{"id":1461,"date":"2016-08-27T19:52:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2016-08-27T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T18:52:33","slug":"one-highlights-entire-christian-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/one-highlights-entire-christian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"“One of the highlights of our entire Christian life”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/strong> Jim McMaster<\/strong>: “MGO 2016 has undoubtedly been one of the highlights of our entire Christian life. The amazing liberty for open air preaching and text distribution \u00a0coupled with the enthusiastic receptiveness of hundreds of listeners at every place can only be described as sheer Christian delight. <\/span><\/p>\n

Malawi is a country full of astonishing contradictions with innumerable churches and every variety of error evident everywhere. For me it was a source of real sadness to see the devastation caused by the rising availability of alcohol on a very benign population. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a real thrill to work alongside Stephen and Gail and the fellowship with the team from both sides of the Atlantic was encouraging, refreshing and (dare I say it) great fun. I am so glad we were allowed by the Lord to be present and would encourage any to sign up quickly for MGO 2017 before all the available places are snatched up. “<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Jim McMaster: “MGO 2016 has undoubtedly been one of the highlights of our entire Christian life. The amazing liberty for open air preaching and text distribution \u00a0coupled with the enthusiastic receptiveness of hundreds of listeners at every place can only be described as sheer Christian delight. 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