Saturday, July 25, 2009

Lady preacher in the Republic of Georgia

In my travels overseas I have encountered many heros of the faith. People who by their faith, perserverance, and love for Christ are an example for all of us. I want to tell their stories as best that I can remember them.
I met a lady preacher in the Republic of Georgia, in the capitol city of Tiblisi. (Stalin was from Georgia if you remember.)
This is remarkable in itself because the Pentecostal churches do not allow women to take part. Women in the oldline Pentecostal churches are not allowed to speak.
This lady's name is Marina. She had a son who had committed some crime and was in prison there in Tiblisi. Her son was not a believer. While in prison he turned to the Lord. Marina would often talk to him from the street up to the second story window of the prison. The other inmates started gathering around at the window and she would preach to them. Many of them surrendered to Christ and became born again. She began to preach the gospel to them on a regular basis.
I don't remember how many she had become born again as a result of her preaching and her son's testimony but it was a lot.
Word came to the bishop and some of the pastors about what she was doing.
They told her that she must stop preaching because women can't be preachers.
She asked them if they had someone who would come and preach to the inmates if she stopped. They told her "no". She told them "Then I will continue to preach to these inmates".

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