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Some Afghan Parliament members embrace Christianity as house churches grow tremendously
From Australian Prayer Network
Afghanistan, a country long suffering from civil wars, has not experienced peace for many years. Ongoing bombings by fundamentalist Muslims have stolen peace from the lives of Afghanis. However the country has recently seen signs of change. Informed Afghan sources acknowledge that Christianity has obtained a special place not only among youth, but also among various layers in society. In addition, house churches are growing tremendously.” An independent Shi’ite website in Iran has quoted a knowledgeable Afghan official as saying, “There is evidence of widespread Christian propaganda in Afghanistan, and the existence of more than ten churches that operate secretly in residential houses have been proven.” Continue reading →
Planting churches in U.S. jail
This morning, as I was pulling out of my driveway to meet with some guys in the jail, I felt the Lord say it was time to plant a church among them.
Indigenous Church in the Local Jail
I’ve been mentoring and building relationships with a group of thirty or so men in the jail, as we periodically meet to discuss the things of God. Some are believers, and some are believers in the making. This morning, I was prepared to share with them about slaying those giants in their lives which stood in the way of God’s promises. But I felt the Lord say, instead, that it was time to actually start an indigenous church in their housing unit. Continue reading →
For Goodness Sake Just Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater!
Matthew 9:16-17
16 ‘No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
Just the other day I was having some correspondence with a sister in the faith about why we rarely have praise and worship (of the singing variety) as a house church. I explained to her what I believed to be a number of good reasons as to why we don’t, to which she responded, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
It is funny how certain things get stuck in your brain. As I pondered this little one liner I found myself becoming even clearer concerning what I have come to believe and why. Continue reading →
Neil Cole’s LTG cards available for groups
Permission to adapt Life Transformation Groups cards for churches/ministries. Go to LTG Cards
Yonggi Cho in Melbourne in 2013
River of Life Conference, with Dr David Yonggi Cho, Melbourne 9-10 May 2013. Click here for full details. ROLIC Intro Ver 5-0
The five key objectives of the conference are to:
a) inspire renewed faith in church, marketplace and Christian organisational leaders
b) bring the wider church together for a day of combined prayer and worship that uplifts Jesus in our city
c) provide a citywide church rally
d) grow a wider understanding of the future of church and marketplace integration
e) inspire citywide understanding of how Jesus loves our city through his people.
Dialogue News
From Phil Brown (OIKOS East Gippsland, Vic) Read the latest about simple church planting and activities in the Paynesville area by clicking here. Dialogue News
The genesis of Genesis
Ian Thomson (OIKOS Brisbane Nth Suburbs) writes – “We are journeying along a road less travelled–so few today have undertaken a serious study of the Hebrew Bible which Jesus himself read and used. So we continue to meet weekly and have serious and often hilarious conversation emerging from the texts of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. Here are some of our discoveries from Genesis, chapter 1.
We recognised these texts are controversial. So in fear and trepidation and above all humility, we venture into some interesting conversations.
Read more at www.ianthomsonian.org
If you think you are a prophet……
I received this via Neil Gamble.
The prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men.
Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, “No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected.” The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his “brand name.” Continue reading →