Public School Transition Happening at First Assembly NOW

Robby Bradfordbenevolence fund, community, First Assembly Community Ministries, missions, outreach1 Comment

As you may have heard, we’re hosting hundreds from two local public schools–Mintonye Elementary School and Southwestern Middle School.  They will arrive on Monday to begin classes, and so right at this moment, there is A LOT of logistical activity happening.  I’m inviting you, if you’re in the Lafayette area and can help, to join us here today to help … Read More

India Team Reports

Robby BradfordBuntain Foundation, Calcutta Mercy Ministries, Church life, First Assembly Community Ministries, India, missions, missions trip, short-term missionsLeave a Comment

25 ladies from Lafayette, Indiana returned from Calcutta, India this past week with a lot of amazing stories of what God did during their 12 day trip to a place 8000 miles away that seems like another world from the midwest. Watch the video below to check out some of their amazing stories and keep your eyes open for more … Read More

CHRISTMAS OFFERING 2013

Robby Bradfordbenevolence fund, Buntain Foundation, Calcutta Mercy Ministries, Christmas Offering, First Assembly Community Ministries, giving, India, missions, unreached people groupsLeave a Comment

On Sunday, December 15th, we’re inviting everyone connected to First Assembly Community Ministries to participate in our annual Christmas Offering. This is the time of year where we put feet to our faith – where we show our community the love of Jesus. The idea here is that as we buy gifts like Lego Minifigures for other people, we want our largest, most … Read More

HELPING MOORE, OKLAHOMA

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Maybe like me, you’ve sat in front of your screen gawking at the widespread and almost unfathomable devastation and wondered how you can help.  Below you can watch a video about how the Assemblies of God is partnering with Convoy of Hope, the designated relief partner of the Assemblies of God, to reach out to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma. … Read More

The Story–10 Commandments

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WOW!  Our special guest speaker on April 28, 2013 spoke about reaching people in places that have never been reached.  He gave two different messages and most everyone there said that missionary’s messages were some of the most powerful they’d heard.  Below the two videos show the two different services with the two different messages that came out of the … Read More

The Online Church We’re Building

Robby BradfordChurch life, church planting, First Assembly Community Ministries, First Assembly of God Lafayette, mission, missions, multi-site churchesLeave a Comment

Delivering church services is happening in a progressive, tech-savvy, unexpected way, and we’re in on it.  A while back, we started livestreaming our church services online.  At first there were 20 or 30 people. In December, we added three hi-def cameras and a number of other technological advances to make it possible to deliver a live program of our services … Read More

A Second Interview of Bonnie Long on Human Trafficking

Robby BradfordBuntain Foundation, Calcutta, Calcutta Mercy Ministries, compassion, discipleship, human trafficking, India, justice, mercy, missionsLeave a Comment

On Sunday, March 10, 2013, we had two opportunities to hear from Bonnie Long, daughter of storied Assemblies of God missionaries to Calcutta, India.  She shed more light on one of the projects we are focused on in our Easter Offering on Sunday, March 31, 2013.  “Hope House” is opening with an eye on freeing children from the insidious cycle … Read More

Human Trafficking Interview with Bonnie Long

Robby BradfordCalcutta, Calcutta Mercy Ministries, compassion, Easter Offering, human trafficking, India, justice, missionsLeave a Comment

On Sunday, March 10, 2013, we had the opportunity to hear from Bonnie Long, daughter of storied Assemblies of God missionaries to Calcutta, India.  She shed more light on one of the projects we are focused on in our Easter Offering on Sunday, March 31, 2013.  “Hope House” is opening with an eye on freeing children from the insidious cycle … Read More

Easter Offering 2013

Robby BradfordCalcutta Mercy Ministries, Church life, Easter, Easter Offering, First Assembly Community Ministries, giving, missionsLeave a Comment

Even though I’m surrounded by snow today, I know spring and scenes like the one to the left here are just around the corner.  This picture reminds me of a spring ritual my wife Tracy and I had when we had the privilege to live in Belgium.  Every spring, we would go for a walk in what the Americans called … Read More

Some Pics from this Trip

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This is the church building we planted a church in Hilversum called Thousand Hills International Church, The Netherlands in 2005-2007! The government actually paid for the new steeple seen here.  The congregation will start on the roof next!  We were able to make a stopover and see some things in Holland on the way! Sebastiaan van Wessem (left), is pictured … Read More