Along the Congo River, we have more than 30 preaching points and organized churches. There are no other means of transportation to reach these areas. No vehicles or motorcycles, just boats flowing on the river. Our goal this month was to go for the maiden voyage of our new Nazarene Boat Ministry.
We stood before a tree. The base was both stained and marred. The man before me who told the story spoke in a sullen tone with lifeless expression. Above his eyes in the center of his forehead there were two distinct self-inflicted scars to look like fangs. On each cheek was the same dark sign that he was among the worshippers of the Python.
Join me in an adventure, will you? Let’s visit the Wahgi Valley in the
highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where the Church of the
Nazarene established mission work in 1956. The first missionaries,
Sidney and Wanda Knox, carved out a mission station at Kudjip with
the purpose of bringing the message of hope and salvation to the
thousands of people living in the valley. In succeeding years, several
additional missionaries arrived to support the missional outreach,
among them Lee and Carol Anne Eby in 1963.
Dropping down through the clouds, the sun shimmered off the surface of the deep blue lake. The shoreline served as a tan border to the picturesque scene as it faded into the bright green lush forest rising into the hills and eventually topping out into the black lava rock mountaintops. Straw thatched huts speckled the…
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Written By: Tim Eby We have this great glad message of good news for the world, and yet we struggle to win people into the Kingdom of God. Why does it seem so hard to pass on the good news in a way that impacts others lives? Why do we get distracted with the programs…
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Written By: Michelle Eby The laughter of a child lights up the house. ~ Swahili proverb We talk a lot about worship, but what does it mean to authentically worship our Lord and Savior? Scripture talks a lot about worshiping the Lord. We are to worship Him only and rejoice in the Lord always! We are…
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Did you know that in the temple there was never made a chair? The priestly duty was never done; Always a need to make sacrifices for the sins of the people. But when Jesus had paid the price on the cross, He said “It is finished” and then He sat down at the right hand…
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I stepped across the puddles and perched myself on the curb hoping for bus ride. Van after van passed by with a young guy hanging out the door shouting the destination. I told the young guy at the stand I wanted to go to Suhum. Eventually he identified my minibus, gave me the front seat…
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The tall young man stood to tell his story. “In my country many do not know the story of Christ” he began. “I had a hard time getting anyone to accept my message until last year when we began the training about storytelling in the Bible. I went to the home of a particular woman…
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On-behalf of the Lagos district advisory board, we just want to express our deepest appreciation to Springdale Church of the Nazarene and her mission council for providing Lagos Nazarene School with a bus. It was five classrooms block a few years ago; and now school bus. What a blessing this is for the school and…
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