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A Mission Reflection: The Church is Alive!!

Posted on April 3, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog
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Too often I hear people say, “The Church is dying.” I suppose what they mean to say is, “The number of active members in mainline churches in the United States is steadily declining.” In fact, the Church – even the Presbyterian Church – is growing rapidly elsewhere in the world. While traveling on a World Mission…

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A Mission Reflection: More Than a Building

Posted on March 26, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Our group of seven students and two leaders spent the better part of two weeks in Brazil.  The first week was spent in Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon.  We visited numerous churches and pastors and tried to soak up as much information as possible.  These pastors are so passionate and…

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Go. Just Go.

Posted on March 20, 2014April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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As the seminary community rounds the corner into finals, spring break, and the last term of the year, the Juniors are finally getting adjusted to this crazy life that we call seminary, the Middlers just want this year to be over so they can be Seniors, and Seniors like myself become flooded with very conflicting…

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