Nigerian’s name also has become a mission: ‘Live and serve Jesus’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–When the Nigerian woman waspregnant again, some women in the village pressured her tomake sacrifices to the gods for a safe delivery. DorcasAyanrinola had already experienced much misfortune inchildbirth, and it was feared yet another infant would die.But because she was a Christian, Ayanrinola refused to offerappeasing sacrifices to idols. She trusted God […]
Missionaries may suffer, believers should pray
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Students preparing for summer missionary service should be ready to "suffer for the Gospel," a former missionary to Panama asserted in an April 24 commissioning service at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.