About this episode

Tim Challies shares his experiences of worshipping with Christians around the world and discusses the unity of the global church.

Today we get to hear about Tim Challies’ experience traveling the world and worshipping with our brothers and sisters in Christ within their local contexts. We pray this conversation strengthens your faith in the God of the nations—the One who created and loves each of his children, no matter our geographical location. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FULL SHOW NOTES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ journeywomen.org/episode/beauty-of-global-church 4:00 Tim Challies’ Work 6:00 Worshipping God Around the World 12:30 Unity Across Cultures 19:30 What the Global Church Teaches Us 25:30 Finding Unity Amongst Differences DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Have you ever worshiped outside of your local context? Were there any things that opened your eyes a bit to God’s great big global church? How does it make you feel to know that from the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is being praised somewhere? How does thinking about the Church around the globe affect your humility when it comes to worship and God’s Word? When you’re in conflict with a brother or sister in Christ, how might it help you to consider you will spend eternity with him or her? What might you do or implement based on what you learned in…

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