September 30, 2010
By Pastor Dave Prosser, Onamia Alliance Church, Minnesota When leaders at the Northwestern District Office contacted me about the pastoral opening at Onamia Alliance Church, there was one piece of information they did not know—I had been praying for 17 years to be the pastor of this church in the town of Onamia with a [...]
August 30, 2010
“The woman was suicidal,” says Guaren Long, administrative director and treasurer for Hillside (Alliance) Community Church in Wrightwood, California. “Honestly, counseling someone with such hopelessness was out of my realm, but I survived cancer 20 years ago and understood what it meant to be at a low point. I was not threatened by Mary’s* words [...]
August 16, 2010
By Pastor Vaughn White, Wadena Alliance Church When an EF4 tornado hit the city of Wadena, Minnesota, on the afternoon of June 17, 2010, Wadena Alliance Church was thrust into an unexpected ministry. Winds of 170-175 miles per hour carved a half-mile-wide swath one mile south of the city that continued for several miles, causing [...]
August 10, 2010
Using bedpans as offering plates, 243 children attending Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Hawley (Minnesota) Alliance Church, raised $1,220 to partner with the Burkina Faso mission field to provide water filtration systems for Burkinabé children, who suffer from dysentery because of contaminated water and lack of latrines. Although Alliance international workers Steve and Amy Nehlsen [...]
June 30, 2010
Oahu, Hawaii, an island abundant with rainbows, tropical breezes, and sunny beaches, also is home to nine Alliance churches. The small congregation of Hawaii Kai Community Church is living out Alliance Core Values and C&MA DNA as it crosses the threshold of every door that God opens to ministry.
May 28, 2010
The roar of revved up motorcycles is deafening. A few dozen men, adorned in leathers and bandanas, are primed for a ride on their hogs. Curious residents in Hawley, Minnesota-a quiet bedroom community of 2,000 just 22 miles from Fargo, North Dakota-peek through blinds and step out on porches to see the cause of the [...]
April 23, 2010
By Suresh Dongerdive Editor’s Note: Suresh Dongerdive pastors New Life India (Alliance) Church, ministering among a large Hindu population in the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn. Suresh was raised in India in a Christian home; his grandparents were converted to Christianity through the Church of the Nazarene in the1890s. Suresh’s wife and her parents were members [...]
March 29, 2010
By Leah Long, missionary appointee to Mali Appointed to be church planters, Leah and Mark Long are headed to Albertville, France, in August 2010, where they will attend French language study for a year before traveling to Ségou, Mali, in summer 2011. Their daughter, Anastasia (Ana), will accompany them. Children: their smiles, their ability to make [...]
March 26, 2010
Stephen and Robin Boda planted Bridge of Hope Community (Alliance) Church in the heart of St. Louis, Missouri. Robin works full time as an education director for a local learning center. Stephen-who is full-time pastor, teacher, mentor, and outreach director- also works part-time as a janitor.
February 26, 2010
Editor’s note: Community Church by the Lake’s ministries are made possible, in part, by the Alliance Development Fund (ADF), which has helped the church through tough financial times. “ADF is about helping churches,” says Pastor Don Foor. “Without ADF, we wouldn’t have the following stories.” “We don’t want ‘that element’ hanging around our church,” said [...]
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