Mission
Then he took another bad fall. This time he was hospitalized for 15 days. He had suffered a hairline rib fracture, and the physician recommended total bedrest.
There are two main groups of Buddhism: Mahayana and Theravada. Buddhists believe that every good deed has a good result, and every evil deed has an evil result. This belief motivates them to do good deeds to get merit.
But then Kashish fell sick the day before a big exam in Sanskrit. She needed to study for the exam when she came home from school. But her forehead felt really hot. She felt too weak to stand.
So, when he returned home, he took a hammer and a nail that belonged to Father. He was hammering the nail into the poster on the wall of the worship room when Mother came in.
One day, his message was clear: “I am depressed. I have no more desire to do anything, to go anywhere, even to eat.”
Teacher looked even more surprised. Other Christian children studied at the school, but they had Hindi names. This new student had a Christian name.
Father was not pleased. The priest’s answer didn’t satisfy him, and he stopped going to the priest’s church. Instead, he took his wife and two sons, who were 16 and 10, to another church on Sundays.
Muslims seek to live their lives by fulfilling the traditions of their prophet. Islam is the official religion of 26 countries in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East.
After that, she lay down under her brown-and-pink bedsheet and closed her eyes to sleep. It had been a good day. It had been a day spent talking to Jesus.
The Institute of World Mission provides appropriate cross-cultural training for all missionaries. The Institute cooperates with a tentmaker program and further serves the church with consulting, training and strategic planning for the worldwide mission of the church.
The needs and challenges of the worldwide Adventist Church are great and varied. The need is for youth, and the young at heart, to respond to the call to share the good news of the gospel with those who need to hear it.
More than half the world's population will live in urban areas today. As the world's urban landscape changes, so will our approach to mission. The Adventist Church is committed to finding the best way to tell the world about Jesus.
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