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  • Christmas With the Shepherds

    Christmas With the Shepherds

    Luke 2:8-20 The stories in the Bible of David defending his sheep against wild animals seemed cool. It becomes real when a shepherd knocks on your door with an inch long thorn stuck in his heal. He was camped on a hillside for the night, with thorny branches surrounding the sheep and goats. All of…

  • Inadvertently omitted

    Inadvertently omitted

    My deepest apologies – on the most recent article for the Advent Journal, I omitted the author of that submission. “A Christ-less Christmas” was submitted by Joe and Denise Goossen, retired global partners with Avant serving close to 40 years in various places including Brazil and a number of former Soviet bloc countries. We appreciate…

  • A Christ-less Christmas

    A Christ-less Christmas

    Living in several countries of the former Soviet Union for many years, we could see how thecommunist Soviet system tried to erase Christmas for 70 years. There was no God so there wasno birth of Jesus. New Year’s Eve was the huge celebration. Father Frost and the Snow Maiden were the prominent figures who brought…

  • Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

    Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

    As we journey through Advent, we are reminded of the mystery now revealed:Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). This profound truth assures us that Christ dwells within all believers, transformingus and giving us confidence in the promise of eternal life. Our sufferings are not meaningless. They shape us into the image of…

  • THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER …

    THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER …

    “Jesus is the Reason for the Season” has long been a familiar Christmas phrase. I’d like to share a short personal story from before I knew Jesus, showing how that statement became meaningful in my life. For many years, Christmas was simply a time to eat, drink, and be merry—a reason to party. I celebrated…

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Meet the team…

Welcome to FEBC Global Blog Site. We are the Commission on Global Partnerships. As a Commission as a whole, we seek to encourage local churches in their service to their global partners and in raising up new global partners.

Each individual on the Commission desires to encourage the global partners on their list and keep them abreast of what is happening within the Fellowship that might affect them. The members of the Commission are also encouraged to pray for the global partners on their list.

Members of the Commission are:

Doyle Lester, Omaha, Community Bible Church

Marilynn Lester, Omaha, Community Bible Church

Rob Quiring, Omaha, Crosspoint Bible Church

Roger Reimer, member, Omaha, Crosspoint Bible Church, living in Medford, Oregon

Amanda Tuttle, Hebron, NE, Hebron Bible Church

Gary Williams, Dalmeny, Saskatchewan, Dalmeny Bible Church

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