Arabisch, Kinderleesboek, Jonathan Goforth, Janet & Geoff Benge

Arabisch, Kinderleesboek, Janet & Geoff Benge.

JONATHAN GOFORTH:

Een open deur in China

 

Als een arme Canadese boerenjongen had Jonathan Goforth geen idee dat hij het grootste deel van zijn leven zou doorbrengen met rampspoed, gevaar en ziekte om Gods liefde te delen met de mensen in China. Maar toen God hem ertoe bracht om precies dat te doen, zou niets, zelfs de gewelddadige Bokseropstand, Jonathan en zijn gezin niet beletten Gods roeping te beantwoorden.

De Goforths, openden hun huis in China voor maar liefst vijfduizend bezoekers per maand, die allemaal de evangelieboodschap hadden gehoord. Hun bijna vijftig jaar dienst aan een natie in nood zou een erfenis achterlaten van vele duizenden Chinese christenen.

• Leeftijd: vanaf 10 jaar
• Afmetingen: 19,5 x 14 x 0,9 cm
• Uitvoering: paperback
• Pagina’s: +/- 200
• Gewicht: 216 gram

 

Jonathan Goforth: An Open Door in China 

Christian Heroes: Then & Now

This missionary biography  series chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory. Each inspiring account of a man or woman who answered God s call is a testimony to a real-life adventure of faith and determination.

Age 10 and up. 

Jonathan Goforth gained a reputation as China’s greatest evangelist, addressing crowds of up to twenty-five thousand. Even after he bacame blind, Goforth continued to travel and preach (1859-1935) 

“What would make you come back?” the Chinese people asked. “What is so important that you would risk your life to tell us?” Jonathan eagerly explained to them what had brought him back to China, even after so many foreigners had been killed: the need to share the gospel. 

As a poor Canadian farm boy, Jonathan Goforth had no idea that he would spend most of his life braving disaster, danger, and disease to share God’s love with the people of China. But when God led him to do just that, nothing, not even the violent Boxer Rebellion, would stop Jonathan and his family from answering God’s call. 

Making their home in China, the Goforths opened their doors to as many as five thousand visitors a month, all of whom had heard the gospel message. Their nearly fifty years of service to a nation in need would leave behind a legacy of many thousands of Chinese Christians.