The Church of God in Scotland, led by Overseer and Career Missionaries Dennis and Vanna Tanner, is thriving. Their ministry encompasses evangelizing the lost, discipling new believers, training spiritual leaders, and planting churches.
For most of the world’s newest nation, wracked by internal conflict, joy seems far away, and yet for Christians, Easter is still a time of hope. A recent message from the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) says the Resurrection reminds us that even in this world there is “goodness and light with triumph.”
I have a friend who is a respected Christian leader. But like all of us, he wrestles with his own sins, weaknesses and trials. People associated with his ministry have disrespected him, his family has suffered, and he has struggled with health problems. He has also carried loads of shame since his childhood because of sexual abuse.
