Building Up the Churches

Encouraging fellow Christians both near and far

The Need to Encourage Established Churches

• Barnabas was sent by the Jerusalem church to Antioch (Acts 11:19-23; 13:1-3)

• Some of Paul’s travels involved visiting churches that had already been planted (Acts 15:36, 40-41; 16:4-5)

Atlanta to Johannesburg, SA9,000 miles, 16 hour flight

Johannesburg – Friday, July 19Alan and Sylvia Fox

Durban, Saturday, July 20

Durban is a large, modern city of over 3 million people. There is a high concentration of immigrants from

India.

Fields of Sugar Cane

Hills & Valleys Northwest of Durban

Paddy & Sandi Kendall-Ball

Pietermaritzburg – Sunday a.m., July 21

Westville – Sunday p.m., July 21

Monday at Tongaat – Richard HardingSeveral Widows in this church.

Paul & Joel Williams visited with us

Chatting with co-workers on the shores of the Indian Ocean

With the Govenders – Tuesday July 23

Thumba and Bommie Govender, Segrie & Mervin, and children

Tuesday at ShallcrossIn the home of George & Vishnu Reddy

Ladies Class – Wed. July 24

Shastry Park – Wed. July 24

Visiting with some young people

Jeremy, Logie and Lauren Hammond

Lemmy Chetty – one of the elders at Shastry Park

Baby Jessica suffers from Brittle Bone Disease

Bible principles that came into focus on my visit:

• There should be mutual affection and a spirit of brotherhood among churches. It is encouraging!– Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Philippians 4:21;

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10; 1 Peter 2:17

• There should be a concern for the welfare of all the churches (2 Corinthians 11:28)

• There should be a desire to imitate good things being done in other churches, and to be a good example for other churches – 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5

• Let us pray fervently for “all the saints” Ephesians 3:14-19