This weekend we hosted Beza Threads, a ministry designed to provide an avenue of hope to children in Ethiopia who work as sex slaves. It is estimated at there are 8.4 million child slaves in the world, with 1.8 million children robbed of their childhoods through sex slavery. Girls in Ethopia, as young as 5…
Category: Missions
How Evangelicals Give
Here’s an interesting article from Christianity Today that describes the current trend in giving among evangelical Christians. The obvious trend is that people are giving a smaller percentage of their income to their local churches. What is not so obvious is the downward trend in giving for international mission causes. Click for the article.
My Place in this World
This weekend I presented the third sermon from my series titled Missionaries You Should Know, focused on Saul of Tarsus, aka the Apostle Paul. What gained my attention from my study of Acts 9 was Jesus’ simple testament in verse 15: “Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to…
Summer of Love Week 3
It’s not to late to join the Summer of Love! For more information or to sign up visit http://www.arbcsummeroflove.com! To view the full screen version, just click inside the video window after the video begins.
How to Conduct a Church Mission Trip
Last week I spent two days onsite at Crow Creek Reservation in Ft. Thompson, South Dakota, with four members of our congregation. It was about the 12th time I’ve been there in the last three years. Our congregation has worked very hard to make a difference in this community, named the poorest county in America…