FCGN to go from Quarterly to Bi-Monthly
If the reader will note this issue’s date, he will see that it is not January-March, as was the case a year ago. This issue’s date is January-February, reflecting an increase in mailing frequency from once every three months to once every two months. It was not too long ago that, because of rising postage costs, the Fulton County Gospel News was forced to go from a monthly publication to a quarterly. However, thanks to our financial suppor...
We Doubt the Veracity of your Information
By mid-1939, war and the threat of war had spread throughout the entirety of Europe and beyond. On August 23 of that year, the Adolf Hitler-led Nazis and the Joseph Stalin-led Soviets signed a non-aggression pact—a pact that the Nazis clearly intended merely as a postponement of hostilities.
In September 1940, talks fell apart between the two sides, and Hitler made plans to invade the Soviet Union.
Stalin was warned by his spies of Hitler’s im...
Mission and Work of the Church: Different Things
Growing up listening to fine old gospel preachers, I often heard them say, “The mission of the church is three-fold — evangelism, edification, and benevolence.” Having studied these things over the years, I have come to the conclusion that this statement is not quite correct. There is a vast difference between the “mission of the church” and “the work of the church.”
A grocer’s mission is selling groceries to the public for ...