Dr. Delron & Peggy Shirley
Teach All Nations Mission (TAN) is a global evangelical educational ministry birthed from the teaching ministries of Delron and Peggy Shirley. The name Teach All Nations Mission was chosen to carefully indicate exactly what the heart of Delron and Peggy’s mission is.
TAN’s commitment is to establish a solid foundation in the national pastors and leaders so that they can help enrich the people. The vision is Christian teaching materials (in English and the local languages) in printed form and on audio and video, providing scholarships to Christian colleges and Bible schools for promising students, assisting in establishing and building of Bible schools, and broadcasting via the internet, radio, and television.
“Women Arise” was the theme of the women’s conferences that three ladies from Colorado Springs and I recently led in three different regions of Sri Lanka, a majority Buddhist and Hindu country. Although we witnessed many healings and deliverances, our main purpose was to re-kindle or light fire in the lives of the Christian women. Our focus was to infuse passion and purpose to start, continue, or increase their evangelistic teaching and prayer intercession work for the Lord in and outside of their churches. In fourteen days, the four of us did twenty-one meetings in the cities of Nwara Elyea, Gampola, and Colombo Sri Lanka. Additionally, we were allowed to speak in churches although the local culture generally does not afford this privilege to women – a tragic misjustice since the pews of most of the churches around the world are filled with women while men are definitely the minority.
The story behind the picture of me with one of the Sri Lankan ladies is that she came up to me, asking prayer for healing. When I started to pray for her, she fell to the floor and began demonic manifestations. After I took spiritual authority over the spirit that was tormenting her, she was set free and began to dance for joy. My translator explained to me that, because many of the women live in homes with Hindu husbands or relatives who continue to worship other gods, they suffer oppression from the evil spirits that are constantly invited into the homes through this pagan worship. Therefore, like this sad case, many of these helpless women need deliverance but, unfortunately, have no one to help them.
Up to this point, our study has focused mainly on what the Apostle Paul did and how he was able to accomplish such significant things; however, the real key to why he was able to make such an impact is who he was. Although Paul was one of the most prolific writers and most eloquent spokesmen of the New Testament era, we can single out a handful of his statements that clearly define how he saw himself and the ministry to which he was called.
We first met Paul at the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. In this introductory encounter, we saw that he was an activist and that he was dedicated to serving his cause. Even though the story leaves us with the impression that Saul never actually hurled any stones at poor Steven, he took an active role in the execution through encouraging the ones who actually took the martyr’s life. He did, however, follow up after this episode by gaining permission from the high priest to further the persecution of the infant church. The hostility that we see displayed in his actions might lead us to wonder exactly what kind of person this man was. Was he a criminal or a mobster of some sort? No! He was actually a noble citizen – an orthodox Jew of culture and religious pedigree. In his own words, we can that he was a most proper Jew.
Written by Peggy Shirley “Women Arise” was the theme of the women’s conferences that three ladies from Colorado Springs and I recently led in three different regions of Sri Lanka, a majority Buddhist and Hindu country. Although we witnessed many healings and...
Up to this point, our study has focused mainly on what the Apostle Paul did and how he was able to accomplish such significant things; however, the real key to why he was able to make such an impact is who he was. Although Paul was one of the most prolific writers...
The Church at Thessalonica Out of all the congregations that felt the impact of Paul’s life, I’d like for us to consider one specific church as an example of maximum impact because this particular congregation was birthed out of just three weeks of the apostle’s...
In the email invitation for our partners to read the April meditation on our website, I made a comment about all the challenges that Peggy and her team had encountered on their March mission to Sri Lanka and the “hoops” I had to jump through to get the flights for our...
Obviously, the task of exploring the impact that Paul had on the lives of the individuals he touched during his lifetime would take us far beyond the limits of just one volume; therefore, I’d like to look at just two examples – one individual and one congregation. ...
Teach All Nations has had a long and well-established relationship with the churches and believers in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. Working with Tim and Trena Johnson, a missionary family that we have known since we were all members of Dr. Lester...
