Absolutely. For a professional promotion, I recommend emphasizing Pastor Van Ravy’s ministry leadership, academic achievement, online graduate education, and the accreditation of Grand Canyon University and Grand Canyon Theological Seminary. GCU states that its Master of Arts in Christian Ministry is offered online and that the program is accredited through the Association of Theological Schools, […]
This article/post is about a Khmer Christian wedding. I have been privileged to be a grandmother at a Buddhist wedding in a village a couple of years ago when my local tuk tuk’s son was married. It was a lovely, somewhat simple wedding according to village standards I expect. Most of the early day was […]
At some point in the last few months, two teen girls walked through the doors of our English class for the first time. Everything about that step took courage. While it was not a new language to learn, having a native English speaker doing the teaching is like starting all over again in many ways. […]
The ‘Eyes’ Have It There are many idiom phrases in the English language that include the word eyes. Let’s take a brief look at a few and see their meaning and significance for this story. To be the “apple of my eye” means to be dearly loved. To “catch someone’s eye” means to attract attention. […]
The Evacuation of Khmer People during the Thailand–Cambodia War The Thailand–Cambodia conflict, especially along the border areas, caused serious hardship for many Khmer people. During periods of fighting and political tension, civilians living near the border were forced to flee their homes to escape violence, insecurity, and military operations. These evacuations were carried out to […]
A Vision for Reaching Everyone, Everywhere “No Place Left — until every heart has heard the Good News of Jesus.” Our first discipleship training course that started at the beginning of this year and was offered three times over the course of the first quarter of the year and was centered on exploring the heart […]
Discipleship Training from Hope Lutheran Evangelical Church with partnerships. No Place Left….Cambodia 2025 Acts 1:8 Discipleship Training workshop.‘But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnessesin Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’ No doubt the book of […]
Soccer and Christian ministry have increasingly intersected in the 21st century, creating opportunitiesfor outreach, community building, and the promotion of values such as teamwork, discipline, andcompassion. The relationship between soccer and Christian ministry can be understood in several keysways: And so in January of this year, a mere 6 weeks ago, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church […]
There is no doubt that Christmas is known worldwide as the precious holiday of our Jesus birth. When we take in cultural norms, ethnic heritage, lifestyle, and a thousand little variables, there is no limit to the chance encounters of new things in the season. In the broader sense of the holiday between the east […]
How This All Began (from Oma) This is the inaugural website introduction of a new neighborhood, a new beginning, a new ministry.This is Pastor Ravy Van’s passionate calling to the nation of his village and beyond its borders in thedays ahead. Pastor Ravy has moved into the neighborhood. He is here to be a neighbor […]
