This is Charles. He lives and works in France for Greater Europe Mission. We were able to chat with him on our recent Jet Set trip. Listen as he talks about GEM’s work with immigrants.
Archive | February, 2010
Why Anchorage?
The Upstream Collective had a chance to talk with the pastor of True North, a church plant in Anchorage, Alaska. Read on to learn about how Brent Williams, his wife and four children made the move to Alaska a few months ago, what the state’s spiritual status looks like, and why this location needs church [...]
Art and Family in France
Meet Alfonso. He lives in France. We got the chance to chat with him on our recent Jet Set trip. Listen as he talks about his ministry to artists and families.
What we learned on this trip!
Been thinking about some things that we observed and learned while on our “back pack” trip across Europe. We talked with national pastors and church planters. We talked with cross cultural workers from various organizations and networks. We talked to believers who work in the marketplace. These are in no particular order of importance. I [...]
Church planting in the last frontier
If someone wanted to travel to the most unchurched place in the United States, one might think of heading to Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Cali. or New York City. How about Anchorage, Alaska? Alaska ranks as the second least religious state in terms of their belief in God in the 2009 Pew Research Center’s Forum [...]
Partnerships
Here’s Matt Elkins again (from the Village Church). Listen as he talks about international church development and potential areas of partnership.
thoughts from Paris
Friday afternoon we went into a part of the city that was full of great devotion. In fact there were people who could not fit into the places of prayer so they prayed in the middle of the streets. Hundreds of them in fact. People who stopped what they were doing and met for the [...]
what about my city?
We hear a lot about people who leave it all behind and move to a foreign land to learn a new language and culture in order to share the gospel to that people group. What about your own city? How can you live missionally there? These days I read a lot about churches being missionally? [...]
Athletes in Milan
Meet Jason Greenwich. He lives in Milan and works with Christian athletes. You can see more about Atletidicristo at their site (in Italian).
Starting from zero
One of our last days of our journey we are doing something a little different. We are going to a city where we do not know anyone. Atleast not yet. We have had cultural guides in each of our other cities to help us get around the city and to navigate the language issues. This [...]
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