Showing posts with label links I love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label links I love. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
God's Grace in the Books of the Bible
I loved reading these two posts which provide a summary of where we see God's grace in all the books of the Bible - both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Exit Tour and Spiritual Battles
Exit Tour is a ministry of JV that involves an American Christian band going into local high schools to connect with students through the universal medium of music and to provide education on real life issues. The Gospel is presented and students are invited to a big concert at the end of the week. This is all done alongside the local church who want to reach out to the young people of their communities.
The Dicksons serve in Czech and head up the Exit Tour here. Kevin's college recently ran an article on their work and what it looks like, particularly in terms of the spiritual battle that surrounds it and the incredible results they are seeing. It also talks a little about the Czech culture and spiritual climate. To read the article click here.
Exit Tour has just finished up in a few cities and it will be going to more Czech towns before the end of the year. Please be praying for this ministry! And for the churches who are now following up with students who were interested in the Gospel.
The Dicksons serve in Czech and head up the Exit Tour here. Kevin's college recently ran an article on their work and what it looks like, particularly in terms of the spiritual battle that surrounds it and the incredible results they are seeing. It also talks a little about the Czech culture and spiritual climate. To read the article click here.
Exit Tour has just finished up in a few cities and it will be going to more Czech towns before the end of the year. Please be praying for this ministry! And for the churches who are now following up with students who were interested in the Gospel.
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Meet the Cramers
Cory & Kristine Cramer are missionaries currently raising support to serve with Josiah Venture in Albania. If you click here you will find an incredible (and short) video that explains why they are heading to Albania.
It is so worth three minutes of your day!
Monday, 4 November 2013
Joining the Movement of God (Article)
Time and time again this part of the world, and particularly Czech, is highlighted as a region where few are evangelical believers. Across the countries that JV works in less than 1% of the population fall into that category.
Czech is actually top in the world in terms of percentage of the population "unaffiliated" to any religion with 76% declaring themselves in that category. Even China and North Korea have lower percentages than that. And the evangelical population of Czech is less than a third of one percent.
And yet this country has a glorious history of the Gospel and movements of God. Jan Hus called for reformation in the church and inspired Martin Luther. And in the early 1700s a revival broke out in this part of the world that rippled throughout the nations.
You can read about this revival in this article which even mentions the town I now live in as the nerve centre of the revival, which also went on to inspire the people who became known as the Moravians.
The Moravians were pioneers of the missions movement and prayed continuously for one hundred years. There are stories of Moravian missionaries who were willing to sell themselves into slavery in order to preach the Gospel to those enslaved through the Atlantic slave trade. They also deeply affected John Wesley, contributing to his conversion experience when he saw their deep faith during a storm on a boat crossing the Atlantic.
God has been drawing people to Himself in this part of the world for centuries and from this region ripples have went out that have changed the world.
It is our prayer that again we would see God's mighty work in this region, that He would call many to Himself and that it would transform not only this country but the world.
Czech is actually top in the world in terms of percentage of the population "unaffiliated" to any religion with 76% declaring themselves in that category. Even China and North Korea have lower percentages than that. And the evangelical population of Czech is less than a third of one percent.
And yet this country has a glorious history of the Gospel and movements of God. Jan Hus called for reformation in the church and inspired Martin Luther. And in the early 1700s a revival broke out in this part of the world that rippled throughout the nations.
You can read about this revival in this article which even mentions the town I now live in as the nerve centre of the revival, which also went on to inspire the people who became known as the Moravians.
The Moravians were pioneers of the missions movement and prayed continuously for one hundred years. There are stories of Moravian missionaries who were willing to sell themselves into slavery in order to preach the Gospel to those enslaved through the Atlantic slave trade. They also deeply affected John Wesley, contributing to his conversion experience when he saw their deep faith during a storm on a boat crossing the Atlantic.
God has been drawing people to Himself in this part of the world for centuries and from this region ripples have went out that have changed the world.
It is our prayer that again we would see God's mighty work in this region, that He would call many to Himself and that it would transform not only this country but the world.
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