On Wednesday me and a friend are going to Belgium for a few days……. The goal that God has is to see regions and nations discipled. Multiplying simple churches are the vehicle to get us to God’s goal. Jesus didn’t come to plant a Church. He planted the Gospel and Himself into a [...] Read more »
Concurring with Jim Rutz’s “spectator Christianity” premise, the organization Empower Missions stated, “Many feel that the conventional church in the 20th and 21st centuries tends to produce congregants who are spectators rather than disciples, and that the typical church is unable to significantly reach out to non-believers.” Not surprisingly, this does not work well in [...] Read more »
Going and Making Something so easy to do that 12 ordinary, untrained men did it. Something so powerful that it can transform individuals, communities and nations. Something so simple that even a child can grasp it. …….Going and making disciples of Jesus Christ. There are two issues here. First of all we need [...] Read more »
Our revelation of Jesus and then our relationship with Jesus leads us into a life of mission. As we do mission, we are called to go and make disciples. Here is a very basic four part PowerPoint that discusses several issues regarding simple church planting, making disciples and the heart of mission. I have broken [...] Read more »
As important as wealth resources are in making an impact in missions and benevolent work, even more so are human resources, men and women created in the image and likeness of God. Tom Sine, who wrote The Mustard Seed Conspiracy, commented on the shortage of ministry workers available to meet the world’s challenges due to [...] Read more »
The NT writers urged generous support for traveling leaders such as apostles and evangelists, as well as for the poor (Luke 10:1-11; 1 Cor 9; 3 John 5-8). According to Steve Atkerson, first century believers were able to fund church planters [missions] and assist the poor [benevolence] because they met as house churches, without the [...] Read more »
‘Some men’s ambition is art. Some men’s ambition is fame. Some men’s ambition is gold. My ambition is the souls of men.’ (William Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army) As I read this quote by William Booth it made me think about Jesus and what His ambition was…“for the Son of Man has come [...] Read more »
One of the main purposes of this blog is to find ways to mobilize Simple Church communities to achieve the Great Commission, including overseas mission initiatives. My encouragement would be to target Empty-Nesters (older adults with no kids at home) to join your community, help cultivate vision, and engage in meaningful work. Simon Chan has [...] Read more »
This month’s Mission Frontiers magazine is devoted to re-looking at the concept of people groups as an applicable way to look at missions in a world that is increasingly global and urban. Here is a very brief summary. Background Rick Wood provides the historical background on the use of people groups as a way to [...] Read more »
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