Part of shepherding your people to the field means knowing about marketplace needs. Countries often frown upon natives from other countries coming in and taking jobs–unless it has been difficult to find a national for the job. Here are the ten-most difficult positions to fill across the world. Do you […]
Last month I shared a glimpse of the cover of one of two books I’m publishing this year. I am extremely excited that Apostolic Church Planting is now available for pre-order. This is my third work on the topic of church planting which builds from the foundational work established in […]
New Church Planting Book
Dean Merrill, collaborating with Patrick Johnstone, recently published Serving God in Today’s Cities: Facing the Challenge of Urbanization. This book is a great introduction to our urban world and ministry today. Three percent of the world’s population lived in cities in 1800. By 2100, 90% of the global population will […]
Serving God in Today’s Cities
One type of busy keeps you in constant motion. You are always going, doing, never stopping until you collapse in bed at night. This kind of busy brings the praise of others, “Look at how busy he is!” But this kind of busy keeps you, and those you lead, in […]
Two Types of Busy
If we recognize we must now serve lunch at 7AM, then we come to the conclusion: We must change the way we prepare others to serve in our blurred world. Church planting training cannot remain as it is. Pastoral training cannot remain as it is. Seminary education cannot remain as […]
Don’t Wait for the How
Do you regularly tell tales? Leaders tell well the magnificent tales. Paul did this (2 Thess 1:4). I do this. “The lips of the wise spread knowledge” (Prov 15:7, ESV). What are you going to tell today? ——— What does innovation in missions look like? I addressed this topic last […]
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