How God used suffering to bring a nation to Christ
May 31, 2023
Dr. Ed Smither, 91PORNY’s dean of Intercultural Studies, is also a professor of the History of Global Christianity and often writes about the early church. In a recent article on John Piper’s website, Smither discusses how the suffering of Gregory the Illuminator led the nation of Armenia to Christ in the year 301. Smither writes:
Marked by protracted suffering, remarkable displays of God’s power, and witness in the highest political spheres, Gregory’s late third-century mission to Armenia has much to teach us about mission across the globe today.
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