effective prayer
a great word on prayer from HB Charles, Jr.
May we all pray more passionately and effectively for missions and evangelism, both far away and close.…
missions
serve Him now
This is a helpful article from TGC in Australia. God calls some to travel far to serve Him, He calls others to “walk across the street.” Where has He uniquely placed you to serve Him now?…
press in and press on in mission
This is a longer article but well worth your time. We are to bring our Lord’s message of salvation to a dark and dying world. We must press in and press on in our mission. “Don’t back up, don’t back …
church planting
The EFCA recognizes some Biblical foundations for church planting:
- Church planting is a central part of God’s mission to form a new people of God (Ephesians 1:3-14, 1 Peter 2:4-10).
- Christ loves the church and promised to build it (Matthew
it won’t be easy, it won’t be safe
This is a great article on missions from JD Greear.
“To follow Jesus is to be sent.”
“God is calling all of the members of our churches to understand their role in his mission, to get off the sidelines and …
missions in a “closed” country
This is a well-written and honest article by a missionary, about missions in a “closed” foreign country. He raises some difficult issues and deals with them from personal experience. I have wrestled with these issues and continue to think and …
engaging the culture
We are on mission to share the good news of Christ with everyone around us. “Engaging the culture” is a hot topic and good point of discussion related to our mission.
Matt Chandler does a good job of discussing different …
missionaries are regular Christians
These are some good insights into missionaries’ lives.
…We are persuaded that the message that we carry is that people by nature are separated from God, and without the Gospel they will spend eternity without Him. We are persuaded that
Christ’s power over death
This is an article on good insights and prayer points on the Hindu religion. There are over 2 million Hindus living in America, according to the best census information I could find. From the article:
…Eventually, Raj was given access
slow and steady plodding
I read of a church in MD that gave away cars on a Sunday morning and got a big crowd of people to show up. I wonder how many of those people continued to come to church, after the cars …