Growing Together

Growing Together is a newsletter supplement to The Messenger online, focusing on current cultural issues challenging the church. As a smaller conference, we cannot, and will not, attempt to follow larger organizations. We will attempt to discuss the issues that have impacted us, with content that will help us think through issues from several angles. As with everything we do, we are committed to the Bible as inspired by God and the truth.

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The Way We Give

It was mid-morning when I found Mamadou Traoré at his restaurant, a six-foot-square plywood kiosk painted baby blue, its shutters propped open with sticks, bar stools lined up at the window.

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“YIIN–LAMPA MƆ́N KWƐŊL!” “Look - Five Lamps!”

A dozen children pressed their noses against the screen of our porch staring into the white people’s house.

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Misunderstandings of Patron/Client Relationships

We had lived and worked in a particular country for several years and had learned and adjusted to much of the culture.