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On Mission with God

It is 6:30 am on a cold Sunday morning. I watch as several older ladies take their seats and start praying softly, with sincere faces and moving lips. They have come to attend the early morning worship and prayer service at the registered church in Tianjin. I watch them with admiration and think to myself how it always is the older generation that seems to be the example of diligence and faithfulness in prayer. By the time the service finishes, however, the room is filled with about 70 believers of ALL ages, collectively raising their individual voices in worship and prayer.

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Training the trainers in Sichuan

Greetings from Yibin, China, where we are currently conducting pastoral training seminars for 10 days. God has opened up the door of opportunity for us to return to this particular church (this is our fourth time here) to keep investing in the brothers and sisters of this region. Over 60 lay pastors (30 from the local church here in Yibin and 30 from the surrounding country side churches) have come for some intense training in Family and Marriage Counseling and Evangelism.

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YouthServe: A new ministry initiative launched

Worrying about the future is something we all do. It is also what’s on the minds of thousands of young people. In China high school students worry about the “gaokao”, the standardized college entrance exam. Many parents put tremendous pressure on their child to do well on this exam. The result of this one exam determines whether or not they get into a good top university. And of course the better the university, the better their chance for a good job and with it the potential to earn more money. The pressure is tremendous.

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Bishop Ting’s Homegoing and China Partner’s Tribute

Many years ago, while waiting for my flight back to Europe in the airport of the city Bangalore, India, I saw a group of Chinese nearby. Always interested in meeting Chinese, I approached them and was introduced to Bishop K. H. Ting, the patriarch of the Chinese Church. This propelled me at once to the top leadership of the Church in China. For some time I had prayed that the Lord would open the door to a teaching ministry in China, the land of my birth. “Please come visit me the next time you come to Nanjing,” he kindly invited me.

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