Devotion / Family Stories
Family stories. The stories families retell. The Bible is full of them. God grace prompts us to tell them. Often. To everyone.
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Devotion / Jesus: The hope of all generations
Tracing family history produces interesting results. Those results are even more interesting when they reveal how God used prior generations to bring us into the world at this time for his gracious purposes. Now it is our turn to prepare future generations of believers to be used by God in the same way.
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MINISTRY / New challenges and new opportunities: Building spiritually strong families
The 2023-24 fiscal year provides 316NOW with challenges and opportunities beyond anything we have experienced in the past. Fortunately, our God is greater than any challenge. This post, the one of five about this year’s ministry, looks at our ministry to marriages and families.
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DEVOTION / Pray like this for your family
King David provides a guide for our prayers for our family.
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MINISTRY / Our family in China
Grace has adopted every Christian into God’s eternal family. Those family connections show themselves in 316NOW’s online Bible institute.
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MINISTRY / Building strong Chinese families
316NOW is studying how it might help Chinese Christian homes more fully discover the blessings God wants them to have. This post shares some of its research.
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DEVOTION / Ties to Your Family Tree
God used families to bring the Savior into the world. Through faith in Jesus, he brings us into his family. Through the mentoring of our earthly families, he gives us eternal blessings. These days between Mother's Day, Memorial Day, and Father's Day offer us a special time to celebrate how family benefits us.
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MINISTRY//Blame Jesus
A 316NOW professor describes how family pressures in China seek to separate Christians from Christ.
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MINISTRY//Serving as best we can - Part Three
The Christians who are part of the 316NOW team are doubly blessed. They see the Spirit working through his Word in the lives of Chinese Christians and they are awed at the privilege they have to serve in this ministry.
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MINISTRY//Serving as best we can - Part One
In addition to raising up Confessional Lutheran leaders in China, 316NOW also meets spiritual needs in other ways.
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