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- 1. How Your Church Can Be a Missional Force for the Kingdom
- Note: This is the second of a four-part series. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the opportunity caused by this pandemic to be more missional in our churches and lives. What exactly does that mean? ...
- Created on 20 May 2020
- 2. Rick Warren: 6 Ways Jesus Modeled Compassion for the Sick
- COVID-19 is spreading at rates few of us could have imagined just two months ago. Yet this pandemic gives the church a tremendous opportunity to love and care for people around us. Philosophical and religious ...
- Created on 14 April 2020
- 3. 10 Reasons Every Church Should Send Their Pastor on a Missions Trip ...
- ... n (Matt. 28:18-20) is for all churches, and pastors most influence the direction of the church. I have never found a strong Great Commission, missions-minded church without a pastor who sets that agend ...
- Created on 30 January 2020
- 4. 10 Unusual Lessons You Can Learn From Missionaries
- ... tual warfare, and I've written about the topic. Missionaries on the front lines, though, are the ones who continue to teach me about its reality. A pastor's support of missions is critical. Missionarie ...
- Created on 17 January 2020
- 5. 3 Tips on Selecting a Missions Partner ...
- ... people seek help, and I understand the desire to raise a lot of support. The internet age makes it much easier for independent missions, movements and ministries to raise funding, as well as gain acces ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 6. 9 Things That Happen When a Pastor Makes Missions a Priority ...
- ... s for particular missionaries by name. The church regularly increases its giving to missions. In fact, they ask every year, "What percentage of our budget are we giving to missions?" Going backward is ...
- Created on 11 November 2019
- 7. 9 Things That Shock Missionaries When They Return to America
- ... e also serves as professor 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 ori ...
- Created on 05 November 2019
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. 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
- 13. 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
- 14. 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
- 15. 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
- 16. 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
- 17. 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
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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
