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SOC continues to Change Lives at Angola State Penitentiary
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is a maximum-security prison farm. It is operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance, and wardens. It is located on an 18,000-acre property that was…
Read MoreChina – A Door Open That No Man Can Shut
(For security purposes we have not included pictures and names in this article) In June 2017, we were invited by local leaders of the underground church in Eastern China to run a School of Christ School. Here in the land of Chairman Mao and the Great Wall, Christianity has very little freedom. The government does…
Read More400 Students Attend SOC in Brazil
We have seen God’s hand moving in extraordinary ways! In the month of June we had the privilege to travel to the northern region of Brazil to teach the School of Christ in the state of Amapá. The School was held at the Assembly of God Church in the city of Laranjal do Jari, which…
Read MoreRussian School of Christ Youth Camp
David Gearheart – SOC Director Yakov Demianchuk – Field- Worker We have just finished our summer School of Christ Youth Camp with 130 young people in attendance. Our study this year was the series: “Faith.” During this week of camp the Lord was present to save and fill believers. Many rededicated their lives and…
Read MoreUzbekistan SOC Changes Lives
(For security purposes we have not included pictures or names.) In June, 2017, a School of Christ was run in Uzbekistan, with thirty-five students. Facing severe persecution, they were forced to run the School in a remote area. God began to move from the very beginning of the School. There were students filled with the…
Read MoreSoutheast Asia Experiencing Revival
David Jacobson – SOC Director I was invited to attended the World Missions Conference in Seoul, South Korea in February, 2017 by Pastor Kim. Not knowing what to expect, I was delightfully surprised that everything was clean and well kept. There was an openness toward Christianity almost everywhere. Christian music could be heard in the…
Read MoreTestimony from Bulgaria
It is a great joy for me to tell how God Worked in my life through the School of Christ. I am the pastor of an Assemblies of God Church in Bulgaria. I received my education and did not have any room for the Holy Spirit. When I began preaching it was with the aspiration…
Read MorePowerful SOC in North Sudan
(Pictures and names are withheld for security reasons.) It can be very difficult, at times, to write reports about the work of the School of Christ in East Africa; not because the work is not moving ahead or because we are not seeing victories, but because North Sudan is predominantly Islamic. The residents are ruled…
Read MoreSOC Continues In Asia
(For security purposes we have not included photos or the names of the workers.) Praise the Lord for such a great move of God among the students that were able to attend the Asia School of Christ. We had a total of 58 students from the countries of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Karakalpakstan. Religious persecution…
Read MorePost Christian America
Robert Turnage – SOC President (This article was originally published in the April, 2017 issue of the School of Christ Missions Report) I was shocked several weeks ago when I heard a news anchor say that we are living in a “Post Christian America.” As a lover of God and America, and having never…
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