When I get down and think our work in vain, and not worth the struggle, it helps to reflect back on the amazing things God has done in our past. The God of yesterday's victories is the same today, and forever. So let us rejoice and be glad in Him. Our toil and labor are NOT IN VAIN! I remember being...

This post really should be titled, "Pray for The Congo", but sadly, most of us are too wrapped up in our own problems and concerns to be bothered by the plight of faraway, faceless peoples in war-torn developing countries. This is more than we can handle right now emotionally with everything else go...

1. What is your church doing to deliberately make disciples? 2. What is your church doing to intentionally plant/reproduce new churches? 3. What is your church doing missions-wise to be His witnesses in your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and ends of the earth? While I realize there is more to being the...

Luis had faithfully attended the training sessions for church planting. He lived across the river from Guayaquil in the neighboring city of Durán. In his local community, everyone knew the friendly Luis who operated a small business out of his home selling eggs, TP, bananas, rice, batteries, and ot...

Neil Cole wrote the following baptism article entitled The Weirdness of the Church Over Baptism for Raw Religion. Christians who are not clergy are often times instructed by the church to disobey Jesus when they are not allowed to baptize their disciples. The practice of baptism is not something Chr...

I am currently reading through Bob Robert's The Multiplying Church: The New Math for S tarti n g New Churches. The book offers the author's insights on why churches are multiplying in the East but not in the West...keys to church multiplication...the missing link--pregnant mother churches... Antioch...

I think some of the most ignored words of Jesus are to be found in Matthew 23:1-11, especially verses 6-11... "They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, (7) and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. (8) "But do not be called R...

While I know that God primarily speaks to us through his Word, this has been a season where I have also sensed the Lord speaking through nature. I cannot recall a time in my life when I have been more aware or more appreciative of the natural beauty of God's creation than I have the past eight month...

The following comes from a Bob Roberts presentation at the Innovation3 gathering in Dallas as shared on Ed Stetzer's blog January 29. I thought it was pertinent to what we are about as missionaries in the global south and worth taking a look at. What are your thoughts about what Bob shares below, es...

Today as I sat out in my spot a squirrel ran up and down the surrounding trees, barking and chattering up a storm as it glared down upon my intrusion into its space. Or was it just simply having fun and like myself delighting in the beautiful day? I don't know, but the squirrel put on quite a show. ...