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 …
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 …
Now that the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago is operational, we have started sending out shipments to the following ministries:Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago)Pontiac (IL) Bible ChurchThe Mailbox Club (Valdosta, GA)A church in Kansas City, MOA jail in Santa Rita, CAAnd there are othe requests pending.
Anthony Bollback has just posted the latest edition of China Clippings. Here’s an excerpt:University students in China are showing signs that they will be the next great wave of evangelism in China. In the last issue of CHINA CLIPPINGS it was reported that evangelism is leaping forward among China’s university s …
Today during an interview I was asked why so many of the heroes of the Bible had serious flaws. My answer was simple. That’s all God has to work with. All the perfect people are in heaven. The only ones on earth are the folks with serious weaknesses. The talent pool has always been pretty thin when it comes to moral p …
This morning’s service had a strong patriotic flavor. Several hundred people gathered under the tabernacle as we sang “My Country “Tis of Thee” and “America the Beautiful.” We also recognized those who had served in the Armed Forces and prayed for those currently serving around the world. After the service the adults …
Today was all about one of the finest ladies I have ever met—Miss Eva Lodgaard. I met her soon after becoming the pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL. During her student days at Moody Bible Institute in the early 1940s, she attended the church in Oak Park. In January 1945 she left Chicago to begin her work wi …
I have some very good news to share with you regarding Keep Believing Ministries. Today we received our official notification from the IRS that we have been granted 501c3 status as a tax-exempt non-profit organization. This means that contributions to Keep Believing are considered charitable contributions and are deductible …
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 …
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 …