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This is the second of four posts from Peter Schild (translated by Michael T. Schmid) which together constitute his booklet The Church and Missions.
‘As they ministered to the Lord and fasted…’ — Acts 13:2
There is a real danger that a church becomes stagnant in self-satisfaction. The church at Antioch could have said, ‘We have good teachers, a good, orderly worship service and a church life that is pleasing to God.’ And it could simply have been satisfied...

On 21 November 16201 the Mayflower made landfall in what is now Provincetown Harbour, Massachussetts. 37 of its 102 passengers were English ‘Pilgrims’ from the separatist church in Leiden, Holland. Their pioneering settlement of Plymouth Colony laid...

The verses below, written by the Rev. J. Angell James, were featured in the June 1845 edition of The English Presbyterian Messenger, on page 25.
“It was delightful to hear the Rev. J. Angell James thus expressing himself.-‘How sweet is that word, “The crown rights of Christ!”‘”...

This is the first of four posts from Peter Schild (translated by Michael T. Schmid) which together constitute his booklet The Church and Missions.
‘Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the...