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Greetings, We're back in your inbox again this month with more news of the revolution! Don't miss this month's articles. Also be sure to read about our project in the Philippines and check out our 'free stuff' page. And as always, Join the Revolution!  Tom Johnston & Mike Perkinson
by Tom Johnston
During the 1980's there was the now-famous "Just Say No" campaign to teach teens and children that they could refuse the temptation of illicit drug use when such an opportunity was presented to them. The push for awareness did much to bring to the forefront the major issue we face with drug addiction in our country. Today, the Church in the West faces a similar scourge - we have an addiction of our own - and most of the pastors I know are enslaved to this poison.
by Mike Chong Perkinson The odd tension we face in serving our Lord within the sphere of pastoral ministry is the paradoxical nature of public ministry and our human state. You know the reality that while we seek to draw people's attention to Jesus we do so by being visible, receiving attention ourselves. God seeks to display the wonder of His Son through human vessels. Complicating this paradoxical tension is the unfortunate reality that the mystery of the Kingdom is often lost within the confines of our understanding what makes a man or woman of God successful in ministry.
Praxis is moving into the Philippines! San Narciso, in the Philippine Islands is the first of several Praxis training sites to be established throughout the world to facilitate leadership and church multiplication - for a global impact!
Have you seen our FREE STUFF page on our website? Here we post fun stuff like the Praxis Manifesto, but we also post PowerPoints from some of the presentations we make. The presentations contain partial teachings from our Trilogy Resources...what a deal! Be sure to check it out!
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