A 8 year old boy came to VBS this morning and ran up to me and said, “I have an offering.” We never take a formal offering in our church much less in Vacation Bible School. I answered – “That’s great. Why?” The young boy answered – “I thought this morning, (with a huge smile)…
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
This week is Vacation Bible School at Springs of Grace. I don’t think there is another VBS like it on earth. I wish our entire church family could be a part of every song, verse, skit, conversation, catechism time, and bible story. Most likely, you would do what I did today after the kids had…
“Every time we look at the cross Christ seems to say to us, ‘I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.’ Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the…
I believe this writer is moved by the same things I spoke of Sunday. A Parody of Ourselves Tim Challies 06/14/10 25 What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly saying, hooray for our side It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound Everybody look…
ORISSA 1 Persecution of Christians increased during the 1990s. 2 Church growth has increased in the 1990s with a multiplication of workers and new believers despite harsh state ‘anti-conversion’ laws 3 Tribal peoples of Orissa are the most responsive to the gospel, as are their brethren in adjoining south Bihar 4 The unfinished challenge: a)…
A week ago Jared Tabor shared with our interns an overview of the Book of Romans. In that overview he quoted Christopher Ash in regards to Romans thrust towards mission and unity. This quotation has been immensely helpful to me and catches what I believe to be the Lord’s direction for our church. It is…
Pray For…The Gond of India Stats •Population – 11,396,232 •Percentage of Evangelicals – Unknown •Language Spoken – Northern Gondi •Major Religion – Ethno-Religion •Human Development Rank of India – 134 •Persecution Index of India – 26 •Global Evangelical Status – Level 3, Less than 2% Evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years. Once the…
Pray For…India Stats •Population – 1,173,108,018 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 1.8% •Total Number of People Groups – 1030 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 808 •Language Spoken – Hindi (41%), Bengali (8.1%), Telugu (7.2) •Major Religion – Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian, Sikh •Human Development Rank – 134 •Persecution Index – 26 The country of…
Continue to pray for Andrew and his family as he now serves as the youth pastor at Tulsa Bible Church. The note below is what Andrew shared with the Springs of Grace Church when he left in 2010. Pastor Andrew’s Resignation Church Family, There is no easy way to tell you this, but effective today…
Pray For…Haiti Stats •Population – 9,035,536 •Percentage of Evangelicals – 22.2% •Total Number of People Groups – 6 •Number of Unreached People Groups – 5 •Language Spoken – French, Creole •Major Religion – Roman Catholic (80%), Protestant Christianity, other (roughly half population practices voodoo) •Human Development Rank – 149 •Persecution Index – N/A Haiti was…