Christian Education – Spring 2015 Sundays from 11:15 – 12:15 March 8 through May 24, 2015 Preschool (Ages 2–4) JESUS IS GOD: Encountering Jesus through his powerful signs and wonders. Taught by Jim and Jackie Brown with Assistant Elena Mourad Younger Elementary (Grades K–3) SERVING GOD – Bible men and women who served God […]
Answer to Prayer Christianity, particularly evangelical and Pentecostal, has grown rapidly since 1990. Evangelicals increased sevenfold from 1990 to 2010, growing from 2.7% to 10.7%. Praise God for the multiplication of Pentecostal and charismatic movements, fuelled by the Holy Spirit and largely driven by West African pastors and evangelists. Challenge for Prayer The less-evangelized peoples […]
Challenges for Prayer Protestant churches emerged only recently and their growth is modest. The AoG, working here since the 1960s, has grown on Atauro Island and in Dili. The Reformed IPTL (GKTT) was started by Indonesian immigrants, and many Timorese joined, but rarely with true conversion. Nominalism and lack of understanding of the gospel characterize […]
Challenges for Prayer Particularly needy groups of people include: a) Children in crisis. Over one million children are estimated to be child labourers in Thailand. This includes 40,000 or even more sold into the sex trade as minors. Many are from minority or foreign backgrounds. All forms of labour usually entail backbreaking hours, minimal pay […]