September 4, 2008
About 200 Alliance believers participated in a recent church camp in Thailand. The theme, “Stand Up and Shine for Jesus,” emphasized reaching out to the lost in the surrounding community. “God moved in a mighty way during the worship,” said Alliance missionaries Ed and Sue Danneker. The service began with preaching from the biblical story of Gideon smashing the foreign altars and restoring worship to the one, true God. The worship leader invited people to come forward to ask forgiveness for any “foreign altars” in their hearts. “Within minutes, the entire front area was filled with people responding to the conviction of the Holy Spirit,” said the Dannekers.
In addition, 38 people were baptized during the camp. Members of three Alliance churches—Mahapawn Tri-County Church, its daughter church (Mahapawn New Vision Church), and another daughter church in Mahachai—attended the event. “Pray for all the newly baptized Christians,” said Ed and Sue. “Pray that commitments made at the camp will be followed through.”