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Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies

COVID-19 vaccine refusal rates may be high among white evangelical Christians, but the International Mission Board — which deploys thousands of missionaries — is not hesitant about the shot. The global agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest evangelical Protestant denomination in the U.S., announced this month it is requiring vaccinations for missionaries they’re sending into the field amid the pandemic. The IMB may be the first U.S. missionary agency known to have such a mandate, according to leaders in the field, as other faith groups approach the issue in a ...

Date set for annual banquet

MIFFLINTOWN — Heartbeat Community Services will hold its annual fall banquet at the Mifflintown FMC building, located behind the First Baptist Church. The event will be held Oct. 30 and will begin with hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m. The event begins at 6 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Anita Keagy, author of the book “The File: A Mother and Child’s Life-Changing Reunion” and DVD series, “Seeking God First.” Keagy attended Messiah College and received training from Kay Arthur and Anne Graham Lotz. Keagy has traveled nationwide and internationally, sharing her message of ...

God’s heart is one of love

Hello Monday morning! I wrote this on a rainy Monday morning and it made the week’s beginning so much more palatable. God gave us Mondays and we need to find His peace and carry it in good times as well as these turbulent times. Thank you Lord for these rains that come in the natural and for the rains in the spiritual. God wants them to be healing rains, available to us day or night. I post words of encouragement daily on Facebook that often concerns relationships and the need to keep praising God an learning ore about forgiveness. These two things are forever entwined. These are ...

Keep the charge of the Lord your God

In the first article on Solomon, I said that he was an obedient son; he took care of those individuals who had been a problem to his father. But he failed to be obedient to God, to walk in His ways, keep his statutes and commandments. He had barely taken care of his enemies and secured his throne, when he made an alliance with Egypt and married Pharaoh’s daughter. He also took wives from some of the people that were to be annihilated, when the Israelites came into the land of Canaan. They failed to destroy all the Amorites, Hittites, Girgashites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ...

When we give, blessings are multiplied

In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul praises the generosity of the church at Macedonia. He uses their giving as an example to challenge the church at Corinth. He says gently to the Corinthians, “But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love, we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” As Randy Alcorn points out, “Jesus said it is more blessed to give, but He never says why. Here’s my why behind his statement. When you keep what you have, you will be blessed. The more you ...

Religion briefs

Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Erin Thompson at (717) 248-6741 or by email at ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 352 Sixth Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. Items should arrive to The Sentinel by Wednesday afternoon for publication in the Saturday edition. Submissions will be published as space allows. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions. ¯¯¯ Church to host special speakers REEDSVILLE — Schrader United Methodist Church will host the ...