If Jesus wasn’t an American, we wouldn’t have to sing the same songs translated into every language in the world from our centuries old leaders. We could sing songs in minor key, or chant, or simply stare into the sky. If Jesus wasn’t an American, we wouldn’t have to weekly visit a dingy building lined…
Excerpt from book “Fire on the Mountains” by Ramond J. Davis, published in 1980. ISBN: 0919470-03-3 The history of the beginnings of SIM work in Ethiopia from the 1920’s. “While [Diasa] was sitting there, he noticed the chief of all witch doctors in Wallamo seated not far from him. This witch doctor was a peculiar…
On October 31, 1517 (493 years ago) Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle which contained a catholic church and seminary. This act and the debate that followed brought about the division of the Western (Roman) church. Division has since become one of the major characteristics of the Protestant movement. …
In Ethiopia I had the great honor of meeting a group of believers who lived in a very remote part of the country. There was no road to their village, only a random path marked by the odd African shade tree. When the pastor was directing me there, he tried to talk to me in his broken English. He explained that it takes him four hours to walk to the village. This village used to be fully Muslim. He shared with me that this church “was in the shadows”.