Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
F.A.I.T.H.
Our children and teenagers are being challenged more and more for the
reasons of their faith: at school, in the media, online and with their friends.
They are living in a hostile, secular community and as a result, our kids are
needing more solid answers for not only WHAT they believe but WHY they
believe.
I attended a worthwhile seminar last term on Reason For Hope. It was both
timely, and challenging. It confirmed my conviction that our children today
will not survive spiritually on 2nd hand faith or borrowed faith from their
parents. As I listened to the statistics of how many fall away from their faith
once they go to University or once they have left home, my alarm bells were screaming. On a conservative
approach, 61% of our young people are losing their faith, and some studies are showing up to 88%.
THE REASON for this: a lack of robust spiritual training, resulting in featherweight faith.
We have to have an intentional plan to develop our children and they need to have
their own faith. We, as parents, grandparents and teachers, need to be there to
correct their misunderstandings from their friends, media and school worldviews.
Questions to Consider:
How do you know Jesus existed?(outside the Bible)
How do we know Jesus was the Son of God?
How do we know He rose again from the dead?
How do we know the Bible is Truth?
These questions are by no means exhaustive, however they are a taste of where we need to be heading with our
Christian education. If we are not educating ourselves to educate our children, a secular worldview will take over.
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the
road; when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 11:19
We MUST train our children in not only the what we believe but why we believe what we believe.
At CBM, our aim is to impart critical, robust teaching that will flow through our camps, our
discipleship material and our training with teachers and parents. Lets be committed to equip,
prepare and respond effectively to these reasons of faith with confidence.
Were praying for you!
*Kia Kaha-Be Strong, Kia Mia-Be Steadfast, Kia Manawanui-Be Willing*
Thank you Marion for dedicating your life to reaching children of N.Z. and around the world.
This is goodbye....for nown
international happeings
Seven international students joined us for four months
training. They were from five countries, four of which
we had not had students from before Fiji, Myanmar,
Papua-New Guinea and Malawi. We are extremely grateful
to those who donated towards the costs for two of them.
Litia,Ancy,Nina,Jennifer,To
rika,Grace,Mackinly
20th Anniversary
In March we publicly celebrated the 20th anniversary of CBMs ministry in India. For those who
could not make this evening, a booklet is available giving an update on the work of the four CBM
branches there, and the professionally made video we showed is also available.
We are delighted to report that Maureen Ravuri who graduated from the CBM
course in 2010, has just received her M.A. in Professional Counselling. Maureen is a daughter of
Sam and Veronica Ravuri who began the India work. Veronica was able to visit the States for
Maureens graduation.
CURRICULUM
Our desire is to keep the artwork in our curriculums updated, but it is an expensive undertaking!
We were greatly encouraged by a donation to pay for new artwork for our series of eight lesons
on the Life of Moses. Of course, the next financial hurdle will be to get it printed at a cost of
$3000.
Translations of the Life Changers curriculum continue, with Year 1 of Portuguese and Year 3
of Garo now in progress. We have been asked for Spanish, and we are praying for the person
to do the translation. Please pray for the person God will bring!
Mid-winter
all purchases over $10 made before 5 July 2017
Simply present this Newsletter in-store at time
of purchase or if shopping online enter this
coupon code at the checkout WWD002
and
PRAISE GOD FOR:
#Gods presence in our holiday camps and all the children who came to know the Lord.
#Twenty fruitful years of ministry in India.
#Provision of two new vans and a car to replace our old ones. (These were paid for from our vehicle
replacement fund)
#People challenged and encouraged as a result of our training courses both in New Zealand and overseas.
#Provision of a Raglan Camp cook.
#God working through our India staff in recent summer outreaches to children.
CB M
childrens bible ministries