Lately the headlines have been dominated with stories about an economic downturn, federal bailouts and an impending global recession. Many will be affected by the worlds financial problems. Non-profit organizations may suffer during times like these, too. Not always, however. … (read more)
In chapter two of James we find a classic New Testament statement regarding the relationship between faith and works. “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead” (v. 26). The New Testament church … (read more)
I have recently spent a week or so in the Book of Jonah. There is high adventure in this book: a missionary calling disastrously deferred; a crashing storm at sea; a whale of a fish who intervenes when all seems … (read more)
I have recently become familiar with a little book by Nick Earle, titled provocatively “What’s Wrong with the Church?” (Penguin Books, 1961). Nick is an Anglican; he is thinking of the Church of England – and the church of the … (read more)
In the past few months we have revisited our fundamental identity as an organization. We are the World Mission Prayer League. A committed community — this makes us a “league.” With a “working method” — we pray. Commissioned to gospel … (read more)
There are a couple of giving opportunities available through the Prayer League, which can be a benefit to both you and WMPL without changing the amount of your contribution. I have mentioned both of them before, but I think it … (read more)
Two months ago we considered our “league-ness.” Last month we examined our commitment to prayer. This month we will have a look at the mission that commands us into the world. We are the World Mission Prayer League – a … (read more)
Last month, we described our “league-ness.” This month let us remind ourselves: the World Mission Prayer League is a community at prayer. I write to you from the backbone of the Andes, the high altiplano of Bolivia. I have been … (read more)
by Elycia Broden,Accountant “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, andI know what it is to have plenty. … (read more)
I have been reading a wonderful book in recent days by Alan Hirsch, a converted Australian Jew. He calls it “The Forgotten Ways” (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2006). We have been forgetting things though the years, Hirsch contends. Ways … (read more)