{"id":9,"date":"2008-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-17T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T17:15:42","slug":"ministry-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/2008\/09\/17\/ministry-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The price of gas is only one of many indicators of the lag in our economy.&nbsp; It is afffecting how we do our ministry in a drastic way.&nbsp; We need your prayers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the price of gas hit $4 a gallon it really hit us hard.&nbsp; The first time I filled our van and it costed $80 was a real jolt.&nbsp; Then, this summer we&#8217;re in Edmonton, Alb, Canada and the cost to fill our van was $100.&nbsp; WOW!&nbsp; To add to this, it is a common thing that when the economy hits a dip one of the first things that takes a cut is GIVING.&nbsp; So, yes, our income has been consistantly low in the last 5 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We need to believe the Lord to get better at serving in our responsibilities in the mission more from our home area.&nbsp; Please pray.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One thing we have been able to do it get a larger list of churches in Az. that have had an interest in NTM in the last few years.&nbsp; With this list we hope to develop relationships that will buitd.&nbsp; Please pray.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Another matter of prayer for us, that is serious, is the poor condition our &#8216;retirement&#8217; accounts are in.&nbsp; This is a major concern for us.&nbsp; Please pray!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economy is affecting how we do ministry.  Alterations are in order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-knapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}