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In I Thessalonians 1, Paul spoke to the believers thanking God for the church they had become. He said that he remembered them often in his prayers and he recalled their “work of faith, labor of love and endurance of hope.” He was describing the DNA of this congregation of believers there in Thessalonica. In verse 6, he said that they had become imitators of them and imitators of Jesus Christ. In other words, they had the same spiritual DNA that caused others to recognize them for these ...
I was just thinking about the upcoming national meeting of the Baptist Missionary Association of America which will convene in Springfield, Mo. April 18-20. That caused me to also think about the task of the messengers from the churches. What exactly do they do? Many church members have little or no idea, so I want to share some of those things your messengers will do in Springfield:
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