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For the past few months, we have been collecting diapers and “baby bottle” money for CareNet.  Why do we bother doing this?  Because of letters like this one which Director Brenda Benegas recently received: “When your organization came to my church I passed on some information to my daughter to give her support.  Just a little story about my daughter . . . she found herself quite pregnant some months ago (a single parent to two children already)!   She was…

One of the questions I hear most often is “Why did Jesus have to be born of a virgin?”

Even the media is mentioning it this year – our need to “be thankful.”  What they aren’t suggesting is “Who it is that deserves our thanks.” However, we who have a personal relationship with the God of the universe know this One who deserves our thanks.   We are not thankful merely because an American holiday commends us to be so; we are thankful because the Lord of the universe is worthy of all our thanksgiving and praise, three hundred and…

A long held vision of planting a Foursquare Church in Tres Cruses, a barrio in the Philippines where a number of our church members were born, was realized in 2007.  At that time, Pastor Gil Barcelo, felt God calling him and his wife, Nora, and their two daughters, Shara and Alika Grace, to move to Tres Cruses to live and work among the people there. Pastor Gil has officially been appointed by the local Foursquare Church.  Our church has partnered…

Am I a good father? I can only be a good father if I had a father who modeled “good fathering” for me–right? That’s what some people think. But not everyone is privileged to grow up in a home with a good father model. The ideal is always to find a positive role model, but some young boys and men, even after diligently looking to another man to be a positive model, are discouraged to find that even that father…

For twenty years on Tuesday evenings, Pastor George and Beth have been hosting a Home Group in their home. They very much believe in the effectiveness of “Home Groups” because they provide an atmosphere for in-depth study of the Word and discussion that is not as easily afforded on Sunday mornings. Home groups also provide opportunity for corporate prayer, mutual support, and greater accountability in order that believers might grow stronger in their walks with Jesus! The time has come…

In the past two weeks alone we have seen untold devastation and death in Asia: starting with Cyclone Nargis in Mynnamar on May 2; then the earthquake in Sichuan Province in China on May 12. If these events were not grievousness enough, add to the list another terrorist attack on May 13 (seven separate bombings killing eighty people) in Jaipur, India. The Bible predicts such events. “There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events…

Family Life Church is excited about planting a daughter church in Tres Cruses, Cavite, Philippines. A number of members of Family Life Church were born and raised in Tres Cruses, and so there is a natural affinity for the people there. After years of earnest prayer and “dreaming” and visits, Pastor Gil and Nora Barcelo started Tres Cruses Foursquare Church in November 2007. Pastor Gil, who is an experienced church planter and a faithful pastor, has moved his family to…