Based in Managua, reaching out to Nicaragua: Christ for the City International.
[I wrote this on a blog that was later merged into Missions Minded.]
Every week I wait patiently for my favorite podcast to download in iTunes. (And by waiting patiently I mean clicking “Refresh” only every other minute.) The podcast is the sermon audio from The Village Church in Dallas. Matt Chandler is [...]
One of our teammates here in Nicaragua, Bob Thurlow, was recently featured in Christ for the City’s monthly newsletter. The article highlights one of CFCI-Nicaragua’s ministries: teaching national pastors Bible study methods, sermon preparation, and leadership development. It’s one of the many ongoing projects here that we’re excited about! You can read the article on [...]
Read full post...It seems odd that Managua, Nicaragua would pop up in a sermon about the dangers of American, suburban culture, but wouldn’t you know it did last weekend. In a message at The Villlage Church (one of my favorite weekly podcasts), guest speaker Barry Keldie describes an experience he had on a mission trip to [...]
Read full post...Yesterday was a Super Sunday for a number of reasons:
A great Super Bowl game. Go Giants! (My Heels won too.)
An incredible church service at Nexus in downtown Charlotte. It was the most diverse church I’ve ever attended: black, white, Hispanic, African (from eight different countries to be exact), Spanish speaking, French speaking, [...]
If you haven’t gathered from reading this blog, our home church in South Carolina is Seacoast Church. And we love it!
This weekend Jim Caviezel spoke at the Long Point campus in Mt. Pleasant. Pastor Greg “interviewed” him about his experience playing Jesus in The Passion of the Christ. In addition to some funny stories about [...]
Another busy weekend! We held a banquet on Friday night honoring the mothers. The youth group organized and sponsored the event — and did a great job! And this morning we held our regular service of La Iglesia de la Alegría del Señor. Here are the highlights:
We had over 100 people in attendance for the mother’s [...]
Read full post...What an amazing 24 hours! I’m so bummed that Amber missed one of the biggest weekends we’ve had yet at El Jardín – from Youth Night on Saturday to the church service this morning. But she’s going to be thrilled when I pick her up at the bus stop tonight with the following report:
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