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Abducted, Exploited, Redeemed: Christina's Story

September 2008 Ministry Update

On a cold evening in Romania, a little baby named Christina Tipa was placed by her grandmother on a bed that sat beside a wood-burning stove. She wanted Christina, who was not yet one year old, to stay warm while she slept. Tragically, however, Christina rolled off the bed during the night, landing directly on the stove top. By the time her grandmother pulled her screaming granddaughter from the stove, one side of Christina's body was severely burned. Continued...

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Pastoring with Less Pain,
Part 2

August 2008 e-Teaching

When pastors gather, they sometimes joke that if it weren't for people, pastoring would be a great profession. Indeed, people are the reason that pastoring is sometimes so painful. However, as I contended in June's e-teaching, if you are a sincere disciple-making pastor, then you know that pastoring genuine sheep---those who want to be discipled and truly follow Jesus---is an absolute delight. Thus I did my best to encourage pastors to purge their churches of goats by preaching the truth. And if that doesn't clear them all out, then biblical excommunication is in order. (And excommunication is biblical, of course.)

Most pastors, however, find the idea of excommunication to be a frightful proposition, and understandably so. Can you imagine what would happen in most churches if the pastor excommunicated someone, even attempting to do it quietly? Most likely it would result in gossip, strife, and a potential church split. Read more

Worth Watching

Follow along as David Servant travels around Israel and teaches through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. All twenty-one half hour episodes are now available to watch online. View the videos here.