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Written by Sarah Danaher
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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 16:33 |
Last month TestifyMag had the opportunity to sit down with Gregg Harris, founder, pastor, and elder at Household of Faith Community Church in Portland, Oregon. Household of Faith is a church planting movement that meets as a "cluster" of smaller congregations throughout the Portland Metro area. To date, there are between 1400 and 1500 members meeting at eight separate locations every Sunday.
Harris shared his thoughts on the New Testament Church model, and how the modern Church can follow this model. "The entirety of Scripture," he explains, "is not only a descriptive look at what our forefathers did; these historical records are prescriptive, as well. They are intended to guide what we do in our context, in our culture, wherever we go, whenever we live."
He says this starts with the individual..
Continued in the April issue
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Written by Angela Morse
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Friday, 30 November 2007 16:41 |
began in 1921 when J. Russell and Gertrude Morse sailed for China. They had Tom’s father, Eugene Morse with them and he was around 3 months old. They raised their family there and continued in China until the Communists took over in 1949 when they were forced to leave. J. Russell. spent 15 months in solitary confi nement and then was miraculously released. The families (by this time, the boys had all married) moved over into Northern Burma in the Putao area. Many churches were planted during this time. In 1965, they were again forced to leave, this time from Socialist Burma. They tried to obey these orders by going by land over the Himalayan mountains on foot and crossing over into India. However, India would not allow this. Being stranded at the border, they set up homes and had a jungle survival existence for about 6 years. Eugene and Helen Morse, Tom’s parents, wrote the book, Exodus to a Hidden Valley about these exciting years. Tom was ages 14-21 years during the Hidden Valley days. With only a nine month furlough in the U.S., the men folk came to Thailand and started the work here. That was 35 years ago! Work still extends back into Burma and China! VILLAGE WORK: We have over 38 Lisu village churches now and they always enjoy a visit from a missionary or another Lisu leader. During school terms, students go out in teams to preach, sing, and teach at these churches too. Sometimes the monthly gathering of all the Lisu pastors is held in the villages. Tom attends these monthly meetings and goes back and forth as di erent needs arise.  WOMEN’S MEETINGS: Debbie and others are involved in meeting with the Lisu ladies and trying to encourage them in their Bible reading, developing their relationships with God, husbands and children. Continued in the April issue |
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