A fruit of perseverance

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The Karur church had baptized Kaleeshwari, a student, after almost a year of perseverance.

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If you want to be unified - pray with other believers - Malcolm Cox

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I have been contemplating the connection between praying together and unity for a couple of weeks.  It cannot be a coincidence that, right after instructing his disciples how they should resolve a dispute between church people, he tells them this: “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18:19–20) Why is the most explicit passage on Jesus’ desire for unity part of his prayer in John 17? The disciples were there. I imagine they are praying with him, not just hanging out nearby. We do not have a record of what their prayer-response was, if any, but that incident coupled with the text in Matthew 18, as well as the many examples in Acts leads me to surmise that praying together is an essential part of maintaining true Christian unity. What are your thoughts? Two teaching classes and two devotionals are on the YouTube chann
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Disciples in Tokyo Olympics...

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- Disciples Today • Jul 27, 2021 Congratulations to these four disciples from our family of churches competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games! Daniel Rowden, 23, UK   | Men's 800M East London ICOC Team GB Profile From Major Surgery to National Champion: Daniel Rowden's Road to Athletic Victory Competing Round 1 – July 31 at 9:50am JST Sydney McLaughlin, 21, USA   | Women's 400M Hurdles Resides in Los Angeles; grew up in the Central Jersey Church of Christ Sydney McLaughlin gives 'all glory to God' after setting 400m hurdles world record Competing Round 1 – July 31 at 9am JST Kristina Marie Knott, 25, Philippines   | Women's 200M Orlando Church of Christ, Orlando, FL Holds the Philippine national record for women's 100M and 200M Competing Round 1 – August 2 at 10:30am JST Alia Atkinson, 32, Jamaica   | Women's Swimming 100M Breaststroke  Broward Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Competed July 25 Let's pray for these athletes and cheer them on in this incred
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South Tamil Nadu Leadership Conference - Madurai 2023

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South Tamil Nadu Churches comprising Nagercoil Tirunelveli Tuticorin Madurai Theni and Dindigul regularly organize leadership conferences once in 3 months in different locations for the young and married leaders, upcoming leaders and family Group leaders to be equipped in serving God and to keep the mission focused.   This time Madurai Church hosted the conference titled “Equipped to Serve”  in their newly built Church Hall on Monday of October 23rd 2023.   Small group Leaders and upcoming trainees travelled from their cities to Madurai on their own expenses to empower themselves with the fellowship and learning from each other. The hall was filled with energetic youngsters and enthusiastic leaders. Very exciting to have Chennai leaders join us for the first time. They were a special treat to watch & listen to. The meeting started with the Choir team leading some inspirational worship songs to help us connect with God and glorify Him in the beginning followed by a fabulous spot dan
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