5th Week of School of Ministry

We have just concluded our 5th week of classes & completed the first 11 Chapters of Calvary Distinctives. It has been both awesome, & also very challenging! But, the bottom line is that we have made wonderful progress, they are excited about they are learning, & the Holy Spirit presence is very obvious to us all! We begin Chapter 12 this coming week, "Ventures of Faith", which I am sure is going to be an eye opener for most of them!

Then we begin our journey through the Inductive Bible Study by Dan Finfrock of Intensive Care Ministries. I can hardly wait to see how these men will be able to assimilate the study material, which they all need so desperately! We have not found one church in all of Lilongwe who teaches systematically through the whole Bible, Book by Book, Chapter by Chapter, & verse by verse, not one! The style of teaching across the board here in Malawi is, Preaching, & so there are so many weird doctrines being dumped upon so many beautiful Malawian Christians, it is so gut wrenching!!!

Please be praying for all 15 of our CC Pastors, that they will be able to grasp a hold of the new material they will be studying, being able to assimilate it & then be able to start teaching it to their fellowships. Also be praying for the upcoming CC All African Pastors Conference being held in Cape Town South Africa from October 11th to 15th. There are a number of speakers, Barry & Terry Stagner of CC Tustin, Ca. Joey Buran, from CC Costa Mesa, Phil Pechonis, from a CC in England, Michael & Golden Preciado, & I will also be sharing a little at the conference. Pray for the anointing of all those sharing, as well as , all the attendees, so we are all able to hear what the Spirit of God has to say to us all!

Check out what is currently happening with the widow & orphan ministry here in Lilongwe with Nora & Timothy at www.ruthsshawl.org it is very exciting to see all that God is working in this ministry!

God bless you all for your love, prayer, & support! We love & appreciate you all. Remember to be praying for Nora & I, as we will be returning home to Monterey for our furlough on November 19th, for the holidays & then the CC Missions Conference the first week of January, 2011. Can you believe it will 2011 this soon? Wow, and remember, Jesus is coming for His bride soon, very soon! Let's be ready and for Him to find us doing His work on earth until that wonderful, glorious day!!!!!!!!!

In Him,

Steve & Nora