This week I am in Turin, Italy, speaking at the PEM (Pentecostal European Mission) Conference on ministering the Gospel to refugees and immigrants. Key missions leaders from all across Europe are excited as never before at what is taking place. Churches had mobilised to minister to Syrian refugees, expecting it to be a purely humanitarian mission to terrified people fleeing civil war and the unspeakable brutality of ISIS.Instead it is turning out to be the most significant evangelistic event in any of our lifetimes. Missionaries are reporting that refugees, as soon as they cross the border, are lining up and asking for copies of the Bible. For many, as soon as they are no longer in an Islamic country, their first question is “How do I become a Christian?” Churches in Germany, that have been spiritually moribund for years with increasingly elderly congregations, are suddenly crying out for workers to help them disciple the new Middle Eastern converts that are coming to their services. Some of them, who normally rarely baptise any converts, are now holding baptistmal services every month. In Turkey, itself a Muslim country, Syrian churches are starting up. Many of these new believers are members of designated Unreached People Groups, those whom it is almost impossible to evangelize in their own countries.A few weeks ago I talked with a wonderful young man, a student in one of our Church of God Bible schools, who came to Europe as a refugee from the Middle East. He grew up as a Muslim, but is now a Pentecostal believer. Today he is leading a group of students who visit a local refugee camp to minister on a regular basis. Not only that, but several times a year he travels to Iraq to preach in the many new churches that are springing up there.In Ireland we now have seven Church of God pastors (three of them ex-Muslims) who came to our country as refugee/asylum seekers.I recently spoke with an evangelist working in the Middle East. He made an amazing statement, “ISIS have caused more people to turn to Christ than Billy Graham.”God is truly doing something great in our generation________________Senior Pastor, Solid Rock Church, DroghedaNational Overseer, Church of God, IrelandExecutive Director, Evangelical Alliance Irelandeaiseanchai.wordpress.com/
I knew both of these men while growing up.
A preacher never retires just slows down
now here is an open post ripe for discussion. Open forum!
Thank you Charles for accepting my post. You have been fair to me….and to be honest I was a bit surprised I was accepted. Thank you again Sir.
OK now open up the conversation. Your assumption being already proven wrong!
I have said all that needs to be said. And you have once again said to much.
Thank goodness you have not judged this forum nor have assumed partial judgments yet!
Mat_12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
We don’t judge the people, but we can judge the fruit that one bears. Of course, if you don’t know what this “fruit” looks like, how will you ever tell what kind of tree is before you?
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
It’s not complicated, unless you want to “compromise”. Then things get messy, and down right evil.
He has also called us to be fishers of men NOT cleaners of fish.
No, there wasn’t -have to buy the DVDs
Talen competition? Is that Biblical?
I would have expected longer hair on the women-folk in a photo with a caption like that on a forum like this.
I apologize
None needed. I was just a bit surprised, not offended.
What kind a forum do you think this is?
It’s meant to be an open forum – one can be liberal or conservative
Even for biblical views if you speak for God
Okay. I was just surprised you were okay with the hair length.