Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus this Easter weekend, we are thankful for the fellowship we have with God and with each other through being united with him. Haiti Charles Fleming sent this update: Our brothers and sisters in Haiti are making progress in their quest to re-open [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Tammy and I much enjoyed visiting our Newark, New Jersey, congregation last weekend where I was privileged to perform the wedding of Pastor John Adams and Edna Olen. Please join me in extending hearty congratulations to the happy couple! Sermon power The Pastor’s Weekly Briefing of January 29, 2010 [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sixty-two GCI Generations Ministries leaders and supporters met last week near Dallas for GenMin’s annual camps and missions leadership summit. The summit focused on planning for the 18 GenMin camps and short-term missions trips that will be held in 2010 (see the list at http://genmin.gci.org/calendar.htm).. . . A highlight [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I’m delighted to announce that the Hoeksteen congregation in Kerk-Avezaath, the Netherlands, pastored by Hans de Moei, officially joined GCI on March 7, 2010. Hans and Denise de Moei left our fellowship many years ago and eventually raised up the Hoeksteen congregation on their own. In the last year, [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Hector Barrero, GCI Mission Director for Chile, has forwarded a note from Thomas Keller, a GCI house church leader in Santiago, stating that the members in Santiago are all safe following the devastating 8.8 earthquake that struck the southern part of the country February 27. Thomas experienced some minor [...]