John Van Dinther & Friends http://www.johnvandinther.org Leadership, the Arts, Church Planting, Justice, Global issues and Sweden Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:44:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A proof that we are on the way with the walk as we start at the homes of rumbidzai, gideon, keboitse and thuto http://www.johnvandinther.org/a-proof-that-we-are-on-the-way-with-the-walk-as-we-start-at-the-homes-of-rumbidzai-gideon-keboitse-and-thuto/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/a-proof-that-we-are-on-the-way-with-the-walk-as-we-start-at-the-homes-of-rumbidzai-gideon-keboitse-and-thuto/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:34:43 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/a-proof-that-we-are-on-the-way-with-the-walk-as-we-start-at-the-homes-of-rumbidzai-gideon-keboitse-and-thuto/
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]]> http://www.johnvandinther.org/now-we-are-here-bosse-in-front-john-behind-the-camera//feed 0 Baptism of Hurmuz in New Life Gothenburg last night, Wednesday May 19th! http://www.johnvandinther.org/baptism-of-hurmus-in-new-life-gothenburg-last-night-wednesday-may-19th/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/baptism-of-hurmus-in-new-life-gothenburg-last-night-wednesday-may-19th/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 14:40:33 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/baptism-of-hurmus-in-new-life-gothenburg-last-night-wednesday-may-19th/

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]]> http://www.johnvandinther.org/baptism-of-nader-last-night-in-new-life-gothenburg-wednesday-may-19th//feed 0 Ron Anderson – a voice from Lincoln Nebraska http://www.johnvandinther.org/ron-anderson-a-voice-from-lincoln-nebraska/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/ron-anderson-a-voice-from-lincoln-nebraska/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:43:39 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/ron-anderson-a-voice-from-lincoln-nebraska/
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]]> http://www.johnvandinther.org/ron-anderson-a-voice-from-lincoln-nebraska//feed 0 Half Way through the Tour – Check out great music from the team and a wonderful worship service at Whittier Community Church http://www.johnvandinther.org/half-way-through-the-tour-check-out-great-music-from-the-team-and-a-wonderful-worship-service-at-whittier-community-church/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/half-way-through-the-tour-check-out-great-music-from-the-team-and-a-wonderful-worship-service-at-whittier-community-church/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:26:20 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/?p=584 Friends! We are overwhelmed by the response of people on the Harvest Field Tour… (search on Facebook for more information). To speak about the spiritual situation in Sweden and to awaken awareness about it is one of the major objectives of the tour… Our desire is to build partnerships with individuals, churches and organizations to further the cause of church planting and missions in Sweden.

As I reflect on the first two weeks of the tour I am touched by the encounters with many individuals from the young men and women which we met at our first day at Bethel Seminary to older folks out there (70-90+ years) with their connections to the old homeland Sweden, how precious they are; many of them are praying for the nation of their forefathers. I remember a young man with Down Syndrome who I met at one of the churches where we ministered and who asked me how he could get involved in Sweden as he felt that he (only having been a Christian for two years) was tired of not getting involved in missions! :) What a man!

From the left Jenny Wahlström, John van Dinther, Bill Ankerberg (a great man and friend of Interact-EFK, New Life and Sweden), Mattias Ristholm and Stewart Webster. Not on the picture is Emil Lundaahl, but if you follow the link you will find a great worship service here… (Click on watch service)

I think of others who facilitated our tour and who have been such a blessing as relationships were build and some understood the depth of the need in Sweden. Whether having big meetings with large crowds or small meetings with a handful of people I feel that at every occasion the Lord has been releasing new and open doors.  It is important to realize though that it is not enough for people to be touched in just one meeting. Let’s be honest about it with the challenges of communication and the amount of input and information that we get every day about the needs in our world easily removes the focus on the matter and needs which we present. It is not enough to be touched emotionally… emotions go up and down and are deceptive. We need to pray that God’s Spirit will remind people of that what He spoke so that it will bear lasting fruit!

Please pray with us for that; that the hundreds, thousands of people whom we have met and were able to share with that they will hear the voice of God to make a difference through engagement in prayer, through partnerships, by going either short or long term and by releasing resources for the cause!

I am sure that you will like the worship service in Whittier Community Church with great music and footage of the team… go and enjoy the folk music from Mattias and friends and also Jenny’s great new song!

May the Lord bless you and keep you!

John

]]> http://www.johnvandinther.org/half-way-through-the-tour-check-out-great-music-from-the-team-and-a-wonderful-worship-service-at-whittier-community-church//feed 3 Bill Ankerberg from Whittier Community Church in the LA area- a great friend to Sweden and New Life http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-in-the-la-area-a-great-friend-to-sweden-and-new-life/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-in-the-la-area-a-great-friend-to-sweden-and-new-life/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:59:15 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-in-the-la-area-a-great-friend-to-sweden-and-new-life/
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]]> http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-in-the-la-area-a-great-friend-to-sweden-and-new-life//feed 0 Bill Ankerberg from Whittier Community Church and a great friend of Sweden and New Life Church http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-and-a-great-friend-of-sweden-and-new-life-church/ http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-and-a-great-friend-of-sweden-and-new-life-church/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:05:05 +0000 John Van Dinther http://www.johnvandinther.org/bill-ankerberg-from-whittier-community-church-and-a-great-friend-of-sweden-and-new-life-church/

We had a wonderful time this last weekend in Whittier Church and met a few thousand people during 4 different worship services. It ws (and still is) a wonderful time. Tomrrow the team will go to Disney Land :) while I will be meeting the principal of Biola university and teach in a class on Church Planting… (I am not a touristy kind of guy). Will spend most of this day with Bill.

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