A couple of years ago Marv Newell published Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire (William Carey). I was very excited when this book was released. It is now one of the coolest books in my library. This work is filled with quotes from 2000 years of Church […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
In this last episode of Season 1 of Strike the Match, I share about my forthcoming book, Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from New Believers (IVP). In the book of Acts, church planting begins with sharing the gospel. A church was not talked about until disciples were made; and […]
Apostolic Church Planting
Psalm 67 is a passage that comes to mind whenever I think about the mission of God. Here is a wonderful text noting how God blesses His people that the nations may praise Him. An interesting concept: blessed to be a blessing. I recently had the honor to preach to […]
Being a Blessing to the Nations
Someone asked me about the recent origin of the Syrian crisis. I mumbled a few words, nothing sufficient to answer the question. We are quick to forget. We watch the news this morning and by noon forget what we saw. Here is one reporter’s timeline on how the crisis started […]
Timeline on Syrian Crisis
I write this post while sitting in a room with about 100 church leaders. They have come together to hear about the local church and missions. They have come together to hear one church’s story, an imperfect story filled with short-comings and present challenges. They have come to dialogue. This […]
Continue to Share Today’s Stories Later Today
Proverbs is one of my favorite books in the Bible. I try to pray through all 31 chapters each year. When it comes to strategy development, Proverbs 16 contains some extremely important verses. Start here before you start developing your master plan. ———- Apostolic Church Planting: Birthing New Churches from […]