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On Thursday, a local denomination’s head pastor accompanied me an hour and a half outside our town to speak to the women in one of his […]
This is Luisa, a 16-year-old neighbor and niece of the couple I live with. Eager to follow Christ, she wanted me to study the Bible with […]
With an election coming up, there are many campaign visits happening across the country. Candidates are hoping to drum up some support for their platform, their […]
The church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity. Our world has been torn asunder by racial, ethnic, and ideological […]
Author: Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo. Iddo, his grandfather was a priest listed (Neh. 12:4) among the exiles that returned to Jerusalem under […]
Bonifácio has two nephews with similar names that both translate to “Matthew” in English. Both young men teach at the preschool. One lives with us, and […]
Our Setting We are living in a very different world than we were just five short months ago. There has been a pandemic driving fear and […]
After 17 weeks of worshiping online via audio recordings, our African church resumed in-person services in August. There are plenty of novelties, to be sure: an […]
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlfN9RO5XA4 Dear Church Family, 2020 has been such a strange year for all of us, both individually and collectively as a church: difficult, challenging, and far […]