building up the churches encouraging fellow christians both near and far
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Building Up the Churches
Encouraging fellow Christians both near and far
The Need to Encourage Established Churches
• Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to Antioch (Acts 11:19-23; 13:1-3)
• Some of Paul’s travels involved visiting churches that had already been planted (Acts 15:36, 40-41; 16:4-5)
Atlanta to Johannesburg, SA9,000 miles, 16 hour flight
Johannesburg – Friday, July 19Alan and Sylvia Fox
Durban, Saturday, July 20
Durban is a large, modern city of over 3 million people. There is a high concentration of immigrants from
India.
Fields of Sugar Cane
Hills & Valleys Northwest of Durban
Paddy & Sandi Kendall-Ball
Pietermaritzburg – Sunday a.m., July 21
Westville – Sunday p.m., July 21
Monday at Tongaat – Richard HardingSeveral Widows in this church.
Paul & Joel Williams visited with us
Chatting with co-workers on the shores of the Indian Ocean
With the Govenders – Tuesday July 23
Thumba and Bommie Govender, Segrie & Mervin, and children
Tuesday at ShallcrossIn the home of George & Vishnu Reddy
Ladies Class – Wed. July 24
Shastry Park – Wed. July 24
Visiting with some young people
Jeremy, Logie and Lauren Hammond
Lemmy Chetty – one of the elders at Shastry Park
Baby Jessica suffers from Brittle Bone Disease
Bible principles that came into focus on my visit:
• There should be mutual affection and a spirit of brotherhood among churches. It is encouraging!– Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Philippians 4:21;
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10; 1 Peter 2:17
• There should be a concern for the welfare of all the churches (2 Corinthians 11:28)
• There should be a desire to imitate good things being done in other churches, and to be a good example for other churches – 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
• Let us pray fervently for “all the saints” Ephesians 3:14-19