S5 02: Persecution and Flourishing: The Church in India With Rebecca Stanley
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Christianity is exploding across India. For the last 25 years, Rebecca Stanley has participated in God’s work there through evangelism, church planting, and advocating for the vulnerable. Rebecca joins us in-studio to share how God is building His Church in India and bringing life and purpose to men and women on the fringes of society.
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| 0:00.0 | On the Strong Women podcast, we love to talk about habits because our habits, our daily habits |
| 0:08.1 | and rhythms are what point us and aim us in a particular direction, either towards Christ, |
| 0:15.0 | towards truth, towards the flourishing life, or away from it. No habit is neutral. |
| 0:22.6 | And because the world practices a rival habit, |
| 0:26.2 | a rival rhythm that directs us away from Christ, |
| 0:30.6 | and it's kind of those assumed habits |
| 0:33.4 | that we just naturally fall into, |
| 0:36.4 | we need to take time to kind of check where our habits are pointing us. |
| 0:41.3 | So, I have good news. |
| 0:43.3 | To help you develop Christ-centered habits, |
| 0:46.3 | grab a copy of our latest Strong Women resource, |
| 0:49.3 | habits that aim our affections. |
| 0:52.3 | My prayer is that it will help you take inventory of your current life rhythms |
| 0:58.0 | and cultivate habits that shape your affection for God and the people that he's placed in your life. |
| 1:04.9 | You can grab your free copy at colsoncenter.org slash habits. |
| 1:23.6 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites |
| 1:29.8 | and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:33.3 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what |
| 1:38.1 | it means to be a woman and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. |
| 1:44.0 | I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. I'm so |
| 1:46.1 | glad you're here. Welcome to the Strong Women podcast. I have a very special guest with me today, |
| 1:55.5 | Rebecca Stanley. And I have to tell you a little bit about Rebecca. So the backstory is, recently on the Strong Women podcast, we had Ellen Vaughn come talk about her biography on Elizabeth Elliott. |
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