“It is unfortunate that we have adopted such a phrase as ‘foreign missionaries.’ We are all missionaries, and we are all pilgrims and strangers, foreigners in this world.” – T.J. Bach
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I have reorganized the photo album to accommodate future growth without becoming too messy. Take a look and tell me what you think. I have also eliminated one of the side bar features and have added the same content in a new page called “Site Map” available at top bar just under the title place.
If you have any suggestions or comments about this website, please let me know.
Bro Rick
Here are some “sound bites” from yesterday’s sermon by guest speaker, Rev. Jose Fernandez, “What Boat are you In?” based on Mark 5:35-41:
We were blessed to have Jose & Juliet Fernandez in both services on Sunday. Jose serves at the President of the Mindanao Baptist Annual Pastors Conference in the Philippines and he and his family minister in different churches each week. Juliet gave a wonderful mini-concert in the evening service, singing in English and her native Philippine dialect. Bro Jose spoke about what God is doing in the Philippines and challenged us to be open to what God has for us to do. We closed the service with corporate prayer for the Fernandez’s. Jose & Juliet are in the US for about 2 months.
YUNAN PROVINCE, China, Feb. 14 /Christian Newswire/ — China Aid has learned that two Christian women, Meng Xiu Lan- 55, and Zhou Cheng Xiu- 53, were detained by police in Jun Tun County on February 2, 2008. Policemen from Jun Tun police department detained the women after they were found distributing Christmas cards. The two women were first threatened and mocked by police before being stripped completely nude and frisked violently.
Police then handcuffed the two women and escorted them back to their homes. After searching the house, police illegally confiscated CD’s, handouts, Bibles, song books and calenders, without proper documentation.
The suffering and humiliation that these two Christian women were forced to endure is both shocking and horrendous. The PRC has failed to be consistent in its rhetoric of religious freedom and rule of law.
Such behavior should not be tolerated by any society, especially one chosen to host the World Olympic Games. We encourage the CPC to make amends to these innocent victims by restoring the property and dignity that was wrongfully taken from them.
To voice your concern over this incident please contact:
Chinese Embassy in Washington DC
Address: 2201 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.,
Washington D.C. 20007
Tel: (202) 338-6688, (202)5889760
Fax: (202) 588-9760
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Note: Pray for believers in China, that they would be faithful and strong enough to endure the persecution. Bro Rick
“If you take missions out of the Bible, you won’t have anything left but the covers.” – Nina Gunter
I want to share a great internet resource with you. It is called E-Sword and it is a free Bible software program that can download to your computer. Go to http://www.e-sword.net/ and click on “Downloads”. You will need to save it to your computer, but you will be able to use it without connecting to the internet once you have installed it.
It has 25 versions in English and others in just about any other language you can think of. It also has free commentaries, Bible dictionaries, pictures, maps, and devotionals. There are also several different popular versions that you can pay to download, such as The Message, The New American Standard, The New International Version, and The Holman Christian Standard Version, among others.
I hope you use it and benefit from it. Tell others about it; it’s free!
Here are some “sound bites” from Sunday Morning’s sermon, “God’s Valentine”, based on John 3:16:
You can listen to Sunday Morning’s sermon here or by clicking the link below.
God’s Valentine
You can listen to Sunday Evening’s sermon, “No Greater Joy” here or by clicking the link below.
No Greater Joy
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church 
