Pastor LeRoy and Rikka are the pastors of the church we get to attend when we aren’t traveling.
When Christ walked the face of this earth He ordained 12 of his closest disciples. What is Ordination? It is to consecrate or set aside for holy use for Holy orders. Christ ordained 12 ordinary men. Some were tax officers for the Roman government, a number of them were fishermen, one was the accountant. All had sinful human characteristics like doubt, anger issues, jealousy, pride, liars, denial issues, and much more. Yet despite this Jesus set them aside for Holy purpose.
The Ordained pastors ordain the 9 pastors in this photo.
About 3 Sabbaths ago 9 Pastors in the Papua Adventist Mission were Ordained. Some have faithfully served for many years. All have made mistakes because we humans aren’t perfect yet. We sensed the spirit of God working powerfully in the lives of these 9 ordinary men. Some have been ministering for many years. There are youth minded pastors and highly evangelistic pastors and family ministry pastors and teaching pastors. God indeed has all the gifts in His church.
This was a huge event in the lives of these 9 people. Unlike my home country where if you’re faithful as a young pastor you will be ordained in 5 years here its based on a different set of criteria. Some of them have worked as a minister for more than a decade or nearly 2 before they were ordain. Congratulations to Pastors Steven, Erik, LeRoy, Bruce, Wagimin, Jerry, Eric, Franky, and James. May you always follow in His footprints. Jesus Keep them Close to the Cross!
Pastors from Left to Right: 1) LeRoy, 2) Erik, 3) Steven, 4) James, 5) Jerry, 6) Eric, 7) Franky, 8)Wagiman, 9) Bruce
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