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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: John Jia

Confessions of faith: John Jia

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2022/10/29
  • Post category:FIC Series/FIC Features/Forward in Christ

A school open house provides an opportunity to reach a Chinese family and start a new cross-cultural ministry. John Jia, a member at Reformation, San Diego, Calif., has a heart…

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Confessions of faith: Hưu-Trung Lê

  • Post author:Hưu-Trung Lê
  • Post published:2021/08/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

A Vietnamese man discovers that Jesus is the way. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).…

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  • Post published:2020/01/30
  • Post category:District News/FIC News/Forward in Christ

Arizona-California Gloria Dei, Belmont, Calif., reports that it completed a “refresh” of its sanctuary in November 2019.

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