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Elizabeth Youmans & AMO Curriculum Update

- 9/22/2009 Elizabeth Youmans is a long-time friend of the Disciple Nations Alliance. Through Chrysalis International and the AMO Program, she has created outstanding curriculum and resources on the role of education and family. She issues a constant reminder that education is not merely academic, but an opportunity to be intentional in the building of character in two generations.

We are always excited to feature her latest updates and newsletters, including this one which shares the great work God is doing through the ministry in the Dominican Republic.

With the teaching of AMO lessons, which are based on God's Word and governed by biblical principles, truth inspires the hearts and minds of children to seek after God with all their heart and to share His Word with family and friends. Bible Reading for Reasoning units place a Bible in the hands of every child and have them reading the Scriptures for themselves and reasoning with truth for application in their own lives and communities. . .

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Fruit from the DNA Forum in Hong Kong

- 9/11/2009 I thought you would enjoy hearing what one of our Forum participants included in their recent newsletter:

As I mentioned (complained about) in my previous newsletter, I left a recent conference in Hong Kong with a honey-do list that might as well have included items such as bring about world peace. After much praying, fasting, discussion, garnering opinions, we have finally wrestled down a focused list. Here is one on the top:

A City-Based Program 
A passion of mine is to see God's name glorified. It breaks my heart that so often the Christians are the poorest and looked down on by others. Christian workers are known for being less diligent than Non Christians to the point that many Christian businessmen will not employ Christians. In many cases God's name is not being glorified in this nation. Over the past four years we have been blessed to see a real turnaround on this in the rural areas. As one person shared recently: 

Before we were the poorest village. But now we are the richest. As the poorest village it was hard for us to reach the other villages, they looked down on us. But now they can see that our God can do more for us than the government can do for them. Now they are open to us coming to their villagers to help and share about Christ.  

While that is exciting, it is happening in the most isolated pockets and still out of the view of most of the people. Our hearts are now becoming increasingly burdened by the fact that God's name is not glorified throughout this nation. While the ethnic minority people and the local governments in those rural areas might be seeing God for the great God that he is, in most of the country God is seen as somewhat strange, irrelevant, unknown or even to be despised. 

While we recognize our limitations, our passion to see God's name glorified has inspired us to start a city-based program. Exactly what that will look like is hard to say. The churches in the city are overwhelmed with training so I "aren't" sure that training is the best solution. We are currently praying that God will open the right doors and lead us in the right direction. At the moment we are translating books and putting together some new materials. We would welcome your prayers as we look for answers.


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MondayChurch.org Goes Live with Free Resources and a Video Interview with Darrow

- 8/31/2009
Check out the new MondayChurch.org to learn more about the project surrounding Darrow Miller's new book, LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day!

Watch this four minute clip and hear the story behind the book:

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http://www.disciplenations.org/dna-news/stay-connect-with-the-dna/mondaychurch_org-goes-live-with-free-resources-and-a-video-interview-with-darrow#FxScSqaAOBSuUav4qMnOaQ or click here

Churches in Romania Transform Communities

- 7/23/2009 Cristi Peticioiu is a DNA trainer from Romania where he has worked for many years helping pastors and church leaders embrace a Biblical worldview and begin to practice a wholistic, transformational ministry. He recently shared this update:

"Our strategy in Romania has three parts. First, we train local churches to become "model churches" of holistic ministry in the community. Second, we train and mentor local trainers to multiply the teaching throughout the country. Third, we create a base of resources and curricula in Romanian focused on Biblical worldview and wholistic ministry. This year I will translate Darrow Miller's book Nurturing the Nations: Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures. I will also translate the On Earth as it Is In Heaven curriculum.

"Romania is a culture that has been deeply influenced by a secular/naturalistic worldview. As a result, it is rather difficult even for Christians to think 'Christianly.' Despite this, we are seeing some very exciting impact. Here are a few brief examples:

"At the beginning of January [2009], I got a call from one of the ladies from Momaia church announcing to me that eight people came to the Lord. She was extremely excited and wanted to let me know as soon as it happened. What she said gave me hope and joy. 'We were applying what we learned in your training, to love our neighbors in deed and we did some small expressions of  love to our neighbors, who were touched by it and came to church. After several Sundays, they trusted their lives to Jesus.'

"Amost every Sunday, new people are coming to the church to hear the Gospel. That didn't happen in the past. More and more are coming to understand why Christians in the village are acting differently. The leader of the church is now facing a new problem--they need to expand their building to fit them all. Women from the village are also educated to create their own clothing, which is being done with the support of one of our volunteers working in the villiage community center.

"In a meeting with the Mayor of Tigveni (where Momaia church is located), he stated that he gained trust in gypsies as he worked with this the church leaders and agreed to improve their living conditions through various community development projects.

Through the training and encouragement of these pastors, the community of Tigveni is increasingly able to discover local resources, skills and knowledge, which is being used to solve community problems, and together both church and civic leaders are seeing significant postive change in the community.



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Marvin Olasky Endorses LifeWork

- 7/23/2009 Dr. Marvin Olasky, Provost of The Kings College in New York City and Editor-in-chief of World Magazine has endorsed Darrow Miller's new book LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day to be released by YWAM Publishing in August. Dr. Olasky described the first 114 pages of the book "spectacular," and wrote: "I'd like every student to read Darrow Miller's chapters on worldview at work and the need to battle dualism and the sacred-secular dichotomy. He brilliantly shows how to live and work before God and why it's so important to grasp the biblical theology of vocation. His summary of the Bible's essential metanarrative is pitch-perfect and his application of that to cultural pursuits is exactly what those who waver need to hear."



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