A Talk given (online) by Ajith Fernando at the John Stott 100th Anniversary Service held at All Souls, Langham Place, UK, organised by the Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion I discovered John Stott in the late 1960s in the library of my father who was a layman. I was a university student then and …
A Tribute by Ajith Fernando 15th January 2018 On 13th January 2018 at the age of at the age of seventy-one, Suriyakumaran Williams went to be with the Master he had served so faithfully and lovingly. He had battled Alzheimer’s disease for eight years. MY FRIEND And I lost a friend of fifty years. We …
Ajith and Nelun Fernando 26th May 2013 Dear friends, Thanks so much for the invitation for the service on April 14th. Unfortunately the long time it takes now for letters to go overseas via snail mail and my travel schedule have combined to make me miss the deadline even for the presentation …
Roger Headland: American South Asian Ajith and Nelun Fernando 25th February 2010 Dear Roger, I praise God and rejoice with many who join you in wishing you a happy seventy-fifth birthday. May the Lord continue to use you to further the cause of his kingdom, especially in South Asia. God has …
FATHER LAKSHMAN HAS GONE HOME! One of God’s great warriors for the kingdom in Sri Lanka, Canon Dr Lakshman Pieris, went home to the Lord on 30th March 2014. He was a pioneer in seeking to use culturally sensitive means to reach unreached people in Sri Lanka with the gospel. He passionately shared …
April 1999 SAM SHERRARD: THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO YOUTH Ajith Fernando After 31 years of ministry with Youth for Christ, the founder of YFC in Sri Lanka, Dr. Sam Sherrard, has left YFC in order to give himself full-time to pastoral ministry. For the last several years Sam worked with …
Leighton Ford Mentoring Tree I first entered the Lausanne Committee as a representative of the “younger generation” of leaders. Some of my previous encounters with international Christian leadership had not been very positive, and so I went to my first gatherings with some apprehension. Meeting Leighton burned into my heart the challenge of …
Ajith and Nelun Fernando 25 Kassapa Road, Colombo 5 Sri Lanka Phone 94-1-590009; Fax 94-1-501976; e-mail ajithyfc@slt.lk 10th September 2001 SAM AND GRACE WOLGEMUTH Today, when I asked my wife what comes to her mind when she thinks of Sam and Grace Wolgemuth, she said, “Humility.” She had hit upon a …
March 2009 To Loran and Merle Grant on their Sixty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Because my work has taken me to many countries, people often ask me what my favourite country is. I always say, “My favourite country is Sri Lanka, and next comes the USA.” I have lived a lot in that country, …
SATHYA PERIMPANAYAGAM: Gentle Faith “Only one life it will soon be Past; only what’s done for Jesus will last.” What are the things in life that are eternal? 1 Cor 13: Paul says: Love is eternal Sathya demonstrated this. E.g 13:5: Love is not Rude There is an epidemic of rudeness …