{"id":5988,"date":"2013-05-05T19:18:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.avahost.ws\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2019-07-05T19:23:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T19:23:13","slug":"kairos-blessed-time-for-everyone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hopetopeople.org\/en\/kairos-blessed-time-for-everyone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abKairos\u00bb \u2013 blessed time for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring academic session of Rivne Bible College \u201cWord of Grace\u201d, which took place from the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0until the 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0of May, was a blessed time, when God was speaking to the hearts of listeners in a special way.<\/p>\n

During five days, a missionary team from Kiev taught the course \u201cKairos\u201d. The goal of the course is to help students better understand the meaning of the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Mt. 28:19-20), work on their missionary vision, open their hearts for missionary work, and encourage them to work.<\/p>\n

During lectures, 11 college students and 6 free listeners got to know the basic principles, strategies, and schematics of missionary ministry. During the practical part, they used role games to try to experience other cultures and even experience culture shock!<\/p>\n

At the last evening, they had free communication time, praised God in Russian, Tatar, and Kazakh languages, and shared experiences of missionary work.<\/p>\n

Evgenija NIkitina, course instructor:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cWhen you hear about a missionary\u2019s acts of bravery, you get encouraged with bravery and heroism. However, when you become a participant of the events, you realize that you are weak without God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of an exam in the end of the course, students were offered time to spend alone with God to pray, to think about their role in missionary work, and to write God a letter. Here are some thoughts, which students shared with us:<\/p>\n

Sergej, Zdolbuniv<\/b>: \u201cMissionary work is not a sprint, but a life-long marathon\u201d<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Natalia, Novograd-Volinskij:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cI was encouraged by the fact that a missionary can\u00a0 be inside the church, who works among other nations with prayer and finances<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Instructors shared their opinions as well:<\/p>\n

Igor Plyva, Kiev:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cMissionary work is a part of God\u2019s ministry. It is very important not to forget about following Jesus. It is not a \u201cGreat Suggestion\u201d, as many think, but a \u201cGreat Commission\u201d given by God.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Igor Golub, Zdolbuniv:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe course is over, but interesting laboratory work is ahead of us, which God will do in everyone\u2019s heart<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the weekends, college students participated in outreach through a picture exhibition. They located the exhibition in Rivne city center and communicated for three hours with people who came to look at the Biblical pictures of famous painters. In such an interesting way, we were able to share the Gospel with ordinary people, who were walking in the city park.<\/p>\n

During the last three days, students studied the course \u201cThe Church structure.\u201d Teacher Yurij Pilipovich, pastor of the church \u201cGrace\u201d in Brest, talked about church: its main functions and models. He paid his main attention to the fundamental principles of Biblical church building. He also talked about the importance of local church in the Church. The course discussed church discipline as well.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the short term, this course made a special influence in students hearts:<\/p>\n

Galia, Ivano-Frankivsk:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cI understood how important church is in the life of a Christian and how valuable it is for Jesus Christ. The Church is His Bride.\u201d<\/p>\n

We join these words and are grateful to God for the time spent in college, and for all the work, which God did in our hearts!<\/p>\n

Daria Derkach<\/i><\/p>\n

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