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 …
6th April 1999 The Editors, Christianity Today. Dear friends, I was delighted to see the tribute to Dr. Carl F. H. Henry in your January 11th issue which arrived here only a few days ago. I know this is late, but I thought I must write something about Dr. Henry. …
September 2009 VICTOR MANOGAROM Guileless Evangelist By Ajith Fernando Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” John 1:47 (ESV). The first job I had was when I became National Director of Youth for Christ in Sri …
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, …
April 2011 Questions Regarding Discipleship Strategy of Robert Coleman For a Doctoral Student Please give your name, along with when and where you were in one of Dr. Coleman’s discipleship groups. Ajith Fernando—part of discipleship group from 1972 to 1974 at Asbury Theological Seminary What church did …
Colton Wickramaratne is the Elder Statesman of the Evangelical Church in Sri Lanka. This was given at his fiftieth wedding anniversary in 2005 COLTON AND SUSANNE WICKRAMARATNE I am very happy to be given the honour of speaking at a key event in the life of a couple I greatly admire. …
Wang, Stephen Wang. The Long Road to Freedom: The Story of Wang Mingdao. Translated by Ma Ming. Ellel, Lancaster, UK: Sovereign World, 2002. The author of this inspiring biography of the Chinese Christian leader Wang Mingdao was converted through Wang Mingdao’s ministry. The biography is a frank account showing even the weaknesses of …
Dr Ajith and Nelun Fernando 25 Kassapa Road Colombo 5 Sri Lanka Phone 2590009 Mobile +94-777-698048 (Ajith); Mobile +94-777-917861 (Nelun) E-mail: ajithyfc@slt.lk; nelun2009@gmail.com 30th November 2010 I have known Aunty Niva from my childhood days as she was my mother’s good friend. But I got to know her better in my …
When I think Roger and June Hedlund, the word that comes to me is ENABLER. I was an unknown young youth worker who had written a New Testament studies Th.M. thesis on Exegetical Arguments for Universalism at Fuller Theological Seminary. I wrote a …
Written in 2008 LIVE TO BE FORGOTTEN By AJITH FERNANDO Recently I read the booklet Live to be Forgotten: D. E. Hoste by Patrick Fung, the General Director of OMF (the organisation Hudson Taylor founded). The book is published by OMF Hong Kong. It is a short reflection on the …