Christianity Today and Leadership Journal are dedicating two years and six cities to the topics of vocation and calling in their first-ever series of live events. Titled LJ Live: Redeeming Work, the series’ inaugural gathering is March 13, 2014 in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Kingdom Calling author Amy Sherman is Chicago’s featured speaker and Futureville author and Leadership Journal executive editor Skye Jethani will serve as host.
After struggles in getting the governmental permission needed to fully open the Vessels of Mercy Clinic, the Lord has given us favor and, with donor support, we are hoping to open the doors to the community within the next couple of months here in Honduras.
As a Jewish person, I can tell you that the word baptism conjures up horrible images for my people. From the early years of Catholicism, Jews were forced to be baptized as Christians. Sometimes it was under the threat of death. Other times the consequences of not being baptized was “merely” being thrown out of your home and country.
Four churches in Indonesia remain closed two months after local officials yielded to the demands of protesting Muslim hardliners.
