Paul seeks to motivate the Corinthian church to give. He starts out in chapter 8 verses 1-6 with the example of the Macedonian church and how they gave. These would be churches like Philippi and Thessalonica. It is very appropriate for us to also learn and be motivated by the example of the Macedonian churches outlined in this passage. We can learn from the history of how other churches have given. Here are six points that I have gleaned from it.
Population, life expectancy, ethnicities, crime rates, religions, churches, missions, baptisms, Bible translations, access to radio and TV, Gross National Product per capita... you name it, you can probably find the statistic here!
Defines the issue of dependency and how it relates to the ministry of The Voice of the Martyrs, and establishes working guidelines to provide assistance in project planning.
Some ten years following his retirement, a missionary returned to Africa to visit church leaders and other friends. To his dismay he discovered that his greatest contribution was now the church's biggest problem...
I believe that the church in Africa is endowed with the resources to support its own ministry... Let our friends and partners help us to realize our potential by letting us "walk on our own feet."
One of the concerns that brought World Harvest Mission into being was the plight of the poor in Africa. We began with a burden to see Christ glorified through preaching the gospel to the afflicted in Uganda and ministering to their material needs...
If, whenever you ponder the immense problems of the African continent, you don't think about the role of microenterprise and microfinance, it could be that you're just not thinking small enough.
An inside look at Africa, primarily from conversations with Africans themselves across the continent. Theroux is rich with words and he is especially picturesque about things that trouble him...
Our proclamation has social consequences... and our social involvement has evangelistic consequences as we bear witness to the transforming grace of Jesus Christ...
The following is a commentary from the Center for Public Justice on the G-8 Summit on Africa , followed by an exchange of corresondence between a Chinese man studying at a reformed seminary and a staff member of The TentMaker Project.
The Wesleyan revival is widely credited with saving England from repeating the French Revolution... Without widespread societal transformation, Money only fuels the corruption that compounds the hopeless plight of so many.
