http://www.onehopeministry.org/ gives a tremendous picture of the ministry of One Hope that is wed together with the faith life of Springs of Grace.
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
8/4/09 Exponential has posted an adaptation of Francis Chan’s message he gave at their conference. May his exhortation to trust in the Holy Spirit and strive for authentic, loving, and a true Biblical community sink deep. Here is an excerpt: “A little over a year ago, we baptized this guy who came out of the…
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 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…
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 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 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 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,…
Proverbs SS 6-27 Jared McCoy – Adult Bible Study Power Point 6-27-2010
Last Lord’s Day in our adult bible study we looked at the book of Deuteronomy. One of the passages we focused in on was Deuteronomy 6:6-8 where God states His reason for choosing Israel as His totally free decision. ‘He loved them because He loved them.” Unconditional election is very often a challenge to hear – especially…