Mission Learning Center

What an emotional year for the church and mission work. One week after a group of about a dozen of us met in late January at the World Evangelism Building in Winona, Mississippi, to plan activities for establishing the World Evangelism School of Missions in Winona, our beloved brother, J.C.Choate made his last journey en route to eternity with the Father. His work goes on for World Evangelism at the Choate Publications work at the Winona-based headquarters for printing and mission work. This work will be continued by Betty Choate, the Louis Rushmores, and the Jerry Bates. God be with all these as they reach thousands with the printed page and campaign work.

The Teachers of Missions Workshop was held in Hurst, Texas, February 22,23, where the Christian Colleges and Universities had representative speakers assemble to discuss new methods of training missionaries and establishing churches. This year it was sponsored by Harding University and directed by Monte Cox, professor at Harding. In other years this effort is sponsored by David Lipscomb University and Abilene Christian Univesity. We always have breakout groups to get more into detail of understanding of the activities going on and beginning in missionary programs of our univesities.

Then on May 1- 3 in Hamilton, Alabama, at the Maywood Christian Camp, an estimated 100 missionaries and mission-positive people will meet to give/hear lectures on different aspects of missions and church growth and activities. This Missionary Workshop and Retreat will be the second year in a row that this group has met to discuss common problems and hear reports from the field and works of these missionaries, some giving a lifetime of effort to spread the Word of the Lord.

Then we will demonstrate a Mission Learning Center on China at the Global Mission Conference at the Arlington Convention Center, in Arlington, Texas, July 23 - 26, in a missions gathering of the churches of Christ to advance domestic and global outreach. For information call 817.267.2727.

The next exciting 2008 event in our work occurs on the weekend of August 8 - 10. It is  the Lewisville (Texas) Sound Doctrine and Practice Workshop - 2008, at the Lewisville Church of Christ. (Contact phone number is 972.323.2518. We will hear 9 of the top speakers in the brotherhood deliver timely lectures for these very days and times in church history. We will give another Mission Learning Center demonstration at noon on Saturday, August 9. This demo will be on Brazil, showing one of the mission points of the Lewisville Church. Display space may be reserved by calling the church number above. (see speakers and topics on previous journal entry on this blog and look for the advertisements in the Christian Journal, Gospel Advocate, and Christian Chronicle.

In early September, at the Saturn Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas, there will be the annual North Texas Teachers Workshop. Reach the church by phone 972.271.2444

Here is an addition to the list of mission events sent to us on Feb. 28. I am sending you an attachment announcing the French World Missions Workshop, Sept 19-21, 2008 in Castle Rock Colorado., God bless you, From Yann Opsitch, opsitch@bible.acu.edu

You might plan to attend as many of these events as possible, and gain all the nourishment they have to offer. All of it promises excitement and information about the challenge and charge to the church.

God be with you, Don Petty

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• #1 Comment from cp2w2nme24 
  2/28/08 1:22 AM | Permalink

  Monte "Cox" not "Cos"