Today we gave out 20 new bicycles to some of our Indian pastor friends. Courtesy of the people of Good Shepherd, the new two-wheelers will be used by Indian preachers as they travel from village to village planting churches and discipling believers. One of the pastors I spoke to currently covers an area of about Read the full article…
. . . of your Good Shepherd team in India today. James-Michael Smith and Chris Thayer had their opening teaching sessions today. After I gave the opening talk in which I spoke about Sunday sermons not as disconnected pieces but as parts of an integrated whole — in other words, it’s better to preach in Read the full article…
One of our hosts here in the city of Balasore — a man who has spent some time in the United States — explained to me the difference between waking up in the US and waking up in India. “In America, you wake up to silence,” he said. “In India, we wake up to noise.” Read the full article…
I told you on Monday that our ministry time in India focuses on the northeastern state of Orissa. And then our plane landed here later that day and I found out the name of the state had been changed in recent months. What was Orissa is now Odisha. The two words sound similar — whether Read the full article…
Here’s what James-Michael Smith, Chris Thayer, and I hope to accomplish in India as we serve the role of GSUMC’s ambassadors: 1. Learn from the faith of Indian pastors and leaders — how does their faith in Christ thrive in the midst of marginalization at best and persecution at worst? 2. Strengthen our connection with Read the full article…
