A blog designed to develop missional leaders
By: Marleidy Sánchez When we arrived to Panama City as new missionaries, we realized our neighborhood, called The Liberators, was characterized by sky scrapers over 15 floors high filled with apartments. Since there were many children, one of our first activities there was a Vacation Bible School. Ingrid, one of the other missionaries, and I... Continue Reading →
By: Daryl Crouch *The following practical outreach strategies were originally published in Christianity Today. The author, Daryl Crouch, is senior pastor of Green Hill Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. 3 Ways to Partner with Your City Four years after my first conversation with the city manager (see the previous article How to Serve Your City When... Continue Reading →
*This article was originally published in Christianity Today. Our church is located in the second-most affluent county in the state of Tennessee. As a new pastor in the area, I struggled to discern the most helpful ways our church could serve our city. We aren’t a megachurch, so our resources are limited. Random acts of... Continue Reading →
By: Jessica Wolst *This article was originally published at americandutchess.blogspot.com. In the Netherlands, we are just starting to come out of an 8-week-long "intelligent lockdown." For us, this included the following: ~schools closed ~restaurants only open for carry-out ~a lot of businesses/stores closed ~no close-contact work (like massage, barber, nail salons, etc.) or museums/theaters ~working... Continue Reading →
By: Rev. Craig Shepperd Abstract: This essay looks at what is the purpose of our gathering. What might corporate worship be preparing us for? During these days of Pandemic, we miss being together for worship. The question remains, however, what about it are we missing? We may be missing social interaction. We may be missing... 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 →
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: Dr. Verne Ward, Global Missions Director, Church of the Nazarene “I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each... Continue Reading →
A Cross-Cultural Orientation (CCO) was held March 6-8, 2020 at the Donald Wunker Christian Bible Campgrounds in Maimón, Bonao, Dominican Republic. 46 participants with missions interest attended the activity, and the 16 trainers present gave workshops, shared devotionals, and led dynamics as they guided all those present who were exploring their cross-cultural mission call. The... Continue Reading →
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