What happened? I would say that, in most cases, the funds eventually ran out. Funds which were primarily used for payment to a full-time religious professional.Interestingly, the most formal and descriptive passage in the NT about church meetings, found in 1 Corinthians 14, allows for multiple participants. And also, we notice team leadership to be normative in the churches of earliest times, rather than the dependency upon a single leader.source: answers.tv

Thousands of years ago, the leaders of this world were "taking counsel together against the LORD and against his anointed." Psalm 2. This still occurs on a daily basis and is becoming a huge impediment for the cause of world missions. Thankfully not an impediment which cannot and will not be overcome.This video is about "the rest of the story." Many Canadians heard the story - but according to the comments section where this video appeared, many of them were angered and claimed to have heard nothing bout the "rest of the story", as Paul Harvey used to say.     Video is courtesy of Sky News Australia.

Evidences, they are called, have their place in persuading unbelievers. The evidence works hand in hand with the gift of faith. We see this over and over in the words of the apostles. This joyful puppy is proof of a loving and caring Diety. Only God could create a self-replicating, bouncing companion like this. No one else comes close. God also knew that mankind would be living in a fallen world. So he gave us faithful pets to alleviate the loneliness. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1.

Amazing new STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft provide access to remote corners of the earth, where eager people await the gospel. Food and medicines, too.. Some models can take off in just a few feet. A long runway is not necessary.Source: Steve Henry