Mike and Trisha Goddard Mobilizing local churches in Paraguay 
Read below our ministry update for October 2009.
Posts Tagged ‘trip’
Goddard Grapevine – October 2009
Friday, October 30th, 2009The Pai give their input on mobilization
Friday, July 24th, 2009
“We can\’t always be begging our wives for their chickens!” was the comment of a Pai Tavytera community leader and faithful church member to my question about the funding of their church outreaches.
“We will either have to have outside funding or stick to outreaches that are within our budget.”
After returning from a 5-day trip to the bush in northern Paraguay and just a few kilometers from the Brazilian boarder, I\’m confronted with even more questions than when I first set out. What role are tribal churches and their members to play in the Great Commission in Paraguay and beyond? Does the completion of the Great Commission lie solely on the shoulders of wealthy and educated people groups? Are the poor exempt from the responsibility to take the Gospel to the “ends of the earth” because of their financial limitations and lack of education? (more…)
Acercate a las tribus
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
What goes through your mind when you know of over a hundred young people living in your area (and many more in other cities) that love God and want to serve Him in missions, only to discover that their churches are not sufficiently prepared to take on the challenge.
Over and over these young people on fire for God and His heart for the world are welcomed with a cold splash into reality when their vision is not shared by perhaps the Pastor, church leadership, or the church members. Many of these young people become so overwhelmed by the magnitude of bringing along a non-missions minded church into that of a mobilized church, that they literally give up because they can\’t see the “light at the end of the tunnel.”
