We make new year’s resolutions. But what about making resolutions on February 12 or August 4? Everyone joins the gym the first week of January. Why not the second week of March? Others eat black-eyed peas on January 1, believing they will have good luck throughout the year. There is […]
Strategy
Utica, New York. That’s not a city that has a cool ring to it. Tell people you are going to Utica and watch the look on their faces. Why would anyone want to make disciples and plant churches there? Two reasons: unreached people groups and least-reached area. The world is […]
Surprise! Go to Utica
I recently wrote a post on the importance of doing our homework on upgs living in our neighborhoods. A failure to do this research is poor stewardship. Such omissions often mean we end up pouring more resources and people into reaching reached people groups. In this post, I want to […]
Knowing Utah: Another Excellent Example
“When we were planting our church, we did 1000 things wrong. I don’t have time to tell you about those, so I’m going to tell you what did work!” “Reaching this people group has been a blessing, but very difficult. We made many mistakes, but you are here to hear […]
The Conference No One Hosts is the One You Need ...
Sincerity is not sufficiency. We have a heart for the lost. We want to reach the unreached peoples living in North America–and the rest of the world. We need to be students of the Word. We need to walk in step with the Spirit. We have a heart for the […]
Sincerity is not Sufficiency
We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together […]