What kind of impact have missionaries made on the world? Have they harmed the world by merely exporting western values, or have they improved the world? Robert Woodberry addressed these questions and more in a lecture for the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture. By examining historical patterns and statistics between 1820 and 1920, he explains how missionaries have influenced healthcare, education, printing, social reform, economic development and democracy. Missionaries made an overall positive impact, he argues. For example, Christians were the first to pursue educational opportunities for all people, regardless of their socio-economic status. They brought mass printing to places that had never had it. “Christianity has profoundly shaped what we consider to be modernity,” Woodberry said. https://www.centersatsoutheastern.org/blog/2018/1/10/robert-woodberry-the-world-the-missionaries-made

Attention all men - our study for the next 6 weeks deals with the issues of certainty in knowing WHY we believe. We will answer 6 of the key questions that non believers ask using one passage of Scripture each week: Wed Feb 28 - Is having faith reasonable? Acts 17: 16-34 Wed March 7 - Did Christ rise from the dead? 1 Corinthians 15: 3-20 Wed March 14 - Are Miracles Relevant? John 14: 8-14 Wed March 21 - Why does God allow suffering and evil? Romans 8: 28-39 Wed March 28 - Is Jesus Christ the only way to God? John 14; 1-7 Wed April 4 - Is Christian experience valid? Acts 9: 1-31 There will be a handout each week with the questions and also a section for application of what we learn for us to work with after the lesson. Please invite other men to join us for this 6 week study. Pastor Laurie

Folks, the way the weather is looking we WILL be holding our Church-wide CONCERT OF PRAYER tonight from 7 - 8:30 p.m. If you can, please come!

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Tonight's Bible Study is postponed until next Wednesday. Winter in Canada!

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Join us Sunday December 24th for two services 11am "YOU CAME FROM HEAVEN HELPLESS BABE" 7PM "A CANDLELIGHT SERVICE OF CAROLS AND READING" For more detail’s about Bethel Bible Church visit our website : www.bethelbiblechurch.ca

Wise words from Dr. R.C. Sproul. His message remained the same, year after year: God is Holy, God is Sovereign, God is good.

R.C. Sproul has gone on to glory. Here's a compelling article written by a preacher and teacher, Steve Lawson, who was powerfully influenced by Dr. Sproul. It's worth reading.

First Sunday in Advent! Come to Bethel Bible Church this morning to hear how the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem was predicted hundreds of years before it happened!