by Kelly Simpson on April 11, 2012
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film, Freedom, Human, slavery, Trafficking
When you think of slavery, what do you picture? Fields full of laborers on cotton plantations? Roman decadence riding on the working class? Ancient Israel trapped and forced to work in Egypt? Do you picture modern day? Do you picture 13-18 year olds forced to do unspeakable things just around the corner from your home? [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 17, 2012
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church planting, Ireland, Missions, St. Patrick's Day
Today, of course is St. Patrick’s Day. Nancy intends to cook up a pot of corned beef and cabbage before the day is out. She got some Guinness Stout for the occasion also. My mouth is watering already, even though I just finished lunch not too long ago. Nothing wrong with any of those aspects [...]
by Matt West on March 16, 2012
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Holy Spirit, intercession, Missions, nations, Operation World, others, prayer
Most of us have met someone who selfishly refers to himself in a large percentage of his conversations. That guy who is ego-centric and doesn’t understand that if something were to happen to him, the world might continue. The earth will revolve around the sun without him, while he feels his specific gravity is essential [...]
by sara_graham on March 3, 2012
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human trafficking, Prayer Guide, slavery, Trafficking
This past Sunday we celebrated Freedom Sunday. This is a global movement to raise awareness for the 27,000,000 people currently enslaved today. Below are some statistics and a prayer guide to join us in fighting for freedom: You can also check out the resources from Passion at - 72daysforfreedom.com Statistics Between 17,500-60,000 new persons are trafficked [...]
by Pastor Curt on January 10, 2012
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Missions, North Korea, Operation World, prayer
I meant to do this post weeks ago. The holidays and a cruddy cold took care of that notion. Still, anybody who reads a newspaper or watches the news knows that North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-Il slipped into eternity in December. His son, Kim Jong-Un has succeeded him as the new ruler of one of [...]
by Carissa VanDalen on December 20, 2011
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communication, encouragement, love, Missions, prayer, witness
I regret to admit that my generation has really lost the art of writing a creative and personal letter. My peers and I remember learning to write letters and having pen pals, but we also remember when email was invented (for me, during middle school). Though we have adopted new forms of communication that are [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 13, 2011
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Advent, giving, incarnation, Missions
I find myself often praying portions of Philippians 2:5-11 with folks during this Christmas season. Where would we be if the Son of God had not counted equality with God a thing to be grasped and had abhorred the virgin’s womb? Lost – eternally, horribly, hellishly lost. But the news is good! He humbled himself, [...]
by Pastor Curt on November 8, 2011
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earthquake, Japan, mercy ministry, Missions, relief, tsunami
Back on Good Friday of this year, in a joint communion service with our friends at Faith Baptist Church, we collected an offering for the relief work in Japan following the devastating tsunami that ravaged the northern part of that country in March. We put in some significant due diligence to determine what agency or [...]
by Pastor Curt on September 20, 2011
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Digo, Missions, prayer
We are determined. We will seek God for spiritual breakthroughs in our adopted people group, the Digo. You may not be able to attend a prayer meeting, but you can pray on your own. For help in knowing what and how to pray I give you this agenda from last night’s concert of prayer: Digo [...]
by Pastor Curt on September 1, 2011
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Africa, Digo, Kenya, Missions
I am pleased to report that our first-rate tech team on Sunday recorded our Digo team report of our recent trip to Kenya during the 9:30 hour. If you didn’t get a chance to hear the report, you can listen to the audio here. Please continue to pray with us for God’s wisdom and direction [...]