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- 1. 4 Ways You May Want to Rethink Missions in Your Church ...
- ... and ministering to communities around the globe: Reclaim your church's role in missions. God designed the local church to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the community. Jesus showed us His ministry prioriti ...
- Created on 05 September 2019
- 2. 7 Reasons Small Groups Lose Their Original Focus
- ... essor of evangelism and missions. In addition, he is team leader for theological education strategists for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. For the original article, vis ...
- Created on 23 August 2019
- 3. How Your Church Can Better Reach Your Local Community
- Perhaps the most common question I get in church revitalization goes something like this inquiry: "What do I do to get people in the community to come to our church when our members don't live in or near ...
- Created on 13 August 2019
- 4. 10 Reasons Why Your Church Must Develop a Relationship with Missionaries
- ... ng missions-minded church without a senior leader whose heart beats for the nations. Ever. This burden often begins with knowing missionaries whose fire then becomes our fire. Pastor, your church will s ...
- Created on 17 July 2019
- 5. This Unique Race Is Uniting Churches to Help Solve Major Water Crisis
- World Vision estimates that 6 kilometers is the average distance people in the developing world walk for water—water often contaminated with life-threatening diseases. And because the only water source ...
- Created on 07 January 2019
- 6. This Godly Woman's Legacy Grows Every Year
- ... ld become legendary to missions-hearted Christians. After college, she became a schoolteacher in Georgia, but she longed to be a missionary. Her godly family was progressive for the time, raising daught ...
- Created on 07 January 2019
- 7. What Every Christian Can Learn From ORU Grad's Death on Mission Field
- Major U. S. stock indices had the worst Thanksgiving week since 2011. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.4 percent, the S&P 500 index fell 3.8 percent and the Nasdaq fell 4.3 percent. ...
- Created on 27 November 2018
- 8. 3 Leadership Lessons From Some of the Hugest Megachurches in the World
- This week, I am in Seoul, Korea, for the third and final residency period of my Asbury Theological Seminary doctoral program. It's good to be back with my cohort (and the "Asbury Eight"), and it's good ...
- Created on 07 November 2018
- 9. US Missionary Shot to Death in Front of His Wife, Son
- An American missionary was shot to death this week in Cameroon while riding in the car with his wife and son. Charles Wesco of Indiana was out to shop when two bullets struck him through the windshield, ...
- Created on 31 October 2018
- 10. 7 Reasons I'm Not a Christian Dominionist
- There have been some in the Christian camp who have labeled themselves Christian dominionists, possibly because they refer to the original covenant found in Genesis 1:26-28 as "the Dominion Mandate" and ...
- Created on 31 August 2018
- 11. Ministry Leaders Step Up as Thousands Lose Everything in Century's Worst Flood
- GFA-supported workers (Gospel for Asia, gfa.org) are stepping up efforts to help with rescue and relief efforts in India's flood-stricken Kerala state, as the death toll and number of displaced people ...
- Created on 22 August 2018
- 12. Why You May Want to Reconsider That Short-Term Mission Trip
- ... man, spokesman for Praying Pelican Missions, a Minneapolis-based operator of mission trips. "But we must use wisdom and not have people in unnecessarily risky situations that would put them in harm's way." ...
- Created on 16 August 2018
- 13. 7 Ways Mission Trips Have Helped Me Preach Better
- ... t Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he also serves as professor of evangelism and missions. In addition, he is global theological education consultant for the International M ...
- Created on 20 June 2018
- 14. Why the Era of American Missionaries Is Coming to an End
- ... thinking about "missions" only in terms of geographical boundaries and started thinking about missions in terms of digital boundaries as well. If you feel a burden to help us reach these global leade ...
- Created on 14 March 2018
- 15. This Pentecostal Pastor Identified 'the Classic Missionary Mistake.' Now He's Succeeding by Doing the Opposite
- When A.J. Swoboda started his church in the heart of Portland, Oregon, he knew he didn't want to make the classic missionary mistake. He wanted to show love with action and let the community tell him ...
- Created on 27 February 2018
- 16. Book of Acts Continues via Anne Graham Lotz's Ministry in India
- Some people question whether God still works as He did in the days of the Book of Acts. Anointed by the power of the Holy Spirit, men and women boldly shared the Good News "Jesus is Lord." Opposition could ...
- Created on 30 January 2018
- 17. Should You Take Short-Term International Mission Trips?
- The Lord has been incredibly gracious allowing me to travel and serve him in some unique places around the world. These short-term mission trips have not only impacted my faith but have shaped me as a ...
- Created on 21 December 2017
- 18. God May Be Sending You Out in One of These 2 Ways
- Last week, Deborah and I spent time in central Pennsylvania, where we enjoyed Thanksgiving with William and his wife's family and attended a wedding in Lancaster. One of my highlights was visiting Lititz, ...
- Created on 05 December 2017
- 19. Is Your Daily Schedule Blurring Your Vision for Mission?
- Need has immersed this nation in these past few months. We've seen need for relief from flooding in the South as well as from fires in the West. We've seen the need for healing and restoration in Las Vegas, ...
- Created on 25 October 2017
- 20. Why Your Mission Desperately Needs Structure
- Culture eats strategy for lunch. However, good culture, combined with good strategy, is powerful. Take church planting for example. I've written before about how church planting movements benefit from ...
- Created on 24 October 2017
