In this post, I continue my Apostolic Imagination series with some thoughts on rethinking purpose and missions. You may find the previous two posts HERE and HERE. Biblical Purpose is in Biblical Language As long as we continue to use extra-biblical language to describe the work of the Church, we […]
Discipleship
Like many of you, I have been grieving the present conflict within the United Methodist Church. While I am very thankful for the result of yesterday’s vote, my heart breaks that such a matter had to come to the floor of a national meeting. I am not a member of […]
Oh! That they would continue in the Spirit of Wesley ...
Last week, two U. S. news stories broke on sexual abuse: one addressing the sexual abuse of children connected to New Tribes Mission (Ethnos360) and one addressing sexual abuse of 700 people at the hands of Southern Baptist church leaders. In this special episode of Strike the Match, Dr. Tate […]
Tate Cockrell, Responding to Sexual Abuse on the Field
Dr. Steve Leston is my guest in this episode of Strike the Match. Steve is the president and CEO of To Every Tribe. We discuss the importance of multiplying leaders and training church planters. Steve shares about To Every Tribe and their unique training approach that includes “The Eight Phases […]
Steve Leston and To Every Tribe
In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest and Lieutenant Dan are in a bar with two women on New Year’s Eve. One of the women says to Forrest: “Don’t you just love New Year’s? You get to start over … Everybody gets a second chance.” This is often the notion that comes with […]
New Year’s All Year
Does the Church threaten the health of isolated people groups when she goes into all the world? Last week, the public became aware of the death of U.S. missionary, John Allen Chau on the North Sentinel Island. His encounter with the North Sentinelese caused many people to voice concerns about the dangers […]