{"id":2094,"date":"2013-04-08T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T18:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2013-04-08T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T18:34:21","slug":"great-start-to-the-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/04\/great-start-to-the-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Great start to the Consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2098\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1690-group-mtg-800x6001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2098\" class=\" wp-image-2098  \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1690-group-mtg-800x6001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1690-group-mtg-800x6001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1690-group-mtg-800x6001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">part of the group following a presentation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Consultation is off to a GREAT start. \u00a0Today we had informative presentations by 6 of the denominations represented. \u00a0They told us about their history, their ministry, details about the extent of the ministry, and opportunities and challenges before them. \u00a0Frank Tuan from South Africa challenged us to reach out to the Chinese in each of our countries and cities. \u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1719-CEUMA-presentation-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2104\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1719-CEUMA-presentation-800x600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1719-CEUMA-presentation-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1719-CEUMA-presentation-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2097\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1728-table-conversation-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2097\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2097\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1728-table-conversation-800x600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1728-table-conversation-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/04\/100_1728-table-conversation-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">conversation around the dinner table<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2094&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Consultation is off to a GREAT start. \u00a0Today we had informative presentations by 6 of the denominations represented. \u00a0They told us about their history, their ministry, details about the extent of the ministry, and opportunities and challenges before them. \u00a0Frank Tuan from South Africa challenged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Great start to the Consultation - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/04\/great-start-to-the-consultation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great start to the Consultation - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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