While the concepts of mudding and truck and tractor pulling are prevalent throughout the United States and Canada, there’s a part of me that wants to say that those recreational activities developed near my hometown. Growing up in Corbin, Kentucky, I had a few childhood moments when I was honored […]
Church Planting
Last week at Southern Seminary a group of 70 collegiate ministers and church planters gathered to discuss a growing area in missions today. These men and women arrived from the United States and Canada, and for three days addressed a multitude of issues related to reaching students through church planting […]
Collegiate Church Planting Collaborative
One of the most critical issues in missions today is that of reaching the cities of our globalized world. If you need a quick visual on the fact that we now live in an urban world, I will direct you to my post HERE. I was very thankful that a […]
Tim Keller on City Reaching at Cape Town 2010
I want to take a moment to turn our attentions to the urban world in which we presently live. While just under half of the world’s population lives in rural areas, just over half live in urban contexts. We live in an urban world. The global trends project that we […]
It’s an Urban World
While I am still catching up on my Cape Town 2010 video viewing, I watched this six minute plenary presentation by Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira on the Great Commission opportunities resulting from the movement of peoples across the globe. You need to watch this clip. Dr. Tira reminds us that […]
More on Diaspora from Cape Town 2010
The United States recognizes November of each year as “American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.” And in light of this recognition, I thought it would be appropriate to remind you of these peoples while challenging you to consider serving them through your ministries. The North American Mission Board estimates […]
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