The French Press

How are your investments?

By Rory Clark, Board Member

Have you ever attended an investment seminar? I have. High end hotel, motivational speaker, promises of rapid wealth, high pressure tactics. Of course, not all investments are scams. Had you lived in, say, first century Ephesus, you could have gotten some excellent investment advice from a certain Paul (a highly qualified expert in “stocks and bonds”)….

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From my students’ perspective…

By Ann Wester, EFCA-ReachGlobal missionary from the Central African Republic

In 2018, I had the privilege of teaching a Christian Education course to the 16 students at the Gamboula Theological School in the Central African Republic. Each student was thrilled to receive one book of lessons, plus the teacher’s manual. We read and discussed the teacher’s manual….

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Educating children in a culturally appropriate way

By Mary Ann Miller

While we were missionaries in Congo for 23 years, my major heartache was the lack of Sunday School material in French that could be used to teach God’s Word to the many children in our area. There were adults interested in teaching Sunday School, but no materials suitable for African cultures. Before going to Congo, I had worked at Scripture Press as an editor of Sunday School material…..

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I will not become a fish

By Dr. Roger Ibengi Dobe, Mth. Ph.D.

How reading a confiscated pamphlet changed the direction of my life Christian literature has always been and remains one of the powerful ways the Holy Spirit brings people to conversion. Its advantage lies in the fact that it easily crosses religious and social barriers and reaches a man…

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If only they could have what I had

By Dr. Deborah Eisenhut, MD, FACS

My father was a journalist. Our home was full of books. When I was a tiny child, my family purchased an annual library card for the public library in a nearby city. Each week, we visited that library and carted away a basketful of books. I also checked out books from our well-stocked church library. When I began attending school, I took home books from the school library because we lived in a rural area….

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