A blog designed to develop missional leaders
It is a little paradoxical to write about Easter in the middle of Lent, but every year we pastors prepare our Easter sermons during the heart of the sacrifice and fasting that Lent brings, so the practice makes sense. In many of our countries, Easter is the day people return to the normalcy of work... 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 →
Declaration from General Superintendents on Coronavirus: https://nazarene.org/article/board-general-superintendents-statement-coronavirus To our global Nazarene family: These are unprecedented days in the life of the church and for the citizens of the world. The global pandemic as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has led us into new territory. The good news is that all of this... Continue Reading →
PART II: ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS In the previous entry, Rob Prince, Lead Pastor of Flint (Michigan) Central Church of the Nazarene, detailed the current reality facing our denomination in the U.S. and Canada and began to offer some suggestions for a brighter future. His recommendations echo many of the same sentiments we in the Mesoamerica... Continue Reading →
PART 1: THE PLAN Recently we had the privilege of reading an article by the Lead Pastor of Flint Central Church of the Nazarene, Rob Prince, in which he reflected on changes that will be needed in the coming decade in order to see growth and transformation in the Church of the Nazarene in the... Continue Reading →
By: Javier A. Otero, Member of the Global Missions Team in Puerto Rico East On January 10, 11 and 12, 2020, a Cross-Cultural Orientation (CCO) was held in Puerto Rico. This training was organized by leaders from four different countries: Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and the United States, showing once again that the Church... Continue Reading →
By: Dan Reiland Recently we came across the following article and believe that it has some wonderfully practical suggestions to help any local church leader. Although our readers will know that we bristle against vocabulary that refers to “church” as a place we go to or something that can be “attended,” we trust that the... Continue Reading →
By Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird *This is part two of the article published in the previous post. A Simple Tool for Apprenticeship If Paul’s goal of developing four generations of apprentices seems unreachable for you and your church, then I have good news for you. It is not. This goal is very doable if... Continue Reading →
By Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird A simple tool for apprenticing followers of Christ who can apprentice others. I wonder if out of reverence for Jesus being divine, we sometimes dismiss his disciple-making practices and think, Well, that’s because it’s Jesus; he’s God. Of course he’s the best people-developer in the universe. So we admire how... Continue Reading →
This is the final entry, Steps Nine and Ten, in the series: “Ten Practical Steps For Planting New Churches,” written by Rev. Manuel Molina Flores. Step Nine: Organization From the beginning of the church-planting process, we must train with the goal of preparing the believers to take on the commitment to organize the church. We... Continue Reading →
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