Yearly Archives: 2012


I am very excited about an upcoming meeting sponsored by the North American Mission Board for Southern Baptist Churches and leaders in the United States and Canada.  Lord willing, on July 30-31, the SEND North America Conference will take place in Atlanta with the focus being on church planting.  This […]

SEND North America Conference


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Since the late 1970s, the United States has recognized May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants (May 1843) and the contributions of the Chinese to the transcontinental railroad (completed May 1869).  In recognition of this month, the U. S. Census bureau released […]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month


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I am very excited to share that my new work on the late Anglican, missionary-priest, Roland Allen, is now available. On Monday, Roland Allen: Pioneer of Spontaneous Expansion was published in light of this year being the 100th anniversary of the publication of Allen’s 1912 writing Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s […]

New Book: Roland Allen: Pioneer of Spontaneous Expansion



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On Monday and Tuesday of this week I was in Auburn, Alabama with a group of interns with Lakeview Baptist Church.  Over the course of this semester, they took a church planting class with me.  It was a blessing to be with these outstanding guys. I am a lover of […]

When Church Planters Want to Drink Sweet Tea from a ...



My family and I love going to an orchard near our home to pick apples.  This is something we have done for several years when they are in season.  Now, while I could not tell you the names of the different types of apples found there, which ones are best […]

We May Look Alike and Talk Alike But We are ...