Willard is working as a Pastoral Intern alongside Confex Makhalira in their church plant efforts in Blantyre, Malawi The year 2019 in which we embarked on church planting started on a high note. Everything was going well. It was very exciting! However, things took a twist in 2020 when COVID-19 came to Malawi. We were […]
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Does Calvinism Kill Missions?
It is often asserted that Calvinism creates a barrier to evangelism and missions. The accusation usually comes in the form of questions. How could those who believe the Scriptures teach predestination and election truly have a heart for missions? If God has determined who shall be saved, why would there be any need to engage […]
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In his recent article (August 27, 2020) “Ministering in Malawi in the Midst of COVID-19,” Malawi Reformation Network (MRN) founder Rev. Confex Makhalira describes several examples of innovative new outreach initiatives by MRN’s Blantyre-based Christ Presbyterian Church plant which the Lord has blessed to “share God’s word and show the love of Christ to the […]
Continue ReadingA Brief Report of My MTW Training in Belgium
Dear friends, Greetings from the Warm Heart of Africa. My family and I are excited to be back home and labor for the Lord among fellow Malawians. Before we got here, we stopped in Brussels, Belgium for Cross Cultural Ministry Internship (CCMI). This is a training program which all missionaries working with our denomination’s mission […]
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Supporting missionaries has been a vital ministry of the congregation of Meadowview Reformed Presbyterian Church much longer than my wife and I have been members (21+ years), and until I typed that number, I hadn’t realized how fast those years have flown by. Before coming to Meadowview, I had not thought much about missions and […]
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