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The harvest is plentiful:the demon-possessed by the tombs in the Gadarenes,the paralytic lowered through the roof,the tax collector cast-offs like Matthew,the girl who died and her grieving parents,the woman with the twelve-year hemorrhage,the blind men looking for sight,the man with demonically-caused muteness,the crowds listening at the seaside,the unnamed afflicted and sick and hungry... The harvest …
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God of truth and love,Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,Hear our prayer for those who do not know You. We ask that they may come to a saving knowledge of the truthand that Your Name may be praised among all peoples of the world. Sustain, inspire and enlighten Your servants who bring them the Gospel. Bring …
David Bosch (center) with Desmond Tutu (right) and Michael Cassidy (left) Here is South African missiologist David Bosch on the nature of the church and mission from his milestone work Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. The Christian faith, I submit, is intrinsically missionary....This dimension of the Christian faith is not an optional extra: …
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This coming weekend at Eastbrook Church we began our annual MissionsFest, which spans roughly ten days and covers two weekends of our services. You can access all the information here. This year Dr. Mary Ho, International Executive Leader of All Nations, will kick off the first weekend of MissionsFest by speaking in our Sunday morning …
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8) In the book of Acts we read about how the Holy Spirit set the early believers ablaze for the work …
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Matthew Erickson 