Over the next month mgpc are supporting two different trips, with similar objectives but in very different locations. Here’s the piece I wrote for the September edition of our monthly church newsletter. Africa. I know that Africa holds a special place in the memories of many of our longer term members here. I’ve been told …
I spent an hour yesterday listening to Ian and Vivian Dennis, who are are engaged with mission work among mariners at the Port of Melbourne under the umbrella of ECM (European Christian Mission). Ian has been following this faith mission calling since 1979, and Vivian a few years later. As Christian evangelists and teachers, the …
What does Love Without Walls (Laurie Beshore, Zondervan, 2012) promise? In 150 pages Laurie Beshore writes about her personal experience in founding and leading the outreach ministry arm of Mariners Church in Orange County, California, USA. Beshore aims to provide a book about “what not to do in ministry… figuring out how to love the …
Ed Stetzer concludes his reflections on Australia by proposing that the future spiritual climate of the USA may look pretty much like the present spiritual climate of our nation: Yet, I do see America’s possible faith future in Australia’s present — a happy people largely unconcerned about the Church while pursuing the betterment of society. …
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