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MISSIONS
Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
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NAME:
Kenny Payne
LOCATION:
Gorlovka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
FAMILY:
Lora (wife), Leanna, Dema, and Lexie
BLOG:
http://www.crossculturegorlovka.blogspot.com |
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December 17th 2007: We recently
started two new classes with our church family in
Gorlovka.
The first is an adult class that meets on Wednesday night. The
attendance has been good with
around fifteen people coming each
week.
 Lora
served chili last week and everyone enjoyed both the meal and
the time of study, prayer and
fellowship. The second class is for children from around ten to
fourteen years old. (4th
through 8th
grade). Sunday afternoon we had 16 kids attend the class. Some
of them are also attending the worship assembly on Sunday.
Mark and Courtney are visiting in
Gorlovka
while they are adopting children from a nearby city. More about
their story soon.
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NAME:
Dr. Demar Elam
LOCATION:
See his Open Door Ministry Site
FAMILY:
Dixie (wife)
WEB SITE:
http://open-door-ministry.org/index.php?SCREEN=demar_bio |
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After graduating from
Vigor High School (Prichard, AL) in 1963 Dr. Demar Elam began a
life-long quest to "Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature". Since 1990 Dr. Elam has been the Director of the
Open Door Ministry and is also the Director of Mission Studies at
Amridge University in Montgomery, AL
Dr. Elam has preached the gospel in 41 countries
of the world. He served as a missionary to New Zealand for four
yeas, and he and his wife, Dixie, continue to plant new
congregations in that country.
God has blessed the Open Door Ministry
with the establishment of 99 new congregations, and more than 10,000
souls have been baptized into Christ. Demar believes in, and
works on the premise of "the Pauline method" of evangelism -- going
into new fields, establishing congregations, and them encouraging
them to function on their own... going back and visiting on a
regular basis to strengthen and teach. That's the biblical
example, and it continues to work today in many places!
Demar is the newly-appointed president
of Philippine Theological College, where training Filipino men to preach the gospel is the purpose. The goal is not only
that theses men will teach their own people, but also that when God
opens the door to China, these men will be trained and ready to go
in and preach the gospel.
Please visit Demar's web site for news
and updates about the Open Door Ministry.
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NAME:
Jimmy Gee
LOCATION:
Tanzania
FAMILY:
Trina (wife) Todd, Lindsey, Abigail, Heather,
Candace, Stuart, Tyler, Matthew
WEB SITE:
http://jandtgee.wordpress.com/ |
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The Gee family consists of
Jimmy, Trina and our eight children. Todd is our oldest, followed by
twins, Lindsey and Abigail, Heather, Candace, and our youngest, Stuart,
and two adopted Tanzania children Tyler and Matthew. Our family learned
of the TZ 2000 work years ago when Jimmy met Cy Stafford at a yearly
“Polishing the Pulpit” workshop. We began receiving the monthly
newsletter and read with interest concerning the exciting and fruitful
work being done in Tanzania, East Africa. In 2001, we
moved to Arusha, Tanzania to join the dedicated and hard-working TZ 2000
team in order to “train Africans to teach Africans.” After a year, we
returned to the states and added another child (Stuart) to our family.
Two years later we began preparations to return to Africa to resume our
work. Arriving in February 2005, we have begun our five-year commitment
to work to spread the Gospel to East Africa. Jimmy, Dean of Academics
and an Instructor at the Andrew Connelly School of Preaching, also
regularly preaches, teaches Bible classes and works in any other
capacity to help advance the cause of Christ.
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