tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226909632024-03-17T05:15:31.718-04:00Venezuela For ChristVenezuela Now, Inc. is a non-profit 501c3 Georgia Corporation whose purpose is to support the work of the United Methodist Church of Venezuela in reaching the lost of that country for Christ. Charitable gifts can be made to Venezuela Now, Inc. at PO Box 1655, Duluth, GA 30096.Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-77433164970977010632014-09-09T08:56:00.000-04:002014-09-09T08:56:24.843-04:00*******STICKY POST********STICKY POST<div>
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Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-34991925355986308332014-09-09T08:52:00.001-04:002014-09-09T08:52:27.152-04:00September Newsletter<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 24px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><img align="none" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgExWo4OYs_t2i_mdkhlfaggW6ij9JFrElV13morhLY2lolDmYehWrLJU8FJ2-QBrr0rQf-lP1gb_aelqTee_QWisdWEQp28if2FTXTF2bVSBMT3YhxqPA-M3LlcZf17sD8izjuTnjvMgtEadTyvrQdeI2XzJe2gozy-K7rPxU3ssBJcGhDLJzLow_tQcOYJhA-zwL6UulHMwnNKhHtURVXxFY=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; min-height: 137px; width: 100px;" width="100" /><br />Pastor Carlos Pirona assumes the Presidency of Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela. Warren Lathem becomes President Emeritus</span></span></strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Since 2002 we have had the goal of raising up a fully indigenous seminary in Venezuela. This is a major step toward the realization of that goal. President Pirona has taken over responsibility for the property, operations and the staff of the Seminary. This is a huge step forward in many ways. Particularly, it provides much better leadership for this aspect of the ministry. It also frees our US team to focus more on academics, visioning, and the launching of the new on-line SEIN, Seminario Evangélico Internacional, the development of the graduate programs of SEMWESVEN, the establishment of more extension campus sites and launching the Church Planting Institute.<br /><img align="none" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjh5nFNMr_Iry3nSzGfGQ2DlfmxNDAz_E2qznQ0fMu68a5B7Rnwn3QXdjOVSs0GdCviNGKuy5Q-U6EDPaMah-ReHFhMkuApVGLJNcDv8DHLdkonvD7gPwdEB6AECtgLlheNvnq-UuBF7rolT6ZHfMgHvmxCh234hOyfpB5lVlFHdvFJRwfL62aaZfQFzYjBCswwMrfrsCFPFNGVWNxWvgpKAc8=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; min-height: 382px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></span></span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">Pastor Carlos Pirona, Dr Maria Pirona, Warren Lathem</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">President Carlos Pirona and his wife, Dr. Maria Pirona, are the founding pastors of the Restauracion UMC in Barquisimeto, our largest UMC in Venezuela. They have also planted over a dozen new congregations in Venezuela and other Latin American nations, they are both graduates of SEMWESVEN and are currently enrolled in the Master's program. They have both taught courses at the Seminary. Dr. Maria is the Medical Director of the Wesley Medical Center on the Campus of SEMWESVEN. President Carlos is the Venezuelan President of the International Leadership Institute and also serves as the President of the Ministerial Association of the Lara State, the largest association in the nation. He and Pastora Maria will continue to serve as the lead pastors of the Restauracion Church and International Ministries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">I (Warren Lathem) am assuming a greater role in development for SEMWESVEN, SEIN, and the Wesley Medical Center. I will also continue to teach courses in the Practice of Ministry and Biblical Studies at SEMWESVEN, both undergraduate and graduate level, teach at some extension locations in Venezuela, teach courses for SEIN, and help with the development of the recording studio at SEMWESVEN. Additionally, I will promote and recruit for both seminaries and continue to raise partners and funding for all the above,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Dr. Dan Dunn will continue to serve as the Academic Dean of SEMWESVEN, undergraduate and graduate degree programs. He also assumes the role of President of SEIN. He will continue to teach in all the schools, supervise the curriculum, translate on occasion for other faculty, administer the programs, recruit faculty, and raise up Venezuelan professors. He continues to play a vital role in our attempt to constantly improve the quality and accessibility of this excellent theological education.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Dr. David Cosby will continue in his role as Dean of Students of SEMWESVEN. He is a beloved professor who will continue to teach several courses in both SEMWESVEN and SEIN. Additionally, we expect to launch a new Institute of Church Planting under David's leadership and expand our extension campus offerings through his leadership. Additionally, David serves as the Field Director for One Missionary Society, Venezuela, and will be working with mission teams and other projects of OMS. He and Carol are career missionaries and bring much needed spiritual maturity and experience to this work. They are preparing to live full time in Venezuela.</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">Baptismal Candidates</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">These and many other developments in the work in Venezuela are indicative of the rapid growth of the ministry there. The church in Venezuela is exploding with growth, especially among the youth of the nation. The political, economic and secular spiritual environment is very difficult, beyond anything we can imagine in the US. But God is proportionally blessing the Church there.<br /><img align="none" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiyOPjhyKZuFcAA1HgowjblKsMkDOWlMXsDqymxi86ueleYkjUEyoHcNNJe-SrLcxR4qMJV-qJtt8-b20Rijzcoj5c70dt4TzwpRjOSzXp6YZC7tN6Lzu6E1MKGTHyfm8Ou-CpQPZpYsSxd6hGXnaFPX_E628dU_fh1c9TDx67GoFXDrjolKmMxbzxCAL9gDw_fGoCI6i__yGiqmW38_o9URog=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; min-height: 450px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></span></span><br />
<em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">Scores coming to Christ in Venezuela - Help us raise up well equipped leaders!</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">The greatest need for this work is the financial need. The last 12 months recorded in excess of 60% inflation in Venezuela. The rate of inflation for food was even higher! Therefore, attending seminary becomes more and more difficult.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">A young church in Venezuela needs trained leadership</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Huge financial barriers stand in the way of many potential students, especially the 16-25 year old leaders of this explosive growth. They have the greatest need for this education, but the fewest financial recourses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black;">Will you help? I unashamedly ask you to prayerfully consider today making a $100 gift, or more, for this work. We desperately need at least 25 new people or churches to give this amount. Could you do this? If so, you may give via PayPal by clicking on the button below, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">Thank you so very much. Your gift of $100 or more, or any size gift, will have a huge return on investment in Venezuela and in eternity. Remember, no US citizen receives any compensation from these gifts.<br /><br />Report re: Samuel Rojas. Thank you for your prayers, Sam continues to be free, but has to await a decision on his legal fate. The hearing was just postponed again to September 30. Remember, he was arrested for buying cement for the construction of the Medical Center, cement that was later deemed contraband. He spent two months in jail. Please continue to pray for his full exoneration.<br /> </span></span></div>
Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-24014194616742495452014-08-18T09:03:00.000-04:002014-08-18T09:03:08.061-04:00Latest News from Venezuela!<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">Greetings in the wonderful Name of Jesus!<br /><br />I am writing you from Cabuare, Venezuela, home of the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela and the Wesley Medical Center. Both of these ministries have been made possible by your gifts.<br /><br />Did you know a year of theological education in our Seminary, SEMWESVEN, cost about $1,800 per student? Compare that to my alma mater, Candler School of Theology, where a year of education costs about $28,000. Asbury and Duke have similar costs.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><img align="none" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhIHpoTeQe43_ElcGmPmhMl1qa2cY3jCKu7dfOArzHS4vLyarpoKtlCnFFzjRYmdS16Ejd8GfPGJiQyur-43IsC1zVWMicxNRvk-MxuQ6MDp3r5BMMC6QuWRcDShJBy__Gv5rn_0A_Umjs-IK93sargppRfgIN0LlvhgNA-Pw-ymrrO3jSdnL0gEh0Nz9qK5ki7YPDjxrDqVEE7unKPkEDX4Qw=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 299px; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></span></span><br />Certainly, we do not claim a year of education here in Venezuela is equal to a year at those great American institutions. But our Venezuelan alumni and students declare it is the very best available in Venezuela!<br /><br />Now we need your help. <strong><u>Over the last 12 months the inflation rate in Venezuela exceeded 60%</u></strong>. The predictions are it will get much higher in the next 12 months. As you can imagine, this is <strong><u>devastating</u></strong> for our students.<br /><br />Therefore we have to do even more to assist in their education. The student pays only a small portion of the $1,800 annual cost. Your gifts provide the rest. However, <strong><u>what it the cost for each student to attend is still more than 2 months of salary for the typical Venezuelan worker</u></strong>. Therefore, even though costs are very low by our standards, it is terribly expensive by Venezuelan standards.<br /><br />Would you please make a gift to the Seminary through Venezuela Now, Inc? No US citizen will receive any salary support from this gift. Only the students will benefit.<br /><br />In 2015 we will have to cut back the number of class offerings unless more funding is received from the US. The students simply cannot afford to take as many days off work AND pay the tuition and fees. We are processing these decisions now. Your immediate gift will help us in our decision making. Please give a sacrificial gift today.<br /><br />How much can you give! Anything will help. <strong><u>We especially need monthly gifts of $100 or more.</u></strong> Please prayerfully consider making regular gifts, you can send your check to:<br />VENEZUELA NOW, INC<br />PO Box 1655<br />Duluth, GA 30096<br />Or you can simply click on the PayPal button here:</span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=4c8bf67705&e=a0ef825edf" style="color: #17488a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img align="none" border="0" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj_-TzEBwlzmdwN5Wja06qH4_kLb49lqx4Q-g2XI8wmx0LLkTFCydiyV_VYqqpKx_F_Ric5X52cGII389UBpG5Ai6XgUlycNUWfKwYRj7PuF4mPp2aikqzD1jE0NmLC5NmfDVLeIPhPklmKLb8ASiGYxscupbp8A_7PNsePXSc7MuY97ZtjNgxWuMbV3Tc=s0-d-e1-ft" style="min-height: 47px; width: 147px;" width="147" /></a></span></span></span></span></span><br /> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER is open and serving the needs of the community surrounding the Seminary. It will rapidly become the gold standard for medical care in the evangelical community.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;"> <img align="none" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgxil8lwBrCM_VemLiePPL8hUueEWXVKd6929-5YrPVH0-gPuxVxJ2vP5xic_hH9jsW-jLe9NvlAetrttqMJXU48vx3aGInG5c_FP98pec3g4PME_o4N8RCp57WmoF5HF20neoQFTiCt6TQ3pipufLV9EKzVchoEn-sZfEyuiDyTk4a4sMMTS-TYwhzAvvPnNilEcobthTVBvwL2d1JwK0pb7E=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 400px; width: 300px;" width="300" /></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">DR. MARIA PIRONA is the medical director. Sandra Sanchez is the psychologist also serving on the staff. We will receive our first medical mission team in October.</span></span><br /><img align="none" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiNAKBNwelvCJ1gs28HNVYBKmHeQbd-OOI-tYb8UjwBtJudzrtUyHGVS2rTS_68wbhu3vUjURpLTiOjRjlGxtmiBpknWnHS8tFOvZQ1iEKMzRnRf8FMen4lek2dqEu0Lmru66NH8WrvZ8eDRyzZ-veiXOUrW1rPjXhluR4Zt7mNG7K3IdhpVqHMjHTSUM52DzjZAqqQCWdeAkrO_Q6fzLTxdZw=s0-d-e1-ft" style="min-height: 168px; width: 300px;" width="300" /><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br />Also <u><strong>about a dozen Rotary International Clubs in the US are working toward a partnership with the local club to benefit the Center.</strong></u><br /><br />Would your club like to help? Send me a message for details.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;">The CASA HOGAR LUZ DE ESPERANZA, the first Methodist Children's Home in Venezuela just received it's first four resident children. This is after a year of government red tape, over 5 years of construction and 13 years of dreaming and visioning. Praise God these first four siblings have a safe, nourishing and nurturing home for the first time in their lives. Hundreds more will follow.</span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><img align="none" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEig4asx8EIS3bVgbONGfGy9NXHFT0b5ZWhoNpPxpNyoUA1tlNa29YWGXCAmST-TcBvvT7khS_-KVDNy8RRoo1jlyUm2MTzRVv7QKw_Zlah1x1iJUOatAbBk6x69IgUAqVReN-JaUUc9tm56LYezqZSbNia4bNA_LkqInLAj7BpS3mD6ilB8fClooDrJ5hsYo-wornmKc9BMA34t-Xvnsh2bmKM=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 300px; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF VENEZUELA continues to experience rapid growth comparable only to the Methodist Church of Cuba. These two national churches are the fastest growing Methodist churches in the Western Hemisphere. We not only work with the UMC here, but also a dozen other denominations and independent churches. One example of the growth of the church here: last year the Ondas de Paz UMC conducted 8 simultaneous community Vacation Bible Schools. This week they will hold SEVENTEEN simultaneous Schools in 17 communities reaching over 800 children, 600 of whom have never been to a Christian worship service. Over half of the adult membership of the church will serve in some capacity in these schools. Further, I am often asked how many congregations are in the Methodist Church in Venezuela. I don't know. New congregations seem to spring up almost overnight. It is an amazing thing to witness, unlike anything I have seen in my 42 years of ministry! Come and see!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><img align="none" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEinL3ZekUZwV8rDxpKY2lKsOWRPzPcu2TCl2RXWX-yae6NOpQ9fn5c2UVqN6c3T6OVaoEFTNFYXXjaGl0hsHOII0qFDWtl6g0jdaca9ZW1mIBEWu4IiXBzZeegI2Gq10R31CqZa_TnzSmzjK0YK3aHOlWXrlRt81kq7Wiyem7R_2ZcibirnTNXXWb7dtClR9vgV1jTKNgxN6DvYbiphMHbNOno=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 225px; width: 300px;" width="300" /> <img align="none" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEimqqi05f7W7VIsvdBqPp2G2mNPbY1Qi7l68QaIdTX8olIc7kK7YX_rmRXIIh3FeXfWlrcEivD2D1IqC1ZRQiHgDBinZ50Rve5R5BqWBVMwgwT8ZxA4-HSl2LcYeHlDu2Lv2xHT9FHZIvdgpXvn-YbHf6TFPrjHszTbcwfzORYMs9D5l46hc16m38INATmPjFa7DXbTZ0N9Krck3nhxrL4g6WY=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 225px; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br /><img align="none" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEglJbJ1eATD_P_Qr5gWIbG5ggiBHnT5L3t_4jFCQ6FwXhXbGe6p7_iiTcTRD1QiAliNuBciV5g9j177WhTHB3MgAPQoVqwaE6zbhDVaW6DSH1Sckwoop2n_tcSSoSIMmazaaMFQdaCMsgW3XV8Z-A9qvNevtcyUCbU7ex6s9n7rn2sHr-lflmPsCdAob5ZgQlQ0QqKapMyr1R6FC0pr0vLOwTE=s0-d-e1-ft" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 450px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">The SEMINARIO EVANGÉLICO INTERNACIONAL (SEIN) is the on-line Spanish language school of theology we are birthing out of SEMWESVEN. Our first course will be ready for several groups and individuals to do beta testing in September. We are rapidly moving to get a portion of our curriculum on line by<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_483484919" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">January 1</span></span> for affordable access for the 400 million Spanish speakers in the world, 50 million of whom live in the US, the third largest number in the world. Through the generous gift of an anonymous donor, we have the equipment on site to record, edit and present this education on the internet and are using temporary studio space. We are waiting for the architect to complete the plans before building the permanent recording studios. Additionally, this equipment and studios will make audio and video recording accessible and affordable to the church in Venezuela, for the very first time!</span></span><br /> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">There is so much more to tell. But it will have to wait. This is the most rewarding ministry of my life. Thank you for your partnership in spreading the Gospel in Venezuela, and soon to the whole Spanish speaking world!<br />We look forward to hearing from you. Please see our Prayer Partners for Venezuela Now on FaceBook and become one of our prayer team. Dr. Gayle Arnold will guide your prayers for the work here.<br /><br />In Christ,<br />Warren Lathem</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thank you for your prayers and generous support, notes of encouragement and Godly concern. This has been and continues to be a difficult time in the midst of great blessing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">First, Samuel continues incarcerated for buying a truckload of Government controlled cement, then discovering after his arrest it was allegedly destined to a different customer. So he faces serious charges of dealing in "contraband." If true, he did so without the knowledge of this. He simply bought what he thought was legal cement for the construction of the medical clinic. It appears the owner of the cement company may have mistakenly violated the law, and Sam is caught up in it. I spoke to him on Thursday of this week</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and he is in good spirits, but very concerned about having the necessary funds for his legal defense. I assured him we would make sure we have adequate funds to cover the costs. We pray for your generous help with these legal fees which initially will cost $4000-$10,000.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Second, the Seminary continues to function unencumbered by the flap over the cement. All is well and church retreats continue on the campus, minor construction continues while we seek legal cement, mission teams will soon arrive, and classes will resume. We thank God for the peace surrounding the Seminary. These prayers have been clearly answered. A byproduct of the "cement episode" and Sam's incarceration has been many of our alumni and students have stepped up to taking far greater ownership of the day to day operations as well as future direction of the Seminary. This is also an answer to prayer.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Third, the Wesley Medical Center (formerly named, Wesley Clinic) will have its Grand Opening June 28th</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. This was scheduled earlier, but current events necessitated postponing it</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. The day will include a free huge community clinic. The street will be blocked to traffic and doctors and nurses from across Venezuela will be there to treat the sick, setting up treatment stations in the street. Free food, bouncy houses, games for the children, etc. will all make this a very special event. We are also excited to have found a trusted and proven Christian leader who is an importer/exporter who is working with us to produce a list of approved items we can ship to the clinic, supplies and equipment and medications. As soon as we have the list, we will share it for you to help with donations. We expect to spend about $15,000 on the shipping container and associated costs. We must raise this amount. Will you help? Of course we still need to raise $30,000 for the cost of constructing the second floor of the Medical Center. Be sure to mark your gifts for this project: "medical."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fourth, the recent events strongly confirmed the decision to develop the Seminario Evangélico Internacional (SEIN) on line theological degree program. This has also been confirmed by several Christian leaders across Venezuela as well as several other countries in the Western Hemisphere. So our team of 4 Venezuelans are working very hard to get courses recorded, edited and designed for SEIN, getting the online platform established, and setting up a video and audio recording studio. This will make our first beta test course available to a select group in July or August and we plan to publicly offer courses in January. We have received a generous gift to cover the costs of the studios and equipment. Now we need the startup costs for SEIN, probably $10,000. We fully expect SEIN to produce a positive income stream for the work in Venezuela. Simply mark any gifts for this ministry: "SEIN."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fifth, most importantly the church in Venezuela continues to experience exponential growth. The students and alumni of the Seminary are leading one of the most spectacular church growth movements of modern history. The UMC de Venezuela is planting dozens of new churches, producing dynamic young leaders and claiming their nation for Christ. Baptismal services for 20-50 youth and adults are commonplace. Evangelistic services resulting in scores of new followers of Jesus are just a part of the everyday ministry of the church. Social justice ministries are exploding as they feed the hungry, clothe the naked and heal the sick. Ministries in jails and prisons, ministries fighting human trafficking, ministries to indigent children are erupting all over the country. One quick example: our "home church" in Cabudare last year amazingly conducted 7 simultaneous Vacation Bible Schools in 7 different communities. We witnessed it. What a blessing! This year they have leaders trained to conduct 22, yes, 22 simultaneous VBS community schools. Glory!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So your gifts continue to bear generous and eternal fruit, "fruit that will last," as Jesus taught us in John 15. Thank you.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Warren</span>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-47198792050461411402014-03-06T07:08:00.000-05:002014-03-06T07:08:14.679-05:00Exciting times! Dear Friend of God's Work in Venezuela,<br />
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John the Beloved Apostle wrote these words to his friends and fellow workers in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ:<br />
"We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.(1 John 1:4-5)<br />
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Please let me share with you some of the remarkable things God is doing in Venezuela which create for us complete joy as I hope they do for you. In order to make somewhat comprehensible this explosion of Christian witness and ministry here<br />
I will divide this into several categories. However this is for the sake of clarity. These clear lines do not exist in reality here as all of the ministry is inter-related.<br />
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The Church in Venezuela<br />
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Words fail to capture what is happening in God's church here. For example, how do you describe the development and launch two weeks ago of SEVEN new stand-alone United Methodist congregations birthed by one mother church? How do you describe the doubling of attendance in one of those churches in just one week?<br />
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How does one tell about another UMC congregation that just launched 8 new cell groups most of which will soon become churches led and pastored by seminary students and leaders trained by the mother church for the past 18 months using material from the Seminary? How does one describe one of these leaders/pastors who is 18 and has already led his four brothers to Christ and in the last two weeks helped over 20 people become followers of Jesus? What about the 20 new leaders, mostly youth, who just started this same 18 months of training to become cell group leaders and church planters?<br />
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How would you tell the story of a Seminary graduate and youth pastor who just led his deaf grandfather to Christ, and is teaching him to share the gospel with the blind grandmother?<br />
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How does one describe two separate churches birthed by seminary students in the same city 10 years ago and now they are the largest congregations in that town and are transforming the very fabric of that city?<br />
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How would you tell about a church with a vision of doing ministry with needy children spending 10 years building a building to house orphans and abandoned children and now are simply waiting on the state approved children to arrive, probably this week?<br />
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What would you tell about a church whose co-pastor is a Pediatrician with a PhD. in Family Systems starting a Medical Clinic for the poor and a ministry with single, unwed mothers and their children. (Una Esperanza), a problem of epidemic proportions in Venezuela?<br />
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How can I tell you about the 15 year old girl who is a Seminary student and worship leader in her church? She is so effective that even with the almost deafening volume of Venezuelan worship music sound systems, the congregation's singing and praising God drowns out the amplified singers' voices? How does one adequately describe that when in many churches in the US a singer in the congregation feels like he/she is the only one singing?<br />
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How does one begin the reporting of jail and prison ministries, evangelism outreach, feeding programs for the elderly, habitat house-like ministries, conversions, physical healings, deliverance ministries, hundreds of children being converted and discipled, the massive groups of youth and young adults emerging as world class Christian leaders and so much more?<br />
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At the Center of this ministry of Jesus is the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela.<br />
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The central focus of our ministry here is the Seminary. It is the hub of the wheel of the work. We just completed our 12th year since our first class in a rented room in 2002. Our campus in Cabudare, Venezuela has six buildings and those are being significantly enlarged and improved. But the story is not cement and rebar. The story is the lives and ministries being formed here. Two weeks ago over 80 students enrolled in three classes. Unfortunately the nation-wide political demonstrations forced the cancellation of one of those classes and the abbreviation of the other two. Yet they were of significant help to the students according to their own evaluation. Mission Pastor, Carey Akin from Mount Bethel UMC in Marietta, taught the students the necessity of and effective methods for the development of a deep, lasting and personally transforming relationship with Jesus Christ as the foundation of a life-long effective and faithful ministry. In the middle of the political conflict raging here, I taught a Master's Course on Conflict Management and resolution. The graduate students really responded to this material and we are planning a follow-up course in the fall. This is such an important topic in Venezuela and Latino culture. Next week, Dr. Michael Cash from Trinity on the Hill UMC will teach a New Testament Survey Course on the Gospels and at night alumnus Oscar Rodrigues who has a degree in environmental engineering will teach a course: Creation Care using Biblical teachings on our role in caring for God's creation.<br />
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The Seminario Evangelico Internacional<br />
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More about this later, but I just want to give you a first preview of the development of an international online ministry we are developing for the four hundred million Spanish speakers in the world. The education of the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela is about to go viral!<br />
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The Wesley Clinic<br />
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We will open the clinic in April or May. This is a huge addition to our ministry in Venezuela. Soon you will receive a separate newsletter just about the Clinic.<br />
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Well there is more, but this is enough for one report, except for this: Venezuela is strategic to the evangelism of the Latino world and as a witness to the nations since it is such a cosmopolitan nation. Because of this there is much opposition to the Gospel here. The Author of Chaos, the Father of Lies has created unimaginable chaos, deceit and darkness. Truly demonstrative demonic forces ensnarl and enslave the people. Political and religious leaders openly invoke the powers of Satan, black magic, Animism, Sanataria, idolatry and pure evil to destroy and control the people of this great nation.<br />
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But we have this good news as reported by the Apostle John, "God is light and in him is no darkness at all." The church here shines like a city set on a hill. The light is shining into every dark place, from the Presidential Palace in Mira Flores to the mud hut in La Piedad. You are making this possible through your prayers for and gifts to Venezuela Now, Inc.<br />
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Please prayerfully consider making a significant, sacrificial gift to this ministry today. I remind you, no US citizen receives any compensation from these gifts. Send your check to:<br />
Venezuela Now, Inc.<br />
PO Box 1655<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seminary Classes<br />We plan to offer 45 individual courses in 2014 compared to 25 in 2013. This includes the first offering at a new extension site in Punta Fijo, extension courses in Nirgua and Puerto Ordaz. We will make use of more Venezuelan faculty than we have in any previous year.<br /><br />Distance Learning and E-Learning<br />We are seriously pursuing the method and technology which will exponentially multiply our reach in theological education in the Americas. We are looking for the right person who will become the ministry champion for this effort. The potential is staggering! We have a record of 11 years of effective, excellent, accessible, affordable and practical Wesleyan theological education. We pray this will make it available to individuals, churches and denominations in all the Spanish speaking Americas.<br /><br />Wesley Clinic<br />Our goal is to open the Wesley Clinic on the Seminary Campus in March. We have three Venezuelan doctors already committed to practice parttime in the clinic. We will be looking to hire other staff in the next few months. This will operate under the medical non-profit of Maria Pirona, so Venezuela Now will only be a funding source and recruiter of US support. We will also serve in a consulting role to the Clinic. It has been a very difficult year due to shortages of construction materials, but we hold this target. Once the clinic is open, we will begin construction of the second floor as materials are available. It will house the laboratory, eye and dental clinics and a classroom for basic health education.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dr. David and Carol Cosby will be moving to Venezuela this summer to live more or less fulltime and direct the work of OMS particularly focusing on the Seminary, Mission Teams and Church Planting. We look forward to a long a mutually effective relationship with OMS.<br /><br />Una Esperanza<br />Teenage pregnancy, poverty, single parent families, promiscuity, child sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, inaccessible birth control, lack of prenatal and postnatal care, and current as well as historic cultural mores, all have huge impact on the most vulnerable of Venezuela. Dr. Maria Pirona is developing this ministry on site at the Wesley Clinic on the east side of Barquisimeto and at Valle Dorado UMC on the west. We are also developing a US team led by Carolyn Bransby, founder of the Beacon of Hope Women's Center, and Jane Lathem. Our primary role will be raising friends and funds for this ministry. We have no owner or administrator responsibilities for this ministry.<br /><br />Light of Hope Children's Home<br />Just opened, the first UMC Orphanage cares for unwanted children, orphaned children, children of 12 and 13 year old children, children of drug addicts and victims of abject poverty. Pastor Yolanda Caceido and missionary Nigel Borrows and the congregation of the Lugar Altissimo UMC have created this ministry. We pray this will become a model for other UM churches and denominations in Venezuela. We have voluntarily assumed a role of raising friends and funds for this ministry. We have no owner nor administrator responsibilities.<br /><br />The United Methodist Church of Venezuela<br />The UMC of Venezuela is now in its 7th year under the leadership of Bishop Juvenal Perez. The Seminary operates separately from the church, but is the official seminary for the UMC in Venezuela. We will continue to host the annual conference, train pastors, resource the churches and consult with the Bishop and conference leadership at their request. <br /><br />Property Acquisition<br />We are currently negotiating with two contiguous property owners to increase the bounds of the Seminary property. Some of the immediate needs include a location for a new UMC congregation, married housing, recreational facilities, additional classrooms, administrative offices for the Seminary and the UMC, and expansion of the retreat ministries.<br /><br />Urban Garden<br />We begin our second growing season with this model urban gardening project under the direction of alumnus and pastor Oscar Rodrigues. We hope to add a rainwater catchment system and irrigation and a small fish hatchery for the sale of the fish to local fish farmers and the production of nutrient rich water for the garden.<br /><br />Construction<br />We hope to complete the first floor of the Wesley Clinic in the first quarter, then proceed with second floor construction. We will build the first phase of a rainwater catchment system, fish hatchery, utilitarian landscaping improvements necessitated by years of neglect and run-off damage, complete laundry area, finish a second dining room and kitchen, add a formal library and take steps toward completion of the second floor of the Galpon and more security wall construction. All of these projects are dependent on funding and the availability of materials as well as an adjustment of priorities due to emergency and unexpected maintenance issues.<br /><br />Mission Teams<br />We are preparing to receive at least 4 US teams on the campus this year and hope to recruit several more. Additionally, we will have our second Venezuelan Mission week combining construction projects and a seminary Bible class.<br /></span></div>
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Praise the Lord, and Thank You all friends and supporters of Venezuela Now, Inc. and the ministries of the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela, the Wesley Clinic, the Light of Hope Children's Home, and Una Esperanza. Your year-end giving made <span class="text_exposed_hide">it</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> possible for us to meet all 2013 financial obligations including paying our annual mortgage and we have enough cash to get through the first couple of months of 2014.Here is a brief summary of what was done last year.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">2013 Highlights, Venezuela Now, Inc.<br /><br /> As I reflect on the ministry in Venezuela in 2013, I am amazed at all God has done. The church is growing at a remarkable rate. So is the Seminary. Below are a few highlights. Thank you to everyone who has prayed, given or served in this ministry. May God return your investment 100 fold. <br /><br /> New Masters Degree - after years of requests from students and alumni o<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">f the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela's Bachelor of Theology degree program, we began the new Masters program. Over 20 students enrolled and have been most diligent in these advanced studies. Academic Dean, Dr. Dan Dunn, has put together an excellent curriculum and faculty.<br /><br /> 25 Courses Taught - an international faculty of great academic credentials, sound theological and pedagogical method, vast experience and a real heart for God and the mission in Venezuela provided the finest theological education in Venezuela.<br /><br /> Partnership with One Mission Society - Dr. David and Carol Cosby have been named Field Directors for OMS' newest field: Venezuela! This opens the work to a huge pool of support for the ministry in Venezuela.<br /><br /> World Methodist Evangelism Institute - Drs. Eddie Fox and Winston Worrell and an international faculty invested a week of training and practice in evangelism for the Wesleyan church families in Venezuela. Over 80 participants learned how to much more effectively share their faith. <br /><br /> International Leadership Institute - both the young adult History Makers Conference and the ILI national conference taught the key principles of following Christ to over 80 students. This cooperative effort of SEMWESVEN and ILI is making a huge impact on the evangelical church in Venezuela and beyond.<br /><br /> Mission Teams - both Venezuelan and North American mission teams provided much work and support for SEMWESVEN. This was the first year we included Venezuelan Mission Teams. <br /><br /> Urban Garden - a generous US donor gave the funds to establish a model urban garden on the campus of the Seminary. This is significant in a country of good shortages and run-away inflation. We built the fences, garden, worm beds and compost piles for a fully organic garden and had our first harvest, all labor provided by students in the Seminary. <br /><br /> Campus Improvements - our campus, acquired in 2008, consists of 5 buildings, all of which have required significant improvement. This year we completed the new Masters classroom, added a new men's dorm room, reconstructed part of a roof, added a bunk room and baths on the Mission House, replaced the central sewer system, upgraded the electrical service, replaced several A/C units, added exterior/security lighting, built the Wesley Plaza, as well as routine maintenance. <br /><br /> Wesley Medical Clinic - construction began on the Clinic. We hope to finish the first floor by March of 2014. This has been very difficult as steel and cement are often not available. Therefore, we have decided to complete the first floor and open the clinic while we search for materials and supplies for the second floor. <br /><br /> Una Esperanza - a ministry with at-risk women and children took its first steps in 2013. Dr. Maria Pirona and the Wesley Clinic will partner to provide sex education, abstinence training, pre and post natal care, instruction in parenting skills, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and more. <br /><br /> Light of Hope Children's Home - a 10 year effort by UM pastor, Yolanda Caicedo and others, resulted in the completion of the first UM Children's Home in Venezuela. We were privileged to participate in the dedication service and provide assistance to this ministry to the lost children of Venezuela. <br /><br /> UMC de Venezuela Annual Conference - again SEMWESVEN hosted the annual conference of the UMC of Venezuela where Bishop Juvenal Perez was elected for a third and final 3year episcopal term. The conference reported over 25 new congregations formed in the first 6 years of its existence.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 22.0pt;">Seminario
Wesleyano de Venezuela</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our Mission is
to reach the lost of Venezuela</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Venezuela
Now, Inc and the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela were birthed out of the
passion for mission at the Mount Pisgah UMC in Johns Creek, GA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The work in Venezuela began in 1996 and the
Seminary was founded in 2002. Eventually, due to circumstances at Mount Pisgah,
the Non-Profit and the Seminary had to seek sustenance from other sources, even
though many individuals associated or formerly associated with the mission have
continued to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">encourage
and support the work. Currently many churches support this ministry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
fulfill our mission primarily through equipping and training pastors,
evangelists, teachers, doctors, etc. to reach their nation for Christ. We
believe the ROI for the US mission dollar is far better when the actual
ministry is done by indigenous leaders, not foreigners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We desire to develop long term partnerships
between congregations in the US and the church in Venezuela. However, the best
investment is for the churches here to partner with the Seminary rather than
simply build a house or a church. The leaders we train can do those things far
more efficiently and more cost effectively than can US mission teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are investing in the future, training
pastors and ministers, some of which will continue to provide ROI for 50 years
or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if one applies the
principle of multiplication that exists in the Book of Acts, the impact is
exponential growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">However,
our impact is not only solely in Venezuela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We also spend a great deal of time teaching and modeling missional
service on a global scale, making an impact for Christ across states, nations
and continents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence, our students and
graduates are actively serving in a variety of capacities in Europe, Columbia,
Peru, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and the US. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the by-products of this mission was the formation of the United Methodist
Church of Venezuela, organized in August, 2007 and birthed out of the
association of pastors attending the Seminary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
goal is to deliver to the Methodist Church in Venezuela a Campus which is fully
developed and paid for, and a Seminary which is self-sustaining, led by
Venezuelans. In 2008 we purchased our current campus after renting space for
the first 6 years of operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
bought the abandoned Christian Literature Campus in La Piedad Norte, a suburb
of Cabudare, Venezuela close to the state capital city of Barquisimeto. The
purchase price was approximately $350,000 US equivalent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We currently have a mortgage of $80,000
($20,000 due by December 31, 2012).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
will then have a remaining mortgage of $60,000 left on the original $180,000
interest free loan (as long as the annual $30,000 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>payment is paid by the end of the year by
Venezuela Now, Inc. So far we have been able to make each annual payment). <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The campus now has a value
of well over $500,000 and one local real estate specialist has set the value at
just over $1million.</span></strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">W</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">hile we have no specific time-line to
make the complete transfer, we are making progress. We now have 6 Venezuelan
professors (all graduates) and will develop more each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a Venezuelan administrative team in
place and working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a team of
Venezuelan advisors (students and graduates) who serve as an unofficial board
helping us design a program that is effective in their cultural setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a Master’s Admission Committee made
up solely of students and graduates of the Seminary. They have determined the
admission requirements into the Master’s Degree program and will determine
which applications to accept and what an applicant will need to do in some
prerequisite Wesleyan Seminary Undergraduate courses before admission. (Such as
all must have taken the Inductive Bible Study Method only taught in our
Seminary in Venezuela, The Mission of the Church course, and others. The
maintenance and construction on the campus, including the new Medical Clinic, is
all under the direction of Venezuelans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Retreat Ministry is also completely in the control of Venezuelans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
Seminary is the highest quality and most effective theological training
currently available in Venezuela. There are many reasons for the effectiveness
and high quality of the education in the Seminary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
offer most of our courses in week-long settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students are often serving as full-time pastors
or are bi-vocational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are able to devote
individual weeks or two weeks at the time to take courses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
also offer the finest theological faculty in the nation of Venezuela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since each course lasts a week, we are able bring
in the finest professors and practitioners in the world to teach for a week or
two. No professors (foreign or Venezuelan) are paid a salary or honorarium.
Most pay their own travel expenses. They understand this is a mission and they
gladly give their time and often their money to the seminary to be able to
teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, we have faculty
regularly coming to Venezuela from the US, Columbia, Mexico and Costa Rica, Ireland,
etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since
no professor, foreign or indigenous, receives compensation, we are able to
provide a very inexpensive education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The students pay a portion of the room and board and the materials costs
and a small tuition cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even this is a
real hardship in the Venezuelan economy (the cumulative inflation rate for the
last four years in Venezuela is 389%!). Yet if this were a traditional
seminary, most of our students could not attend due to cost, time commitment
and time away from their ministry. Our undergraduate degree takes at least 6
years to complete and the Masters takes 2 years, minimum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And our students are already asking when we
will start a Phd. Program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have no
plans to do that, but this is indicative of the value they place on what they
call the finest theological education in Venezuela.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">YTD Financial
Summary</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
2012 Fiscal Year is not yet complete, but this is the data as of January 1,
2012-December 15, 2012.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Funds received
for Operations<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sustaining
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$65,000<br />
Other <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18,000<br />
Capital <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6,000<br />
<br />
Sub total <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$89,000<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Special Projects given in 2012</b><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Motor
for Ministry Car <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$7,000<br />
Urban Farming Project <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5,000<br />
Medical
Clinic
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>80,500<br />
Radio, Puerto
Ordaz <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>500<br />
Bishop's
Car
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11,500<br />
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Subtotal <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$104,500</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Total given YTD
2012:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$193,500</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
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Projected Designated Cash Balances to be carried into 2013<br />
Clinic
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$55,000<br />
Urban Farm Project<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5,000<br />
Sustaining <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5,000<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mortgage Due 12/31/12
$20.000 - Currently not in hand, but in prayer</b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Venezuelan
Income:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Additionally,
in 2012 we received income in Venezuelan Bolivares at the Seminary which was
used for local operations, in addition to our US contributed dollars in the
following amounts (USD exchange rates vary, but averages 10/$1 in 2012)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>77,618Bs or approximately <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$7,762.00</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rental Income;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">85,357Bs or approximately <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$8,536.00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Total Received in Venezuela<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$16,298.00</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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The Seminary currently enrolls approximately 100 students during any given
year. Our individual classes on the main campus average an <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>attendance of 30 and our extension program in
Nirgua averages 12 students per class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
the first 10 years of operation the Seminary has provided 128 individual
classes for course credit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
2013 the Seminary will provide 24 courses for credit in both the Bachelor and
Master Degree programs. </span></div>
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As we add the Masters degree program in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>February, 2013,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We expect 20 students to enroll in the
Masters of Pastoral Leadership degree.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What is the story of the ministry of our
students and graduates</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here
follows some statistical data.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story
is one only Heaven fully knows because of the scope of their ministry is beyond
the ability to capture in statistical data. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
falls into four categories:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Churches served
by graduates</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
have had 42 graduates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>38 are serving as
lead pastors or staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are serving
approximately 75 churches, 110 missions and innumerable preaching places such
as small groups.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Churches served
by existing students</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of
the 100 existing students, 60 are serving churches, some multiple churches and
missions.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Churches planted
by graduates</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">50
churches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Churches planted
by existing students</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">35
Churches</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Missions and
Preaching Places Started and Served by Existing Students</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">75
missions or preaching places</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Missional Focus
of the Seminary</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One
of the emphases of the Seminary is to offer effective and practical training to
pastors and mission leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do this
in several missional areas:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Church Planting</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> – this is a
major emphasis of the program and the expectation is that every pastor plant
additional churches. For example one pastor has planted 10 churches. The Bishop
not only leads the denomination, but is also a pastor and has personally
planted and oversees three congregations.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Discipleship
Groups/Cell Ministry</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
– Some of the churches have started as many as 20 small groups or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of these will eventually become
churches. These groups generally meet in homes in surrounding communities,
often as far as 20 miles away.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Serving/Justice
ministries</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
– in the past, the evangelical church in Venezuela had very little involvement
in our Wesleyan tradition of inward and outward holiness, holiness of heart and
life. Therefore, they did little to reach out to the community in service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now Seminary students and graduates regularly
create service ministries such as, Ministry in the prisons (horrible conditions
in Venezuelan prisons). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
example: One student recently did Discipleship Training in a Men’s Prison and
134 inmates were won to Christ, completed the program and received their first
Bible. Another example is ministry with families waiting at the local
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A student does this and on one
Saturday recently led 150 people to Christ. Students and graduates have started
orphanages, ministries with unwed mothers, food ministries, children’s
ministries in the poorest communities, medical ministries, educational
ministries (For example two of our students who are not Methodist lead their
denomination’s Bible training program in three states with over 100
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their material comes right
out of their education in the Seminary.) <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Specifics on
giving opportunities to the Seminary</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You
can sponsor a student: $1,200 per Year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
week of class: $7,000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Food
for a week of Seminary: $500</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Provide
books for a seminary class: $500</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
have 24 classes scheduled next year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Give
to pay off the existing Mortgage: $80,000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Endow
an Academic Chair: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$100,000 (this amount
designated in our Endowment fund for a specific Academic Chair such as
Evangelism, Church Planting, Missions, etc. would provide the expenses for a
professor to teach in the designated subject area each year.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Additionally,
we are constantly having to raise money for special projects, like the medical
clinic, Ministry Vehicles, Capital improvements like adding classrooms, dorms,
furnishings, Security wall construction, Water Plant, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
have just this month (December) formally organized an Endowment Fund and have
our first commitments to that fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
hope it will provide ongoing funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Several donors are looking at “end of life” giving or estate giving. We
expect this to help secure the future of this ministry.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Historic Ties to
Mount Pisgah</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
connection to Venezuela began in 1994 when Mount Pisgah began its Hispanic
Ministry under the leadership of Carlos Gonzalez, a Venezuelan native. After
conversations with the North Georgia Presiding Bishop, Lloyd Knox, and
subsequently with Bishop Paulo Lockman of Brazil, Carlos was recruited to
finish his theological education in Atlanta and then return to Venezuela to
formally start the work of the UMC in Venezuela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He traveled there in May, 1996 to make the
first exploratory contacts with evangelical Christian leaders in Venezuela. His
purpose was to explore possible partnerships for the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traveling with him were Ray Lathem, son of
Warren and Jane Lathem, and Roger and Dana Lane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ray was preparing for ministry and serving in
the Hispanic Worship Service at Mount Pisgah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Roger and Dana were teachers who felt called to give at least a year to
teaching in Venezuela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were all
killed on May 11, 1996 in the ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mission and all the contact information
died with them. Or so we all at Mount Pisgah thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">However,
the next year, Bishop Palomo of Costa Rica made contact in Venezuela with some
of the same Christian leaders the Mount Pisgah team had met. He asked Dr.
Lathem if Mount Pisgah would fund a Venezuelan missionary he wanted to send to
Venezuela to start the Methodist work there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mount Pisgah did fund that individual for a number of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it became clear the most productive
way to advance the mission was in training pastors in Venezuela and the focus
shifted to the Seminary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
Seminary was founded in 2002 by Bishop Luis Palomo, Dr. Warren Lathem, current
President, and Dr. Dan Dunn, current Academic Dean, and Dr. David Cosby, Dean
of Students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
North Georgia Conference, the Kentucky Conference and the Red Bird Missionary
Conference have been significant in their support of the work in
Venezuela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally many United
Methodist Churches and individuals have given ongoing support to the work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
provision has been by the grace of God. Our trust remains sure.</span></div>
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Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-39703123692751056662012-11-10T07:33:00.000-05:002012-11-10T07:33:39.303-05:00For An Evening of Celebration and Appreciation
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri-Bold;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">THIS IS YOUR INVITATION</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 24px;"><em>For An Evening of Celebration and Appreciation</em></span></span></span><br />
<div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;">
<div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">VENEZUELA NOW invites you to a FREE DINNER to CELEBRATE<br />
the <strong>TENTH ANNIVERSARY</strong> of the founding of the<br />
<strong>SEMINARIO WESLEYANO de VENEZUELA</strong><br />
and to say THANK YOU to the supporters<br />
who have made this WORK OF GOD possible.<br />
<br />
<strong>Friday, November 30, 2012 at 6:30 P.M.</strong><br />
Alpharetta First United Methodist Church<br />
63 Highway 9, Alpharetta, GA 30009<br />
<br />
Please respond by November 15 to Oliver Porter at<br />
<a href="tel:770-393-8898" target="_blank" value="+17703938898">770-393-8898</a>, <a href="mailto:oliverporter1@comcast.net" target="_blank">oliverporter1@comcast.net</a>,<br />
<br />
<strong><em>This Dinner Event is Sponsored by Family Private Care</em><br />
<em>Providing Personalized Assisted Living at Home</em></strong><br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.familyprivatecarellc.com/" target="_blank">www.FamilyPrivateCareLLC.com</a></strong></em></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">We hope you will join us for this event! The meal will be delicious Venezuelan food including Arepas! </span></span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">And
it is FREE, thanks to our sponsor Family Private Care. Would you be
willing to fill a table of 8 by bringing some friends who may not
already be </span></span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">supporters of the work of the Seminary?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">The program will include some Venezuelan praise music, great food, an inspiring report from Academic Dean Dr. </span></span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">Dan Dunn, and a report from President Dr. Warren Lathem on some upcoming events, current progress and some </span></span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">future opportunities. Of course we will solicit your prayer support, your gifts, and your participation in </span></span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">this great work.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;">Children as young as 6 using drugs to assuage hunger? Ever wonder why a Seminary in Venezuela? <a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=c37cf58912&e=33eabbacb9" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong>Click HERE for some facts about the reasons</strong></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;">Want to "heal the sick?" <a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=b86ba2f328&e=33eabbacb9" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong>HERE is a Link </strong></a>to give you the most current information on how our new Medical Clinic is progressing at the Seminary:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;">Is there really a battle for the souls if the people of Venezuela? <a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=bba2a41165&e=33eabbacb9" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong>READ THIS</strong></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;">Would you like to help with this great work? <a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=5247ff149c&e=33eabbacb9" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong>HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP</strong></a>.</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;">How can you give?</span></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">You can send a check to Venezuela Niw, Inc. PO Box 1655, Duluth, GA. 30096</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: small;">Or you can Donate Now via PayPal by clicking on the following:<br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>We hope to see you November 30 as we celebrate 10 years of ministry with Eternal Significance!</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-85779108375516919272012-10-27T05:09:00.001-04:002012-10-27T05:09:31.920-04:00Medical Clinic Construction Begins at the Seminary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XEpdtoj0Q2sjCpOF7WdQvKSdnTqsBdLqeAhBNz9z54vwS9b-cBTgCCJNEpZWsWMqnU4QSJBx9Otax3MEGDBQTkdYLowV-1j9JM4JtL6FWds9D3XS60l0bIdaUmgasCwDrUbD/s1600/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XEpdtoj0Q2sjCpOF7WdQvKSdnTqsBdLqeAhBNz9z54vwS9b-cBTgCCJNEpZWsWMqnU4QSJBx9Otax3MEGDBQTkdYLowV-1j9JM4JtL6FWds9D3XS60l0bIdaUmgasCwDrUbD/s320/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyAX4z_Dy5MtVhe_zx3_0bBQ9XvZSoqtWkQAy0_IP86uGrTohF0J8aK3tyg2bKMdM2tT4WhPzApQFTNGGYFM1DkKqgJV28Oie4fDvJXsvTtnqgCrl6OxE6F1KKm3IE_eIJFm0/s1600/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyAX4z_Dy5MtVhe_zx3_0bBQ9XvZSoqtWkQAy0_IP86uGrTohF0J8aK3tyg2bKMdM2tT4WhPzApQFTNGGYFM1DkKqgJV28Oie4fDvJXsvTtnqgCrl6OxE6F1KKm3IE_eIJFm0/s320/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2yovwEBXW71T1zsSMHvlZUUGWnssS3BMk353AcmDO9BmxvfcFOoV9egd0yukeLtfGEIyH7-17lrUIXfBQT-vSfOQYYfhKQNuJP4LgTxgYCf4UaGMT38r_-1YhqGLxAlm8x3a/s1600/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2yovwEBXW71T1zsSMHvlZUUGWnssS3BMk353AcmDO9BmxvfcFOoV9egd0yukeLtfGEIyH7-17lrUIXfBQT-vSfOQYYfhKQNuJP4LgTxgYCf4UaGMT38r_-1YhqGLxAlm8x3a/s320/Venezuela,+Oct+2012+014.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="userContent">The Medical Clinic Construction at the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela is moving rapidly, given readabilities of life here. All the foundations for the columns (over a dozen) are about 4'x4'x4' and all dug by hand. Moving utilities since <div class="text_exposed_show">there is no, "call before you dig." Rebar on site, (a big deal here right now). Pray for all the children, homeless, sick, old, needy people who will receive healing through this clinic and discover the joy of following Christ. Remember, the community of LaPiedad has no available medical care. It will, by God's grace.</div></span></b></span><span class="userContent"></span>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-30580186229461901212012-10-24T13:05:00.001-04:002012-10-24T13:05:34.459-04:006 Year Old Drug Addicts?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">I came home to my wife and told her about an event at the Seminary today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both cried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has not stopped weeping over the following.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcFPsDUyOKpJ77uH9p8OgS2brbNiQ5DEVUTYwifEA_GZRfLex0I9iNiseayiY-lda3RrDHYzzxFUgxOIP5tWkhpZjxSirHVEGb9Etml7Hn-glIL2ZVbSqByvgBLHrc9Hj-T9M/s1600/child+praying+in+VZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcFPsDUyOKpJ77uH9p8OgS2brbNiQ5DEVUTYwifEA_GZRfLex0I9iNiseayiY-lda3RrDHYzzxFUgxOIP5tWkhpZjxSirHVEGb9Etml7Hn-glIL2ZVbSqByvgBLHrc9Hj-T9M/s1600/child+praying+in+VZ.jpg" /></a>This week of Seminary the class is led by Edwin and Sonia from Costa Rica, practitioners of a remarkable ministry to poor children, youth and at-risk families. As they were talking today about ministry with poor children in Venezuela, they inquired of our students as to the current situation in their communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of our students and a UMC pastor reported that some children as young as 6 years old are using drugs because they are hungry and have no money for food, but drugs are easily accessible and blunt the pain of hunger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is in a country where at least 60% of the population lives in poverty, much of it abject poverty. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, this week I bought a large watermelon and 12 bananas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost in US equivalent currency for a Venezuelan: $20.00USD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is about one day’s pay, if one can find any work. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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On August 18, 2012 we celebrated the Graduation of 17 students who invested 5-6 years of hard academic work to earn a Licenciatura en Thologia (Bachelors of Theology in the US). Most of these graduates are involved in remarkable ministries, from church planting to prison ministry, to food ministries to healing ministries to evangelism, to cell group ministries, to teaching ministries and more.<br />
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What a joy it is for our faculty and staff to see the progress made in their spiritual growth and development and to see them applying their education to the real task of Making Disciples in Venezuela. These good people labor in very difficult circumstances, some in extreme poverty for the sake of the Gospel. We are humbled by their example and their faithful service. They are reaching a nation for Christ and we are grateful for the partnership we have with them in ministry.<br />
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Thank you for your giving and your support. You read in our previous post about our immediate need for money to finish the Master's Classroom needed for class to begin there in January. Praise God, He has supplied that need and the construction is scheduled to begin next week.<br />
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Thank you for your prayers and your faithful giving. God is blessing the work here in Venezuela with great fruit of your labors. Glory be to God! <br />
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God has provided one of our graduates, Julio, a pastor and general
contractor who lives 24 hours away by bus, to come and work on the
property. He and his team of five will construct <strong>more needed security walls</strong>
around the perimeter of the property – something that is becoming more
and more critical due to the life situation for so many in Venezuela.<br />
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Julio will also be able to bring two additional workers with him to <strong>finish the Master’s Classroom/Library</strong>
which we have to provide for our Master’s classes beginning in
January. These men work for simply a small honorarium, plus meals,
travel, and housing. This is a great opportunity for us to get this
space finished at a very low cost. However, we have not budgeted this
additional money and <strong>we need it now</strong>.<br />
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<strong>For just $3,000</strong> we can finish this space and have it ready for the Master’s Classes. <strong>Can you help today?</strong>
Please pray about this and if God is laying it on your heart, send a
check to Venezuela Now, Inc. at PO Box 1655, Duluth, GA 30096 or give
via PayPal by clicking on the following:<br />
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Why is this so important? Here is a report we received last week from
one of our students who will be in this Master’s Degree program:<br />
Pastor Guillermo is the pastor of a large church in Barquisimeto. He told me they started <strong>a new congregation</strong>
4 Sundays ago north of town. They have already acquired about 2.5
acres, large by Venezuelan standards. This past Sunday 156 attended and
over the last 2 weeks 18 have become followers of Jesus. He said God
laid this effort on his heart in a course I taught not long ago. WOW!
Thank you for your prayers and financial support for this work. <strong>Lives are being transformed</strong>.<br />
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<strong>Help us if you can.</strong> Saturday (later today) I will
perform the wedding for one of our graduates and preach in a great
evangelistic service on Sunday afternoon in the church of a graduate.
Then Monday I begin teaching Evangelism in the Book of Acts. Friday and
Saturday of next week we will see 17 students graduate with a Bachelors
of Theology degree, celebrate our 10 year anniversary of the Seminary
and break ground for the new Medical Clinic on the Campus. <strong>Please pray</strong> for all this.<br />
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<strong>Thank you for all your help and prayers in the past. Your support is bearing fruit, “<em>fruit that will remain.”</em>
Help us keep this ministry growing as these passionate followers of
Christ are equipped to reach this nation and the world with the Gospel
of Jesus Christ!</strong><br />
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In Christ,<br />
Warren Lathem</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4g9xwfKLFfhDNqmI36EGky17gCwXPWHEcEQjeIbzpaQU3kAZzikXTEm2s3PnasJonxuEVoQxR4HV1skrzNKeHTq9Gh4FhlVEa1bAphh2xegtQn_P3oaIm5uA-s6vQNhC_i1w/s1600/Congregation+Restauration+080512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4g9xwfKLFfhDNqmI36EGky17gCwXPWHEcEQjeIbzpaQU3kAZzikXTEm2s3PnasJonxuEVoQxR4HV1skrzNKeHTq9Gh4FhlVEa1bAphh2xegtQn_P3oaIm5uA-s6vQNhC_i1w/s200/Congregation+Restauration+080512.jpg" width="200" /></a>We engaged in a remarkable worship service today at Restauracion UMC in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Ten years ago this was a congregation meeting on this corner behind a partially completed perimeter wall and a gravel floor. Now it is the largest UMC in Venezuela.<br />
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As we worshiped, there was a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I could not help but think: "This is what made Methodism so contagious in Great Britain and the US in the 18th and 19th centuries." We heard the spontaneous testimony of a young mother whose 2 year old son was healed of a terminal kidney disease. This was confirmed by a medical doctor. Several people came to faith in Christ.<br />
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The entire congregation was overwhelmed by the tangible presence of the Spirit as there was weeping and praying and singing and shouting and some folks so overcome by the power of the Spirit, they fell to the floor. Some were overtaken with shaking. Most, if not all, were visibly moved including this preacher. I am not a scholar of Methodist History, but this reminds me of my Methodist roots. <br />
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It also makes me weep for the church in the US to experience this outpouring of the Holy Spirit again in my lifetime. Further, it makes me wonder if I should spend the time I have left in the kind of worship we experienced today! While this church is the largest UMC in Venezuela, this kind of worship is not unique to this congregation. It is indicative of what we experience in most of the worship services here. No wonder these congregations have such a powerful witness in a pagan culture and lives are being transformed. Oh, how God must smile upon the vitality of the church here! What a blessing it is for this old man to be a part of what God is doing in this country. <br />
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Is this the only place in the world this is happening? Praise God, no. But it is happening here. Pray for more laborers in the harvest field here, especially with the Seminary. The preacher today, an associate, while a student in the Seminary, heard God's call to plant a new congregation. It is one of ten currently started by this church. The pastor and his wife are returning tomorrow from a mission trip to a neighboring country - another answer to prayer. So blessed today!!!Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-47813572342502893022012-08-02T18:03:00.001-04:002012-08-02T18:05:35.397-04:00150 Accept Christ in One Day at a Venezuelan Hospital<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
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The primary objective of this letter is to say “Thank you, and may God
bless you” for your past support. The secondary reason is to give you an
update on some of the wonderful things God is doing in Venezuela. Thank
you again for your support of this vision!<br /> <br /> I want to invite
you to watch a video of the Mission Service of the Kentucky Annual
Conference this past June. I was privileged to preach this service and
invite people to engage in the work of mission in the world. Bishop
Lindsey Davis, our host and friend, said it was the first time in his
experience that an invitation to missionary service has ever been given
at an Annual Conference Session. God graciously moved on the
congregation, and several answered God’s call to mission in that
service. Simply “click” on this link to celebrate with us God’s
blessing on that event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F46642091&h=8AQEFkU8pAQHOY0D-MEYoNUh5O6JOeidI9BG-RDCR9KzYDg" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/46642091</a><br /> <br />
Additionally, the Conference received an offering for the construction
of a Medical Clinic on the Campus. Approximately $40,000 was given for
this cause which will allow us to break ground on this new addition to
the ministry of the Seminary. We will do that as a part of our
Graduation and 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend later this month. We
are praying this will be the seed of the first Methodist Hospital in
Venezuela!<br /> <br /> Please consider giving a gift for this work. We
stretch every charitable dollar as much as possible to provide an
excellent, accessible, affordable theological education to equip pastors
and lay leaders to reach the lost of Venezuela. These students are
engaged in remarkably effective ministries resulting in countless people
coming to know Christ. This nation, and indeed the whole region, is
being eternally transformed with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!<br /> <br />
Secondly, we are building a great team of Prayer Partners for this
ministry. The Students, Faculty and Staff are engaged in true Spiritual
Warfare, and we/they desperately need your prayer support. Dr. Gayle
Arnold, Director of Prayer Ministries, is building this remarkable team.
Please consider becoming a participant in this ministry. To volunteer,
go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PartnersInPrayerForVenezuelaNow?ref=ts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/PartnersInPrayerForVenezuelaNow?ref=ts</a>.<br /> <br /> We have a very full August ahead of us. Here is an abbreviated list of the major events in the life of the Seminary in August:<br /> <br /> Dr. Dan Dunn, Academic Dean, teaching the Gospel John, Main Campus.<br /> Warren Lathem teaching Preaching for Response II, Nirgua Extension.<br /> The Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Main Campus.<br /> Warren Lathem teaching Acts of the Apostles, Main Campus.<br /> Graduation of 15 new graduates, Main Campus.<br /> Celebration of the 10 Year Anniversary, Main Campus.<br /> Groundbreaking for the Medical Campus, Main Campus.<br /> <br /> <br />
Last month we received a great testimony from one of the students in
the Seminary. Francisco Ramon Gonzalez. This month he will receive his
Bachelor of Theology Degree after 6 years of study. He will then enroll
in our first Masters of Church Leadership degree program starting in
January. Francisco serves in the city of Valera. He was a lay person
when he started in the Seminary, but had struggled with a call to plant a
new church. It was during one of the Seminary classes in 2010 that he
finally surrendered to that call. This was primarily due to the support
of his fellow students. He has since been most happy and is active in
ministry in the new congregation he planted.<br /> <br /> Here is his testimony:<br />
“Hello, my brothers & sisters in Christ. Peace and blessings
and greetings to your beloved families. I thank God for his goodness
and rich blessings, and for placing in your hearts to do mission in our
country, and give us those teachings that we needed so much to put into
practice to try to change the face of this nation and reach the lost for
Christ. <br /> “I thank God for your purpose to offer the Master's
program. We ask that the All-Powerful would fill you all to the brim
with his infinite blessings.<br /> “Concerning my experience with the
subject of sanctification, I had many erroneous concepts, some of which I
was trying to handle but others of which were unknown. John Wesley's
point of view is important. He refers to sanctification as a particular
state of sanctification, moral purity, fidelity and transparency before
God and men. This is something that must be taken seriously and we
should be concerned a great deal about entering into it
(sanctification). This dimension guarantees us a quality of life both
natural and supernatural in this life and in the life to come.” <br /> <br />
Thank you for providing the opportunity for students like Francisco to
be both transformed by the Gospel and to have a transforming ministry in
his country. Just imagine all the children and adults we will see in
Heaven because of your faithfulness!<br /> <br /> Last night Dan shared
with me this testimony: After a recent Evangelism Class taught by Dan,
one of the students and an associate pastor, took seriously the
material, taught his lay team an effective method of evangelism, and
took them to the local hospital. The hospitals in Venezuela typically
have no waiting area for families of patients, so the area around the
hospital is full of concerned loved ones. They shared with these
distressed and tired families the life-giving Gospel of Jesus Christ and
that day 150+/- people became followers of Jesus Christ. God is doing
amazing things in Venezuela. Thank you for your prayers and support!<br /> <br />
Do you want your congregation to develop an excitement for missions and
make a difference in the world? Consider recruiting a team to come
help with this amazing work. Partner with what God is doing here and
make an eternal as well as temporal difference for Christ and the people
God loves, some of whom are the poorest of the poor.<br /> <br /> Simply
make your check to Venezuela Now, Inc. and mail to PO Box 1655, Duluth,
GA 30096 or give through Pay Pal using the following link:<br /> <br /> <br /> Thank you for all your help!<br /> <br /> In Christ,<br /> Warren Lathem</span></h6>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-79376774030891715132012-08-02T15:58:00.001-04:002012-08-02T15:58:12.827-04:00Please Watch This Video!I (Warren Lathem) want to invite you to watch a video of the Mission Service of the
Kentucky Annual Conference this past June. I was privileged to preach
this service and invite people to engage in the work of mission in the
world. Bishop Lindsey Davis, our host and friend, said it was the first
time in his experience that an invitation to missionary service has
ever been given at an Annual Conference Session. God graciously moved on
the congregation, and several answered God’s call to mission in that
service. Simply “click” on this link to celebrate with us God’s
blessing on that event: <a href="http://blogspot.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a6f34035205036edd3c2d610&id=04f27d51d4&e=a0ef825edf" style="color: #17488a; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/46642091</a>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-36687658711767268312012-08-02T07:52:00.002-04:002012-08-02T07:52:35.415-04:00<div class="-cx-PRIVATE-fbTimelineText__featured mbm aboveUnitContent">
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Had a great time with 9 of the students who came to our house after
Seminary to play basketball and we fed them. Learned that this weekend
the UMC Bishop, Juvenal Perez, will be in town to baptize about 50 new
believers in the local Ondas de Paz UMC. This one church now has 11 students enrolled in the Seminary, many of whom will go on to plant churches. This week is beginning to more and more
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Academic Dean and Missionary Dr. <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1058787419" href="http://www.facebook.com/dan.w.dunn">Dan W. Dunn</a>
shared this yesterday on the Partners in Prayer for Venezuela Now FaceBook
prayer page. Please go to it, read about the prayer and praise reports
and "like" and become a Prayer Partner for this Kingdom Work God is
doing in Venezuela!</div>
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Dan Dunn, Academic Dean,<br />
God is so good!
One of the pastors in class this week just shared with me that he his
principal congregation has founded a new congregation - the first Sunday
there were 4 people in attendance - the next Sunday there were 3 - the
following week they did an intensive evangelistic campaign utilizing
puppets, drama, and other means to share the good news of Jesus' love,
and the following Sunday there were over 80 people in the new church,
with 11 people making first-time decisions to follow Jesus - THIS is why
we do what we do here - God is so good!<br />
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Warren Lathem , President<br />
Thank you for your prayers. Today: Gospel of John Inductive Bible Study
Class and Dan as he teaches, Housekeeping/Administrative work for me.
Meeting with the Master's Committee tomorrow. Teaching Preaching for a
Response II in Nirgua on Saturday. Pray for Donors in the US to help
advance this Kingdom Building work in Venezuela. Amazing testimonies:
e.g. a student who took Dan's evangelism class, implemented what he had
learned, instructed his congregation in a method of evangelism, went to
the local hospital to minister to the families waiting on the outside
(no family/waiting rooms in hospitals here) and on one Saturday they led
150+/- people to Christ! <br />
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Dan W. Dunn, Academic Dean and Professor<br />
you would think that after all those years I would stop trying to put
God in a box! - the class I am teaching this week fulfills a course
requirement that about half of our students have already fulfilled, so I
was expecting between 10 and 15 students
this week - 29 students came, and 8 of them are NEW STUDENTS - I am
very thankful for this - please continue to pray, and thank for your
prayers - they are definitely making a positive difference, <br />
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Dan W. Dunn:: a good start to the day so far at the Wesleyan Seminary of
Venezuela - students are trying to discern what the central/overall
message of John's gospel is, in 25 words or less; they are also trying
to respond to a question I posed to them concerning what John wanted his
readers to DO in response to his message - a correction concerning
number of students - we have 28 students in the class instead of 29 -
one of the pastors who was here yesterday was simply visiting with his
friend Jesus Rivero.</div>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-21475791830528772232012-05-28T06:47:00.000-04:002012-05-28T06:47:14.577-04:00Some Great News!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMSy_SwrkJeE_n83L3ysVNIDIanD7GUgLP5Emjblsn2cBzuf3iTh8cjRt-K5JjQQG-exKWX6ucuDqy0fsngzT_DX1XpScU3gexseSx1m8A0dQelCSUTU4S8yV0MH3HV5YQhmX/s1600/2008+graduating+class.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMSy_SwrkJeE_n83L3ysVNIDIanD7GUgLP5Emjblsn2cBzuf3iTh8cjRt-K5JjQQG-exKWX6ucuDqy0fsngzT_DX1XpScU3gexseSx1m8A0dQelCSUTU4S8yV0MH3HV5YQhmX/s320/2008+graduating+class.jpg" width="320" /></a>I just wanted to share we have received our <b>first large gift for the Medical Clinic</b> in Venezuela! Please pray for our trip to the Kentucky Annual Conference in June where I will preach and receive an offering for the clinic. We are praying for an offering large enough to construct the first phase of the clinic and get it operational on the Campus of the Seminaro Wesleyano de Venezla.<br /><br />I just learned from Academic Dean Dan Dunn we expect to award <b>16 degrees this August! </b> That is 33% more than we have ever awarded! This represents at least 6 years of work by the students to receive this degree, a Bachelors of Sacred Theology (US Equivalent). Pray for the recruitment of new students to begin this process in October, 2012.<br /><br />Another significant number is our <b>enrollment.</b> We currently have over 30 students enrolled in our Extension Campus in Nirgua and over 50 on the main campus at La Piedad. In the first 10 years of operation of the Seminary we have taught approximately 200 individual students in at least one course!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />In January, 2013 we will offer our first course in our <b>Master's Degree</b> program! Please be in prayer for this. Pray for the faculty and staff, pray for the students to enroll who need to be there, pray for financial provision.<br /><br />And of course this August we will break ground on the Medical Clinic and we will celebrate the <b>10 year anniversary of the Seminary.</b> All of this needs your prayers and we need financial support. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>You can give through PayPal or by sending a check to Venezuela Now, Inc. PO Box 1655 Duluth, GA 30107</b></span>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-28655198816514961302012-05-24T07:40:00.001-04:002012-05-24T07:40:50.718-04:00Great Report From Veneazuela<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8iXzRgeCvN8hdMX1n6r_n33W27rGzGsoJU7wDSWal5bMvVDiXUVzqyagxb8H4KUsdAqdCk5mpWNIcVxLUEnaMxBuS5w1_SYWaWPM1TkAKwLHMtGShUTGVKSEuKA84erfLT-k/s1600/Little+Girl+the+Next+Generation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8iXzRgeCvN8hdMX1n6r_n33W27rGzGsoJU7wDSWal5bMvVDiXUVzqyagxb8H4KUsdAqdCk5mpWNIcVxLUEnaMxBuS5w1_SYWaWPM1TkAKwLHMtGShUTGVKSEuKA84erfLT-k/s1600/Little+Girl+the+Next+Generation.jpg" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%;">I just learned of a church pastored
by a Student in the Seminary which had a mass baptism of many new followers of
Jesus Christ.<span> </span>This would not be news in
some places, but it is of great significance in Venezuela. It is the most secular
country in Latin America. It is a country where 40% of the communities have NO
church and many more have no effective congregation.<span> </span>It is a country where 60% of the people live
in what we could call “Shanty Towns.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It is in
this world the ministry of the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela is making an
eternal difference by training pastors to be effective in ministry to this
nation. That is resulting people coming to Christ, new churches being planted,
the sick visited, prison ministries, media ministries, medical ministries, food
ministries and so much more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Next week
Drs. Jim Powell and Jim Seaton, UMC pastors in California, will be teaching “Pastoral
Counseling and Congregational Care” at the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela.<span> </span>The students will be blessed to learn from
these effective pastors.<span> </span>They will be
teaching during the day classes on the Campus in Cabudare, La Piedad.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">At night,
alumnus Pastor Victor Ramirez will be teaching a course on “The Life of
Christ.”<span> </span>We are excited for “Thoby” will
be teaching. He is an effective pastoral leader in the Methodist Church in the
eastern part of Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz.<span>
</span>He is also the founding pastor of the Methodist Campmeeting which meets
each year during Holy Week and has been responsible many new followers of
Jesus. Thoby is one of the capable pastor/teachers we are raising up to teach
in the Bachelor’s program in the Seminary. Thoby will be teaching in the night
classes for the next two weeks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">On June 2,
Dr. David Cosby, Dean of Students, will be teaching the first part of the “Disciple”
course at our extension program in Nirgua. Then June 4-8 David will be teaching
“Holiness in the New Testament” at our main campus.</span></span></div>
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are great courses and will be of tremendous help to the pastors and students in
the Seminary and will result in many more people coming to Christ, the hearts
of the students changed and the sick healed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thank you
for your giving.<span> </span>As we pray and prepare
for our August Graduation events we are much encouraged.<span> </span>Not only will 12-14 students receive their
Bachelor of Sacred Theology Degree, but we will celebrate the 10<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of the Seminary and break ground on the new Medical Clinic we are
going to build on the Campus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Now we need
$12,000 for the August classes, the Graduation Events, including diplomas,
medals, dinner, and other events; the celebration of the 10<sup>th</sup>
anniversary and a significant capital project for the event, and the
festivities of the Groundbreaking. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Would you
like to give a special one-time gift for one of these causes?<span> </span>Simply make your check to Venezuela Now, Inc.
and mail to PO Box 1655, Duluth, GA<span>
</span>30096 or you can give through PayPal* (see instructions below).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">May God
richly bless you for blessing the world through your prayers and giving to the
work of Christ in Venezuela.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In Christ,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Warren
Lathem</span></span></div>
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set up a PayPal account, specifying what credit card you wish to use)<span style="color: black;"></span></span></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-92016246766257352182012-05-07T05:39:00.001-04:002012-05-07T05:40:47.662-04:00Classes Begin at 2:00 Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dr. Leroy Lindsey, (pictured here teaching in Venezuela) veteran missionary, seminary professor and a favorite of the students at the Seminario Wesleyano de Venezuela, begins teaching today at 2:00, Holiness in the Old Testament. He is a great Wesleyan scholar and a passionate and challenging advocate of personal and social holiness. Please pray for the students. This class has the potential great transformation in the lives of students and their congregations.</b></span>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22690963.post-45241095516916834112012-05-05T20:21:00.002-04:002012-05-05T20:25:49.988-04:00Pray For These Classes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh_3ihuD3gYBcytsMC8Jk3puAXuZa7uHZITM1nUmPx-DKPC8DvWeAer30Ne5AUHVwjMkNyHVU6L5lUEbkhuJ5H9UO7vKkTK33jSoWDb3k0FAftrEufsIOOs3ckj37qLqrKoqX/s1600/Venezuela+Seminary+PPT.064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh_3ihuD3gYBcytsMC8Jk3puAXuZa7uHZITM1nUmPx-DKPC8DvWeAer30Ne5AUHVwjMkNyHVU6L5lUEbkhuJ5H9UO7vKkTK33jSoWDb3k0FAftrEufsIOOs3ckj37qLqrKoqX/s200/Venezuela+Seminary+PPT.064.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr3B_wiPGs9rDqzjRhcR4eQzmsTerq67IjzIXLW6rnDOaGUXhQoXBTaAuuqPTn_X80srElcAcDf_D3G5EzF0zqQIl2M31M34C7VencIEG6emvYWsedCeaVLVwQzcF8KLdJhs6/s1600/Girl+Twins+The+NExt+Generation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr3B_wiPGs9rDqzjRhcR4eQzmsTerq67IjzIXLW6rnDOaGUXhQoXBTaAuuqPTn_X80srElcAcDf_D3G5EzF0zqQIl2M31M34C7VencIEG6emvYWsedCeaVLVwQzcF8KLdJhs6/s200/Girl+Twins+The+NExt+Generation.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b>Dr. <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1058787419" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058787419" style="color: black;">Dan W. Dunn</a>
just finished teaching Colossians in our Seminary Extension n Nirgua.
Monday <u>Dr. Leroy Lindsey</u> will be teaching Holiness in the Old Testament
on our main campus. <u>Professor </u><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=772424239" href="http://www.facebook.com/wilmerymagali" style="color: black;">Wilmer Antonio Perez Lucena</a> will be teaching Ind<span class="text_exposed_show">uctive
Bible Study II at night. Please pray for the students, faculty and
staff of the Semnario Wesleyano de Venezuela. Also pray for continued
provision for the Seminary. This ministry is impacting a nation for
Christ.</span></b></span></div>Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12501261613409595707noreply@blogger.com0