Many a list has been made for books on missional living, the missional church conversation, etc., etc. We want to know. What are your top 3 most influential books for cross-cultural missions? This certainly includes books written specifically with the missional church in the West in view, but lest we leave missions out of missional, [...]
By now, unless you have been living under a rock, you have been made aware of Kony, the LRA, and the horrible atrocities he has perpetrated in central Africa through the Kony 2012 Campaign organized by Invisible Children. As of this writing the video has been viewed 58,721,112 times. And with all of this attention, [...]
Jason Dukes recently wrote a chapter in theMissionBook.com called Seeking the Sick. Read below to get more of Dukes’ thoughts on what it means to be the church among the “unhealthy.” When you look for your next place to minister, do you search for the brokenness and the darkness? Jesus said He did not come [...]
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Looking for online tools for how to best live out the Great Commission where you are? Check out these resources The Upstream Collective has found to be inspiring and worthy of your time. God’s Stories God’s Stories was developed to communicate to an Arabic audience the narratives of who God is and how He relates [...]
American churches are wrestling with what it means to be missional. This word is more than a catch phrase; it is a way to live, following in the footsteps of Jesus. He came to a certain people with His redemptive message, joined their culture and literally became like them for the sake of the Gospel. [...]
Texas receives approximately 4,500 refugees each year, which averages out to about a dozen internationals every day. This is part of why Chad Vandiver and the SENT Collective are taking steps to reach Muslims across their state. One of Vandiver’s goals is to assist believers in befriending Muslims. Arabic-speaking Americans help meet the refugees’ basic [...]
In 1 Timothy 4:2 Paul sets a standard for believers in their conduct. No time is to be wasted; believers constantly are to be ready to proclaim God’s message. Recently Todd Littleton, pastor at Snow Hill Baptist Church in Tuttle, Okla., wrote an article for TheMissionBook.com touching on this topic as related to the Church. [...]
Haitians began immigrating to the New York City area long before the 2010 earthquake rocked their island and seized the world’s attention. George Russ, Executive Director of the Metro New York Baptist Association, said Haitian churches are some of his group’s most vibrant. That makes sense, with 500,000 Haitian Americans thriving in the association’s New [...]
The church I currently serve in the Nashville area has been inspired to engage the world with the Gospel in both word and deed. But where do we start? If you Google “mission opportunities,” you can easily get lost in a sea of need. However, since the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations [...]
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