The decision to select a major and/or vocation is one of the most important decisions a person will make. This decision sets life on a specific course. This decision is often left up to the whims of youth, family tradition, and secular guidance counselors. The church is usually divorced from […]
History
Tentmaking is as old as Acts 18, but somehow it remains a foreign concept to most evangelicals. Here is a video from the International Mission Board that is worth four minutes of your time. Nothing fancy or flashy here. Just a simple call and a transferable skill to a different […]
Working Your Way to the Nations
You can do a great deal in seventeen hours. And until last week, you could make the longest, non-stop flight in the world from Dallas to Sydney. But now. . . Emirates has stepped up to the plate to provide a non-stop, 17.5 hour flight between Dubai and Panama City. […]
That’s a lot of Peanuts and Pretzels
In C. Peter Wagner’s book, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, he offers five “chief reasons” why we should plant churches. The second reason on the list is that church planting is a means to denominational survival. Many denominations in North America agree with this point. And with many denominations in […]
Why Denominations Should not Focus on Unreached People Groups
Patrick Johnstone’s leadership has been very significant among evangelicals for many years. It is a delight to have Patrick as my guest on this episode of Strike the Match. We discuss the history of Operation World, his latest books (Pray for the World, The Future of the Global Church, and Serving God […]
Patrick Johnstone on Challenges and Changes
We take great comfort in the predictable. But what happens when the Spirit brings God-fearers and Gentiles into the Kingdom? That is unexpected. Are we comfortable with His lack of predictability in certain areas? Yes, I know we are whenever we read about His actions in the Book of Acts […]