September 6, 2013
At a WEI Reception at the Harding Lectureship recently, I pointed out that God’s WEI is unique in many ways.
WEI is unique in that it attracts unbelievers to Bible study, and many of them come to faith. Unbelievers come to learn English, but in many cases, their interest shifts from English to the Bible.
WEI is unique in that it attracts highly intelligent, upwardly mobile people. Doctors, lawyers, university students, high school teachers, university professors, newspaper journalists, and business men and women enroll in WEI to learn English, but they learn something far more important. They learn about God and his Son, Jesus Christ. Many of them are blessed with leadership skills, and the ones who become Christians often become leaders in the church.
WEI is unique in that it attracts Buddhists, Communists, Hindus, Muslims, and people who have never studied the Bible . Thanks to the Internet, WEI teachers can now teach a Communist in China, a Buddhist in Cambodia, a Hindu in India, a Muslim in Iraq, a Catholic in Brazil, and a Protestant in Hungary—all on the same day.
God has used WEI to lead tens of thousands of people to Christ and to plant churches in Albania, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Crete, Czech Republic, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Tanzania, Ukraine, and in places unknown to us. To God be the glory, the honor, and the praise.
One of the most exciting things God is doing today is using WEI to breach the strongholds of radical Islam. The Lord is working through Katheryn Haddad to lead Muslims to Christ in countries where it is a capital offense to convert from Islam to Christianity. Katheryn has written several exciting conversion stories that should be printed in this newsletter. At least one of them will appear in the next three issues. The best way to stop the violence of radical Islam is to convert Muslims to the Prince of Peace. That is what God is doing.
Thank you, dear friends, for supporting us in this amazing ministry. We love you. —Dick & Maudine
David Crouch, Director of Public Relations at Harding University, writes, “A large group of WEI teachers posed for a group photo after attending a combined luncheon meeting of WEI, China Now, and World Bible School at the 2013 Harding University Lectureship in early October. Tom Langley made a Power Point presentation which described the broad influence of WEI worldwide and the potential to add 10,000 new students per month. He continued his appeal to help fund a webmaster position.
“The previous night, an annual reception for WEI teachers was held at Harding’s Burk’s American Heritage Building where Dick Ady and Tom Langley spoke.”
I want to thank David and Lola Crouch for making arrangements for the Tuesday night reception and for the photo shoot on Wednesday. We are deeply grateful.
A number of WEI teachers who attended the luncheon had to leave before the photo was taken. Thanks, teachers, for your partnership in world evangelism.
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