There is an amazing Christian ministry in Mozambique, pioneered by a missionary couple called Rolland and Heidi Baker. They both have PhDs in theology but their heart's desire has been in service to some of the poorest people in the world. They arrived in Mozambique in 1995 and began taking care of 80 orphaned children in a dreadful derelict orphanage. Since then they have seen massive development of their work....
From Easter onwards Christianity lives always between past and future. It is a faith with a historical base in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth and it is a faith with an ongoing story through centuries of human affairs. Here is all the Church History you maybe ever wanted to know...
At the 2008 New Wine Leaders' Conference in Harrogate main sessions were led by Bill Johnson from Redding, California. He has been an outstanding teacher and practitioner for churches moving forward in God's purpose. This is not a summary of what he offered but a very few quotations....
God our Father,
Your will be done through your Church.
We do not ask it with passive resignation
but in active pursuit of what pleases you.
Risen Jesus,
Do what is in your own heart to do,
Drawing many more to be your disciples.
Come, Holy Spirit.
Show us your fresh touch on inherited things.
Help us beyond the limits of our own resource.
Lord God, your purposes.
Jesus Christ, your passion.
Holy Spirit, your power.