Military Christians Worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:03:38 PST

Veterans Day (USA)

November 11th

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget

that the highest appreciate is not to utter words,

but to live by them. -- John F. Kennedy

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:03 PST

The amazing story of one Japanese diplomat who defied orders and saved 6,000 Jews from the Holocaust is at this link. Although ordered not to issue any travel visas, this hero and his wife signed up to 300 visas a day, not stopping for lunch and working well into the night. He was ordered to leave the country, but continued signing visas as his train was leaving. In 1985 Sugihara was awarded Israel's highest honor -- Righteous Among the Nations.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:45:44 PST

With the Lord

Paul Pettijohn, CCC Military Ministry associate director and former Officers' Christian Fellowship director, died early this morning following a brain aneurism. Please pray for his family, and give thanks for his devotion to military ministry through the years.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:35:31 PDT

ACCTS staff member Linda Dunlap had her arm and shoulder amputated yesterday due to cancer and radiation damage. Praise God that she is on the road to recovery, and for Linda and Cal's remarkable, faith-filled example of perseverance during difficulties.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:23:42 PDT

Military History: An amazing number of poignant Soviet war paintings can be found at this link.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:10:55 PDT

Jodie Wang just returned from an ACCTS medical mission trip to China and reports that the three doctors who went with her treated 157 patients in one day alone! More news will follow.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:18:25 PDT

Excellent sermons by Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church are available at this link.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:36:50 PDT

Are social media sites like Facebook part of a fad, or a social revolution? If they're part of a social revolution, how can Christians be a part of this revolution? These are questions that came to my mind after watching this amazing video [link].

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:19:03 PDT

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:24:07 PDT

This link tells this photo's story about a little girl who did not want her daddy to go to war.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:59:14 PDT

6 October is Armed Forces Day in Egypt. Please pray that military Christians in Egypt will be able to fellowship together and share Christ's hope with their co-workers.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:13:02 PDT

Check out this video tribute to a soldier's life: [link].

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:04:24 PDT

"The more I study nature,
the more I am amazed at the Creator."
-- Louis Pasteur

Photo: Tammi Rau Mether

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:45:39 PDT

Three new vice presidents were commissioned at the recent AMCF leadership meeting: Chaplain Eric Burton of Australia for the South Pacific, BGen David Wakaalo of Uganda for East Africa, and LtGen Lee, Kap Jin of Korea for East Asia. Please pray for these men as they help forward God's work among the military in their regions.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:55:31 PDT

ACCTS staff members Bob and B.J. Reifsnyder report in from the Seoul Council: "It is a beautiful day here in Korea and the Lord has given us all a blessed day!" ACCTS' deputy director, Don Martin, presented the ACCTS vision and mentioned ACCTS' Interaction leadership program. The Reifsnyders write, "Just out of curiosity, we asked how many Interaction graduates were here - either as staff in one of the AMCF support organizations or as part of the Presidential Bench and 28 people raised their hands! Thank you Lord for the impact that Interaction has had in the family of AMCF and for their ongoing support around the world. It was like welcoming family back home!"

"It is amazing what has been accomplished in just two and a half days. By noon today we had received reports from all 14 AMCF Vice Presidents, vision statements for the next five years from the AMCF, ACCTS, AcctsMMI and MSO, a total of 24 papers from those organizations, and testimonies by two of the departing Vice Presidents."

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:15:34 PDT

Bob and B.J. Reifsnyder report from the AMCF leadership meeting, Seoul Council in Korea, that regional reports show God's hand at work among the world's military Christian fellowships. Discussions have also focused on how military personnel can share Christ in areas where only they can go.

Photo: AMCF Vice President Mwaniki and wife in prayer at Seoul Council.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:46:06 PDT

This week military Christian leaders who are associated with the Association of Military Christian Fellowships are meeting in Seoul, South Korea to pray and plan for ministry for the next five years. Please pray that God will guide all their discussions.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:16:06 PDT

9/11/2001

Today we pause to remember and pray for all those who lost their lives on 9/11, all those who are now currently fighting against terrorism, and for those who caused 9/11. For in praying for our enemies, we will help bring Christ's hope to our war and hate filled world.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:21:23 PDT

Operation Reveille's blog has current articles that address the issues of:

1. Can active-duty personnel give Bibles to nationals who ask for one, and
2. Can they tell inquiring nationals about Jesus.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:29:13 PDT

ACCTS' executive director Cal Dunlap attended a prayer meeting in Fort Riley last weekend with military families, many of whom are dealing with a current deployment or will be facing a deployment soon. Please pray with Cal and others who are continuing to develop a prayer movement for North America's armed forces.

Creative Commons Copyright photo from flickr.com.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:58:49 PDT

A Message from the AMCF Vice President for North America:

"Our Helping Military Families Conference is over and from all accounts was a great success. We believe that the LORD was and is pleased with the effort made by all.

Over 300 persons including serving and retired military, serving and retired military chaplains, representatives of parachurch organizations, denominational representatives, church members and interested civilians and families of all the afore mentioned attended this first ever North American Regional Helping Military Families Conference.

Those who attended were equipped to handle many issues including praying for situations and individuals, ministering to persons who needed help in suicide prevention, PTSD relief, support to families whose members were away from home on duty, ministry to married couples, leadership in the military, ministering healing (both physical and emotional) working closer with the civilian churches to name a few. This note is to thank you for making it happen.

As a follow up to the conference we believe that the LORD has called the Security Forces of the Region to a time of prayer and fasting on Sat 12 Sept which has been designated as a Regional Day of Prayer

...I invite you and all of your friends, brethren, churches, fellowships and those under your command to join us in the day of prayer and fasting.

In HIM

Nestor and Monsie

Nestor A Ogilvie
(Lt. Col. (R) Jamaica; Police Chief (R) Grenada)
Vice President, AMCF North America Region.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:41:25 PDT

Busy day in the office, with international military officers from Jamaica and Antigua here for a modified Interaction-RMH leadership course. Next week, of course, the "Helping Military Families" conference begins!

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:24:47 PDT

Stop! It's Not Too Late! Register now to attend the 17-21 August "Helping Military Families" conference in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. At our website, click on the conference banner to register. Dr. Richard Blackaby, Dr. Myles Munroe, and Pastor Rob Parker will speak, and approximately 40 workshops will encourage you in military ministry.

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:02:05 PDT

IN THE NEWS: "Never have so many asked so much of so few," Thomas Freidman writes about military personnel on their 4th, 5th, or even 6th deployments to Afghanistan: [link]

Photo courtesy USDOD

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth H) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:47:20 PDT

If you will be attending this August's "Helping Military Families" conference in Estes Park, you'll see Steve Green in concert on Monday August 17th. Here's a video of him performing "Find us Faithful." [link]