Tom Padley
From Tom Padley, written on 11/04/10:
Dear Family and Friends,
Greetings from Nova Lima, Brazil.
This was our third successful fresh water well drilling in the Maués region of the Amazon basin. The first two were for the Sataré tribe and this one was for the “Riberinhos” (river people) community of about thirty families along the banks of an Amazon river tributary called the Paraná. The name of the community is “Igarapé das Pedras.” (Little River of Stones) Read more »
Posted on 23 Nov 2010
January 2010
God’s Ongoing Work Among The Sataré-Maué Tribe In The Amazon
By Tom Padley
In this twenty-first century world where love is waxing cold and the fear of global warming amplifies the age-old friction between the church and the world, one thing stands true, God’s word! God always keeps his promises! God has given his word on global warming, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease” (Gen.8:22). God’s word also says, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matt.24:14). I am often asked the question,”What happens to those who have died before receiving Christ as Lord and Savior? Where will they spend eternity?” While no one has a solid theological answer, we know that God in His infinite love and wisdom has provided supernatural methods to reach some remote people groups with the gospel. Read more »
Posted on 4 Jan 2010
Judson, James, KaKá, Gregorio and I were the speakers. The most powerful message and surprisingly balanced and entertaining word came from our own KaKá! His talk was about going back to the pattern of the original or “Organic Church.” He used some amazingly entertaining metaphors. One was the difference (it was hilarious) between cage raised chickens and free roaming chickens.
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Posted on 17 Aug 2009
God has seen fit to delegate to certain human authorities a portion of the authority which belongs to Him alone. God requires us to submit ourselves to human governments in the world, in the church and in the home. God holds those in authority accountable not to contradict by their actions the divine source and ground of their authority. Read more »
Posted on 2 Oct 2004