A blog designed to develop missional leaders
By: Rev. Craig Shepperd We celebrated Easter Sunday a few weeks ago. In this season we are reminded that, in the resurrection, we hold onto a great hope. Jesus has conquered sin, death, and the grave. The Church, thus, serves the world by proclaiming this hope. We point people to this truth: in spite of... Continue Reading →
By: Rev. Craig Shepperd Abstract: This essay is about the opportunity that the current COVID-19 crisis presents the church to reclaim her missional identity. It suggests that the Church has grown so comfortable in doing church that we forgot to be the church. This doing has since become what we now mean when we refer... Continue Reading →
The last two months have felt surreal for all of us. The COVID-19 virus has affected every country in the world, and has caused many of us to #stayathome. No gatherings of large numbers of people. Our schedules and our finances have been affected, and the Church has not been exempt from the sweeping changes... Continue Reading →
Every year, as a Region, we encourage all congregations to join in 40 Days of Prayer Prior to Pentecost. For that reason, Regional Nazarene Missions International (NMI) has prepared prayer requests for each day, which can be downloaded at the following link: 40 DAYS OF PRAYER PRIOR TO PENTECOST - 2020. These 40 days... Continue Reading →
Did you see the video that we dropped a week ago on this blog? Here is the link to it on YouTube, or you can literally just read my previous post. The point of the video is clear: even in this funky, don’t-leave-your-house COVID-19 time, we’re still the Church! We’re still on mission! This is... Continue Reading →
I got the text at 11pm three weeks ago. A fellow missionary had sent me an image printed with the words, "Notice: By instructions from the Board of General Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene, all missionary activity around the world has been canceled." I sat up in bed. I knew this was false. ... Continue Reading →
By: Dan Reiland I have been thinking about the stresses and pressures we are all carrying these days and attempting to focus on the practical things that help promote mental and spiritual health. Whether you are a church leader, a parent leading your family, or leading in the business arena, we all need to lean... Continue Reading →
The following article was originally published at: Nazarene.org. Yoan and Astrid Camacaro recently accepted the call to be missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in Paraguay after serving as pastors in Ecuador for more than five years. Both Yohan and Astrid are humble and willing to follow God’s lead wherever it might take them; however, their call... Continue Reading →
The following article was originally published at Nazarene.org. The Church of the Nazarene has established its presence in a new country on the Eurasia Region through a local church planter and evangelist named Sam*. It is not easy for missionaries to enter this country since the government prohibits Christian evangelistic activities. So, when Sam expressed a desire... Continue Reading →
Greetings from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. I am attending a Regional Leadership Conference and have been invited to be a part of a panel focused on “Mission to the Cities.” It is such an honor to speak about this topic along with many urban mission leaders and General Superintendents as part of the panel. Each... Continue Reading →
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