A brother in Zambia who has completed the GPHC training reports:
"The leaders whom we have taught through this manual (God’s Plan for His Church) have come to consider the manual like a bible commentary.  They understand the book of Acts and the letters of Paul.  They say transformation is taking place in homes and in the churches."

During this season in the USA we celebrate Thanksgiving with an amazing spread of food and special time with family and close friends.  We want to take this opportunity to especially thank you for standing with us in so many ways.  The best way we can do this is by giving you some ‘clips’ of events that have taken place recently and exciting opportunities ahead of us:

Africa

Brother Henry met in Mabonga with “more than 100 people eager for the Word of God”.  He taught from God’s Plan for His Church which brought transformation in the church.  “Church chairmen” resigned and became biblical “deacons and deaconesses”.  After preaching from Luke 15:11 “about the lost son, 57 people believed in the Lord Jesus”.  13 were set free from demonic oppression, and 3 were healed from different diseases.  “We really felt the presence of God and the Holy Spirit moved mightily.”  There was further teaching for GPHC on New Testament principles of order in the church.

Persons are asking how to plant churches like Paul did.  Henry is being used by the Lord to teach these principles from Scripture.

We have helped Henry purchase two new tires for his vehicle because of the amount of travel he is doing and since the tires he has now are very smooth.  There are 22 other repairs that need to be done, so if the Lord moves you to help, please let us know.  Remember that Henry has also launched a ministry to the Pygmies which is already bearing fruit. 

Myanmar

The Burmese translation of GPHC is complete and in the proof-reading stage.  Pray for printing to take place soon in view of Tim’s visit in January.

Thailand

GPHC training will take place at the Siloam Bible Institute, January 13 to 17, 2014.  Pray for students to have completed the lessons in preparation for a week of review and writing their projects and strategy.

The GPHC Karen translation is nearly finished.  It will need type-setting and proofing before it can be printed.  The opportunities with the Karen in Thailand and Myanmar are many.  Please pray for the completion of this translation and for God to open effective doors to train and promote a focus on the unreached of these countries.

Pakistan

The translation work in Urdu is complete and we have sent partial funds for printing.  Our Brother in Christ has a vision to train key men who will impact this country and beyond.  Pray that this amazing opportunity will result in a spiritual awakening throughout this part of the world.

USA

Tim has had amazing opportunities to attend the Campus Crusade Conference in October and present GPHS which received wide acceptance by many, including a representative from Global Alliance for Church Multiplication.  He also will attend the Finishing the Task Conference in CA the first week in December.  The purpose of this conference is to identify current unreached people groups and to connect churches, missions and missionaries to them.  Paul’s “ambition was to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named” (Ro. 15:20)  Pray for God to use these occasions as divine appointments for spreading biblical principles for accelerating God’s work among the unreached of the world.

Liberia

Through a chain of contacts from the US and England, a brother in Liberia heard about our ministry and asked for our material.  We sent two copies of GPHC along with instruction on working through the lessons.  Here is a brief quote from his last email: “Our churches and some of our sister churches in Liberia are facing serious problems that this training manual gave an answer to.  Therefore, I decided not to delay but to start studying the materials and to organize some men who are willing and also can be used to train others, as we see in 2 Timothy 2:1-2."  Pray for God to use this brother in reestablishing the church in Liberia on a biblical foundation in preparation for God’s expansion throughout Africa.

Changes: We are in the process of upgrading the Seminary Course to be used anywhere in the world.  We are convinced the time is right for this to be used in equipping students before they launch out into the Lord’s work.  Along with this, we have decided to change our ministry name to NEW FOUNDATIONS, dba Go and Reconcile

We believe this new name more accurately represents our goal; to follow Paul’s example in Romans 15:20.

Ministries: We have so many reasons to thank you for standing with us in prayer and support for God’s work through unworthy and unlikely servants.  We are humbled by His grace, yet inspired by the continual renewal of the Holy Spirit.  It is a joy to also report that Sherman’s health is much better--thank you so much for the prayers, emails, cards, phone calls and visits.  There is another three weeks of physical therapy, but he is beginning to get back into the work.

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor. 13:14).