A Baptism Sunday in Central Kenya
Rev. Samuel Mogo and Rev. Bill Lewis
The partnership between Canadian Baptist Ministries and our African partners is about transformation. Over the past sixty-one years, Canadian and African churches have worked together to bear witness to the love and hope of Christ from Angola to South Sudan.
Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to share with partners about their experiences of partnership with CBM missionaries and short-term volunteers. It is evident that the blessing of our cross-cultural mission has been felt by people and communities on both sides of the relationship. That dynamic is in a very real way an expression of the Gospel. It brings to mind the words of N.T. Wright, as he wrote about the relationship between heaven and earth in the new reality of the Kingdom of God:
"Heaven and earth, it seems, are not after all poles apart, needing to be separated forever when all the children of heaven have been rescued from this wicked earth.... No, they are different, radically different, but they are made for each other in the same way (Revelation is suggesting) as male and female. And when they come together, that will be cause for rejoicing in the same way that a wedding is: a creational sign that God's project is going forward; that opposite poles within creation are made for union, not competition."
-From Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright
Thank you for your prayers and generous support of the ministry of CBM and our African partners. As we draw near to the end of our time here, we appreciate more and more the absolute power of God at work in forming his Church from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
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