A blog designed to develop missional leaders
By: Rev. Emily Armstrong I admit it. I love the Church of the Nazarene. I really can’t imagine my life being a part of any other church. Unlike Scott, I wasn’t born into the Church of the Nazarene. Scott is a part of legacy Nazarenes - parents and grandparents that dig back into the earlier... Continue Reading →
By: Rev. David Mills When I was growing up as a boy, my family didn't have a lot of money. My dad was a pastor in rural Eastern Kentucky in one of the most impoverished areas in the USA. However, my parents taught me a very important lesson about hospitality and serving in our local community. ... Continue Reading →
By: Lisa Smith The following article was taken from Christianity Today´s website “So can you help me? Please? I really need your help.” As I stared into the eyes of my new Christian friend, I saw her struggling. She was feeling tempted…. Of course I will help her, I thought. I know just what to... Continue Reading →
By: Scott Armstrong The season of Lent begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday. In the Christian calendar, Lent is meant to be a time of self-denial and repentance. Many Christians worldwide observe this period by “giving up” or “fasting” something for the 40 days preceding Easter. I have lived and served for many years in Latin... Continue Reading →
Surprising Leadership Lessons from the Life of Christ By: Dr. Stan Toler Much of the advice you’ll hear on leadership has to do with technique. We spend lots of time figuring out how to do leadership. Leadership, however, is more art than science. It’s mostly about who you are. For lessons on how to be a leader, there’s no better... Continue Reading →
By: Dr. Stan Toler (1950-2017) “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 Have you noticed it? The subtle inversion that’s taken place in our thinking about our mission? Where once we focused our energies on the word GO, we have now applied our thinking to strategies for getting... Continue Reading →
By: Mitzi Villegas “Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor” (Pr. 21:21). One thing is asked of us: to act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God (Mc. 6:8). Christ is our reason for living! We have been justified through faith, and we have peace with God... Continue Reading →
By: Marta Encarnación “Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I answered: Here I am, send me” (Isaiah 6:8). In the past days we have been sharing stories of people transformed during the regional project: Mission Without Limits. And not only were... Continue Reading →
By: Marta Encarnación “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Luke 10:27). On January 4, 2021, on the North District of Guatemala, “Mission Without Limits” took place in the neighborhood of... Continue Reading →
By: Gary Faucett In our previous post we started our exploration into Christ’s joy in the midst of difficult circumstances. The Apostle Paul gave us a great example of this. Acts 16 tells us that he had a vision from God that he was supposed to go minister to the people in Macedonia. However, even... Continue Reading →
