Have you ever considered why God made a workplace such a crucial part of the Christmas Gospel? 

The Christmas gospel, as it is given in Luke chapter 2, is usually the one being read in our churches and families at Christmas. Most often we refer to it as the story about when Jesus was born. There is nothing wrong with that. But if the birth of Jesus was the only point in the story, the Christmas gospel could have ended already in verse seven of the chapter. It does however continue for 13 more verses. So, the main part of the story is played out among workers in a workplace.   

Mobilizing all West Nigeria, Liberia and Niger are working together with Tent International to arrange a tentmaking conference for all West African nations by the end of this year. The aim is to mobilize more tentmakers from West Africa. 

“There is a great, unused sending capacity in these nations. Through this conference we want to mobilize churches to send more people to strategic areas,” says Tent Nigeria’s director, Victor Agbonkpolor. He is one of the key planners of the conference that will take place in Lagos, Nigeria in the beginning of November. Detailed plans for the conference will be shared by the end of this month.  

Several decades after it was written, one specific article still has a massive impact in calling professionals and businesspeople to serve God through their work. 

“The church needs thousands of Christian professional people to finish evangelizing the world – like engineers, scientists, businesspeople, health care workers, athletes, agriculturists, computer technicians, media specialists and educators of all kinds – tentmakers who can integrate work and witness in the twenty-first century as the Apostle Paul did in the first century.” 

Celebrity’s funeral turns into mass outreach 

Her death came as a shock to millions of fans. Her funeral turned out to be the largest Christian outreach ever in her nation and it serves as a testimony of how valuable it is for followers of Jesus to engage in the society. 

Duan, who works for the Royal Thai Consulate General in Malaysia is one of the people who was affected by the livestreaming of the funeral of the Thai actress and celebrity Nida Patcharaveerapong, commonly known as Tangmo.  

“I paid attention to everything she has said and was most impressed by the message that Christians do not fear death. I learned that God loves everyone. and I decided that I want to know him,” says Duan according to an article published in Christianity Today.