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HAITI: TURMOIL. POVERTY. HOPE.
Riots. Violence in the streets. Injustice. Scarce food and water. Poverty. People hurting and hungry. . . . The reality of the ongoing turmoil and escalation of violence in Haiti can be hard to grasp—emotionally and spiritually. As North Americans, many of us go about...
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EUROPEAN WESLEYAN HOLINESS WOMEN EQUIPPED FOR MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
More than 150 women journeyed to the Wesleyan Holiness Conference for Women Clergy and Ministry Leaders on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia, in November 2018. Their influence stretches across 24 European countries. Some came wrestling with the legitimacy of their...
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ENCOUNTERING THE UNEXPECTED
It had been quite a while since I had met with “The Chef.”* I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is a young man who accepted Christ early in 2017. As it turns out, God had The Chef on quite a journey. In the previous months, he had been sent to Africa as a cultural...
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“I witnessed hearts that had come alive. Now in the darkness, there was light. Joy and faith were being formed in these young people. They were being made new in the hope of Christ.”
JOHN CONNOR, GP MISSIONARY ALUMNUS
HAITI: TURMOIL. POVERTY. HOPE.
Riots. Violence in the streets. Injustice. Scarce food and water. Poverty. People hurting and hungry. . . . The reality of the ongoing turmoil and escalation of violence in Haiti can be hard to grasp—emotionally and spiritually. As North Americans, many of us go about...
EUROPEAN WESLEYAN HOLINESS WOMEN EQUIPPED FOR MINISTRY LEADERSHIP
More than 150 women journeyed to the Wesleyan Holiness Conference for Women Clergy and Ministry Leaders on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia, in November 2018. Their influence stretches across 24 European countries. Some came wrestling with the legitimacy of their...
ENCOUNTERING THE UNEXPECTED
It had been quite a while since I had met with “The Chef.”* I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is a young man who accepted Christ early in 2017. As it turns out, God had The Chef on quite a journey. In the previous months, he had been sent to Africa as a cultural...
UP THE ROAD AND ON THE RADAR
The adjacent villages of Xhafzotaj and Rrashbull have always been just a short bus ride from Durres; they just haven’t always been on our radar. But when a man from Xhafzotaj visited our weekly worship time, we made a new friend from that small town. Then a family,...
KALEMBO NAMED ASBURY SEMINARY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Asbury Theological Seminary offers congratulations to Alfred Kalembo, recently chosen as the Seminary’s Distinguished Alumnus 2018. Kalembo, 57, was born in a remote village in Zambia to parents who were never able to attend school. He walked four miles, barefoot, to...