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Men's Ministries
PCA’s Globe-Trotters With Worn Passports
When a PCA missionary went to a Communist nation early this year, it was not his first visit. Nor is it expected to be his last. He went without fanfare to help an existing evangelical denomination. That body invited him to speak at its annual meeting and to counsel with its ministers and their wives.
While the missionary prefers to maintain a low profile in order to keep the doors open, he keeps Mission to the World informed about his activities. Two-week visits of the sort he made a few weeks ago don’t neces
A Parish of Prisoners
Nearly everybody agrees that more and better prisons are needed today, but hardly anybody wants one located nearby. Having the state penitentiary close to her community was an impor
Keeping Up With The Movers
Tears flow when Sam and Sue, pil
Counseling After the Crash
(Editor’s note: Through one of the PCA’s 18 U.S. Army chaplains, Jon K. Maas, the denomination has been ministering to the people grieving the loss of the 248 military personnel killed in history’s worst air charter crash. The DC-8 which went down at GanderInternationalAirport was under contract to ferry troops of the 101ist Airborne Division from their peacekeeping post in the Sinai to their home base, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Maas entered the chaplaincy last summer and has been with the 101st since August. At the time of the crash he was returning to FortCampbell from exercises in Georgia with another “Screaming Eagles” unit. Mrs. Maas was one of many family members in the community left won
Singing in Egyptian Jails
It’s no fun living in Egyptian prisons for a month. Ask John Weed or Tom Pasquarello, members of the PCA. They’ve been there, and they know. (See December Messenger, p. 5. -Ed.)
Back in the United States after four weeks of Cairo confinement, they met near denominational offices in November with some of the people who had helped to mobilize support for them during their time in the Middle East. They spoke repeatedly of a sovereign God who protected them and their families and enabled them to return safely to their homeland.
It’s unlikely that either of the men will return to Egypt. Not only did they experience difficult days in prison, but they believe their wives and children had an even tougher time separated from them. Nevertheless, both fami