01-Cultivating Missions Awareness

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Resources for Cultivating Missions Awareness in Kids

Jenny Marcelene

Apr 1, 20245 min read

Resources for Cultivating Missions Awareness in Kids

My family has an obsession—the Sacramento Kings basketball team. Despite fifteen years of marriage to a hardcore fan, I didn't cross the...

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Four

Bradley Bell

Sep 28, 20238 min read

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Four

SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 01: CULTIVATING MISSIONS AWARENESS The church becomes progressively aware of the lost world around them, both...

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Three

Bradley Bell

Sep 21, 20236 min read

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Three

SENDING CHURCH ELEMENT 01: CULTIVATING MISSIONS AWARENESS The church becomes progressively aware of the lost world around them, both...

Mike Easton

Sep 18, 20235 min read

Lunch and Learns

At the end of Paul’s first missionary journey, there is a wonderful, descriptive paragraph on what Paul and Barnabas did as they returned...

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Two

Larry McCrary

Sep 14, 20233 min read

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part Two

Sending Church Element 01: Cultivating Missions Awareness The church becomes progressively aware of the lost world around them, both...

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part One

Andy Jansen

Sep 7, 20234 min read

Cultivating Missions Awareness, Part One

Sending Church Element 01: Cultivating Missions Awareness The church becomes progressively aware of the lost world around them, both...

Christian Townson

Sep 4, 20234 min read

Personalizing Your Awareness Strategies

“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how...

How to Design a Mission Space in Your Church

Larry McCrary

Aug 25, 20224 min read

How to Design a Mission Space in Your Church

The Sunday gathering is a great time to create mission awareness in your church. Assuming you are already using some graphics or slides...

Why Every Church Member Needs Glasses: Fostering a Missional Lens

Bradley Bell

Aug 22, 20224 min read

Why Every Church Member Needs Glasses: Fostering a Missional Lens

I started wearing glasses in the fourth grade. The optometrist whispered to my mom, “He’s nearsighted in one eye, farsighted in the...

Creative Ways to Cultivate Awareness, Pt. II

Dave & Lorene Wilson

Aug 18, 20226 min read

Creative Ways to Cultivate Awareness, Pt. II

In part one of this series, we highlighted the unhealthy and often counterproductive use of emotions and reason in cultivating awareness...

Creative Ways to Cultivate Awareness, Pt. I

Dave & Lorene Wilson

Aug 15, 20226 min read

Creative Ways to Cultivate Awareness, Pt. I

After serving in the church as a missions pastor for more than twenty years, I am often amused when I reflect on the variety of failures...

Leading Your Church to Think About the Global Church

Anna Daub

Aug 7, 20224 min read

Leading Your Church to Think About the Global Church

The global church offers Western Christians hope in what feels like hopeless times; however, because many Western Christians do not see...

Resources & Suggestions for Cultivating Missions Awareness in Your Church

Matthew Hirt

Aug 4, 20225 min read

Resources & Suggestions for Cultivating Missions Awareness in Your Church

Mission Vision Toolbox: Tools for Casting a Great Commission Vision in your Church I think most pastors have the desire for their church...

Cultivating Missions Awareness Through Local International Ministry

Ryan Martin

Jul 31, 20226 min read

Cultivating Missions Awareness Through Local International Ministry

A little over a year ago, my family and I transitioned churches. This was not the first time either my wife or I had sought a new church...

Involving the Entire Church in Global Missions

Mike Easton

May 2, 20223 min read

Involving the Entire Church in Global Missions

A sending church involves the entire church by clearly and consistently teaching its missions convictions, vision, and strategy. This is...

Why Everyone Should Be Friends with Missionaries

Meredith Cook

Aug 30, 20215 min read

Why Everyone Should Be Friends with Missionaries

I'm convinced that everyone should be friends with a missionary—or at least have some kind of contact with a sent one. Here's why.

Tips for Creating a Global Missions Display

Mike Easton

Aug 25, 20214 min read

Tips for Creating a Global Missions Display

A global missions display validates your efforts in global missions and shows your members what you are doing around the world.

Questions to Ask for Understanding Culture and Worldview

Larry McCrary

Aug 23, 20214 min read

Questions to Ask for Understanding Culture and Worldview

Culture and worldview are complicated. Here are some questions that should guide your understanding.

Resources to Help Guide Your Prayer for the Nations

Meredith Cook

Aug 20, 20212 min read

Resources to Help Guide Your Prayer for the Nations

Prayer is vital to the work of missionaries around the world. Here are some organizations that have developed prayer guides for the nations.

Meredith Cook

Aug 18, 20213 min read

Pray for Afghanistan and Haiti

Pray for Afghanistan and Haiti. Pray for these countries. Pray for their citizens. Pray for the church, its leaders, and believers.