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…
Thanksgiving is a profoundly Christian holiday in that it focuses us on the God as the true source of all our blessings. As the hymnwriter said, “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.” Here are 21 sermons appropriate for Thanksgiving. You are welco…
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…
A few days ago we signed the final papers establishing the China partnership between Keep Believing Ministries (KBM) and Trans World Radio (TWR) to do strategic ministry in China. Since then work has started on the brand-new Mandarin-language website that we hope to unveil in December. In April we will begin broadcasting three times a week via TWR …
If you want one picture that will explain one part of modern China, this will do as well as anything else we saw. If the picture looks like a church, that’s because this building was once a church. After the 1949 Revolution the church was closed and the building taken over by the government. In recent years some savvy businessmen bought the b…
For the last two days Mark and I have been speaking at a pastor’s conference in Dalian, China. To put the matter that way probably makes people think of hundreds of pastors gathered in a large church sanctuary, with bright lights, a worship team, and high-powered services.That might happen in America.But we are i…
Friday night was a new experience for us. I’m not sure exactly where we were in Dalian because it was late and Chinese cities are a forest of skyscrapers. Pastor Peter led us to a building where we took the elevator to an upper floor and entered an apartment where a house church meets. There were about 40 university students there, all in the…
The students take center stage in the final video from Jeju Island….
Here’s the video from Day 7, in which a gift that started in California ended up heating a tent in Korea….
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….