outside the box--- fire in the philippines

philsthoughts………I picked this book up two years ago as I was wanting to learn about the history of church planting and growth in the Philippines. I couldn’t put the book down! I learned about the various denominations and the role they played in Gods’ work throughout the Philippines. This book is not about a debate or a contest of who was the best or who won, who had the most converts. It is simply a story of how Gods Kingdom spread through the Philippines, told by a man who just wanted to find out how and why the church was growing in the Philippines.

FOREWORD to Fire in the Philippines….

Eight years is a long time. It is time enough for things to become stale. It
is time enough for the excitement of past events to fade away.
Yet the reflective first and last chapters of the first U.S. edition of this
book do not indicate a dampened enthusiasm. Between these two chapters is
the account of the author’s original research and analysis of the Foursquare
Church’s burgeoning mission outreach in the Philippines.

This part of the Church relied neither on foreign missionary personnel
nor on foreign funds for its success; it relied conspicuously on the Holy
Spirit. Therefore the lessons which Pentecostals and non-Pentecostals alike
can learn from the Foursquare Church are still viable.

This is why the present edition of this book should be no less exciting
than was the first edition published in the Philippines nearly… (35 years ago).

–The Publishers…………”

Go to link in Outside the Box to read about some lessons learned by DAWN founder, Jim Montgomery, in his book, “Fire in the Philippines…