Mission Agency or Mission Church?
Which are we? Local church or apostolic mission agency? I have pondered this question for years. IS it God’s will for all he does to happen in and through local churches? Or is there a role,...
View ArticleAfrican Family Structure Speaks to the Heart of Being a Missional Church...
My friend Bruce Chitambala from Zambia gave me some great insight into how to communicate “church” to emerging African leaders. Bruce said he has learned to speak of church as family not as...
View ArticleYou exist to fulfill the purposes of God
Thoughts shared by friends Bob and Joanne Leach with CPx students this morning as they are commissioned for church planting outreach: John 15:16 “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed...
View ArticleReport From a Remote Village in a Far Away Place
It took a 30 min walk to the river then we took a three hour canoe ride up river where we then walked 45 min through rice patties, mud and a rough trail at the base of the mountain. What an amazing...
View ArticleApostolic Passion
What is Apostolic Passion? The term “passion” is used to describe everything from romance to hunger pangs. I don’t know what it means to you, but for me passion means whatever a person is willing to...
View ArticleWorship. Mission. Community.
Three short quotes from my book, Follow (published with the title Following Jesus in South Africa) “The first disciples did not just attend meetings…: gospel intentionality was their life. … Christian...
View ArticleGlobal Trends
Global Trends That Should Impact How We Do Church and Mission Church Planting Movements (see the book Miraculous Movements) The “rest” is out doing the “west”: 80% of all missionaries are from...
View ArticleAdventure With God
What makes an adventure an adventure? I got in trouble a few years back while speaking to a church in Canada. As I introduced my wife, Sally, I said “she doesn’t like adventure, like I do…” The folks...
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