Updates Carlos and Alicia Scott

Dear Friends

We thank God for each one of you and because God is in control of history carrying out his purposes. God "inhabits a territory in which we cannot function, the impossible."

We give glory to God and as Psalm 115 says, "Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness." We are grateful to God to see his hand touching lives and at the end of this year we feel like the people of God at their time when they were singing and crying out to the Lord saying, "When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, Lord, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.", Psalm 126.

“Nothing we do is complete. No prayer expresses our faith fully. No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings totality. No program accomplishes the mission of the church. This is who we are; we plant seeds that will one day grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold the future promise. We cannot do everything. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God’s grace to come in and do the rest. We can never see the end result, but that is the difference between the builder and the laborer. We are laborers, not builders, ministers, not Messiahs. We are prophets of a future that is not ours. Amen”

Thank you very much for accompanying us throughout this year and being one body, one family. Please continue to pray for us so that in this new year that begins we can fulfill your purpose of blessing all people, making your name known and that the Kingdom of God continues to advance. We pray for all of you and we love you. Happy New Year 2025.

Carlos and Alicia Scott

Mision Local y Global (GloCal)

Support

For send offering make checks payable to: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO. In the memo portion be sure to indicate that it is for support CARLOS SCOTT. Send checks to: Hope Bible Mission, H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Box 833 Frostburg, MD 21532 Email: rick@h-b-m.org, hope@h-b-m.org Phone: (347) 464-8576

Banking:

The U.S. based organization having a 501(C) 3 – tax status that receives gifts for Carlos Scott: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Richard Carey, Director, Email: rick@h-b-m.org

Carlos and Alicia Scott. 

GloCal Mission, Tinogasta 5684 (1408) Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Argentina,                                                        

E-mail: licscott@yahoo.com.ar  

Phone: 54-11-39033794, English Blog: http://glocalmission.blogspot.com/ 

Spanish Blog: http://misionglocal.blogspot.com/

¨By myself I can do nothing; ... for I seek not do please myself but him who sent me¨, John 5:30. Thank you so much for pray for us and for your support

Merry Christmas

 In Christmas:

angels speak,

an old woman has a son,

a virgin becomes pregnant

a priest remains silent,

the king is mocked,

the peasants receive the news from heaven first

and God becomes human in a poor, migrant and marginal child.

THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.

With the incarnation the beauty of God reappears on earth. It is the manifestation of the splendor of God. God has not limited himself to letting himself be felt. He has been seen. He has made a face. His name is Jesus.

Merry Christmas

Carlos and Alicia Scott

GloCal Mission

Address: Tinogasta 5684 (1408)

Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires - Argentina

E-mail: licscott@yahoo.com.ar

English Blog: http://glocalmission.blogspot.com/

Spanish Blog Mision Local y Global (GloCal)

Misión Local y Global (GloCal)

Updates Carlos and Alicia Scott

      Dear Friends

Happy Thanksgiving Week! So thankful to God for all my friends and family.

We thank God for this month of November and the meeting with the churches in southern Chile in relation to the unity of the church in local and global mission, strategies and new paradigms. We are also very grateful to share quality time with the Manantial de Vida church in Berazategui, Argentina. Our theme was a church relevant to our time. We are grateful for the visit of our son Daniel who was able to spend a few days with us on his way to Lima, Peru. Daniel is forming a new community of Faith in the Basque Country and this time he was invited to Peru to present his work model on how to reach new social groups. Thank you very much for praying for all of us.

This new month of December will allow us to continue thinking and praying for the new steps and challenges that are presented. It is a joy to share with you that tomorrow a new couple will leave for Valencia, Spain as field workers. It is the result of the work of the house churches that we are developing in Buenos Aires. These churches are small groups that we have started since the pandemic. God has touched the hearts of this couple who will serve the Valencian community with their professions. Our dream and work is focused on forming and making disciples who make other disciples and form new communities of faith. A movement of disciples that extends and crosses social barriers from church to non-church, blesses people and the name of God is glorified by the extension of his Kingdom.

Pray for us so that God gives us wisdom and how to continue in this movement. Continue praying for Iker, our grandson in his Autistic condition and that God supports his parents emotionally, spiritually and provides everything necessary for his medical care and finds permanent housing in the Basque Country.

Thank you very much for being together and united in God's Mission. We love you and pray for all of you.

Carlos and Alicia Scott

Misión Local y Global (GloCal)

Misión Local y Global (GloCal)

Support

For send offering make checks payable to: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO. In the memo portion be sure to indicate that it is for support CARLOS SCOTT. Send checks to: Hope Bible Mission, H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Box 833 Frostburg, MD 21532 Email: rick@h-b-m.org, hope@h-b-m.org Phone: (347) 464-8576

Banking:

The U.S. based organization having a 501(C) 3 – tax status that receives gifts for Carlos Scott: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Richard Carey, Director, Email: rick@h-b-m.org

Carlos and Alicia Scott. 

GloCal Mission, Tinogasta 5684 (1408) Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Argentina,                                                        

E-mail: licscott@yahoo.com.ar  

Phone: 54-11-39033794, English Blog: http://glocalmission.blogspot.com/ 

Spanish Blog: http://misionglocal.blogspot.com/

¨By myself I can do nothing; ... for I seek not do please myself but him who sent me¨, John 5:30. Thank you so much for pray for us and for your support

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Updates Carlos and Alicia Scott

Dear Friends,

It is a joy to be able to share with you and thank you very much for all that you do to extend the Kingdom of God to all ethnicities.

We continue to train and coach many young people and couples. This time we went to Cordoba to the mission and church planting school to teach and share about the Holy Spirit and the mission. The topics were "discovering your path" on the writings of Luke in his gospel and the book of the Acts of the Apostles and the Holy Spirit. We also had to be in the town of Lanus and then in the city of Rosario and teach about disciples who are part of the history of God, make history and change history. A movement of multiplication of disciples who form new communities of faith to bless all ethnicities everywhere, that evil be defeated through the Kingdom of God and our God be known and worshiped. Thank you very much for praying for us and our family. You are part of this story and all for the glory of God

Our children and grandchildren are doing well serving the Lord in different places. In the case of Daniel, Marta and Iker we ask for your prayers for the health of our grandson Iker. We accompany them in their missionary work in the Basque Country and also in everything that has to do with medical assistance for Iker. We pray for a movement of disciples and new communities of faith in the Basque Country.

We continue writing, sharing articles and essays with the entire Latin American community and reaching places we never imagined. We also continue opening our house and other houses where in community we worship the Lord, pray, share the word and the Lord's Supper. These are communities on the road.

Please continue to pray for all of us so that God keeps us on the right path serving and loving his church. In November we will be in the town of Berazategui and then Carlos will travel to the south of Chile to teach about the importance of a united church and the biblical and strategic keys for the mission. May God protect us from all evil, may he give us wisdom and the necessary word for each moment. May we see processes of transformation at all levels.

Once again, thank you very much for walking together in communion and many thanks for all the love and care you have for our lives and family. We pray for all of you, and we love you.

Carlos and Alicia Scott

Mision Local y Global (GloCal) (carlosaliciascott.blogspot.com)

Support

For send offering make checks payable to: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO. In the memo portion be sure to indicate that it is for support CARLOS SCOTT. Send checks to: Hope Bible Mission, H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Box 833 Frostburg, MD 21532 Email: rick@h-b-m.org, hope@h-b-m.org Phone: (347) 464-8576

Banking:

The U.S. based organization having a 501(C) 3 – tax status that receives gifts for Carlos Scott: H.O.P.E. Bible Mission PO, Richard Carey, Director, Email: rick@h-b-m.org

Carlos and Alicia Scott. 

GloCal Mission, Tinogasta 5684 (1408) Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Argentina,                                                        

E-mail: licscott@yahoo.com.ar  

Phone: 54-11-39033794, English Blog: http://glocalmission.blogspot.com/ 

Spanish Blog: http://misionglocal.blogspot.com/

¨By myself I can do nothing; ... for I seek not do please myself but him who sent me¨, John 5:30. Thank you so much for pray for us and for your support

We pray for a movement of disciples and new communities of faith in the Basque Country. We pray for Daniel, Marta and Iker Scott Rizzo.

 

PRAY🙏🏽 PLEASE FOR THE BASQUE SPEAKERS WHO ARE WATCHING MY VIDEOS ON TIKTOK AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKS

 PRAY🙏🏽 PLEASE FOR THE BASQUE SPEAKERS WHO ARE WATCHING MY VIDEOS ON TIKTOK AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKS

Hello friends! More and more euskaldunes (Basque speakers), especially through TikTok 📱 are watching my videos. I usually make content on different topics related to the Basque People and in many videos I also share about Jesus in Basque. This week I would like to make a video to invite to the Bible studies in Basque that we do two Sundays a month in the village of Orio.

PRAY🙏🏽 for these people, so that the videos about Jesus reach the hearts of many and so that more Basque speakers come to the meetings we hold and can meet Christ. Here is my latest video about Jesus with English subtitles (on the platforms it is only in Basque).

Thank you very much for your prayers!

Daniel, Martu and Iker

‘Let's cross over to the other side’ (Luke 8:22)

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Fourth Lausanne Congress: Day 7 Highlights

Fourth Lausanne Congress: Day 6

Lausanne, Unmasked | By Harold Segura

 Lausanne, Unmasked | By Harold Segura

Harold Segura C. | Chronicles and Reflections from Lausanne IV (5) 

Seoul, September 26, 2024

What happens outside the Lausanne IV program can sometimes be more interesting than what takes place within the convention center. I'm not saying that the conferences, testimonies, platform interviews, music, or the small group discussions aren’t valuable, but rather that outside the formal agenda, in the freedom of the hallways, controversies that reveal the theological and pastoral tensions among those of us here emerge.

In the auditorium, formality and correctness prevail. In the hallways, on the buses, and in the hotels, there's informality and, at times, theological and political mistakes. It is in these spaces where the unanswered questions and complaints come to the surface.

By the way, the production of the congress program is technically impeccable. Time is kept to the minute; the script is followed as agreed with very few surprises; the more than 1,000 tables where we sit each day remain in perfect rows. Before taking the platform, the speakers pass through a small makeup room where their image is retouched, and their faces adorned (they would have had a lot of work with me). A curious detail: one of today's moderators, it seems, was given a lipstick of a more intense red than is usually applied to a man, especially in an evangelical environment (a bit of humor doesn’t hurt).

So much order in the room might lead to think that there is uniformity in the group; that evangelical theologies have aligned with the rather conservative expectations of those who organized the congress. But that’s not the case. In informal moments, freedom arises, and differences become evident.

One of the controversies that remains is the draft (nobody yet knows if it’s a draft or the final version) of the Seoul Statement. A group of almost 65 theologians, committed to Integral Mission, led by Koreans Sam Cho and Jongho Kim, signed a letter addressed to the Lausanne Theological Working Group. They expressed serious concerns about the lack of transparency in the drafting process. They claim that many participants saw the declaration for the first time when the congress began, with no opportunity to offer suggestions.

This group argues that the declaration needs a stronger prophetic voice and a broader focus on social, economic, and environmental issues, especially in the post COVID-19 context. They also point out an imbalance in the treatment of LGBTQ+ issues, with a disproportionate emphasis compared to other urgent concerns such as racial justice and economic inequality. They recommend that the church should engage not only in evangelism and pastoral care but also in the transformation of unjust structures and the care of creation.

Furthermore, the group criticizes the declaration for being overly focused on traditional local churches, ignoring new expressions of faith, such as digital communities and para-church organizations. They suggest addressing the arms industry, racism, patriarchy, and Christian nationalism, which distort the gospel and harm the church’s testimony. They also lament the omission of a clearer condemnation of faulty theological justifications in the Gaza conflict. For them, the declaration lacks the dynamism needed to inspire a vibrant and appealing movement. They believe the church should be a catalyst for change, not only in the spiritual realm but also in social justice and equality, responding to the concerns of younger generations like Generation Z.

They invited other participants who agreed with them to sign the document. I gladly signed it. Dozens more did as well, although, to be honest, the majority have not, and will not (nor do they know of the existence of this petition).

This is, the global evangelical community: diverse, though nostalgic for archaic theologies. Today, it is obsessed with moral debates and, because of this, trapped by political partisanships. This is the faith of the people to whom I belong and to whom I owe myself. This is how it is; unmasked.

 

About the author:

Pastor and theologian Harold Segura is Colombian, currently residing in Costa Rica. He is the Director of Faith and Development for World Vision in Latin America and the Caribbean and the author of several books. Previously, he served as Rector of the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Colombia.

Fourteen Years After Cape Town - IV Lausanne Congress in Seoul, Korea | By Harold Segura

 Fourteen Years After Cape Town - IV Lausanne Congress in Seoul, Korea | By Harold Segura

Harold Segura C. | Chronicles and Reflections from Lausanne IV 

Seoul, September 22, 2024

Michael Oh, Global Executive Director of the Lausanne Movement. PHOTO: Lausanne Movement

On September 21, after flying over 23 hours and a layover in Istanbul, I arrived in Seoul, Korea, to attend the IV Congress of the Lausanne Movement. I am representing World Vision. Together with about 5,200 Christian leaders from all around the world we are celebrating 50 years since the first congress held in Lausanne in 1974, followed by Manila in 1989 and Cape Town in 2010. This is an important moment to reflect on the past and look toward the future of global evangelical mission.

Yesterday, someone asked me about my expectations of this event. Today, I woke up wondering if we still can expect something significant from the global evangelical movement. I have no doubts of the power of the Gospel or the faith of God’s people, but, political alliances, ambitions for power, and the obsession with numerical growth of our churches, have worn down the integrity of the gospel witness. Sometimes, mission has been reduced to a mere proselytizing campaign, losing its prophetic and transformative essence.

Despite this, hope remains, because hope is stubborn. It is this hope that keeps me here, thinking that the church, although imperfect, can and must be an agent of transformation. This time, the subject is “Let the church declare and display Christ together” is a sentence that deeply echoes in the heart of the gathering. We are here not only to proclaim Christ with our words but also to show Him with our actions, in our community life, in unity.

Upon entering the convention center in Incheon, the warmth of Korean hospitality is tangible. A “committee of smiles” welcomes us at the door, making us feel at home despite being so far from it. The organization and logistics of the event are impeccable, reflecting the attention to detail that characterize Korean culture.

At 6:00 PM Korean time, in a packed auditorium, we began the congress with worship led by local musicians. The mayor of Incheon welcomed us, presenting his city as the cradle of Christianity in South Korea and a symbol of freedom. Following this, a majestic choir of more than 50 voices, accompanied by a symphony orchestra, moved us deeply with a execution of the classic hymn “How Great Thou Art.”

Rev. Jason Lee, Chairman of the Lausanne Board of Directors, took the floor with a brief but powerful message. He emphasized that this conference is taking place in an unprecedented context. First, it is the first hyperconnected congress, in an era dominated by the fourth technological revolution. Second, the global missionary axis has shifted dramatically from the South to the North, with churches from Asia, Africa, and Latin America playing an increasingly prominent role. Finally, he highlighted that we are in an era where multiple digital generations—baby boomers, millennials, and others—must come together to proclaim the truth of the Gospel. Unity in mission is more necessary than ever.

The keynote message of the night was delivered by Michael Oh, Executive Director of the Lausanne Movement. He called us to be a humble church, a church that not only proclaims Christ with words but displays Him in its life, as a living testimony of His love. In times of growing secularization, Oh challenged us to be an effective church, willing to adapt to new challenges without losing its essence and commitment to the Gospel.

We ended the day around 8:30 PM, knowing that the coming week will be one of intense reflection and discernment. This congress will serve as a catalyst to advance the fourfold vision of the Movement: to bring the Gospel to every person, to form discipling churches in every people and place, to develop Christ-like leaders in every sector, and to influence every sphere of society with Kingdom principles.

Fourteen years after Cape Town, I still have hope. For as Jeremiah 29:11 says: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” This congress in Seoul is undoubtedly a space to listen, pause, and reflect. The church is called not only to proclaim Christ but to display Him in every action, in every word, in every gesture. The journey has just begun.

 

About the author:

Pastor and theologian Harold Segura is Colombian, currently residing in Costa Rica. He is the Director of Faith and Development for World Vision in Latin America and the Caribbean and the author of several books. Previously, he served as Rector of