Ernie Canell This is Me

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1. 1. Training

   www.scbi.org/templates/System/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/1/2005   Last Visited: 8/5/2006

   · Shoals Southrn Baptist Church, Shoals (Ernie Canell, pastor)

2. 2. Student gains 'global perspective' on Africa trip

   www.towersonline.net/story.php - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/10/2003   Last Visited: 8/30/2004

   Years ago, Ernie Canell told God he would never do missions work in Africa.
   
   In January, he went on his second mission trip to the continent and is planning on returning for a third trip this summer.
   
   "God laid it on my heart," Canell said when asked what changed his mind. "You never tell God you won't do something."
   
   Canell, a B.A. student at Boyce College and pastor of a church in Indiana, was part of a January term trip to Nairobi, Kenya.
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   "We would go out with them each day and visit places around the city, and at the same time, witness to them," said Canell, a Cheboygan, Mich., native.
   
   The team went to Africa expecting they wouldn't see any conversions, but while they were there two of their eight guides became Christians. Two weeks after the trip, missionaries in Kenya wrote to say a third had accepted Christ, as well.
   
   "We were so blessed," Canell said. "It reaffirms how we shouldn't get caught up with numbers, but instead focus on planting the seed of God's Word."
   
   In preparing for the trip, Canell said the team spent time learning about the Islamic faith and what roadblocks they might face when sharing the Christian faith.
   
   "Muslims believe that all Americans are Christians, and they believe all Americans are immoral because of what they see on American T.V.," Canell said. "We had to get past this."
   
   Along with being prepared to witness, the team had to be prepared for the cultural differences they would face.
   
   Canell described the city of Nairobi as "dirty, smelly and smoky." He said Nairobi has a population of three million and around 60,000 children live on the streets.
   
   "Nairobi doesn't have laws like we do," Canell said. "People cook on the sidewalks and throw their trash on the streets."
   
   The women on the team had to wear long-sleeved shirts or dresses and everyone had to be watchful of crime.
   
   Overall, Canell said the trip showed him the extent to which the Christian faith is taken for granted in the United States.
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   Canell said his trips to Africa have helped him understand that a Christian's vision for reaching people shouldn't be so narrow.
   
   "If you have a global perspective, you will be more likely to reach the people around you," Canell said.

3. 3. pictures

   www.40dayrain.homestead.com/pi - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/15/2005   Last Visited: 7/17/2006

   Pastor Ernie Canell, wife and 40dayrain, Shoals event