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Foreign missionaries do not create churches, but simply help local converts develop their own spiritual gifts and leadership abilities and gradually develop their own churches. Missionaries provide teaching and pastoral care alone. The church is thus indigenous from...
They were literally everywhere! One thing that certainly stands out as we drove through Santo Domingo (and other cities in the Dominican Republic) was the massive amount of street vendors. And no, I don't mean sidewalk vendors. I mean street vendors. These are dudes...
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His name is Jose Luciano. He's the pastor of a church in Santo Domingo called Iglesia de Dios Misionera. Like many bi-vocational pastors of small churches, he's wrapped himself up in his work and used 'busy-ness' as an excuse for not being the shepherd that God called...
This experience in Santo Domingo was totally unexpected. Our team was down there to see how local churches all across the country are transforming their communities, but this one wasn't on our agenda. It was our last day in the Dominican Republic, and we had already...
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And so it begins... swapping mission trip stories with the team while on our...
Going to Haiti was difficult. Like crazy difficult. Most of us who've grown up...
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