Member of Dai Royal Family meets the Holy Spirit

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:28am

(July 2009)

This past week it came to my attention again how in the 1960's, Religion scholars were predicting that the Church and Religion in general would be pushed into a corner, small and irrelevant and the Secular World would prevail. These same social observers, Dr. Peter Berger and Dr. Harvey Cox, whom I read during College and Graduate School in the early 80's returned in the 90's to confess that the opposite has happened.

This is very evident here in SE Asia. Of course, many know the story of communists in SE Asia in the 60's and some know of what is happening now.

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Drug Addiction to Freedom for the Whole Family

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:32am

From July 2009

This is about a woman around 40 years of age. Her oldest son, was about 20 years of age and addicted to drugs and slowly destroying himself and the family. Draining the income and creating relational disruption. This woman was beside herself. She went to the local Hinayana Buddhist Temple, but they did offer much help, although she did what she was suppose to, but things got worse. In her desperation, she went to a Church that was nearby where she lived. They told her, "We will pray for you and the family." They also unconditionally accepted her.

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Desperate Mother

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:35am

A young mother gave birth to a child. Very early on she noticed that the baby was not doing well. In fact, the baby was frequently crying and not growing like it should. Desperate she started going to the Temple but no results that she was looking for. Then one day, in her desperation, she sat down by the roadside and she heard people singing. They were singing about a person, Jesus, someone she had not heard of before. They sang about resurrection, healing, hope, life and joy.

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Sarah and the Koranic School Boys

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:37am

Sarah is a Nigerian Christian missionary from the Yoruba Tribe. She graduated with a degree in Insurance from Nigeria, but then felt the Lord calling her to mission work. Though she wasn’t an Anglican, she approached an Anglican church in Nigeria to assist and support her. They agreed. She went to a country in the 10/40 window to minister amongst prostitutes, prisoners, and the homeless. AFM-Nigeria met her at the frontier mission conference held in Jos, Nigeria in October 2007.

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An Unusual Meeting

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:41am

Me and two Muslim men sitting in our living room, talking about various passages from the Gospel of John. But these are no ordinary Muslims, they believe in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. They don't flinch when we read statements like, "I am the bread of life," or the even more scandalous, "I have power to lay down my life, and to take it up again!"

On the other hand, they are not Christians by any conventional definition of the term. They have not been baptized, they do not belong to any church, and their families are entirely Muslim.

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Breaking Down Barriers

Submitted by anglicanfrontiers on May 9, 2010 - 2:44am

A missionary in a country with a large Muslim population writes: I had guests come to present a three-day seminar for the local church. The Christians in this country are not from Muslim backgrounds, and centuries of animosity are thick walls preventing them even having a desire to share the Gospel. The tips on befriending a Muslim and having an effective witness were well received. They were attentive.

Recently, we had a coup attempt and we were surprised that the soldiers passed through our little village.

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Missionary Training at the Hands of the Lord

Submitted by Anonymous on June 10, 2010 - 10:56am

Well, it has been over a year now that we have been here living in the Middle East. It has been enough time for some basic lessons to start sinking in, sinking in through hearts that are often hard, through minds that are often stubborn, into our spirits which are often tired or unmotivated. 

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