New Wilmington Mission Conference

January 2007 - Posts

• More News About Lois Anderson and Her Daughter

  Lois Anderson, a longtime missionary to Kenya and friend of many at New Wilmington Mission Conference, was killed this past weekend. Don Dawson wrote some reflections about it and has added an email from Margie Stock, sister of Bill Anderson in the comments Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:48 PM by Andrew Dawson | 1 Comments Filed under: mission

• Retired Missionary and Her Daughter Killed in Kenya

  I don't like alarmist titles like this, but don't know how else to say it. Lois Anderson and her daughter, Zelda White were killed this past Saturday, January 27th during a carjacking. Lois and her husband, Bill Anderson, were great friends of the New Read More... Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 10:37 PM by Andrew Dawson | 0 Comments Filed under: mission

• Tithing & Mission

  The Presbyterian Global Fellowship's Outbox blog highlights a study claiming giving in U.S. churches is hyper-focused on serving those who are giving instead of supporting others and mission . I'm one of the crazy few who love to give to the church and Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:38 PM by Andrew Dawson | 0 Comments Filed under: mission, Presbyterian

• Blogging from Seminary in Columbia

  I just found a pretty cool looking blog authored by Parrish Jones . He seems to be a real down to earth guy who's real about life and his faith. I particularly appreciated his post about how he went about discerning and responding to his call . I believe Read More... Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 10:58 PM by Andrew Dawson | 2 Comments Filed under: mission, blogging

• My Last Post on the PCUSA and RSS (Hopefully)

  I really didn't want to post this, but feel I have to in the interest of full disclosure. The PCUSA website has removed all references to RSS on their home page. I'm disappointed, but hopeful they are working to utilize this powerful tool more effectively Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:00 PM by Andrew Dawson | 0 Comments Filed under: RSS, Presbyterian

• Online Christian Resources

  One of the things I've been wanting to do with this blog is compile a list of quality online resources that Christians can trust. Keep in mind everything online needs to be taken with a grain of salt and I'm not a great theologian, just a seminary dropout.* Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:43 PM by Andrew Dawson | 1 Comments Filed under: web, resources

• Rob Weingartner and Bill Young Discuss the Future of Mission for the PCUSA (and my 2 cents)

  Presbyterians For Renewal just posted a nice interview of Rob Weingartner and Bill Young . Rob and Bill are the Executive Directors of The Outreach Foundation and PFF . The question and answer session addresses the current state of things in the denomination, Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:17 PM by Andrew Dawson | 0 Comments Filed under: mission, web, Presbyterian