Go in Peace, Be Warmed and Filled
James said it well,"If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace. be warmed and filled' without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?" (James 2:15-16) James taught that if your faith did not move you to respond with compassion to the poor and needy then your faith was dead! Can a dead faith lead to salvation? Better stated, can true salvation result in a dead faith?
Pastor Jocelito providing food and the Gospel of John for a single mom in Vila Safira
At LBM we take the many teachings in Scripture about ministering to the poor and needy very seriously. While each of our church plants boldly proclaims the Gospel, we are equally committed to ministering in tangible ways. We don't feed the hungry because they deserve it, but because Christ has given us a new heart that generally cares about them. We understand that apart from God's grace toward us we would be no better off physically and we realize that their extreme physical poverty is a picture of our own spiritual poverty before our holy God.
Would you consider joining us as we church plant among the poor and needy? We currently need ministry partners to provide $50 or even $25 per month to fund our church plant in Vila Safira.
At LBM we take the many teachings in Scripture about ministering to the poor and needy very seriously. While each of our church plants boldly proclaims the Gospel, we are equally committed to ministering in tangible ways. We don't feed the hungry because they deserve it, but because Christ has given us a new heart that generally cares about them. We understand that apart from God's grace toward us we would be no better off physically and we realize that their extreme physical poverty is a picture of our own spiritual poverty before our holy God.
Would you consider joining us as we church plant among the poor and needy? We currently need ministry partners to provide $50 or even $25 per month to fund our church plant in Vila Safira.
Posted by Patrick at 12/10/2009 5:47 PM 
Categories: General
Tags: whole Gospel world missions Brazil school ministry poverty church planting world hunger Living Bread hungry Jesus Latin America poor and needy South America world poverty
Categories: General
Tags: whole Gospel world missions Brazil school ministry poverty church planting world hunger Living Bread hungry Jesus Latin America poor and needy South America world poverty
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