Monthly Archives: December 2013

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I received a bittersweet compliment today:  “I’ve been involved in church planting and always thought it had to be complex and complicated, but then I read Discovering Church Planting.”  While I am honored and deeply appreciate this word, I am troubled that such a paradigm shift had to occur. If […]

Can They Hear Through the Complexity?

 in Church Planting / missiology / North American Missions  tagged Church Planting / complexity / Discovering Church Planting / Kingdom Ethic / simplicity / stewards by
When I wrote Strangers Next Door (2012), I shared stories of churches that caught the vision of reaching unreached peoples who had migrated into their neighborhoods. These churches–with these new believers–then followed those social networks across the world to reach others.  In today’s post, I want to draw your attention […]

Oaxaca to Bakersfield: Removing the Barrier Between Foreign and Domestic

 in Church Planting / Hispanics / International Missions / Migration / North American Missions / Strategy  tagged Bakersfield / Diaspora / Mexico / Oaxaca / Phil Neighbors / Strangers Next Door / Tijaltepec Mixteco / Valley Baptist Church by