By Afshin Ziafat When I left Islam to follow Jesus, I didn’t know what it would cost me. I hadn’t realized what it would take to deny myself, lay my life down, and take up my cross (Matthew 16:24). I wasn’t aware that even the precious relationships of my family should not come between me and Continue Reading
How Refugees Shaped One East Nashville Church by Holly Meyer
Pastor Jerome Songolo, a refugee who fled the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, kneeled with his eyes closed and his hands half raised as he received a blessing Sunday as the new spiritual leader of an East Nashville congregation. Many of its members have followed a similar path to Continue Reading
Cheering Them On
By Joy Loewen Paul: “I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be.” Philippians 3:12 It was amazing listening to Lateef Continue Reading
ISSUES IN DISCIPLESHIP : WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF A BMB? PART 1
by Daniel Edwards What does a BMB need? This is the question that we should ask ourselves before starting to put together any materials or courses. Sadly, many of the currently available discipleship materials were founded and built on the bases of our own assumption of the national’s answer Continue Reading