Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Read the Bethany Lutheran Mission News Posted by Pastor Palangyos -
Their Building Brings Back Memories

 The second phase raised enough to obtain most of the materials. Read more here - from Pastor Jordan Palangyos.

We started in New Ulm, Minnesota, where the CLC (sic) pastors helped two or three people fuss over pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. 

We rented a place for Sunday worship and looked for something permanent. God provided. When nothing was available, an elderly man wanted to sell his land to us. We obtained a loan for the down payment and a mortgage from the bank. The seller wanted to stay in his house and pay us rent, which paid the mortgage installments.

A carpenter in our midst saw the potential for a chapel by closing in the carport. That came together with a gift, our labor, some rented skilled labor, a donated organ, donated chairs, and donated hymnals. We started with nothing but a defenestrated group and faith we could worship in spite of the obstacles.

The group named the congregation after Bethany, where Jesus - by His Word - raised  Lazarus from the dead. That was about 23 years ago. Since then we have worshiped and broadcast - by phone - from Phoenix, and - by Internet video streaming - from Arkansas.

I mention these details because nobody could predict all this in advance. The opposition was like a hive of yellow jackets stirred into a stinging frenzy. But God can take the greatest evil and turn it into the greatest good, as He did with the crucifixion of His Son.

Wouldn't "conservative" Lutherans welcome books based upon the Reformation? Quite the opposite was true. However, that has only made it easier to distribute free and low-cost books for this generation and generations to come, God willing.



People have given with great joy so Pastor and Mrs. Palangyos can gather their own people to hear the Gospel.


Glen Kotten has visited at least twice to help.


 Pastor Jordan Palangyos and his wife Amabel are from this region and they are bringing the Gospel Word to their people, with help from everyone there.