Articles on Outreach
A Glorious Church
What do we think about when we think of the term ‘church’? We live in a day when there are many and varied churches. If one church doesn’t suit you, there are others to choose from. While some churches encourage their people to live for God and others instead of themselves, other churches promote a gospel that says lots of money and a better life now are the results of…
Abba Father
Sometimes we can learn things from everyday situations. A few years ago, my three-year-old son and I went for a walk. We were in an unfamiliar area with lots of vegetation. I told my son to stay close by me. He was doing great. However, when a calf that had broken loose from the rope that she had been tied with, went running by, my son gave chase. “Did I not just tell him…
Trust in the Lord -with all thine heart
If we step back and look at our own life, can we honestly say that we trust in the Lord with all our heart? I often think of my children—they trust in me with all their hearts; there is no fear within them; they do not worry. My prayer is that I can trust in my Heavenly Father in the same way. Here in Haiti a lot of people are driven by fear. They fear the uncertainty of…
A Quiet and Peaceable Life?
Before I was converted, I had never heard the term ‘Anabaptist’ and the concept of someone sharing their faith in Jesus with others, was foreign to me. After I was converted, I remember thinking about all my friends who didn’t know anything about what had just happened to me. One thing kept going through my mind, “I need to tell them!” When something good happens to…
Priorities
One day in late spring Jack was wondering what to do with his old lawn mower after purchasing a new one. His wife suggested that since it still worked well, they should give it to their poor neighbor Tim. “Yes,” Jack replied, “he does mow his large yard with that old push mower. He would love it!” So later that day Jack went to his neighbor’s home and gave him the…
Despise Not Prophesyings
Despise not prophesyings. -1 Thessalonians 5:20 A certain nostalgia surrounds the thought of prophecy, for it conveys the mystery of prediction. The prophets of old were passionate, persistent, and powerful men, who sought to awake the yawning crowd from their contented slumber. They employed God-inspired, extreme and creative means in their avid attempts to convict…
What Gospel Are We Living?
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. -2 Corinthians 3:2-3 I was enjoying a Sunday afternoon meal at a mission when I was asked,…
Missions in Today’s World
Looking back at the years before my conversion isn’t easy. I was the youngest of six children. My parents were members of the Apostolic Christian Church in Latty, Ohio. We grew up hearing the Bible and going to church regularly, but something went wrong. I was a young boy when people realized I had an anger problem. I remember visiting a psychiatrist who started me on…