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Blog entries for the category Missions
Preaching in the Big Tent
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 29
On Sunday I spoke twice at the big tent that the local church had erected. To get there we wound our way through the city until we suddenly turned onto a compound owned by the Methodist Church. In the morning I preached to a few hundred. At night the crowd was considerably larger. Benny arranged things so that Josh and I arrived at the tent af...
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14 Minutes for China
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 17, 2011
On Thursday I wrote about an opportunity to invest in our new Keep Believing China partnership by giving $12.50 to cover the cost of one minute of broadcasting into China. A friend who saw that post sent this note:I just bought 4 more minutes of “air China” time to give as gifts...14 minutes so far.Here’s what I’m doing...
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A Gift for China
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Are you looking for a last-minute Christmas gift?What about giving the gift of God’s Word to China? In April 2012 we will begin broadcasting three times a week into China from the Trans World Radio facilities in Guam. Our potential audience in Mainland China will be a staggering 878 million people. That’s more than twice the po...
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Anchor in Nigeria
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 10, 2011
Several months ago a pastor in the US asked for some copies of An Anchor for the Soul that he could take with him on a trip to preach in several Nigerian churches. Recently he sent us some pictures from his time at the Ife Oluwa Baptist Church in Kaduna, Nigeria. Here is part of what he wrote to me:While in Kaduna, I distributed the book: Anchor fo...
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The Future of the Chinese Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 4, 2011
This little boy represents the future of the Chinese church.Earlier this week his mother put him down for a nap in the apartment where we stayed in Dalian. His grandfather serves as a church worker in a Chinese city with very few Christians. He and his mother and father and grandfather came to Dalian to spend two days with us. I was very pleased wh...
Day 6: Kent’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 6 of our Korea-China trip with a glimpse into the classroom and a Korean student shares his story....
Day 5: Betsy’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 5 in which you get a glimpse of our first session with the students and also we share a testimony from Betsy, a student from Taiwan....
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Day 4: Visit to a Buddhist Temple
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 24, 2011
Here’s today video in which we visit a Buddhist temple on Jeju Island.
Day 2: Airport Evangelist
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 22, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 2 of our trip to Korea and China in which we meet a man carrying a cross at the airport in Seoul:...
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Secret Baptism in Pakistan
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, August 29, 2011
Seven years ago Brian Bill, pastor of Pontiac (IL) Bible Church, sent a copy of An Anchor for the Soul to a young man in Pakistan. He never knew how the book was received (or even if it made it to Pakistan) until he received the following note a few days ago: Dear Pastor Bill. In 2004 you sent me a book about sin. That book and Bible...
Anchor in Uganda
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, August 15, 2011
Several months ago we received a request for Anchor books to be used on a missions trip to Uganda led by Pastor Charlie Butt from the First Baptist Church of Amery, Wisconsin. This morning we received the following note:Ray:Just a quick note to say thank you for the books that you provided for our mission trip to Uganda and Sudan. We di...
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We Need You to “Like” Our New Facebook Page
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Last week we debuted our brand-new Keep Believing Facebook page. Now we need your help.We need you to visit our new page and click on the “Like” button. That’s all you have to do. Visit and Click. Simple and easy to do.We’re hoping for 1000 people to “Like” our page during the month of December. For each person w...
Preaching Through a Translator
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Several weeks ago I preached using side-by-side translation during our visit to Montreal. I did the same thing when we visited Dalian, China in October. Almost every time I mention that I’m preaching that way, someone asks me what it’s like. The answer is, it depends.Most people assume that preaching with an translator is harder than ...
Visit to Dalian University of Technology – New Video
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 11, 2010
On Sunday, October 17, God opened the door for a major speaking event in China. Despite official opposition and repeated attempts to shut down the event and a last-second change of venue, almost 500 students came to Dalian University of Technology to hear me speak about “The Wisdom of Solomon."
The Most Unchurched Part of North America
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, November 7, 2010
Q: Where are you if you are in the most unchurched part of North America?A: You are in Quebec. Several times this weekend I have been reminded of the staggering challenge evangelical Christians face in Quebec. The statistics are startling. Far fewer than 1 percent of the population claims to be evangelical Christian. In Montreal I am told the numbe...
Next Stop: Montreal
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 5, 2010
Detroit AirportGate C 11I am writing this quick note before we board the plane for our flight to Montreal. We’re on our way to a tremendous conference called Missions Globales. We haven’t been to Montreal since 2007, a trip made forever memorable because I forgot our passports. Back then you could still enter Canada without a passport (…
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“Journey to Africa” – New Video
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 28, 2010
In April a team from Keep Believing Ministries spent two weeks in Uganda and Kenya. One of our team members, MaryAnn Spiegel, came back home with over 300 video clips. Josh took the clips and combined them with still photos to produce a short video. The music you hear in the background comes from Krystin Ndela, one of Africa’s most popular Ch...
Our Trip in Pictures
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 21, 2010
I am writing this note from the “Hub Lounge” at Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea. After two wonderful weeks in Korea and China, we are on our way home. As a way to remember God’s blessings, here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip. ...
Off to Asia!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 8, 2010
It’s 4:45 AM and we’re on our way to the airport. We’ll be meeting with Skip Olson in Detroit on one of the legs of our flight. 26 hours from now, we should be in Jeju Island at the brand new Word of Life Center there.
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Miss Eva Goes to Heaven
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 7, 2010
1945 was a long time ago. In the big scheme of things, that’s when World War II finally came to an end. In another corner of the world, that’s when a young woman named Eva Lodgaard began the adventure that became her life’s work. Recently graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, she had been attending a small congregatio...
“My God Is Much Bigger Now”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, September 13, 2010
This morning I spoke with Pastor Peter Wang in China for over an hour about the events of the last week. The police came on four different occasions to his church, attempting to shut it down. On Friday morning 20 police officers came and took him away for interrogation. On Sunday just as he was preparing to preach, police burst into the worship ser...
Miracle at Kwale Prison
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
On Tuesday Peter took us to Kwale Prison to minister there. On this particular day 100-150 men voluntarily came to the meeting while many others who could not come listened from a nearby building. We brought soap and toilet paper, two items the prisoners desperately need. After Peter introduced our team, Jim King gave a spirited testimony. Then Pet...
Kenya Pictures
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 18, 2010
Here are the first pictures from Kenya. On Monday we’re going on a safari so stayed tuned for more pictures on Tuesday....
Monkey Business in Mombasa
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 17, 2010
It’s late Saturday afternoon here in Mombasa. We got here in the middle of the night, after a long day sitting in the Kampala airport. We arrived in Mombasa at 11 PM, took a ferry across the inland passage, then rode across the island, arriving at Word of Life around 1 AM. We got to bed at 1:30 AM, totally fried. Up at 7:30 AM for 8 AM breakf…
Uganda Pastors Conference
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 15, 2010
“Pastor Ray, do you mind if I ask you a question?""Not at all.""What should we do if a Muslim man with four wives converts to Christianity and wants to join our church? We know what the Bible says about marriage, but we want to minister to all his wives and his children too. How do we do that and still be true to the B...
Uganda Picture Gallery
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 12, 2010
Here are the first pictures from our trip to Uganda.
Helping a Christian School in Uganda
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 7, 2010
In just 24 hours our team leaves for Africa. We’ll be gone 16 days, half of that time in Uganda and half of that time in Kenya. In both countries we’ll be working with Word of Life, the international youth ministry headquartered in Schroon Lake, New York.Several weeks ago Thomas Obunde who heads up Word of Life Uganda asked if we could ...
40-40-40
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My friend Rich Bonham told me about an exciting prayer initiative timed to coincide with the 40 days of Lent. The Pray Europe movement challenges Christians to . . . 40 days of prayer for40 counties in Europe for 40 seconds a day.Now that’s an idea we can all get our hands around. Once you go to the website, you find links for all the countri...
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“By Prayer Since 1893”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I’m writing this note from the guesthouse at the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring Florida, in the southern part of the state about an hour and a half south of Orlando. This is my third visit. I spoke here in 2004 on the recommendation of Calvary missionaries John and Anne Ockers. Marlene came with me on my second visit in January 2006. So fa...
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This and That
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, January 23, 2010
*I’m writing this note at 11:45 PM on Friday night. In just a few hours I’ll be on my way to the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring, Florida. It’s a lovely spot established for missionaries who have returned to the States after 30 or 40 or 50 years on the mission field. I’m the speaker for their Bible conference that starts o...
Haiti-How You Can Help
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, January 14, 2010
By now everyone has heard about the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti around 5 PM on Tuesday. At this writing no one knows the full extent of the damage. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it a catastrophe of “biblical” proportion. That seems like an apt description for the earthquake that struck the poorest nation in the ...
A New Hallelujah
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 13, 2009
Check out Michael W. Smith’s video called A New Hallelujah. It’s a good reminder that God’s heart reaches out to the whole world. We work and pray and pray for the day when the whole world will sing “a new hallelujah” to the Lord....
WorldMap.org
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, September 25, 2009
Peter Faulkner tipped me off to an amazing website called WorldMap.org. Their goal is simple and yet daunting. They want to create maps showing people groups and languages for each country of world while showing the progress of the gospel in that area. I particularly liked the world map showing the progress of evangelical Christianity in every nati...
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We Support God’s Work Around the World
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 21, 2009
Several weeks ago I started a series to explain what Keep Believing is all about. You can read the previous installments here:We’re an Internet-Based Ministry We Believe in the Power of Preaching We Support Gospel Outreach Through the Book Depot We Encourage People Everywhere to Keep Believing in Jesus It occurred to m...
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Feel Free to Use Our Material
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 16, 2009
I received a note from a friend in a distant state saying that he wanted to use some material from one of the sermons he found on the Keep Believing website. He wondered if he had permission to use our material, and if so, what he should say to the congregation. Since that question comes up from time to time, let me state our policy:1. All the mate...
Evangelicals Around the World
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The white dots represent evangelical Christians on this map produced by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, this map shows the distribution of evangelical Christians around the world. You can find a variety of reports from their Global Research Department. This counter records The Unfinished Task. It is a sober...
Updated Resources
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 23, 2009
A few months ago we opened a no-frills section of the website called Recommended Resources. I call it no-frills because there are no pictures or other fancy designs. If you click on the link, you will see what I mean. We have gathered on one page some of our favorite online resources. We start with a section called Bible Study Resources for those p...
Philippines Trip Report
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
We have just posted the report from our recent trip to the Philippines (March 26-April 7). During that time we visited Davao City and Bukidnon on the island of Mindanao and spent several days at at the end of the trip in Manila. We have packed the report with as many pictures as possible.As for the finances, we are grateful for those who gave to ma...
Pray for the Keep Believing Philippines Project
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 23, 2009
This week’s prayer update focuses on the KBM Philippines Project. We’ve attempted to give you a day by day guide for praying for us during the next 2 ½ weeks. We appreciate and depend on your prayer support while we’re away and can’t wait to give you a report of what God is doing in the Philippines when we return.We p...
Pray for Europe Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Greater Europe Mission has set aside October 23 as a special Day of Prayer for Europe. Click on the interactive map to see details regarding the spiritual needs of each European country.…
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Yes, Lord, Yes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Last night I began and ended my sermon with the challenge to pray, “Lord, do things I’m not used to.” When the pastor gave the invitation, the front of the church was filled with people—30-40, maybe more—kneeling and praying. The pastor said that he had challenged the congregation to say, “Yes, Lord, yes,” ...
Keep Believing Northern Ireland
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, August 31, 2008
Yesterday we received a note from a pastor in Northern Ireland. Here’s what he said:Greetings my dear brother from Belfast Northern Ireland. May I please thank you for your Bible sermons and studies. They have been a real blessing to me as a Pastor, who also needs feeding. Would you please give my greetings to your people and please...
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News About The Persecuted Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, June 21, 2008
If you are looking for updated and reliable news about the the persecution of Christians around the world, check out these websites: Christian Monitor, Compass Direct, Voice of the Martyrs, Christian Freedom International, Persecution.org, Persecution Blog ...
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Tom and Janine Throssel
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 14, 2008
Just before we left the SAM guesthouse to go to the airport for our trip home, we recruited another missionary to take one final picture of us with Tom and Janine Throssel. We met them in the mid-90s when they attended the church in Oak Park during their student years at Moody Bible Institute. Tom and Janine helped out in t ...
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“They’re Tearing Down the Church”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 14, 2008
On Sunday morning missionary Greg Dahl picked us up at the SAM guesthouse in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He wanted us to experience a Bolivian worship service at the Luz y Vida (Light and Life) Church in a rural area on the edge of Santa Cruz.This is the new church location.The wood under the tree comes from the old building.Elder ...
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Miami Again
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 14, 2008
It’s about 8 AM and we’re sitting at gate D31 waiting for our flight to Dallas connecting on to Memphis where we will pick up our car and drive back to Tupelo. From the time we left the guesthouse in Santa Cruz last night, our travel time back home will be about 22 hours. We’re both a little bleary-eyed af ...
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Carnaval Dress Rehearsal
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Tonight I saw something I had never seen before. It started when we went to downtown Santa Cruz with Tom and Janine Throssel and their children plus Tom’s parents Terry and Marlene plus their friends Richard and Janice Cavaliere who came to Bolivia to help with the children during the conference this week.Marlene and ...
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Two From Havre
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, January 12, 2008
The two in the middle were born in the same hospital in Havre, Montana.When Marlene spoke to the women, she told them she was born in Montana. The next day Dan Strebig asked her where in Montana she was from. When Marlene said she was born in Havre, he replied, “I was too. In Deaconess Hospital.” “I was born there too,” Ma ...
Sahara Pizza
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 11, 2008
Marlene and Laura Kienzle check out the Sahara Pizza motorcycle delivery man.Rebekah Kienzle serves the Sahara Pizza special to Laura, Marlene and Erica.L-R: Paul, Rachel, Laura and Rebekah Kienzle, Marlene, Erica Kienzle, Ray.The conference ended this morning on a deep note of spiritual worship. You could not doubt the dee ...
The 2008 SAM Bolivia Field Conference
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, January 10, 2008
We took this picture today after the morning session and just before lunch. Greg Dahl, the tall fellow on the back row at the right, took this picture using the time-delay feature on his camera.
Bolivia—Wednesday
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Missionary kids taking a ride through the animal preserve at the resort.A rural furniture factory with its products displayed by the side of the road. Rebekah Kienzle and Phillip Throssel show off a macaw that lives at the resort. With the single missionaries of the SAM Bolivia field.L-R Dana Wilson, Katie Wells, Marl ...
Bolivian Buckeye
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Last night when I mentioned that Ohio State and LSU were playing for the National Championship in college football, one of the missionaries said, “You need to talk to Bill. He loves the Ohio State Buckeyes.” That turned out to be something of an understatement. Bill and Bev Smith have been missionaries in Bolivia for many y ...
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Immanuel and Islamabad
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 24, 2007
I just read an inspiring meditation on Isaiah 9:7 called Immanuel and Islamabad. If you are feeling discouraged this Christmas season, read this meditation and rejoice that the Babe of Bethlehem is the one true King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And of his kingdom there will be no end.
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A Christmas Benediction
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 24, 2007
Here’s a wonderful Christmas benediction that John Armstrong shared a year ago. He heard it in church and then mentioned it on his weblog.May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, the obedience of Joseph, the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the determination of the magi, and the peace of the Christ ...
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Bangkok Women’s Prison Slideshow
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 6, 2007
In late September Marlene and I traveled to Thailand for ten days. We were joined in Thailand by Bill and Mary Jo Price of Columbus, Ohio. During our time there we met missionaries Charles and Lourdes Holmes. Lourdes has served in Thailand for forty years. A large part of their very effective ministry involves reaching out ...
Twenty-Five Christmas Sermons
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Here are twenty-five Christmas sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s birth. When Was Jesus Born? Overcoming LonelinessDoes Jesus Know My Name?Out of EgyptThe King Has Come!Dear Sarah: A Letter About Forgiveness ...
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Celebrate the Nations
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, November 11, 2007
We will never forget last night’s “Celebrate the Nations” concert at the Missions en Fete conference in Montreal. Here is the program (translated into English):Worship by the Reconciliation ChoraleAnnouncements and OfferingChildren’s ChoirCongolese ChoirCambodian ChoirLatino ChoirFilipino ChoirHaitian ChoirChine ...
Rule # 1: Don’t Forget Your Passports
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 9, 2007
Friday 1:09 PMO’Hare AirportWe were supposed to land in Montreal about 30 minutes ago, but we’re still in Chicago because at 5:30 this morning I suddenly woke up and said to Marlene,"Did we bring the passports with us?” I asked even though I already knew the answer. No, we didn’t bring our passports with u ...
“Souls Are Expensive”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 26, 2007
Peter Odanga handing out An Anchor for the Soul at a prison in KenyaLast night I received a phone call from my friend Peter Odanga, who serves on staff with Word of Life Kenya. I first met Peter about five years ago at the Word of Life Campground in New York. Since then he has married and moved back to his native Kenya. He ...
China Update
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 25, 2007
Here are some recent articles on China:Anthony Bollback has posted the latest edition of China Clippings.The Christian Post reports on the rising generation of young Chinese worship leaders.Josh and Leah recently visited the Wal-Mart in Nanchang, China. Check out these pictures. It looks like it’s a lot more crowded t ...
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112 Saved at LIFE Camp in Thailand
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 22, 2007
Three weeks ago Marlene and I were Thailand leading a seminar on evangelism and the gospel for 250 Christian workers in preparation for an upcoming free English camp. Here is a report from Charles and Lourdes Holmes from the camp held last week:We had a great LIFE (Learning Intensive Free English) camp in Wangree. We regist ...
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The Best News I Know
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 21, 2007
“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.” Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), Puritan preacher and author.
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Life International
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, July 8, 2007
Each week during the Gull Lake summer conference season, a different missionary organization shares its ministry. This week the missions focus is Life International, a relatively new organization in Grand Rapids, MI, that reaches out to what they call the largest and most unreached people group in the world—the unborn. The ...
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On the Road to Michigan
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, July 7, 2007
8:16 PM We made it to Kalamazoo only a few minutes late. A young man named Joel picked me up. He’s a senior counselor at Gull Lake and a 2007 graduate of Wheaton College. He told me that attendance is up at the conference center this summer. Here’s one immediate and obvious difference between Gull Lake and Camp ...
Camp Nathanael
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 2, 2007
This week Marlene and I are at Camp Nathanael in Emmalena, Kentucky. If you don’t know where that is, we’re in far southeastern Kentucky, a few miles east of Hazard, not far from Pigeonroost, Topmost, Dwarf, and a few miles from a community named Rowdy. Emmalena is not a large town. It’s a store, a school ...
Saturday Pictures
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, June 30, 2007
Here are a few pictures of our new home in Tupelo plus some pictures from a family get-together today. Andy and Betty and Megan and Kathleen came over from Florence, Alabama for lunch. Alan joined us later. The backyard view shows the house as we bought it. If you look at the picture of Dudley and Gary, you can see the shad ...
Mission to Amish People
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Tonight I ate dinner with John Bouquet who is also teaching here at Word of Life this week. Because his church is located in an area with many Amish people, they support a ministry called Mission to Amish People. John said there are 60-70 former Amish who have come to Christ and now attend the church he pastors. Joe Keim wh ...
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Corrie Ten Boom and Martin Luther
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, June 25, 2007
Here are two follow-up quotes to my sermon Hold Lightly What You Value Greatly."I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.” Corrie ten Boom (Thanks to Duane Follman)"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands ...
The Man from Zimbabwe
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Just received this note from a missionary serving in South Africa: I just want to let you know that I gave An Anchor for the Soul to a waiter I met at a restaurant. He is from Zimbabwe but working here in South Africa. That is a tough county to be from right now needless to say. Almost 2000% interest from what a pastor fro ...
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Interview Marathon
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 7, 2007
This is Day 5 of our seven-day trip to Chicago. We arrived last Thursday night and have been going pretty much nonstop since then. Friday was taken up with plans for the Skype shower for Mark and Vanessa, Saturday with putting together the Keep Believing mailing, Sunday with preaching at Arlington Heights Free Church and lu ...
Ballistic Christianity
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, February 25, 2007
We have just posted the sermon I preached last Sunday at Elmhurst (IL) Christian Reformed Church:Ballistic ChristianityHere’s an excerpt:Jesus saw the multitudes. That’s hard to do. In the last year, I’ve been traveling a lot, preaching in different places. I’ve been in and out of so many airports th ...
Merced, California, 7:25 AM
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 23, 2007
Two people have written me asking where we are at the moment. One friend said, “All I know at this point is that you are somewhere in the United States.” That’s very true. Yesterday morning I woke up at Cloudland Canyon State Park in north Georgia, near the Tennessee state line. This morning we’re at a motel in ...
O’Hare Airport, 4:52 AM
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 20, 2007
I am writing these words at 4:52 AM at Gate L9 in Terminal 3 of O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Last night, which really hasn’t ended yet, we had a Keep Believing Ministries board meeting that finally wrapped up sometime after 11 PM. We did our final packing and got to bed about 12:30 AM. That was OK except that we c ...
Early Morning Wake-Up Call
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 16, 2007
Our day started unexpectedly at 3:14 AM with a phone call that jarred me out of a very deep sleep. Looking back, I was so fast asleep that when I woke up, I couldn’t quite figure out what was happening. It turned out to be Delta Airlines telling us that our 11 AM flight to Atlanta had been cancelled for mechanical rea ...
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Planning Your Preaching—Survey
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Next week I’m one of the speakers at a conference on Planning Your Preaching sponsored by the Olford Center for Biblical Preaching in Memphis. It occurred to me that this is a vital topic that pastors rarely talk about. So I thought I’d ask for some help from readers of this weblog. These questions are primarily ...
2192 Miles to Go
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
. . . I finished the year riding my bike exactly 1800 miles. In order to hit that number, I rode 140 miles during our trip to Gulf Shores, including 24 miles on December 31. It’s been about eight years since I started riding my bike again. At the end of 2005, I had ridden 20,000 miles. When you add 1800, the grand tot ...
My Ten Favorite Contemporary Worship Songs
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 31, 2006
A few months ago I wrote about my ten favorite hymns. Later I added another entry on my top ten gospel songs. At the time, I promised that I would eventually write about my favorite contemporary worship songs. I intended to get around to it earlier but kept putting it off until Steve Boisse reminded me a few days ago. So on ...
Adoption: Plenty of Room in the Family
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 30, 2006
Here is the newest sermon to be added to the KBM website:Adoption: Plenty of Room in the Family
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What’s Happening in China?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 29, 2006
Get Religion has up-to-date coverage on Christmas in China. Anthony Bollback has posted the latest edition of China Clippings.Mark writes from China with a call for pastors who preach with ferocity and compassion.On December 22 eight house church leaders were tried and sentenced to prison. I found an excellent news article ...
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A Restaurant, A Movie and a Very Decent Man
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 28, 2006
1) If you ever come to Gulf Shores, be sure to eat at Doc’s Seafood Shack in nearby Orange Beach. The sign out front says they have have the World’s Best Gumbo. With that kind of confidence, how could you resist? The place doesn’t exactly look like a shack; it’s more of a rundown, retro-50s kind of l ...
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Should Evangelicals “Fast” From Politics?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 28, 2006
In light of the recent mid-term elections, should evangelicals take a two-year “fast” from being involved in politics?David Kuo says yes and offers two main reasons: 1) It turns off the people we’re trying to reach for Christ. 2) It doesn’t work anyway. He concludes his column with these words:We will have to wa ...
The Star of Bethlehem
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 16, 2006
William Gearing provides a helpful explanation of the mysterious Star of Bethlehem:The Star of Bethlehem appears not to be able to be explained by science! Not if we are to hold true to the specific characteristics attributed to this star as defined in the Bible. God, in his providence, called forth the chosen Magi to worsh ...
Don’t You Believe in Miracles?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 24, 2006
Here is the sermon I preached last Sunday at Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan:Don’t You Believe in Miracles?
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SIM Village
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, November 7, 2006
I’m writing this note from guesthouse at the SIM village in Sebring Florida, in the southern part of the state about an hour and a half south of Orlando. This is my second visit, Marlene’s first. I spoke here in 2003 on the recommendation of Calvary missionaries John and Anne Ockers. So far the weather has been ...
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If Sin Were Blue
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, November 6, 2006
David Klinghoffer offers a wise perspective on Ted Haggard’s fall. The entire article deserves a close reading because he deals forthrightly with the question of whether or not homosexuality is inborn. In a sense, he answers yes, because all humans are born with a bias toward sin. Theologians call this the doctrine of ...
Ted Haggard Removed as Pastor of New Life Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, November 5, 2006
Kudos to the leaders at New Life Church for acting quickly to remove Ted Haggard from his position as senior pastor. Here is their letter to the congregation explaining the decision. When the facts are clear, as they evidently were to those doing the investigation, nothing is gained (and much is lost) by delaying the final ...
Married Couples Now a Minority
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 16, 2006
Here’s a significant statistic every church leader should know about . . . Married couples are now a minority in the U.S. For the first time ever, less than 50% of American households are made up of married couples. Here is the money quote:The numbers by no means suggest marriage is dead or necessarily that a tipping ...
Executed
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 13, 2006
Yesterday I asked you to pray for a brother on an Asian island who was facing eternity for his Christian beliefs. I just received word that he was executed by firing squad a few hours ago. Here is one Christian’s reaction:My brother met eternity earlier today. His thirst for righteousness was filled. He was maltreated ...
Lost Luggage
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 18, 2006
I am writing this note from our motel room in Colorado Springs. Outside I can see Pikes Peak just a few miles away. Marlene and I are here for the MEF Bible Conference that starts tomorrow morning. So far our trip has been an unexpected adventure. When we left the cabin in Mississippi yesterday, we thought it would take us ...
Marlene’s Scalloped Vidalia Onions
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 11, 2006
Last weekend Peter and Judy Faulkner brought a big bag of sweet Vidalia onions from Georgia to the KBM board retreat. After passing out a few of the onions, they left the rest of the bag with us. A few days later Marlene made a delectable dish that was such a culinary triumph that I thought I should share it with the world. ...
The Night Before the GPA
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 6, 2006
I am writing this note from one of the guest rooms at Dallas Theological Seminary. Just before we landed at DFW Airport, the pilot announced that the temperature was 96 degrees. I think he understated it because it felt like a blast furnace when I stepped outside. I had forgotten how hot Texas gets in the summer, and I know ...
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God’s Freedom
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 26, 2006
We have just posted the latest sermon from the series “Understanding God’s Plan” (Romans 9-11):God’s FreedomA dear friend sent along this prayer that touched my heart: “Lord, please do things we are not used to, and when you do, please cause us to respond the way your Son Jesus did, with 100 percent faith and 0 ...
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Two Helpful ’Da Vinci Code’ Books
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Here are the two best books I’ve seen evaluating the Da Vinci Code from a biblical and historical point of view:Breaking the Da Vinci Code by Darrell Bock The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin LutzerBock offers a detailed analysis of the early history of the Christian church, showing that it offers no support for the Dan Br ...
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Flying to Dallas
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 18, 2006
My trip to Dallas for the NRB convention started in the Tupelo airport when Marvin Sanders from American Family Radio came up and said hello. He was heading to NRB also. During the flight from Memphis to Dallas, I noticed a young man sitting across the aisle who looked vaguely familiar. Marvin (who was sitting behind me) le ...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 6, 2004
3:25 PM Click here to read the April Allied Force High School Ministry Update by Pastor Craig Hammond. 2:50 PM I'm answering a big stack of prisoner letters this afternoon. I'll be posting some excerpts later today. 1:28 PM Here are two excellent articles: Professor Darrell Bock of Dallas Seminary reviews last night's ABC s...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 6, 2003
5:15 PM Turned into a very nice day in southwestern Michigan. Rode my bike around the lake, sort of, dragging a little bit. I need to take my bike in for a general overhaul when I get back to Oak Park. Of course, it would help if I would do basic maintenance, which I tend not to do. Question from a conversation last night: “What will happen t…
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Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Only 5 more days till Groundbreaking Sunday! VBS got off to a great start yesterday ... It was good to see Rich and Carol Bonham, missionaries in Germany serving with Greater Europe Mission in church on Sunday. They are also helping out at VBS this week. The cover story for Time Magazine pictures a hand holding a glowi...
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Friday, June 13, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, June 13, 2003
Only 16 days until Groundbreaking Sunday! Had a wonderful visit this morning with Greg and Carolyn Kirschner and their four children—Christine, Katie, Stephanie and Jonathan. Greg and Carolyn are medical missionaries in Jos, Nigeria serving with SIM. They arrived in the US last night after a brief stopover in London. ...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 28, 2003
This morning I played golf at Columbus Park with Skip Olson, Vern Henriksen and Fred Most. I hadn’t played in five years and it showed. Let’s put it this way: If they scored golf like they score basketball, I would have won easily. There was one fine moment when we all managed to make par on the second hole. After that, I p...
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Saturday, May 17, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 17, 2003
Saturday, May 17 Our team arrived in Chicago about 3:30 PM. Alan is flying tonight to his home in Tupelo, Mississippi. After the big celebration at the school in Pignon, we flew in an old 18-seat airplane of Russian origin to Port-au-Prince. The “airport” in Pignon is nothing more than a field or a cow pasture that has ...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 9, 2003
Friday, May 9 Tons of last-minute details today. My brother Alan flies in from Tupelo, MS this AM. Tonight I’m speaking at the Allied Force Senior Banquet. Then at 3:45 AM our Haiti team leaves for the airport. Thursday, May 8 48 hours from now our team will be en routeto Haiti. I’m busy checking things off my last-second t...
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Satuday, April 26, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 26, 2003
Saturday, April 26 A gorgeous day in Minneapolis. Finished my speaking at the Love INC conference a few minutes ago. I spoke this morning on “The Mystery of Unanswered Prayer,” and the Lord seemed to touch many hearts. God willing, I’ll be back home in a few hours. Friday, April 25 I’m writing this from my hotel room in...
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Monday, March 31, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 31, 2003
Tonight I fly to Winnipeg, Manitoba for two TV interviews tomorrow. Then I fly back to Chicago, change planes, and fly on Pittsburgh for three TV interviews on Wednesday. All of this is in connection with my book “The God You Can Trust” (Harvest House). God willing, I’ll return to Oak Park on Thursday morning. We had a ...
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