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Kindling the Holy Fires of Ministry and Church Planting in Pennsylvania

Posted on October 2, 2014March 9, 2021 by ptsblog

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Jesus, Luke 12:49 What did Jesus mean? He came to cast fire on the earth, and wished we were already burning. A few decades ago, Catherine Doherty linked these words of Jesus to the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to…

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