May Issue of Good News Features Stories from Five Nations

Brazil Christians Report Good News

Alan and Robin Dutton report good news from Brazil, where they have worked for many years.  On March 29-30, over 400 men came to a camp in Sao Paulo for two days of praising God, studying, and enjoying wonderful fellowship.  This is an annual event called the National Men’s Meeting. 

On the same dates in Campinas, Brazil, 185 women gathered for their National Women’s Meeting.  This event was described as a great time of “fellowship and love among the Christian women.”

Beginning on Sunday night, March 31, Alan Dutton hosted the thirty-first annual Intensive Studies in Campinas.  This session, …

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Thailand Family Camp Tops 430

Kim Voraritskul reports from Khon Kaen, Thailand, that on April 8-12, from 430 to 450 Christians gathered from thirty-six different churches representing gathered to participate in their largest family camp ever.  They were from all parts of the country and even some from Laos.  He says that the weather was very hot in the day-time, above 107 degrees, but it was cool in the evenings. 

The lessons and classes, brought by local preachers, were all very good, Voraritskul reports.  “It was so good to have this time together and encourage one another in the Way of the Lord,” he …

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Small New Jersey Church Rises to Meet Huge Challenge

by Alicia Williamson, Gateway Church of Christ

I don’t think anyone could have been fully prepared for the “Frankenstorm” that slammed the East Coast in the fall of 2012.  Super Storm Sandy affected twenty-four states, from Florida to Maine and west across the Appalachian Mountains to Michigan and Wisconsin.  New York and New Jersey suffered particularly severe damage when the storm made landfall during the night of October 30, 2012 with sustained winds of eighty-five mph and a storm surge over thirteen feet in places. In the midst of the raging storm, in the dark …

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Good News from Russia

Dino Roussos has just reported that he was among the speakers at a conference of Christians meeting in a hotel about forty miles from St. Petersburg, Russia.  The theme of the meeting is “Unity in Christ,” and about two hundred are attending from Russia, Belorussia, Latvia, Ukraine and other places.  There are about twenty preachers there from Russia.  Roussos expressed his appreciation “for Igor and Natasha, the church of Christ in St. Petersburg, and the School of Theology in Russia for organizing such a GREAT CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE.

Christian High School in Canada Serves Many

Great Lakes Christian High School, located in Beamsville, Ontario, provides instruction for grades nine through twelve and typically has about 110 students.  The school serves day students but also has housing facilities for those who wish to live on campus.

GLHS provides a strong academic program with an average class size of twenty-two.  The teachers offer tutorials twice a week to provide extra help for those students who need it.

In addition, the school offers many extra-curricular activities to provide many out-of-class development opportunities.  …

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