This week I begin a semester-long training course for church planters. I always look forward to it. One of the first things that the participants experience is that I quickly tell them that our work is not about church planting. Now, I recognize this is a strange statement for a […]
I had the honor of spending the last two days in Hernando, Mississippi serving as one of the speakers for the first annual meeting of the One8 Network. Since several of the participants requested copies of my Power Point presentations, I told them that I would post them here on […]
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The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College has just published a new book on church planting. Extending God’s Kingdom: Church Planting Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is a compilation of chapters written by church planters and missiologists. Over the years, these chapters appeared as articles in various volumes of the Evangelical […]
New Church Planting Book: Extending God’s Kingdom
John Stott passed away today in London. According to a post released by Christianity Today , he died “after complications related to old age.” His influence was (and remains) enormous, well beyond detailed description in this blog post. For example, just consider his numerous publications. Since this blog is about […]
John Stott and Global Missions
For sometime I have wondered about the potential of using the culinary passions and skills of Kingdom Citizens to reach into parts of the world where few are able to go. Why? Because I believe the way to the heart of many people is through their stomachs. No, I am […]
To the World Through the Stomach
I recently returned from one of the most relaxing vacations that I have had in a long time. It was a great blessing for which I was very thankful. While relaxing in a condo on the Gulf of Mexico, I was able to enjoy one of my favorite vacation activities: […]
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