Recent content by brentlake

Hello Ben, I just wanted to add a note of support for what you have written here, as my and many companion organizations have come to similar conclusions for similar reasons. We have been actively engaged in converting and bringing into the Church many thousands of former Muslims, particularly...

Absolutely! So good to see that you have already come to understand this. I too have worked ministries in many areas of Europe considered to be secular, and just as you have understood, the people in these areas are surprisingly open to ministry and re-joining the Church, and bringing up their...

Hello Yo-yo, thank you for raising this ever more important topic, as there is a definite spiritual hunger for the Church in the Middle East amid a good deal of danger for the brave souls who take the step of embracing it. I have made several trips to the region itself, but my strongest evidence...

Hello to anyone doing ministry projects in Nijmegen, I helped with a small congregation there for about half a year but it was the best six months I ever spent doing mission-related activities. I think American media too often portrays the Dutch in particular, as inveterately secular which...

Yes this is a good answer, as I understand it, the goal with the Gospels was to extend the reach of the faith outside of the original small audience of believers and apostles, to make ti something truly universal. In practice of course, I suppose one could say the first immediate audience was...

Hello Ana, I appreciate your thoughts here, while we may disagree on spiritual matters I appreciate that you are engaging us in constructive discussion. I can only say, on the first point, that my engagement with God, as with most I know, is one of those things that is difficult to pinpoint as...