"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6

Church optional ???

Telling people that being part of the local church is optional for the health of the Christian, is like telling a married couple they can replace living together with being friends on Facebook to grow closer and become One as God intends. – Carlos Griego

Pray For…The Kyrgyz of Kyrgyzstan

Pray For…The Kyrgyz of Kyrgyzstan Stats •Population – 2,800,000 •Percentage of Evangelicals – N/A •Language Spoken – Kyrgyz •Major Religion – Islam (Sunni) •Human Development Rank of Kyrgyzstan – 120 •Persecution Index of Kyrgyzstan – 49 •Global Evangelical Status – Level 2, Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial church planting in the past 2 years. The…

The Prostitute and the Theologian

Jesus told the story about two sons who were told to go work in the vineyard (Matt. 21: 28-32). One said he would go and didn’t, and the other said that he wouldn’t go, and then did. Thus far the parable is a familiar one. But I was recently struck by how the son who…

Pray for North Korea

Pray For…North Korea Stats •Population – 22,757,275 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 1.5% •Total Number of People Groups – 5 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 4 •Major Religion – autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent •Human Development Rank – N/A •Persecution Index – 1 Korea has been autonomous for much of its long history. However,…

Pray for Iraq

Pray For…Iraq Stats •Population – 29,671,605 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 0.1% •Total Number of People Groups – 33 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 33 •Language Spoken – Arabic, Kurdish, Turkoman •Major Religion – Muslim (97%), Christian, Other •Human Development Rank – N/A •Persecution Index – 17 Home to the ancient Babylonians, Iraq has a…

Pray for Japan

Pray For…Japan Stats •Population – 126,804,433 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 0.4% •Total Number of People Groups – 18 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 15 •Language Spoken – Japanese •Major Religion – Shintoism (83.9%), Buddhism (71.4%), Christianity, Other •Human Development Rank – 10 •Persecution Index – N/A After World War II, Japan underwent major rebuilding,…

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