Strength to Strength welcomed Lamar Showalter to encourage us to rise up in this new year.

Hunger and starvation are not new tragedies. But did you know people are dying of starvation right in your own town? This is a challenge for 2022 to rise up and feed the “starving” people around you with the fruit of the Spirit.

Rise up, O men of God!

Have done with lesser things;

Give heart and soul and mind and strength

To serve the King of kings.

—William Merrill

An interactive question-and-answer period follows.

Strength to Strength welcomed Sam Stoltzfus on an off-Saturday to share about his experiences during the highly-publicized Haiti hostage crisis.

On October 16, 2021, the 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped seventeen volunteer missionaries serving in Haiti under Christian Aid Ministries. Most remained captive until their miraculous escape on December 16, 2021.

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Strength to Strength welcomed Leonard Hege to discuss bringing the written word of God to unreached people groups.

Being an effective ambassador requires a familiarity with the society in which we represent our King. What about our host culture is hostile to the message we bring? What provides an open door for ministry? This talk provides a case study in thinking about strategic ambassadorship.

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Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Darla Weaver for this important and timely topic.

What does it mean to walk in grace as a woman of God? In a conservative Christian culture that embraces obedience to the Word of God, grace can easily get lost in the details. My personal journey from obedience rooted in fear and a desire for perfection, to obedience rooted in love, relationship, and freedom has been long and varied, but it’s also been life changing in the best kind of way. Legalism demands perfection from everyone, especially ourselves, but grace points to the finished work on the cross, enabling us to walk in obedience with a heart of joy and surrender.

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Strength to Strength welcomed Gary Miller to discuss his recent book, Reaching America.

Few of our unbelieving American neighbors are coming to faith and joining our conservative Anabaptist fellowships. Does our culture lack spiritual interest, are we doing something wrong, or should this be considered normal?

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Strength to Strength welcomed Verlynn Yoder to provide hope to those struggling with depression, and answer.

Some of us may ask ourselves, why am I feeling down so often lately? Circumstances and pressures can feel large and looming. Stress levels rise without us identifying how they affect us. We should be asking ourselves honestly, am I depressed?

The world of depression is an awful world. It is a lonely place. A place that seems to have no end in sight. Everyone else seems to come out of their lows except me. Is there some switch to flip so that life can be like it was before? Yes, there is hope. There is a journey out of depression. For most it is a steady process that requires discipline, hard work and humility. With God’s promise of grace to the humble there is hope. With depression can come anxiety and much insecurity but this too can be overcome.

Others have walked this dark valley and have come out better than before. I know because I have been there and by the grace of God, I have come back. There is hope.

An interactive question-and-answer period follows.

Recommended book: “The Secret of the Singing Heart” by C. W. Naylor

Strength to Strength welcomed Chuck Pike to discuss expanding the borders of the kingdom of God.

Join Chuck as he shares practical insights on evangelism based on decades in a very evangelistic, church-planting movement that emphasized repentance, commitment, and discipleship.

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Strength to Strength welcomed Chuck Pike to discuss expanding the borders of the kingdom of God.

Join Chuck as he explores how we can use the Old Testament prophecies to convince unbelievers.

We can learn from the earliest Christians how we too can do the same today to great effect.

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Strength to Strength welcomed John D. Martin to discuss his favorite topic, the Kingdom of God.

God’s kingdom here on earth is to be a colony of heaven that demonstrates how God intends the whole world to be.

God’s righteous rule is just, and kind, and good, and right. The problem is that the gospel is presented a lot of times as a “save me” gospel. Salvation is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself.

An interactive question-and-answer period follows.

https://strengthtostrength.org/patriotic-ambassadors-advancing-jesus-kingdom/

Strength to Strength welcomed Dwight Nisly to discuss his experiences with expanding the kingdom of God.

Have you ever wrestled with the role of politics and culture in advancing God’s Kingdom? The Apostle Paul answers these questions with a call to “the ministry of reconciliation” and a profound political analogy!

What is the message Christians should be communicating to the world?

An interactive question-and-answer period follows.

https://strengthtostrength.org/patriotic-ambassadors-politics-culture-and-kingdom-church-planting/