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A Mission Reflection: More Than a Building

Posted on March 26, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog

  Our group of seven students and two leaders spent the better part of two weeks in Brazil.  The first week was spent in Manaus, a city in the heart of the Amazon.  We visited numerous churches and pastors and tried to soak up as much information as possible.  These pastors are so passionate and…

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Outside the Seminary Gates

Posted on January 30, 2014March 19, 2021 by ptsblog

I was pretty excited when I got asked to write this week’s post for the PTS  blog. I was excited because I was asked to write about something that is very important to me and that is something that I believe needs to be talked about a lot more. I am going to write about what I…

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A Different Kind of Trip

Posted on November 6, 2013March 22, 2021 by ptsblog

  It’s that time of year again on the PTS campus when World Mission Initiative is recruiting students and others for the spring mission trips. As they gather together the last minute stragglers (I’m one), I can’t help but reflect on what it is that makes these trips different. I had been on mission trips before coming…

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