serve the Lord according to our consciences."
We have two basic principles involved here: 1) We want to pastor all our members, to teach and to help. 2) We teach that God loves and sent his Son to die for all of us. Pages 6 & 7.
I want to share a
story that I hope will inspire you, warm your heart and leave you saying, "How did
they do that?" writes Randal Dick in Window on the World.
It is the story of two young members who gave their lives for the better part of a year to help care for the most vulnerable of all God's children--the orphans.
Faith Orphanage Foundation in Kitwe, Zambia, was founded in 1992 on nothing but faith and commitment by Faith Liyena.
Robi Sonderegger and Noleen Sanderson from Australia served there in both an administrative role and in the field from February to November. Pages 12 & 13.
As we
celebrate a piece of our country's history by recognizing Black History month in February,
we can thank God for his gospel and the freedom it brings, writes Paul Sniffen, Pasadena
men's ministry coordinator.
God is reconciling the whole creation to himself, and human beings to each other through Christ. Page 15.
Unlike last January
(1998), where income took a disappointing downturn, January this year (1999) came closer
to our anticipated new budget of $98,000 per day, writes controller Ron Kelly.
Income for the month was $95,550. January is usually one of the lowest income months of the year, so we appreciate your care and support and hope that the coming months will find us at or above budgeted income.
Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support. Pages 22 & 23.
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