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What’s Missing in Our Great “Come-Mission?”
…aid, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore…” First of all, every believer has the authority to do the entire Great Commission. Second, Jesus promised his accompaniment to those who obeyed it—“I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”…
Getting Kingdom Right
…aid to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!" (Mark 7:9 ESV) How easy it is for us to elevate the church along with our structures, programs and traditions above the vision of knowing the King and establishing His…
Editorial Comment
…aid, professional staff. In the process, they had not equipped their people to feed themselves spiritually, not to mention to disciple others or plant new churches. While Willow Creek is an extreme example, it is typical of the “attractional model” of doing church used by most churches around the world.…
Further Reflections
…attacked my sinful appetites and cut them to the bone. Here are some examples. "When it comes to the Lust of the Flesh, like many of us, my biggest temptations are food and sex. Sure I’m no glutton, and I’ve been physically faithful to by wife throughout our married years.…
Introducing the Global Great Commission Network
…ate of the Great Commission today? This is a question which should rightly concern every believer. Yet remarkably, even many mission and church leaders remain unaware of the progress being made, or lack thereof, towards discipling all peoples in our generation. Some mission strategists believe this ignorance is a fundamental…
Building Momentum
…aid of believers in the business world, education sphere, etc. To put it simply, a healthy Church will lead to healthy and effective global mission. Dr. Yong Cho gave a report on the mobilization goals and strategies of the Korean Mission movement, which is one of the most dynamic, organized…
Reproducing Fishers of Men
…addressed to groups, we tend to read such passages only for personal application.11 “Personal devotions” have many benefits, but they can leave believers with a bewildering mix of real and imagined guidance. They should not be considered an adequate substitute for the group interaction Jesus modeled.12 A more reliable approach…
What Have We Learned From 200 Years of Doing Missions?
…aid enough attention to its importance. • The need for a more biblical theology of the church, its nature and purpose. We must have mission at the heart of our ecclesiology. • The theology of the Kingdom of God should be at the center of our thinking along with the…
North American Pioneer Missionaries Before 1812
…addam, Connecticut, and was orphaned at the age of fourteen. At age 21 he enrolled at Yale but in his second year was sent home because he was suffering from tuberculosis, the disease that would eventually take his life. In April 1743, Brainerd began work as a missionary at Kaunameek,…
Three Missionary Wives
…ated on the three young wives who were so publicly expanding expectations of the role and capabilities of women in missions. Prevented by cold weather, distance and preparations for her imminent marriage to Samuel Nott, Roxana Peck of Franklin, Connecticut was the only one unable to attend the ordination at…
What Happened to the Others Who Sailed?
…attacked while ministering to the sick. He was greatly endeared to the friends of the mission by his devotedness and amiable character. Samuel & Roxana Nott Forbidden along with the others to remain in Calcutta, together with Gordon Hall, the Notts went to Bombay, where the three commenced the first…
North American Mission from Judsons to Global Christianity
…ater become Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he became a practical deist, turned his back on expectations that he would join the ministry, and later went to New York City to work in theater. This proved less than practical, and while on the journey back to Massachusetts, he experienced…
Endurance Personified in the Life of Judson
…addy River facing unknown challenges and what we know now as unimaginable hardship. Indeed, the most striking aspect of the Judson-Burma story is endurance in spite of suffering. From start to finish, his biography describes hardship. He, his family, and his co-workers lived lives of affliction almost unparalleled in modern…
Further Reflections
…aid, but not overly so, or there wouldn’t be different ways to interpret his meaning in a number of passages. Rumors and misinformation are being shared, in various forums, so that excellent evangelical workers are forced to spend time defending their positions. There are enough problems on the frontlines to…
Resourcing the Missional Family
…Additionsn to Parents’ Libraries Missions Moments:52 Foundational Messages and Activities for Children by Mitzi Eaker 2005 by Women’s Missionary Union My Children, My Mission Field: A Family’s Place in God’s Plan to Change the World by Susan E. Field 2002 by New Hope Publishers Kids Making a Difference: Incredible Stories…
From My Perspective
…aid, “No!” The son was perplexed but did not give up because he knew his father’s heart! As he persisted, his father finally said, “Yes.” The next day he had a new bicycle. The son said: “Because I knew my father’s heart, I never gave up. If I didn’t know…
The Essential Role of the Family in World Evangelization
…aid. “There are very few young believers here to encourage.” How could this have happened? How can an entire continent go from spiritual vitality to spiritual desolation? While many factors were involved, the final answer is simple. The believers in Europe lost the souls of their children, generation after generation.…
Planting Indigenous Churches
…aid. People were getting saved every week. But then lots of foreign missionaries started coming and soon they started paying people to do evangelism. Now the people in our churches say, ‘Oh I would go and preach at my uncle’s village, but I need a sponsor....’ Today, no one wants…
One Man With a Passion to Reach His Family Transforms a People
…aid, “I want that kind of Lord, One who loves sinners and saves them from sin and ignorance and teaches them the truth about God. I want a religion in which there is no caste, where we Chuhras will learn that we are men every bit as good as Brahmans…
Multigenerational Family Communities
…aid that in the house church they were able to watch parents interact with their kids and with other parents—it was church meeting like a family. They felt this was so valuable that, even with all its liabilities, they wanted to keep the church in the homes. As we started…