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  1. GuusVA

    Prayer for church council meeting

    The church council accepted my application (or candidacy) for the opening. They have till september to decide on the matter and will invite all candidates to teach once in the church! Thank you for praying. Please continue to pray with me. That the council (this includes myself) may be filled...
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    Prayer for church council meeting

    Hi all, I'm not super active but I have this prayer request! Tonight we will host a council meeting with the elders of the church, in this meeting our pastor will announce his retirement (he is 77 almost 78). This means that we no longer have a pastor! As I am currently studying for my...
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    Laying the Foundation: Looking for Inspiration, Encouragement, Resources for Christian Website/Blog

    great tip, get your website filled up before asking commentary on it ;) there is basically no content. Its a huge website already. Start slow and small. Build as content comes! If you want tips or tricks. Ask specific questions. It is very difficult to come and give advice to people that say...
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    Picture A Scripture

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    Protestants and Catholics

    I agree, however, the protestants would say that somewhere along the line, men have started Catholicism. The apostles never meant for the Catholic way of faith to happen. Selling indulgences was a start of Matrin Luthers 91 differences, yes 91...
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    Protestants and Catholics

    They would both say, that theirs faith came first! However as a protestant living in a country with mainly catholics. There is a difference. For example, Most Catholics worship saints. Like Mary, the mother of God, or Saint Peter, or any other really. Whilst Protestants believe we should not...
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    Relationship Advice-21 never dated?

    IMO, stop LOOKING for a girl, start PRAYING for a girl. I'm 21 married and have baby. Does that mean I got more lucky? NO, it means God send me into the mission field at age 19. What I do know is that God led both of us down a specific trail to get where we are at now! Pray that God will...
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    Prayer a Substitute for Service?

    To some people I think it has. however, if we assume that someone has the means to help, thus should help we could quickly assume the wrong thing. What if that person looks like he has the means to help, but can barely scratch through the months himself? Often we see that these people still...
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    Chinese police: hand in Koran and prayer mats or suffer consequences

    It is not okay to persecute anyone! as my post was saying. I agree that too many Christians are feeling persecuted in too many ways! As in western christian people shouldn't feel persecuted. Because really they aren't. Specially Americans or in other countries where Christianity dominates the...
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    one liners

    on a matter of evangelism: "you may not like my way of doing evangelism, even I sometimes do not like my way of doing it, but I like my way better the your way of not doing it' T.L. Moody
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    Chinese police: hand in Koran and prayer mats or suffer consequences

    I understood this, just wanted to point out the comparison that I see in it ;), if you compare one, you must automatically compare the other...
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    Chinese police: hand in Koran and prayer mats or suffer consequences

    There are still muslims that are peacefull! Thecnically China treats most religions that threathen their way of gorverning in this way but if you call a comparison... There are violent Christians as well, how would we feel to be compared to them? Well thecnically we should compare all our...
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    Sexual Harassment and Freedom of Speech

    Wouldn't it all depend on how far the graphic display of your thought would go? Well I am not American, but in Europe we have freedom of speech as well, but its still inappropriate to say certain things ;) IMO Being offended shouldn't limit your speech, However speaking in such a graphic...
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    Women and being ordained or a nun

    A ministry doesn't always require ordination, or joining a monastry! Pray what God sends you to do! Do this! I encourage you to get in touch with Operation Mobilisation! Through them I was encouraged to follow God and found my true calling!
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    Planting a Church in a town that Doesn't Want God

    WOW going from 3 tot 7 members in under a year is great! As said before, focus on those 10 members and dont focus on the numbers! Together with 3 other people I run a church of 50 members and we have declined with 10 the start of the year (they moved to other countries) but have grown 5...
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    witnessing and warning

    I can hear your trouble Aimz. I agree with brinny on the fact that it has to come from the Holy Spirit! I agree with halbhh that sometimes specific warnings can be better kept till people believe and not before people have come to accept Christ! Referring to several of Paul's passages on...
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    Return to CF

    Thanks for the welcome guys! :) makes me feel warm on the inside!
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    questions on supporting a missionary

    As I work as a missionary, 4000 seems a reasonable number! As we have to pay a lot of expenses that are work related! We buy our own supplies, we pay our own transport, we have to afford everything ourselves! If he is going to africa and he will need to pay for flight costs visum costs. If he...
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    Return to CF

    Hi guys, So I figured I would reintroduce myself! I have been gone for too long! So i am a Missionary / church worker in Belgium and I miss coming here, so I decided to return! Also I am married and have a beautiful daughter of 7 months old :) The great thing is that God has done so many...