House Church For Interracial Couples

Our church has many Korean-born women who married non-Koreans. They are faithful members of our church, but their husbands are usually nonbelievers. Since their husbands do not provide spiritual protection for their families as spiritual leaders, these families have a great deal of spiritual problems. So I have been praying for a couple who could form and lead a house church for families like these. It's hard to find because because they both need to be able to speak English fluently and be dedicated to the ministry. But my prayers have finally been answered through Fred ...

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A New Missions Team Leader

It truly is amazing how New Life's heart for the world missions has been cultivated over the past few years. Many of us are committed to missions in various ways. Some of us are preparing ourselves to go overseas as long-term missionaries. Others of us are planning to go on short-term mission trips to see and be exposed to what God would have us do with our lives. Still others are committing to missions as senders and intercessors as they are reading books related to world missions or taking the Perspectives course. Since we are right in the middle of everything that ...

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Highlights of 2003

As 2003 comes to a close, I can't help but reminisce about the past year. What I am most grateful for is the great number of people who have been saved through our church. An average of 2 to 3 people received Christ and were baptized each week this year. Let me list some significant events for our church in 2003, not necessarily in order of importance. * This year, we added a third Sunday worship service. This evening service is run by younger people for younger people. Although there hasn??t been a rapid growth in attendance, around 100 people come regularly to the ...

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How To Celebrate Our Lord’s Birthday More Meaningfully

I am too busy to watch TV. I rarely turn on radio while driving. So Christmas comes and goes without me knowing. I stopped writing Christmas cards several years ago, because by the time I was ready to write the cards, it was usually the day before Christmas - too late to send anything. Christmas is the birthday of our Lord. How can we spend it most meaningfully? One time, to address this question, we bought blankets for the homeless with the money we would have used to buy gifts for our families. The Houston branch of a daily Korean newspaper held a drive to collect ...

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Do You Really Want To Get Married?

"I enjoy reading your Pastor's Corner. I appreciate your wisdom and insight. Could you write something about marriage? Such an article would be helpful to many singles like me." Someone, probably a member of NLF, wrote me this note. The request prompted me to write today's corner. Needless to say, it is not a Christian duty to get married. Jesus never married. Neither did the Apostle Paul. In fact, Paul encourages us to stay single, if possible, because those who are unmarried are able to devote their full time to the service of the Lord (1 Corinthians 7). So don't feel ...

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Exciting Speaker

Some time ago I received a call from Sister Shin Shin Kang, one of our shepherds. She told me that the renowned Dr. Kang Young Woo and his wife wanted to have dinner with me and asked if my wife and I would be available. (Sister Shin and Dr. Kang's wife graduated from the same college.) I knew a bit about his life, such as how he overcome his physical handicap of being blind to become the highest ranking Korean American official in the U.S. Federal Government. So we willingly obliged. They say that behind every great man stands a great woman, so I was very interested in ...

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Helping Build A Seniors Center

This year's special Thanksgiving offering will be sent to the Korean-American Senior Center for them to use in remodeling. The Seniors Association recently purchased a building. Unfortunately, it could accommodate only 60 to 80 people. They needed the building to hold 200 people so expansion is necessary. The cost is estimated to be $140,000. The center only had $100,000 available. This year's Thanksgiving offering, expected to be between $15,000 and $20,000, will be given to help make up the difference. Our church has three special offerings a year. All of them are ...

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