Petra Community Outreach - Petra Tabernacle

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Petra Tabernacle of the Apostolic Faith

Petra Tabernacle was founded in 2003 by its Founder and Pastor Edgar Armstrong and its Co-Founders Dorie Armstrong and Louise Kelly. Petra Tabernacle and Petra Community Outreach each has its own set of board members. For information on Petra Tabernacle's board members you can request information here.

Petra

The name Petra comes from the Greek word "πέτρα" (Petra),

meaning rock; and the Arabic word is Al-Batrāʾ also meaning rock. Petra is a historical and Archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an. Petra was established sometime around the 6th Century BCE, Christianity made its way to Petra around the 4th Century (see references).

References:

Bedal, Leigh-Ann (2004). The Petra Pool-Complex: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 1593331207.

Harty, Rosemary. "The Bedouin Tribes of Petra Photographs: 1986–2003". http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0607/petra.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

Hill, John E. (2004). The Peoples of the West from the Weilue 魏略 by Yu Huan 魚豢 : A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE. http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html. "Draft annotated English translation where Petra is referred to as the Kingdom of Sifu."

Reid, Sara Karz (2006). The Small Temple. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 1593333390. "Reid explores the nature of the small temple at Petra and concludes it is from the Roman era."

Nelson Glueck (1959). Rivers in the Desert. HUC

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopedia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press.

"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18 King James Version)

We don't have to wait to experience hell. The gates of hell are all around us. The homelessness, people are starving, losing their homes, hopelessness the list goes on. We believe that we can be that rock in our community that prevents hell's gates from forcing our youth into a life of hopelessness. Schools are closing and the ones that remain have cut out extra curricular activities such as music & swimming. The schools that still have sports programs directs most of their funding toward basketball and football. So we start with teaching baseball and move to other areas and interests. We are committed to seeing that every child's life we touch has an opportunity to be educated and have the potential to receive a scholarship toward college. By designing Detroit after school programs, Petra will stand between our youth and the gates of hell to ensure that they have every opportunity possible to make it and in return be inspired to become our future leaders that will continue the fight.

Yesterday is gone but it's never to late to enrich our future leaders today!