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June 18th, 2014

6/18/2014

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On Wednesday June 25 at 7:00 pm we will be sharing the vision of our ministry at The Ohio Valley Christian Center in Wheeling, WV.
  

At Ohio Valley Christian Center they are known as "people who care."   They consider people to be the reason for their existence.   They are a people hungry for the presence of God. If you live in the Wheeling area, visit them at 595 National Rd Wheeling, WV 26003.  
www.ovcc.us



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June 18th, 2014

6/18/2014

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On Sunday June 22nd we will be sharing the vision of our ministry at New Heart Covenant Christian Center in Martin's Ferry, OH.  Pastor Barry Cline("Uncle Barry") and New Heart Covenant are a vibrant faith family with special gifts for worshiping, Pastoring and sincerely loving people.   If you live in the Ohio Valley area visit them on Sundays at 11:00 am.  500 North 5th St Martins Ferry, OH 43935. 


www.facebook.com/pages/New-Heart-Covenant-Christian-Center/261233819412   


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TRIBAL MISSIONS TRAINING CENTER- NEW CLASS BEGINS!

6/14/2014

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ON JUNE 13 THE NEW CLASS OF THE TRIBAL MISSIONS TRAINING CENTER HAS BEGUN.  TWENTY-FIVE NEW STUDENTS HAVE STARTED THE RIGOROUS TRAINING WHICH WILL TRANSFORM THEM FROM HUNGRY, EAGER HEARERS OF THE WORD INTO STEADFAST, UNMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING WORKERS FOR THE LORD.  

FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THE WILL WAKE UP AT 4:00 AM EVERY MORNING TO SEEK THE FACE OF GOD.  THEY WILL BECOME WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE DISCIPLINES OF PRAYER, FASTING & STUDY.  THEY WILL ENJOY INSTRUCTION FROM EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND THEY WILL LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.  AND AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS THEY WILL BECOME MISSIONARY EVANGELISTS, CHURCH-PLANTERS, PREACHERS OF THE GOSPEL - MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LORD, SERVING HIM IN THE HARVEST FIELDS. 

WE THANK EVERYONE WHO IS SUPPORTING AND HELPING THEM TO BECOME WHO THE LORD HAS CALLED THEM TO BE.  WITHOUT YOUR HELP, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DEVOTE THE AMOUNT OF TIME NECESSARY TO BECOMING SO WELL TRAINED.  WITHOUT YOU, WE COULD NOT PROVIDE FOR THEM THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP INTO THEIR CALLS.  THANK YOU!  BLESS YOU!  

PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYING FOR EACH OF THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.  PLEASE CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN IN OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THEM.  EVEN A SMALL OFFERING ON A MONTHLY BASIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS HELP IN EQUIPPING THEM FOR THE DAYS AHEAD.   GOD BLESS!




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TRUE LOVE COMPELS MISSIONS 

6/9/2014

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TRUE LOVE COMPELLS MISSIONS

MOST OF US KNOW WHAT IT IS TO GROW UP IN A WORLD OF LONELINESS, WHERE TRUE LOVE IS RARE AND COUNTERFEIT LOVES ARE COMMONPLACE.    MUCH OF HUMAN LOVE IS MANIPULATIVE, COERCIVE, CONTROLLING AND SELF-CENTERED.    

THIS LIFETIME OF UNSATISFYING AND PAINFULLY CONDITIONAL LOVE IS WHAT MAKES THAT FIRST TASTE OF THE LOVE OF GOD SO AMAZINGLY SWEET!    THE SOUL IS SINCERELY SURPRISED AND DOWNRIGHT STUNNED AT THE FIRST GRASPING OF THAT PHENOMINAL LOVE.  WE ARE SHOCKED AT THIS LOVE OF GOD THAT GIVES, SACRIFICES, GIVES SOME MORE AND NEVER LESSENS NO MATER WHAT WE DO. 

IT IS THE GENUINE COMPREHENSION OF THIS POWERFUL LOVE WHICH COMPELS THE MISSIONAL LIFE-STYLE.  TO REMEMBER THE POOR QUALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT HIS LOVE – TO KNOW FIRST-HAND THE LIFE OVER-HAULING DIFFERENCE IT MAKES – THIS IS THE ACTUATING FORCE BEHIND MISSIONS.


"Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love" — Roland Allen

THE ONE CONSIDERING LIVING THE MISSIONARY LIFE, OR CONSIDERING THE COMMITMENT OF THE SENDER, MUST COME TO TERMS WITH THE REALITY OF THE CHURCH’S RESPONSIBILITY IN MISSIONS.  THAT WORLD OUT THERE WHICH IS SO BEREFT OF THE OUTSTANDING LOVE OF GOD THAT WE ENJOY – THAT BARREN WORLD  - DESPERATELY NEEDS WHAT WE HAVE. 

WE TELL OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS THAT THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTIANS REACHING OUT IS TO LOVE.  SINCE MANY OF THEM WILL WORK IN AREAS LARGELY UNTOUCHED BY THE LORD AND HIS GOSPELL – WE TELL THEM THAT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TASKED WITH LOVING MAY NEVER BE LOVED WITH A GODLY LOVE BY ANYBODY ELSE BUT THEM.   

THE QUESTION BECOMES DO WE LOVE ENOUGH TO TAKE IT TO THEM?  DO WE LOVE ENOUGH TO SEND OTHERS TO TAKE IT TO THEM?

John 3:16  “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT MINISTRIES WHICH “ADD” TO CHURCHES BY MULTIPLYING MEMBERS AND THEREFORE INCREASING CONGREGATION SIZE AND INCREASING OFFERINGS. 

FOREIGN MISSIONS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE MINISTRIES.  TO MOST CHURCHES THINKING OF THE BOTTOM LINE, FOREIGN MISSIONS REPRESENTS A COST AND A LOSS. 

BUT SHARING THE GOSPEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SACRIFICIAL ACT – FROM THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CROSSES HE ASSIGNS FOR US TO BEAR.  THE HEART THAT PERSONALLY KNOWS THE LOVE OF GOD LOOKS AT THE SACRIFICE IT TAKES TO MOVE THE GOSPEL OUTWARD AND SAY “NO PROBLEM”…..

II  Corinthians 12:15     And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

"Love is the root of missions; sacrifice is the fruit of missions" — Roderick Davis

SO THE LOVE OF GOD THAT WE ARE ENABLED BY HIM TO FEEL TOWARD OTHERS COMPELLS OUR MISSIONARY ACTIVITY – AND THE LOVE OF GOD WE FEEL DIRECTED TOWARDS OURSELVES ENABLES THE SACRIFICE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS THAT WE MUST MAKE.   UPON TRULY EXPERIENCING HIS LOVE – WE DESIRE TO SHOW OUR LOVE BACK TO HIM THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMAND TO “GO”.

John 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”

TRUE LOVE COMPELLS MISSIONS!


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BUILDING  PROJECTS  

6/4/2014

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ON JUNE THIRTEEN THE NEW CROP OF STUDENTS AT THE TRIBAL MISSIONS SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL BEGIN THEIR TRAINING.  WE GO FROM SIXTEEN STUDENTS LAST YEAR TO TWENTY-FIVE SO FAR THIS YEAR.  

WE ARE JUST BEGINNING THE BUILDING OF A DORMITORY FOR THE SCHOOL.  IT WILL BE ABLE TO HOUSE FIFTY STUDENTS.  IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR'S STUDENTS - THEY, LIKE LAST YEAR'S CLASS, WILL SLEEP ON THE FLOOR OF THE CHURCH WHERE THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED.  

PICTURED ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE THE STUDENT'S KITCHEN.  IT IS A MAKE-SHIFT TIN STOVE WITH BAMBOO FOR THE FIRE.  ONE OF THE STUDENTS CAN BE SEEN COOKING RICE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CLASSMATES.  

THE AWESOME AND WONDERFUL THING IS THAT THESE GUYS ARE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE!  THEY GLADLY AND FREELY SURRENDER EVERYTHING FOR THE ONE WHO SAVED THEM.  THEY ARE TRULY TAKING UP THEIR CROSS AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST WHEREVER HE LEADS THEM, WITHOUT COMPLAINT.  THEY DO NOT CLING TO THE COMFORTS AND THINGS OF THIS WORLD AS IF THEY HAD ANY ETERNAL VALUE.

NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE THE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS IF WE CAN.  THE BUILDING WILL PROGRESS ONLY AT THE PACE OF THE FUNDING.  SO WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP.  WE ASK THE FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE SOURCE MINISTRIES TO PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER INVESTING IN THE WORK OF BUILDING THE DORM THERE.  

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY HE BOUNTIFULLY PROVIDE FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS!

THANK YOU,
THE SOURCE TEAM

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HELP  US  WALK  THROUGH  THE  OPEN  DOOR  INTO  BRAZIL

6/1/2014

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THE MISSION IN THE PHILIPPINES IS PROGRESSING BETTER THAN WE HAD DREAMED OR IMAGINED.  OUR MISSIONARIES  THERE ARE WORKING HARD, REACHING UP AND REACHING OUT.   CHILDREN ARE BEING FED, DISCIPLES ARE BEING MADE, CHURCHES ARE BEING PLANTED AND THE NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE BEGINNING CLASSES AT THE TRIBAL MISSIONS TRAINING CENTER.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO THE LORD FOR ALL THAT HE IS DOING IN THE PHILIPPINES!  

AND NOW THE OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE TO EXPAND AS A DOOR HAS OPENED UP FOR US IN BRAZIL.  WE WILL BE SENDING A TEAM TO GOIANIA TO OPEN UP A SIMILAR MISSION TRAINING SCHOOL THERE.  WE EXPECT CLASSES TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2015, ONLY EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AWAY!  

WE ENVISION A MIXTURE OF AMERICAN AND BRAZILIAN STUDENTS WORKING TOGETHER TO SPEARHEAD A GREAT MOVE OF GOD INTO THE NEEDY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.  

WON'T YOU PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US?  WE NEED A DEDICATED TEAM OF HELPERS AND DONORS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT THE LORD HAS SET BEFORE US.  OUR GREATEST NEED IS FOR GODLY FRIENDS TO COMMIT TO GIVE ON A MONTHLY BASIS SO THAT THE WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE NEW WORK IN BRAZIL CAN CONTINUE.

THANK YOU! 

 THE BLESSINGS FROM YOUR GIVING NOW WILL CARRY ON INTO ETERNITY AS LASTING FRUIT.


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    Andy Ripley

    Director of the Source Ministries.

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