{"id":2095,"date":"2022-02-12T01:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2022\/02\/12\/opportunity-to-serve-in-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:58:12","slug":"opportunity-to-serve-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/opportunity-to-serve-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity to Serve in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/slchurchpic.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ceylon Christian Church, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is seeking spiritual-minded and mission-focused brothers and sisters to serve for three to six months in equipping the local disciples for works of service! Anyone ready to help build up our church family in Sri Lanka is encouraged to come and help make disciples who make disciples!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sri Lanka is a tourist-friendly, tropical island located off the southern coast of India. It is host to beautiful beaches, mountains, exotic wildlife, and cultural wonders recognized the world over. Sri Lanka is known for its diversity, local hospitality, and rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church in Sri Lanka was planted in April of 1994 during the Sri Lankan Civil War. By the grace of God, missionaries from India were able to found the Ceylon Christian Church through stout adversity. Today the church is home to over forty disciples of Sinhalese, Tamil, and Indian origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on Sri Lanka, visit the official tourism website linked here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/srilanka.travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">srilanka.travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re interested in coming to serve or want more information, please contact John Whitfield at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jhnwhtfld@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jhnwhtfld@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lankamountains.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ceylon Christian Church, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is seeking spiritual-minded and mission-focused brothers and sisters to serve for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":2096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[53],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-2095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ministry-search","tag-asia"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/colombosrilanka.jpg?fit=424%2C318&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-xN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4487,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/update-from-sri-lanka\/","url_meta":{"origin":2095,"position":0},"title":"Update from Sri Lanka","author":"dtadmin","date":"April 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for your prayers. 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