Welcome to this blog on the topic of empowering women and men to use their gifts together in advancing the Gospel. I thought the best way to begin would be to provide a history of Lausanne and gender as recordedRead more…
Children? Look Again!
I am sure you have seen those interesting commercials of a famous bank. Same pictures can take on different meanings. You may think the meanings contradict each other. And yet, depending on who looks at the picture, the images canRead more…
The occidental missions (English & Spanish)
The occidental missions and their roll in the third millennium “Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you” Php. 3:17 The roll the occidental missions willRead more…
Iberoamerican Church and the Missions Movement
A time for gratitude: A church that experiences the work of the Holy Spirit “And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.” (Acts 11:21). To begin with, we wantRead more…
Be light to the world
One of the first creations of God was light; “God said: let it be light, and there was light. (Gen 1:3 HCSB.) It seems that there was something exceptional about that particular word in the personality of God. As aRead more…
A VIEW ON THE CENTRAL COMMISSION
THE CENTRAL COMMISSION In the last verses of Matthew, there we find the passage known as the Great Commission (Matthew 28: 16-20), this portion of the Holy Scriptures contains a new commandment for the Christian Church: Followers of JesusRead more…
Lasting Peace Comes Only Through Jesus
People throughout the world long for peace. Satisfying this longing, however, requires a change of heart that is out of reach for everyone apart from God’s grace.
New Teeth, New Heart
Lim Swee Choo is a ’dentist on the Thai Border’ for Mercy Teams International. For many years Swee Choo has left her home in Malaysia to regularly visits and care for children and families in the Border region. This is her generosityRead more…
Mission and Evangelsim
The Department of Missions and Evangelism was established in 1988 to “Make America Orthodox,” in the words of His Eminence Metropolitan Philip. To fulfill that dream, the department endeavors to: 1) build new missions in North American cities of overRead more…
Leadership Training
By Bishop John Abdalah, Diocese of Worcester and New England, and Editor of The Word The theme for the Conferences this new Church Year is from the Gospel of Luke: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, withRead more…